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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 ...
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P. Hal Sims (1886–1949) and Dorothy Rice Sims (1889–1960), contract bridge celebrities and experts whose home in Deal was a headquarters and retreat for authorities on the game, 1920s–1930s [129]
Point Pleasant was platted in 1813. [1] A post office called Point Pleasant that was established in 1826 remained in operation until 1983. [2] By 1833, Point Pleasant had about 130 inhabitants. [3] The Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated the community. [4] Point Pleasant is the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. [5]
John Bachmann (1814–1896), lithographer who pioneered "bird's-eye view" prints, especially of New York City [8]; George Catlin (1796–1872), painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West [9]
Point Pleasant was the final home of Confederate Brigadier-General John McCausland, the next-to-last Confederate General to die. He died at his farm at Grimm's Landing on January 23, 1927, and is buried in nearby Henderson. Karl Probst, born in Point Pleasant, was an automotive engineer credited in 1940 with the design of the Jeep.
They notified friends and relatives, wrote a eulogy for their newspaper, and made funeral arrangements. They held the memorial service on what would have been their son’s 26th birthday. At Recovery Works, Patrick’s former treatment facility, his name and photo were added to a memory wall in a common room — another fatal overdose in a ...
The Doctor was also a leading figure in the movement on the Continent. The coffin, which was of deal, covered with light blue cloth, bore no inscription. On it were placed six floral emblems, trimmed with mauve ribbon." [252] One of the first obituaries written had him simply as "Dr. Edward Aveling, Social Democrat, botanist, and playwright."