Almanac for February 4th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for February 4th: https://ko-fi.com/post/February-4-The-Last-of-the-Mohicans-K3K319Z7J0

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Bummer February 4th

February 4, 1912: Parachute pioneer Franz Reichelt jumps from the Eiffel Tower to test a parachute suit he’s designed. The suit fails and Reichelt falls to his death in front of a crowd of people who thought they were going to watch the suit being tested on a dummy.

February 4, 1983: Singer-songwriter-drummer Karen Carpenter, half of the brother and sister duo Carpenters, dies of a heart attack while suffering from an eating disorder. She is 32 years old.

Carpenter in 1972. Public domain.

February 4, 1984: Patrick Nagel, a renowned illustrator whose style combined Art Deco inspiration with pop art, dies at age 38. He participates in a 15-minute aerobics sprint as part of a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, then succumbs to a heart attack due to a congenital heart condition that had gone undetected until his sudden death.

February 4, 1987: 67-year-old piano virtuoso Władziu Valentino “Lee” Liberace dies of AIDS-related cytomegalovirus pneumonia at his home in Palm Springs, California, after receiving the sacrament of last rites from a Catholic priest.

February 4, 2018: Indianapolis Colts football player Edwin Jackson is the passenger in a ride-sharing car driven by Jeffrey Monroe. Jackson asks Monroe to pull over by the side of Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. As the two stand by the shoulder of the road, they are struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Manuel Orrego-Savala, a citizen of Guatemala who is in the United States illegally. Orrego-Savala pleads guilty to “operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or more, causing death.”