Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn’t matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.
We Live And We Die
Nobody Lives Forever
See You In Heaven
What Happened on This Day in History?
1764- St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
1804- New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
1903- 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
1932 – George Burns & Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on “Guy Lombardo Show”
1933 – President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
Deaths
1927-1820 –William Ellery was a US attorney who signed the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island
1827-1905 –Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer/governor/Union general in American Civil War who wrote Ben-Hur
1879-1959 –Owen W Richardson was an English physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission which led to Richardson’s Law
1919-1965 –Nat King Cole was a famous US singer/jazz pianist (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), he smoked three packs of cigarettes a day which killed him
1891-1967 –William C Bullitt was the 1st US ambassador in USSR
1930-1968 –Little Walter was a US blues harmonica player who was compared to Jimmy Hendrix
1943-1981 –Mike Bloomfield was a US musician/guitarist/composer/rocker for Electric Flag and other groups, dies of drug overdose at 36
1918-1988 –Richard P Feynman was a US physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 Physical Law
1910-1992 –William H Schuman was a US composer who won the Pulitzer Prize for music/President of Julliard and left to become the first President of Lincoln Center
1927-1996 –McLean Stevenson was a US actor who played Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on M*A*S*H
1974-1999 –Big L was an American rapper from New York City, he was shot and killed before his second album was released, Big L made important contributions to the Hip Hop industry in New York City
1915-2007 –Ray Evans was an American songwriter who partnered with Jay Livingston to compose songs for films
This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today’s famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye’s writing
Sources
Historyorb.com
Wikipedia.com
Holidayinsights.com
