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#1821 · March 26, 2025, 2:08 pm
RIP OTD in 1979 short story writer, novelist (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford), Jean Stafford died of cardiac arrest in White Plains, New York aged 63. Green River Cemetery, East Hampton, New York thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/26/day
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#1822 · March 27, 2025, 2:07 pm
RIP OTD in 1997 adventurer, travel writer, photographer, as well as a sportswoman, Ella Maillard died in Chandolin, Switzerland aged 94. Cremated remains scattered over the Calvary of Chandolin (photo with Ella on the right and Annemarie Schwarzenbach) thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/27/day
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#1823 · March 27, 2025, 2:11 pm
RIP OTD in 2012 poet, essayist and feminist Adrienne Rich died at the age of 82 in her Santa Cruz, California home from rheumatoid arthritis complications. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/27/day
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#1824 · March 28, 2025, 12:58 pm
RIP OTD in 1929 professor, poet ("America the Beautiful"), author, social reformist, Katharine Lee Bates died in Wellesley, Massachusetts, while listening to a friend read poetry to her, aged 69. Oak Grove Cemetery at Falmouth, Massachusetts thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/28/day
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#1825 · March 28, 2025, 12:58 pm
RIP OTD in 1941, writer (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own) Virginia Woolf drowned herself in the River Ouse near Lewes, East Sussex, England, aged 59. Cremated remains in the garden of her home Monk’s House in Rodmell, Sussex thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/28/day
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#1826 · March 30, 2025, 1:01 pm
RIP OTD in 1806 English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, activist, known for her charisma, beauty, love affairs, and gambling, Dutchess Giorgiana Spencer Cavendish died; Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, aged 48. Derby Cathedral thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/30/day
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#1827 · March 31, 2025, 7:04 am
RIP OTD in 1631, English cleric and poet ("Death Be Not Proud", Meditation XVI) John Donne died at the age of 59 in London. Memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/31/day-in-history-31-march-selena/
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#1828 · March 31, 2025, 7:05 am
RIP OTD in 1855, sister of Emily and Anne, novelist (Jane Eyre), poet, Charlotte Bronte died; pregnancy complications with her unborn child, aged 38 in Haworth, England. Brontë family vault in the Church of St Michael and All Angels at Haworth https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/31/day-in-history-31-march-selena/
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#1829 · April 2, 2025, 1:40 pm
RIP OTD in 1966 novelist (Horatio Hornblower series, The African Queen, The Good Shepherd), C. S. Forester died in Fullerton, California aged 66. Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/02/day
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#1830 · April 3, 2025, 12:58 pm
RIP OTD in 1991, novelist (Stamboul Train, The End of the Affair, The Quiet American) Graham Greene died of leukemia in Vevey, Switzerland, at the age of 86. Corseaux cemetery in Corseaux, Switzerland thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/03/day
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#1831 · April 4, 2025, 1:55 pm
RIP OTD in 2013, film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, author, Roger Ebert died from cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands at a hospital in Chicago at the age of 70. Cremation. Statue outside the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/04/day
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#1832 · April 5, 2025, 1:20 pm
RIP OTD in 1997 poet ("Howl"), philosopher, writer Allen Ginsberg died; liver cancer; East Village, Manhattan, aged 70. Cremated remains: Gomel Chesed Cemetery Newark, NJ; Shambhala Mountain Center Colorado; Jewel Heart, Gelek Rimpoche’s sangha India thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/05/day
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#1833 · April 5, 2025, 1:21 pm
RIP OTD in 2014 author (The Snow Leopard, Shadow Country, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse), naturalist, zen teacher, CIA agent, co-founder of The Paris Review, Peter Matthiessen died from leukemia at his home in Sagaponack, New York, aged 86 thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/05/day
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#1834 · April 6, 2025, 1:08 pm
RIP OTD in 1992 writer (Foundation series, Galactic Empire series, Robot series, "Nightfall"), professor of biochemistry at Boston University, Isaac Asimov died in Manhattan of heart and kidney failure, aged 72. Cremated remains scattered https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/06/day-in-history-6-april-raphael/
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#1835 · April 9, 2025, 6:45 am
RIP OTD in 1996 novelist (The Manchurian Candidate, Winter Kills, Prizzi's Honor) Richard Condon died in Dallas, Texas aged 81. Cremation https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/09/day-in-history-9-april-willie-stargell/
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#1836 · April 10, 2025, 6:54 am
RIP OTD in 1909 poet ("Anactoria", "Sapphics", "Hymn to Proserpine", "The Triumph of Time") playwright, novelist, critic Algernon Charles Swinburne died at The Pines, Putney, London, aged 72. St. Boniface Church, Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/
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#1837 · April 10, 2025, 6:55 am
RIP OTD in 1931 writer, poet (The Prophet), visual artist, philosopher, Kahlil Gibran died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan from cirrhosis of the liver, aged 48. The Gibran Museum in Bsharri, Lebanon https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/
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#1838 · April 10, 2025, 6:55 am
RIP OTD in 1966 writer (Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Sword of Honour) Evelyn Waugh died; heart failure; his home in Combe Florey, Somerset, England, aged 62. Church of St Peter & St Paul, Combe Florey https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/
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#1839 · April 11, 2025, 1:16 pm
RIP OTD in 1977 poet ("Les feuilles mortes", "La grasse matinée", "Les bruits de la nuit", "Chasse à l'enfant"), screenwriter (Les Enfants du Paradis) Jacques Prévert died; lung cancer; Omonville-la-Petite, France aged 77. Cimetiere d'Omonville la Petite thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/11/day
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#1840 · April 11, 2025, 1:17 pm
RIP OTD in 1987 novelist (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre), short story writer, Erskine Caldwell died of emphysema and lung cancer in Paradise Valley, Arizona, aged 83. Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland, Oregon thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/11/day
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