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vandermolen

#60
January 23, 2017, 01:42:01 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 21, 2017, 07:00:09 PM
This is a difficult one. Could you give another hint?

Of course  :)

Felt that Ireland was his spiritual home although born in Streatham in London.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#61
January 23, 2017, 01:45:09 PM
New one:

Gassed himself having put the cat out of doors.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#62
January 23, 2017, 01:48:13 PM
None of these are as good as Aretino, the Italian writer of the Renaissance period, who allegedly died laughing at an obscene joke.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Florestan

#63
January 23, 2017, 01:54:07 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on January 23, 2017, 01:48:13 PM
None of these are as good as Aretino, the Italian writer of the Renaissance period, who allegedly died laughing at an obscene joke.

That is nothing compared to Donizetti, who allegedly died after prolonged self-abuse.  :o

The one who died composing at harpsichord: Leonardo Leo.

"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

vandermolen

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January 23, 2017, 02:06:56 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2017, 02:11:27 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Florestan on January 23, 2017, 01:54:07 PM
That is nothing compared to Donizetti, who allegedly died after prolonged self-abuse.  :o


He died by his own hand.

  :o
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Florestan

#65
January 23, 2017, 02:26:23 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on January 23, 2017, 02:06:56 PM
He died by his own hand.

  :o

Hah, great one!  ;D

I am not sure it is true, though, actually I have a hard time imagining someone dying from that.

New one, quite easy: died from typhoid fever a few months after eating a contaminated sorbet.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Ken B

#66
January 23, 2017, 03:40:44 PM
Quote from: Florestan on January 23, 2017, 02:26:23 PM

I am not sure it is true, though, actually I have a hard time imagining someone dying from that.



I can imagine someone trying.

Chronochromie

#67
January 23, 2017, 06:31:56 PM
Quote from: Florestan on January 23, 2017, 02:26:23 PMNew one, quite easy: died from typhoid fever a few months after eating a contaminated sorbet.

Lekeu.

This guy died of the plague.
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