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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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Wade Morton (born Ward Day, March 19, 1889 – February 22, 1935) was an American racing driver.. Morton competed in 17 American Championship Car races from 1922 to 1927 including 7 Indianapolis 500 races (three starts of his own and four drives in relief of others).
The following is a list of 74 individuals whose deaths have been related to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana: 42 drivers, 1 motorcyclist, 13 riding mechanics, and 18 others including a pit crew member, track personnel, and spectators have sustained fatal injuries or have had fatal medical conditions.
Pete Wade Nashville session guitarist: 89: August 27, 2024: Hendersonville, Tennessee, US: Complications from hip surgery [201] [202] [203] Fatman Scoop Rapper and hype man: 56: August 30, 2024: Hamden, Connecticut, US: Cardiovascular disease – collapsed on stage [204] Teresa Bright Musician of native Hawaiian music: 64: September 1, 2024 ...
Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ← March April May → The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2024.
He was also a regular contributor to NUVO Magazine in Indianapolis. [5] He was a strong opponent of American military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s. Jacobs died on December 28, 2013, at his home in Indianapolis, aged 81. [ 11 ]
Miller first visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957, and attended his first Indianapolis 500 in 1959. [3] In 1968, at the age of 18, he got to "stooge" for his driving hero Jim Hurtubise [3] [4] at Indy. Miller was hired for free to do odd jobs with the pit crew, but was fired before the end of the month after he ruined the paint job ...