Death Archives - Dean Goodman

Edith Cavell – English nurse martyred 100 years ago

October 9, 2015December 4, 2020 Dean centenary, Edith Cavell, executed, Norwich, nurse, World War 1

This is a scheduled break from my rock ‘n’ roll reporting to mark the centenary of the execution of English nurse Edith Cavell during World War I.

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Celebrity graves in England

September 16, 2015December 11, 2020 Dean Amy Winehouse, Andy Gibb, Benjamin Disraeli, Benny Hill, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones, Bruce Reynolds, Cilla Black, Crippen, Eddie Cochran, Edith Cavell, Edward Heath, Edwin Starr, Eleanor Rigby, Emmeline Pankhurst, Freddie Mercury, George Best, Ivor Novello, Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, Julia Lennon, Keith Moon, Lally Stott, Malcolm McLaren, Margaret Thatcher, Mick Ronson, Neil Aspinall, Peter Sellers, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Scott, Stu Sutcliffe

I’m a terrible person . . . to take on vacation.

You might want to lounge on the beach, or go shopping or eating. I just want to visit celebrity graves and miscellaneous death sites.

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Lally Stott: Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep

March 11, 2015December 24, 2020 Dean 1971, 1977, Amsterdam, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Italy, Lally Stott, Merseybeat, Middle of the Road, Prescot

Lally Stott would have been 75 in 2020. “Who’s Lally Stott?” you ask. Harold “Lally” Stott was an English singer/songwriter whose best-known creation vied with “Maggie May,” “My Sweet Lord” and “Brown Sugar” as one of the biggest songs of 1971.

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