#RIP #OTD in 1976 photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes, member of the California-based Group f/64, Imogen Cunningham died in San Francisco aged 93
#RIP #OTD in 1998 actress (Jane in Tarzan, The Thin Man, Anna Karenina, Pride and Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters, Peggy Sue Got Married, Stranded), mother of Mia Farrow, Maureen O’Sullivan died in Scottsdale, Arizona, of complications from heart surgery aged 87. Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, New York
On this day in 2009, United States Marine Corps veteran, comedian, game show host and announcer, “The Human Laugh Track”, “Toymaker to the King”, Ed McMahon died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Born Edward Peter McMahon, Jr. on 6 March 1923 in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Lowell, Massuchusetts. Perhpaps best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick and the host of The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. He also co-hosted the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. McMahon introduced each night’s episode of The Tonight Show with a drawn-out “Heeeeeere’s Johnny!” and served as the on air sounding board for Carson’s jokes. McMahon was married three times; Alyce Ferrill (1945-1974 divorce), Victoria Valentine (1976-1989 divorce), Pam Hurn (1992-2009 his death).
The Final Footprint – McMahon was cremated.
#RIP #OTD in 2011 film and television actor (Columbo, The In-Laws, A Woman Under the Influence) Peter Falk died from pneumonia at his home in Beverly Hills aged 83. Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles
On this day in 2013 blues singer, the Lion of the Blues, the Sinatra of the Blues, Bobby “Blue” Bland died at his home in Germantown, Tennessee at the age of 83. Born Robert Calvin Brooks on January 27, 1930 in Barretville, Tennessee.
Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was among the great storytellers of blues and soul music. Bland was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
The Final Footprint
Bland is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis. Other notable final footprints at Memorial Park include; Isaac Hayes, Sam Phillips, Charlie Rich, and Bob Welch.
#RIP #OTD in 2013 author (I Am Legend, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, “Steel”, “Duel”, Hell House What Dreams May Come), screenwriter Richard Matheson died at his home in Los Angeles aged 87. Cremation
#RIP #OTD in 2018 14th poet laureate of the US, writer, editor, literary critic, husband of poet Jane Kenyon, Donald Hall died, at the age of 89 at his home in Wilmot, New Hampshire. Proctor Cemetery, Andover, New Hampshire
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