Death Anniversary Thread

[The Ashes Urn 1,331]

A deadly sin for Lawrence Sanders on this day 20 years ago, aged 77.

 

[Drewsky1211 4,079]

King Hussein of Jordan, who reigned from 1952 to his death, died on this day 19 years ago, aged 63.

[TQR 12,180]

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson stopped doing whatever she used to do on this day last year, aged 45.

[Spade_Cooley 9,022]

 

Zulu ends transmission: Cetshwayo kaMpande died today in 1884.

[time 7,969]

Thirty Years ago today

Gone, but not forgotten : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/08/enoch-powell-plaque-opposition-bishop-of-wolverhampton

[SSWDeathlistfan1996 27]

7 hours ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson stopped doing whatever she used to do on this day last year, aged 45.

I remember her coming on a Top Gear Episode and getting the fastest lap time...i could not believe that she died last year ugh

[One shot Paddy 1,142]

5 hours ago, time said:

Thirty Years ago today

Gone, but not forgotten : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/08/enoch-powell-plaque-opposition-bishop-of-wolverhampton

20 years ago. 30 years ago he had only just stopped being my MP.

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2 minutes ago, One shot Paddy said:

20 years ago. 30 years ago he had only just stopped being my MP.

Well spotted. Not the first time I've done that.

[The Ashes Urn 1,331]

Famous businessman Austin J. Tobin died on this day 40 years ago, aged 74. As an interesting fact, the plaza of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center was named after him.

 

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Her Royal Die-ness Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, died aged 71 on this day 16 years ago.

 

 

Look at that fucking hat.

[Cat O'Falk 3,287]

42 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Her Royal Die-ness Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, died aged 71 on this day 16 years ago.

 

 

Look at that fucking hat.

Gertrude Shilling she ain't.

[Handrejka 1,840]

Barry Evans didn't need to mind his language any more, 21 years ago today.

[msc 17,762]

Isn't he the one who died in dodgy circumstances?

[Spade_Cooley 9,022]

Head caved in by an underage rent boy, allegedly.

[The Ashes Urn 1,331]

The life of Max Yasgur ended shortly after retiring from farm living on this day 45 years ago, aged 53.

 

[The Ashes Urn 1,331]

Roy Scheider succumbed to the jaws of death on this day 10 years ago, aged 75.

 

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Death of a Playwright as the legendary figure of theatre Arthur Miller dies aged 89, 13 years ago today.

 

[msc 17,762]

7 hours ago, The Ashes Urn said:

Roy Scheider succumbed to the jaws of death on this day 10 years ago, aged 75.

 

 

Widely known to be seriously ill, yet only on 2 DDP teams and no Deathlist when he died. Imagine that for a Hollywood A-lister these days!

 

3 hours ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Death of a Playwright as the legendary figure of theatre Arthur Miller dies aged 89, 13 years ago today.

 

One of those "dropped from the Deathlist the year they bloody die" names from the past. Not just a modern bit of sods law!

[TQR 12,180]

The Houston family got So Emotional, baby, when Whitney was found drugged and drowned aged 48 on this day 6 years ago (!). 

 

 

I'm led to believe this is what hair looked like in the 1980's.

[Sir Creep 7,013]

Sylvia Plath ended her depression 55 years ago, at a mere 30 years old.
Here is a lengthy and interesting article about the search for Plath obituaries.

It begins:

"This week, I went on a hunt for some obituaries of Sylvia Plath. To my surprise, I couldn't find any.

At the time of her death by suicide—50 years ago, on February 11, 1963—she was a published novelist and an acclaimed poet; beyond that, she was also a statuesque, stylish American married to the celebrated English poet Ted Hughes. Surely there had to be some written public remembrance, on one side of the Atlantic or the other, of an author who'd done readings of her work at Harvard and for the BBC. But, no: I couldn't unearth a single piece of news about the death of Sylvia Plath."

[Sir Creep 7,013]

Bass player Rick Huxley turned the Dave Clark Five into the Dave Clark Four, 5 years ago today (72).

 

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2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Bass player Rick Huxley turned the Dave Clark Five into the Dave Clark Four, 5 years ago today (72).

 

Dead All Over

[msc 17,762]

26 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Sylvia Plath ended her depression 55 years ago, at a mere 30 years old.
Here is a lengthy and interesting article about the search for Plath obituaries.

It begins:

"This week, I went on a hunt for some obituaries of Sylvia Plath. To my surprise, I couldn't find any.

At the time of her death by suicide—50 years ago, on February 11, 1963—she was a published novelist and an acclaimed poet; beyond that, she was also a statuesque, stylish American married to the celebrated English poet Ted Hughes. Surely there had to be some written public remembrance, on one side of the Atlantic or the other, of an author who'd done readings of her work at Harvard and for the BBC. But, no: I couldn't unearth a single piece of news about the death of Sylvia Plath."

 

Actually fairly common for writers pre-internet unless they were huge names.

 

To the point I became ridiculously excited when I stumbled across this looking for something else in the Herald archives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS Not mentioned in this obit - one of the best ghost story writers of his generation. Hence the excitement. Also, he'll only be a reference to someone else in this thread because he was that rare event, a notable death in the 29th February!

[The Ashes Urn 1,331]

Congressman Tom Lantos died on this day 10 years ago, aged 80. As an interesting fact, his wife , Annete Lantos, was a first cousin, once removed, of Magda, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor.

 

 

 

[The Unknown Man 560]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins had a spell put on him on this day 18 years ago, aged 70.