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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 ...
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.
List of people from Leeds is a list of notable people from the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. This list includes people from the historic settlement , and the wider metropolitan borough , and thus may include people from Horsforth , Morley , Pudsey , Otley and Wetherby and other areas of the city.
One highlight of her social career was hosting King George V and Queen Mary in 1894 on their official visit to Leeds. [10] Emily Charlotte Meynell-Ingram died in 1904 at Temple Newsam House, her funeral was held at Hoar Cross Hall and was buried next to her husband at Hoar Cross Holy Angels Church. [4]
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2018.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2022.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Well into the 19th century, Gledhow was known as a picturesque area of woodland near Leeds. [3] It had become a suburb of Leeds by the late 19th century. Gledhow Valley is a strip of mixed deciduous woodland on either side of a beck and lake. Gipton Spa, a bathhouse dating from 1671, is in the woods. [4]
Syd Hynes, 80, English rugby league player and coach (Leeds Rhinos). [298] Diether Kunerth, 84, German contemporary artist. [299] Jim Leach, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–2007), chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (2009–2013), complications from a heart attack and stroke. [300]