Death Anniversary Thread

[The Unknown Man 584]

Irene Ryan, who played Granny on "the Beverly Hillbillies", died 30 years ago of a stroke at the age of 70.

 

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The “Mother of Barbie”, Ruth Handler, died on April 27, 2002, aged 85.

 

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Evelyn Künneke, Queen of the German sub-culture and last survivor of the so-called “Lili Marleen generation”, died on the 28^th of April 2001 (79, lung cancer).

 

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American blues singer, songwriter and pianist Leroy Carr died of nephritis on April 29, 1935. He was 30 years old.

 

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Pauline von Mallinckrodt (June 3, 1817 – 30 April 1881) was the German foundress of the Sisters of Christian Charity.

The Kindergarten I was in had a tiny relic of one of her bones (from the thigh or maybe the pelvic, can’t remember). As a child I was fascinated by that tiny piece of bone in a framework on the wall in the little chapel next to the Kindergarten... oh those memories...

 

[charon 4,943]

19 years today since the death of the urban Scottish high street.

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'Whispering' Ted Lowe died two years ago today

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Former wrestling manager Miss Elizabeth died of an overdose in 2003

 

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494 years ago (if my mats is correct) Leonardo Di Vinci died

 

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In 1972 J Edgar Hoover died of a heart attack

 

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In 1998, Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a £1,000,000 transfer fee and the first openly gay footballer committed suicide.

 

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Also in 1998, Kevin Lloyd who played Tosh Lines in The Bill choked on his own vomit.

 

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In 1999 legendary actor Oliver Reed died of a heart attack

 

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Game show host Ted Rogers died in 2001. Dusty Bins carreer has never been the same since :-)

 

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And finally in 2011 Barak Obama claimed "We Got Him". Osama Bin Liner Laden was killed by the Americans.

 

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

In 1999 legendary actor Oliver Reed died of a heart attack

 

 

 

And on that day we lost a great philosopher.

 

[charon 4,943]

In 1998, Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a £1,000,000 transfer fee and the first openly gay footballer committed suicide.

 

 

Horrible horrible man.

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In 1998, Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a £1,000,000 transfer fee and the first openly gay footballer committed suicide.

 

 

Horrible horrible man.

Who? Justin Fashanu? Please explain.

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

In 1998, Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a £1,000,000 transfer fee and the first openly gay footballer committed suicide.

 

 

Horrible horrible man.

Who? Justin Fashanu? Please explain.

 

Don't know why charon thinks he's a horrible man ???

His wiki page

http://en.wikipedia..../Justin_Fashanu

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Iconic and tragic diva Dalida committed suicide on May 3, 1987 at age 54. She was a singer and actress who performed and recorded in more than 10 languages including: French, Arabic, Italian, Greek, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Spanish.

One of her best known songs is probably “Am Tag als der Regen kam” (German version of “The day the rains came”), which was a No.1 hit in Germany for 10 weeks in the summer of 1959.

 

[charon 4,943]

In 1998, Justin Fashanu, the first black footballer to command a £1,000,000 transfer fee and the first openly gay footballer committed suicide.

 

 

Horrible horrible man.

Who? Justin Fashanu? Please explain.

 

Don't know why charon thinks he's a horrible man ???

His wiki page

http://en.wikipedia..../Justin_Fashanu

 

Pretty much covers the worst of it though it revisions the yank episode in a "better" light than most.

 

Lived in Edinburgh when he was there......a lot more to it than ever came out. Being black and gay 30 years ago meant you were either rascist or homophobic if you said he was a raping cunt. He was, and long afore he crossed the pond.

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Jeffrey Miller, arguably the most famous corpse of the 20th century, died today in 1970 aged 20.

 

 

The woman standing over his body, Mary Ann Vecchio, currently works as a respiratory therapist in Florida.

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Jeekers. Vecciho was only 14 at the time.

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Yowsers , shafer who was acquitted over shooting the boy, died yesterday .

Can't post link as on maximum windows for this Rom and not closing them while shit going down for no cunt

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Jeffrey Miller, arguably the most famous corpse of the 20th century, died today in 1970 aged 20.

 

I'm arguing, because I'd never seen that photo before, and had never heard of this incident.

 

When you say "most famous corpse", do you mean where there's been a photo of said corpse in the public domain? Either way, I'd say JFK is way more famous.