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50 years ago today, jazz and big band singer Nat King Cole died from lung cancer aged 45.

 

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20 years ago today, Bob Stinson, guitarist with The Replacements died from multiple organ failure after extensive drug use.

 

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AC/DC lead vocalist Bon Scott died 35 years ago today.

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Writer Hunter S. Thompson died on Feb 20th 2005 after shooting himself in the head.

 

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Writer Hunter S. Thompson died on Feb 20th 2005 after shooting himself in the head.

 

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I like the statement given by his daughter-in-law and grandson saying that they "were in the next room when they heard the gunshot, but they mistook the sound for a book falling". How big of a book did they think had fallen for it to make a noise as loud as a gun being fired?

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AC/DC lead vocalist Bon Scott died 35 years ago today.

 

Curiously enough, BBC Four showed his Top of the Pops appearance with the band from February 1980 yesterday...

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American actor Ed Flanders committed suicide by gunshot 20 years ago today aged 60.

 

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15 years ago today Sir Stanley Matthews died at the age of 85

 

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10 years ago today, Martin Denny died at the age of 93

 

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Actor Danny Kaye, who starred in the original "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" movie, carked it on this day in 1987 aged 74 due to complications from hepatitis C.

 

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5 years ago today, Fred Wedlock died at the age of 67

 

 

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Anders Angstrom died 110 years ago today

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Strike that! Bad info.

However I'll make up for it, as it was 25 years ago today Hank Gathers' heart exploded on the basketball court.

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Gary Gygax died on March 4th 2008. He created the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons

 

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20 years ago today, Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire. He was 51

 

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Gary Gygax died on March 4th 2008. He created the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons

 

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He failed his saving throw.

 

Gary is part of the reason I am here. Only one person at my work had heard of him.

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20 years ago today, Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire. He was 51

 

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Coincidentally, today's also the 120th anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

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Gary Gygax died on March 4th 2008. He created the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons

 

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He failed his saving throw.

 

Gary is part of the reason I am here. Only one person at my work had heard of him.

 

Well..... shall we have a dice-throw to decide whether that's a good thing or not?

Since the first place I saw/heard of him was his guest appearance on Futurama, he always reminds me of the irksome fact that I used to watch it, I'm probably gonna have to give him the thumbs down overall =/

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Two people have passed away on this day 10 years ago:

 

Hans Bethe, 98, Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist.

 

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Teresa Wright, 86, actress who won an oscar for her performance in "Mrs. Miniver".

 

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20 years ago today, Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire. He was 51

 

rephoto-viv-plum69.jpg

 

Coincidentally, today's also the 120th anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

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Where is the councidence?

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20 years ago today, Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire. He was 51

 

rephoto-viv-plum69.jpg

Coincidentally, today's also the 120th anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

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Where is the councidence?

SC

 

Clicking on the link provided by Time you will read:
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sir Henry Rawlinson" redirects here. For the character created by Vivian Stanshall, see Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.

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20 years ago today, Vivian Stanshall died in a house fire. He was 51

 

rephoto-viv-plum69.jpg

Coincidentally, today's also the 120th anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

220px-Sir_Henry_Rawlinson.jpg

Where is the councidence?

SC

 

Clicking on the link provided by Time you will read:
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sir Henry Rawlinson" redirects here. For the character created by Vivian Stanshall, see Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.

 

 

Now read on

 

(intro music is nearly a minute, but your patience will be rewarded)

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Gary Gygax died on March 4th 2008. He created the roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons

 

gary_gygax.jpg

 

He failed his saving throw.

 

Gary is part of the reason I am here. Only one person at my work had heard of him.

 

Well..... shall we have a dice-throw to decide whether that's a good thing or not?

Since the first place I saw/heard of him was his guest appearance on Futurama, he always reminds me of the irksome fact that I used to watch it, I'm probably gonna have to give him the thumbs down overall =/

 

I will cast the first level spell Charm Person bu apparently Dr Z is not affected by Charm spells.

 

For all his faults Gary is important to a good number of people. I never watched Futurama.

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