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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 ...
I only want to die and know from my Maker whether I did right or wrong." [128] — Reginald Dyer, British Indian Army officer (23 July 1927). In 1919, Dyer ordered the troops under his command to fire into a crowd of protesting Indian independence activists in Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab, killing at least 379 people and wounding over 1,200 others.
Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has expressed his distaste for the song, suggesting that it started off as a studio joke and was not thought through carefully enough. [3] Upon the album's release, Robert Plant was keen to issue the track as a single in the United Kingdom.
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
American basket maker United States of America: 1925-12-27 2011-12-04 Glendale: 18340: Q108751797: 0 Helen Soreff: American painter, 20th century United States of America: 1926 1998 New York City: New York City: 4559: Q105089946: 0 Bertha Claw: Artist United States of America: 1926 7458: Q108744403: 0 Mary Swift: American printmaker United ...
Jones' parents have said they will use the banner 'Safety for Sarah' [41] to help keep this movement going forward. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] In September, Jones' family announced the organization 'The Sarah Jones Film Foundation' would be the umbrella organization for film scholarship programs; Safety for Sarah, set safety efforts; and 'Slates for Sarah'.
Robert S. Neuman, 88, American abstract painter and print maker. [359] Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football player and manager. [360] Gerhard A. Ritter, 86, German historian. [361] Doug Rombough, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres). [362] Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure ...
Jones was the first female trumpet player to record a jazz record. [3] She was involved in two recording sessions: in 1926, Albert Wynn's Gut Bucket Five (including with Barney Bigard) and 1941 in the Stuff Smith Sextet. [7] She played trumpeter Miss Watkins, "a little girl from Birmingham", [8] in Oscar Michaux's 1936 musical film Swing!.