Death Anniversary Thread

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G. Gordon Liddy died on this day 2 years ago, aged 90.

- Liddy joined the FBI in 1957, serving until 1962. During his time as a fed, he became the ghostwriter for J. Edgar Hoover.

- Liddy then became a prosecutor, and led a drug raid on Timothy Leary's estate in 1966.

- Liddy ran for Congress in 1968 and lost the Republican primary to Hamilton Fish IV (who ended up winning the general NY-28 election).

- Liddy first associated himself with Richard Nixon as a county director during his 1968 campaign, and became one of his undercover operatives in 1971.

- Liddy was the leader of the Watergate burglary and the last surviving burglar. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but Jimmy Carter commuted his sentence in April of 1977; he was released in September of that year after serving four and a half years of his sentence.

- After leaving prison, Liddy hosted a radio show that ran from 1992 to 2012. He became embroiled in further controversy when he told his listeners to kill federal law enforcement officers (this happened multiple times throughout 1994 and 1995).

- Liddy would also often appear on television, making guest appearances on shows like MacGyver and Perry Mason. He was a guest judge at WrestleMania in 1986, and appeared as a contestant on the initial series finale of Fear Factor in 2006 (at 75, he was the oldest participant in the show's history).

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Its 19 years since the death of broadcaster and writer Alistair Cooke.

Cooke's journalistic break came while he was on a two-year scholarship in the US; seeing that the BBC's film critic Oliver Baldwin had been sacked he despatched a telegram asking to be considered; arriving 24 hours late for his interview (travelling by Cunard ship), he suggested he write a review, and was offered the job. He combined his tenure with that of NBC's London Correspondent, recording a weekly 15-minute radio broadcast entitled London Letter.

He emigrated to the US in 1937, becoming an American citizen in 1941. He suggested to the BBC that he produce a similar 'Letter' for BBC listeners on life in the US, (which was heard worldwide via the World Service).

He was also the (Manchester) Guardian's Foreign Correspondent, reporting on Rosa Parks (who he described as "the stubborn woman who started it all") & the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and was present at Bobby Kennedy's assassination.

He became host of CBS's first Arts programme, Omnibus, and spent 22 years introducing PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, presenting the best of British drama to a US audience.

At the age of 95, on advice from his doctors, he retired from his radio programme after 58 years, and died a few weeks later, from lung cancer, which had spread to his bones.

 

 

It was revealed the year following his death that some of his bones (along with those of others) had been stolen by a medical tissue recovery firm, intending to use them in bone grafts (though Cooke's were unusable because of the cancer. Its suggested that the theives altered the cause of death and his age, to make them appear suitable).

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Andrée Brunet passed away 30 years ago, the Frenchwoman was Olympic champion in skating in 1928 and 1932 and bronze in 1924, in doubles

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The 1992 Emmy winner for best supporting actor died 20 years ago, Michael Jeter won for his work on the series Evening Shade, he also worked on the films The Green Mile, Patch Adams and Jurassic Park III

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On this day 24 years ago in 1999 , american actor  Terry Wilson died aged 75. 

 

He was best known for playing  assistant Wagon master Bill Hawks for the whole of the run of the US Western  tv drama series  Wagon  Train between 1957-1965.

He was also at one point a stuntman  who worked on films with John Wayne,  with whom he struck up a strong friendship and eventually became one of Waynes stunt doubles. 

 

His other film credits include,  The shakiest gun in the west, Escape to witch mountain (1975),  Support your local gunfighter (1971),   The Searchers (1956) and Hondo  (1953).

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Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother died on this day 21 years ago, aged 101.

 

 

American actor, dancer and film director James Cagney died on this day 37 years ago, aged 86.

 

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On this day 73 years ago, 30/03/1950, French Prime Minister Léon Blum died aged 77. He was three times head of government.

In his first term in 1936-1937, he led the « Front Populaire » , a left-wing coalition that initiated important social reforms.

He has a second term in 1938. With the outbreak of WWII and France’s defeat, he was accused of treason by Pétain and Vichy’s regime, as he was believed to have weaken France and to have not do anything to prevent Germany’s rise.

After the war, from December 1946 to January 1947, he became head of the (provisional) government and de facto head of state.

 

On this day 54 years ago, 30/03/1969, Belgian racing driver Lucien Bianchi killed himself in a car crash during a testing for Le Mans’ race. His brother Mauro Bianchi was also a racing driver. His great nephew, French Jules Bianchi, became in 2015 the first Formula One driver to die as a result of a race crash since Ayrton Senna and the last to date.

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Selena [Quintanilla] died on this day 28 years ago, aged 23.

- The obstetrician who delivered Selena was none other than future libertarian politician Ron Paul.

- Selena first began singing professionally at the age of 10 as a member of Selena y Los Dinos ("Selena and the Guys"), which was formed by her father Abraham.

- Selena would begin to find mainstream success after signing with EMI Records in 1989. In 1991, her song "Buenos Amigos" was her first to top the Billboard Latin chart. Two years later, she won a Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album for her live album, and was nominated for another in 1995 for Amor Prohibido.

- Selena was killed by the manager of her fan club and boutique business, Yolanda Saldivar, after she confronted Saldivar for embezzlement. Her posthumously-released album Dreaming of You topped the Billboard Hot 200, with the titular track becoming her most-successful song (#22 on the Hot 100 chart):

- Shortly after her death, Howard Stern mocked her on his show, stating that Alvin and the Chipmunks "had more soul" than her music, and would later play some of her song with gunshot sound effects in the background. A warrant for his arrest would later be made (for disorderly conduct), leading to him making an on-air apology.

- A biopic was made of her in 1997, which helped launch Jennifer Lopez's mainstream career.

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Martín Alonso Pinzón, who was on the voyage of discovery of America with Christopher Columbus died 530 years ago (in 1493)

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Johann Christoph Bach, JS Bach's first cousin, died 320 years ago, he was also a composer

 

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Lord Cornbury died 300 years ago, who was the first colonial governor of New York and arrived in the New World dressed as a woman and thus dispatched in his office

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200 years ago, the archbishop of São Salvador (BRA) Vicente da Soledade e Castro died

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Andrés Narvarte died 170 years ago, he was provisional president of Venezuela on 2 occasions (1835 and 1836-1837)

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John Pierpont Morgan whose name is on the bank JP Morgan passed away 110 years ago

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90 years ago Baltasar Brum, who served as president of Uruguay between 1919 and 1923
committed suicide during the inauguration of the new president Gabriel Terra, as he considered that it would be an authoritarian government and realized that many Uruguayans supported the new president, with a shot in the middle of the road, shouting Viva a Liberdade

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60 years ago, João Neves da Fontoura, Brazilian ambassador to Portugal, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and federal deputy, died

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30 years ago, Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, died after being accidentally shot during the filming of The Crow.

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Fermín Vélez was spanish and died 20 years ago, he competed in 6 IRL races between 96-97, with the best result being ninth place in 97, he also competed at Le Mans, where he won 2x in his category (87 and 98)

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FFS, can’t you put that all on the one post?

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2 hours ago, Paul Bearer said:

FFS, can’t you put that all on the one post?

 

Not if he intends to make a charge on Creeps record for post whoring, no.

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British writer and television broadcaster  Denise Robertson, best known as the agony aunt on ITVs This Morning programme, died on this day 7 years ago in 2016, of pancreatic cancer aged 83. 

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On this day 476 years ago, 31 march 1547, French king François Ier (Francis I) died.

He notably promoted the Renaissance artistic movement (with among others Leonard Da Vinci)

From the military standpoint, he fought several wars against Italian states, notably winning the battle of Marignan leding to the conquest of Milan

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American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 John C. Calhoun died on this day 173 years ago, aged 68.

 

 

American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games Jesse Owens died on this day 43 years ago, aged 66.

 

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Michael Havers died on this day 31 years ago, aged 69.

- Havers was the son of Sir Cecil Havers- both were judges. The junior Havers became a member of the bar in 1948.

- Havers would later be elected to Parliament in 1970, serving until 1987; he then became a life peer.

- Havers' house was bombed by the IRA in 1981 while he and his family were in Spain.

- Havers oversaw the trial of (future fellow DeathList hit) Peter Sutcliffe in 1981, and drew controversy when he said something that was interpreted as condoning the murder of prostitutes: "[...]the saddest part of the case is that some were not. The last six attacks were on totally respectable women".

- Havers' son is the actor Nigel Havers, known for his roles as Lewis Archer on Coronation Street and Andrew Lindsay in Chariots of Fire.

- Havers suffered from heart disease throughout his final years; he debuted on DeathList 1991 and was the second hit of 1992.

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Its 46 years since the Death of Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe. He was a lawyer, made a KC in 1935, but is known for being Chairman of the committees responsible for the partition of India.

 

Despite never having been east of Paris, Radcliffe was appointed Chairman of the two committees designated with prescribing the borders delineating India and Pakistan, such that the majority of Hindus and Sikhs would remain in India and the majority of Muslims in Pakistan; five weeks were allowed to complete the job. Despite his efforts, its estimated 14million people were left the 'wrong' side of the border. This lead to massive loss of life (some figures put it as high as 2 million) and millions more injured. 

 

On seeing the effect of partition, Radcliffe refused the salary he was due for the job.

 

He was knighted in 1948, and made a life peer in 1949 on being appointed a Lord of Appeal; he was created an hereditary peer in 1962, adopting the title Viscount Radcliffe of Hampton Lucy, however having no offspring, the title became extinct on his death, at the age of 77, two days after his birthday.