† Remembering - NOV 19: ***1918 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838) Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the last president of the LDS Church to have personally known the founder of the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith, Jr., who was the brother of his father, Hyrum Smith. On 5 April 1859, Smith married his sixteen-year-old cousin Levira Annette Clark Smith (29 April 1842 Nauvoo, Illinois – 18 December 1888 St. Louis, Missouri), daughter of Samuel Harrison Smith. When Joseph F. Smith left on his mission to England the next year, his companion for the journey over and part of his time in Sheffield was Leviras brother, Samuel. Joseph and Levira had no children. Seven years later, Brigham Young directed Smith to take a plural wife. Levira gave her permission and was present at the marriage of Joseph F. and Julina Lambson, who was a longtime friend of hers and was the daughter of Alfred Boaz Lambson and Melissa Jane Bigler. Levira became disenchanted with the plural marriage arrangement and divorced Smith in 1868 and moved to California. Smith ultimately adopted five children and fathered forty-three children. Smith died of pneumonia in Salt Lake City on November 19, 1918... O:) ***1983 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947) Thomas Evans Jr (5 June 1947 – 19 November 1983) was an English musician and songwriter, most notable for his work with the band Badfinger. In November 1969, the Iveys changed their name to Badfinger, and Paul McCartney of the Beatles gave the group a boost by offering them his song Come and Get It, which he produced for the band. During the evening of 18 November 1983, Evans argued with Joey Molland of Badfinger on the telephone, chiefly regarding potential publishing/ASCAP divisions of the song Without You whose ASCAP royalties accumulating for airplay had been funding Evans, with other potential publishing funds being held by Apple Corps Ltd. pending resolution of debate between the group members and manager Bill Collins. Early the following morning, 19 November, Evans was found dead by suicide; his body hanging in his back garden from a willow tree................... O:) ***1992 – Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) Bobby Russell (19 April 1940, Nashville, Tennessee — 19 November 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the crossover pop hit Saturday Morning Confusion. Russell was also married to singer and actress Vicki Lawrence from 1972 to 1974. Russell died in Nicholasville, Kentucky of coronary artery disease, on November 19, 1992. He was 52 years old............ O:) youtube/watch?v=zLoqDnfdfkE ***1992 – Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938) Diane Marie Antonia Varsi (February 23, 1938 – November 19, 1992) was an American film actress best known for her performances in Peyton Place – her film debut, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award – and the cult film Wild in the Streets. She left Hollywood in order to pursue personal and artistic aims, notably at Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied poetry with poet and translator Ben Belitt, among others. On November 19, 1992, Varsi died from respiratory failure at the age of 54 in Los Angeles. At the time of her death, she also had Lyme disease............... O:) ***2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955) Kevin Mark DuBrow (October 29, 1955 − November 19, 2007) was an American rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 1975 until 1987, and again from 1990 until his death in 2007. On November 25, 2007, Kevin DuBrow was found dead at his home in Las Vegas. The cause of death was established to be an accidental cocaine overdose. It was also estimated that he had died about six days before his discovery, November 19, 2007.......... O:)
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