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Well this deserves a mention the greastest film director ever to live IMO died 13 years ago today Stanley kurbrick

 

Think I will watch one of his movie's today in his honour .

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Divine died today in 1988. By the end of his career he actively hated the world of drag queens and considered himself a character actor who sometimes played the part of one.

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Actress Susan Hayward lost her battle against brain cancer on this day in 1975.

 

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Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died on this day in 1975 aged 69.

 

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Horror author, H. P. Lovecraft, died 75 years ago today at the age of 46

 

 

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Julius Caesar died on this day 44BC

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Today in 2004 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands died, aged 94.

 

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regards,

Hein

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The under-rated oft-overlooked Peter Houseman, killed in a car crash aged 31, 35 years ago.

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The under-rated oft-overlooked Peter Houseman, killed in a car crash aged 31, 35 years ago.

 

So that's what happened to him....

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One hundred years ago, the final act of that most-heroic of failures saw the deaths of Lieutenant Henry Bowers (rear left), Robert Falcon Scott (rear centre) and Edward Adrian Wilson (rear right). Of the other two, Evans perished in February; the fate of Oates is well-known.

 

 

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17 years ago today saw the departure of Kenny Everett

 

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"All in the best possible taste!"

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Clough Williams-Ellis, designer of Portmeirion, (as seen in 'The Prisoner'), died 9 april 1978 aged 94.

 

His ashes were made into a rocket, used in a New Year's Eve firework display 20 years after his death (according to wikipedia).

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Clough Williams-Ellis, designer of Portmeirion, (as seen in 'The Prisoner'), died 9 april 1978 aged 94.

 

His ashes were made into a rocket, used in a New Year's Eve firework display 20 years after his death (according to wikipedia).

 

Bloody hell do he request that ? seems like a strange request , or were his ashes made into a rocket by accident ?

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Clough Williams-Ellis, designer of Portmeirion, (as seen in 'The Prisoner'), died 9 april 1978 aged 94.

 

His ashes were made into a rocket, used in a New Year's Eve firework display 20 years after his death (according to wikipedia).

 

I'll be visiting Portmeirion tomorrow. Just thought I'd mention it like.

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Twenty-One Years since the departure of glass harmonica virtuoso Bruno Hoffmann

 

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1 year ago, Elisabeth Sladen.

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1 year ago, Elisabeth Sladen.

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Still can't get my head round that one...

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Today in 1912 Irish author Bram Stoker died, allegedly from syphilis, aged 64.

 

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Hein

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Cant be arsed trolling for pics, but 25th April seems to be a popular day for singers/ententainers to croak.

 

Brian 'too loud' Macleod 1992

Lisa 'left eye' Lopez 2002

Bobby 'Boris' Picket 2007

Humphrey Littleton 2008

Poly Styrene 2010

 

Just thought I'd mention it.

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