Death Anniversary Thread

[Phantom 2,467]

Hey, hey he's gone, Joey Ramone died this day 15 years ago aged 49.

 

15 years ago, they took him away.

[Sir Creep 7,012]

Hey, hey he's gone, Joey Ramone died this day 15 years ago aged 49.

Goddamn has it been 15 years? Christ, I was in my 30s! Gettin old, we are.

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[rockhopper penguin 2,264]

25 years since David Lean stopped being epic aged 83.

[Sir Creep 7,012]

Arthur Chevrolet - 70 years

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There are Chickens who will have breathed a sigh of relief this day 40 years ago with the death of Nobel Laureate, Henrik Dam aged 81.

[Sir Creep 7,012]

Piet Hein, a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet-- but most importantly the grandfather of Magere Hein -- died 20 years ago today.

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[rockhopper penguin 2,264]

Anniversary nod goes to Theobald Bec who died sometime around now 855 years ago aged 71 ish. As Archbishop of Canterbury he laid the groundwork for his more famous successor Thomas Beckett.

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The must be a problem with space/time it can't be 5 years since the death of Elisabeth Sladen aged 65 - but it appears it is.

[Sir Creep 7,012]

4/20:

 

Steve Marriott spent 30 days in a hole and liked it so much he stayed, 25 years ago.

[rockhopper penguin 2,264]

25 years since he stopped having to worry about getting on with his neighbors; the tragic death of Steve Marriott aged 44.

[rockhopper penguin 2,264]

4/20:

 

Steve Marriott spent 30 days in a hole and liked it so much he stayed, 25 years ago.

We crossed (but at least I got a picture)

[time 7,948]

Twenty years ago today, Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, but more famously the son of AA Milne

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Nosher Powell, 3 years ago.

[Spade_Cooley 9,019]

Benny Hill died today in 1992, but his body wasn't discovered for three days because he was a miserable cunt with no friends.

 

Here's his Bob Dylan parody from 1965:

 

[Sir Creep 7,012]

 

4/20:

Steve Marriott spent 30 days in a hole and liked it so much he stayed, 25 years ago.

 

We crossed (but at least I got a picture)

Ahhh my friend you'll have the take up the issue of why we can't post photos using the Mobile version with our techie admins

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[rockhopper penguin 2,264]

All bets were off 20 years ago for Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder who died this day aged 77.

[CaptainChorizo 1,903]

17 years ago today Wrestling Icon Ravishing Rick Rude died. He was 40 at the time

 

[Sir Creep 7,012]

(4/21):

John Keynes, the father of Keynsian economics - 70 years ago

François Duvalier (Papa Doc) - 45 years

[Handrejka 1,840]

Sandy Denny died on this date in 1978. I don't care that it's been mentioned before and it's not a multiple of 5. I'm a fan and I want to commemorate it.

[Toast 14,826]

Sandy Denny died on this date in 1978. I don't care that it's been mentioned before and it's not a multiple of 5. I'm a fan and I want to commemorate it.

 

Quite right too. This entire thread should be subtitled "Who Knows Where The Time Goes".

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Sandy Denny died on this date in 1978. I don't care that it's been mentioned before and it's not a multiple of 5. I'm a fan and I want to commemorate it.

 

Quite right too. This entire thread should be subtitled "Who Knows Where The Time Goes".

 

[Sir Creep 7,012]

Not much going on but for 500+ year old Popes for 4/22.

 

Erma Bombeck - 20 years ago. Found it in the Who Gives A Shit folder.

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John Crome (you'll have heard of him as Old Crome), would no longer show anyone his etchings after this day 195 years ago, dying aged 59.

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He wrote plays and died 400 years ago. One or two people are organising events. William Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil aged 52.

[Cat O'Falk 3,287]

He wrote plays and died 400 years ago. One or two people are organising events. William Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil aged 52.

I thought he was a party-pooper having died on his birthday but it seems his exact date of birth is unknown.