Blacksheep Speaks

Today's Famous Deaths

Well, there is still a LITTLE time before supper. This list isn't nearly the bear to type the other one is, anyway... LOT shorter. I'm cheating with dinner anyway. I wimped out. We're having McDonalds.

29 John the Baptist beheaded ( Note: Actual date is questionable ). 1533 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors. 1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown). 1877 Brigham Young 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies. 1960 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46. 1960 Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated. 1967 George Rockwell murdered. 1975 Eamon de Valera Irish independence fighter, dies at 92. 1976 Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18. 1981 Lowell Thomas newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 89. 1982 Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday. 1983 Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61. 1985 Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67. 1985 Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77. 1987 Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63.