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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1939

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Patsy Cline (Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia)
                       
                             (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963)

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Patsy Cline was one of the most influential, successful and acclaimed female
vocalists of the 20th century. She died in a multiple fatality crash of her private
plane at the age of 30.

According to her 1973 Country Music Hall of Fame plaque, "Her heritage of
timeless recordings is testimony to her artistic capacity."

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Camille Bohannon

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Camille Bohannon

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Gloria Estefan 2014
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan is
57 today

 

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LAST HINDENBURG CREW MEMBER DIES AT 92

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Werner Franz, born in Frankfurt,Germany on May 22, 1922

BERLIN (AP) – Werner Franz, believed to be the last surviving
crew member of the German airship Hindenburg that crashed
77 years ago, died of heart failure  August 13 in his hometown
of Frankfurt, Germany. 

Franz was a 14-year-old cabin boy when the hydrogen-filled
Zeppelin caught fire and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey,
on May 6, 1937.

The sole living survivor of the Hindenburg crash is now Werner
Doehner, who was an 8 year old passenger traveling with his
family.

 

 

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                            Crew member Werner Franz

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis

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