Category Archives: Extravagant Footprints
On this day 11 February – Rene Descartes – Elizabeth Siddal – Ellen Day Hale – Sylvia Plath – Frank Herbert – Roger Vadim – Whitney Houston – Vic Damone
The Final Footprint of Rene Descartes – Elizabeth Siddal – Sylvia Plath Continue reading
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Tagged Buried, Cemetery, Cogito ergo sum, Crypts, elizabeth siddal, Entomb, Frank herbert, Ground Burial, History, I think, Inscription, Rene Descartes, Roger vadim, st thomas the apostle, sylvia plath, ted hughes, the bell jar, therefore I am, vic damone, whitney houston
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Day in History 8 February – Mary Queen of Scots – Iris Murdoch – Violette Verdy – Mary Wilson
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Tagged Crypts, effigial monument, Elizabeth I, Entomb, Inscription, James VI, John Knox, Linlithgow Palace, Lord Darnley, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, Monument, Peterborough Cathedral, riptff, tff, the final footprint, Westminster Abbey
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Day in History 6 February – Rubén Darío – Gustav Klimt – Marianne von Werefkin – Vince Guaraldi – Jimmy Van Heusen – Danny Thomas – Arthur Ashe – Frankie Laine
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Tagged Arthur Ashe, Bronze Statue, Buried, Cemetery, charlie brown, danny thomas, desert memorial park, Ground Burial, gustav klimt, History, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Inscription, jimmy van heusen, Monument, peanuts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Private Estates, riptff, tff, the final footprint, U.S. Open, vince guaraldi, Wimbledon, Woodland Cemetery
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Day in History 4 February – Louise Bogan – Karen Carpenter – Liberace – Patricia Highsmith – Betty Friedan
The Final Footprint of Karen Carpenter Continue reading
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Tagged Cemetery, Entomb, forest lawn hollywood hills, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, History, Inscription, Karen Carpenter, liberace, Mausoleum, patricia highsmith, Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Private Mausoleum, riptff, tff, The Carpenters, the final footprint
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Day in History 29 January – Bear River Massacre – Edward Lear – Sara Teasdale – H. L. Mencken – Robert Frost – Alan Ladd – Freddie Prinze – Willie Dixon – Lili St. Cyr – Rod McKuen
The Final Footprints of H. L. Mencken – Robert Frost Continue reading
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Tagged bear river massacre, Buried, Cemetery, freddie prinze, Ground Burial, H L Mencken, History, Loudon Park Cemetery, Monument, old bennington cemetery, riptff, robert frost, shoshone, tff, the final footprint, willie dixon
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On this day 27 January – Giuseppe Verdi – Nellie Bly – Mahalia Jackson – John Updike – J. D. Salinger – Pete Seeger – Emmanuelle Riva – Cloris Leachman
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Tagged Aida, Bronze Statue, Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, Crypts, Entomb, Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi, History, Il trovatore, Inscription, j. d. salinger, john updike, La traviata, Mausoleum, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto
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Day in History 26 January – Gérard de Nerval – Jeanne Hébuterne – Lucky Luciano – José Ferrer – Abe Vigoda – Kobe Bryant
The Final Footprint of Lucky Luciano Continue reading
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Tagged abe vigoda, Bonanno, Bugsy Siegel, Castellammarese War, Cemetery, Colombo, Crypts, Entomb, Gambino, Genovese, History, Lucchese, Lucky Luciano, Mafia, Maranzano, Masseria, Mausoleum, Meyer Lansky, National Crime Syndicate, Organized crime, Private Mausoleum, Prohibition, riptff, Saint John Cemetery, tff, The Commission, the final footprint
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Day in History 24 January – Caligula – Amedeo Modigliani – Sir Winston Churchill – Larry Fine – George Cukor
The Final Footprint of Winston Churchill Continue reading
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Tagged amadeo modigliani, Battle of Britain, Bronze Statue, caligula, Cemetery, Crypts, Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Entomb, Estates, History, Inscription, Nobel Prize, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Princess Diana, Private Estates, St. Martin Churchyard, Statue, Westminster Abbey, Winston Churchill, WWII
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Day in History 22 January – LBJ – Telly Savalas – Rose Kennedy – Heath Ledger – Jean Simmons – Hank Aaron
The Final Footprints of LBJ – Rose Kennedy Continue reading
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Tagged allman brothers band, Buried, Great Society, Ground Burial, heath ledger, History, holyhood cemetery, JFK, John Connally, John F Kennedy, joseph kennedy, KLBJ, Lady Bird, LBJ, LBJ Library and Museum, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Lyndon B Johnson, Marker, Master of the Senate, Means of Ascent, Michael Beschloss, riptff, Robert Caro, rose kennedy, Texas State University, tff, The Path to Power, The University of Texas, The Vantage Point, Walter Cronkite, War on Poverty
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