Famous People Who Died On January 6

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?

1759- George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis

1931- Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

1942 - Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia

1945- Future President George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY

1968- Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks

Famous people who died on January 6^th

?-1702-Thomas Franklin was an English smith and uncle of Benjamin Franklin

1740-1785 -Haym Salomon was a Polish Jew who immigrated to NY, was the prime financier of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War against the British

1809-1852 -Louis Braille was French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille

1858-1919 -Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States (1901-09) and leader of the Republican Party

1882-1941 -Charley O'Leary was a MLB shortstop who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers, returned to MLB baseball in 1934 and became the oldest player in MLB baseball at the age of 51

1897-1978 -John D MacArthur was a US insurance billionaire; he signed Paul Harvey to be the radio spokesman for his company

1899-1985 -Robert H W Welch Jr. was the US founder/leader John Birch Society

1941-1988 -Brent Collins was a soap actor who played Wallingford on Another World, dies of heart attack at 46, played the role as Mr. Big on As The World Turns, he was a dwarf

1917-1993 -Dizzy Gillespie was a blues trumpeter, "The Sound of Surprise", Bebop, inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame, dies of pancreatic cancer at 75

1923-1994 -Virginia Kelley Clinton was the Mother of President Bill Clinton, dies at 70

1957-1997 -Vince Williams was a soap actor and he played Hampton Speakes on Guiding Light, dies of colon cancer at 39

1933-2006 -Lou Rawls was a famous American singer, he released more than 70 albums, sung the National Anthem many times in his lifetime by request, Lou Rawls died from brain and lung cancer.

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