RIP The Final Footprint

#RIP #OTD in 2003, singer ("The Loco-Motion") Little Eva died from cervical cancer in Kinston, North Carolina, at the age of 59. Black Bottom Cemetery, Belhaven, North Carolina thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD Sam Kinison epitaph... IN ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED PROPHET

#RIP #OTD in 1992, comedian and actor, Sam Kinison died after his white 1989 Pontiac Trans Am was struck head-on on U.S. Route 95, near Needles, California, by a pickup driven by a drunk driver, aged 38. Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1979 composer, including film scores (The Godfather, La Strada, 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Romeo and Juliet), pianist, conductor, Nino Rota died from a coronary thrombosis in Rome, aged 67. Cimitero Verano, Rome thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1966 writer (Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Sword of Honour) Evelyn Waugh died of heart failure at his home in Combe Florey, Somerset, England, aged 62. Church of St Peter & St Paul, Combe Florey thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1965, dancer, actress, courtesan (Kaiser Wilhelm II, Prince Albert I of Monaco, King Edward VII, Gabriele D'Annunzio), Carolina “La Belle” Otero died in her apartment at the Hotel Novelty in Nice, France, aged 96. Cimetiére du Château in Nice thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1954, along with brother Louis, manufacturer of photography equipment & the Cinématographe motion picture system, filmmaker, Auguste Lumière died in Lyon, France, aged 91. Family tomb, New Guillotière Cemetery, Lyon thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD Kahlil Gibran epitaph... "The epitaph I wish to be written on my tomb: 'I am alive, like you. And I now stand beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you'. Gibran"

#RIP #OTD in 1931 writer, poet (The Prophet), visual artist, philosopher, Kahlil Gibran died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan from cirrhosis of the liver, aged 48. The Gibran Museum in Bsharri, Lebanon (self portrait) thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1909 poet ("Anactoria", "Sapphics", "Hymn to Proserpine", "The Triumph of Time") playwright, novelist, critic Algernon Charles Swinburne died at The Pines, Putney, London, aged 72. St. Boniface Church, Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/10/day…

@sandydomenique Agree, and thanks for all the likes and RT’s

@RIPTFF Not nearly known well enough, he made some great albums.

#RIP #OTD in 1976 singer/songwriter ("I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Love Me, I'm a Liberal", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "There but for Fortune") Phil Ochs died by suicide in Far Rockaway, New York, aged 35. Cremated remains scattered in Scotland thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 2011 film director (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Verdict, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead), screenwriter, Sidney Lumet died in his residence in Manhattan from lymphoma, aged 86. Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1996 novelist (The Manchurian Candidate, Winter Kills, Prizzi's Honor) Richard Condon died in Dallas, Texas aged 81. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1988 singer ("Rainy Night in Georgia"), songwriter ("It's Just a Matter of Time", "Endlessly") Brook Benton died from complications of spinal meningitis in Queens, aged 56. Unity Family Life Center Cemetery, Lugoff, South Carolina thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1959, architect and interior designer, Frank Lloyd Wright died in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91. Cremated remains interred in the memorial garden at Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1882, poet, illustrator, painter, translator, Dante Gabriel Rossetti died on Easter Sunday at the country house of a friend in Birchington-on-Sea, England, of Brights Disease, aged 53. Churchyard of All Saints in Birchington-on-Sea thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 2000, actress (Key Largo, The High and the Mighty, Dead End, Stagecoach), Claire Trevor died at a hospital in Newport Beach, California, at age 90. Cremated thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/08/day…

#RIP #OTD in 2013 actress (Don Quixote, Locura de amor, Cárcel de mujeres, Furia roja, Vera Cruz, Serenade, El último cuplé, La Violetera), singer, Sara Montiel died at her home in Madrid; congestive heart failure, aged 85. Sacramental de San Justo, Madrid thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/08/day…

#RIP #OTD in 2013 actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Beach Party films) and singer ("Tall Paul", "Pineapple Princess") Annette Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, California of complications from multiple sclerosis, aged 70. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2026/04/08/day…