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35 years ago Henri Martelli aged 85 joined the decomposing composers.

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Cicely Saunders died ironically this day aged 87, 10 years ago.cicely-saunders.jpg

Who???

And what's ironic about it?

 

She opened the first hospice and then died of cancer. I know Americans struggle with irony,

 

 

So that would be like someone who opened the first funeral director service dying?

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323 years ago Bridget Bishop was on the receiving end of a literal witch hunt.

 

She died on June 10th 1692

Annnnnd, the change in calander means no she didn't ;)

 

If the Oolster boys can celebrate the 12th of of July when the Boyne wasn't on that date, I suppose we give Mr rhpenguin some leeway.

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St Vladimir died 1000 years ago today!

I'm hoping that's our first millennium posting.

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John F. Kennedy, Jr. was one of the many victims of the Kennedy curse on July 16, 1999. He was 38 years old and died in a plane crash on the way to a wedding.

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Cicely Saunders died ironically this day aged 87, 10 years ago.cicely-saunders.jpg

Who???

And what's ironic about it?

 

She opened the first hospice and then died of cancer. I know Americans struggle with irony,

 

 

So that would be like someone who opened the first funeral director service dying?

 

Exactly, irony.

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323 years ago Bridget Bishop was on the receiving end of a literal witch hunt.

She died on June 10th 1692

Annnnnd, the change in calander means no she didn't ;)

 

If the Oolster boys can celebrate the 12th of of July when the Boyne wasn't on that date, I suppose we give Mr rhpenguin some leeway.

 

So now I've got reschedule the anniversary remembrance for next year all over again.

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Two people died on this date 10 years ago:

 

Geraldine Fitzgerald, 91, Academy Award nominated actress who starred in 'Dark Victory' (1939).

 

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Edward Heath, 89, former Prime Minister of the UK.

 

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Aged 67 Adam Smith succumbed to the reaper's invisible hand 225 years ago.

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July 17 is a very tragic day...

 

July 17, 1918: The Romanovs - the Russian royal family, are murdered by Bolsheviks.

 

July 17, 1996: TWA Flight 800 was destined for doom. 230 people died after a fuel tank explosion, including a couple of people with Wikipedia pages.

 

July 17, 2014: The curse of Malaysian Airlines continues as a plane heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur is shot down over Ukraine. Yet again, some of the victims had Wikipedia pages.

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Today is the 170th anniversary of the death of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, former Prime Minister of the UK, and after whom the tea is named.

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July 17 is a very tragic day...

July 17, 1918: The Romanovs - the Russian royal family, are murdered by Bolsheviks.

July 17, 1996: TWA Flight 800 was destined for doom. 230 people died after a fuel tank explosion, including a couple of people with Wikipedia pages.

July 17, 2014: The curse of Malaysian Airlines continues as a plane heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur is shot down over Ukraine. Yet again, some of the victims had Wikipedia pages.

Come on, I have to ask the question. Was wiki about in 1996?

answer from their own website:- launched Jan 15th 2001.

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July 17 is a very tragic day...

July 17, 1918: The Romanovs - the Russian royal family, are murdered by Bolsheviks.

July 17, 1996: TWA Flight 800 was destined for doom. 230 people died after a fuel tank explosion, including a couple of people with Wikipedia pages.

July 17, 2014: The curse of Malaysian Airlines continues as a plane heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lampur is shot down over Ukraine. Yet again, some of the victims had Wikipedia pages.

Come on, I have to ask the question. Was wiki about in 1996?

answer from their own website:- launched Jan 15th 2001.

 

They've got Wiki pages now. As have the Romanovs so that must be the link to their deaths.

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If we are being musical we should also tip our hats to John Coltrane, died age 40 in 1967.

 

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General William Westmoreland, 10 years ago.

And Italian painter Caravaggio, 405 years ago.

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45 years ago today the sun stopped shining for Lucien H d'Azambuja, aged 86.

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40 years ago Lefty Frizzell put on the long black veil aged 47.

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I was surprised no one had posted yet but in reality no one famous died today.

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I was surprised no one had posted yet but in reality no one famous died today.

 

'cept Mel Smith and Bert Trautmann, both in 2013.

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I was surprised no one had posted yet but in reality no one famous died today.

 

'cept Mel Smith and Bert Trautmann, both in 2013.

 

and James Garner, last year.

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Ten years ago, James Doohan

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Bruce Lee was only 32 when he passed away 42 years ago. Both numbers are astounding in their way.

 

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I was surprised no one had posted yet but in reality no one famous died today.

 

'cept Mel Smith and Bert Trautmann, both in 2013.

 

and James Garner, last year.

 

Mr Irony strikes again.

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