Historical clue formulations

• How Dickens describes Marley in "A Christmas Carol" — 2021-04-10
• Totally gone — 2012-01-07
• Completely gone — 2007-09-28
• Gone, and never to return — 2006-09-15
• Not just gone — 2004-04-19
• Definitely deceased — 2001-11-19
• Completely out — 2001-06-29
• Unquestionably gone — 2000-12-22
• Lifeless — 1995-08-11
• Really gone — 1994-12-14