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The last of the three stooges, Curly Joe DeRita, died on this day 25 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Last great auk was killed on this date in 1844.

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Barry White seduced the Grim Reaper on this day 15 years ago, aged 58.

 

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On this day in 1826, two men who wrote the Declaration of Independence together passed away (exactly 50 years later). They were also a President-Vice President duo, and one of them claimed the other "still survived". Unknown to him, he had died a few hours earlier, and the news hadn't reached him yet.

 

Those two people were John Adams (90) and Thomas Jefferson (83).

 

 

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Bernie Nolan became 'Burny' Nolan as she became set for cremation on this day 5 years ago, aged 52.

 

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Trumpeter Harry James, 35 years ago (67).

 

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Louis Armstrong ran out of time in the world 47 years ago today, aged 69.

 

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Syd Barrett joined the great recording studio in the sky on this day 12 years ago, aged 60.
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Kim Il-Sung was promoted from Supreme Leader to (dead) Eternal President of North Korea on this day 24 years ago, aged 82. For political reasons, I must point out that Kim Il-Sung was a Leader so dear and great and was the perfect incarnation of the appearance that a leader should have and was a glorious general who descended from heaven who has now ascended back there to enrich it but will eternally remain a superior person in the hearts of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and I want to live please.

 

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Look how brilliant the man is/was/is.

 

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Con artist Soapy Smith failed to clean up his act on this day 120 years ago, aged 37.

 

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The wild heritage of Will Rogers Jr. ended with him on this day 25 years ago, aged 81.

 

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo died 80 years ago, age 68.
Less importantly he has a law school named after him (Yeshiva Univ)
More importantly he wrote landmark decisions both while a justice in New York and once he was appointed to SCOTUS that created the concept of 'proximate causation' that is followed in our negligence/tort law to this day.

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Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, my, oh, my, what a wonderful day... until he died 70 years ago today. Apparently that wasn't a bluebird on his shoulder back on July 9, 1948, it was the Grim Reaper telling (Uncle Remus) James Baskett to get in his caskett.

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Zachary Taylor overdosed on milk and cherries on this day in 1850, aged 65.

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"That's all, folks!" for Mel Blanc 29 years ago today, aged 81.

 

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Ad stated on the 7th death thread re Gazza, its 8 years today for Raul Most.

 

 

Strange he doesn't have a wiki page in this day and age.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Northumbria_Police_manhunt

 

 

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Ruth Krauss was deseeded on this day 25 years ago, aged 91.

 

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Michael DeBakey flatlined on this day 10 years ago, aged 99.

 

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@YoungWillz time to get folks on board with the new old thread policy :rolleyes:

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There's a reason you "Nintendon't" hear from Satoru Iwata anymore.

(Succumbed to pancreatic cancer 3 years ago today, aged 55)

 

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Bill Owen gave birth to lots of de-compo-se gags today in 1999:

 

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The last howl for Lon Chaney Jr. on this day 45 years ago, aged 67.

 

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Not so much Glee for the mourners of Cory Monteith on this day 5 years ago, aged 31.

 

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No more Chan Chan for Compay Segundo after this day 15 years ago, aged 95.

 

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