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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 ...
Queen Victoria's death in January 1901 was preceded by the deaths of three of her children (Princess Alice in December 1878, Prince Leopold in March 1884, and Prince Alfred in July 1900) and soon followed by the Princess Royal's death in August 1901. Aside from the four boys who died as infants, Queen Victoria had survived seven of her ...
In Munich they were reunited with Victoria's mother and the family group moved to Zürich in September 1919. [62] With the death of Victoria's mother, she inherited her villa, Chateau Fabron in Nice and her residence in Coburg, the Edinburg Palais. In the following years the exiled family divided their time between these two places. [63] [64]
The untimely deaths of a prominent heart doctor and his wife in a car crash Friday night have left the Fresno community in shock. Dr. Alfred Valles, 50, and Selina Valles, 46, were killed at 9:30 ...
Victoria Siegel, the daughter "Queen of Versailles" subjects David and Jacqueline Siegel, died from a fatal overdose of prescription drugs, the Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner's Office announced ...
Alexandra Cornelia Moltke was born in Uppsala, Sweden on February 11, 1945, of Danish and American parentage, the elder of two daughters, to Count Carl Adam Moltke, son of Count Carl Moltke, and Countess Mab Moltke (née Wilson; formerly Wright). [1]
Maria Chwalibóg, 91, Polish actress (Mother Joan of the Angels, Man – Woman Wanted, Korczak). [ 421 ] Paul Josef Cordes , 89, German Roman Catholic cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1995–2010), vice president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1980–1995) and auxiliary bishop of Paderborn (1976–1980).
Lucy Worsley OBE (born 18 December 1973) is an English historian, author, curator, and television presenter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.