Died in the 20th Century

“I’m gonna sing, and I’m going to make me a lot of money.” – Sam Cooke Samuel Cook was born…

“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” –…

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is…

“Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.” – Mary Pickford The actress and…

“When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild, and freak out an’ do anything they wanna…

“Life is too short to work so hard.” – Vivien Leigh The British Actress known as Vivien Leigh was born…

“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they…

“I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.” – Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone was…

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”…

“We all go a little mad sometimes.” – Ted Bundy Ted Bundy was a serial killer who was executed in…

“Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don’t have any.” – Jane Russell. Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell, known to…

“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” – Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart was…

“A crazy man finished in the cemetery.” – Juan Manuel Fangio Although motor racing in its various forms has been…

“Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing.” – Che Guevara.…

“You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character” – Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon is one…

“Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour government” – King…