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Jazz musician Louis Armstrong died 40 years ago today, at the age 69.

 

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Film director John Frankenheimer died today in 2002 aged 72.

 

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Syd Barrett died five years ago today aged 60...

 

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Ex-North Korean dictator Kim Il-Sung died on this day in 1994 aged 82.

 

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Actress June Allyson died 5 years ago today aged 88.

 

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Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot and killed today in 1997 aged 50.

 

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Country music singer Lefty Frizzell died today in 1975 aged 47.

 

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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins died one year ago today...

 

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Montgomery Clift died on this day in 1966.

 

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Comedy actor Terry Scott died today in 1994...

 

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Wife of Juan, lead role in Evita and without whom Madonna would have been good in only one film, Eva Perón, died today in 1952.

 

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Wife of Juan, lead role in Evita and without whom Madonna would have been good in only one film, Eva Perón, died today in 1952.

 

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shouldn't that read, "without whom Madonna wouldn't have been good in any film"?

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shouldn't that read, "without whom Madonna wouldn't have been good in any film"?

No *tsk* 'Desperately Seeking Susan', obviously.

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3 people have died on this date in 2007.

 

Michelangelo Antonioni, 94, Italian Film Director

 

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Ingmar Bergman, 89, Swedish Film Director.

 

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Bill Walsh, 75, Coach for the San Francisco 49ers.

 

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The 1969 Eurovision winner who wasn't Lenny Kuhr, Salome, or Lulu died on this day in 1996.

 

 

Seeing as Frida Boccara was only 55 at the time of her death, the Curse Of Eurovision strikes (struck?) again.

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Marcus Antonius, or Mark Antony, Roman politician and soldier, died on the 1st of August 30BC

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Shari Lewis, who was known for her puppet Lamb Chop, died on this day in 1998 aged 65.

 

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Today in 1957 American film comic Oliver Hardy died, aged 65.

 

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regards.

Hein

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Jazz musician Cannonball Adderley died on this day in 1975 aged 46.

 

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Actress Patricia Neal died on this date 1 year ago aged 84.

 

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Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich died today in 1975 aged 68 due to lung cancer.

 

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Climber Alison Hargreaves died shortly after reaching the summit of K2 this day in 1995.

 

I remember this mainly because the next week in the university pub quiz the Climbing Group chose 'K2 - Alison Hargreaves 0' as the tasteful name of their team :birthday:

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American philanthropist Brooke Astor died on this day in 2007 at the old age of 105.

 

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Italian race driver and car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari died today in 1988, aged 90.

 

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regards,

Hein

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