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| NBL Syracuse Nationals founder/owner Daniel "Danny" Biasone introduced the 24 second shot clock to the NBA (Fall 1954) born on 2-22-1909 in Miglianico, Chieti, Italy expired 5-25-1992 in Miglianico, Chieti, Italy age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist Thomas Geoffrey Bibby co-discovered remains of Dilmun born on 10-14-1917 in Heversham, England expired 2-6-2001 in Aarhus, Denmark age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor & tv director Abner Biberman born on 4-1-1909 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-20-1977 in San Diego, California age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood Ten screen writer and director Herbert J. Biberman directed Salt of the Earth (1954) just before incarceration for "contempt of congress"; husband of Gale Sondergaard born on 3-4-1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-30-1971 in New York, New York age 71 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Baron Marcel Bich invented the Bic disposable ball point pen (1953) born on 7-29-1914 in Turin, Italy expired 5-30-1994 age 79
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| former United Press president (1923-35) Karl A. Bickel born on 1-20-1882 in Genesco, Illinois expired 12-11-1972 in Sarasota, Florida age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Charles Ambrose Bickford born on 1-1-1889 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 11-9-1967 in Hollywood, California age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940s actress Phyllis Bickle born on 2-18-1915 in London, England expired 10-8-2002 in London, England age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catherine Eugenia Finnegan "Jean" Biden mother of vice-president Joe Biden born on 7-7-1917 in Scranton, Pennsylvania expired 1-8-2010 in Wilmington, Deleware age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| very old woman Mary E. Bidwell born on 5-19-1881 expired 4-25-1996 age 114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer Joe Bigelow co-created The Honeymooners born on 1-7-1910 expired 2-20-1976 in Hollywood, California age 66 cause: coronary seizure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician & electrical engineer Julian H. Bigelow working for the Institute for Advanced Study helped design first stored- born on 3-19-1913 expired 2-17-2003 in Princeton, New Jersey age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cardiologist Dr. William Gordon Bigelow co-invented the cardiac pacemaker (1950); pioneered the technique of lowering body temperature to perform open-heart surgery born on 6-18-1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada expired 3-27-2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 91 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Earl Derr Biggers created Honolulu Police Department Sargeant Charlie Chan in book The House Without a Key (1925), inspired by exploits of real- born on 8-24-1884 in Warren, Ohio expired 4-5-1933 in Pasadena, California age 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| organist Edward George Power Biggs born on 3-29-1906 in Westcliff, England expired 3-10-1977 in Boston, Massachusetts age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard James Biggs II played Dr. Franklin on Babylon 5 (1991-98) & Marcus Hunter on Days of Our Lives born on 3-18-1940 in Columbus, Ohio expired 5-22-2004 in Burbank, California age 44 cause: torn aorta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helene Hathaway Robinson Bigsby first woman to own a major league baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals (1912-18) expired 1-8-1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor & Iriqouis Indian Chief John Big Tree his profile was one of the models for the Buffalo nickel
expired 7-6-1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, Syracuse, New York age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopian track star Abebe Bikila only person to win the Olympic marathon twice (1960 & 1964); paralyzed in 1969 auto accident expired 10-25-1973 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia age 46 cause: brain hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| black South African student leader Stephen Biko born on 12-18-1946 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa expired 9-12-1977 in Praetoria, South Africa age 30 cause: brain hemorrhage; severe beating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago mayor (1977-1979) Michael Anthony Bilandic succeeded hizzoner; lost election to Jane Byrne born on 2-13-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-15-2002 in Chicago, Illinois age 78 cause: heart rupture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| labor union dinosaur Morris "Moe" Biller headed the American Postal Workers Union (1980-2001) born on 11-15-1915 in New York, New York expired 9-5-2003 in New York, New York age 87 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| transplant immunologist Dr. Rupert Everet Billingham born on 10-15-1921 in Warminster, England expired 11-16-2002 in Boston, Massachusetts age 81 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Barbara Billingsley played June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver
expired 10-16-2010 in Santa Monica, California age 94 cause: polymyalgia
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| construction company head Abdullah Awad bin Laden Usama's uncle expired 3-21-2002 in Medina, Saudi Arabia age 75 cause: hypertension; diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| noted movie "titles" creator Maurice Binder did numerous opening title sequences for James Bond movies in a style originated by Robert Brownjohn in From Russia With Love and Goldfinger born on 12-4-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-9-1991 in London, England age 72 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Edward Francis Bindon First Assistant Engineer aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 1-7-1928 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 47 cause: drowned when ship foundered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-Met Opera impresario (1950-72) Sir Rudolph Franz Josef Bing born on 1-9-1902 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-2-1997 in Yonkers, New York age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| explorer, U.S. senator Hiram Bingham censured by senate in 1929; discovered Machu Picchu in Peruvian Andes born on 11-19-1875 in Honolulu, Hawaii expired 6-6-1956 in Washington, District of Columbia age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
international terrorist Usāmah bin Mohammad bin `Awad bin Lāden head of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization; purported to be mastermind behind the World Trade Center bombing (1993) & destruction (2001)
expired 5-1-2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan age 54 cause: shot in head
AKS: Usama Usamah Osama bin Laden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alice Stead Binney came up with brand name Crayola for husband's new crayons: Cray from the French for "chalk" & ola from oleaginous (oily); her grandson's stepmother was Amelia Earhart born on --1866 in London, England expired 9-8-1960 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| carbon-black merchant Edwin Binney Sr. with cousin co-founded Binney & Smith (1885); co-inventor of
Crayola crayons (1903) born on 11-24-1866 in Scrub Oak, Westchester County, New York expired 12-17-1934 in Gainesville, Florida age 68 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Binns born on 9-12-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-4-1990 in Brewster, New York age 74 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hazeltine Co. chairman (1957-59) John Robinson "Jack" Binns Marconi wireless operator aboard the White Star Line vessel Republic when ship was struck by the Florida off Nantucket at 5:40 a.m. on 1/23/1909; declined opportunity to be a wireless operator on the Titanic; joined Hazeltine in 1924 born on --1884 in Lincolnshire, England expired 12-8-1957 in New York, New York age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer, screenwriter & director Claude Howard Binyon Sr. while working as a writer for Variety (1925-32) wrote two of the most memorable newspaper headlines: Wall Street Lays an Egg (following the October 1929 stock market crash) and Hix Nix Stix Pix (7/17/1935) born on 10-17-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-14-1978 in Glendale, California age 72 cause: heart ailment AKS: Sticks Nix Hick Pix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv assistant director/production manager/producer Claude Howard Binyon Jr. son of the movie director/Variety headline scribe; worked on 24 episodes of The Outer Limits, 42 episodes of Get Smart & the last season of the original Star Trek series (1968-69) born on 7-13-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-27-2007 in Bellevue, Washington age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pre-war missionary John Morrison Birch was an intelligence officer for the U.S. military during World War II; murdered by Communist Chinese troops born on 5-28-1918 in Landour, India expired 8-25-1945 in Shuzhou, China age 27 cause: executed; shot AKS: Burch Berch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former football (soccer) midfielder Paul Birch born on 11-20-1962 in West Bromwich, England expired 2-2-2009 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England age 46 cause: bone cancer
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character actress Billie Bird late in her career played lots of old biddies; not related to Larry or Tweetie
expired 11-27-2002 in Glendale, California age 94 cause: Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poster child for mush-headed liberalism Rose Elizabeth Bird California Supreme Court justice (1977-86), appointed by Gov. Moonbeam & booted from office by voters born on 11-2-1936 in Tucson, Arizona expired 12-4-1999 in Palo Alto, California age 63 cause: breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antiguan independence leader Vere Cornwall Bird Sr. was prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1981-94) born on 12-7-1910 expired 6-28-1999 in Saint Johns, Antigua age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| frozen food inventor Clarence Frank Birdseye born on 12-9-1886 in New York, New York expired 10-7-1956 in New York, New York age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nepalese head of state (1972-2001) King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev father of assassin/ born on 12-28-1945 in Katmandu, Nepal expired 6-1-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal age 55 cause: shot to death by Crown Prince Dipendra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jorunalist/inventor László Bíró with brother Jorge invented the modern ball point pen (patented in Paris in 1938 and the U.S. & Argentina in 1943); European rights sold to Marcel Bich (1950) design stolen by Milton Reynolds
expired 10-24-1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 86 AKS: Lazlo Laszlo Biro Jozsef | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio death row inmate Kenneth Biros convicted of the murder/mutilation of Tami Engstrom born on 9-24-1958 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United State of America expired 12-8-2009 in Lucasville, Ohio age 51 cause: executed; lethal injection v2.0
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former talk-show host Joey Bishop had been the last surviving member of the Sinatra "Rat Pack"; his late-night ABC talk show got clobbered in a three-way ratings race against Carson (on NBC) & Griffin (on CBS) 1967-69 (the announcer on his show was Regis Philbin)
expired 10-17-2007 in Newport Beach, California age 89 cause: "multiple causes"
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| Grenada prime minister (1979-83) Maurice Bishop overthrew prime minister Eric Gairy born on 5-29-1944 in Aruba expired 10-25-1983 in Fort Rupert, Grenada age 39 cause: executed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CIA deputy director Richard M. Bissell Jr. principal architect of the Bay of Pigs invasion/disaster born on 9-18-1909 expired 2-7-1994 age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time Mississippi riverboat pilot turned playwright Richard Pike Bissell wrote play 7½ Cents (1951); made into The Pajama Game (1954; co-authored by George Abbott) born on 6-27-1913 in Dubuque, Iowa expired 5-4-1977 in Dubuque, Iowa age 63 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960s Weatherman radical Silas Trim Bissell grandson of carpet sweeper inventor; attempted to bomb the U of Washington R.O.T.C. center (January 1970); got caught, skipped bail, arrested in 1987
expired 6-22-2002 in Eugene, Oregon age 60 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Tunnel actor Whitner Bissell also played Governor Santini in Soylent Green born on 10-25-1906 in New York, New York expired 3-5-1996 in Woodland Hills, California age 89 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| editorial cartoonist Jerry Bittle also drew Geech strip expired 4-7-2003 in Honduras age 53 cause: heart attack while scuba diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Bill Bixby played Tim O'Hara on My Favorite Martian & Dr. Bruce Banner on Incredible Hulk tv series born on 1-22-1934 in San Francisco, California expired 11-21-1993 age 59 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer George Alexander Cé Léopold Bizet wrote Carmen (1875) and L'Arlésienne Suites (1872) born on 10-25-1838 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 6-3-1875 in Bougival, France age 36 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson a fellow student with Ibsen in Christiania; Nobel literature laureate for 1903born on 12-8-1832 in Kvikne, Österdal, Norway expired 4-26-1910 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 77 AKS: Bjornstjerne Bjornson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court associate justice Hugo Lafayette Black on court from 1937 to his death born on 2-27-1886 in Harlan, Alabama expired 9-25-1971 in Bethesda, Maryland age 85 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cafe Society Uptown and Downtown New York press agent Ivan Black gave Samuel Mostel his nickname: Zero born on 5-4-1903 expired 3-25-1979 in New York, New York age 75 cause: respiratory failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pharmacologist James Whyte Black inventor of Beta-blockers propranolol & pronethalol; synthesized cimetidine; shared the 1988 Nobel prize in physiology born on 6-14-1924 in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland expired 3-21-2010 age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
original drummer in the Mothers of Invention Jimmy Carl Black later toured with a Mothers tribute band
expired 11-1-2008 in Siegsdorf, German age 70 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Brooklyn Dodgers/Cincinnati Reds/Washington Senators pitcher Joseph S. "Joe" Black Sr. National League rookie of the year (1952) born on 4-29-1923 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 5-17-2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 79 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore machine shop co-founder (1910) Samuel Duncan Black Sr. built up a tidy little electric tool business with his partner born on 8-2-1883 in Whitehall, Maryland expired 4-15-1951 in Baltimore, Maryland age 67 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chock-Full-O-Nuts Coffee Co. president William Black born on --1904 in New York, New York expired 3-8-1983 age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett won 1948 Nobel physics prize for his studies of comsic rays; confirmed existence of the positron (1933) born on 11-18-1897 in London, England expired 7-13-1974 in London, England age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Sidney Alderman Blackmer co-founder of Actors Equity Association born on 7-13-1895 in Salisbury, North Carolina expired 10-5-1973 in New York, New York age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Suzanne Kaaren Blackmer defied Donald Trump's efforts to kick her out of a rent-
expired 8-27-2004 in Englewood, New Jersey age 92 cause: complications from pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Supreme Court justice Harry Andrew Blackmun 1970 Nixon appointee; wrote the Roe v. Wade opinion permitting the casual slaughter of millions of innocent human beings born on 11-12-1908 in Nashville, Illinois expired 3-4-1999 in Arlington, Virginia age 90 cause: complications from hip replacement surgery
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magician Harry Blackstone Sr.
expired 11-16-1965 in Hollywood, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| magician Harry Blackstone Jr. born on 6-30-1934 in Colon, Michigan expired 5-14-1997 in Loma Linda, California age 62 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneer film producer and Vitagraph Company founder (1896) James Stuart Blackton an associate of Thomas Edison born on 1-5-1875 in Sheffield, England expired 8-13-1941 in Hollywood, California age 66 cause: auto accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway musical director (Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madame) Jay S. Blackton born on 3-25-1909 in New York, New York expired 1-8-1994 age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz drummer Edward Blackwell born on 10-10-1929 expired 10-7-1992 age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
gratuitously snarky fashion "critic" Mr. Blackwell perpetrator of an annual "Worst Dressed" list
expired 10-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 86 cause: complications from intestinal infection
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| noted songwriter Otis Blackwell Sr. wrote Don't Be Cruel, Great Balls of Fire, Handy Man, Return to Sender & All Shook Up born on 2-16-1932 in New York, New York expired 5-6-2002 in Nashville, Tennessee age 70 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| contract bridge expert Easley R. Blackwood Sr. born on 6-25-1903 expired 3-27-1992 age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gospel singer James Webre Blackwood founding member of the Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet (1934) born on 8-4-1919 in Choctaw County, Mississippi expired 2-3-2002 in Memphis, Tennessee age 82 cause: complications from a stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth Ann Blaesing purported illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding & Nan Britton
expired 11-17-2005 in Welches, Oregon age 86
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movie & Broadway actress Vivian Blaine
expired 12-9-1995 age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
blacklisted actress Betsey Blair nominated for best supporting actress for her performance as Clara Snyder in Marty (1955); had been married to Gene Kelly (1940-57) & Karel Reisz (1963-his death
expired 3-13-2009 age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC news anchor Frank Blair born on 5-30-1915 in Yemassee, South Carolina expired 3-14-1995 age 79
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| George G. Blaisdell founder of Zippo Manufacturing Co,, maker of cigarette lighters born on 6-5-1895 expired 10-3-1978 in Miami Beach, Florida age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Amanda Blake Long Branch saloon proprietress Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke
expired 8-16-1989 age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Montreal hockey coach Hector "Toe" Blake won eight Stanley Cups born on 8-21-1912 in Victoria Mines, Ontario, Canada expired 5-17-1995 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Montgomery, Alabama bus driver James F. Blake on December 1, 1955 he had Rosa Parks arrested when she refused to give up her seat for a white man; in 1943 she had got on the bus through the front door and paid her fare but was told to exit the bus and re-enter through the rear exit - when she got off Blake sped away. born on 4-14-1912 expired 3-21-2002 in Montgomery, Alabama age 89 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ragtime composer James Hubert "Eubie" Blake born on 2-7-1883 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 2-12-1983 age 100
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| cartoonist Julian Watson "Bud" Blake created the Tiger daily cartoon strip (1965) born on 2-13-1918 in Nutley, New Jersey expired 12-26-2005 in Portland, Maine age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| yachtsman Sir Peter James Blake won the Americas Cup twice (1995 & 2000) born on 10-1-1948 in Auckland, New Zealand expired 12-6-2001 in Macapa, Brazil age 53 cause: shot by river pirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Whitney Blake played Dorothy Baxter on Hazel (1961-65); co-created One Day at a Time series; mother of Meredith Baxter
expired 9-28-2002 in Edgartown, Massachusetts age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet, painter & engraver William Blake a line from one of his poems, "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite," was used by Aldous Huxley as the title of one of his books (1954) born on 11-28-1757 in London, England expired 8-12-1827 in London, England age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz drummer Art Blakey born on 10-11-1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-16-1990 age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoon voicist Melvin Jerome Blanc provided the voices of numerous Warner Brothers cartoon characters + Twiki the robot on Buck Rogers tv series (1979); "b-dee, b-dee...that's all folks!" born on 5-30-1908 in San Francisco, California expired 7-10-1989 age 81
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Franciscan nun & super-geezer Eugénie "Douchy" Blanchard formerly the confirmed oldest person in the world
expired 11-4-2010 in Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, France age 114
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one-time Army fullback (1944-46) Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard won 1945 Sullivan Award & Heisman Trophy
expired 4-19-2009 in Bulverde, Texas, United State of America age 84 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Mari Blanchard played Allura in Abbott and Costello Go To Mars (1953); had title role (Kyra Zelas) in She Devil (1957) born on 4-13-1927 in Long Beach, California expired 5-10-1970 in Woodland Hills, California age 43 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| criminally-irresponsible clothing manufacturer Max Blanck co-owner of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company; on March 25, 1911 a fire in the factory killed over 140 women born on --1870s in Russia expired -- age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NFL Hall-of-Fame football player George Frederick Blanda was both a quarterback and placekicker born on 9-12-1927 in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, United State of America expired 9-27-2010 age 83
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| actress Clara Blandick played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939) born on 6-4-1881 in Hong Kong (aboard a ship in the harbor) expired 4-15-1962 in Hollywood, California age 80 cause: suicide; sleeping pill overdose/plastic bag around head | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Admiral William Henry Purnell Blandy atomic test commander at Bikini Atoll expired 1-12-1954 in New York, New York age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Sally Blane sister of Loretta Young
expired 8-27-1997 in Los Angeles, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired mechanical engineer Julius Blank was one of eight co-founders of the Fairchild Semiconductor Corp (1957); with Eugene Kleiner built the company's first chip making machines born on 6-2-1925 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-17-2011 in Palo Alto, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired carpenter Edward N. Blankenheim one of the 13 original Freedom Riders against segregation (1961) born on 3-16-1934 in Lake Benton, Minnesota expired 9-26-2004 in San Francisco, California age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| track athlete Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen won four gold medals in the 1948 Olympics born on 4-26-1918 in Baarn, The Netherlands expired 1-25-2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 85 cause: heart failure; Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tennessee governor (1975-79) Leonard Ray Blanton resigned from office in the midst of a cash-for-clemency pardon scandal at the end of his term born on 4-10-1930 in Hardin County, Tennessee expired 11-22-1996 in Jackson, Tennessee age 66 cause: liver failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fashion designer William Ralph "Bill" Blass born on 6-22-1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana expired 6-12-2002 in New Preston, Connecticut age 79 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro wrassler Freddie Blassie coined phrase "pencil-neck geeks"
expired 6-2-2003 in Hartsdale, New York age 85 cause: heart failure
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| Milton Eric Blau had been a children's tv producer & editor of a Communist Literary Magazine; co-creator of the musical review Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (opened at the Village Gate in 1968); his wife was a co-star of the show born on 6-1-1921 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 2-17-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 87 cause: pneumonia; stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Raphael David Blau co-wrote Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) born on 8-11-1912 expired 3-31-1996 in New York, New York age 83 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Oil Company (AMOCO) founder (1910) Jacob Blaustein born on 9-30-1892 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 11-15-1970 in Baltimore, Maryland age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Hawaiian north shore lifeguard James William "Jimmy" Blears Jr. son of "Tally Ho" Blears; brother of Laura Blears Ching; was also a champion surfer born on 1-6-1949 in Santa Monica, California expired 2-4-2011 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii age 62 cause: "died in his sleep" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Leo Blech born on 4-21-1871 in Aachen, Prussia expired 8-24-1958 in Berlin, Germany age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twinlab Corp. co-founder David Blechman born on 9-22-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-7-2000 in New York, New York age 76 cause: complications from heart bypass surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| concert, opera, radio and musical comedy baritone Jules Bledsoe sang Ol' Man River in original production of Show Boat (1927) born on 12-29-1898 expired 7-14-1943 in Hollywood, California age 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Baltimore Oriole Curt L. Blefary 1965 American League rookie of the year born on 7-5-1943 in New York, New York expired 1-28-2001 in Pompano Beach, Florida age 57 cause: pancreatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist Carl William Blegen discovered the Palace of Nestor (the Homeric King of Pylos); early excavator of Troy, following up on the work of Heinrich Schliemann born on 1-27-1887 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 8-24-1971 in Athens, Greece age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Popcorn King" James Victor Blevins founded Blevins Popcorn Co. (1945) expired 4-12-1999 in Nashville, Tennessee age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "brutal" 18th century British Navy captain William Bligh cast adrift in a 23-foot open boat with 18 others (3,600 miles from Timor) after the April 27, 1789 mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty (led by Fletcher Christian) born on 9-9-1754 in Tyntan, Cornwall, England expired 12-7-1817 in London, England age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction writer James Benjamin Blish wrote Fallen Star, Titan's Daughter & Case of Conscience (1958 Hugo Award winner) born on 5-23-1921 in Orange, New Jersey expired 7-30-1975 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British composer Sir Arthur Bliss wrote score for movie Things To Come (1936)
expired 3-27-1975 in London, England age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS correspondent Edward L. Bliss one of "Murrow's Boys"; was a professor of broadcast journalism at American University born on 7-30-1912 in Fuzhou, China expired 11-25-2002 in Alexandria, Virginia age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club Med co-founder Gerard Blitz born on 8-1-1912 expired 3-3-1990 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hijack victim Dora Bloch passenger aboard Air France flight 139 (Athens to Tel Aviv) hijacked to Entebbe, Uganda; hijackers permitted her to be taken to a hospital because of illness; after successful raid by Israeli commandos freed the hostages an irate Idi Amin had her dragged from her hospital bed and executed by his thugs (purportedly Major Farouk Minawa & Captain Nasur Ordoga) expired 7-4-1976 in Kampala, Uganda age 75 cause: executed; strangled; shot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Feliz Bloch shared the 1952 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (1946) born on 10-23-1905 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 9-10-1983 in Zürich, Switzerland age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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biochemist Konrad Emil Bloch shared the 1964 Nobel prize in medicine born on 1-21-1912 in Neisse, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 10-15-2000 in Lexington, Massachusetts age 88 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tax preparer Richard Adolf Bloch with brother founded H&R Block Inc. born on 2-15-1926 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 7-21-2004 in Kansas City, Missouri age 78 cause: heart failure AKS: Block | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| computing pioneer Richard Milton Bloch invented error-detection scheme known as parity checking while working on Harvard's Mark I computer born on 6-18-1921 in Rochester, New York expired 5-22-2000 in Framingham, Massachusetts age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Ernest Block born on 7-24-1880 in Geneva, Switzerland expired 7-15-1959 in Portland, Oregon age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II soldier Harlon Block one of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi born on --1924 in Yorktown, Texas expired 2-28-1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan age 20 cause: mortar shell explosion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
political cartoonist Herbert Lawrence Block coined term McCarthyism
expired 10-7-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia age 91 cause: pneumonia
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| writer Robert Block wrote Psycho (1959); wrote several original series Star Trek episodes born on 4-5-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-23-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 77 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Dan Blocker played Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza born on 12-12-1927 in Bowie, Texas expired 5-13-1972 in Inglewood, California age 44 cause: pulmonary embolus; complications from gall bladder surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor/screenwriter Michael K. Blodgett played Lance Rocke in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); co-wrote the story/screenplay for Turner & Hooch (1989)
expired 11-14-2007 in Pompton Lakes, California age 68 cause: heart attack; hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer & translator John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld a school chum of Ian Fleming (got a James Bond villain named for him); wrote extensively about Zen Buddhism born on 4-2-1913 in London, England expired 6-7-1987 in Bangkok, Thailand age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Rose Joan Blondell born on 8-30-1906 in New York, New York expired 12-25-1979 in Santa Monica, California age 73 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & professor Allan David Bloom born on 9-14-1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 10-7-1992 age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS News tv director Arthur Joseph Bloom was there at the start of 60 Minutes (1968) — it is his Minerva brand stopwatch the you see under the opening and closing credits; is said to have "trained" Dan Rather to replace Walter Cronkite born on 4-19-1942 in New York, New York expired 1-28-2006 in Grandview-on-Hudson, New York age 63 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early "feminist" Amelia Jenks Bloomer became eponym for billowing undergarment she introduced born on 5-27-1818 in Homer, New York expired 12-30-1894 in Council Bluffs, Iowa age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| accountant-turned-Broadway producer Kermit Bloomgarden produced Death of a Salesman (1949), The Diary of Anne Frank (1955), The Music Man (1957) & Equus (1974) born on 12-15-1904 in New York, New York expired 9-20-1976 in New York, New York age 71 cause: complications from brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diners' Club co-founder (1950) Alfred S. Bloomingdale shopped 'till he dropped?? born on 4-15-1916 in New York, New York expired 8-7-1982 age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Roberts Scott Blossom played the neighbor old man Marley in Home Alone (1990)
expired 7-8-2011 in Santa Monica, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pianist/"archestra" leader Herman Poole Blount
expired 5-30-1993 in Birmingham, Alabama age 79 cause: stroke; circulatory disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Postmaster general (1969-71) Winton Malcolm Blount Jr. born on 2-1-1921 in Union Springs, Alabama expired 10-24-2002 in Highlands, North Carolina age 81 cause: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tehran embassy Economics officer Robert Olof Blucher taken hostage for 444 days after embassay takeover born on 10-9-1920 expired 4-3-2003 in Grand Junction, Colorado age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nightclub & movie comedian Ben Bernstein Blue born on 9-12-1901 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 3-7-1975 in Hollywood, California age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playboy November 1956 Playmate of Month Betty Blue had been a Las Vegas showgirl; her ashes were spread at the Playboy Mansion
expired 8-23-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| business conglomerate founder Charles G. Bluhdorn bought Michgan Bumper Co, (1956), grew it into Gulf & Western, which acquired Paramount (1966) born on 9-20-1926 in Vienna, Austria expired 2-20-1983 age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
biochemist & medical anthropologist Baruch Samuel Blumberg shared the 1976 Nobel prize in medicine; discovered the Hepatitis B virus (1967) & co-developed the vaccine to fight it (1969); was the founding director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute (1999)
expired 4-6-2011 in Moffett Field, California age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Felicja Blumental born on 12-28-1908 in Warsaw, Poland expired 12-31-1991 in Tel Aviv, Israel age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
newspaper reporter Nellie Bly went around the world in less than 80 days to beat Jules Verne's fictional hero; wrote book Around the World in 72 days in 1890
expired 1-27-1922 in New York, New York age 54 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
broadway/tv actor Larry Blyden
expired 5-6-1975 in Agadir, Morocco age 49 cause: injuries from automobile accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 6-21-1923 expired 5-2-1977 in Little Rock, Arkansas age 53 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
silent movie actress Betty Blythe played The Queen of Sheba (1921)
expired 4-7-1972 in Woodland Hills, California age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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