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#61 themaninblack

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Posted 11 February 2009 - 06:22 PM

View PostPhantom, on Feb 11 2009, 04:31 PM, said:

Sylvia Plath commited suicide on this day in 1963

I wonder if she regretted doing that?
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It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
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And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
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It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

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Posted 11 February 2009 - 06:34 PM

View Postthemaninblack, on Feb 11 2009, 07:22 PM, said:

View PostPhantom, on Feb 11 2009, 04:31 PM, said:

Sylvia Plath commited suicide on this day in 1963

I wonder if she regretted doing that?

No, Piaf told her not to.

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Posted 11 February 2009 - 09:17 PM

View PostMonoclinic, on Feb 11 2009, 06:34 PM, said:

View Postthemaninblack, on Feb 11 2009, 07:22 PM, said:

View PostPhantom, on Feb 11 2009, 04:31 PM, said:

Sylvia Plath commited suicide on this day in 1963

I wonder if she regretted doing that?

No, Piaf told her not to.

Oh gosh, what a faux pas... :smiley_f:

Of course, Plath was the one Ted Hughes knocked about, wasn't she?
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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 09:56 PM

P.G. Wodehouse died on this date in 1975

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Posted 19 February 2009 - 05:48 PM

Bon Scott died on this date in 1980

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 01:50 PM

Dick York (1992), Burt Lancaster (1994) Hunter S. Thompson (2005) and Sandra Dee (2005)
All died on this date

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Posted 20 February 2009 - 05:44 PM

View PostPhantom, on Feb 20 2009, 01:50 PM, said:

Dick York (1992), Burt Lancaster (1994) Hunter S. Thompson (2005) and Sandra Dee (2005)
All died on this date

I think your source on Burt Lancaster must be wrong. He died on my 18th birthday which was 20th October 94
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Posted 20 February 2009 - 05:48 PM

View PostHandrejka, on Feb 20 2009, 06:44 PM, said:

View PostPhantom, on Feb 20 2009, 01:50 PM, said:

Dick York (1992), Burt Lancaster (1994) Hunter S. Thompson (2005) and Sandra Dee (2005)
All died on this date

I think your source on Burt Lancaster must be wrong. He died on my 18th birthday which was 20th October 94

I misread it, I just glanced at the date of 20th didn't pay much attention to the month

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Posted 21 February 2009 - 08:43 PM

A day late, but Gene Siskel died 10 years ago as of February 20.
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Posted 21 February 2009 - 09:02 PM

Malcolm X was assassinated on this day in 1965

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Posted 23 February 2009 - 05:20 PM

My guinea pig, Chaka Demus, passed away this day in 2008.

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Posted 26 February 2009 - 07:46 PM

William Melvin Hicks died today in 1994. Forget Cobain, this was the big death of that year...

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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 03:30 PM

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Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, died on this date in 1995.

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:16 PM

Renowned pipe smoker Joseph Stalin died on this day in 1953.

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Ten years later, Patsy Cline, who always said she would die young, died young.

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Posted 05 March 2009 - 06:28 PM

View PostPhantom, on Mar 5 2009, 03:30 PM, said:

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Vivian Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, died on this date in 1995.

All hail the ginger geezer and his wrinkled retainer....Scrotum!
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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 08 March 2009 - 12:48 AM

A bit late this but never mind....

Jean Baudrillard died on 6th March 2007...

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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 08 March 2009 - 11:59 PM

10th anniversary of Joe DiMaggio's death.

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Harold Lloyd also died on this day.

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Posted 09 March 2009 - 12:17 AM

View PostDeath Impends, on Mar 8 2009, 11:59 PM, said:

10th anniversary of Joe DiMaggio's death.

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Harold Lloyd also died on this day.

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Well, he had to fall off that clock sometime...
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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 10 March 2009 - 09:15 PM

Lloyd Bridges died today in 1998...

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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 12:23 AM

St Patrick's Day Special:

Rod Hull died 10 years ago today...

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"We're today's scrambled creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature
Heaven's on the pillow, its silence competes with hell
It's a twenty-four hour service, guaranteed to make you tell
And the streets are full of press men
Bent on getting hung and buried
And the legendary curtains are drawn 'round Baby Bankrupt
Who sucks you while you're sleeping
It's the theatre of financiers
Count them, fifty 'round a table
White and dressed to kill."

David Bowie - We Are The Dead (1974)




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