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actor Bruce Cabot played Jack Driscoll, First Officer of The Venture & Fay Wray's human love interest in King Kong (1931); played Burt Saxby in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
expired 5-3-1972 in Woodland Hills, California age 68 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
product designer Petra Cabot her most famous design: the Skotch Kooler (1952)
expired 10-13-2006 in Woodstock, New York age 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rotund actor Sebastian Cabot played the crime solving musicologist Mr. French on Family Affair tv series born on 7-6-1918 in London, England expired 8-23-1977 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada age 59 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian poet João Cabral de Melo Neto born on 1-9-1920 in Recife, Brazil expired 10-9-1999 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil age 79 cause: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter Carlos Cachaça popularized the samba; founded the Mangueira Samba School and Recreation Society in 1928; wrote Dawn, Clothide and I Don't Want to Love Anyone
expired 8-16-1999 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie director Michael Cacoyannis directed Zorba the Greek (1964)
expired 7-25-2011 in Athens, Greece age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tornadoes founder Alan Caddy had hit with Telstar (1962) born on 2-2-1940 in London, England expired 8-16-2000 in London, England age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired University of Florida professor of medicine & physiology Dr. James Robert Cade a nephrologist who led the team that developed Gatorade (1965) born on 9-26-1927 in San Antonio, Texas expired 11-27-2007 in Gainesville, Florida age 80 cause: kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Paul Cadmus born on 12-17-1904 expired 12-12-1999 in Weston, Connecticut age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulitzer-prize winning San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herbert Eugene Caen coined term "beatnik" as a pun on "sputnik" in an April 2nd, 1958 column born on 4-3-1916 in Sacramento, California expired 2-1-1997 in San Francisco, California age 80 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyricist Irving Caesar wrote words to Tea for Two & Swanee; collaborated with George Gershwin, Oscar Levant and Victor Herbert born on 7-4-1895 in New York, New York expired 12-17-1996 in New York, New York age 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roman dictator (49 to 44 BC) Julius Caesar reformed the Roman Calendar: the month of Quintilis was renamed Julius (July) by the Senate in 46 BC; member of the first ruling Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey; assassinated by a group led by Brutus on the Ides of March --- "Et tu, Brute?"; adoptive "father" of Augustus (a ploy used regularly by the Roman monarchy to pass down the name, which eventually became a title in and of itself --- "Kaiser", "Czar" being examples); had a son by Cleopatra born on 7-12-100 BC in Rome, Italy expired 3-15-44 BC in Rome, Italy age 56 cause: stabbed to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hapless auto company executive Eugene Anthony Cafiero headed Chrysler in early 1970s when it was about to crash and burn (replaced by Iacocca); then went on to be president of the DeLorean Motor Company (another crash and burn scenario) born on 6-13-1926 in New York, New York expired 12-8-2003 in Naples, Florida age 77 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| avante-gard "composer" John Milton Cage Jr. born on 9-5-1912 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-12-1992 age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor James Francis Cagney Jr. won Best Actor oscar for playing George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy born on 7-17-1899 in New York, New York expired 3-30-1986 age 86
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| IRA commander Joseph "Joe" Cahill an honory Sinn Fein vice president born on 5-19-1920 in Belfast, Northern Ireland expired 7-23-2004 in Belfast, Northern Ireland age 84 cause: aesbestosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first Miss America Margaret Gorman Cahill Washington D.C. teenager; won title on the beach when contest was known as the Inter-City Beauty Contest born on 8-18-1905 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 10-15-1995 in Washington, District of Columbia age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lyricist Sammy Cahn nominated 23 times for Best Song oscar; won 4 times for: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954; music by Jule Styne; movie: Three Coins in the Fountain); All The Way (1957; music by Jimmy Van Heusen; movie: The Joker is Wild); High Hopes (1959;
music by Jimmy Van Heusen; movie: Hole In the Head); and Call Me Irresponsible (1963; music by Jimmy Van Heusen; movie: Papa's Delicate Condition)
expired 1-15-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former newspaperman D. Jamison Cain coined the term ZIP Code to describe the post office's Zonal Improvement Plan (1963) born on 1-1-1926 in Sumter, South Carolina expired 4-12-2010 in Arlington, Virginia age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
newspaperman & author James Mallahan Cain wrote The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936) & Mildred Pierce (1941)
expired 10-27-1977 in University Park, Maryland age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Tiger pitcher Robert Max "Bob" Cain walked Eddie Gaedel (3'7" pinch-hitter) on 4 straight pitches in an August 19, 1951 double-header with the St.Louis Browns born on 10-16-1924 in Longford, Kansas expired 4-7-1997 in Cleveland, Ohio age 72 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Howard Caine played Gestapo Major Hochstedder on Hogan's Heroes (1967-71)
expired 12-28-1993 in North Hollywood, California age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Doria ship captain Piero Calamai zigged when he should have zagged July 25, 1956 off Nantucket expired 4-9-1972 in Genoa, Italy age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Randolph Caldecott noted illustrator of children's books; namesake of Medal awarded annually since 1938 born on 3-22-1846 in Chester, CHeshire, England expired 2-12-1886 in Saint Augustine, Florida age 39 AKS: Randolf Caldecot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA astronaut Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro never made it into space born on 6-12-1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 10-3-2009 in Galveston, Texas age 51 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Alexander Calder inventor of the moving scupture "mobile" and outdoor "stabile" born on 7-22-1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-11-1976 in New York, New York age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisa James Calder widow of sculptor Alexander Calder born on 2-19-1905 expired 8-6-1996 age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Venezuelan president Rafael Antonio Caldera born on --1916 in Yaracuy State, Venezuela expired 12-24-2009 in Caracas, Venezuela age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Mary Steichen Calderone promoter of human sexualityborn on 7-1-1904 in New York, New York expired 10-24-1998 in Longwood, Pennsylvania age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Erskine Preston Caldwell wrote Tobacco Road (1932) & God's Little Acre (1933) born on 12-17-1903 in Moreland, Georgia expired 4-11-1987 in Paradise Valley, Arizona age 83
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| attorney James Hamilton Caldwell Jr. a member of the team that prosecuted J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 born on --1898 expired ??-??-1962 age 64 cause: drowned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Janet Miriam Taylor Holland Caldwell wrote Testimony of Two Men (1968) & Captains and the Kings (1972)
expired 8-30-1985 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 84
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| opera orchestra conductor Sarah Caldwell born on 3-6-1924 in Maryville, Missouri expired 3-23-2006 in Portland, Maine age 82 cause: heart failure
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| Swingin' Medallion singer/saxophonist Steve Caldwell performed on band's big hit Double Shot (of my baby's love) born on 11-22-1947 expired 1-28-2002 in Atlanta, Georgia age 54 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Toy T. Caldwell Jr. with the Marshall Tucker band born on 11-13-1947 expired 2-25-1993 age 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Louis Calhern played Ambassador Trentino in Duck Soup (1933)
expired 5-12-1956 in Nara, Japan age 60 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monroe Secretary of War (1817-25), J.Q. Adams vice president (1825-29) and Jackson vice president (1829-32) John Caldwell Calhoun born on 3-18-1782 in Calhoun Mills, South Carolina expired 3-31-1850 in Washington, District of Columbia age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cowboy actor Rory Calhoun starred in The Texan tv series (1598-60); a friend of A.C. Lyles and DeForest Kelley
expired 4-28-1999 in Burbank, California age 76 cause: emphysema & diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"rotund former pro wrassler William "Bill" Calhoun
expired 12-7-1989 age 56 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Pittsburgh mayor (1977-88) Richard S. Caliguiri born on 10-20-1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 5-6-1988 age 56 AKS: Caliguri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
third Roman Emperor Caligula son of Germanicus, nephew of Claudius, great nephew of Tiberius; the name Caligula means "little boot"; adopted as heir by Tiberius as a joke; an absolute monster ... killed his father, committed incest with his sisters, and more...; assassinated by disgusted senators and army officers
expired 1-24-41 in Rome, Italy age 28 cause: assassinated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Hortense Calisher
expired 1-13-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard W. "Dick" Calkins started out as a cartoonist for The Detroit Free Press, then was a World War I aviator; afterwards he was an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago American (1919-29) until he co-created the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century daily comic strip (1929) based upon Philip Nowlan's character (1929-47); coined word Zap in strip (1929); wrote Red Ryder comics stories (1950s) born on --1895 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 5-12-1962 in Tucson, Arizona age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former British prime minister (1976-79) Leonard James Callaghan only person to have heald all four high state positions: Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary
expired 3-26-2005 in East Sussex, England age 92
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Alabama death row inmate James Harvey Callahan
expired 1-15-2009 in Atmore, Alabama age 62 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| kangaroo court judge William Washington Callahan presiding judge at third Scottsboro trial born on 6-30-1863 in Lawrence County, Alabama expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
one-time-drummer-turned-comedian Charlie Callas provided the voice of Elliot — the second title character in Pete's Dragon (1977)
expired 1-27-2011 in Las Vegas, California age 83 cause: "natural causes"
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soprano Maria Callas one-time mistress of Aristotle Onassis
expired 9-16-1977 in Paris, France age 53 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| golf equipment manufacturer Ely Reeves Callaway creator of the Big Bertha club (1991) born on 6-3-1919 in LaGrange, Georgia expired 7-5-2001 in Rancho Santa Fe, California age 82 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flirtations member Michael L. Callen born on 4-11-1955 in Rising Sun, Indiana expired 12-27-1993 in New York, New York age 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz bass player George S. "Red" Callender born on 3-6-1916 expired 3-8-1992 age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pie company namesake Marie A. Callender got started making pies; the pie shop grew into the Marie callender chain (1964) born on 3-26-1907 in Hopkins, Hennepin County, South Dakota expired 11-11-1995 in Laguna Hills, California age 88 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "reefer man" bandleader Cabell Calloway III born on 12-25-1907 in Rochester, New York expired 11-11-1994 age 86
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| tv actor Northern J. Calloway played David (proprietor of Mr. Hooper's store) on Sesame Street (1972-89) born on --1948 in New York, New York expired 1-9-1990 in North Tarrytown, New York age 41 cause: stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist & author June Callwood born on 6-2-1924 in Belle River, Ontario, Canada expired 4-14-2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 82 cause: cancer
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| Guinness Book record geezer Jeanne Louise Calment van Gogh bought canvas at her father's shop in Arles in 1888 born on 2-21-1875 in Arles, France expired 8-4-1997 in Arles, France age 122 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| roller-derby "bad girl" Ann Theresa Calvello skated from the 1940s to the early 2000s born on 8-1-1929 in Newport, Rhode Island expired 3-13-2006 in San Bruno, California age 76 cause: liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Corinne Calvet
expired 6-23-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
theologian John Calvin
expired 5-27-1564 in Geneva, Switzerland age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Melvin Calvin was the 1961 Nobel chemistry laureateborn on 4-8-1911 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 1-8-1997 in Berkeley, California age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge spent early years in Sydney, Nova Scotia; played Detective Gravedigger Jones in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); on set playing Idi Amin in Victory at Entebbe when stricken; replaced by Julius Harris born on 2-26-1933 in New York, New York expired 11-29-1976 in Burbank, California age 43 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| America's Black Holocaust Museum founder (1988) James Cameron on August 6, 1930 participated in a robbery that eventually led to murder; the next day was hauled out of the Marion Indiana jail and dragged to the county courthouse square where his co-horts had already been lynched; wasn't lynched but did do 4 years in prison for his participation in the inital robbery; he eventually was cleared of involvement in the murder & was pardoned born on 2-23-1914 in La Crosse, Wisconsin expired 6-11-2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin age 92 cause: complications from lymphoma
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| former CBC news anchorman W. Earl Cameron hosted The National (1959-66); succeeded by Stanley Burke; his stiff delivery was parodied on SCTV by Eugene Levy's character Earl Camembert born on 6-12-1915 in Moose Jaw, Saskachewan, Canada expired 1-13-2005 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
computing pioneer David Caminer helped to develop the L.E.O. computer (Lyons Electronic Office) for the J. Lyons & COmpany tea shops to do inventory control, payroll, etc. — the world's first business computer (1951)
expired 6-19-2008 in London, England age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball 3rd baseman Kenneth Gene Caminiti a drug & steroid abuser born on 4-21-1963 in Hanford, California expired 10-10-2004 in New York, New York age 41 cause: drug overdose
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folk singer/song writer & comedic character actor Hamilton Camp Sr. appeared on two tv shows that were cancelled by the network during their first showing (Turn-On; 1969 & Co-Ed Fever; 1979); provided the voice for a bunch of Smurfs; appeared in Heaven Can Wait (1978), S.O.B. (1981) & Eating Raoul (1982)
expired 10-2-2005 in Hancock Park, California age 70 cause: heart attack; injuries suffered in fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Frank Campanella born on 3-12-1919 in New York, New York expired 12-30-2006 in San Fernando Valley, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Dodger player Roy Campanella born on 11-19-1921 in Homestead, Pennsylvania expired 6-26-1993 age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former L.A. Dodger executive Al Campanis born on 11-2-1916 expired 6-21-1998 in Fullerton, California age 81 cause: coronary artery disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (probably) last surviving ANZAC Gallipoli veteran Alec William Campbell also an accomplished sailor born on 2-26-1899 in Launceston, Australia expired 5-16-2002 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia age 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Standard Oil New York (Esso)/Exxon chemical engineer Donald Lewis Campbell co-developer of the process of fluid catalytic cracking of large hydrocarbon molecules (1942); shared patents with Homer Z. Martin, Eger V. Murphree & Charles W. Tyson born on 8-5-1904 in Clinton, Iowa expired 9-14-2002 in Brick, New Jersey age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Tigers general manager James A. "Jim" Campbell born on 2-5-1924 expired 10-31-1995 age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumers Power Co president James H. Campbell had the Big Rock Point nuclear plant built near Charlevoix (1963) born on 10-18-1910 in Jackson, Michigan expired 1-24-1972 in Jackson, Michigan age 61 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
blues singer/guitarist James Milton Campbell
expired 8-4-2005 in Memphis, Tennessee age 70 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sci-fi magazine editor (1938-his death) John Wood Campbell Jr. started as editor at Astounding Stories of Super Science; change the magazine's name to Astounding Science Fiction, then, in the 1960s, changed the name again to Analog Science Fiction and Fact; his short story Who Goes There? was the basis for The Thing From Another World (1951) born on 6-8-1910 in Newark, New Jersey expired 7-11-1971 in Mountainside, New Jersey age 61 cause: heart aliment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist & tv writer Robert Wright Campbell popularized term "La-La Land" for southern California in book In La-La Land We Trust (1986); won 1987 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Junkyard Dog born on 6-9-1927 expired 9-21-2000 in Carmel, California age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor William J. Campbell played Brett Reno in Love Me Tender (1956), Trelane in original series Star Trek episode The Squire of Gothos and the Klingon Captain Koloth in original series Star Trek episode The Trouble With
Tribbles and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Blood Oath; was the first husband of Judith Campbell Exner (1952-58)born on 10-30-1923 in Newark, New Jersey expired 4-28-2011 in Woodland Hills, California age 87
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French novelist Albert Camus won 1957 Nobel Prize for literature born on 11-7-1913 in Mondovi, Algeria expired 1-4-1960 in Villeneuve-la-Guyard, France age 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director Marcel Camus directed Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959); won 1960 oscar for Best Foreign Language film born on 4-21-1912 in Chappes, France expired 1-13-1982 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tejano singer Laura Canales born on 8-19-1954 in Kingsville, Texas expired 4-16-2005 in Corpus Christi, Texas age 50 cause: pneumonia; gallbladder surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Wilhelm Canaris leader of 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler born on 1-1-1887 in Aplerbeck, Germany expired 4-9-1944 in Flossenberg, Germany age 57 cause: hanged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| self-important blowhard Vincent Canby past drama & movie "critic" for the New York Times born on 7-27-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-15-2000 in New York, New York age 76 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Helen Churchill Candee survived the Titanic sinking expired 8-23-1949 in New York Harbor, Maine age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tonight Show band trumpeter (1972-92) Secondo "Conti" Candoli brother of Pete Candoli born on 7-12-1927 in Mishawaka, Indiana expired 12-14-2001 in Palm Desert, California age 74 cause: cancer AKS: Conte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpeter Walter Joseph "Pete" Candoli brother of Conti Candoli born on 6-28-1923 in Mishawaka, Indiana expired 1-11-2008 in Studio City, California age 84 cause: prostate cancer AKS: Conte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
rotund actor John Candy former SCTV funnymanborn on 10-31-1950 expired 3-4-1994 age 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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author Elias Canetti 1981 Nobel laureate in literature born on 7-25-1905 in Rustschuck, Bulgaria expired 8-14-1994 in Zürich, Switzerland age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired UofM athletic director (1968-88) Donald B. Canham had been the UofM track coach from 1948 to 1968 born on 4-27-1918 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 5-3-2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 87 cause: ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm AKS: Don | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist Milton Arthur Paul Caniff created Dickie Dare (1933), Terry & the Pirates (drew it 1934-46) & Steve Canyon (1946-87); two-time Reuben Award winner (1946 & 1971)born on 2-28-1907 in Hillsboro, Ohio expired 5-3-1988 in New York, New York age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Rogelio Reyes Cannady murdered his former cellmate (duh, did he think nobody would connect him with the crime, what with the two of them being locked into the same small area???)
expired 5-19-2010 in Huntsville, Texas age 37 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| tv producer Stephen Joseph Cannell gave us The A-Team, The Rockford Files, Wiseguy, Silk Stalkings & other brainrot born on 2-5-1941 in Pasadena, California expired 9-30-2010 in Pasadena, California age 69 cause: complications from myeloma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Nevada senator (1959-82) Howard Walter Cannon born on 1-26-1912 in Saint George, Utah expired 3-5-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 90 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trotskyite jailed for violating Smith Act James P. Cannon co-founder of U.S. Communist Party (1919); expelled (1928); co-founder of Socialist Workers Party (1938) born on 2-11-1890 in Rosedale, Kansas expired 8-21-1974 in Los Angeles, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Playboy October 1961 Playmate of Month Jean M. Cannon
expired 11-17-2005 in Pembroke Pines, Florida age 64 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Donovan Cannon played Peter B. Clifford on the McCloud tv show born on 4-24-1922 in Salmon, Idaho expired 5-20-2005 in Hudson, New York age 83 AKS: JD J. D. J.D. Canon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Ole Opry star Sarah Ophelia Cannon
expired 3-4-1996 in Nashville, Tennessee age 83 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McDonald's chairman James Richard Cantalupo born on 11-14-1943 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 4-19-2004 in Orlando, California age 60 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comic actor Cantinflas played the manservant PAssapartoutin Around the World in 80 Days
expired 4-20-1993 age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway producer Arthur Cantor produced A Thousand Clowns (1962) born on 3-12-1920 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 4-8-2001 in New York, New York age 81 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vaudeville comedian Eddie Cantor early in career worked mostly in black-face; a co-
expired 10-10-1964 in Hollywood, California age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Peter Anthony Cantu
expired 8-17-2010 in Huntsville, Texas age 35 cause: executed; lethal injection
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English King (1016-1035) Canute son of Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard; first of the Danish kings of England
expired 11-12-1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England age 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early movie cowboy & stuntman Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt second unit director for the chariot race scene in Ben Hur (1959); awarded special oscar in 1966 for creating the profession of stuntman born on 11-29-1895 in Colfax, Washington expired 5-24-1986 in Los Angeles, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rabid red-bating idealogue Canwell F. Canwell as a one-term Washington state rep. (1947-48) needlessly ruined numerous lives and reputations born on 1-11-1907 expired 4-1-2002 in Spokane, Washington age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indian Senator (1945-62) Homer Earl Capehart in 1927 founded Capehart Automatic Phonograph Company of America (later merged with Farnsworth Television and Radio); in 1932 founded Packard Manufacturing Corp. to make phonograph records born on 6-6-1897 in Algiers, Indiana expired 9-3-1979 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author/playwright Karel Capek wrote 1920 play R.U.R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots") that introduced the term robot (his brother Joseph actually coined the term) born on 1-9-1890 in Malé Svatonovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary expired 12-24-1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia age 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
son of Scarface Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone was a Miami restauranteur for many years; copped a plea to misdemeanor shoplifting (1965)
expired 7-8-2004 in Cool, El Dorado County, California age 89
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Chicago mobster Alphonse Capone
expired 1-25-1947 in Miami Beach, Florida age 48 cause: heart failure; paresis; syphilis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago gangster Ralph Capone Al's brother born on 1-12-1894 expired 11-22-1974 in Hurley, Wisconsin age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Truman Streckfus Capote wrote In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
expired 8-25-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 59 cause: multiple drug intoxications; liver disease; phlebitis
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| super-geezer Maria Esther de Capovilla had been identified by the Guinness Book as the worlds ("documented") oldest person born on 9-14-1889 in Guayaquill, Ecuador expired 8-27-2006 in Guayaquill, Ecuador age 116 cause: pneumonia
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cartoonist Al Capp created/drew the L'il Abner strip (1934-77); received the 1947 Reuben Award
expired 11-5-1979 in South Hampton, New Hampshire age 70 cause: emphysema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1831-1846) Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari elected 255th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1831
expired 6-9-1846 in Rome, Italy age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director Frank Capra directed It Happened One Night (1934;oscar), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936;oscar), Lost Horizon (1937), You Can't Take it With You (1938;oscar), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) & Its A Wonderful Life
(1946) born on 5-18-1897 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy expired 9-3-1991 age 94
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actress Anna Capri did a lot of episodic tv in the 1950s & 60s
expired 8-19-2010 in Los Angeles, California age 64 cause: removed from life support; coma; car crash AKS: Anha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Capucine born on 1-6-1923 in Toulon, France expired 3-17-1990 age 67 cause: suicide; jump from 8th floor window | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian movie actress Flora Carabella widow of Marcello Mastroianni born on 2-15-1926 in Rome, Italy expired 4-19-1999 in Rome, Italy age 73 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1555-1559) Giovanni Pietro Caraffa elected 224th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church May 23, 1555
expired 8-18-1559 in Rome, Italy age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| troubled fashion model Gia Marie Carangi born on 1-29-1960 expired 11-18-1986 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 26 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-time U.S. billiards champion James "Jimmy" Caras won in 1936, 1938, 1939, 1949 & 1967 born on 12-17-1908 in Scranton, Pennsylvania expired 12-3-2002 in Jacksonville, Florida age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former ASPCA president (1991-99) Roger A. Caras born on 5-24-1928 in Methuen, Massachusetts expired 2-18-2001 in Towson, Maryland age 72 cause: complications from heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cubs announce Harry Caray
expired 2-18-1998 in Rancho Mirage, California age 78 cause: cardiac arrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal John Joseph Carberry born on 7-31-1904 in New York, New York expired 6-17-1998 in Kirkwood, Missouri age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film preservationist James G. Card founded the Department of Film at the George Eastman House of Photography (1948); co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival (1974) born on 10-25-1915 in Shaker Heights, Ohio expired 1-16-2000 in Syracuse, New York age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Mexican president (1934-40) Gen. Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized Mexican oil industry (forming PEMEX) born on 5-21-1895 in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico expired 10-19-1970 in Mexico City, Mexico age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cinematographer & director Jack Cardiff received honorary oscar for photographing many movies, including The Red Shoes (1948), The African Queen (1951), Fanny (1961) & Conan the Destroyer (1984); directed Smell-O-Vision opus Scent of
Mystery (1960)
expired 4-22-2009 in Ely, England age 94
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| Dr. José Miró Cardona Castro's first Premier for 3 months in 1959; broke with Castro in 1961 & defected to U.S. expired 8-10-1974 in San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico age 71 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former newspaper editor William Joseph "Bill" Cardoso went independent, wirting for a variety of publications; it was on one of his assignments that he met Hunter S. Thompson; he later coined a term when he described Thompson's writing style as "gonzo"; author of "The Maltese Sangweech and other Heroes" born on 9-24-1937 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-26-2006 in Kelseyville, California age 68 cause: heart failure; pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II Brazilian Field Marshall Waldemar Levy Cardozo born on 12-4-1900 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil expired 5-13-2009 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil age 108
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author Giosuè Alessandro Guiseppe Carducci was the 1906 Nobel prize winner for literature born on 7-27-1835 in Val di Castello, Italy expired 2-16-1907 in Bologna, Italy age 71 AKS: Giosue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michelle Carew Rod's daughter expired 4-16-1996 age 18 cause: cardiac failure; acute non-lymphocytic leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Macdonald Carey born on 3-15-1913 in Sioux City, Iowa expired 3-21-1994 age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "cheap" child Ernestine Gilbreth Carey co-wrote Cheaper By The Dozen about growing up in a brood of 12 (1948) born on 4-4-1908 expired 11-4-2006 in Fresno, California age 98
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character actor Harry Carey Sr.
expired 9-21-1947 in Brentwood, California age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former N.Y. governor (1975-82) Hugh Leo Carey born on 4-11-1919 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 8-7-2011 in Shelter Island, Long Island, New York age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hall-of-Fame Pittsburg outfielder Max Carey held record for stolen bases for many years
expired 5-30-1976 in Miami Beach, Florida age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Philip Carey appeared on One Life to Live as Asa Buchanan
expired 2-6-2009 in New York, New York age 83 cause: lung cancer
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character actor Ron Carey played Officer Levitt on the Barney Miller sitcom
expired 1-16-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former UPS driver Ronald Robert Carey got himself elected as president of the teamsters union, then turned into Sgt. Schultz (saw nothing, heard nothing when aides ran amok); had his re-election bid overturned by the Feds born on 3-22-1936 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-11-2008 in Queens, New York, New York age 72 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Henson Cargill had 1968 hit with Skip a Rope born on 2-5-1941 in Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma expired 3-24-2007 in Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma age 66 cause: complications from surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Leo Antonio Carillo played Pancho, the Cisco Kid's sidekick born on 8-6-1881 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-10-1961 in Santa Monica, California age 81 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
noted 1960s Egyptian belly dancer Tahia Carioca married 14 times
expired 9-20-1999 in Cairo, Egypt age 79 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ad agency slogan writer Bogart Carlaw wrote Umm, Umm, Good for Campbells Soup & Lucky Strike Green has gone to war born on 3-28-1904 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-12-1979 in Mount Kisco, New York age 74 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pianist & big band leader Frankie Carle co-wrote Sunrise Serenade
expired 3-7-2001 in Mesa, Arizona age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis "Gashouse Gang" pitcher James Otto "Tex" Carleton born on 9-18-1906 in Comanche, Texas expired 1-11-1977 in Fort Worth, Texas age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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comedian George Denis Carlin the Supreme Court said he couldn't speak 7 dirty words on the radio or tv born on 5-12-1937 in New York, New York expired 6-22-2008 in Santa Monica, California age 71 cause: heart failure
AKS: Dennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio announcer Phillips Carlin original host of radio version of Queen for a Day born on 6-30-1894 expired 8-27-1971 in New York, New York age 77 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| game show producer Steven Roy Carlin executive producer of the $64,000 Question, $64,000 Challenge & the syndicated $128,000 Question (1976-78); developed Rootie Kazootie kiddie show (1950-54); wrote comic strip Happy the Humbug born on 2-27-1919 in New York, New York expired 2-4-2003 in New York, New York age 83 cause: pneumonia; complications from Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Thomas A. Carlin born on 12-10-1928 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-6-1991 in New Rochelle, New York age 62 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Chester Floyd Carlson inventor of xerography back when the company he worked for was known as Haloid Corporation born on 2-8-1906 in Seattle, Washington expired 9-19-1968 in New York, New York age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TGIFriday founder Curtis LeRoy Carlson created the Gold Bond Stamp Co. (1938) born on 7-9-1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-19-1999 in Minnetonka, Minnesota age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard Carlson protagonist in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and The Magnetic Monster born on 4-29-1912 in Albert Lea, Minnesota expired 11-25-1977 in Encino, California age 65 cause: complications from cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Caleb Sidney Carlton part of Bryant & Milam's defense "dream team" at their trial for the murder of Emmett Till; past president of the Mississippi Bar Association (1962-63) born on 11-26-1915 in New Albany, Mississippi expired 6-??-1966 age 50 AKS: C Sidney Sydney Carleton Carltun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Robert Richard Carlyle played Rezin Bowie in The Iron Mistress (1952) & Lt. Karl Jaeger in the original Star Trek series episode The Squire of Gothos (1967) born on 3-20-1914 in Saint Catherines, Ontario, Canada expired 11-15-2009 in Sherman Oaks, California age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Gretchen Gayle Carman was doing the tv weathercasts for WUHQ-tv in Battle Creek in 1971
expired 7-6-2001 in Delton, Michigan age 52 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "9-foot" 500 pound circus giant Eddie Carmel born on --1936 in Tel Aviv, Palestine expired 7-30-1972 in New York, New York age 36 cause: glandular disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Roger Charles Carmel voice of Smokey the Bear on tv; played Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd on Star Trek born on 9-27-1932 in New York, New York expired 11-10-1986 in Hollywood, California age 54 cause: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| song writer Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael wrote Stardust (1927; with Michael Parish) & Georgia On My Mind (1930) born on 11-22-1899 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 12-27-1981 in Rancho Mirage, California age 82 cause: heart attack
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| original & best Lord Peter Wimsey actor Ian Gillett Carmichael also portrayed Bertie Wooster born on 6-18-1920 in Kensington-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England expired 2-5-2010 in Esk Valley, North Yorkshire, England age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri governor (1993-2000) Melvin Eugene Carnahan died while campaigning for U.S. senate born on 2-11-1934 in Birch Tree, Missouri expired 10-16-2000 in Barnhart, Missouri age 66 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French film director Marcel Albert Carné made Les Enfants du Paradis and Le Jour Se Leve born on 8-18-1909 in Paris, France expired 10-31-1996 in Clamart, France age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| teacher of public speaking Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) born on 11-24-1888 in Maryville, Missouri expired 11-1-1955 in New York, New York age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heavyweight boxer (held title 1933-34), wrestler, circus performer Primo Carnera appeared in Mighty Joe Young (1949) and Hercules Unchained born on 10-25-1906 in Sequals, Italy (near Venice) expired 6-29-1967 in Sequals, Italy age 60 cause: cirrhosis of the liver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur William Matthew Carney played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners; has won 3 Emmys & an oscar (1974) for Harry and Tonto born on 11-4-1918 in Mount Vernon, New York expired 11-9-2003 in Chester, Connecticut age 85
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WOR radio kiddie show host (1928-47) Don Carney an apocryphal story has Don, thinking the microphone was dead at the end of a program, saying "that ought to told the little bastards" (it never happened - just another urban legend); ended career as a radio disc jocket at WKAT (Miami)
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| actor Morris Carnovsky born on 9-5-1897 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 9-1-1992 age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enola Gay tail gunner & photographer George R. "Bob" Caron photographed the mushroom cloud rising after they nuked Hiroshima born on 10-31-1919 expired 6-3-1995 in Denver, Colorado age 75 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway actress Constance Carpenter born on 4-19-1904 in Bath, Somerset, England expired 12-26-1992 in New York, New York age 88 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Lake Casitas (CA) ranger George J. Carpenter as a rookie MI Dept. of Public Safety officer participated in early relief efforts at the Bath, Michigan, Consolidated School bombing site born on 3-11-1906 expired 9-30-2002 in Oakview, California age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
anorexic singer Karen Anne Carpenter
expired 2-4-1983 in Downey, California age 32 cause: complications from anorexia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
agent & movie producer Allan Carr produced Grease (1978) and Broadway & movie versions of La Cage aux Folles; agent for Ann-Margret, Peter Sellers, Marvin Hamlisch, Tony Curtis, Dyan Cannon, Joan Rivers; credited with "discovering" Mark Hamill, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steve Guttenberg; one of the creators of the original Playboy Penthouse Television series; produced the 1989 Academy Awards telecast, featuring "Snow White" singing Proud Mary with Rob Lowe (Disney sued)
expired 6-29-1999 in Beverly Hills, California age 62 cause: liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery, Alabama parent Arlam Carr Sr. with wife successfully sued on behalf of son to have the Montgomery Public Schools desegregated born on 10-14-1909 expired 7-13-2005 in Montgomery, Alabama age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kiss drummer Eric Carr
expired 11-24-1991 in New York, New York age 41 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| soul singer James Carr born on 6-13-1942 in Clarksdale, Mississippi expired 1-7-2001 in Memphis, Tennessee age 58 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
civil rights defender Johnnie Rebecca Daniels Carr widow of Arlam Carr Sr.; with husband successfully sued the Montgomery, Alabama Public Schools on behalf of their son to force their desegregation (1964); first met Rosa Louise McCauley in the 1920s at Miss White's Industrial School for Girls; worked with her again starting in the 1930s at the local NAACP chapter; had
been the (second) president of the Montgomery Improvement Association until her death (this is the group that was founded to organize & manage the 1955/56 bus boycott; she took over from the founder in 1967)born on 1-26-1911 in Alabama expired 2-22-2008 in Montgomery, Alabama age 97 cause: complications from stroke
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| former Tennessee secretary of state (1941-44 & 45-77) Joseph Cordell Carr defendant in Baker v. Carr Supreme Court case (1962; one man-one vote case) born on 6-20-1907 in Cookeville, Tennessee expired 10-??-1981 in Nashville, Tennessee age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat Generation "muse" Lucien Carr while a student at Columbia University knew Ginsberg & Burroughs and Kerouac as well as Neal Cassady; convicted of the 8-14-1944 Boy Scout knife murder of 33 year old David Kammerer but later pardoned (claiming self defense against Kammerer's violent homosexual attack); his post-slammer day job: an editor for the UPI born on 3-1-1925 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-28-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia age 79 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Paul Carr played Lt. Lee Kelso in the second Star Trek pilot: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) born on 2-1-1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 2-17-2006 in Valley Village, California age 72 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kung Fu actor David Carradine was the son of John Carradine; changed his name in the 1950s
expired 6-3-2009 in Bangkok, Thailand age 72 cause: auto-erotic asphyxiation; whacking-off in the closet
AKS: Caradine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor John Carradine played Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944); father of David & Keith
expired 11-27-1988 age 82
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1912 Nobel medicine laureate Alexis Carrel a staunch advocate of eugenics, proposing the use of gas chambers to rid humanity of "inferior stock" (a big hit with the up and coming Nazi elite); part of the collaborationist Vichy government born on 6-28-1873 in Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, France expired 11-5-1944 in Paris, France age 71 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
entertainer Rudi Carrell got into serous trouble when he did a parody of Ayatollah Khomeini
expired 7-7-2006 in Bremen, Germany age 71 cause: lung cancer
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| movie production designer Edward Carrere shared oscar for Camelot (1967) born on 10-13-1906 in Mexico expired 12-19-1984 in Mission Viejo, California age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired doctor Charles James Carrico a first- born on 4-13-1935 expired 7-25-2002 in Greenbank, Whidbey Island, Washington age 67 cause: colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Willis Haviland Carrier credited with inventing air conditioning (1906) born on 11-26-1876 in Angola, New York expired 10-7-1950 in New York, New York age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Lawson Products salesman Louis Leon Carrol read a story about Pat Nixon that said that her kid's would like a dog — he sent them one just after Labor Day 1952
expired 4-3-2006 in Highland Park, Illinois age 83 AKS: Lewis Carol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman/politician/revolutionary Charles Carroll of Carrollton at on time had been the richest man in "the colonies"; was the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence born on 9-19-1737 in Annapolis, Province of Maryland expired 11-14-1832 in Baltimore, Maryland age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
voice actor Eddie Carroll uncle of Erika Eleniak; voiced Jiminy Cricket following the death of Cliff Edwards; did a one-man show about Jack Benny
expired 4-8-2010 in Woodland Hills, California age 76 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| junkie, punk musician, poet James Dennis "Jim" Carroll wrote The Basketball Diaries (1978) born on 8-1-1950 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-11-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 60 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedienne Jean Carroll was a very popular performer in the 1940s & 1950s; widow of Buddy Howe
expired 1-1-2010 in White Plains, New York age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| be-bop vocalist Joe Carroll born on 11-25-1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-1-1981 in New York, New York age 65 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Carroll played lead in several Zorro movies born on 7-17-1906 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 4-24-1979 in Hollywood, California age 72 cause: complications from leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Leo G. Carroll tv's Cosmo Topper; Alexander Waverly on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. born on 10-18-1892 in Weedon, England expired 10-16-1972 in Hollywood, California age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Lewis Carroll wrote Alice In Wonderland (1865), it's sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1971) and The Jabberwocky; the original editions were illustrated by John Tenniel
expired 1-14-1898 in Guildford, Surrey, England age 65 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Munchkin fiddler Mickey Carroll he told Dorothy to "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" to Oz
expired 5-7-2009 in Crestwood, Missouri age 89
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| I Love Lucy writer Robert Gordon "Bob" Carroll Jr. born on 8-12-1918 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania expired 1-27-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| farmer/poet Hayden Carruth won the 1996 National Book Award for Poetry for his collection of works titled Scambled Eggs and Whiskey born on 8-3-1921 in Waterbury, Connecticut expired 9-29-2008 in Munnsville, New York age 87 cause: complications from strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv director & game show creator William H. "Bill" Carruthers started in Detroit as director of WXYZ-born on 9-22-1930 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-2-2003 in Burbank, California age 72 cause: landed on the Big Whammy; complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| western movie/tv character actor Eldridge "Kit" Carson born on 1-15-1909 in Texas expired 2-11-1978 in Taylor, Texas age 69 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny's dad Homer Carson born on 10-4-1899 in Nebraska expired 4-10-1983 in Columbus, Nebraska age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor / lush John David Carson son of western movie/tv actor Eldridge "Kit" Carson; appeared in Pretty Maids all in a Row (as Ponce de Leon Harper; 1971), Falcon Crest (as Jay Spence; 1987-88) & Pretty Woman (as Mark; 1990); purported to have had a serious alcohol addiction that may have contributed to his early demise
expired 10-27-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former NBC Tonight Show host (1962-92) John William "Johnny" Carson hosted Earn Your Vacation (1954) & Who Do You Trust (1957-62) game shows; diagnosed with emphysema (2002)
expired 1-23-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: respiratory arrest; emphysema
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| former Pittsburgh Steelers coach (1972-77) Leon H. "Bud" Carson constructed their "Steel Curtain" defense born on 4-28-1930 in Freeport, Pennsylvania expired 12-7-2005 in Sarasota, Florida age 75 cause: emphysema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biologist and author Rachel Louise Carson wrote The Silent Spring about the effects of DDT on the environment (1962) born on 5-27-1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania expired 4-14-1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland age 56 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny's son Richard Wolcott Carson expired 6-21-1991 age 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| failed 1970 Nixon Supreme Court nominee George Harold Carswell born on 12-22-1919 in Irwinton, Georgia expired 7-31-1992 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carter Family singer Anita Carter sister of June & Helen
expired 7-29-1999 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter won 1963 Grammy for his arrangement of Busted for Ray Charles; wrote Cow Cow Boogie (1942; a hit for the Freddie Slack band & singer Ella Mae Morse); wrote bosa nova hit Only Trust Your Heart born on 8-8-1907 in New York, New York expired 7-12-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 95
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| presidential mom Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter born on 8-15-1898 in Richmond, Georgia expired 10-30-1983 age 85
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| jazz vocalist Betty Carter born on 3-8-1929 expired 9-26-1998 in New York, New York age 69 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| presidential brother Billy Carter born on 3-29-1937 in Plains, Georgia expired 9-25-1988 age 51 cause: cancer
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Designing Women actress Dixie Virginia Carter played Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women sitcom (1986-93)
expired 4-10-2010 in Beverly Hills, California age 70 cause: complications from endometrial cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| theater organist Gaylord Beach Carter noted for scoring & accompanying silent movies on the giant Wurlitzer born on 8-3-1905 in Weisbaden, Germany expired 11-20-2000 in Long Beach, California age 95 cause: complications from strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carter Family singer Helen Carter sister of Anita & June born on 9-12-1927 in Maces Springs, Virginia expired 6-2-1998 in Nashville, Tennessee age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egyptologist Howard Carter co-discoverer of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of Kings (1922) born on 5-9-1873 in Swaffham, Norfolk, England expired 3-2-1939 in London, England age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
one-time chain gang laborer James Carter as an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentary lead a group of prisoners in singing the work song Po' Lazarus for Alan Lomax (1959); the recording was included in the soundtrack of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); the soundtrack CD went platinum & was named the Grammy Album of the Year
expired 11-26-2003 in Oak Park, Illinois age 77 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Jeanette Carter last surviving member of the Carter Family singers born on 7-2-1923 expired 1-22-2006 in Kingsport, Tennessee age 82 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease AKS: Janette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miniature Golf originator John Garnet Carter created Lookout Mountain tourist trap ROCK CITY born on 2-9-1883 in Sweetwater, Tennessee expired 7-21-1954 in Chattanooga, Tennessee age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-33 astronaut Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr. born on 8-15-1947 in Macon, Georgia expired 4-5-1991 age 43 cause: commercial plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country music singer/guitarist Mother Maybelle Carter expired 10-23-1978 in Nashville, Tennessee age 69
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the singing fat lady Nell Carter starred on Gimme a Break! tv sitcom
expired 1-23-2003 in Beverly Hills, California age 54 cause: complications for diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Delta Democrat-Times editor William Hodding Carter Jr. won 1945 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing; father of Carter administration P.R. flack born on 2-3-1907 in Hammond, Louisiana expired 4-4-1972 in Greenville, Mississippi age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley Nash "John" Carthan father of Mamie Till; grandfather of murder victim Emmett Till born on 3-23-1902 in Mississippi expired 1-??-1969 in Argo, Illinois age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pulp sci-fi & horror artist Edward Daniel "Edd" Cartier was a World War II veteran who was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge; illustrated stories by L. Ron Hubbard, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon & Robert Heinlein; worked on The Shadow (1936-41 & 1946-48); worked on such pulp publications as
Unknown, Astounding Science Fiction, Wild West Weekly, Movie Action & Detective Story Magazine born on 8-1-1914 in North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey expired 12-25-2008 in Ramsey, New Jersey age 94 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
photographer & sometime actor Henri Cartier-Bresson had bit parts in friend's movies — played Le Cuisinier in La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game; 1939)born on 8-22-1908 in Chanteloup. Seine-et-Marne, France expired 8-2-2004 in l'Ile-sur-La Sorgue, Provence, France age 95
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| romance novelist Dame Barbara Hamilton Cartland born on 7-9-1901 in Warwickshire, England expired 5-21-2000 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England age 98 cause: "a short illness"
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| actress Katrin Cartlidge born on 5-15-1961 in London, England expired 9-7-2002 in London, England age 41 cause: complications from pneumonia; septicaemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actress Lynn Cartwright played Venus Girl in The Queen of Outer Space (1958); appeared in A League of Their Own as the elder Dottie Hinson (1992)
expired 1-2-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 75 cause: complications for senile dementia; hip fracture AKS: Cartright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Anthony L. Caruso played Bela Oxmyx on original Star Trek series episode A Piece of the Action born on 4-7-1916 in Frankfort, Indiana expired 4-4-2003 in Brentwood, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Alexander Caruthers badly flunked the DNA test that would have proven his innocence
expired 1-29-2001 in Huntsville, Texas age 52 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| scientist George Washington Carver born on 1-5-1864 in Diamond, Missouri expired 1-5-1943 in Tuskegee, Alabama age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic City Steel Pier performer (1924-42) Sonora Webster Carver first to ride diving horses; lost her sight in 1931 but continued to perform; her 1961 autobiography, A Girl and Five Brave Horses, inspired 1991 movie Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken; her sister, Arnette Webster French also performed in the diving horse show; a third performer/friend (Josephine K. DeAngelis) died two days before her born on 2-2-1904 expired 9-21-2003 in Pleasantville, New Jersey age 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Christopher Cary played King Richard in The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) & Merlin the magician on The Time Tunnel (1966)
expired 4-1-2000 in Hollywood, California age 69 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French pianist Gaby L'Hôte Casadesus widow of Robert born on 8-9-1901 in Marseilles, France expired 11-12-1999 in Paris, France age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jean Casadesus son of Robert & Gaby born on 7-7-1927 in Paris, France expired 1-20-1972 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada age 44 cause: auto crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French pianist Robert Marcel Casadesus husband of Gaby born on 4-7-1899 in Paris, France expired 9-19-1972 in Paris, France age 73 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cellist Pablo Pau Carlos Salvador Casals born on 12-29-1876 in Vendrell, Spain expired 10-22-1973 in Rio Piedras, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico age 96
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| epidemiologist Dr. Jordi Casals-Ariet discovered the hemorrhagic fever Lassa virus (1969; almost died from it) born on 5-15-1911 in Viladrau, Girona, Spain expired 2-10-2004 in New York, New York age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Hilton bellhop Simone "Sam" Cascio alleged to be the world's oldest born on 6-24-1897 expired 8-29-1993 age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator Clifford Philip Case born on 4-16-1904 in Franklin Park, New Jersey expired 3-5-1982 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Theodore W. Case co-developer of Thalofide infrared photo-electric cell & Movietone sound- born on 12-12-1888 in Auburn, New York expired 5-13-1944 in Auburn, New York age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child actress Adriana Caselotti provided the singing and talking voice of Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) born on 5-16-1916 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 1-19-1997 in Los Angeles, California age 80 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyricist A. Kenneth Casey co-wrote Sweet Georgia Brown (December, 1925) born on 1-10-1899 expired 8-10-1965 in Newburgh, New York age 66 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1887 Philadelphia baseball pitcher Daniel M. Casey claimed to be the inspiration for Ernest Thayer's poem Casey at the Bat (1888) born on 10-2-1863 expired 2-8-1943 in Washington, District of Columbia age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Boston city censor John M. Casey as first head of the Boston Licensing Bureau (1904-1932) gave meaning to the phrase "banned in Boston" expired 10-22-1959 in Boston, Massachusetts age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Pennsylvania governor (1987-94) Robert Patrick Casey born on 1-9-1932 in New York, New York expired 5-30-2000 in Scranton, Pennsylvania age 68 cause: severe infection; amyloidosis; prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIA Director (1981-87) William Joseph Casey born on 3-13-1913 in Elmhurst, New York expired 5-6-1987 in Glen Cove, New York age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herman Frank Cash purported to have been involved in a notorious church bombing that killed four girls (1963) born on 7-25-1918 expired 2-7-1994 in Pinson, Alabama age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MSU English prof. James W. "Jim" Cash with partner co-wrote Legal Eagles (1986), Top Gun (1986), Dick Tracey (1990) and Flintsones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) born on 1-17-1941 in Boyne City, Michigan expired 3-24-2000 in East Lansing, Michigan age 59 cause: "intestinal ailment" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
country singer John R. "Johnny" Cash
expired 9-12-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee age 71 cause: respiratory failure; pneumonia; autonomic neuropathy; complications from diabetes
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| Detroit Tigers first baseman (1960-74) Norman Dalton Cash born on 11-10-1934 in Justiceburg, Texas expired 10-11-1986 in Charlevoix, Michigan age 51 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Rosalind Cash played Lisa in Omega Man and rastafarian Planet 10 Black Lectroid John Emdall in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) born on 12-31-1938 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 10-31-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 56 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valerie June Carter Cash daughter of Mother Maybelle; sister of Anita & Helen; co-wrote Ring of Fire born on 6-23-1929 in Maces Spring, Virginia expired 5-15-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee age 73 cause: complications from heart valve surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Playboy centerfold photographer (1957-96) Mario Casilli born on 1-22-1931 expired 4-25-2002 in Altadena, California age 71 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| quantum mechanics theorist Dr. Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir postulated the Casimir Effect (1948) born on 7-15-1901 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 5-4-2000 in Heeze, The Netherlands age 90 AKS: Casmir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stefano Casiraghi husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco born on 9-8-1960 in Italy expired 10-3-1990 age 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| engraver, type designer William Caslon I born on --1693 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England expired 1-23-1766 in Bethnel Green, England age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria born on 10-1-1908 expired 2-8-2001 age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist Vera Caspary wrote Laura (1942) born on 11-13-1899 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-13-1987 in New York, New York age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| broadway actress and game show panelist Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass won 1956 Tony for playing Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame; on To Tell The Truth (1964-67) born on 5-21-1925 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 3-8-1999 in New York, New York age 74 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
wild & crazy guy Neal Cassady heavily into sex, drugs, alcohol, more sex, more drugs, more alcohol, ... (once shagged Allen Ginsberg); hung out/went on road trips with the likes of Kerouac & Kesey, becoming the basis for a number of characters in their writings; once helped Wavy Gravy kidnap Tiny Tim (must have made sense at the time)
expired 2-4-1968 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico age 43 cause: coma; hypothermia; drug interaction (alcohol & seconal) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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actor & director John Cassavetes husband of Gena Rowlands born on 12-9-1929 in New York, New York expired 2-3-1989 in Los Angeles, California age 59 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Jean-Pierre Cassel portrayed Pierre Dubois in Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965)
expired 4-19-2007 in Paris, France age 74 cause: "lung illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| calypso/Soca musician Aplhonsus Celestine Edmund "Arrow" Cassell had hit with "Hot Hot Hot" (1982) born on 11-16-1949 in Montserrat, West Indies expired 9-15-2010 in Montserrat, West Indies age 60 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv & movie actor John "Jack" Cassidy father of David Cassidy born on 3-5-1927 in New York, New York expired 12-12-1976 in Los Angeles, California age 49 cause: cigarette-ignited penthouse fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired teacher Paul Henry Cassidy was the first of the "ghost artists" to draw Superman (1930s); he is the one who added the "S" to Superman's cape born on 6-11-1910 in Cherry Valley, Illinois expired 5-15-2005 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tall actor Ted Cassidy Lurch on tv Addams Family; Ruk on original Star Trek series; co-wrote screenplay for The Harrad Experiment movie (1973) born on 7-31-1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-16-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 46 cause: complications following open heart surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CNN anchor Thomas Cassidy expired 5-26-1991 age 41 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968 Nobel Peace Prize winner René Samuel Cassin helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; UNESCO founder born on 10-5-1887 in Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France expired 2-20-1976 in Paris, France age 88 AKS: Rene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oleg's brother Igor Casini the red-
expired 1-4-2002 in New York, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fashion designer Count Oleg Loiewski Cassini first husband of Gene Tierney born on 4-11-1913 in Paris, France expired 3-17-2006 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York age 92
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| co-conspirator in assassination Caius Cassius Longinus known as "The Last of the Romans" among his contemporaries; led conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar expired ??-??-44 BC in Philippi, Greece age ?? cause: suicide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sydney Cassyd in 1946 had idea for & organized meeting that created the Television Academy, the group that awards the Emmys; Academy president in 1950 born on 12-28-1908 in Teaneck, New Jersey expired 2-4-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1590) Giambattista Castagn elected 229th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church September 15, 1590; lasted 12 days as Pope
expired 9-27-1590 in Rome, Italy age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Carlos Casteaneda born on 12-25-1923 in Cajamarca, Peru expired 4-27-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: metabolic encephalopathy; liver cancer/failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Castaneda publisher emeritus of El Nuevo Herald born on 2-8-1932 in Havana, Cuba expired 10-10-2002 in Lisbon, Portugal age 70 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard Castellano born on 9-4-1933 in New York, New York expired 12-10-1988 age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco born on 4-3-1895 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 3-15-1968 in Hollywood, California age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
geezer Maria Irma Casteur
expired 11-11-1997 age 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1829-1830) Francesco Xaverio Castiglione elected 254th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March 31, 1829
expired 12-1-1830 age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former British M.P. & cabinet minister Barbara Anne Castle
expired 5-3-2002 in Buckinghamshire, England age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ballroom dancer Irene Foote Castle born on 4-7-1893 in New Rochelle, New York expired 1-25-1969 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Peggy Castle born on 12-22-1927 in Appalachia, Virginia expired 8-10-1973 in Hollywood, California age 45 cause: cirrhosis of the liver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
horror movie producer & director William Castle produced The Tingler (1959), Mr. Sardonicus (1961) & Rosemary's Baby (1968)
expired 5-31-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 63 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| convertible sofa inventor Bernard Castro born on 8-11-1904 expired 8-24-1991 age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
company co-founder Theresa Castro of convertible furniture fame
expired 3-3-2002 in Manhasset, New York age 85 cause: heart ailment; diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor John Edward Cater had numerous roles in British films (I, Claudius, The Abominable Dr. Phibes) born on 1-17-1932 expired 3-21-2009 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Lawrence Welk Show musical director George Cates wrote the post-ABC syndicated show's theme (Champagne Time) born on 10-19-1911 in New York, New York expired 5-12-2002 in Santa Monica, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Oscars tv producer (1990-2008) Gilbert Cates Joesph's brother; Phoebe's uncle
expired 10-31-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv producer Joseph Cates cast Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Honeymooners; co-created The $64,000 Question; brother of Gil; father of Phoebe
expired 10-10-1998 in New York, New York age 74 cause: complications from leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Madelyn Cates had memorable scene in The Producers (1968); "I'm not a madame; I'm a concierge!" born on 3-8-1925 in New York, New York expired 7-14-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Willa Sibert Cather born on 12-7-1873 in Winchester, Virginia expired 4-24-1947 in New York, New York age 73 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian monarch (1762-96) Catherine II
expired 11-17-1796 age 67 cause: crushed by horse? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civil War historian & author Charles Bruce Catton born on 10-9-1899 in Petoskey, Michigan expired 8-28-1978 in Frankfort, Michigan age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Beatrice Joan Caulfield born on 6-1-1922 in West Orange, New Jersey expired 6-18-1991 age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oilman George Peck Caulkins Jr. a co-developer of the Vail Ski Resort born on 3-25-1921 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan expired 3-24-2005 in Denver, Colorado age 83 cause: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dental supply businessman Horace James "Harry" Caulkins co-founded Detroit's Pewabic Pottery studio (1903-69) born on 7-12-1850 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada expired ??-??-1923 age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band pianist Carmen Cavallaro born on 5-6-1913 in New York, New York expired 10-12-1989 age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit mayor (1961-68) Jerome Patrick Cavanagh born on 6-16-1928 in Detroit, Michigan expired 11-27-1979 in Lexington, Kentucky age 51 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYC police detective Thomas J. Cavanagh he cleared an innocent man of murder charges and convicted the real perpetrators --- the case became the basis for the Kojak pilot (The Marcus Nelson Murders) born on 10-6-1913 expired 8-2-1996 in Margate, Florida age 82 cause: lung disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham football coach (1927-32) Francis W. "Frank" Cavanaugh his team's linemen earned the nickname Seven Blocks of Granite (1929 & 30)
expired 8-29-1933 in New York, New York age 57 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pulp fiction writer Hugh Barnett Cave Sex! Horror! Babes! his works had it all; as a child his mother had been a neighbor of Rudyard Kiplingborn on 7-11-1910 in Chester, England expired 6-27-2004 in Vero Beach, Florida age 93 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I nurse Edith Louisa Cavell helped trapped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium; captured by Germans born on 12-4-1865 in Swardeston, England expired 10-12-1915 in Brussels, Belgium age 49 cause: executed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "psychic" Edgar Cayce lost his marbles in the Bermuda Triangle born on 3-18-1877 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky expired 1-3-1945 in Virginia Beach, Virginia age 67 cause: failure of his psychic powers (he didn't see it coming) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Cazale played Fredo Corleone in The Godfather I & II (1972/74) and Sal in Dog Day Afternoon (1975); at the time of his death his fianceé was Meryl Streep born on 8-12-1935 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 3-12-1978 in New York, New York age 42 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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