Who Died Today
Seems that November 22nd was a good day in history to die:
1718 The Pirate Blackbeard (British bastard of the high seas)
1873 Horatio Spafford's four daughters drown (prompting the hymn, It Is Well With My Soul)
1896 George Washington Gale Ferris (invented the Ferris Wheel)
1955 Shemp Howard (actor, 3 Stooges)
1963 Aldous Huxley (author, Brave new World)
1963 C.S. Lewis (author, Narnia Chronicles)
1963 JFK (American president, good with the ladies [bad year for the world!])
1980 Mae West (American actress, not pretty but very sassy)
1993 Bill Bixby (actor, My Favorite Martian)
1718 The Pirate Blackbeard (British bastard of the high seas)
1873 Horatio Spafford's four daughters drown (prompting the hymn, It Is Well With My Soul)
1896 George Washington Gale Ferris (invented the Ferris Wheel)
1955 Shemp Howard (actor, 3 Stooges)
1963 Aldous Huxley (author, Brave new World)
1963 C.S. Lewis (author, Narnia Chronicles)
1963 JFK (American president, good with the ladies [bad year for the world!])
1980 Mae West (American actress, not pretty but very sassy)
1993 Bill Bixby (actor, My Favorite Martian)
Labels: entertainers, history, November, obits, politics
posted by k_sra at 11/22/2005 03:59:00 PM
13 Comments:
//1963 Aldous Huxley (author, Stranger in a Strange Land)//
Oooh, you lose several geek points for that one.
//1896 George Washington Gale (invented the Ferris Wheel)//
Pretty sure that should be George Washington Gale Ferris.
//Pretty sure that should be George Washington Gale Ferris.//
You just gained several geek points for that!
//Oooh, you lose several geek points for that one.//
I didn't kill him!
Does Hector read this? I'd really like to see him re-post that list as a song parody of Jim Carroll's "People Who Died" or whatever that song's called.
yjrqq: Southern pronunciation of "you jerk"
No worries. You gain those geek points right back on May 8th next year.
Black Beard's real names was reported to be Edward Teach.
Surely THAT is worth a geek point or three. Yes?
//I didn't kill him!//
True, but...
Aldous Huxley (note list of works)
Stranger in a Strange Land (note author)
Bastards! I always get those two mixed up. Will fix...
(No geek points for me. I think I'm ok with that.)
here's are two more that are of interest to the list...
In 1955, Actor Shemp Howard (3 Stooges)
In 1993, Actor Bill Bixby (My Favorite Martian)
// Bastards! I always get those two mixed up. Will fix...//
's OK. And I would've let it slide too, if it hadn't been for this blog entry, posted the previous day.
All of the very coolest people were born November 22, but I can't think of a single one. Hmmm...hint hint.
// All of the very coolest people were born November 22, but I can't think of a single one.//
Terry Gilliam? Rodney Dangerfield? Hoagy Carmichael?
The guy who played Mr. Miagi from "The Karate Kid" (Pat Morita) died this weekend. :(
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