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Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.
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Franklan wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 9:19 pm Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.
Also crew member of Apollo 8.
I well remember the TV broadcasts over Christmas 1968. We did not own a TV at that time but back then grandmother & 2 aunts used to come on Christmas Eve to stay in our house for a few days & they would bring their (monochrome) TV with them.
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British professional boxer Ricky "Hitman" Hatton, aged 46.

Word on the street is that he hanged himself. :(
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I saw many movies like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, A Bridge Too Far, All the Presidents’ Men, Out of Africa, etc.

Great actor.
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