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RIP OTD in 1990, actess (Mogambo, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Barefoot Contessa, The Sun Also Rises, The Night of the Iguana), Ava Gardner, died from pneumonia, in her London home at the age of 67. Sunset Memorial Park in Smithfield, North Carolina thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/25/day
RIP OTD in 2017 actor (Midnight Express, Alien, The Elephant Man, Harry Potter, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones, Outlander, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) John Hurt died from pancreatic cancer at home in Cromer, Norfolk, England, aged 77. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/25/day
RIP OTD in 2017, actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People) Mary Tyler Moore died from cardiopulmonary arrest due to pneumonia at the age of 80 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Oak Lawn Cemetery, in Fairfield, Connecticut thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/25/day
RIP OTD in 2023 actress (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, American Graffiti, The Conversation), Cindy Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/25/day
FACT OF THE DAY. 26 January 1926. John Logie Baird gave the 1st public demonstration of television at the Royal Institution in London. Baird’s TV pictures showed the heads of 2 ventriloquist dummies, which he operated in front of the camera apparatus out of view of the audience.
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@fxmc1957.bsky.social) 2025-01-26T09:39:43.443Z
RIP OTD in 1992 actor (Cyrano de Bergerac, Moulin Rouge, The Caine Mutiny, Lawrence of Arabia, Ship of Fools, Dune) José Ferrer died; colorectal cancer; Coral Gables, Florida, aged 80. Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/26/day
RIP OTD in 2016 US Army Veteran, actor (The Godfather, Barney Miller) Abe Vigoda died from natural causes at his daughter’s home in Woodland Park, New Jersey, at the age of 94. Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/26/day
RIP OTD in 2021 actress (Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Help, The Trip to Bountiful) Cicely Tyson died in New York City, aged 96. Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx near the grave of her former husband Miles Davis thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/28/day
RIP OTD in 1964 actor (This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia, Whispering Smith, Shane) Alan Ladd died; his home in Palm Springs; accidental overdose of alcohol/barbiturate/tranquilizers, aged 50. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glenwood California thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/29/day
RIP OTD in 1977, stand-up comedian and actor Freddie Prinze died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to his head at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 22. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/29/day
RIP OTD in 1999 burlesque dancer, stripper, pin-up model, actress (The Naked and the Dead) Lili St. Cyr (Marie Frances Van Schaack), died in Los Angeles, aged 80. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2025/01/29/day
