PEOPLE WHO PREDICTED THEIR OWN DEATHS

Qember 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut, USA. He was Novelist, Journalist, Lecturer and humorist. His travel narratives are widely read throughout the world. He was a very  intelligent person. Mark Twain was born during the appearance of Halleys comet. What he said before his death was: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year. I am expected to llk lk llgo with it. It would be a great disappointment if I don't go." Halleys comet reached the perihelion (closest to the Sun) on April 20, 1910 and Mark Twain died on April 21, 1910.

Sanjeev Kumar 

(Born on 9 July 1938 in Surat, Bombay and died on 6 November 1985 in Bombay) Sanjeev Kumar was known as one of the most matured actors of Hindi cinema. Even when he was young he preferred old characters. Old men's role he portrayed in Sholay, Trishul, Parichay, Koshish, Mousam  etc were widely accepted. He used to say that male members of his family normally don't live long. He said to his friends that since he too may not live long, he wished to live as old man in at least films. Since his no old age theory became very popular, his proposal to marry the renowned actor Hema Malini didn't come through

 A palmist once told him that he would not reach fifty. That must have made him to remain single throughout his life. Later he had heart problems and

underwent a bypass surgery in US. However he had a massive heart attack on 6 November 1985 and that took his life on the very same day. And q died at the age of 47. His younger brother died few months before and elder brother few months afterwards.

Martin Luther King Jr 

(Born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and died on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee).

The speech he gave at the Mason temple on 3 April became something genuinely ominous. He said he had reached the top of the hill. He could see the other side that was too flat. He said he would go there alone, and none of those listening him then would accompany him. With in 24 hours of that last speech King Jr was shot dead. Since he was fighting for the racial equality he had a good number of enemies. He was fatally shot at Tennessee on 4 April 1968 at 6.01 pm and he died at the St Joseph's hospital at 7.05 pm. James Earl Ray was the killer who was sentenced to 99 years imprisonment and died in the prison in 1998.

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