December 19 – Remembering Renata Tebaldi, Hope Lange, Pops Staples, Emily Brontë

Renata Tebaldi died 5 years ago

Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi was born on February 1, 1922 in Pesaro, Italy. She was a soprano singer. Ms. Tebaldi died on December 19, 2004 in San Marino.




Hope Lange died 6 years ago

Hope Elise Ross Lange was born on November 28, 1933 in Redding, Connecticut. She acted in the 1957 movie Peyton Place and on the TV sitcom The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Ms. Lange died on December 19, 2003 in Santa Monica, California.








Pops Staples died 9 years ago

Pops Staples was born on December 28, 1914 as Roebuck Staples near Winona, Mississippi. He was a member of the singing group The Staple Singers, that sang songs such as I’ll Take You There. Mr. Staples died on December 19, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois.




Emily Brontë died 161 years ago

Emily Brontë was born on July 30, 1818 in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England. She wrote the novel Wuthering Heights. Ms. Brontë died on December 19, 1848 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.