Byron Lee, one of the towering figures in Jamaican Reggae music in the last 50 years, took the Final Taxi at 73. Lee’s music was beloved throughout the Caribbean and around the world. His long-running band, the Dragonaires became one of the most sought after hotel bands on the tourist-centric north coast of Jamaica. After having a few ska hits in Jamaica and the UK, they appeared in the James Bond...
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The World remembers the horror of First World War on Armistice Day and recalls four years of conflict which killed 20 million people.
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Today the Final Taxi remembers Chuck Connors who took his Final Taxi November 10, 1992. Chuck was an American actor and a professional basketball and baseball player, best known for his starring role in the 1960's ABC hit western series The Rifleman.
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Jimmy Carl Black, drummer and vocalist of Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, has taken his Final Taxi at age 70.
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Michael O'Donoghue took his Final Taxi on November 8, 1994. He was a writer and performer and known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor, was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine, and was the first head writer of the highly influential American television program Saturday Night Live.
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