Daily Archives: August 2, 2012

Brian Cole of The Association dies from a heroin overdose 40 years ago today (1972)


Video: 'Little Road and a Stone to Roll: A Tribute to Brian Cole'

(Wednesday, August 2, 1972)Brian Cole, the bass guitar player and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band The Association, died today in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose at the age of 29.

Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell dies 90 years ago this hour (1922)


Video: 'Alexander Graham Bell'

(Wednesday, August 2, 1922, 2:00 a.m. local time) — Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died of complications arising from diabetes today at his private estate, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.