NOTABLE DEATHS | January 25, 2017
Butch Trucks (1947 - 2017) ›
Drummer co-founded the Allman Brothers Band...
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DIED TODAY IN HISTORY | January 25, 2017
Died January 25 ›
The camera loved Ava Gardner...
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Japan has one of the highest cremation rates in the world - 99.9% (compared to approximately 40% in the United States).
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CELEBRITY DEATHS | January 8, 2017
2017 Celebrity Deaths ›
We remember celebrities we've lost this year...
Did You Know?
Though used interchangeably today, gravestones and tombstones were once two different things: the marker on top of a gravesite and the coffin's stone lid.
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INSPIRATIONAL LIVES
Anne Jennings
First African-American registered nurse to graduate from Hartford Hospital School
Joyce Brock
Created one of the first modeling agencies and schools for African-Americans
Mary Louise "Lou" Rodeen
The first woman to be accepted into the Northwestern University Band.
Allan Williams
The first manager of the Beatles
Willie Evans
Buffalo football star whose 1958 team refused to play in a bowl game banning black players
Jill Saward
Rape victim became an advocate for victims of sexual assault
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Where there is love there is life.
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Peter Overend Watts (1947 - 2017) ›
January 25, 2017
Musician played bass in the glam-rock band Mott the Hoople…
Lee O'Denat ›
January 24, 2017
Founded the popular WorldStarHipHop website...
Ronald "Bingo" Mundy (1940 - 2017) ›
January 24, 2017
Original member of the Marcels, known for their No. 1 song, "Blue Moon"...
Bimba Bosé (1975 - 2017) ›
January 23, 2017
Fashion model graced the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar...
Yordano Ventura (1991 - 2017) ›
January 22, 2017
MLB pitcher threw for the Kansas City Royals...
Andy Marte (1983 - 2017) ›
January 22, 2017
Former MLB infielder played for the Indians, Diamondbacks, and Braves...