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16 hours ago · It wasn't just Beechwood that John Jacob Astor IV inherited from the Astor dynasty. Reportedly his preferred summer retreat, Ferncliff is a rambling 100-acre property in Rhinebeck, New York. John's father, William Backhouse Astor Jr., purchased a number of lots in 1853 and had a magnificent Victorian mansion constructed on the combined acreage.
16 hours ago · John Mackness was just 20 when he broke his neck while playing rugby -Credit:Lancaster University. An inspirational university professor who refused to let his disability get in his way died 58 years after breaking his neck while playing rugby. John Mackness was 20 when he suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury in 1966 while playing rugby.
16 hours ago · The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
16 hours ago · John ("Happy Endings"), shoots himself in plot C. Iron John ( Avengers Grimm ), collapses a parking garage on himself. John the Savage ( Brave New World ), hangs himself. [22] Johnny ( The Room ), shoots himself. Frank Johnson ( The Return of the Living Dead ), incinerates himself before he turns into a zombie.