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2009 Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68
2009 Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York 2009 Billy Mays, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc., dies at age 50 2009 Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 2009 Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82 2009 Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 2008 Edmund Hillary, dies of heart failure at age 88 2007 Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 2007 Peter Hoagland, Representative-D-Nebraska 1989 - 1995, died at age 65 2007 Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76 2007 Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75 2006 Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland 2006 Jim Olin, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 1993, died at age 86 2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2005 James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2005 Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2005 Fay Godwin, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell, dies at age 74, in Hastings, England 2005 Tom Bevill, Representative-D-Alabama 1967 - 1997, died from heart problems at age 84 2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2004 Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61 2003 Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2002 Paul Wellstone, Senator-D-Minnesota 1991 - 2002, died in a plane crash in Minnesota at age 58 2001 Edward Boland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1953 - 1989, died at the age of 90 from natural causes 2001 William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 2000 Bruce Vento, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000, dies at age 60 2000 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 1999 Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1998 John Glenn returns to space at the age of 77 as a payload specialist on the Discovery 1998 Rodney Harvey, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho', died at age 30, of a heroin overdose 1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1997 Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Jermaine Stewart, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out', dies liver cancer in Homewood, Illinois, at age 39 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history 1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1996 Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995, dies of rare blood disorder at age 36 1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1995 Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45 1995 Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1995 Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1994 Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England 1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1994 Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1993 Robert Taft, Jr., Senator-R-Ohio 1971 - 1976, died at age 76 1993 George "Spanky" McFarland, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 65 1991 Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86 1991 John Heinz III, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991, dies in a plane crash at age 52 1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18 1990 Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 Samuel S. Stratton, Representative-D-New York 1959 - 1989, died at age 73 1989 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days 1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age 1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1984 Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1984 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live 1982 Hasan Raza, cricketer, Test cricketer at the age of 14 1981 Herman Talmadge, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee, died at age 88 1980 Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53 1980 Jesse Owens, 4 Gold Medals 1936 Olympics, dies at the age of 66 1980 Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1977 Carter De Haven, Francis O'Callaghan, actor, director, writer, worked with Charlie Chaplin, dies in Glendale, California, at age 90 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six) 1975 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) 1975 One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days 1975 Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer, Pakistani quickie, debut vs. England, age 17 1975 Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1974 Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61 1973 M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44 1973 Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1973 Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1972 Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 39 1971 A. P. Herbert, British novelist, humorist, playwright and activist at age 81 1971 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18 1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1971 Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1971 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 1988 Olympics 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1970 Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18 1970 Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1966 Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1963 John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts 1947 - 1953, 35th President 1961 - 1963, dies at age 46 1963 Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1962 Henry F. Ashurst, Senator-D-Arizona 1912 - 1941, died of a stroke at age 87 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1961 Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79 1961 Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night', dies in Paris, France, at age 67 1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer, OMD-Crush, Pacific Age 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years 1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days 1958 Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1955 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 1954 Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance 1954 Jack Blades, rock bassist, Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger 1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet 1952 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET 1950 Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City 1949 G. I. Gurdjieff, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way, dies at age 83, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1948 Albert Innaurato, Philadelphia, playwright/director, Age in Soho 1946 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities 1946 Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38 1946 Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at age 53 1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson) 1945 Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1945 Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1942 Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 1941 All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1940 William Edgar Borah, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer, died at the age of 74 1939 John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1938 Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 1937 John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1935 Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies 1935 Phyllis Newman, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actress, Coming of Age, TW3 1935 John Gross, author, Age of Kipling, Dickens and 20th Century 1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1933 Washington Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57 1932 Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 1930 Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1929 Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1927 David Hobman, director, Age Concern England 1924 Hans Thoma, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum, dies in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the age of 85 1923 Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada 1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions 1918 Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration, dies in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 60 1917 Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89 1917 Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 1912 Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent 1908 Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3 1907 W. H. Auden, U.S., poet, Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948 1902 Charles Kendall Adams, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901, dies at age 67, in Redlands, California 1902 Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1901 Margaret Mead, born in Philadelphia, anthropologist, Coming of Age in Samoa 1886 Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99 1884 T Thomas Fortune starts New York Freeman (New York Age) newspaper 1882 Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46 1880 Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1878 Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1871 Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1870 Lionel Palairet, cricketer, elegant England bat in the Golden Age 1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age, 120 y 237 d 1849 Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C. 1847 Godefroid Kurth, Belgian historian, La cite de Liege au moyen age 1826 Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1809 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1798 Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1795 Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age 1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist, Common Sense, Age of Reason 1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1676 King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15) 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1651 King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age 1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream' 1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible 1380 King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 661 Ali ibn Abi Talib, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad, dies at age 62 430 Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75 |
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