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     I have a tremendous fascination with cemeteries!  Not only are they some of the most beautiful places in countries throughout the world, but, it is like a treasure hunt locating those that have come before us. So, there is a logical extension to obituaries.  I always find it interesting that when someone above the regular citizenry dies, an article will appear as if it was already written just waiting for publication!  It's one of those questions where I go -- how did they know that! But, everyone has a story that should be told -- not so that we can judge them but so we can learn how different each of us is form one another.  And who knows which of us has touched the lives of others or contributed more than the other.

The following are the obituaries of some of the more notable names we all recognize -- to see the article, just click on the blue link -- the editor.
Jane Addams Founder of Hull House and Social Services died at the age of 75 in 1935
August Anheuser Bush, Jr. Beer King died at age 90 in 1989
Lucille Ball Comedian died at the age of 77 in 1989
Menachem Begin Leader of Israel in Modern times died at the age of 89 in 1992
Washington Carver Negro Scientist died at the age of 78 in 1943
Charlie Chaplin Early  Comedian Screen Star died at the age of 88 in 1977
Julia Child Chief died at the age of 91 in 2004
Diana, Princess of Wales Married to Prince Charles  of England - Killed in a Car Crash in 1997 at the age of 36
Duke of Winsor Gave up English Throne to Marry American died at the age of 77 in 1972
Erik Erikson Psychoanalyst - Follower of Freud dies at the age of 91 in 1994
Henry Ford Inventor of Mass Production died at the age of 83 in 1947
Robert Frost Writer died at the age of 88 in 1963
Geronimo Apache Indian Chief died at the age of 89 in 1909
Ernest Hemmingway Author died at the age of 62 in 1961
J. J. Hill Railroad Tycoon died at the age of 77 in May, 1916
Hirohito 124th Empire of Japan died at the age of 87 in 1989
Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany Dictator died at the age of 56 in 1945
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Supreme Court Chief Justice died at the age of 98 in 1939
Harry Houdini Magician died at the age of 52 in 1926
Dr. Carl Jung Friend of Freud - Analytical Psychology died at the age of 85 in 1961
Helen Keller Blind Educator died at the age of 87 in 1968
Lord Keynes Economist died at the age of 63 in 1946
Nikita Khrushchev Communist leader died in 1971
Alf Landon Ran against FDR died at the age of 100 in 1987
C. S. Lewis  Popular writer on Religion died at the age of 65 in 1963
Henry R. Luce Founder of Time-Life Empire died at the age of 68 in 1967
Thomas Mann Nobel Peace Author died at the age of 80 in 1955
Golda Meir Israel Leader died at the age of 78 in 1978
Ho Chi Minh World Communism Leader died at the age of 79 in 1969
Marilyn Monroe Actress died at the age of 36 in 1962
Grandma Moses Famous Artist died at age 101 in 1961
Edward R. Murrow News Broadcaster died at the age of 57 in 1965
Florence Nightingale Famous Nurse died at the age of 90 in 1910
J. Robert Oppenheimer Father of the Atomic Bomb died at the age of 62 in 1967
Ernie Pyle Famous War Correspondent died at the age of 44 in 1945
Knute Rocke Football Coach of Norte Dame died in plane crash in 1931
Claude Pepper Florida Congressman who died at the age of 88 bin 1989
Elvis Presley King of Rock and Roll died at the age of 42 in 1977
Joseph Pulitzer Publisher died at the age of 64 in 1911
Majorie Rawlings Author died at the age of 57 in 1953
John D. Rockerfeller Oil Tycoon died at the age of 98 in 1937
Benjamin Spock Famous Pediatrician who gave advise on raising children died at the age of 94 in 1998
Harriett Beecher Stowe Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin died at the age of 84 in 1896
Tolstoy Mystic Writer died at the age of 82 in 1910
Mao Tse Tung China Leader died at the age of 82 in 1986
Mark Twain Writer died at the age of 74 in 1910
Queen Victoria Longest reining monarch of England died at the age of 82 in 1901
Earl Warren Supreme Court Chief Justice died in 1974
Booker T. Washington Inventor died at the age of 57 in 1915
Frank Lloyd Wright Famous Architect died at the age of 89 in 1959
Deng Xiaoping Chinese Leader died at the age of 93 in 1997

 
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