Shuffling off the mortal coil

Here's today's list of famous deaths for November 5. 

King Casimir III the Great.  It seems to me that they should be able to choose between Casimir III and Casimir the Great, but then I'm not Polish.  Wait!  I am too!  Oh well... I guess it all makes sense to somebody.  Fun fact:  His father was Wladyslaw I The Elbow High.  Guess Casimir won the Oedipal battle there. 

George M. Cohan died on this date in 1942.  He was either born on the 4th of July or not, depending on who you asked.  When he died, he presumably went "Over there", and I don't mean to Europe.  Wonder if his last words were "Give me regards to Broadway".  Probably not.

Johnny Horton died on this date in 1960.  He's best known for his historical country songs.  Titles included "Sink the Bismarck", "Battle of New Orleans" and "North to Alaska".  The first two kick major butt, and are quite motivating.  The last one is about a guy who went in search of gold.  He went north to Alaska, in case you haven't figured out that part. 

Guy Lombardo also kicked it.  And come New Years Eve, if you're in Times Square, you'll hear him doing "Auld Lang Syne".  It'll be a recording, as I have it on good authority that he doesn't do live performances anymore.

Al Capp died in 1979.  I've tried to read Li'l Abner a few times over the year, but no go.  It's apparently quite influential, but it just never seemed all that interesting.  Ah well.  Don't really care for Dick Tracy either, so there you are.

We also lost Fred MacMurray on this date.  He was the TV father most people wanted, since he was on "My Three Sons".  He was also in the original "Absent Minded Professor".

Strangely, both Bobby Nunn and Billy Guy died on this day, 16 years apart.  It's strange because they were both members of The Coasters.  Go figure.  Also, Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, which adds a smidge of weirdness to the whole thing.  Or not.

In 2005, Link Wray left us.  Never heard of him until a few months back when a site I read had a link to a you tube video showing what Jimmy Page does when he listens to music.  It was a Link Wray song, and yes, Page played a little air guitar while it played.  A hero is still a hero, even to a hero.

Jill Clayburgh died just last year, which I confess I somehow missed.  That's a shame.  And that brings us to the end.