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An erroneous obituary was published by the Oxford University Gazette on October 2, 2008, and withdrawn in a subsequent issue. [223] The confusion was caused by the recent death of his father, Professor John Horden. Whitney Houston, American singer, was falsely reported dead of a drug overdose on a radio report on September 12, 2001. [224]
Legacy.com is a United States-based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Refugio Gómez. Refugio Gómez (July 4, 1905 – 1988) was a community leader in Houston. [1] He was born on July 4, 1905, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. He started the Sociedad Mutualista Obrera Mexicana (SMOM, "Mexican Worker's Mutual Aid Society"), a mutual aid society in the Second Ward, [1] in 1932; at the time he worked as a welder in the ...
Contents. Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush. On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died from vascular Parkinson's syndrome at his home in Houston, Texas. Bush was the first former U.S. president to die in nearly 12 years since Gerald Ford in late 2006.
An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be "balanced ...
Coordinates: 29°59′23.17″N 95°25′50.17″W. National Museum of Funeral History. The National Museum of Funeral History is a museum in Houston, Texas, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics that aim to "educate the public and preserve the heritage of death care." The 35,000-square-foot museum opened in 1992.
Jeff Alm. Jeffrey Lawrence Alm (March 31, 1968 – December 14, 1993) was an American football defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). He played four seasons with the Oilers until his suicide in 1993. Alm played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by Houston in the second ...
Solidarity Walk Houston. José "Joe"[2] Campos Torres (December 20, 1953 – May 5, 1977) was a 23-year-old Mexican-American and veteran who was beaten by several Houston Police Department (HPD) officers, which subsequently led to his death. He had been brutally assaulted by a group of on-duty police officers on May 5, 1977, after being ...