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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 UNCLE 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny's dad Homer Carson born on 10-4-1899 expired 4-10-1983 age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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| 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: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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