Question: Rags Ragland died how many years after starring in Meet the People?

Context articles: The Society of Floristry Limited
Whistling in Dixie
Meet the People
Arne Skarpsno
Sleeman, Ontario
Cotton paper
Niles Canyon ghost
Camelford water pollution incident
Caledonian Curling Club
Rags Ragland

The Society of Floristry Limited was formed in 1951 to meet the growing need for professional recognition for florists. Its first major task, after forming a Council of directors composed of leading florists in the industry, was to write, run and mark examinations in floristry skills and theory, which it did successfully for almost 49 years.
 It developed into an educational and standard-setting body which pioneered the concept of floristry as a profession, running regular workshops and educational seminars for florists undertaking study and continuing professional development.
 The Society also ran a highly successful trade show for many years, enabling the best exponents of the craft to showcase their skills and talents, and for the support industries in the trade to launch and promote their product.
 These shows were attended by thousands of florists and students over the years, raising standards and pushing back the boundaries of commercial floral design.
 The cornerstone of the success of the Society was the ability of training providers to draw down Government funding for courses which supported what became the gold standard qualifications in the UK for florists, the Intermediate Certificate of the Society of Floristry (ICSF) and the National Diploma of the Society of Floristry (NDSF).
 When the ability to draw this funding was removed a few years ago in an initiative to reduce the number of organisations awarding recognised qualifications, the number of florists able to afford to attend colleges and the ability of those colleges to offer courses toward the examinations was severely restricted.
 As a consequence, the number coming forward to be examined dropped off significantly, and the pass rate amongst those who did fell also.
 The Society did not want to see a situation develop where its standards were eroded, and entered into negotiations with NPTC City and Guilds to write recognised qualifications at Higher Education level to replace the well-recognised and valued ICSF and NDSF.
 The courses came into existence during 2006 - see http://www.nptc.org.uk/qualifications/default.asp?area=130.
 This had a number of advantages for candidates: Colleges were funded so courses were available and more affordable; college support for learning needs could be accessed; the standards and skills required became more transparent and accessible.
 However, the result for the Society was that its reason for existing was seriously eroded.
 On 28.2.10 the Society ceased trading and was acquired and absorbed into the British Florist Association.
Whistling in Dixie is a 1942 crime comedy film, the second of three starring Red Skelton as murder mystery writer and amateur crime solver Wally Benton (aka.
 The Fox) and Ann Rutherford as his fiancee.
 The pair are called upon to solve a crime in the American South.
 The film also re-introduces Rags Ragland, playing dual roles as twins, the mostly-reformed Chester, as well as his villainous brother from the first film.
 The film turns into a romantic comedy mystery, complete with death traps, corrupt politicians and lost gold, ending with a frenetic fight at the end between Wally Benton and both of Rags Ragland's characters.
Meet the People (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film made during World War II, and starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell and featuring Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland and June Allyson.
 The film takes its title from a successful Los Angeles stage revue, which ran on Broadway from December 25, 1940 to May 10, 1941.
 Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, and Virginia O'Brien were also in the original stage cast.
 O'Brien sings the hit song "Say We're Sweethearts Again".
Arne Skarpsno (May 7, 1926 – March 22, 2008) was a Norwegian philanthropist.
 He became known as "Father of the street children".
 For many years of his life he worked as a volunteer among homeless people, people with social problems and drug addicts.
 He and his wife Gerd would distribute packed lunches to the needy on the streets of Oslo.
 He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 1997 for his volunteer work.
 In 2007 a bust of him was introduced at the area informally known as "Plata" ("The Platter") in downtown Oslo, the city's center point for heroin and illegal drugs trade for several years.
 Skarpsno was present at the introduction and he urged the general population to do more for other people.
 Having taken a blood test in May 2006, it became clear that he had cancer, and he was admitted to the Akershus University Hospital in November the same year.
 There a kidney and a tumor were removed.
 He died at Akershus University Hospital.
Sleeman is an unincorporated community located in Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
 The town site is located in the center of Dawson.
 The original town site was along the Rainy River some 3 km south but in the early 1900s when the steam ships that traveled from Fort Frances to Rainy River and then to Rat Portage Via Lake of the Woods carrying Logs, Lumber, mail and other supplies stopped probably because the Canadian Northern Railway had finished its bridge and rail line from Winnipeg to International Falls and the docks of the great lakes located in Fort William and Port Arthur now known as Thunder Bay the town moved from the river to the rail line.
 The original store, coffee shop, post office building still stands today and has been renovated into a home.
 The town for many years held many stores, a large hotel, coffee shops, car dealership, school and a busy rail depot that served the Northern communities along Highway 621.
 A restaurant called The Green Onion was the local favourite, it was open 7 days a week and held indoor livery stables below for the travels from Morson who came to town to meet the trains, liquor was served here as well.
 Today there is only one business left, the Canada Postal outlet.
 Lowes Lumber a local business for over 80 years went into bankruptcy and closed its doors in 2014.
 Only about 20 homes remain, even though an official town plan was made to accommodate many more.
 The rail siding was removed in 1993, the last of the CN hotel burned away in the late 1980s and the grocery store was demolished when the natural gas line was installed to serve the larger communities along Highway 11.
Cotton paper, also known as rag paper, is made using cotton linters or cotton from used cloth (rags) as the primary material.
 Important documents are often printed on cotton paper, because it is known to last many years without deterioration.
 Cotton paper is superior in both strength and durability to wood pulp-based paper, which may contain high concentrations of acids, and also absorbs ink or toner better.
 Different grades of cotton paper can be produced.
The Niles Canyon ghost story is the Northern California variation on the vanishing hitchhiker archetype.
 There are many different variations of this story depending on whom you ask.
 All stories include a girl being involved in some sort of motorized vehicle accident on February 26 (year often changed).
 One variation of the story includes a girl being involved in a car crash on Niles Canyon road (off the 680 freeway in Sunol, California) on the way to her prom.
 The girl died on impact and to this day is said to haunt Niles Canyon road every February 26.
 The tale of the haunting goes that people traveling along Niles Canyon road (now Highway 84) on the night of February 26 will see a normal-looking high school-aged girl walking along the road in a prom dress (many people have said it is white).
 People traveling along the road (mostly those traveling alone) have said to have stopped and offered the girl a ride.
 She accepts the ride, giving the driver an address across the bridge (either Dumbarton or Bay Bridge depending on the storyteller).
 Once the driver gets to the beginning of the bridge, the girl will disappear.
 Sometimes people have gone to the address to find that a girl many years ago matching that description once lived there.
 Today, many people will travel along this treacherous pitch black road in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the Niles Canyon ghost.
The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, in July 1988.
 Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was inadvertently added to the water supply, raising the concentration to 3,000 times the admissible level.
 As the aluminium sulphate broke down it produced several tonnes of sulphuric acid which "stripped a cocktail of chemicals from the pipe networks as well as lead and copper piping in people’s homes."
 Many people who came into contact with the contaminated water experienced a range of short-term health effects, and many victims suffered long-term effects whose implications remained unclear as of 2012 .
 There has been no rigorous examination or monitoring of the health of the victims since the incident, which is Britain's worst mass poisoning event.
 Inquests on people who died many years later found very high levels of aluminium in the brain.
 Dame Barbara Clayton led a Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution enquiry into the incident.
The Caledonian Curling Club (also known as the Callie Curling Club) has been one of the most prominent curling rinks in Canada for many years.
 The club was established on October 14, 1915.
 Since its beginning so many years ago, the club has harboured many provincial, national, and even Olympic champions.
 It has also been a second home to thousands of people over the years who have come to the rink to relax, socialize, and of course, play an enjoyable game of curling.
Rags Ragland (born John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland, August 23, 1905 – August 20, 1946) was an American comedian and character actor.
 Ragland made his show business reputation in burlesque, where he was one of the house comics for the famed Minsky burlesque shows.
 Minsky striptease star Georgia Sothern remembered him fondly in her 1971 memoir, saying she considered Ragland a close friend and the funniest comedian the Minskys had ever produced.
 His longtime performing partner Phil Silvers referred to Ragland in his autobiography as "my favorite comic".