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poet  Conrad Aiken   won 1930 Pulitzer Prize for poetry born on 8-5-1889 in Savannah, Georgia expired 8-7-1973 in Savannah, Georgia   age 84   cause: heart attack

Harvard professor (1939-61) Dr.  Howard Hathaway Aiken   built Mark I computer (1944) born on 3-8-1900 in Hoboken, New Jersey expired 3-14-1973 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 73

choreographer  Alvin Ailey born on 1-5-1931 in Rogers, Texas expired 12-1-1989   age 58

Nepalese  Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana   mother of assassin/"king" Dipendra born on 11-7-1949 in Lazimpath, Nepal expired 6-1-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal   age 51   cause: shot to death by Crown Prince Dipendra

Margaret Ann Aitcheson   Tipper Gore's mother ¤ née: Carlson  born on --1924 in Battle Creek, Michigan expired 10-15-2001 in Alexandria, Virginia   age 77 AKS: Aitcheson

siesmologist Dr.  Keiiti Aki   developed the concept of the "seismic moment" to describe the magnitude of an earthquake (1960s) born on 3-3-1930 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan expired 5-17-2005 in Réunion Island, Indian Ocean   age 75   cause: brain hemorrhage; fall

actor  Claude Akins born on 5-25-1918 in Nelson, Georgia expired 1-27-1994 in Altadena, California   age 75

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright  Zoë Akins   wrote play How To Marry a Millionaire born on 10-30-1886 in Humansville, Missouri expired 10-29-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 71 AKS: Zoe

horror movie producer  Moustapha Akkad   produced the Halloween movies born on 7-1-1930 in Aleppo, Syria expired 11-11-2005 in Amman, Jordan   age 75   cause: terrorist bombing

former Syrian President (1970-2000)  Hafez al-Assad   led the 1971 coup that installed him as "president" ¤ born: Hafez Wahsh nickname: "Douche-bhag"  born on 10-6-1930 in Qardaha, Latakia Province, French Mandate Syria expired 6-10-2000 in Damascus, Syria   age 69   cause: heart attack; pulmonary fibrosis; priapism; incontinence; puss-inflamed nipples    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY, RR, TEX 43%    Scored 6.2250 points

mooslim cleric/al-Qaeda terrorist  Anwar al-Awlaki   no longer recruiting other terrorists ¤ born: Anwar Nasser Abdulla Aulaqi  born on 4-22-1971 in Las Cruces, New Mexico expired 9-30-2011 in Khasaf, Jawf province, Yemen   age 40   cause: assassinated; blow'd up by CIA drone mmissle

Saddam stooge/co-defendant  Awad Ahmed al-Bandar al-S'adun   former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court born on 1-2-1945 in Sa'dun, Iraq expired 1-15-2007 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 62   cause: executed; hanged    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM, RAVN, WEP, 4GUE 12.9%    Scored 6.6125 points AKS: Hamed

Catholic Church leader (1700-1721)  Giovanni Francesco Albani   elected 244th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church November 23, 1700 ¤ Pope Clement XI  born on 7-23-1649 in Urbino, Italy expired 3-19-1721 in Rome, Italy   age 71

international terrorist  Sabry Khalil al-Banna   various sources say he suffered from bone cancer, heart disease, diabetes & alcoholism ¤ nom de guerre: Abu Nidal  born on 5--1937 in Jaffa, Palestine expired 8-16-2002 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 65   cause: "multiple unexplained gunshot wounds to the head" AKS: Sabri

wrassler "Captain"  Louis Vincent Albano   also "managed" in the WWF born on 7-29-1933 in Mount Vernon, New York expired 10-14-2009 in Carmel, New York   age 76    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD, RAVN 11.1% 2005 SLIM 4.3%

Prince Albert   husband of British Queen Victoria I; no, she didn't keep him "in a can"; father of Edward VII ¤ full name: Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel Saxe-Coburg und Gotha  born on 8-26-1819 in Rosenau, Bavaria, Germany expired 12-14-1861 in Windsor, England   age 42   cause: typhoid fever

retired House Speaker (1971-76)  Carl Bert Albert   grew up in the hamlet of Bug Tussle (near McAlester) born on 5-10-1908 in McAlester, Oklahoma expired 2-4-2000 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 91

actor  Edward Laurence Albert   played lead role in Butterflies are Free movie & Zayra in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode A Man Alone (1993) born on 2-20-1951 expired 9-22-2006 in Malibu, California   age 55   cause: lung cancer AKS: Lawrence

Arnold Ziffel's pal actor  Edward "Eddie" Albert Sr.   celebrity spokesperson for Hoyt-Clagwell lawn tractors ¤ born: Edward Albert Heimberger  born on 4-22-1906 in Rock Island, Illinois expired 5-26-2005 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 99   cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS, RR, SPAM 43% 2001 DTM, KLS, NFG, ROTS 50% 2002 CMH, DTM, JAC 27.3% 2003 ABRA, COCO, CSI, DTM, KLS, PCD, RAVN, TAP 44.4% 2004 ABRA, ANG, CSI, DTM, KLS, NFG, RAVN, RIE, RR, TAP 55.6% 2005 ADWC, ANG, BOD, CSI, DTM, FA, KLS, MOT, NFG, PCD, QKU, RIE, RR, SPAM, SPIT, TMD 69.6%    Scored 2.6001 points

former college/pro quarterback  Frankie Albert   noted for his success with the T-formation born on 1-27-1920 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-4-2002 in Palo Alto, California   age 82   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

toy designer  Judith F. Albert   redesigned the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls for mass production by Coleco born on 9-30-1938 expired 7-20-1998 in Mill Neck, New York   age 59   cause: breast cancer

Stewart Edward "Stew" Albert   a co-founder of the Yippie Party born on 12-4-1939 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-30-2006 in Portland, Oregon   age 66   cause: liver cancer

Four Aces singer & group co-founder  Al Alberts   the group sang two Academy Award-winning songs: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954; from the movie of the same title) & Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955; also from the movie of the same name) ¤ born: Al Albertini  born on 8-10-1922 in Chester, Pennsylvania expired 11-27-2009 in Arcadia, Florida   age 87   cause: complications from kidney failure

movie & tv actor  Frank Albertson   played RT-42 in Just Imagine (1930) born on 2-2-1909 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota expired 2-29-1964 in Santa Monica, California   age 55

actor  Jack Albertson   co-starred on Chico and the Man tv series; Best Supporting actor recipient for The Subject Was Roses (1968); in 1964 won a Tony for playing the same role in the stage production born on 6-16-1910 in Malden, Massachusetts expired 11-25-1981 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 74   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 JH  7.7% 1980 BD, DR, EB, JH 25.0%

Kathryn McCurry Albertson   widow of grocery store chain founder born on 8-27-1908 in Boise, Idaho expired 4-30-2002   age 93

novelist  Martha Albrand   wrote After Midnight (1948; made into movie) & Desperate Moment (1953) ¤ real name: Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard Mrs. Sydney J. Lamon  born on 9-8-1914 in Rostock, Germany expired 6-24-1981 in New York, New York   age 66

jackass retailer  Theodor Paul Albrecht   owned the U.S. Aldi stores (founded chain with brother Karl) + Trader Jacks born on 3-28-1922 in Essen, Germany expired 7-23-2010 in Essen, Germany   age 88

actress  Louise Allbritton   appeared as Harriett Putnam in The Egg and I (1947) & Edna Philby in Sitting Pretty (1948) ¤ aka: Mrs. Charles Collingwood  born on yy7-3-1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 2-16-1979 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   age 58   cause: cancer

former Army Air Corps captain  Charles Donald "Don" Albury   co-pilot of Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki; he also piloted The Great Artiste, one of the observation planes, when Hiroshima was nuked born on 10-12-1920 in Miami, Florida expired 5-23-2009 in Orlando, Florida   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure

Egyptian geezer  Youssef Mohamed Attia al-Chadhli   one-time carpenter who never saw a doctor expired 2-1-2003 in Damietta, Egypt   age 122

illustrator  John E. Alcorn born on 2-10-1935 expired 1-15-1992   age 56

author  Louisa May Alcott   wrote Little Women and Little Men born on 11-29-1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania expired 3-6-1888   age 55

Kurt Alder   1950 Nobel chemistry laureate (shared award with his former teacher Otto Diels) born on 7-10-1902 in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 6-20-1958 in Köln, Germany   age 55

oldest U.S. Olympian  Frederick P. Alderman   won gold medal in 1928 games 1,600 meter relays born on 6-24-1905 in Lansing, Michigan expired 9-15-1998 in Social Circle, Georgia   age 93

inventor  Samuel W. Alderson   founded Alderson Research Labs to build human simulacra — anthropomorphic test devices (dummies) for use in testing ejection seats (1952); built first automobile crash test dummy (1960; remember Vince & Larry in auto safety commercials of the 70s & 80s) born on 10-21-1914 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 2-11-2005 in Marina del Rey, California   age 90   cause: pneumonia; myelofibrosis

Waco, Texas pharmacist  Charles Courtice Alderton   created the Dr Pepper soft drink (1885) born on 6-21-1857 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-29-1941 in Waco, Texas   age 83

retired Lansing State Journal sports editor (1923-62)  George S. Alderton   in 1926 was first to use nickname "Spartans" in reference to Michigan Agricultural College sports teams (suggested to him by baseball team catcher Perry J. Fremont) born on 9-21-1897 expired 2-19-1993 in Traverse City, Michigan   age 95   cause: myocardial failure

Catholic Church leader (1592-1605)  Ippolito Aldobrandini   elected 232nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church January 30, 1592 ¤ Pope Clement VIII  born on 3-??-1536 in Fano, Italy expired 3-5-1605 in Rome, Italy   age 68

movie director  Robert Aldrich   made Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush ... Hush, Sween Charlotte (1964), The Dirty Dozen (1967) & The Longest Yard (1974); a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller born on 8-9-1918 in Cranston, Rhode Island expired 12-5-1983 in Los Angeles, California   age 64   cause: kidney failure

retired Air Force Colonel  Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.   a founder of the Air Force Institute of Technology; father of astronaut born on 4-12-1896 expired 12-28-1974 in San Francisco, California   age 78

poet  Vincente Pio Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo   won 1977 Nobel prize in literature born on 4-26-1898 in Seville, Spain expired 12-14-1984 in Madrid, Spain   age 86    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former Yukos vice president  Vasily Georgievich Aleksanyan born on 12-15-1972 expired 10-3-2011 in Dozhd, Russia   age 38   cause: AIDS    Contest Selectors 2010 DTM 3.7%

former Soviet super-heavyweight power lifter  Vasily Ivanovich Alekseev   won gold medals in the 1976 & 1980 Olympic games born on 1-7-1942 in Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, USSR expired 11-25-2011 in München, Bavaria, Germany   age 69   cause: "serious heart problems" AKS: Vasili Alexiev Alekseyev Alexeyev

former Brazilian vice president  José Alencar Gomes da Silva born on 10-17-1931 in Itamuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil expired 3-29-2011 in São Paulo, Brazil   age 79   cause: multiple organ failure; abdominal cancer    Contest Selectors 2010 DTM, RAVN, WEP 11.1% AKS: Jose

Odysseus Alepoudhelis   was the 1979 Nobel literature laureate ¤ pen name: Odysseus Elytis  born on 11-2-1911 in Iráklion, Crete expired 3-18-1996 in Athens, Greece   age

former character actor  Frank Alesi   appeared in Bikini Beach (1964), Pajama Party (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) & The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966); became a tv director on the Captain Kangaroo kiddie show; then became a horse breeder born on 1-4-1944 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-27-2011 in Carlsbad, California   age 67   cause: heart attack

character actor  Frank Aletter   was once marrried to Lee Meriwether; played the husband on the Cara Williams Show (1964-5) born on 1-14-1925 in Queens, New York, New York expired 5-13-2009 in Tarzana, California   age 83   cause: cancer

founding Stooges bass guitarist  David Michael "Dave" Alexander   fired from the band after showing up for a gig too drunk to perform born on 6-3-1947 in Whitmore Lake, Michigan expired 2-10-1975 in Ann Arbor, Michigan   age 27   cause: pulmonary edema; pancreatitis; alcoholism

circus aerialist  Fay Alexander   one of the few people to perform a triple somersault (and live) born on --1924 in Seattle, Washington expired 7-16-1999 in Sarasota, Florida   age 75   cause: lung cancer

baseball pitcher  Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander born on 2-26-1887 in Elba, Nebraska expired 11-4-1950 in Saint Paul, Minnesota   age 63

bank clerk & part-time jazz band leader  Jack Alexander   said to have inspired 1911 Irving Berlin song Alexander's Ragtime Band expired 7-1-1958 in Hewlett, New York   age 74

journalist  Shana Alexander   daughter of song writer Milton Ager (subject of 1927 song Ain't She Sweet); did commentary on 60 Minutes opposite James J. Kilpatrick (1975-79) born on 10-6-1925 in New York, New York expired 6-23-2005 in Hermosa Beach, California   age 79   cause: cancer

Macedonian conquerer  Alexander the Great   founded Alexandria, Egypt born on 9-20-356 BC expired 6-13-323 BC   age 32

radio broadcasting pioneer  Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson   under Reginald Fessenden's direction built first high frequency alternator, making possible the first voice broadcast (12/24/1906); became chief engineer of RCA when it was created (1923); holder of 322 patents; invented first home television (1927) born on 1-25-1878 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 5-14-1975 in Schenectady, New York   age 97

United States Lines fleet commodore  Leroy John Alexanderson   last captain of the S.S. United States passenger liner (1955-60) born on 6-27-1910 in New York, New York expired 2-29-2004 in Hampton, Virginia   age 93

exiled Yugoslav  Queen Alexandra   widow of Peter II born on 3-25-1921 in Athens, Greece expired 1-30-1993 in East Sussex, England   age 71

Grand Duchess  Zenia Alexandrovna   eldest sister of Czar Nicholas II expired 4-20-1960 in London, England   age 85

songwriter, pianist, singer  Johnny Alf   wrote "delicately swinging music" that is considered a precursor to the bossa nova ¤ born: Alfredo José da Silva  born on 5-19-1929 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 3-4-2010 in Santo André, Brazil   age 80   cause: prostate cancer

Saudi sheik/village idiot  Mohammed al-Fassi   in 1978 cheesed-off his Beverly Hills Sunset Blvd neighbors by painting the mansion & statuary garish colors expired 12-24-2002 in Cairo, Egypt   age 50   cause: infected hernia

former Argentine president (1983-89)  Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes born on 3-12-1927 in Chascomús, Argentina expired 3-31-2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 82   cause: lung cancer AKS: Raul Alfonsin

British Army Major  Kenneth Joseph Alford   used his pseudonym to write military marches, the most famous of which is Colonel Bogey (1914) ¤ real name: Frederick Joseph Ricketts  born on 2-21-1881 in London, England expired 5-15-1945 in Redgate, Surrey, England   age 64

actor  W. Lamar Alford born on 10-11-1944 expired 3-29-1991   age 46

English King (871-899)  Alfred the Great   last son of Ethelwulf to ascend to the throne born on --849 expired 10-28-899 in Wantage, Berkshire, England   age 50

plasma physicist  Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén   shared the 1970 Nobel physics laureate for his work in magneto hydrodynamics born on 5-30-1908 in Norrköoping, Sweden expired 4-2-1995 in Djursholm, Sweden   age 86 AKS: Gosta Alfven

Swedish composer  Hugo Alfven born on 5-1-1872 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 5-8-1960 in Faluns, Sweden   age 88

novelist  Nelson Algren   wrote A Walk on the Wild Side & The Man with the Golden Arm (1949) ¤ born: Nelson Algren Abraham  born on 3-28-1909 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-9-1981 in Sag Harbor, New York   age 72   cause: heart attack

Shiite poobah  Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim   leader of SIIC born on --1950 in Najaf, Iraq expired 8-26-2009 in Tehran, Iran   age 59   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2008 LMLD, RAVN 6.3% 2009 DTM, LMLD, RAVN 10.0%    Scored 7.2250 points

Washington, D.C. restauranteur  Mahaboob Ben Ali   founded Ben's Chili Bowl Diner (1958) on U Street, NW born on 6-13-1927 in San Juan, Trinidad expired 10-7-2009 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 82   cause: congestive heart failure

Jordanian  Queen Alia   3rd wife of Hussein ¤ born: Alia Toukan  born on 12-25-1948 in Egypt expired 2-9-1977 in Tafileh, Jordan   age 28   cause: helicopter crash

Princess Alice   last grandchild of Queen Victoria; daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany & Princess Helene of Waldeck-Pyrmont ¤ title: Countess of Athlone  born on 2-25-1883 in Windsor Castle, England expired 1-3-1981 in London, England   age 97

poet  Dante Alighieri   wrote The Divine Comedy (1307-21) born on 5-27-1265 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 9-14-1321 in Ravenna, Italy   age 56

community organizer  Saul David Alinsky   wrote Rules for Radicals (1971) born on 1-30-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-12-1972 in Carmel, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

former San Francisco mayor  Joseph Lawrence Alioto born on 2-12-1916 in San Francisco, California expired 1-29-1998 in San Francisco, California   age 81   cause: pneumonia; prostate cancer

Joan Alison   co-wrote unproduced 1938 play Everybody Comes to Rick's; it became the 1942 movie Casablanca ¤ full name: Joan Alison Appleton  born on 5-3-1901 expired 3-30-1992 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, New York   age 90

Texas death row inmate  Franklin DeWayne Alix Sr. ¤ number 999286  born on 8-6-1975 expired 3-30-2010 in Huntsville, Texas   age 34   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2010 ADWC, DFFC, DTM, JCM, OIE, PCD, RAVN 25.9%    Scored 9.1391 points

former Soviet Secret Police general  Heydar Alirza Aliyev   took advantage of military mutiny & booted previous president; president of Azerbaijan (1993-2003) born on 5-10-1923 in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan expired 12-12-2003 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 80   cause: congestive heart failure AKS: Geidar

head of state/ruler Sheik  Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa ¤ title: Emir of Bahrain  born on 6-3-1933 in al-Jasrah, Bahrain expired 3-6-1999 in Manama, Bahrain   age 65

Baghdad mathematics professor  Muhammad ibn Musa abu Abdullah al-Khowarizmi al-Madjusial-Qutrubulli   wrote several mathematics textbooks; introduced Hindu numerals to the arab world (0, 1, 2, etc.); his name is an eponym for a carefully described procedure/process: algorithm born on --780 in Khorezm (now Urgench, Uzbekistan) expired ??-??-850   age 70

economist  Maurice Félix Charles Allais   recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in economics born on 5-31-1911 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 10-10-2010 in Saint-Cloud, France   age 99    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 RR, WEP 6.5% 2008 RR, SPAM, WEP 9.4% 2009 RR, WEP 6.7% 2010 RR, WEP 7.4%    Scored 3.8500 points AKS: Felix Alais

movie producer and radio actor  William Alland   played the newsreel reporter trying to find out the meaning of Rosebud in Citizen Kane; produced It Came From Outer Space, This Island Earth (1955) and Creature From the Black Lagoon born on 3-4-1916 in Delmare, Delaware expired 11-10-1997 in Long Beach, California   age 81   cause: heart disease

director  Alfred Lewis Allen   directed The Uninvited (1944) & Suddenly (1954) born on 12-25-1905 in Oakergates, Shropshire, England expired 5-3-2000 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

California death row inmate  Clarence Ray Allen born on 1-16-1930 in Blair, Oklahoma expired 1-17-2006 in San Quentin, California   age 76   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 BOD, OIE, PCD, RAVN, RR, SPIT, TWOS 23.3%    Scored 4.9391 points

actor/director  Corey Allen   played Buzz in Rebel Without a Cause; helped cast the series regulars of Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as directing the series pilot ("Encounter at Farpoint"; 1987) and episodes "Home Soil" (1988), "Final Mission" (1990), "The Game" (1991) & "Journey's End" (1994); also directed a number of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes: "Captive Pursuit" (1993), "The Circle", "Paradise" & "The Maquis: Part 2" (all 1994) ¤ real name: Alan David Cohen  born on 6-29-1934 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 6-27-2010 in Hollywood, California   age 75   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

former Holy Cross football coach  Dan Allen born on 12-7-1955 expired 5-16-2004 in Westboro, Massachusetts   age 48   cause: multiple chemical sensitivity    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6%    Scored 10.2000 solo points

familiar voice  Dayton Allen   provided the voice of Deputy Dawg, Heckle and Jeckle, as well as being Mr. Bungle on Winky Dink and You & mayor Phineas T. Bluster on Howdy Doodie ¤ born: Dayton Allen Bolke  born on 9-24-1919 in New York, New York expired 11-11-2004 in Hendersonville, North Carolina   age 85   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%

former University of Kansas basketball coach (1908-09 & 1920-56)  Forrest Claire "Phog" Allen   a practicing osteopath; helped make basketsball an Olympic sport (1936) born on 11-18-1885 in Jamesport, Missouri expired 9-16-1974 in Lawrence, Kansas   age 88

"Great White Hunter"  Frank Maurice "Bunny" Allen born on 4-17-1906 in Berkshire, England expired 1-2-2002 in Lamu Island, Kenya   age 95   cause: "natural causes"

comedian and early What's My Line panelist  Fred Allen ¤ real name: John Florence Sullivan  born on 5-31-1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 3-17-1956 in New York, New York   age 61   cause: heart attack

football coach  George Herbert Allen born on 4-29-1922 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan expired 12-31-1990   age 72

radio, tv, movie comedienne  Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen   wife & comedy partner of George Burns ¤ aka: "Gracie", as in "say goodnight Gracie";   born on 7-26-1906 in San Francisco, California expired 8-27-1964 in Hollywood, California   age 58

Motown drummer  Howard Richard "Pistol" Allen   worked for AC Delco before joining Motown born on 8-12-1932 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 6-30-2002 in Detroit, Michigan   age 69   cause: cancer

disaster movie producer  Irwin Allen   Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Towering Inferno; also produced the Lost in Space tv series born on 6-12-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-2-1991   age 75

former Atlanta mayor (1962-70)  Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. born on 3-15-1911 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 7-2-2003 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 92

Jay Presson Allen   adapted the novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for the stage (1966) & screen (1969); she did the screen adaptations of Marnie & Cabaret (1972) born on 3-3-1922 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-1-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 84   cause: stroke

Broadway producer  Lewis M. Allen   produced Annie (1977-83), I'm Not Rapaport (1986) & Master Class (1996) — all three shows won Tony Awards born on 6-27-1922 in Berryville, Virginia expired 12-8-2003 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: pancreatic cancer

logger  Louis Allen born on --1922 in Amite County, Mississippi expired 1-31-1964 in Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi   age 43   cause: murdered; shotgun blasts to head

baseball announcer  Mel Allen ¤ born: Melvin Allen Israel  born on 2-14-1913 in Johns, Alabama expired 6-16-1996 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 83

singer  Peter Woolnough Allen born on 2-10-1944 in Tenterfield, Australia expired 6-18-1992   age 48

theater historian  Ralph G. Allen   wrote a revue based upon old vaudeville sketches; at a leacture he read from the script & a producer (Harry Rigby) approached him and they eventually came up with "Sugar Babies" born on 1-7-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-9-2004 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: heart ailment; diabetes

singing cowboy actor  Rex Elvie Allen Sr.   narrated some 1940s and 1950s Disney nature films born on 12-31-1921 in Willcox, Arizona expired 12-17-1999 in Tucson, Arizona   age 77   cause: run over by car    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

song writer  Robert Allen   co-wrote Chances Are & Home for the Holidays born on 2-5-1927 in Troy, New York expired 10-1-2000 in Quogue, New York   age 73   cause: colon cancer

political columnist  Robert Sharon Allen   co-founder of Washington Merry-Go-Round column (1932) born on 7-14-1900 in Latonia, Kentucky expired 2-23-1981 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 80   cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound; cancer

English beat group member  Rod Allen   a co-founder of The Fortunes ¤ born: Rodney Bainbridge  born on 3-31-1944 in Leicester, England expired 1-10-2008 in Covenrty, England   age 63   cause: liver cancer    Contest Selectors 2008 RAVN 3.1%    Scored 8.7000 solo points

Georgia geezer  Rosa Allen born on 5-17-1886 expired 1-26-2001 in College Park, Georgia   age 114

yodeling radio cowgirl  Rosalie Allen ¤ real name: Julia Marlene Bedra Mrs. Malcolm McGlasson  born on 6-27-1924 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania expired 9-23-2003 in Palmdale, California   age 79   cause: heart failure; diabetes

nudie-movie "actress"  Rusty Allen   played Pamela Walker in Daughter of the Sun; also appeared in Girl Happy & The Sexperts ¤ born: Terri Kay Cooper  born on 3-10-1944 in Texas expired 11-1-2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 60

Guinness Book tallest woman  Sandra Elaine "Sandy" Allen   surgery halted her growth at 7 feet 7¼ inches born on 6-18-1955 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-13-2008 in Shelbyville, Indiana   age 53   cause: blood infection; kidney failure; diabetes    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6%

original Tonight Show host  Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen Sr. born on 12-26-1921 in New York, New York expired 10-30-2000 in Encino, California   age 78   cause: heart attack; hemopericardium    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14%    Scored 7.2000 solo points

Oklahoma death row inmate  Wanda Jean Allen born on 8-17-1959 expired 1-11-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 41   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Scored 10.9000 solo points

dentist & former Chilean Marxist president Dr.  Salvador Allende Gossens   overthrown in CIA-aided coup born on 7-26-1908 in Valparaiso, Chile expired 9-11-1973 in Santiago, Chile   age 65   cause: suicide; assault rifle in mouth    Contest Selectors 1980 JH

al-Qaeda muckety muck  Abu Laith al-Libi   supposedly the number 3 or 4 man in the terrorist network born on --1967 in Libya expired 1-28-2008 in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan   age 41   cause: Predator drone missile

World War I veteran  Henry William Allingham   had briefly been the oldest man in the world born on 6-6-1896 in London, England expired 7-18-2009 in Ovingdean, West Sussex, England   age 113    Contest Selectors 2006 SPIT 3.3% 2007 SPIT 3.2% 2008 DFFC, SPAM, SPIT 9.4% 2009 DFFC, DTM, PCD 10.0%    Scored 1.8250 points

NASCAR driver  Clifford L. Allison born on 10-20-1964 expired 8-6-1992 in Brooklyn, Michigan   age 27   cause: race car crash

race car driver  David Carl "Davey" Allison born on 2-25-1961 expired 7-13-1993   age 32

Kukla's friend  Frances Allison born on 11-20-1924 in La Porte City, Iowa expired 6-13-1989   age 81    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

blues guitar player  Luther Allison born on 8-18-1939 expired 8-12-1997 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 57   cause: lung cancer & brain tumors

oldest Delaware geezer  Mary M. Allison born on 8-15-1886 in Sussex County, Delaware expired 12-4-2000 in New Castle, Delaware   age 114

former Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins outfielder (1958-70)  William Robert "Bobby" Allison   1959 Rookie of the Year born on 7-11-1934 in Raytown, Missouri expired 4-9-1995 in Rio Verde, Arizona   age 60   cause: ataxia

character actress  Elvia Allman   was the original "voice" of Clarabelle the Cow in commercials; played Cora Dithers on the Blondie tv series, the Librarian in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) & busybody Elverna Bradshaw on The Beverly Hillbillies born on 9-19-1904 in Enochville, North Carolina expired 3-6-1992 in Santa Monica, California   age 87   cause: pneumonia

singing voice of Mr. Ed  Sheldon Allman   co-wrote tv themes for George of the Jungle cartoon & Let's Make a Deal game show born on 6-8-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-22-2002 in Culver City, California   age 77   cause: heart failure

Israeli military/political leader  Yigal Allon ¤ born: Yigal Paicovich  born on 10-10-1918 in Kfar Tabor, Palestine expired 2-29-1980 in Afula, Israel   age 61   cause: heart attack

tv/movie sound editor  Wayne Allwine   was the third person to voice Mickey Mouse (1976-2007; following Walt & James Macdonald) born on 2-7-1947 in Glendale, California expired 5-18-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 62   cause: complications from diabetes

tv producer  William Allyn   produced Peyton Place in the 1960s born on 1-27-1927 in New York, New York expired 1-3-1999   age 71   cause: heart disease

actress  June Allyson   ended up skilling adult diapers on tv (Depends) ¤ born: Ella Geisman  born on 10-7-1917 in Lucerne, New York expired 7-8-2006 in Ojai, California   age 88   cause: pulmonary-respiratory failure; acute bronchitis    Contest Selectors 1980 BB 6.3% 2005 MOT 4.3% 2006 ADWC, KLS, MOT 10.0%    Scored 4.3250 points AKS: Alison Allison

Saddam cousin  Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti   ordered poison gas attacks on Kurds, (1988) killing over 180,000; was Governor of Kuwait during Iraq's 7 month occupation ¤ aka: "Chemical Ali"  born on 11-30-1941 in Tikrit District, Iraq expired 1-25-2010 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 68   cause: hanged    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 ANG, TWOS 6.7% 2007 ANG, 4GUE 6.5% 2008 CSI, DFFC, PCD, RAVN, RR, TWOS, 4GUE 21.9% 2009 CSI, DFFC, PCD, RAVN, RPRM, RR, TWOS, WEP 26.7% 2010 CSI, DFFC, DTM, KLS, PCD, RAVN, RPRM, RR, TWOS, WEP 37.0%    Scored 5.7049 points

Emir of Dubai Sheik  Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum   he was big in horse racing circles born on --1943 in Shindagha, Dubai expired 1-4-2006 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia   age 62   cause: heart attack

international terrorist  Abu Ubaida al-Masri   purported to have masterminded the London subway bombings; originally thought to have been killed in a Predator drone missle strike ¤ real name: unknown  expired 3-??-2008 in Waziristan, Pakistan   age 40s   cause: hepatitis C

conductor  Antonio de Almeida born on 1-20-1928 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France expired 2-18-1997 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 69   cause: liver & lung cancer

jazz & classical guitarist  Laurindo Almeida born on 9-2-1917 in São Paulo, Brazil expired 7-26-1995   age 77

Oklahoma City bombing victim  Baylee Almon born on 4-18-1994 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 4-19-1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 1   cause: severe head trauma

Hezbollah's frequent flier Sheik  Abbas al-Musawi   he's now going to party with God born on --1952 in al-Nabi,Lebanon expired 2-16-1992 in Lebanon   age 39   cause: assassinated; air strike on his location AKS: Hizbollah

United Arab Emirates founder & president Sheik  Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan   owner of BCCI — the Bank of International Credit and Commerce (aka: Bank of Crooks and Criminals) born on --circa 1918 in Abu Dhabi town, Kingdom of Abu Dhabi expired 11-2-2004 in Abu Ahabi, United Arab Emirates   age 89   cause: renal failure; diabetes AKS: Shaykh Zayid ibn Sultan Al Nahayan

former Sudanese strongman (1969-85)  Gaafar Mohammed al-Nimeiry   in by coup/out by coup born on 1-1-1930 in Omdurman, Sudan expired 5-30-2009 in Sudan   age 79

baseball outfielder  Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou   brother of Jesús & Filipe; played for the Giants, Pirates, Cardinals, Athletics, Yankees & Padres (1960-74) born on 12-22-1938 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic expired 11-3-2011 in Miami, Florida   age 72

author & film critic  Hollis Alpert   was the fiction editor at The New Yorker (1950-56); co-author of Playboy's The History of Sex in Cinema series (starting in 1965); co-founder of the National Society of Film Critics (1966) born on 9-24-1916 in Herkimer, New York expired 11-18-2007 in Naples, Florida   age 91   cause: pneumonia; respiratory failure

retired General Electric physicist  Ralph Alsher Alpher   as an astrophysics grad student provided the mathematical basis for the "Big Bang" theory in the late 1940s (his doctoral degree defense even had press coverage); ignored for decades, the Nobel committee forgot to include him when they handed out an award for the "discovery" born on 2-3-1921 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 8-12-2007 in Austin, Texas   age 86   cause: physical decline due to broken hip

saxophonist & Ska pioneer  Rolando Alphonso   played with the Skatalites born on 1-12-1931 expired 11-20-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: brain hemorrhage

Sheik  Saqr bin Mohammed al-Qassimi   was the Emir of Ras Al-Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates; 1948-2010) & the world's oldest monarch born on 4-9-1918 in Ras Al Khamah, Saudi Arabian penninsula, Ottoman Empire expired 10-26-2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates   age 90    Contest Selectors 2010 WEP 3.7%    Scored 6.0000 solo points AKS: Qasimi

Emir of Kuwait (1977-2006) Sheik  Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah   suffered cerebral hemorrhage Sept. 2001 born on 6-29-1926 expired 1-15-2006 in Kuwait City, Kuwait   age 79    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3%

Sheikh  Saad al-Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah   briefly served as Emir of Kuwait (January 15th through 24th, 2006) born on --1930 in Kuwait, British Mandate Arabia expired 5-13-2008 in Kuwait City, Kuwait   age 78   cause: colonic exsanguination    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 7.2000 solo points AKS: bleeding (to death) from the ass

first Emir of Kuwait Sheik  Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah expired 12-31-1977   age 62   cause: heart attack

Saudi Arabian crown prince  Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud expired 10-22-2011 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: colon cancer; Alzheimer's disease

Sheik  Abdel Hamid al-Sayeh   head of Palestine National Council (1984-93) expired 1-8-2001 in Amman, Jordan   age 100

Queen  Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamal Ali   mother of Jordanian King Hussein born on 4-2-1916 expired 4-26-1994   age 78

political columnist  Joseph Wright Alsop Jr. born on 10-11-1910 in Avon, Connecticut expired 8-28-1989 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78

author  Mary O'Hara Alsop   wrote My Friend Flicka (1941) & its sequel Thunderhead (1943) born on 7-10-1895 in Cape May Point, New Jersey expired 10-15-1980 in Chevy Chase, Maryland   age 85

syndicated columnist  Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop   brother of Joseph born on 5-17-1914 in Avon, Connecticut expired 5-26-1974 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 60   cause: leukemia

first Saudi Oil minister Sheik  Abdullah al-Tariki   a co-founder of OPEC (1960) expired 9-7-1997 in Cairo, Egypt   age 80   cause: heart attack

architect  Alexandre Altberg ¤ born: Alexander Altberg  born on 6-9-1908 in Berlin, German Empire expired 8-15-2009 in Marília, Brazil   age 101    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact)

tv game show director  Paul Alter   did a lot of work for Goodson-Todman productions on: What's My Line, To Tell The Truth, I've Got a Secret, The Price is Right & Family Feud; also produced Tattletales and Beat the Clock born on 3-11-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-11-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 89

Catholic Church leader (1670-1676)  Emilio Altieri   elected 240th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 29, 1670 ¤ Pope Clement X  born on 7-13-1590 in Rome, Italy expired 7-22-1676 in Rome, Italy   age 86

movie director  Robert Bernard Altman   made M*A*S*H (1970), Gosford Park (2001) & A Prairie Home Companion (2006); had a heart transplant around 1995 born on 2-20-1925 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-20-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 81   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 RIE 5.6% 2005 RIE 4.3% 2006 ANG, RIE 6.7%    Scored 5.6500 points

former Assistant Sec. of Labor (1934)  Arthur J. Altmeyer   chief architect of the Social Security Ponzi scheme; first Social Security commissioner born on 5-8-1891 expired 10-16-1972 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 81

cinematographer  John Alton born on 10-5-1901 in Sopron, Hungary expired 6-2-1996 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

artist & illustrator  Franz Altschuler   drew for the early editions of Playboy ... Hefner couldn't pay him that much so he got stock instead born on 10-2-1923 in Mannheim, Germany expired 12-12-2009 in Chicago, Illinois   age 86   cause: lung cancer

Hawaiian singer  Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli ¤ nickname: "Auntie Irmgard"  born on 10-7-1911 in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii expired 10-4-2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 89

1968 Nobel physicist laureate  Luis Walter Alvarez   father of the dinosaur death-by-asteroid guy born on 6-13-1911 in San Francisco, California expired 9-1-1988 in Berkeley, California   age 77

terrorist  Mustafa Abu al-Yazid   a co-founder of al-Qaeda (1988); said to have been it's finance chief & #3 in charge ¤ aka: "Sheik Abu Saeed al-Masri"  expired 5-25-2010 in Pakistan/Afghanistan border   age 56   cause: assassinated; predator drone

international playboy Prince  Aly Khan   son of Aga Khan III and Begum Aga Khan; Pakistani ambassador to U.N. 1958 to 1960; married to Rita Hayworth (1949-53) born on 6-13-1911 in Turin, Italy expired 5-11-1960 in Suresnes, France   age 48   cause: car crash

actor  Kirk Alyn   original movie Superman in the 1940s ¤ born: John Feggo Jr.  born on 10-8-1910 in Oxford, New Jersey expired 3-14-1999 in Woodlands, Texas   age 88

former football player  Lyle Martin Alzado   years of steroid & human growth hormone abuse took their toll born on 4-3-1949 in New York, New York expired 5-14-1992 in Portland, Oregon   age 43   cause: pneumonia; brain lymphoma (cancer)

alcoholic rapist & al-Qaeda terrorist/murderer  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi   a leader of the wave of murder in Iraq at time of death ¤ Arabic: ابو مصعب الزرقاوي born: Ahmad Fadil al-Nazal al-Khalayleh      (أحمد فاضل النزال الخل ايله)  born on 10-20-1966 in Zarqa, Jordan expired 6-7-2006 in Hibhib, Diyala Province, Iraq   age 39   cause: "precision munitions"; two 500 pound laser-guided bombs    Contest Selectors 2006 BYE, KLS, WEP 10.0%    Scored 9.2250 points AKS: Ahmed Fadeel Nazzal

physician & psychiatrist Dr.  Alois Alzheimer   first person to describe the disease that now bears his name born on 6-14-1864 in Markbreit, Bavaria, Germany expired 12-19-1915 in Breslau, Germany   age 51   cause: rheumatic heart disease; cardiac failure

novelist  Jorge Amado   wrote Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (1958) & Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; 1966) born on 8-10-1912 in Ferradas, Bahia, Brazil expired 8-6-2001 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil   age 88   cause: heart & lung failure

one-armed head of the Nazi Press Chamber  Max Amann   first business manager of the Nazi Party expired 3-1-1957 in München, Germany   age 65

former Afghan  King Amanullah   ruled 1919-29; led Afghanistan to independence from Britain born on 6-1-1892 in Pagham, Afghanistan expired 4-25-1960 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 67

artificial intelligence pioneer Dr.  Saul Amarel born on 2-16-1928 in Salonika, Greece expired 12-18-2002 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 74   cause: complications from cancer

tv writer/producer/director  Rodney Amateau   involved in a number of classic series, including: The Bob Cummings Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Mr. Ed, My Mother the Car & Gilligan's Island (directed pilot) born on 12-20-1923 in New York, New York expired 6-29-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

British suspense writer  Eric Ambler   wrote screenplays for A Night to Remember (1958) and Topkapi (1964) ¤ aka: Eliot Reed  born on 6-28-1909 in London, England expired 10-22-1998 in London, England   age 89

print/tv model  Eileen "Terry" Ambrose   mother of Ronna Romney & Terry Rakolta born on 7-1-1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 2-17-2004 in Jupiter, Florida   age 78   cause: heart failure

historian  Stephen Edward Ambrose   author of D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994) & Band of Brothers (1992) born on 1-10-1936 in Decatur, Illinois expired 10-13-2002 in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi   age 66   cause: lung cancer

Wisconsin fullback  Alan Dante Ameche   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1954) ¤ nickname: "The Horse"  born on 6-1-1933 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 8-8-1988 in Houston, Texas   age 55

actor  Don Ameche   falsely remembered as the inventor of the telephone ¤ born: Dominic Felix Amici  born on 5-31-1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 12-6-1993   age 85    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

actor  Leon Ames ¤ born: Leon Wycoff  born on 1-20-1903 in Portland, Indiana expired 10-12-1993   age 91

Savile Row couturier Sir  Edwin Hardy Amies   designed for the Queen born on 7-17-1909 in Maida Vale, England expired 3-5-2003 in Langford, Gloucestershire, England   age 93

cannibalistic former Ugandan dictator-for-life (1971-9)  Idi Amin Dada Oumee   overthrew Milton Obote (1971); ordered the execution of Dora Bloch; the Saudi Royal family harbored this slug born on 1-1-1923 in Kuboko, British Uganda expired 8-16-2003 in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia   age 80   cause: kidney failure; hypertension    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, DW, HA, HFSHP, JW, RR, SBVM, YJ 76.9% 1980 BD, DR, DW, EK, GP, VA 37.5% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

Israel Amir   first commander of the Israeli Air Force ¤ born: Israel Zblodovsky  born on --1903 in Russia expired 11-1-2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 99

author  Kingsley William Amis born on 4-16-1922 in London, England expired 10-22-1995   age 73

jazz saxophonist  Eugene "Jug" Ammons born on 4-14-1925 expired 8-6-1974 in Chicago, Illinois   age 49   cause: pneumonia

animal rights facist  Cleveland Amory   the only good animal is a properly-cooked animal born on 9-2-1917 in Nahant, Massachusetts expired 10-14-1998 in New York, New York   age 81

insurance company executive  Joh Beverly Amos   in 1955, with brothers Bill & Paul, founded AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia) born on 6-5-1924 in Enterprise, Alabama expired 8-13-1990 in Columbus, Georgia   age 66   cause: lung cancer

insurance company executive  William Lafayette "Bill" Amoa   in 1955, with brothers Paul & John, founded AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia) born on 2-8-1920 expired 1-18-1997 in Columbus, Georgia   age 76

electrodynamics pioneer  Andre Marie Ampere   has unit of electrical current flow named after him born on 1-22-1755 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alps, France expired 6-10-1836 in Marseilles, France   age 81

comedian  Morey Amsterdam   played Buddy Sorrell on the Dick Van Dyke Show born on 12-14-1908 in San Francisco, California expired 10-28-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 87   cause: heart attack

Right Livelihood Award co-winner (1991)  Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte born on 12-24-1914 in Hinganghat, Wardha District, Maharashtra State, British India expired 2-12-2008 in Warora, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State, India   age 93   cause: leukemia    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 5.7000 solo points AKS: Maralidhar Muralidhar Murliahar Devdas

Norwegian explorer  Roald Engelbregt Amundsen   first to reach the South Pole (12/14/1911; 5 weeks ahead of Scott); died during search for Nobile (1928) born on 7-16-1872 in Vedsten, Norway expired 6-18-1928 in Barents Sea, near Charles XII Island, Norway   age 55   cause: plane crash

model, entertainer, cytologist  Nedra F. Harrison Anargyros   original model for the "Dragon Lady" in Terry & the Pirates comic strip (1939) born on 12-3-1915 in New York, New York expired 9-20-2004   age 88

orchestra conductor  Karel Ancerl born on 4-11-1908 in Tucapy, Czechoslovakia expired 7-3-1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 65

concert pianist  Geza Anda   his recording of the Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 was used as the incidental music for Elvira Madigan (1967) born on 11-19-1921 in Budapest, Hungary expired 6-13-1976 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 54   cause: internal hemorrhaging; cancer of esophagus

navy gunboat executive officer  Arthur F. Anders   took command of the Panay following December 12, 1937 Japanese attack on the vessel in China's Yangtze River; father of astronaut William Anders ¤ nickname: "Tex"  born on 10-2-1903 in Weimar, Texas expired 8-27-2000 in Rancho Bernardo, California   age 96

child actress  Brigitte Andersen   star of Savannah Smiles (1982) born on 7-11-1975 in Malibu, California expired 5-18-1997 in California   age 21   cause: drug/alcohol overdose

author  Hans Christian Andersen   wrote The Red Shoes, Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid born on 4-2-1805 in Odense, Fyn, Denmark expired 8-4-1875 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 70

cabaret singer  Lale Andersen   first to record Lili Marleen (1938) ¤ born: Eulalia Bunnenberg  born on 3-23-1905 in Lehe, Bremerhaven expired 8-29-1972 in Vienna, Austria   age 67

advertising artist  Alexander Anderson Jr.   nephew of Paul Terry; created the Crusader Rabbit cartoon character & co-produced the show for NBC (1949); created the characters Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose & Dudley Doright in 1948 born on 9-5-1920 in Berkeley, California expired 10-22-2010 in Carmel, California   age 90   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

1936 Nobel physics laureate  Carl David Anderson Jr.   discoverer of the positron (1932) born on 9-3-1905 in New York, New York expired 1-11-1991 in San Marino, California   age 85

horse race caller  Charles "Chic" Anderson born on 12-17-1931 in Evansville, Indiana expired 3-24-1979 in Commack, New York   age 47   cause: heart attack

Truman Agriculture secretary (1945-48)  Clinton P. Anderson   also New Mexico senator (1948-72) born on 10-23-1895 in Centerville, South Dakota expired 11-11-1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico   age 80   cause: stroke

Civil War Union veteran widow  Daisy Anderson   widow of former slave ¤ aka: Daisy A. Leonard  expired 9-19-1998 in Denver, Colorado   age 97

actor & Jack Benny "valet"  Eddie "Rochester" Anderson born on 9-18-1905 in Oakland, California expired 2-28-1977 in Woodland Hills, California   age 71   cause: heart failure

bacteriologist  Ephraim Saul "Andy" Anderson   predicted that the overuse & misuse of antibiotics would lead to resistant strains of the bacterial they were supposed to kill (1968) born on 10-28-1911 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumbria, England expired 3-14-2006 in London, England   age 94

long time ABC announcer  Ernest E. "Ernie" Anderson   was "Ghoulardi" on tv in Cleveland born on 11-12-1923 expired 2-6-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

former MSU basketball coach (1954-65)  Forrest "Forddy" Anderson born on 3-17-1919 expired 10-25-1999 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 80   cause: pneumonia

former Cincinnati Reds (1970-78) and Detroit Tigers (1979-95) manager  George Lee "Sparky" Anderson   first manager to win a World Series in both leagues born on 2-22-1934 in Bridgewater, South Dakota expired 11-4-2010 in Thousand Oaks, California   age 76   cause: complications related to dementia    Contest Selectors 1980 BB 6.3% 2003 JEDS 5.6% 2004 SS 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 ANG 3.3% 2007 ANG, AUDC 6.5% 2008 ANG, SBAP, SPAM 9.4% 2009 ANG, SBAP 6.7% 2010 ANG 3.7%    Scored 7.4000 solo points

pioneering movie actor  Gilbert M. Anderson   debuted in Edison's The Great Train Robbery (1903); co-founded Chicago's Essanay Film Co. (1897) ¤ real name: Max Aaronson; aka: "Bronco Billy"  born on 3-21-1882 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 1-20-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 88

football great  Heartly "Hunk" Anderson   played for/succeeded Rockne at Notre Dame (1918-21/1931-34); line coach for the Chicago Bears (1942-45; under him their line got the nickname "Monsters of the Midway") expired 3-24-1928 in West Palm Springs, Florida   age 79   cause: respiratory illness

actor  Herbert Anderson   played the father (Henry Mitchell) on tv's Dennis the Menace (1959-63) born on 3-30-1917 in Oakland, California expired 6-11-1994 in Palm Springs, California   age 77

political columnist  Jackson Northman "Jack" Anderson   won 1972 Pulitzer for his column "Washington-Merry-Go-Round" born on 10-19-1922 in Long Beach, California expired 12-17-2005 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 83   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

actor  John Anderson   Kevin Uxbridge on Star Trek: The Next Generation born on 10-20-1922 in Clayton, Illinois expired 8-7-1992 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 69   cause: heart attack

actress Dame  Judith Anderson ¤ real name: Francis Margaret Anderson-Anderson  born on 2-10-1898 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia expired 1-3-1991   age 93

composer & arranger  Leroy Anderson   wrote Sleigh Ride, Blue Tango (1952), The Syncopated Clock & The Typewriter born on 6-29-1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 5-18-1975 in Woodbury, Connecticut   age 66   cause: lung cancer

tv clown & bandleader  Lewis Burr Anderson   not the leader of a clown band ... he was the third person (after Bob Keeshan and Bobby Nicholson) to portray Clarabell on Howdy Doodie (1954-60) born on 5-7-1922 in Kirkman, Iowa expired 5-14-2006 in Hawthorne, New York   age 84   cause: prostate cancer

Four Step Brothers tap dancer  Maceo E. Anderson born on 9-3-1909 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 7-4-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 90

singer  Marian Anderson born on 2-27-1897 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 4-8-1993 in Portland, Oregon   age 96    Contest Selectors 1979 VM  7.7%

Shuttle STS-89 & 107 astronaut  Michael Phillip Anderson born on 12-25-1959 in Plattsburgh, New York expired 2-1-2003 in over north-central Texas   age 43   cause: disintegration of Shuttle Columbia during re-entry

Texas death row inmate  Newton Burton Anderson ¤ number 999355  born on 8-8-1976 expired 2-22-2007 in Huntsville, Texas   age 30   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 19.4%    Scored 9.5781 points AKS: Andersen

blues guitarist/singer  Pinkney "Pink" Anderson   his first name was used as part of the name of a rock band (Pink Floyd) born on 2-12-1900 in Laurens, South Carolina expired 10-12-1974 in Spartanburg, South Carolina   age 74

physicist & science fiction writer  Poul William Anderson   author of Tau Zero (1970) born on 11-25-1926 in Bristol, Pennsylvania expired 7-31-2001 in Orinda, California   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

former child actor  Robert J. Anderson   played the young George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (1946); also appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club's Spin and Marty serial born on 3-6-1933 in Hollywood, California expired 6-6-2008 in Palm Springs, California   age 75   cause: melanoma

oil wildcatter/philathropist  Robert Orville Anderson   created ARCO in 1966 (from the Atlantic & Richfield oil companies) — it later merged into British Petroleum (BP; 2000) born on 4-13-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-2-2007 in Roswell, New Mexico   age 90

playwright  Robert Woodruff Anderson   penned Tea and Sympathy & I Never Sang for My Father; wrote the screenplay for The Sand Pebbles (1966) ¤ ex-Mr. Teresa Wright (1959-78)  born on 4-28-1917 in New York, New York expired 2-9-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 91   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

California death row inmate  Stephen Wayne Anderson born on 7-8-1953 expired 1-29-2002 in San Quentin, California   age 48   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD 9.1%    Scored 10.2000 solo points

former 3-term Tennessee congressman (1967-73)  William Robert Anderson   commanded the Nautilus submarine on it's 1958 voyage beneath the north-polar ice cap born on 6-17-1921 in Bakerville, Tennessee expired 2-25-2007 in Leesburg, Virginia   age 85

actor  Keith Andes   played tribal leader Akuta on original Star Trek series episode "The Apple" (October 1967) ¤ born: John Charles Andes  born on 7-12-1920 in Ocean City, New Jersey expired 11-11-2005 in Santa Clarita Valley, California   age 85   cause: suicide; asphyxiation; bladder cancer; kidney failure

quick-food pioneer  Momofuku Ando   founder of Nissan Foods; came up with instant Ramen Noodles (1958) born on 3-5-1910 in Japanese-occupied Taiwan expired 1-5-2007 in Ikeda, Japan   age 96   cause: heart failure

classical trumpet virtuoso  Maurice André born on 5-21-1933 in Ales, France expired 2-25-2012 in Urrugne, Labourd, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France   age 78 AKS: Andre

virologist  Christopher Andrewes expired 12-31-1988   age 92

photographer  Bert Andrews born on 6-2-1901 in Colorado Springs, Colorado expired 1-25-1993   age 63

actor  Carver Dana Andrews born on 1-1-1909 in Collins, Mississippi expired 12-17-1992   age 83    Contest Selectors 1980 HP 6.3%

singer  Laverne Andrews   elder sister of Patti & Maxene born on 7-6-1915 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 5-8-1967 in Brentwood, California   age 51   cause: cancer

singing sister  Maxene Andrews born on 1-3-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 10-21-1995   age 77

actor  Tiger Andrews   played Captain Adam Green on The Mod Squad & was the second Klingon seen on Star Trek — Kras (episode "Friday's Child"; 1967) born on 3-19-1920 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-27-2007 in Encino, California   age 86   cause: heart attack

1961 Nobel literature laureate  Ivo Andric   wrote The Bridge on the Drina (1945) born on 10-9-1892 in Dolac, Bosnia, Austria-Hungary expired 3-13-1975 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia   age 83   cause: complication from stroke

cartoonist  Alfred J. Andriola   drew the Kerry Drake strip (1943-83); got a Reuben Award for his efforts born on 5-24-1912 in New York, New York expired 3-29-1983 in New York, New York   age 70

Soviet president  Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov born on 6-15-1914 in Nagutskaia, Russia expired 2-9-1984 in Kuntsevo, Russia, USSR   age 69

AARP co-founder (1958)  Ethel Percy Andrus born on 9-21-1884 in San Francisco, California expired 7-13-1967 in Los Angeles, California   age 82

biochemist  Christian Boehmer Anfinsen II   shared the 1972 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 3-26-1916 in Monessen, Pennsylvania expired 5-14-1995 in Randallstown, Maryland   age 79

WWI pilot, gold prospector, soldier-of-fortune  James Crawford "Jimmy" Angel   discovered South American waterfall that became known as Angel Falls in 1929 expired 12-8-1956 in Balboa, Panama   age 57

film actress  Pier Angeli   ex-wife of Vic Damone ¤ born: Anna Maria Pierangeli  born on 6-19-1932 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy expired 9-9-1971 in Beverly Hills, California   age 39   cause: suicide; barbituate overdose

artist  Carlton W. Angell   sculpted Girl with a Cat for the Bath School Bombing Memorial born on 10-13-1884 expired 5-??-1964 in Lomita, California   age 79

former Cheers writer/producer  David Lawrence Angell   was executive producer of Wings & Frasier sitcoms born on 4-10-1946 in West Barrington, Rhode Island expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York   age 55   cause: aboard hijacked American Airlines flight 11

retired Stanford University electrical engineering professor  James Browne Angell   also served as the university's carillonneaur (1960-91) born on 12-25-1924 in Staten Island, New York, New York expired 2-13-2006 in San Francisco, California   age 81   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

cinematography optics innovator  Pierre Angénieux   won 1965 Scientific & Engineering Oscar for the 10-to-1 zoom lens; also won 1989 Gordon E. Sawyer Award born on 7-14-1907 in Saint-Héand, Saint-Etienne, Loire, France expired 6-26-1998   age 90    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI AKS: Angenieux St. Heand

World War II Swedish diplomatic attaché (1944-45)  Par Johan Valentin Anger   worked with Raoul Wallenberg to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi death camps born on 12-7-1913 in Goteborg, Sweden expired 8-25-2002 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 88   cause: stroke

screenwriter  Edward Anhalt   won oscars for Panic in the Streets (1950; with wife Edna) and Becket (1964) born on 3-28-1914 in New York, New York expired 9-3-2000 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 86   cause: cancer

Tibetan "Warrier Nun"  Ani Pachen   fought against the Chinese invasion of Tibet (1950-60); captured & spent 21 years in prison under extreme duress ¤ born: Pachen Dolma name (roughly translated) means "Nun Big Courage"  born on --1933 in Gonjo, Province of Kham, Tibet expired 2-2-2002 in Dharmsala, India   age 68   cause: heart failure

automobile designer  Benjamin H. Anibal   designed original Pontiac automobile (1926) for the Oakland Motor Company (it later became GM's Pontiac division) born on 12-2-1886 in Linden, Michigan expired 6-19-1977 in Royal Oak, Michigan   age 90

Emmy award-winning set designer  Kathleen Ankers   did set design for original Sale of the Century game show, as well as all three Letterman tv shows; appeared as the foul-mouthed Bookmobile Lady on Letterman's show born on 10-22-1919 expired 10-1-2001 in Bethlehem, Connecticut   age 81

character actor  Morris Ankrum   played General Hanley in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), General Considine in The Giant Claw (1957) and a judge on the Perry Mason tv series ¤ born: Morris Nusbaum  born on 8-27-1896 expired 9-2-1964 in Pasadena, California   age 68   cause: trichinosis

movie director  Kenneth Cooper Annakin   directed Swiss Family Robinson (1960) & Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) born on 8-10-1914 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England expired 4-22-2009 in Beverly Hills, California   age 94   cause: complications from heart attack & stroke    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2008 CSI 3.1% 2009 CSI, RR 6.7%    Scored 4.3500 points AKS: Anakin

English  Queen Anne   daughter of James II; sister of Mary II; last Stuart monarch of England (1702-1714) born on 2-6-1665 in London, England expired 8-1-1714 in Kensington, England   age 49

royal consort  Anne of Cleves   fourth wife of Henry VIII born on --1515 expired ??-??-1557   age 42

socialite  Leonore Annenberg   niece of Harry "Columbia Pictures" Cohn; widow of Walter Annenberg ¤ née: Cohn ex-Mrs. Belden Katlman ex-Mrs. Lewis S. Rosenstiel  born on 2-20-1918 in New York, New York expired 3-12-2009 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 91

TV Guide billionaire  Walter Hubert Annenberg born on 3-13-1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-1-2002 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania   age 94   cause: complications from pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 JL 9.1%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

14-term Chicago congresmman (1965-92)  Frank Annunzio born on 1-12-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-8-2001 in Lincolnwood, Illinois   age 86 AKS: Anunzio Anunnzio Annunnzio

former WWF wrassler  Rodney Anoia   slammed Hulk Hogan under the ring name of Yokozuna; had a 240 egg-a-day habit born on 10-2-1966 in Samoa expired 10-23-2000 in Liverpool, England   age 34   cause: heart attack

dramatist  Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh born on 6-23-1910 in Bordeaux, France expired 10-3-1987 in Lausanne, Switzerland   age 77    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

wild and crazy Aussie  Rodney William Ansell   his exploits were the basis for the Crocodile Dundee movie character born on --1955 expired 8-4-1999 in Urapunga Ranch, Northern Territory, Australia   age 44   cause: shoot-out with police

mathematician & orchestral conductor  Ernest Alexander Ansermet   conductor with the Ballet Russe; founder & conductor of l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande born on 11-11-1883 in Vevay, Switzerland expired 2-20-1969   age 85

midget shoe huckster  William Edmond Ansley   appeared as Buster Brown for 27 years born on 11-11-1888 expired 9-26-1972 in Gainesville, Texas   age 83

author  Jay Anson   wrote The Amityville Horror born on 11-4-1921 expired 3-12-1980 in Palo Alto, California   age 58   cause: complications following heart surgery

avant garde composer  George Johan Carl Antheil   co-inventor of Spread Spectrum radio technology born on 7-8-1900 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 2-12-1959 in New York, New York   age 58

PBA Hall of Fam bowler  Earl Roderick Anthony born on 4-27-1938 in Kent, Washington expired 8-14-2001 in New Berlin, Wisconsin   age 63   cause: fall down flight of stairs

Mutual Network radio host  John J. Anthony ¤ real name: Lester Kroll  born on 9-1-1902 in New York, New York expired 7-16-1970 in San Francisco, California   age 67   cause: heart attack

suffragette  Susan Brownell Anthony   model for failed U.S. dollar coin born on 2-15-1820 in Adams, Massachusetts expired 3-13-1906 in Rochester, New York   age 86

jockey  Christopher W. Antley   won 1999 Kentucky Derby aboard Charismatic born on 1-6-1966 expired 12-1-2000 in Pasadena, California   age 34   cause: drug overdose (Clobenzorax, methamphetamine ...)

air-headed royal consort  Marie Antoinette   when told that the peasants of France were starving and had no bread to eat flippantly suggested "Let them eat cake!" born on 11-2-1755 in Vienna, Austria expired 10-16-1793 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 37   cause: executed; guillotined

Catholic Church leader (1769-1774)  Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio-Ganganelli   elected 251st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1769 ¤ Pope Clement XIV  born on 10-31-1705 in Sant' Arcangelo, Italy expired 9-22-1774 in Rome, Italy   age 68

director  Michelangelo Antonioni   made Blowup (1966) & Zabriskie Point (1970) born on 9-29-1912 in Ferrara, Italy expired 7-30-2007 in Rome, Italy   age 94    Contest Selectors 2002 DTM 9.1% 2003 DTM 5.6% 2005 TBC 4.3% 2007 NFG 3.2%    Scored 5.6000 solo points AKS: Michaelangelo

Sergei Antonov   one-time Balkan Airlines representative in Rome; accused of giving a weapon to Mehmet Ali Agca that was used in the attempt to kill Pope John Paul II, held in jail for four years, but acquitted at trial for lack of evidence (1986) expired 7-31-2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria   age 59

Roman leader  Marc Antony   rival of Octavius; defeated at the Battle of Actium (31 BC); committed suicide with his mistress/wife (Cleopatra) ¤ full name: Marcus Antonius  born on --83 BC expired 8-12-30 BC in Alexandria, Egypt   age 53   cause: suicide

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