#RIP #OTD in 2018, actor (Full Metal Jacket, Mississippi Burning, Seven) U.S. Marine drill instructor, staff sergeant, honorary gunnery sergeant, R. Lee Ermey died in Santa Monica, California; pneumonia, aged 73. Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl
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TFF recognizes the lives of the famous and not so famous. Have you planned yours yet? hosted by @cowboycoleridge
- #RIP #OTD in 1999, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, Paper Moon, Blazing Saddles), comedian, and singer Madeline Kahn died from ovarian cancer in New York City, age 57. Cremation. Memorial bench in Central Park near the reservoir on West 87th St. thefinalfootprint.com/2020/12/03/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 1989, comedian, writer, actress, original Saturday Night Live cast member, Gilda Radner died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of ovarian cancer, age 42, with husband Gene Wilder at her side. Long Ridge Union Cemetery, Stamford CT thefinalfootprint.com/2023/05/20/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 2017 actor (Days of Heaven, The Right Stuff), playwright (Buried Child, True West, Fool for Love) author, screenwriter (Paris, Texas), director Sam Shepard died at his farm near Midway, Kentucky, aged 73, from complications of ALS. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2023/07/27/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 1985, singer ("Poor Little Fool", Hello Mary Lou", Travelin' Man"), songwriter ("Garden Party"), musician, and actor (Rio Bravo), Ricky Nelson, died in a plane crash near De Kalb, Texas, age 45. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills thefinalfootprint.com/2020/12/31/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 2013, film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author Roger Ebert died from cancer in Chicago at the age of 70. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2020/04/04/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 2018, actor, drill instructor, staff sergeant, honorary gunnery sergeant, Marine R. Lee Ermey died in Santa Monica, California, from complications related to pneumonia, at the age of 73. Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl thefinalfootprint.com/2020/04/15/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 1971, United States Army veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, actor, songwriter, Audie Murphy died in a private plane crash on Brush Mountain near Catawba, Virginia at the age of 46. Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl thefinalfootprint.com/2020/05/28/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 1942, Academy Award nominated actress, Carole Lombard, died in a plane crash on Mount Potosi near Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 33. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California thefinalfootprint.com/2020/01/16/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 2009, actress and singer Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, at the age of 32. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. thefinalfootprint.com/2018/12/20/day…
- #RIP #OTD in 1842 painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun died in Paris aged 86. Cimetière de Louveciennes near her old home. Her tombstone epitaph says "Ici, enfin, je repose..." (Here, at last, I rest...) (self portrait) thefinalfootprint.com/2025/03/30/day…
- “Love and death are the great gifts that are given to us; mostly, they are passed unopened.” - Rainer Maria Rilke




























