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©2012 C.O.P. Audit Committee - file update generated 12-26-2012 at 18:11 GMT

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former US Navy submarine captain  Edward Latimer "Ned" Beach Jr.   as commander of the USS Triton set record for submarine circumnaviation of planet (84 days; 1960); wrote Run Silent, Run Deep (1955) born on 4-20-1918 in New York, New York expired 12-1-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 84   cause: cancer

mechanical & electrical engineer  Ralph Hamilton Beach   an associate of Edison; a co-founder of the General Electric Company expired 4-24-1957 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 72

country singer  Molly Gene Beachboard   appeared on Hometown Jamboree & the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show ¤ aka: "Molly Bee"  born on 8-18-1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 2-7-2009 in Oceanside, California   age 69   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Mollie

geneticist  George Wells Beadle   shared the 1958 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-22-1903 in Wahoo, Nebraska expired 6-9-1989 in Pomona, California   age 85   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

Kermit K. Beahan   bombardier on B-29 (Bockscar) that nuked Nagasaki born on 8-9-1918 expired 3-9-1989   age 70

one-time model & aspiring actress  Edith Bouvier Beale   cousin of Jackie O; one of the subjects of documentary Grey Gardens (1975) ¤ nickname: "Little Edie"  born on 11-7-1917 in New York, New York expired 1-9-2002 in Bal Harbour, Florida   age 84   cause: heart attack or stroke

Jackie O's reclusive aunt  Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale   lived in dilapidated mansion full of cats, raccoons & excrement; subject of film Grey Gardens (1975) born on 10-5-1894 expired 2-5-1977 in Southampton, New York   age 82

former NYC mayor (1974-77)  Abraham David "Abe" Beame ¤ born: Abraham David Birnbaum  born on 3-20-1906 in London, England expired 2-9-2001 in New York, New York   age 94   cause: complications following open heart surgery    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS, RR 29% 2001 KLS, RR 25%    Scored 4.3500 points

Texas judge  Roy Bean   known as "The Law West of the Pecos" born on --1825 in Mason County, Kentucky expired 3-16-1903   age 77

investment brokerage co-founder  Alpheus Crosby Beane   left firm before the 1941 brokerage consolidation that formed Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; later his name was replaced in the corporate name by Smith's (1958) born on 10-5-1888 in Augusta, Georgia expired 9-18-1937 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 48   cause: heart attack

gastronome  James Andrews Beard born on 5-5-1903 in Portland, Oregon expired 1-23-1985 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: cardiac arrest

Our Gang child actor  Matthew Beard Jr. ¤ aka: "Stymie"  born on 1-1-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-9-1981   age 56   cause: pneumonia

California death row inmate  Donald Beardslee   convicted of three murders born on 5-13-1943 expired 1-19-2005 in San Quentin, California   age 60   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2005 PCD, RIE 8.7%    Scored 7.6500 points

photographer Sir  Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton   also won costume design oscars for Gigi (1959) & My Fair Lady (1964) born on 1-14-1904 in London, England expired 1-18-1980 in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England   age 76

former UPI president (1972-82)  Roderick Whitney Beaton born on 4-25-1923 in Escalon, California expired 7-2-2002 in Sonoma, California   age 79   cause: heart failure

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director  Mollie H. Beattie born on 4-27-1947 expired 6-27-1996   age 49

former pro bodybuilder  Shelley Anne Beattie   was an original American Gladiatrix (1992-97) & a "grinder" on the America3 America's Cup team ¤ aka: "Siren" ex-Mrs. John Romano  born on 8-24-1967 in Santa Ana, California expired 2-16-2008 in Salem, Oregon   age 40   cause: suicide; hanged; pipolar disorder AKS: Shelly Beatie

wild animal trainer  Clyde Raymond Beatty born on 6-10-1902 expired 7-19-1965 in Ventura, California   age 63

AP & NBC news correspondent  Morgan Beatty born on 9-6-1902 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 7-4-1975 in Saint Johns, Antigua   age 72

actor  Robert Beatty born on 10-9-1909 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada expired 3-3-1992   age 82

pro wrassler  Arthur Lawrence Beauchene ¤ aka: "Leaping Larry Chene"  expired 10-1-1964   age ??   cause: auto accident

movie/tv director  William Beaumont Sr.   directed Mom and Dad (1945), The Adventures Spin & Marty for Disney's Mickey Mouse Club show (1955) and The Further Adventures of Spin & Marty (1957) & The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (1958) born on 1-15-1892 in New York, New York expired 3-18-1970 in Canoga Park, California   age 78

long-ago Olympic cyclist  René "Roger" Beaufrand   won a gold medal in the 1000m sprint at the 1928 games — he is currently the oldest living Olympic gold medalist born on 9-25-1908 in Garenne-Colombes, France expired 3-14-2007 in France   age 99    Contest Selectors 2006 CSI 3.3% AKS: Rene Baufrand

screenwriter  Charles Beamont   wrote screenplay for The Queen of Outer Space (1958) ¤ born: Charles Leroy Nutt  born on 1-2-1929 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-21-1967   age 38

major league outfielder  Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont   first man to bat in a World Series game (1903) born on 7-23-1876 in Rochester, Wisconsin expired 4-10-1956 in Burlington, Wisconsin   age 79

actor  Hugh Beaumont   played Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver born on 2-16-1909 in Lawrence, Kansas expired 5-13-1982   age 72

US Army surgeon Dr.  William Beaumont   first to conduct scientific studies of human digestive process; while stationed at Fort Mackinac he treated fur trapper Alexis St. Martin who was shot in the abdomen (June 6, 1822) with a musket producing a wound that would not completely heal closed around the stomach. Over the next several years Dr. Beaumont was able to observe the digestive process and conduct experiments on St. Martin born on 11-21-1785 in Lebanon, Connecticut expired 4-25-1853 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 67   cause: complications from icy slip-and-fall accident

actress  Louise Beavers born on 3-8-1902 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-26-1962 in Hollywood, California   age 60

French crooner/songwriter  Gilbert Bécaud   wrote Et Maintenant (What Now My Love) ¤ born: François Gilbert Silly  born on 10-24-1927 in Toulon, France expired 12-18-2001 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 74   cause: cancer

comic book artist  Charles Beck   created Captain Marvel (1939) using Fred MacMurray as the model born on 6-8-1910 in Zumbrota, Minnesota expired 11-22-1989   age 79

former Teamsters Union president  Dave Beck born on 6-16-1894 in Stockton, California expired 12-26-1993   age 99

Emily Marshall Morison Beck   edited the 13th, 14th & 15th editions of Bartlett's Quotations (1955, '68 & '80) born on 10-15-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 3-28-2004 in Canton, Massachusetts   age 88   cause: kidney failure AKS: Morrison

Hans Beck   creator of the Playmobil toys born on 5-6-1929 in Thuringia, Germany expired 1-30-2009 in Markdorf am Bodensee, Germany   age 79   cause: "a severe illiness"

familiar voice  Jackson Beck   was the voice of Bluto in over 300 Popeye cartoons; voiced King Leonardo & Biggy Rat; was the opening announcer on the original Superman radio show: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..." (replaced by Bill Kennedy on tv series) born on 7-23-1912 in New York, New York expired 7-28-2004 in New York, New York   age 92

movie producer  John Beck born on 10-24-1909 in Pomona, California expired 7-18-1993 in Woodland Hills, California   age 83

1930s movie actor  Thomas Beck   played Charlie Chan's Number One Son born on 12-29-1909 in New York, New York expired 9-23-1995 in Miami Shores, Florida   age 85

radio announcer, tv show host & cartoon voice  George Sanford "Sandy" Becker born on 2-19-1922 in New York, New York expired 4-9-1996 in Remsenburg, Rhode Island   age 74   cause: heart attack

The Joy of Cooking editor  Marion Rombauer Becker   took over authorship of book after her mother's death (1962) born on 1-2-1903 expired 12-28-1976 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 73   cause: cancer

retired AP photographer  Murray Becker   took famous still photos of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst (5/6/1937) & Lou Gehrig's tearful goodbye speach in Yankee Stadium (7/4/1939) born on 2-6-1909 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 3-13-1986 in North Miami Beach, Florida   age 77   cause: cancer

former contractor  William Walter Becker   with partner Paul Greene founded the Motel 6 chain (1962) born on 5-18-1921 in Pasadena, California expired 4-2-2007 in Kingman, Arizona   age 85   cause: heart attack

novelist  Samuel Barclay Beckett   author of Waiting for Godot (1949); winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature born on 4-13-1906 in Fox Rock, County Dublin, Ireland expired 12-22-1989 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 83   cause: respiratory failure    Contest Selectors 1979 MM, MS 15.4% 1980 MM 6.3%

Our Gang child actor  Scott Hastings Beckett ¤ aka: "Scotty"  born on 10-4-1929 in Oakland, California expired 5-10-1968 in Los Angeles, California   age 38   cause: suicide; intentional barbituate overdose

Dr.  Arnold Orville Beckman   invented first successful electronic ph meter (1934); founder of Beckman Instruments (1935) born on 4-10-1900 in Cullom, Illinois expired 5-18-2004 in La Jolla, California   age 104    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6%    Scored 4.6000 solo points

character actor  Henry How Beckman   played Commander Paul Richards on Flash Gordon (DuMont network series 1954-58), the scientist/creator of My Living Doll (Dr. Carl Miller; 1964), Greg Anderson on Peyton Place (1964-65) & Capt. Roland Clancey on Here Come the Brides (1968-69) born on 11-26-1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 6-17-2008 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain   age 86    Contest Selectors 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 GAS, NFG 6.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

physicist  Antoine-Henri Becquerel   shared the 1903 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity born on 12-15-1852 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 8-25-1908 in Le Croisic, Brittany, France   age 55

theologian  "The Venerable" Bede   wrote Ecclesiastical History of England in 731; invented the B.C. (before Christ; Ante Christum) date system to complement Exiguus' A.D. dating ¤ Old English spelling: Bæda  born on --673 in Wearmouth, Northumbria, England expired 5-25-735 in Jarrow, Durham, England   age 62

McKesson Imports "mixologist"  George John Bednar   played pro football two seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals (1964-66); invented the Harvey Wallbanger (vodka, orange juice & Galliano) born on 3-16-1942 in Kingston, Connecticut expired 12-6-2007 in Roxbury, COnnecticut   age 65

character actor  Alfonso Bedoya   his most memorable role as as Gold Hat, the bandit leader in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), who said "We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." (not the apocryphal "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.") born on 4-16-1904 in Vicam, Sonora, Mexico expired 12-15-1957 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 53   cause: complications from alcoholism

one-time New York Herald columnist  Lucius Morris Beebe   also a poet, author, and newspaper publisher; made early note of "ghoul pools" in a column he wrote for the Herald (and appearing in the Washington Post on 11-6-1938); had three articles published in Playboy magazine (two posthumously) — "Those Gilded Galas" (January 1966), "The Big Spenders" (December 1966) & "The Golden Age of Mobile Gastronomy" (May 1967) born on 12-9-1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts expired 2-4-1966 in Hillsborough, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

founder-president of Beech Aircraft  Walter Herschel Beech born on 1-30-1891 in Pulaski, Tennessee expired 11-29-1950 in Wichita, Kansas   age 59

British conductor Sir  Godfrey Thomas Beecham born on 4-29-1879 in Saint Helens, England expired 3-8-1961 in London, England   age 81

WXYZ radio actor  Brace Beemer   first to portray Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on the radio; third to portray The Lone Ranger on radio (1941-54; 1st; 2nd) born on --1902 in Mount Carmel, Illinois expired 2-28-1965 in Lake Orion, Michigan   age 62 AKS: Sargeant

one-time Belgian prime minister  Auguste Marie François Beernaert   shared the 1909 Nobel peace prize born on 7-26-1829 in Ostend, Belgium expired 10-6-1912 in Lucerne, Switzerland   age 83   cause: pneumonia

(left to right) Dallas police detective James Leavelle, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby Photo ©Copyright 1963 Ira J. Beers Dallas Morning News photographer  Ira Jefferson "Jack" Beers   clicked his shutter 0.6 seconds before Bob Jackson, missing a Pulitzer Prize for the Kennedy assassination born on 7-14-1923 in Dallas, Texas expired 2-??-1975   age 51   cause: heart attack

character actor  Noah Beery Sr.   brother of Wallace Beery; played silent screen villians born on 1-17-1884 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 4-1-1946 in Hollywood, California   age 62

actor  Noah Beery Jr. born on 8-10-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-1-1994   age 77

movie actor  Wallace Fitzgerald Beery   brother of Noah Sr.; won 1931 oscar for The Champ born on 4-1-1885 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 4-15-1949 in Beverly Hills, California   age 64   cause: myocardiac ailment

Great Lakes sailor  Frederick J. Beetcher   Porter aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 56   cause: drowned when ship foundered

composer  Ludwig van Beethoven   wrote nine symphonies, five piano concerti, one violin concerto, numerous string quartets + lots of solo piano music born on 12-16-1770 in Bonn, Germany expired 3-26-1827 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary   age 56

check-forging former Columbia Pictures president  David Begelman born on 8-26-1921 in New York, New York expired 8-8-1995   age 73   cause: suicide

Menachem's wife  Aliza Begin expired 11-11-1982   age 62

former Israeli Prime Minister  Menachem Wolfovitch Begin   shared 1978 Nobel Peace prize born on 7-31-1913 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland expired 3-9-1992   age 78    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, HP, JH, RR, VM, YJ 53.8% 1980 BD, DH, DW, EB, EK, RR, VA 43.8%

actor  Edward James Begley Sr.   won a Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1963 for Sweet Bird of Youth born on 3-25-1901 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-28-1970 in Los Angeles, California   age 69   cause: heart attack

Beatrice Behan   Brendan's widow ¤ née: Salkeld  expired 3-10-1993   age 69

Irish playwright  Brendan Francis Behan born on 2-9-1923 in Dublin, Ireland expired 3-20-1964 in Dublin, Ireland   age 41

Sosthenes Behn   co-founder of ITT expired 6-6-1957 in New York, New York   age 75

Airline Pilots Association founder  David L. Behncke expired 4-14-1953 in Chicago, Illinois   age 55

actress  Pati Behrs-Derek-Lindley   grandneice of Leo Tolstoy; first wife of John Derek (1951-57); mother of his two kids: Russell & Sean; widow of Dr. Lucius Lindley born on 2-13-1922 expired 7-4-2004   age 82

jazz cornettist  Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke born on 3-10-1903 in Davenport, Iowa expired 8-6-1931 in Queens, New York, New York   age 28   cause: lobar pneumonia; alcoholism

George C. Beidler   invnetor of the first photocopier, the Rectigraph (1903) expired 7-23-1945 in Rochester, New York   age 67

aviatrix  Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer   widow of Bernd Rosemeyer (1936-8) & Karl Wittman (1946-76) ¤ born: Elly Beinhorn  born on 5-30-1907 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany expired 11-28-2007 in Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany   age 100    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

actress  Barbara Bel Geddes   was the original Broadway "Cat" (Maggie, of Hot Roof fame; 1955) & Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas born on 10-31-1922 in New York, New York expired 8-8-2005 in Northeast Harbor, Maine   age 82   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3%    Scored 6.8000 solo points

theatrical costume designer/producer  Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes born on 8-16-1908 in Brussels, Belgium expired 8-16-2002 in Hudson, New York   age 95

Broadway scenic designer  Norman Bel Geddes   creator of General Motor's Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; father of actress Barbara ¤ born: Norman Melancton Geddes  born on 4-7-1893 in Adrian, Michigan expired 5-8-1958 in New York, New York   age 65

former Baltimore Orioles shortstop (1965-81)  Mark Belanger born on 6-8-1944 expired 10-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 54   cause: pneumonia; cancer

former Peruvian president (1963-68; 1980-85)  Fernando Belaúnde Terry   ousted by coup (1968); restored by ballot (1980) born on 10-7-1912 in Lima, Peru expired 6-4-2002 in Lima, Peru   age 89   cause: complications from stroke

advertising executive  Don Belding Sr.   co-founded Foote, Cone & Belding (1942) born on 1-23-1897 in Grant Pass, Oregon expired 9-16-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: cancer

lawyer & long time Postal Service operative  Frederick Christopher Belen   headed commitee that came up with the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP Code) in 1963 born on 12-25-1913 in Lansing, Michigan expired 10-13-1999 in Arlington, Virginia   age 85   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease AKS: sister Lucile E. Belen (b.12/28/1912 Lansing, MI d.6/2/2010 Lansing, MI) longtime Lansing City Council person

former L.A. Dodger pitcher & drunkard  Robert "Bo" Belinsky   accomplished pool hustler; threw no-hitter (5/2/1962); once engaged to Mamie Van Doren; married/divorced Jo Collins & Janie Weyerhaeuser born on 12-7-1936 in New York, New York expired 11-23-2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 64   cause: heart attack; bladder cancer

comedy writer  Gary Belkin   worked on the Sid Caesar Show, Get Smart, the Carol Burnett Show, Newhart & Sesame Street; earned an Emmy for the PBS sex education program V.D. Blues born on 4-24-1926 in New York, New York expired 7-28-2005 in West Hollywood, California   age 78   cause: emphysema

Scottish inventor  Alexander Graham Bell   inventor of the telephone (not, as some believe, Don Ameche); co-founder of the National Geographic Society born on 3-3-1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 8-2-1922   age 75

former L.A.-area congressman (1961-76)  Alphonzo E. Bell   grandson of James George Bell; his father developed Westwood, Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades & Bel-Air; widower of Marion McCargo Bell born on 9-19-1914 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-25-2004 in Santa Monica, California   age 89   cause: pneumonia

writer, gay activist  Arthur Irving Bell   a columnist for The Village Voice; author of Kings Don't Mean a Thing; conducted an interview for Playboy magazine born on 11-6-1939 in New York, New York expired 6-2-1984 in New York, New York   age 44   cause: complications from diabetes

former MacDonald's CEO  Charles H. "Charlie" Bell   started out flipping burgers at age 15; diagnosed with cancer just after taking the post born on 11-7-1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 1-17-2005 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 44   cause: colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%    Scored 10.6000 solo points

former Philadelphia Eagles president (1933-40)  DeBonneville "Bert" Bell   insituted pro football draft in 1936; second NFL Commissioner (1946-59); coined saying "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." born on 2-25-1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-11-1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 64   cause: heart attack

movie projectionist  Donald J. Bell   co-founder of Bell & Howell Camera Co. (1907) born on --1869 expired ??-??-1934   age 64

noted Celtic harpist  George Derek Fleetwood Bell   longtime member of The Chieftans born on 1-1-1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland expired 10-15-2002 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 67   cause: hypertensive cardiomyopathy

Taco Bell founder (1962)  Glen William Bell Jr. born on 9-3-1923 in Lynwood, California, United State of America expired 1-17-2010 in Rancho Santa Fe, California   age 86

Carter attorney general (1977-79)  Griffin Boyette Bell born on 10-31-1918 in Americus, Georgia expired 1-5-2009 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 90   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

radio manufacturer  Herbert A. Bell   co-founder of Packard-Bell in 1945 born on 7-3-1890 in Rock Valley, Iowa expired 1-30-1970   age 79

General Mills founder and chairman  James Ford Bell expired 5-7-1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 81

Hall-of-Fame  James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell   Negro Leagues outfielder (1922-50) born on 5-17-1903 in Starkville, Mississippi expired 3-7-1991 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 87

pro wrassler  John Bell ¤ aka: "Chief War Eagle"  expired 8-27-1979   age ??   cause: heart attack

Bell Aircraft founder  Lawrence Dale Bell expired 10-20-1956 in Buffalo, New York   age 62

actress  Marian McCargo Bell   mother of actor Billy Moses born on 3-18-1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-7-2004 in Santa Monica, California   age 72   cause: pancreatic cancer

actress  Marion Bell   played Fiona Maclaren in original Broadway production of Brigadoon (1947); married to Alan Jay Lerner (1947-49) born on 11-16-1919 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-14-1997 in Culver City, California   age 78

former conservation officer  Ray Bell   rescued bear cub & nursed it back to health following 1950 forest fire born on 10-3-1911 in Frederick, Oklahoma expired 12-22-2000 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico   age 89   cause: cancer

former WGN tv Bozo  Robert L. "Bob" Bell born on 1-18-1922 expired 12-8-1997   age 75

Reagan Education Secretary (1981-85)  Terrel Howard Bell born on 11-11-1921 in Hot Lava Springs, Idaho expired 6-22-1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 74   cause: pulmonary fibrosis

soap opera writer/creator  William Joseph Bell   created The Bold and the Beautiful & The Young and the Restless born on 3-6-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-29-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

one-time Baptist minister  Francis Bellamy   wrote the Pledge of Allegiance (1892) born on 5-18-1855 in Mount Morris, New York expired 8-28-1931 in Tampa, Florida   age 76

actor  Ralph Bellamy born on 6-17-1904 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-29-1991   age 87    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former football coach  Emory Dillworth Bellard   was head coach at Teas A&M and Mississippi State; as an assistant at the University of Texas invented the "wishbone" offense (1968; but didn't name it) born on 12-17-1927 in Luling, Texas expired 2-10-2011 in Georgetown, Texas   age 83   cause: ALS

flamboyant lawyer  Melvin Mouron Belli   appeared in an original series Star Trek episode as the evil alien Gorgon ¤ nickname: "The King of Torts"  born on 7-29-1907 in Sonora, California expired 7-4-1996 in San Francisco, California   age 88   cause: pancreatic cancer; stroke; pneumonia

author  Samira Bellil   her book "In Gang-Rape Hell" recounted her childhood born on 11-24-1972 in Algiers, Algeria expired 9-3-2004 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 31   cause: stomach cancer

Buffalo NY Anchor Bar co-owner  Teressa Bellissimo   invented Buffalo Wings (October 30, 1964) born on 11-18-1900 expired 11-??-1985 in Buffalo, New York   age 84

writer  Saul C. Bellow   won 1976 Nobel and Pulitzer prizes for literature ¤ born: Solomon Bellows  born on 6-10-1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada expired 4-5-2005 in Brookline, Massachusetts   age 89    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2005 WORM 4.3%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

architect  Pietro Belluschi born on 8-18-1899 in Ancona, Italy expired 2-14-1994 in Portland, Oregon   age 94

comedy writer & producer  Jerry Belson   had a long-time writing partnership with Garry Marshall born on 7-8-1938 in El Centro, California expired 10-10-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: pancreatic cancer

big band/jazz percussionist  Louie Belson ¤ born: Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni  born on 7-6-1924 in Rock Falls, Illinois expired 2-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: Parkinson's disease; broken hip; fell

comedian and actor  John Belushi   original SNL comedian; was one of the Blues Brother (with Dan Aykroyd); played John "Bluto" Blutarski in Animal House and Lt. Wild Bill Kelso in 1941 born on 1-24-1949 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-5-1982 in Los Angeles, California   age 33   cause: drug overdose    Contest Selectors 1979 MM 7.7%

Voskhod 2 cosmonaut cosmonaut  Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev   supervised the first space walk born on 6-26-1925 in Chelizshevo, Russia, USSR expired 1-10-1970 in Moscow, Russia, Ussr   age 44   cause: stomach ulcer

former Milwaukee cop  Lawrencia A. "Bambi" Bembenek   went of the lam to Canada after being accused of murdering husband's (Elfred Schultz) ex-wife (Christine Schultz; 5/28/81); briefly worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Lake Geneva hutch; after recapture copped plea and released with time served; in 2002 broke leg so badly her right foot needed to be amputated (trying to escape from Dr. Phil?!) ¤ aka: "Laurie" Bembenek ex-Mrs. Martin Carson  born on 8-15-1958 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 11-20-2010 in Portland, Oregon   age    cause: liver failure; kidney failure; liver cancer; hepatitis C    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3% AKS: Bambie Bambee

former IBM computer scientist  Robert W. Bemer   worked on IBM Stretch project (System 7030); co-inventor of the COBOL computer language; invented the Escape key and "Escape" sequences; known as the "Father of ASCII" born on 2-8-1920 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan expired 6-22-2004 in Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas   age 84   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%

Baruj Benacerraf   shared the 1980 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-29-1920 in Caracas, Venezuela expired 8-2-2011 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 90   cause: pneumonia

actress  Bea Benaderet   appeared on Burns and Allen tv show; Pearl Bodine (Jethro's mom) on Beverly Hillbillies; Kate Bradley on Petticoat Junction; mother of Jack Bannon born on 4-4-1903 in New York, New York expired 10-13-1968 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: cancer

playwright  Jacinto Benavente y Martinez   Nobel literature laureate in 1922 born on 8-12-1866 in Madrid, Spain expired 7-14-1954 in Madrid, Spain   age 87

author  Peter Bradford Benchley   grandson of humorist Robert Benchley; wrote Jaws (1974), The Deep (1976), The Island (1979) & Beast (1991) born on 5-8-1940 in New York, New York expired 2-12-2006 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 65   cause: respiratory failure; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

humorist & actor  Robert Charles Benchley born on 9-15-1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 11-21-1945 in New York, New York   age 56

dentist Dr.  Israel Boris Bender   creator of the root-canal treatment born on 11-4-1905 expired 6-7-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 97   cause: heart failure

4-wheel brake inventor  Vincent Bendix born on 8-12-1882 in Moline, Illinois expired 3-27-1945 in New York, New York   age 62

actor  William Bendix   second actor to play Chester A. Riley on The Life of Riley tv show born on 1-14-1906 in New York, New York expired 12-14-1964   age 58

cartoon character designer  Edward A. Benedict   designed a lot of the Hanna-Barbera stable of stars: Ruff and Reddy, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quickdraw McGraw, Snagglepuss, the Flintstones, ... born on 8-23-1912 expired 8-28-2006 in Auburn, California   age 94

character actor  Paul B. Benedict   had suffered from acromegaly; played the Mad Number Painter on Sesame Street (1969-76), the Chestnut Man in The Might Be Giants (1971), the Zen Buddhist in Cold Turkey (1971), neighbor Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons (1975-85), Tucker "Smitty" Brown in This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Roy Loomis - "NOT Guffman" in Waiting for Guffman (1996) & Martin Berg in A Mighty Wind (2003) born on 9-17-1938 in Silver City, New Mexico expired 12-1-2008 in Chilmark, Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts   age 70

character actor  William Benedict   played "Whitey" in 1940s and 50s Bowery Boys films born on 4-16-1917 in Haskell, Oklahoma expired 11-25-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 82

tenor sax player, vocalist & band leader  Gordon "Tex" Beneke   sang "Chattanooga Choo Choo" & "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" with Glenn Miller's orchestra born on 2-12-1914 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-30-2000 in Costa Mesa, California   age 86

barrister  Peter James Henry Solomon Benenson   founded the busy-body organization known as Amnesty International (1961) born on 7-31-1921 in London, England expired 2-25-2005 in Oxford, England   age 83   cause: pneumonia; celiac disease

Czech premier (1935-38)  Eduard Benes   resigned/fled after the München Pact dismembered the country; returned as head of government (1946-48) until ousted in Communist coup born on 5-28-1884 in Kozlany, Bohemia expired 9-3-1948 in Usti, Czechoslovakia   age 64

poet, author  Stephen Vincent Benét   wrote The Devil and Daniel Webster born on 7-22-1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania expired 3-13-1943 in New York, New York   age 44

Israel's first Prime Minister  David Ben-Gurion ¤ born: David Green  born on 10-16-1886 in Plonsk, Poland expired 12-1-1973 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 87   cause: brain hemorrhage

former Puerto Rican resident commissioner in congress  Jaime Benitez Rexach born on 10-29-1908 in Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico expired 5-30-2001 in San Juan, Puerto Rico   age 92   cause: pneumonia

CBS News producer  Burton Benjamin   co-producer of The Twentieth Century; produced the CBS Evening News during Walter Cronkite's tenure born on 10-9-1917 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-18-1988 in Scarborough, New York   age 70

geezer  Charlotte Benkner ¤ née: Enterlein  born on 11-16-1889 in Leipzig, Germany expired 5-14-2004 in North Lima, Ohio   age 114    Contest Selectors 2004 ABRA, KLS, PCD, RIE 22.2%    Scored 1.7250 points

Methodist minister Rev.  George Bennard   wrote hymn The Old Rugged Cross (1912) born on --1873 expired 10-10-1958 in Reed City, Michigan   age 85

actress  Barbara Bennett   mother of Morton Downey Jr. born on 8-13-1906 in Palisaides, New Jersey expired 8-9-1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 51   cause: heart attack

early Tarzan actor  Bruce Bennett   was an Olympic shot putter — won silver in the 1928 games; played in the 1926 Rose Bowl for the University of Washington; played Waco Hoyt in Sahara (1943), was the unfaithful husband of the title character in Mildred Pierce (1945) & played James Cody in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) ¤ real name: Harold Herman Brix  born on 5-19-1906 in Tacoma, Washington expired 2-24-2007 in Santa Monica, California   age 100   cause: complications from a broken hip    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2007 DTH 3.2%    Scored 5.0000 solo points AKS: Bennet Benett Benet

screenwriter  Charles Bennett   wrote The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, King Solomon's Mines (1937 original) & Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea born on 8-2-1899 in Shoreham-By-Sea, England expired 6-15-1995   age 95

former Florida congressman (1949-92)  Charles Edward Bennett Sr.   sponsored the legislation that put "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency (1955) & the Americans With Disabilities Act born on 12-2-1910 in Canton, New York expired 9-6-2003 in Jacksonville, Florida   age 92

actress  Constance Campbell Bennett   sister of Joan Bennett born on 10-22-1905 in New York, New York expired 7-24-1965 in Fort Dix, New Jersey   age 59

Ronnettes singer  Estelle Bennett   older sister of band member Ronnie Spector & cousin of band member Nedra Talley born on 7-22-1941 expired 2-9-2009 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 67   cause: colon cancer

aviator  Floyd Bennett   flew over North Pole with Richard Byrd; former Long Island airfield named for him (Lindbergh left from there for Paris) born on 10-25-1890 in Warrensburg, New York expired 4-25-1928 in Quebec, Canada   age 37   cause: plane crash

actress  Joan Bennett born on 2-27-1910 in Palisaides, New Jersey expired 12-7-1990   age 80

composer  Robert Russell Bennett born on 6-15-1894 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 8-19-1981   age 87

Vietnam War conscientious objector  Thomas William Bennett   as a medical corpsman corporal Bennett braved withering enemy fire to go to the aid of his wounded comrades, ultimately losing his life; his selflessness was recognized with the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor, only the second to ever be given to a conscientious objector born on 4-7-1947 in Mortgantown, Wast Virginia expired 2-11-1969 in Chu Pa Region, Pleiku Province, Republic of Vietnam   age 21   cause: enemy fire

novelist  William E. Bennett   wrote Lilies of the Field born on 11-16-1900 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1987 in Denver, Colorado   age 86

hang gliding proponent  William Edward Norman "Bill" Bennett   introduced the sport to America in the 1960s born on 9-26-1931 in Korumburra, Australia expired 10-7-2004 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona   age 73   cause: crashed

Pharoahs drummer  William Martin Bennett   played on 1960s hits Wooly Bully & Li'l Red Riding Hood with Sam the Sham born on 7-12-1944 in New York, New York expired 10-25-2000 in Sykesville, Maryland   age 56   cause: heart attack

physicist & inventor  William Ralph Bennett Jr.   pioneered the gas laser, receiving numerous patents (1964) born on 1-30-1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 6-29-2008 in Haverford, Pennsylvania   age 78   cause: cancer of the esophagus

comedian  Jack Benny   on radio and tv played a character who was the cheapest man on earth; appeared in 1929 movie Chasing Rainbows (the song Happy Days Are Here Again was introduced in it) ¤ born: Benjamin Kubelsky  born on 2-14-1894 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-26-1974 in Beverly Hills, California   age 80   cause: pancreatic cancer

professional wrassler  Christopher Michael Benoit   had been knocking around all of the circuits: WCW, WCW, WCW & WWE/F; did a murder/suicide on wife & child; seriously into steroids ('roid rage?) born on 5-21-1967 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 6-25-2007 in Fayette County, Georgia (near Fayetteville)   age 40   cause: suicide; hanged

former literary critic  Pierre de Bénouville   formed early German resistance movement in World War II born on 8-8-1914 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 12-5-2001 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 87 AKS: Benouville

Mormon Church elder  Ezra Taft Benson born on 9-3-1899 in Whitney, Idaho expired 5-30-1994   age 94

Nancy Drew author  Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson   also a writer for the Toledo Blade ¤ aka: "Carolyn Keene"  born on 7-10-1905 in Ladora, Iowa expired 5-28-2002 in Toledo, Ohio   age 96    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14% 2001 KLS 12½% 2002 RR 9.1%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

Four Tops vocalist  Renaldo "Obie" Benson   sang baritone in the group born on 6-14-1936 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-1-2005 in Detroit, Michigan   age 69   cause: lung cancer

author  Sally Benson   wrote Meet Me In Saint Louis ¤ pan name: "Esther Everts"  born on 9-3-1900 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-19-1972 in Woodland Hills, California   age 71

Hindenburg survivor  Eugen Bentele   mechanic aboard the Hindenburg born on 10-18-1909 in Friedrichshafen, Germany expired 12-12-2003 in Friedrichshafen, Germany   age 94    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero of the minimum three needed) 2004 CSI AKS: Eugene

philosopher  Jeremy Bentham   knew an ipsedixitist when he saw one born on 2-15-1748 in London, England expired 6-6-1832 in London, England   age 84

original BBC "Goon"  Michael Bentine   appeared with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe on the first season (1952) of the BBC Goon Show born on 1-26-1922 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England expired 11-26-1996 in London, England   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

retired Dallas, TX police detective  Paul Lester Bentley   arrested Lee Harvey Oswald in the Texas Theater 80 minutes after JFK was assassinated & 20 minutes after Oswald had killed officer J D Tippit born on 6-29-1921 in Dallas, Texas expired 7-21-2008 in Dallas, Texas   age 87

automotive designer-builder  Walter Owen Bentley   merged his firm with Rolls-Royce in 1931 expired 8-13-1971 in Woking, England   age 82

MIT professor  Stephen A. Benton   as a Polaroid Co. employee invented the white-light 3-D rainbow-colored hologram (1968), used on credit cards, driver's licenses, etc. born on 12-1-1941 in San Francisco, California expired 11-9-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 61   cause: brain cancer

North Carolina senator (1821-51)  Thomas Hart Benton   lost re-election bid for opposing extension of slavery into new territories born on 5-14-1782 in Hillsboro, North Carolina expired 4-10-1854 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 71

muralist  Thomas Hart Benton born on 4-15-1889 in Neosho, Missouri expired 1-19-1975 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 85   cause: heart disease

Lloyd Millard Bentsen Sr. born on 11-24-1895 expired 1-17-1989   age 93   cause: hit by bus

Bubba's first Treasury Secretary  Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.   a great "friend" of the oil and gas industry (hence the nickname) ¤ aka: "Loophole Lloyd"  born on 2-11-1921 in Mission, Texas expired 5-23-2006 in Houston, Texas   age 85    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2001 TEX 12½% 2002 TMTX 9.1% 2003 TMTX 5.6% 2004 ADWC 5.6% 2005 ADWC, BYE, FA, SLIM, TBC 21.7% 2006 ADWC, BYE, TFM 10.0%    Scored 4.6250 points AKS: Bentson Bensen Benson Bensun

Great Lakes sailor  Thomas D. Bentsen   Oiler aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 23   cause: drowned when ship foundered

screenwriter  Leonardo Benvenuti   wrote screenplays for Once Upon A Time In America and Marriage, Italian Style born on 9-8-1923 in Florence, Italy expired 11-3-2000 in Rome, Italy   age 77   cause: complications after heart bypass surgery

pioneering biodynamicist  Theodore Hannes Benzinger   flight surgeon with the Luftwaffe during World War II; invented the ear thermometer; developed the Planck-Benzinger equation that "modified" the Second Law of Thermondynamics (entropy) born on 4-13-1905 in Stuttgart, Germany expired 10-26-1999 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 94

actor  John Beradino born on 5-1-1917 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-19-1996   age 79

ousted French premier (1992-93)  Pierre Eugene Beregovoy born on 12-23-1925 in Deville-les-Rouen, France expired 5-1-1993   age 67

Janice Marian Berenstain   co-creator of the Berenstain Bears ¤ née: Grant  born on 7-26-1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-24-2012 in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania   age 88   cause: stroke

graphic artist & kiddie book author  Stanley Melvin Berenstain   with wife Jan created the Berenstain Bears (1962) born on 9-29-1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-26-2005 in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania   age 82   cause: lymphoma

small firearms manufacturer  Pietro Beretta   best remembered for his pistols expired 5-2-1957 in Brescia, Italy   age 87

Mad Magazine artist  David "Dave" Berg   known for his Lighter Side of ... strips ¤ aka: "Roger Kaputnik"  born on 6-12-1920 in New York, New York expired 5-16-2002 in Marina del Rey, California   age 81

actress  Gertrude Edelstein Berg   played Molly Goldberg on radio and tv born on 10-3-1899 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1966 in New York, New York   age 66

major league catcher  Morris "Moe" Berg   spoke 10 languages; later was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II born on 5-3-1902 expired 5-29-1972 in Belleville, New Jersey   age 70

LPGA co-founder (1950)  Patricia Jane "Patty" Berg   was the organizations first president (1950-52) born on 2-13-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 9-10-2006 in Fort Myers, Florida   age 88   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

jazz saxophonist  Robert "Bob" Berg born on 4-7-1951 in New York, New York expired 12-5-2002 in Amagansett, New York   age 51   cause: car struck by cement truck during snow storm

AIDS victim  Kimberly Bergalis   victim of Dr. Acer's willful malpractice ¤ aka: "Patient A"  born on 1-9-1968 in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania expired 12-8-1991 in Fort Pierce, Florida   age 23   cause: AIDS

ventriloquist  Edgar John Bergen   father of Candice; first president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ¤ born: Edgar John Bergren  born on 2-16-1903 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-30-1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 75    Contest Selectors 1979 HA

Dr.  Frank Milan Berger   created the first mass-marketed psychiatric (anti-anxiety) drug "Miltown" (meprobamate; 1955) born on 6-25-1913 in Pilsen, West Bohemia, Austri-Hungary expired 3-18-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 94   cause: cardiac arrest; fall

movie director  Ludwig Berger   co-directed Thief of Bagdad (1940) ¤ born: Ludwig Gottfried Heinrich Bamberger  born on 1-6-1892 in Mainz, Germany expired 5-18-1969 in Schlangenbad, Germany   age 77

character actor  Lee Bergere   portrayed Abraham Lincoln on an original series Star Trek episode ("The Savage Curtain"; 1969) born on 4-10-1914 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-31-2007 in Fremont, New Hampshire   age 88

chemistry researcher  Friedrich Bergius   shared the 1931 Nobel prize in chemistry; came up with ways to produce gasoline from coal & sugar from wood born on 10-11-1884 in Goldschmieden, Silesia, Germany expired 3-30-1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 64

film director  Ernst Ingmar Bergman   directed The Seventh Seal (1957) born on 7-14-1918 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 7-30-2007 in Faro Island, Sweden   age 89    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM 5.6% 2004 DTM, EOD 11.1% 2005 DTM 4.3% 2006 DTH, DTM, RIE, 4GUE 13.3% 2007 DTH, GREB, JCM, RIE, WEP, 4GUE 19.4%    Scored 3.6781 points 2009 GREB

actress  Ingrid Bergman   mother of Isabella Rossellini born on 8-29-1915 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 8-29-1982   age 67   cause: cancer

voice actress  Mary Kay Bergman   did voice of Quasimodo's Mother in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Mrs. Cartman & Kenny's mom on South Park ¤ aka: "Shannen Cassidy"  born on 6-5-1961 expired 11-11-1999 in Venice, California   age 38   cause: suicide; shotgun blast to head (Mossberg 12 gauge)

"Don't Crush That Dwarf Hand me the Pliers" comedian  Peter Paul Bergman   with David Ossman, Phil Austin, and Phil Proctor founded the Firesign Theater troupe — they waited (in vain) for the electrician or somebody like him ¤ onetime Mr. Maryedith Burrell  born on 11-29-1939 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-9-2012 in Santa Monica, California   age 72   cause: complications from leukemia

1927 Nobel literature prize winner  Henri Bergson   a philosopher & member of the French Academy born on 10-18-1859 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 1-4-1941 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 81   cause: complications from arthritis

biochemist Dr.  Sune Karl Bergström   shared the 1982 Nobel medicine prize for discoveries in the workings of prostaglandins & related substances born on 1-10-1916 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 8-15-2004 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 88   cause: "a long illness" AKS: Bergstrom

KGB head goon (1938-53)  Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria   Yezhov's successor; one sadistic M.F.; taken out and shot nine months after Stalin's death born on 3-29-1899 in Georgia, Russia expired 12-23-1953 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 54   cause: executed AKS: Levrenti

addled offspring  Gergo Gegechkori   son of Beria; spend his last 45 years trying to exonerate his old man (talk about a futile exercise) ¤ psuedonym: Sergo Gegechkori  born on --1924 expired 10-13-2000 in Kiev, Ukraine   age 75   cause: heart attack

composer  Luciano Berio born on 10-24-1925 in Oneglia, Liguria, Italy expired 5-25-2003 in Rome, Italy   age 77

legendary movie choreographer & director  Busby Berkeley ¤ born: William Berkeley Enos  born on 11-29-1895 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-14-1976 in Palm Desert, California   age 80

screenwriter  Edward O. "Ted" Berkman   co-wrote the story & screenplay for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) born on 1-9-1914 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-12-2006 in Goleta Valley, California   age 92   cause: cancer

comedian  Milton Berle ¤ born: Mendel Berlinger aka: "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television"  born on 7-12-1908 in New York, New York expired 3-27-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 93   cause: colon cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, MS, SB 23.1% 1980 DR, DW, EB, HA 25.0% 2000 ANG, BOD, IVY, KLS 57% 2001 ANG, BOD, KLS, ROTS 50% 2002 ANG, BOD, CMH, DTM, JAC, JL, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 90.9%    Scored 3.2049 points

Milton's older brother  Phil Berle   had the rest of the siblings change their names for better marquee value; handled the business end of the five sibling's vaudeville act; also worked with Rudy Vallee and The Three Stooges ¤ born: Phil Berlinger  born on 1-21-1901 expired 1-2-1999 in Tampa, Florida   age 97

Ruth Berle   wife of Milton ¤ born: Ruth Cosgrove  born on 5-14-1921 expired 4-18-1989   age 67

Irving's wife  Ellin Mackay Berlin born on 3-22-1902 expired 7-29-1988   age 86

songwriter  Irving Berlin   wrote God Bless America born on 5-11-1888 in Temun, Russia expired 9-22-1989   age 101    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, JW, MS 23.1% 1980 DO, JW, RR, VA 25.0%

inventor  Emile Berliner   invented the Grammophone disc player (superceding the Edison cylinder); also invented the "dynamic" microphone born on 5-20-1851 in Hannover, Prussia, Germany expired 8-3-1929   age 78

1932 Olympic decathalon gold medalist  Bernard E. "Barney" Berlinger Sr.   won 1931 Sullivan Award born on 3-13-1908 expired 12-2-2002 in Carversville, Pennsylvania   age 94   cause: heart failure

linguist  Charles Frambach Berlitz   ran the language schools founded by his grandfather; author of Atlantis (1969), Mysteries from Forgotten Worlds (1973) & The Bermuda Triangle (1974) born on 11-22-1913 in New York, New York expired 12-18-2003 in Tamarac, Florida   age 90

concert pianist  Lazar Naumovich Berman born on 2-26-1930 in Leningrad, Russia, USSR expired 2-6-2005 in Florence, Italy   age 74   cause: heart attack

photographer  Morris Berman   as a World War II U.A. Army photographer to picutres of the corpses of Mussolini & his mistress born on 7-15-1909 in Wheeling, West Virginia expired 6-16-2002 in Sun City, Arizona   age 92

movie producer  Pandro Samuel Berman   produced: Top Hat, Morning Glory, The Blackboard Jungle, The Gay Divorcee (1934), Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Of Human Bondage, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Gunga Din, National Velvet, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 and Father of the Bride (1950) born on 3-28-1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-8-1996   age 91

former Nicaraguan contra leader  Enrique Bermúdez ¤ aka: "Commandante 380"  expired 2-16-1991 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 58   cause: assassinated; a hail of gunfire AKS: Bermudez

actor  Jason Bernard born on 5-17-1938 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-16-1996 in Burbank, California   age 58   cause: heart attack

physician & researcher Dr.  Jean Alfred Bernard   pioneering hematologist; researcher blood diseases, having several syndromes named for him; was a member of the Académie française (seat number 25; 1975-2006, succeeding Marcel Pagnol) born on 5-26-1907 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 4-17-2006 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 98 AKS: hæmatologist

character actor/acting teacher  Joseph Bernard   appeared in Judgement at Nurembuerg (1961); was the Argilian musician Tark on original Star Trek series episode Wolf in the Fold born on 12-12-1923 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 4-3-2006 in New York, New York   age 82

actor  Hershel Bernardi   provided voice for spokestoon Charlie the Tuna born on 10-30-1923 in New York, New York expired 5-9-1986 in Los Angeles, California   age 62

MacDonald's franchisee  Alcide E. Bernardin   invented the Quarter-Pounder hamburger (1971) born on 2-17-1928 expired 12-22-2009 in Fremont, California   age 81   cause: stroke

Chicago prelate  Joseph Cardinal Bernardin ¤ born: Joseph Louis Bernardin  born on 4-2-1928 in Columbia, South Carolina expired 11-14-1996 in Chicago, Illinois   age 68   cause: liver & pancreas cancer

Spanish candymaker  Enric Bernat i Fontlladosa   created Chupa Chups lollipops (1958) born on 10-20-1923 expired 12-27-2003 in Barcelona, Spain   age 80 AKS: Fontlladusa

public relations expert  Edward L. Bernays born on 11-22-1891 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-9-1995   age 103

advertising executive  William Bernbach   a co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency (1949) born on 8-13-1911 in New York, New York expired 10-2-1982 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: leukemia

Hollywood sound engineer & director  Edward L. Bernds Sr.   directed several Bowery Boys movies, The Queen of Outer Space (1958), Return of the Fly (1959) + The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962) and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) born on 7-12-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-20-2000 in Van Nuys, California   age 94

cartoonist  Walter Berndt   created the Smitty strip (1924-73) & the Herby strip (1938-60); received the 1969 Reuben Award born on 11-22-1899 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 8-??-1979 in Port Jefferson, New York   age 79

royal consort  Prince Bernhard   widower of Queen Juliana, father of Queen Beatrix ¤ born: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Lippe-Biesterfeld zu Lippe-Biesterfeld  born on 6-29-1911 in Jena, Germany expired 12-1-2004 in Utrecht, The Netherlands   age 93   cause: lung & colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 ANG

actress  Sarah Bernhardt ¤ real name: Rosine Bernard  born on 10-22-1844 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 3-26-1923   age 78

vaudeville orchestra conductor  Ben Bernie   had catchphrase "Yowzah!"; first to record Sweet Georgia Brown (demanded/got co-author credit for the "privilege") expired 10-20-1943 in Los Angeles, California   age 52

NYC 21 Club co-founder  Charles A. Berns born on 8-8-1901 expired 2-??-1971   age 69

prolific movie music composer  Elmer Bernstein   wrote musical scores for Robot Monster (1953), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Great Escape (1963), True Grit (1969), Animal House (1978), Airplane! (1980), Heavy Metal (1980) & Ghostbusters (1984); won oscar for his musical score for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) born on 4-4-1922 in New York, New York expired 8-18-2004 in Ojai, California   age 82

conductor/composer  Leonard Bernstein   wrote musical score for West Side Story (along with Stephen Sondheim's lyrics) born on 8-25-1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts expired 10-14-1990   age 72    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7% 1980 EK, VA 12.5%

businessman and amateur hypnotist  Morey Bernstein   wrote The Quest for Bridey Murphy in 1956 born on 6-21-1919 expired 4-2-1999 in Pueblo, Colorado   age 79   cause: irregular heartbeat

artist  Theresa Ferber Bernstein   an arist of the Ash Can School ¤ Mrs. William Meyerowitz  born on 3-1-1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-13-2002 in New York, New York   age 111

Alfred C. Berol   president of Eagle Pencil Company (1946-62); name changed to Berol Corp. (1969) born on 10-5-1892 expired 6-14-1974 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 81

former baseball catcher  Raymond Frederick Berres born on 8-31-1907 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 2-1-2007 in Kenosha, Wisconsin   age 99   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6%

actor/director  Claude Berri   filmed Jean de Florette (1986) & Manon des Sources (1986) ¤ born: Claude Berel Langemann  born on 7-1-1934 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 1-12-2009 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 74   cause: stroke

plush toy manufacturer  Russell M. Berrie   founded Russ Berrie & Company (1963) born on 3-18-1933 in New York, New York expired 12-25-2002 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 69   cause: heart failure

pacifist  Philip Francis Berrigan   brother of Daniel born on 10-5-1923 in Two Harbors, Minnesota expired 12-6-2002 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 79   cause: liver & kidney cancer

Gil Thorp comic creator  John A. "Jack" Berrill born on 9-22-1923 in New York, New York expired 3-14-1996 in Brookfield, Connecticut   age 72

barrister  Roland Berrill   co-founded Mensa (1946) expired ??-??-1951 in London, England   age ??

tubby actor  Fred Berry   played Fred `Rerun' Stubbs on What's Happening sitcom (1976-9) born on 3-13-1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-22-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 52    Contest Selectors 2003 TAP 5.6%    Scored 9.8000 solo points

songwriter  Richard Berry   Louie, Louie writer (1955); song popularized by The Kingsmen (1963) born on 4-11-1935 in Extension, Louisiana expired 1-23-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: aneuyrism

jack-of-many-trades  William Berry   was a sound engineer for Warner Brothers studios in the 1930s; was a project engineer on Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose — was on board for it's only flight; father of singer Jan Berry born on 12-19-1909 expired 12-19-2004   age 95

singer  William Jan Berry   half of Jan and Dean; had hits with Deadman's Curve and Little Old Lady from Pasadena< born on 4-3-1941 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-26-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age    cause: seizure; complications from 1966 car crash neural damage

jazz trumpeter & bandleader  William Richard "Bill" Berry born on 9-14-1930 in Benton Harbor, Michigan expired 11-13-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: lung cancer

Washington Post editorial cartoonist  Clifford Kennedy Berryman   drew 1902 Washington Evening Star cartoon (titled "Drawing the Line in Mississippi") portraying Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear cub, the inspiration for the creation of the Teddy Bear; won 1944 Pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning; father of James born on 4-2-1869 in Clifton, Kentucky expired 12-11-1949 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80

Washington Evening Star editorial cartoonist (1923-64)  James Thomas Berryman   won 1950 Pulitzer prize for Editorial Cartooning; son of Clifford born on 6-8-1902 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 8-11-1971 in Venice, Florida   age 69

Dr.  Solomon Aaron Berson   co-discoverer of insulin radioimmunoassay (his partner in the discover shared the 1977 Nobel prize in medicine for the work) born on 4-22-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-11-1972 in Atlantic City, New Jersey   age 53   cause: heart attack

Notre Dame quarterback  Angelo Bortolo Bertelli   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1943) ¤ nickname: "accurate Angelo"  born on 6-18-1921 in West Springfield, Massachusetts expired 6-26-1999 in Clifton, New Jersey   age 78   cause: brain cancer

Cardinal  Paolo Bertoli born on 2-1-1908 expired 11-8-2001   age 93

super-geeezer  Julie Winnefred Bertrand   currently the oldest living woman and Canadian; lives in Montreal born on 6-16-1891 in Coaticook, Eastern Township, Quebec, Canada expired 1-18-2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 115    Contest Selectors 2006 KLS 3.3% 2007 KLS, RPRM, WEP 9.7%    Scored 1.6250 solo points

obscure actress  Marcheline Bertrand   best known as the mother of Angelina Jolie & James Haven Voight while married to Jon Voight (1971-78) born on 5-9-1950 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-27-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 56   cause: ovarian cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 LMLD, RAVN 6.5%    Scored 8.1500 points

former University of Chicago running back and quarterback  John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger   only winner of the Downtown Athletic Club (later Heisman) Trophy (1935); first player selected in first NFL draft (by the Philadelphia Eagles - he never played in the league) born on 3-19-1914 in Dubuque, Iowa expired 6-26-2002 in Oak Brook, Illinois   age 88   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 DTM, JAC, RR 27.3%    Scored 4.3250 points

actress  Bibi Besch   played Jim Kirk's ex-flame in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan born on 2-1-1940 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-7-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 56   cause: cancer

former Army Air Corps Lt.  Jacob Beser   only person to fly on both World War II nuclear missions against Japan: responsible for radar countermeasures on Enola Gay & Bockscar born on 5-15-1921 expired 6-17-1992 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 71   cause: cancer

playwright  Rick Besoyan   wrote Little Mary Sunshine born on --1925 in Alameda, California expired 3-13-1970 in Sayville, New York   age 45

That Girl actor  Ted Bessell born on 5-20-1935 in Flushing, New York expired 10-6-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: aortic aneurism

former Stooge (1956-58)  Joe Besser born on 8-12-1907 expired 2-29-1988   age 80

Lauren Gail Bessette   sister of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and twin of Lisa Ann born on 11-5-1964 in Greenwich, Connecticut expired 7-16-1999 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts   age 34   cause: plane crash at sea

Hollywood Ten screen writer  Alvah Bessie   wrote movie screenplays for Hotel Berlin & Northern Pursuit; wrote book Inquisition of Eden (1965) about the blacklisting saga born on 6-4-1904 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1985 in Terra Linda, California   age 81

retired college hockey coach  Amo Bessone   coached at Michigan Tech (1948-50) & MSU (1951-79) born on 11-22-1916 in Sagamore, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United State of America expired 1-9-2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 93    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

insulin co-discoverer (1921) Dr.  Charles Herbert Best   also co-developed heparin born on 2-27-1899 in West Pembroke, Maine expired 3-31-1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 79   cause: ruptured abdominal aneurism

former UK soccer player  George Best   played for Manchester United; after undergoing 2002 liver transplant vowed to never drink again — that didn't last long born on 5-22-1946 in Belfast, Norther Ireland expired 11-25-2005 in London, England   age 59   cause: internal bleeding; lung infection    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6%

former Venezuelan president  Rómulo Betancourt   served two terms, 1945-48 & 1959-64 born on 2-22-1908 in Guatire, Venezuela expired 9-28-1981 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Romulo

Cornell University quantum physicist  Hans Albrecht Bethe   first to explain how stars fuse hydrogen into helium in "Engery Production in Stars"(1938); worked on the Manhattan Project; winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics ¤ "The Father of Nuclear Astrophysics"  born on 7-2-1906 in Strasburg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France) expired 3-6-2005 in Ithaca, New York   age 98    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2002 ANG, RR 18.2% 2003 ANG, COCO, JL, RR 22.2% 2004 ANG, GHG, RR 16.7% 2005 ANG, GHG, RR 13.0%    Scored 3.3250 points 2006 OIE

actress  Zina Bethune ¤ Mrs. Sean Feeley  born on 2-17-1945 in New York, New York expired 2-12-2012 in Los Angeles, California   age 66   cause: hit & run victim

children's psychoanalyst  Bruno Bettelheim born on 8-28-1903 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-13-1990   age 86    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

controversial politician  André Bettencourt born on 4-21-1919 in Saint Maurice d'Etelan, Seine Inférieure, France expired 11-17-2007   age 88 AKS: Andre

auto racer  Tony Lee Bettenhausen born on 10-30-1951 expired 2-14-2000 in Leesburg, Kentucky   age 48   cause: plane crash

character actor  Lyle Bettger   played lots of villains in the 1950s & 60s born on 2-13-1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-24-2003 in Atascadero, California   age 88

archivist  Otto Ludwig Bettmann   founder of the Bettmann Archive (1936) born on 10-15-1903 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany expired 5-1-1998 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 94   cause: kidney failure

actor  Carl Betz   played Dr. Alex Stone on The Donna Reed Show & was Judd for the Defense (1967-69) born on 3-9-1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-18-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 57   cause: lung cancer

Ohio death row inmate  Michael F. Beuke ¤ number A176128 aka: "the Homicidal Hitchhiker"  born on 2-14-1962 expired 5-13-2010 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 48    Contest Selectors 2010 DFFC, OIE, PCD, RAVN 14.8%    Scored 8.0125 points

former ABC News anchor  William Charles "Bill" Beutel   hosted their morning show before it became Good Morning America born on 12-12-1930 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-18-2006 in Pinehurst, North Carolina   age 75

disgraced Baptist minister  James Luther Bevel   had been an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.; was Lyndon LaRouche's vice-presidential running mate in 1992 on the Wack-Job ticket; was convicted of molesting his daughter born on 10-19-1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi expired 12-19-2008 in Springfield, Virginia   age 72   cause: pancreatic cancer

namer & co-founder of Hollywood (1887)  Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge   married Philo Judson Beveridge (1894) following the death of her first husband (1891); cared for new husband's father until 1910 born on --1861 in Hicksville, Ohio expired ??-??-1914 in Hollywood, California   age 53

Illinois governor (1873-77)  John Lourie Beveridge   father-in-law of Hollywood co-founder born on 7-6-1824 in Greenwich, New York expired 5-3-1910 in Hollywood, California   age 85

Cahholic cardinal  Anthony Bevilacqua   the former archbishop of Philadelphia born on 6-17-1923 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-31-2012 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania   age 88

retired Brunswick Corp. shipping supervisor  Joseph Robert Beyrle   in World War II was a 101st Airborne Division parachutist; jumped into Normandy on D-Night (June 5, 1944) & was captured; sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland he escaped in January 1945 & fought with a Soviet Army tank unit until wounded in February; believed to be the only soldier to fight for both powers in the war born on 8-25-1923 in Muskegon, Michigan expired 12-12-2004 in Toccoa, Georgia   age 81   cause: congestive heart failure

novelist & film noir screenwriter  Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides   wrote Kiss Me Deadly, On Dangerous Ground & Thieves Highway; co-created The Big Valley tv western born on 8-9-1908 in Samsun, Turkey expired 1-1-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 98

spiritual leader  Yogi Bhajan ¤ full name: Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji born: Harbhajan Singh Puri  born on 8-26-1929 in Gujrawala, India expired 10-6-2004 in Española, New Mexico   age 75   cause: complications from heart failure

grieving widow  Begum Nusrat Bhutto   widow of Zulfikar; mother of Benazir born on 9-21-1929 in Kurdistan, Iran expired 10-23-2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates   age 82    Contest Selectors 2009 GOHI 3.3% 2010 DGW 3.7%

former Pakistani Prime Minister  Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto   daughter of Zulfikar Ali born on 6-21-1953 in Karachi, Pakistan expired 12-27-2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan   age 54   cause: assassinated; gunshots    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14% 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD 9.1% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD, FA 8.7% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD 3.2%    Scored 9.6000 solo points AKS: Bhuto Butho Booto

1970s Pakistani Prime Minister  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto   overthrown in 1977; father of Benazir born on 1-5-1928 in Larkana, Pakistan expired 4-4-1979 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan   age 51   cause: executed; hanged

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