Died Today - September 14

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"There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand."

Dante Alighieri
(05/21/1265 – 09/14/1321)
Italian writer

"Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won."

Arthur Wellesley
(05/01/1769 – 09/14/1852)
Duke of Wellington, English army commander, PM (21) (see other British PMs)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, etc.

Bridgeman Art Library

"Our differences are politics, our agreements principles."

William McKinley
(01/29/1843 – 09/14/1901)
US President (25) (see all US Presidents)

"Farewell, my friends. I am going to glory."

Isadora Duncan
(05/27/1878 – 09/14/1927)
US dancer, parting words to her friends as she rode off wearing a too-long scarf that later tangled in the car's wheels and killed her

"A great actress, from the waist down."

Dame Margaret Kendal
(03/15/1849 – 09/14/1935)
English actor, on Sarah Bernhardt

"Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad."

Irving Thalberg
(05/30/1899 – 09/14/1936)
US film director (was married to Norma Shearer)

(with Norma Shearer)

"I like the pleasant things most women enjoy, even if I do wear breeches and boots on an expedition, even sleep in them at times.... but I powder my nose before going on deck, no matter how rough the sea is."

Louise Arner Boyd
(09/16/1887 – 09/14/1972)
US explorer

"Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality."

Grace Kelly
(11/12/1929 – 09/14/1982)
US actor

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