Bob Hope, 100 (same as George Burns), shortly after their 100th
cugina
Petrie at r*@att.net wrote on 7/28/03 9:11 AM:
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> He passed away early this Monday morning from pneumonia in .
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> It was so eerily similar to George Burns who also died about 2 months after
> his 100th in Mar. 1996.
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IIRC, George Burns died five days after his 100th.
Loki
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>"cugina" <lamogl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> in article uaaVa.122700$Io.10...@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net, Rob
>> Petrie at r*@att.net wrote on 7/28/03 9:11 AM:
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>> > He passed away early this Monday morning from pneumonia in .
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>> > It was so eerily similar to George Burns who also died about 2 months
>after
>> > his 100th in Mar. 1996.
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>> IIRC, George Burns died five days after his 100th.
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> Nope, it only seemed that way because his death date was so close after
>his 100th! I was closer to the truth.
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>George Burns, Jan. 20, 1896 (New York, NY) - Mar. 9, 1996 (Beverly Hills,
>CA)
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> George Burns was 100 yrs., 1 mo., 18 days. (or 25 leap years; none in
>1900)
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>Bob Hope, May 29, 1903 (Eltham, England) - Jul. 27, 2003 (Toluca Lake, CA)
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> Bob Hope was 100 yrs., 1 mo., 28 days. Just about 10 days older. (also
>25 leap years)
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> Amazing!
There was speculation at the time that George Burns had in fact died
sometime earlier and the news of it was delayed so that he be said to
have made it past his hundredth. It was evidenced by the fact that he
had not made a public appearance of any sort for a couple of years
before hand.
I cannot help but wonder if similar speculation will occur now...
Loki
lynn
today, the real cyrano de bergerac died, as well. fitting, i say.
http://www.todayinliterature.com/today-ct.asp?id=7/28/2003
jamison
"like webster's dictionary..we're morocco bound......"
Mary L. Wallace
1996 calendar and it will show that March 9 was 7 weeks after January
20.
Bob Hope died 8 weeks and 3 days after he turned 100. As Dolores Hope
predicted a few years ago to Larry King, Bob outlasted George Burns.
Mary Lou Wallace
3finger
"Rob Petrie" <r*@att.net> wrote:
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> He passed away early this Monday morning from pneumonia in .
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> It was so eerily similar to George Burns who also died about 2 months after
> his 100th in Mar. 1996.
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Maybe that's because both actually had passed away months before their
milestone birthdays, but the news was kept quiet for obvious reasons. A
few weeks after the 100th, the deaths are announced. Not a nefarious
conspiracy theory, but a pretty decent one, I think.
--
3finger
Chicago Cubs, Back-to-Back World Champions -- 1907, 1908
Robert Feigel (aka Bob)
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>He passed away early this Monday morning from pneumonia in .
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>It was so eerily similar to George Burns who also died about 2 months after
>his 100th in Mar. 1996.
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>Thanks for all the great memories, Bob.
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>Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope
>May 29, 1903 (Eltham, England) - July 28, 2003 (Toluca Lake, CA)
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>R.I.P.
Even though the same will be said by so many, so many times ... Thanks
for the memories.
"Hope is sunshine which illuminate darkest path." - Charlie Chan
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cugina wrote:
> IIRC, George Burns died five days after his 100th.
No, but here is someone who did.
Eubie Blake
Born: Feb. 7, 1883
Baltimore, MD
Died: Feb. 12, 1983
New York, NY
(James Hubert Blake)
Genre - Jazz
Style - Ragtime