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Grant Wood became part of the landscape 80 years ago (50).

He was almost a birthday bonus death, dying the day before his 51st birthday.

 

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20 years ago country singer Waylon Jennings, youngest and the first Highwayman to die rode off into the sunset at the age of 64.

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He had suffered from decades of cocaine and amphetamine use until quitting in 1984 and smoked around six packs a day until quitting in 1988. These combined with a poor diet and being overweight caused him to develope Type II diabetes. He underwent a bypass surgery later in 1988 and for his last two years suffered from serious complications of his diabetes, including blood circulation problems that led to amputation. He died in his sleep from diabetes complications on the 13th of February 2002

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Prince Henrik of Denmark the husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark died on this day 4 years ago, aged 83.

 

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Scottish author Josephine Tey died on this day 70 years ago, aged 55.

 

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American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet, Dory Previn, died on this day 10 years ago, aged 86.

 

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Former president of Argentina Carlos Menem died on this day a year ago, aged 90.

 

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American singer, jazz pianist, and actor Nat King Cole died on this day 57 years ago, aged 45.

 

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English actress, television and radio presenter Caroline Flack died on this day 2 years ago, aged 40.

 

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American journalist and film actor, Howard K. Smith, died on this day 20 years ago, aged 87.

 

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American country music performer and comedic actor, Smiley Burnette, died on this day 55 years ago, aged 55.

 

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American singer, songwriter, actress and activist Lesley Gore died on this day 7 years ago, aged 68.

 

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American artist Keith Haring died on this day 32 years ago, aged 31.

 

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Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth secretary general of the United Nations Boutros Boutros Ghali died on this day 6 years ago, aged 93.

 

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One of the best catchers to play baseball and one of the best Montreal Expos ever, Gary Carter, died 10 years ago (57).

 

 

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American radio personality, conservative Politicial commentator, author, and television host Rush Limbaugh died on this day a year ago, aged 70.

 

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Prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people Geronimo has died on this day 113 years ago, aged 79.

 

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American actor Hal K. Dawson died on this day 35 years ago, aged 90.

 

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American professional stock car driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt died on this day 21 years ago, aged 49.

 

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American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer died on this day 55 years ago, aged 62.

 

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American journalist and author Emily Hahn died on this day 25 years ago, aged 92.

 

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German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer, and caricaturist Karl Lagerfeld died on this day 3 years ago, aged 85.

 

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Australian singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC has died on this day 42 years ago, aged 33.

 

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American Novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee died on this day 6 years ago, aged 89.

 

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Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China Deng Xiaoping died on this day 25 years ago, aged 92.

 

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American actress and singer Janet Blair died on this day 15 years ago, aged 85.

 

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African american social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass died on this day 127 years ago, aged 77-78

 

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Italian automobile designer, inventor, mechanic, engineer, winemaker, industrialist and businessman Ferrucio Lamborghini died on this day 29 years ago, aged 76.

 

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German-born American theoretical physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer died on this day 50 years ago, aged 65.

 

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Max Schreck, best known for his role as Count Orlok in Nosferatu, died on this day 86 years ago, aged 56.

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African american muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during civil rights movement Malcolm X has been assassinated on this day 57 years ago, aged 39.

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American evangelist Billy Graham died on this day 4 years ago, aged 99.

 

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Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League Tim Horton died on this day 48 years ago, aged 44.

 

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American musician, composer and actor who was best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of the Monkees and co star of the TV series The Monkees Peter Tork died on this day 3 years ago, aged 77.

 

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John Thaw was put on ice 20 years ago today, dying at the age of 60.

 

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American rock and roll impresario and disc jockey, Murray the K, died on this day 40 years ago, aged 60.

 

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Its 79 years since Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl & Sophie Scholl, members of the White Rose resistance movement, were executed by the Nazis.

 

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