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Contents. State funeral of Horatio Nelson. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was given a state funeral in London on 9 January 1806. It was the first to be held at St Paul's Cathedral and was the grandest of any non-royal person to that date. Nelson was shot and killed on 21 October 1805, aged 47, aboard his flagship, HMS Victory ...
In 1978, Harriet Nelson moved full-time to the Laguna Beach, California, beach home the family had built in 1954. [13] She died of congestive heart failure on October 2, 1994. [ 2 ] She is interred with her husband and younger son Ricky (who died in a plane crash in 1985) in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles .
Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela. On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state, died at the age of 95 after a prolonged respiratory infection. [1] He died at around 20:50 local time (UTC+2) at his ...
2. American pop singer Ricky Nelson died during the crash-landing of his band’s aircraft on December 31, 1985. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, was brought down mid-flight outside De Kalb, Texas, by a fire that rapidly spread from a suspected faulty in-cabin heater. Nelson and six others—including several band members and his girlfriend—were ...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte KB (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary ...
Zoleka Mandela. Zoleka Zobuhle Mandela (9 April 1980 – 25 September 2023) was Nelson Mandela 's granddaughter and a writer and activist in South Africa. She wrote about her addictions in sex, alcohol and drugs, [2] her daughter's death, and her own battles with breast cancer, which killed her in 2023. She wrote When Hope Whispers in 2013.
Frances Nelson. Frances "Fanny" Nelson, Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte[a] (née Frances Herbert Woolward, formerly Nisbet; (1758 – 4 May 1831)) was the wife of Horatio Nelson, the British naval officer who won several victories over the French during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born of wealthy parents on Nevis, she ...
Ozzie Nelson. Oswald George Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) [1] was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson. [2]