London was located in the East Midlands dialect zone, but because of its status as the capital, its East Midlands dialect was influenced by southern (Saxon) and southeastern (Kentish) dialects. The normal East Midlands development of (Ã¼) was (oÍo), spelled u.
The million-dollar leg club has come a long way since film icon and poster girl Betty Grable starred in the 1939 classic, âMillion Dollar Legs.â. Since then, a host of celebrities and athletes have followed suit and had their famous legs â and feet â insured by Lloydâs of London for $1 million or more.
Weâre about to get morbid with 10 famous final photographs taken of celebrities and historical figures before they died. Freddie Mercury. The Queen singer was already on his last legs when this picture of him looking frail and thin was taken in the spring of 1991. He died after falling ill with bronchial pneumonia, the result of a tiring and futile battle with AIDS, on November 24 that year.