Famous deaths of the 20th century

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Ninot
Wasn't FDR dieing quite upsetting for Americans at the time?

I rememeber my dad saying that, when he heard the news, his reaction was that Truman would somehow figure out a way to lose WW II.

[Boris Godunov]

I remember when the Ayatollah Khomeini died, and at his funeral the mob was so hysterical that they knocked his body out of its casket.

[Dis]

Originally posted by BlackCat
Amelia Earhart.

the problem with flying over the ocean is a woman can't stop and ask for directions.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Richelieu
The Rosenbergs, Sacco & Vanzetti

At least the Rosenbergs were guilty.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I remember when the Ayatollah Khomeini died, and at his funeral the mob was so hysterical that they knocked his body out of its casket.

Ahhhhh. Good times.

[Dr Strangelove]

Iremember Kennedy's death. One of our teachers became so distraught that my 6th grade teacher had to be pulled from our classroom to calm her down and reassure her class. When I got home I was surprised to find my mom working around the house as if nothing had happened. When I told her the news she threatened to wash my mouth out with soap for telling such a whopper. I convinced her to check my story out by turning on the TV before executing the sentence. On the tube LBJ was being sworn in. When she finally realised what had happened she dropped onto the sofa as if someone had pulled hed feet oput from under her and she began to cry.

[molly bloom]

I expect many Americans will be familiar with the death/disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.

Churchill's was news over here- as was Michael Collins' in Ireland.

Musical deaths:

Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin- a trio of deaths which I've been told by those older than me signalled for them the real end of the Sixties.

The death of the man at Altamont, clubbed by Hell's Angels.

The Baader Meinhof mass suicide I remember, as well as Jonestown.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Sikander


At least the Rosenbergs were guilty.

Not going on merit here, just fame.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Sikander


At least the Rosenbergs were guilty.

As, it would now appear, was one of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Unfortunately given the tenor of the times, they would always be 'guilty' of being Italian and anarchists, before any legal guilt could be established.

The same hysteria accompanied the cases of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six and the Maguires overe here- guilty of being Irish, or young and stupid.

Still, 'Sacco e Vanzetti' was a fine film.

[ajbera]

The Challenger explosion. (If that counts.)