Off of Bowie's last album "Blackstar".
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
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![]() Liberian President William R. Tolbert Is Killed in Military Coup (1980)Liberia was founded in the 1820s by former slaves from the US, and tensions between the Americo-Liberian minority and the indigenous majority have persisted since that time. On April 12, 1980, a group of soldiers led by Samuel Kanyon Doe stormed the executive mansion, killing Americo-Liberian President William R. Tolbert and 27 other government leaders. Doe, a member of the ethnic Krahn tribe, then declared himself president. How had a rice scandal seriously undermined Tolbert? More... Discuss |
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So many RIP's on this page already this month and the month isn't even over. :(
I know, right? I was offline for a couple of days and was dismayed when I got back to find that Alan Rickman had passed away. I knew Glenn Frey had been sick and while a tragic loss, I wasn't that big of David Bowie fan other than a couple of songs he did. Rickman, though...when I read the first Harry Potter book before the movie came out, Rickman's portrayal of Snape was exactly how I had seen him with my mind's eye. Except for a few exceptions, the casting for those movies was the best I've ever seen.
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