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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Paris is located on the Northeast Texas Trail (NETT), a 130 mi (210 km) hike-and-bike trail from Farmersville, Texas, to New Boston, Texas, which follows a disused railroad right-of-way railbanked by the Union Pacific Railroad and Chaparral Railroad in the 1990s.
Jerry Foley, 68, American television director (Late Show with David Letterman), skiing accident. [309] Mutsumi Inomata, 63, Japanese animator (Space Warrior Baldios, Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, City Hunter). [310] Marwan Issa, 58, Palestinian militant, co-leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, airstrike. [311]
Toby Goodman, 72, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1991–2007), heart attack. [472] Bernie Hansen, 76, American politician, member of the Chicago City Council (1983–2002). [473] Michel Husson, 72, French statistician and economist. [474] Bruce Kirby, 92, Canadian Olympic sailor (1956, 1964, 1968) and yacht ...
In Paris, thousands of people visited the site of the crash and the hospital where Diana died, leaving bouquets, candles and messages. [123] People brought flowers and also attempted to visit the Hotel Ritz. [123] On the eve of the funeral, 300 members of the British community in Paris took part in a service of commemoration. [122]
Cox Field covers 1,537 acres (622 ha) at an elevation of 547 feet (167 m). It has three runways: 3/21 and 14/32 are each 4,624 by 150 feet (1,409 x 46 m) concrete and 17/35 is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) asphalt.