#RIP #OTD in 1969, novelist (A Confederacy of Dunces) John Kennedy Toole died by carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in Biloxi, Mississippi at the age of 31. Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans https://t.co/GQ7OKsYWAh pic.twitter.com/ZMWRzKoLlJ

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 26, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1973 playwright (Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter, Blithe Spirit), composer, actor, singer/songwriter ("Mad Dogs and Englishmen") Noël Coward died; his home, Firefly Estate, in Jamaica; heart failure, aged 73. Firefly Estate https://t.co/GQ7OKsYWAh pic.twitter.com/ODwkt4cx6z

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 26, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 2016, poet, novelist (Legends of the Fall), and essayist Jim Harrison died from a heart attack in Patagonia, Arizona at the age of 78. Final footprint unknown at this time https://t.co/GQ7OKsYWAh pic.twitter.com/9LmasmdTET

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 26, 2024

#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) https://t.co/62pO6NToNj pic.twitter.com/z9LVySXlOi

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 27, 2024

#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 https://t.co/62pO6NToNj pic.twitter.com/0FyD4uXwe7

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 27, 2024

28 March 1894. Sylvia von Harden was born in Hamburg, Germany. She was a leading journalist, but is best known as the subject of Otto Dix's 1926 painting entitled “Portrait of the Journalist”. This painting is recreated in the opening and closing of the 1972 film, Cabaret. pic.twitter.com/pIVM40wy1v

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 28, 2024

#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 https://t.co/HPOINrW1mI pic.twitter.com/IV4kz3tIuW

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 28, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 1941, writer (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own) Virginia Woolf drowned 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 https://t.co/HPOINrW1mI pic.twitter.com/5BF3mfplMM

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 28, 2024

#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 https://t.co/PZDkWpzbpI pic.twitter.com/svA9QdVqYD

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 30, 2024

31 March 1596. Rene Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, France. He once wrote: “I think therefore I am.” Descartes is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy. His book Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard philosophical text. pic.twitter.com/8kalesY36A

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) March 31, 2024

#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://t.co/jMLkc37Ek2 pic.twitter.com/XYx4goXWs4

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 31, 2024

#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://t.co/jMLkc376uu pic.twitter.com/GMt75ghVtZ

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) March 31, 2024

It’s April Fool’s Day. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1392) contains the first recorded link between 1st of April and foolishness. pic.twitter.com/qdpyQrOiLl

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 1, 2024

2 April 1840. Emile Zola was born in Paris, France. He’s best known for supporting Jewish officer, Alfred Dreyfus, in his famous open letter “J’accuse”, in which he claimed the French government had wrongly jailed him and was motivated in doing so by antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/uoFTfVnjDz

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 2, 2024

2 April 1946. Sue Townsend was born in Leicester. She’s best known for creating the fictional character, Adrian Mole. Her Adrian Mole books sold more copies than any other work of fiction in Britain during the 1980s. The series eventually encompassed 9 books, all in diary form. pic.twitter.com/f3pthfiQxU

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 2, 2024

#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 https://t.co/yIoI9hcrec pic.twitter.com/kLB9kIEXgX

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) April 2, 2024

#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 https://t.co/2xppJzEI8T pic.twitter.com/0cDiPAyrtv

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) April 3, 2024

#RIP #OTD in 2016 Native American, US Army veteran, writer, historian, last war chief of the Crow Tribe, Joe Medicine Crow died in Billings, Montana aged 102. Apsaalooke Veterans Cemetery, Crow Agency, Montana https://t.co/2xppJzEI8T pic.twitter.com/JkI5ai0iEF

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) April 3, 2024

4 April 1927. Acclaimed poet and autobiographer, Maya Angelou, was born in St Louis, Missouri,USA. She was best known for her series of 7 autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. pic.twitter.com/HCziINoZBL

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 4, 2024