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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 ...
William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [1] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985. Buckley's cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy.
Three weeks later, on November 12, 1960, Buckley died from a stroke at New York City's Columbus Hospital. [17] His funeral was at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel at 81st Street and Madison Avenue in New York City on November 16, 1960. Buckley was cremated at the Ferndale Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [ 1 ] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [ 2 ]
An 84-year-old man confessed to his involvement in a 50-year-old cold case after authorities tracked him down using genetic genealogy. Jon K. Miller, 84, was arrested last week in the homicide of ...
Buckley died in debt, owning only a guitar and an amplifier. [31] About 200 friends and family attended his funeral at the Wilshire Funeral Home in Santa Monica, including manager Herb Cohen and Lee Underwood. His 8-year-old son, Jeff, had met his father only once, and was not invited to the funeral. [32]
James L. Buckley: 1923–2023: 100: American politician, U.S. Senator from New York (1971-1977) [50] Daniel Burke: 1827–1927: 100: Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1893–1903) [51] Morley Byron Bursey: 1912–2013: 101: Canadian diplomat [52] Mortimer Caplin: 1916–2019: 103: American political appointee ...