Intriguing People by Angela Floyd

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IRIS APFEL

1921-2024 (passed away aged 102)

Iris Apfel was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses.

#irisapfel

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PRINCE

7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Prince Rogers Nelson was a successful singer and musician who became one of the highest-paid musical artists in the world. He was able to play 27 instruments and wrote and produced all his music. He also wrote and produced for other music artists including Sinead O’Connor. He starred in the movie, Purple Rain, which had a successful soundtrack. Prince was famous for his distinct appearance which was often sexy, with fingerless lace gloves, and high-heeled boots, and was best known for wearing the colour purple.

Prince was born in Minneapolis and was the son of musically gifted parents. During a teacher's strike in 1970, Prince aged 11 was interviewed by a news reporter. He was married twice and had one child who died not long after his birth.

In 1992 he signed a $million dollar contract with Warner Bros, he had been with Warner Bros since 1978. After he signed the deal he stated he was being restricted by the company and had been treated unfairly. In an attempt to get out of the contract, he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, known as love symbol. People started referring to him as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. He would write ‘Slave’ on his face whenever he went out in public. When his contract expired he returned to the name Prince.

Prince, 57, suffered from influenza days before his death; he performed his last concert on 14 April, even though he still wasn’t feeling well. While on a flight the next morning he became unresponsive and the plane had to make an emergency landing and was hospitalized. He suffered from influenza and dehydration for several weeks. Days before he died he was seen riding his bike, shopping, attending a party, and attended a jazz performance. On the 20th a specialist was called after Prince was seeking medical help, he was scheduled to see Prince on the 22nd.

On 21 April, at 9:43 am, a 911 call requested an ambulance to Prince’s home. Emergency found Prince dead in an elevator and it was said he had been dead for at least 6 hours. Prince had been given an accidental overdose of fentanyl and it was revealed that Prince had been addicted to opioids. Prince’s ashes were made into a 3D-printed urn shaped like Paisley Park estate.

#prince#princenelson#princerogersnelson#lovesymbol

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WARWICK DAVIS

Davis is a British actor who was born in 1970. He is best known for starring in Return of the Jedi/Star Wars (1983), Labyrinth (1986), Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Harry Potter films, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005), An Idiot Abroad (2012), Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019), The Silver Chair (1990), Extras (2005), Life's Too Short (2011), Doctor Who (2013) - and a lot more.

#warwickdavis

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CATHERINE HOWARD

c.1523-1542

Catherine Howard was the cousin of Anne Boleyn. They were both married to King Henry VIII and they both got their heads cut off.

Catherine was 13, when she was assaulted by Henry Mannox. When she was 15, she was in a relationship with Francis Dereham which ended in 1939.

Catherine was sent to work in the household of King Henry VIII's 4th wife, Anne of Cleves. Henry wasn't hot for Anne of Cleves and wanted out of his marriage. He fell in love with Catherine, who was 17 and he was old and fat. He ended his relationship with Anne of Cleves and got married to Catherine Howard in 1540.

In 1541, Catherine fell in love with courtier Thomas Culpepper - the two would meet in private, with the help of Jane Boleyn (Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law). They were cuddling and kissing and who knows what else. Henry VIII found out about Catherine Howards past relationships, and then he found out about the present relationship Catherine had with Culpepper. Henry wasn't happy.

Catherine was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

Francis Dereham was hanged, drawn, and quartered - not a good way to die. Thomas Culpepper was beheaded.

Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn was sentenced to death for treason. The night before her death, Howard practiced putting her head on the execution block.

Catherine Howard was beheaded on 13 February 1542 and Jane Boleyn died straight after her - she had to put her head on the execution block which was covered with Catherine's blood.

The two women were buried in Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London alongside Anne Boleyn.

#catherinehoward

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BILL MURRAY

Actor and comedian. His birthday is on 21 September. He is best known for his performances in Ghostbusters (1984), Rushmore (1998), Lost in Translation (2003), and Zombieland (2009).

#billmurray

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1959 NORMAN BATES - Norman Bates first made his appearance in the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch (1959). Norman Bates is a psycho and first appears on screen in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film. Bates first appears as innocent as he welcomes Marion Crane to his isolated motel. He serves her sandwiches in a parlor adorned with stuffed birds, and talks about taxidermy ‘My hobby is stuffing things’, his argumentative mother ‘She needs me. It’s not as if she were a maniac a raving thing’, and his philosophy of life ‘We’re all in our private traps, clamped in them and none of us can ever get out’. Norman famously said, ‘We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven’t you?”

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#normanbates#psycho

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SEBASTIAN BACH

SKID ROW

Sebastian Philip Bierk, known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and has made appearances in film and television such as Trailer Park Boys, The Masked Singer and Gilmore Girls.

#sebastianbach#skidrow

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BLOODY SUNDAY Ireland 1972

Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others (one of the injured later died).

#bloodysunday

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GLENN FORD

1916 - 2006

Glenn Ford was a Canadian-American actor. He appeared in Gilda (1946) and co-starred with Rita Hayworth. He went on to appear in many westerns. He appeared in Big Heat (1953) and Blackboard Jungle (1955) playing a teacher at a touch school. He also appeared in comedy roles. He played Superman's adoptive father in Superman (1978). Ford was married 4 times which all ended up in divorce.

#glennford

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AIDAN QUINN

8 March 1959

Irish-American actor who has appeared in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Crusoe (1989), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Looking for Richard (1996), Legends of the Fall (1994), Jonah Hex (2010, as President Ulysses S. Grant), The Prince and the Pauper (2000), Two of Us (2000, as Paul McCartney), and The American Guest (2019, as Theodore Roosevelt).

Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Irish Catholic parents. When he was nineteen and working as a roofer, Quinn realized he wanted to become an actor.

#aidanquinn

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SHARON TATE

8 August 1969

Sharon Tate and her unborn baby was one a victim of murder, at 10050 Cielo Drive. Tate, aged 26, was an up and coming actress. She was 8 and a half months pregnant when she died.

#sharontate

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CHRISTOPHER WILDE

Christopher Wilde is an Australian serial killer. He moved to America and became the FBI's most wanted man.

He would carry a camera and pretend to be a photographer and target young women. He kidnapped them, tortured them and then murdered them. Within 6 weeks, he kidnapped 12 women. Police killed him in April 1984.

Only 3 of his victims survived.

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HUGH JACKMAN

American actor

1968

#hughjackman

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SACHA BARON COHEN

Bruno (2009)

Sacha Baron Cohen is an English actor and comedian. He was born in London, England, into a Jewish family. His maternal grandmother fled Germany from the Nazis in 1936. he studied history after school, focusing on Jews and American Civil rights. He then got involved in drama whilst at University.

He was married to Isla Fisher, Fisher had to become a Jew so she was permitted to marry him.

Baron is proud of his Jewish identity and spent a year in Israel as a volunteer.

#sachabaroncohen#bruno2009

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10050 CIELO DRIVE

The house was built in 1968.

Charles Manson visited the house in late 1968. Terry Melcher was a music producer who was living inside the home when Manson visited him, he wanted Melcher to produce his music. Melcher declined to sign him, Manson was angry and resentful and threatened him. Melcher lived in the house with actress Candice Bergen.

In 1969, Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate rented the house. Whilst Polanski was away filming a movie, Tate had her friends over, during the night Manson followers killed her and her friends, as well as a friend of the home's caretaker.

The only survivors was the caretaker who lived in a room which was separated from the main house. He wasn't aware of the crimes that took place. Two dogs which were in the house at the time, a Labrador retriever and a miniature poodle also survived.

Rudolph Altobelli a music and film producer owned the house, and moved back in after the crimes took place. He lived there for 20 years.

He sold the house in 1989. The last resident was Trent Reznor of NIN, in 1992. He made a recording studio inside where he and Marilyn Manson recorded music inside. Reznor moved out a year later due not to being able to handle the 'history of the house' and after bumping into Sharon Tate's sister. He moved out and took the front door with him which he placed in his music studio in New Orleans.

In 1994, the new owner demolished the house and built a new house and also changed the street address. The new home looks nothing like the original house.

#sharontate#romanpolanski#rudolphaltobelli#trentreznor#terrymelcher

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IVAN MILAT

Ivan Milat was an Australian serial killer. He left his victims remains int he Belango State Forest, NSW. He was known to do his crimes between 1989 and 1992, he killed mostly backpackers. Milat was a convicted criminal for rape and illegal weapons. One backpacker escaped and became a witness. During the time of the crimes, he had days off work and had no alibis on the days the victims went missing. During the search at Milat's home, they found items belonging to the victims and the weapons used in the crimes. Ivan's brother George said that Ivan had admitted the murders to their mother. Milat was found guilty in 1996. He never admitted his guilt and died of cancer in 2019.

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THE SHARK ARM AFFAIR

Anzac Day, 25 April 1935

In Sydney, Australia, a fisherman caught a tiger shark and gave it to his brother who managed the Coogee aquarium.

When the shark was swimming around in front of visitors and threw up a human arm. It had rope from the wrist and had a tattoo of boxers. The arm had been cut off with a knife.

Fingerprints identified the arm belonging to James Smith, aged 40, an ex-boxer who had a police record for illegal bookmaking. He had been missing for 2 weeks.

Patrick Brady, 42, was arrested, he had recently spent a holiday on the coast with Smith. Brady placed the blame on Reg Holmes, who was known for forgery who was also associated with Smith. Brady was charged, Holmes the witness was murdered inside his car. Brady was found not guilty.

The case was never solved.

#sharkarm#patrickbrady