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Index
Cover
Title Page
Introduction
Death of the Fantastic: Dragons (3000 BC–1735)
…and Other Mythological Creatures We Used to Think Were Real
Death of a Founding Father: Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
…and Other Famously Disembodied Body Parts
Forgotten Forerunner: Elizabeth Jennings (1827–1901)
Death of an Influencer: Beau Brummell (1778–1840)
…and Other Dead Fashion Trends
Death of an American Story: Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874)
…and Other Sideshow Sensations
Death of Representation: The Black Congressmen of Reconstruction (1870–1901)
…and Other Political Firsts Who Didn’t Make Your High School History Book
Forgotten Forerunner: Lois Weber (1879–1939)
“When a Woman Ruled Hollywood”
Death of Medieval Science (800–1928)
…and Other Science That Was Less Than Scientific
Death of a Sports Team: Los Dragones De Ciudad Trujillo (1937–1937)
…and Other Teams You Can’t Root for Anymore
Forgotten Forerunner: Ada Lovelace (1815–1852)
“The Byronic Woman”
Death of a Country: Prussia (1525–1947)
…and Other Places You Won’t Find on a Map
Heroes of the New Jersey Turnpike
Death of a Funny Girl: Fanny Brice (1891–1951)
…and Other Historical Figures Eclipsed by the Actors Who Played Them
Before and After: The Pre-Presidency: Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) and The Post-Presidency: John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)
The Mount Rushmore of Terrible Presidents
The Graveyard of Failed Presidential Candidates
Forgotten Forerunner: Moses Fleetwood Walker (1857–1924)
“Before Jackie”
Death of a Diagnosis: Homosexuality as a Mental Illness (1952–1973)
…and Other Defunct Diagnoses
Reputation Assassination: A Story of Three Killings: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), and Disco (1970–1979)
…and Other Ruined Reputations
Forgotten Forerunner: The Washingtonian Movement (1840–1860)
Death of a Brother: Billy Carter (1937–1988)
…and Other Black Sheep Siblings
Death of the Entertainer: Sammy Davis JR. (1925–1990)
…and Other One-Eyed Wonders
Death of a Square: Lawrence Welk (1903–1992)
…and Other Victims of the “Rural Purge”
Death of an Icon: Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)
…and Other Famous People Commonly Confused with Each Other
Forgotten Forerunner: Bessie Coleman (1892–1926)
Death of a Career: Vaughn Meader (1936–2004)
The Story of Melba Moore’s Ill-Fated Sitcom: (1986–1986)
Where’s Chuck?: The Graveyard of Disappeared and Dead Sitcom Characters
Died the Same Day: Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) and Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
…and Other Famous People Who Died the Same Day
Death of a Leviathan: The Station Wagon (1949–2011)
…and Other Things from the ’70s That Could’ve Killed Us
Forgotten Forerunner: Hadrian’s Wall (128–1746)
Celebrities who Put Their Butts on the Line: Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), and Lord Byron (1788–1824)
…and Other People Famous for More Than One Thing
Death of a Tree: The Live Oaks of Toomer’s Corner (1937–2013)
…and Other Trees Felled Too Soon
Dedication: Marcel “Jack” Rocca (1929–2004)
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Works Consulted
Copyright
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