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  1897: Rustoord, Postweg Begraafplaats Rustoord werd op 26 juli 1897 officieel in gebruik genomen. Inmiddels, ruim honderd jaar later, zijn er ruim zesduizend graven. Hier hebben mensen met verschillende religies en nationaliteiten hun laatste rustplek gevonden. Karakteristiek voor de begraafplaats is het poortgebouw in neoclassicistische stijl. Fotocollectie Regionaal Archief Nijmegen

  Anne Celeste Heche (May 25, 1969 – August 12, 2022) Heche came to recognition portraying twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love on the soap opera Another World (1987–1991), winning her a Daytime Emmy Award and two Soap Opera Digest Awards. She came to greater prominence in the late 1990s with roles in the crime drama film Donnie Brasco (1997), the disaster film Volcano (1997), the slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), the action comedy film Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), and the drama-thriller film Return to Paradise (1998). She also portrayed Marion Crane in the remake of Psycho (1998), which earned her a Saturn Award nomination. Heche went on to have roles in many independent films, such as the film Birth (2004), Spread (2009), Cedar Rapids (2011), Rampart (2011), and the film Catfight (2016). She received acclaim for her role in the television film Gracie's Choice, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In addition to her film and stage roles, Heche sta...

  Sinéad O'Connor, born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (December 8, 1966 – July 26, 2023) Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990), received glowing reviews upon release and became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. Two years after her massive hit, O'Connor made headlines once more with an infamous appearance on Saturday Night Live, during which she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II after performing an a cappella version of "War" by Bob Marley. She then told the audience to "Fight the real enemy." The gesture was O’Connor's response to the Catholic Church's alleged cover up of the sexual abuse of children. She released ten studio albums: 1992's Am I Not Your...

Een oudere man staat snikkend bij een graf, hij mompelt : " wat een verdriet, waarom ben je heengegaan, vroeger was ik gelukkig, waarom ben je doodgegaan ", de tranen lopen over zijn wangen, hij snottert: "waarom, waarom.......". Er lopen een man en een vrouw langs, de vrouw vraagt : " gaat het Meneer, was dat naaste familie van u ?". "Nee", snikt de man.....: "dat was de eerste man van mijn vrouw......".

Beste voorouder Jouw grafsteen staat tussen de rest; verwaarloosd en alleen De naam en de datum zijn uitgebeiteld op gepolijste, gemarmerde steen Het bereikt iedereen die er om geeft Het is te laat om te rouwen Je wist niet dat ik bestond Jij stierf en ik werd geboren. Toch zijn wij allemaal cellen van jullie in vlees, in bloed, in botten. Ons bloed trekt samen en klopt met een hartslag geheel niet van ons. Beste voorouder, de plek die jij hebt ingevuld honderd jaar geleden Verspreidt zich onder degenen die je hebt achtergelaten wie zou er zo van je gehouden hebben. Ik vraag me af of je leefde en liefhad, Ik vraag me af of je het wist Dat ik op een dag deze plek zou vinden, en kom bij je langs.

Een liefdesbrief van degenen die zijn overleden... Neem de liefde die je voor me hebt En straal het naar buiten uit Ervoor zorgen dat het anderen kan raken en beïnvloeden Neem de herinnering die je aan mij hebt En gebruik het als inspiratiebron Om volledig, zinvol en opzettelijk te leven Neem het beeld dat je van mij hebt in je hoofd En laat het je van brandstof voorzien Om actie te ondernemen Grijp de dag En word eraan herinnerd wat het belangrijkste is in het leven Zorg goed voor me En laat het je eraan herinneren Om volledig voor jezelf te zorgen En overgiet jezelf met je eigen liefde En neem de pijn en het verdriet dat je voelt Na mijn verlies En alchemiseer het tot Liefde, mededogen en schoonheid Bouw een kasteel Uit het wrak van mijn overlijden En laat het je grootheid en potentieel ontsluiten En geef je de kracht om meer te worden dan je ooit dacht te kunnen zijn En weet dat ik je nooit echt kan verlaten En zal altijd naast je blijven In de geest over je waken En dat de liefde d...

   On this day ~ 7th July 1307  .  DEATH OF EDWARD LONGSHANKS ~ KING OF ENGLAND  .  On this day 717 years ago, the mighty Edward I died at Burgh-by-Sands, west of Carlisle. Edward had ruled England with an iron fist, since 1272, however, his death had been steadily coming. His health had declined in the last three years of his life.  The exact nature of his illness in the last years of his life is unknown, but it seems it was painful and prolonged. Throughout 1306 and into the first half of 1307, the king’s household accounts are full of purchases of medicines and ointments. His joints were apparently painful, he had a neck brace made, and he even bought leather leggings, to help his painful legs.  Edward would often take herbal baths, drink pomegranate wine and a cordial which included crushed amber, jacinth (a reddish/orange gem), musk, pearls, gold and silver - all in an effort to improve his ailments. His good health came and went, some months...

Today's Knight is King Richard I, who succeeded his father, Henry II, to become King of England in 1189. However, he spent only ten months of his decade-long reign in the country. He spent the majority of his reign overseas, fighting for various causes, most famously in the Third Crusade, where he earned a reputation as a brave and fierce knight and military leader. Despite numerous famous victories in the Holy Land, Richard was unable to recapture Jerusalem. On his return to England, he was captured by the Duke of Austria, who handed him over to the emperor Henry VI, who held him for a huge ransom. Richard, despite being remembered as one of history’s legendary kings of England, showed little interest in actually governing his land and used it as a source of funding for his crusading expeditions. Richard spent the final years of his life doing what he most loved: fighting. He was mortally wounded by a crossbow bolt while besieging the castle of Châlus-Chabrol in the Limousin regio...

  Margaret Ann "Peggy" Lipton (August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019) Lipton became an overnight success through her best-known role as flower child Julie Barnes in the ABC counterculture television series The Mod Squad (1968–1973) for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970. Her fifty-year career in television, film, and on stage included many roles, most notably that of Norma Jennings in David Lynch's surreal Twin Peaks. Lipton was married to the musician and producer Quincy Jones and was mother to their two daughters, Rashida Jones and Kidada Jones, who also became actresses. In 1988, Lipton returned to acting. She gained attention for her performance as Norma Jennings in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–91) and subsequently appeared in many TV shows, including recurring roles in Crash and Popular. On May 11, 2019, it was announced that Lipton had died from cancer, she was 72 years old. Lipton is buried at Hillside Memorial Park i...

  Diahann Carroll, born Carol Diahann Johnson (July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) She was an actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings. Her 1968 debut in Julia, the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non stereotypical role, was a milestone both in her career and the medium. In the 1980s she played the role of a diva in the primetime soap opera Dynasty. Carroll was the recipient of numerous stage and screen nominations and awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1974 film Claudine. Carroll was a founding member of the Celebrity Action Council, a volunteer group of celebrity ...

  Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) He was best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Roy Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre. During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and enjoyed a 30-million viewership for Hee Haw. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist and banjo player, and was also skilled on classical guitar and several other instruments. Although he had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of bluegrass and country musicians. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1987,and, in 2009, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He published his autobiography, My Life in Spite of Myself, in 1994. On April 12, 2011,...

  Peter W. Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) Mayhew was an English-American actor, best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role due to health concerns. Mayhew played the role in commercials and hospital appearances for sick children, and made numerous appearances as Chewbacca outside the Star Wars films. Mayhew, appearing as Chewbacca, was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Film Awards 1997. He was additionally honoured at the release of the new PlayStation Portable where he dressed as Chewbacca and held up the new PSP slim version. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 2005 at a ceremony in Arlington, Texas. Mayhew lived with his wife Mary Angela ("Angie") in Boyd, Texas. On May 2, 2019, Mayhew's family announced he died at his home on 30 April, just weeks fr...

Ivy Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929 n 1908, Ivy Close was named the World's Most Beautiful Woman by the British tabloid Daily Mirror, beating over 1,500 contestants, so becoming generally recognized as Britain's first beauty queen. Her victory won her not only a new Rover motorcar but also the exhibition of a portrait, by Sir Arthur Hacker, at the Royal Academy in London; the portrait was subsequently used on 4 May 1908 to fill the front page of the newspaper which had organised the contest.The painting was subsequently discovered to be in the collection of the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull but not on display because it required restoration; the necessary work was paid for by her great-grandson Gareth Neame. Neame has argued, "And there was then a competition between the winner in Britain and the winner in the US, and she ended up winning that one. So I often say she was effectively the first ever Miss ...