Famous People Who Died on January 12th

Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn't matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.

We Live And We Die

Nobody Lives Forever

See You In Heaven

What Happened Today in History?

1816- France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever

1867- Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg

1932 - Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark)

1966- "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV

Deaths

1726-1777 -Hugh Mercer was an American Revolutionary War officer and Physician who was mortally wounded in battle of Princeton, was a close friend of George Washington

1813-1897 -Isaac Pitman was a British inventor (Pitman Shorthand), the most widely used shorthand and he was also the President of the Vegetarian Society

1895-1928 -Ruth Snyder was the 1st woman to die in electric chair at Sing Sing Prison for murdering her husband

1915-1944 -Lance C. Wade was an American pilot who joined the British Royal Air Force during WW II and became a Flying Ace, he was credited with 23 victories and died in a flying accident, some have him with 25 victories

1875-1958 -Charles Mallory Hatfield was a U.S. rainmaker who actually succeeded because of his meteorological skill and sense of timing

1885-1970 -Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot who was known as Betty Scott was considered the first American woman aviator, the US made a stamp commemorating Betty Scott and her achievements

1951-1975 -Caryn Campbell was the Serial Killer's Ted Bundy's victim, disappears from Snowmass, Colorado

1890-1976 -Agatha Christie was a famous mystery writer (10 Little Indians); Agatha Christie is best known for her eighty detective books about Hecule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple

1907-1992 -Walt Morey was a US children's book writer, he wrote Gentle Ben

1901-1995 -George Price was a cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 93

This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today's famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye's writing

Sources

Historyorb.com

Wikipedia.com

Holidayinsights.com