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Martha Washington (Last Passenger Pigeon), September 1, 1914
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Not THAT Martha Washington, but a 29-year-old Passenger Pigeon who spent her entire life in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Of billions of birds f...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Marcel Mangel(Marceau), September 22, 2007
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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One night, entering a clearing, he and a companion came face to face with a well-armed Nazi patrol. Desperately outnumbered, he took an amazing cha...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Glenn Cunningham, March 10, 1988
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was a runner, early on. Before it was popular. Before Spandex, before Nike and Gatorade. At one time, he was one of a handful of the fastest hum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00