Today, the perhaps most well-known primate has died because of cancer in the Barcelona Zoo.
I'm talking about Snow Flake (Floquet de Neu in Catalan), the unique and rare albino primate on the face of the world. He was found many years ago (about 30) and he was brought to Barcelona where it became one of the most famous symbols of Barcelona. Everyone of us in Barcelona and Catalonia love and loved him, and today is a sad day because of his death.
What I find curious is that one of the most important symbols of Barcelona died today 24th of November as one of the most important symbols of Barcelona did 12 years ago, our beloved Freddie!
Freddie and Floquet de Neu, two important symbols of Barcelona, will have the same death annyversary. That's great.
Gracious no! 24 and November seem to be a rather killingly bad day to live on.
Deaths on 24th of November.
1541 - Margaret Tudor
1848 - Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1922 - Robert Erskine Childers, author, Irish nationalist (executed)
1929 - Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France
1956 - Guido Cantelli, conductor
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassination suspect
1957 - Diego Rivera, painter
1973 - John Neihardt, ghostwriter of Black Elk Speaks
1980 - George Raft, actor
1991 - Freddie Mercury, musician (Queen)
1996 - Sorley MacLean, Scots Gaelic poet
2001 - Melanie Thornton, singer
2002 - John Rawls, philosopher
2003 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball pitcher
Don't know who the last one is.
"as one of the most important symbols of Barcelona did 12 years ago, our beloved Freddie!"
Freddie the most important symbol of Barcelona?
You're so funny!!
No, I'm being serious, FriedChicken!!
As you know, Freddie did the song 'Barcelona' and since there is a great symbol. He's very loved here because of his music and because of his gift to our city: that amazing and awesome song (and album).
"Freddie the most important symbol of Barcelona?"
No, he isn't. I didn't say that. I did say that he is one of the most important symbol of Barcelona ;)
"thats just rediculous and you know it"
You don't live here so you don't know if it's ridiculous or not. I know why I say Freddie's very important gere.