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Famous People Who Died on the Same Day


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  1. Who made world headlines by sadly dying the day before Princess Diana’s funeral?
  2. In 2016, Debbie Reynolds died the day after her daughter. Who was her daughter?
  3. Rudyard Kipling died on the same day as which British king?
  4. Both the second and third American presidents, died on 4 July 1826. Can you name them?
  5. Which Russian born actor died on October 10, 1985, the same day as Orson Wells?
  6. Dudley Moore died on the same day as which director of the Marilyn Monroe films, The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot?
  7. Which actress finally succumbed to cancer on 25 June 2009, the same day as Michael Jackson died?
  8. Writers CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on the same day as which event made world headlines?
  9. Benny Hill and Frankie Howerd died within a day of each other, in which decade?
  10. Media coverage of Groucho Marx's death was overshadowed by the sudden death of who?
  11. Which author died on the 23rd of April in 1616, the same date as William Shakespeare?
  12. Umberto Eco, Italian author of The Name of the Rose died in 2016 on the same day as which American novelist and 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner?
  13. Actor John Ritter died a few hours before who, the "Man in Black"?
  14. Muppets creator Jim Henson died in 1990 on the same day as which entertainer known as "Mister Show Business"?
  15. Aviator Orville Wright died on January 30, 1948, but it was the death of who that made all the world headlines?
  16. Soviet political leader Josef Stalin died on the same day as which Russian composer?
  17. Gwyneth Powell, who died on the same day as Queen Elizabth I, is best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in which television series?


Answers



  1. Mother Teresa
  2. Carrie Fisher
  3. King George V (20 January 1936)
  4. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
  5. Yul Brynner
  6. Billy Wilder
  7. Farrah Fawcett
  8. John F Kennedy was assassinated the same day (22 November 1963)
  9. 1990s (1992)
  10. Elvis Presley (1977)
  11. Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote (Note: Different calendars: In 1616, April 23rd of Spain was ten days earlier than the April 23 of England)
  12. Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird
  13. Johnny Cash
  14. Sammy Davis Jr.
  15. Mahatma Gandhi
  16. Sergei Prokofiev (March 5, 1953)
  17. Grange Hill