Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for June 19th: https://ko-fi.com/post/June-19-Juneteenth-J3J31HQ6I8
Today's Observance: Juneteenth
Bummer June 19th
June 19, 1986: Two days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics, 22-year-old University of Maryland standout small forward Leonard (Len) Bias dies of cocaine-induced cardiac arrythmia in his dorm room. His friends see him have a seizure and call paramedics, who attempt to revive Bias, to no avail.
June 19, 1999: Stephen King suffers a broken leg, a broken hip, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated scalp when he’s struck and thrown 14 feet by a Dodge minivan driven by Bryan Edwin Smith. Smith, who was distracted by the movements of his unrestrained dog in the back of the vehicle, pled guilty to a moving violation and received a six-month suspended sentence.
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June 19, 2016: 27-year-old Russian-American actor Anton Yelchin dies of blunt trauma asphyxia when a design flaw in his SUV causes the vehicle to slip into neutral gear, roll down an incline, and pin the actor between the vehicle and a wall.
