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Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1] Obviously dead Informal Charles Dickens used this phrase at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. Death by misadventure: Avoidable death Formal/legal Death resulting from risk-taking Decapitation
Mor Dodo was buried in Tagrit Cathedral and his funeral was attended by 1800 priests. [ 2 ] Twenty years later, Mor Isaac moved Mor Dodo's remains from Tagrit to Beth Sbirino where a church was built to house his relics, however, a dispute arose between the peoples of Beth Sbirino and Esfes over who could house the relics.
George Jonathan Dodo (17 August 1956 – 8 July 2022) was a Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate. Dodo was born in Nigeria and was ordained to the priesthood in 1983. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zaria , Nigeria, from 2000 until his death in 2022.
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In 2001, the Dover Port Mortuary became the sole port mortuary in the continental U.S. after the mortuary at Travis Air Force Base in California closed. In 2003, the new Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs replaced the 48-year-old facility that had been in use since 1955 to identify and process the remains of over 50,000 service members.
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney (September 1, 1916 – November 23, 2014) was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. [1] In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships , defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final.
Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American character actor.He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team, Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series, and a variety of other film and television roles.
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2021.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: