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| supergeezer Lucy Victoria D'Abreu born on 5-24-1892 in India expired 12-7-2005 in Stirling, Scotland age 113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Central African Republic president (1960-65 & 1979-81) David Dacko succeeded his uncle in position; overthrown by his cousin/overthrew his cousin born on 3-24-1930 in Bouchia, Lobaye Province, French Equatorial Africa expired 11-20-2003 in Yaoundé, Cameroon age 73 cause: respiratory problems; heart condition; asthma
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| first president of Mauritania (1961-78) Moktar Mohamedoun Ould Daddah ousted in coup born on 12-25-1924 in Boutilimit, French Mauritania expired 10-14-2003 in Paris, France age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe doctor who attended the Dionne quintuplets from birth (1934) to 1942 born on 5-29-1883 expired 6-2-1943 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French photographic inventor Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre invented the Daguerreotype (1839), following up on the work of Niepce born on 11-18-1787 in Cormeilles en Parisis, France expired 6-21-1851 age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
computing pioneer Ole-Johan Dahl originated object-oriented programming techniques; co-created the SIMULA programming language; co-recipient of the 2001 A.M. Turing Awardborn on 10-12-1931 in Mandal, Norway expired 6-29-2002 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & James Bond opus You Only Live Twice born on 9-13-1916 in Llandaff, Wales expired 11-23-1990 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Yankees baseball player Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren replaced Lou Gehrig at 1st base May 2nd, 1939 in Detroit born on 6-15-1912 expired 9-4-1996 in Arcadia, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aged Minnesottan Delvina Morrisette Dahlheimer born on 12-31-1888 in Otsego Towhship, Minnesota expired 3-13-2002 in Elk River, Minnesota age 113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| necrophiliac cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer born on 5-21-1960 in Bath Township, Ohio expired 11-28-1994 in Portage, Wisconsin age 34 cause: bludgeoned to death by another inmate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| voting rights activist Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. his home & business were firebombed by KKK goons to prevent him from registering voters born on 3-10-1908 expired 1-11-1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi age 57 cause: murdered; respiratory failure; burns suffered in firebombing of home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French World War I veteran Alexis Daigneau born on 8-4-1890 in Trouars, Deux-Sevres, France expired 4-3-2001 in Trouars, Deux-Sevres, France age 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway & Hollywood musical song & dance man Daniel James Dailey born on 12-14-1915 in New York, New York expired 10-15-1978 in Los Angeles, California age 62 cause: severe anemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Andrew Daisley member of British parliament born on 7-20-1957 in London, England expired 6-18-2003 in London, England age 45 cause: colon cancer
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| pre-WWII French premier Edouard Daladier signed 1938 München Pact with Neville Chamberlain, Mussolini and Hitler born on 6-18-1884 in Carpentras, France expired 10-10-1970 in Paris, France age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
historian baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton known for the famous quote "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely"
expired 7-19-1902 in Tegernsee, Bavaria age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940s/50s singer Alan Dale had hits with Heart of My Heart & Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White; had early network tv program (1948-50 on Dumont; 1951 on CBS)
expired 4-20-2002 in New York, New York age 76 cause: cardiac arrest; infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
vaudeville comedian Charles "Charlie" Dale half of Smith & Dale team
expired 11-16-1971 in Teaneck, New Jersey age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Henry Hallett Dale shared the 1936 Nobel prize in physiology for discoveries relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses — the role of the chemical acetylcholine in this process; father-in-law (by daughter Alison Sarah) of Lord Toddborn on 6-9-1875 in London, England expired 2-23-1968 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Nils Gustaf Dalén was the 1912 Nobel physics laureate born on 11-30-1869 in Stenstorp, Skaraborg, Sweden expired 12-9-1937 in Lidingö, Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden age 68 AKS: Dalen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago mayor (1955-76) Richard Joseph Daley "boss" of the Cook County democratic "machine"; his out-of-control police department screwed Hubert Humphrey out of 1968 presidential election at the party convention born on 5-15-1902 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-20-1976 in Chicago, Illinois age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gala Dali wife of Salvador
expired 6-9-1982 age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
artist Salvador Daliborn on 5-11-1904 in Figueras, Spain expired 1-23-1989 age 84
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character actor John Dall specialized in playing weasels: Bart Tare in Gun Crazy (1949), Marcus Publius Glabrus in Spartacus (1960) and Zaren in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
expired 1-15-1971 in Hollywood, California age 52 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12-tone composer Luigi Dallapiccola born on 2-3-1904 in Pisino, Istria (now Yugoslavia) expired 2-19-1975 in Florence, Italy age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polk vice president (1845-49) George Mifflin Dallas born on 7-10-1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-31-1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former L'Oréal chief (1957-84) François Léon Marie-Joseph Dalle took over management upon the death of the company founder born on 3-18-1918 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France expired 8-9-2005 in Geneva, Switzerland age 87 AKS: Francois Leon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judge Parker & Rex Morgan M.D. comic creator Dr. Nicholas Peter Dallis born on 12-15-1911 in New York, New York expired 7-6-1991 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nordic Ware founder (1946) H. David Dahlquist Sr. created the Bundt Pan (1950) born on 5-25-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 1-2-2005 in Edina, Minnesota age 86 cause: heart failure AKS: Dahlquist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemist & physicist John Dalton most noted for his Atomic Theory (1803) born on 9-6-1766 in Englesfield, Cumbria, England expired 7-27-1844 in Manchester, England age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Katharina Dorothea Dalton coined term PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)
expired 9-17-2004 in Poole, Dorset, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly had been the Archbishop emeritus of Armagh born on 10-1-1917 in Loughgule, County Antrim, Ireland expired 12-31-2009 in Dublin, Ireland age 92
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| pro basketball coach Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly coached the Detroit Pistons (1983-92) to two NBA championships born on 7-20-1930 in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania expired 5-9-2009 in Jupiter, Florida age 79 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor James Firman Daly played Flint in original series Star Trek episode; father of Tim, Tyne Glynn & Mrs. John Valentine born on 10-23-1918 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin expired 7-3-1978 in Nyack, New York age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer John Daly producer of Platoon (1986) & The Last Emperor (1987); won 13 Best Picture oscars; with David Hemmings formed Hemdale (1967) expired 10-31-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio/tv journalist & What's My Line host John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly Jr. born on 2-20-1914 in Johannesburg, South Africa expired 2-24-1991 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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biochemist Carl Peter Henrik Dam discovered vitamin K; shared the 1943 Nobel prize in physiology born on 2-21-1895 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 4-17-1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hairdresser-turned-porno director Gerard Rocco Damiano Sr. wrote/directed Deep Throat (1972) & The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) born on 8-4-1928 in New York, New York expired 10-25-2008 in Fort Myers, Florida age 80 cause: complications from stroke
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| Wal-Mart seasonal(/disposable) employee Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by moron "shoppers" when he opened the store's doors at 5:00 am on "Black Friday" born on 2-13-1974 expired 11-28-2008 in Mineola, Long Island, New York age 34 cause: positional asphyxiation; trampled to death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Philharmonic conductor Walter Johannes Damrosch born on --1862 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland) expired 12-22-1950 in New York, New York age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
formerly-oldest living former NFL player Sam Dana played one season with the New York Yankees NFL franchise (1928); while in college (Columbia) played along side Lou Gehrig
expired 10-29-2007 in Kenmore, New York age 104 cause: complications from infection
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1940s women's baseball league player (1944-50) Faye Katherine Dancer portrayed in A League of Their Own (1992) by Madonna
expired 5-22-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 77 cause: complications from (cancerous) organ removal surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC news reader Jill Dando born on 11-9-1961 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England expired 4-26-1999 in London, England age 37 cause: murdered; shot in the head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress and singer Dorothy Jean Dandridge married to Harold Nicholas (1944-51) and Jack Denison (1959-62); had one daughter, Harolyn "Lynn" Nicholas born on 11-9-1922 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-8-1965 in West Hollywood, California age 42 cause: overdose of Tofranil (anti-depressant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dorothy's mother Ruby Jean Dandridge appeared on Judy Canova's radio show (1943-53); played Delia on Father Knows Best tv series (1961-63) born on 3-3-1902 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-17-1987 in Los Angeles, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertising executive Maxwell Dane a co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency (1949) born on 6-7-1906 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 8-8-2004 in New York, New York age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer William P. D'Angelo born on 6-14-1932 expired 6-8-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
disrespected comedian Rodney Dangerfield won 1980 Grammy for album No Respect; considered having the Realians clone him
expired 10-5-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 82 cause: complications following heart valve surgery
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| former New York Times managing editor (1964-69) Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. husband of Margaret Truman Daniel born on 9-19-1912 in Zebulon, North Carolina expired 2-21-2000 in New York, New York age 87 cause: complications from a stroke; heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer/presidential daughter Mary Margaret Truman Daniel widow of Clifton Daniel; daughter of Harry born on 2-17-1924 in Independence, Missouri expired 1-29-2008 in Chicago, Illinois age 83
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| acting teacher Tad Z. Danielewski also did tv documentaries born on 3-29-1921 in Poland expired 1-6-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former journalist Derik January Daniels was executive editor of the Detroit Free Press; later did a stint as the President & CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1976-82) who reorganized the company & trained Christie Hefner to take over born on 12-6-1928 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 2-5-2005 in Miami, Florida age 76 cause: lung cancer AKS: Derek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 Miss America Fay Lanphier Daniels first Miss America to: represent an entire state; get a divorce; was the 1926 Rose Bowl Queen born on 12-12-1905 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-21-1959 in Oakland, California age 53 cause: viral pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry F. Daniels original member of Ink Spots singing group from 1931 to 1936; sang tenor and played guitar born on 12-14-1915 expired 11-7-1995 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv director Marc Daniels born on 1-27-1912 expired 4-23-1989 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920s Our Gang child actor Richard Daniels Jr.
expired 8-20-1970 in San Diego, California age 55 cause: cirrhosis of liver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cable tv pioneer Robert William "Bill" Daniels born on 7-1-1920 in Greeley, Colorado expired 3-7-2000 in Rancho Mirage, California age 79 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer/prudcer Stanley Edwin Daniels wrote for the Mary Tyler Moore show; co-created the Phyllis spinoff and Taxi (with James L. Brooks & David Davis) born on 7-31-1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 4-6-2007 in Encino, California age 72 cause: heart failure; frontotemporal dementia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ballet teacher Mdme Alexandra Danilova born on 11-20-1903 in Peterhof, Russia expired 7-13-1997 in New York, New York age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer/bass player Rick Danko with The Band born on 12-29-1942 in Ontario, Canada expired 12-10-1999 age 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist John Phillip William "Johnny" Dankworth husband of singer Cleo Laine born on 9-20-1927 in Woodford, Essex, England expired 2-6-2010 in London, England age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Frederic Dannay co-created the Ellery Queen mystery series with his cousin Manfred Lee in 1929
expired 9-3-1982 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mechanical engineer Konrad Dannenberg was a rocket propulsion expert who worked with Von Braun at Peenemünde designing the V-2; later worked with Von Braun at Huntsville (Alabama) designing the Redstone, Jupiter and Saturn rocket engines born on 8-5-1912 in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany expired 2-16-2009 in Huntsville, Alabama age 96 AKS: Weissenfels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Cesare Danova mayor Carmine DiPasto in Animal House
expired 3-19-1992 in Los Angeles, California age 66 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
dancer/playwright Nicholas Dante co-wrote A Chorus Line (1974) for which he shared a 1975 Tony & 1976 Pulitzer
expired 5-21-1991 in New York, New York age 49 cause: AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Raymond "Ray" Danton born on 9-19-1931 in New York, New York expired 2-11-1992 age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician George Bernard Dantzig created the discipline of Linear Programming born on 11-8-1914 in Portland, Oregon expired 5-13-2005 in Palo Alto, California age 90 cause: cardiovascular disease; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Aaron Leon Danzig argued/lost Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins Supreme Court case (1938) born on 9-9-1913 in Newark, New Jersey expired 9-10-2002 in New York, New York age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War II Japanese radio broadcaster Iva Toguri d'Aquino convicted of treason; pardoned by Ford on his last full day in office (1-19-1977)
expired 9-26-2006 in Chicago, Illinois age 90
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| dangerous SUV driver Richard Alan Daraban had numerous serious vehicular citations; while driving without a license drove his Ford Bronco off the Mackinac Bridge (2nd person to go airborn in a vehicle off the span) — ruled an intentional act by the fuzz born on 9-10-1971 expired 3-2-1997 in Straits of Mackinac, Michigan age 25 cause: suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Academy-award winning composer Ken Darby born on 5-13-1909 in Hebron, Nebraska expired 1-24-1992 age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Newsday editorial cartoonist Tom Darcy won 1970 Pulitzer prize born on 12-19-1932 in New York, New York expired 12-6-2000 in East Meadows, New York age 67 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis researcher Philip Montagu D'Arcy Hart born on 6-25-1900 in London, England expired 7-30-2006 in London, England age 106
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| chemical company heir Constance Simons du Pont Darden widow of Colgate W. Darden Jr. born on 3-4-1904 expired 2-7-2002 in Norfolk, Virginia age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former investigator Martin Francis Dardis while working for the Dade County (Florida) state's attorney noticed that the crisp new $100 bills in Watergate burglar Bernard Barker's possession came from the Miami Federal Reserve bank; he tracked them back to an account who's one identifiable deposit came from Nixon supporter/fundraiser Kenneth H. Dahlberg; he passed on the tip to Woodward & Bernstein who
continued to follow the money trail ... born on 11-25-1922 in Endicott, New York expired 5-16-2006 in Palm City, Florida age 83 cause: vascular disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first "New World" child born of English parents Virginia Dare disappeared with rest of Roanoke Island colony born on 8-18-1587 in Roanoke Island (North Carolina) expired ??-??-1587 in Roanoke Island (North Carolina) age 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mack The Knife singer Bobby Darin ex-husband of Sandra Dee
expired 12-20-1973 in Los Angeles, California age 37 cause: heart failure after surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyricist Joe Darion co-wrote musical Man of La Mancha (1965); wrote The Ho Ho Song born on 1-30-1911 in New York, New York expired 6-16-2001 in Lebanon, New Hampshire age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Persian king (521-486 BC) Darius I father of Xerxes; defeated at the Battle of Marathon (Thermopylae pass) by a small force of Greek soldiers in 490 BC
expired ??-??-486 BC age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
familiar voice Danny Dark voiced hundreds of commercials; also did cartoon voices; his was the voice that said "Sorry Charlie, ..." to a crestfallen cartoon tuna, "This Bud's for you" to slobbering drunkards & "Raid kills bugs dead" to infested homeowners
expired 6-13-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 65 cause: pulmonary hemorrhaging | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma death row inmate Tyrone Peter Darks born on 8-26-1964 expired 1-13-2004 in McAlester, Oklahoma age 39 cause: executed; lethal injection
AKS: Tyron Tyronne Dark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie actress Linda Monette Eloyse Darnell born on 10-16-1923 in Dallas, Texas expired 4-10-1965 in Chicago, Illinois age 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (with galle) was first to observe the planet Neptune (9-23-1846), based upon calculations of LeVerrier born on 7-13-1822 expired 6-14-1875 age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Frankie Darro the voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio (1940); was the actor inside the Robby the Robot costume in Forbidden Planet (1956)
expired 12-25-1976 in Huntington Beach, California age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Brace Darrow inventor of the Monopoly game born on 8-10-1889 expired 8-29-1967 in Ottsville, Pennsylvania age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Clarence Seward Darrow defense counsel in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) and the Leopold and Loeb murder trial (1924) born on 4-18-1857 in Kinsman, Ohio expired 3-13-1938 in Chicago, Illinois age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackpot announcer Mike Darrow hosted The Who, What or Where Game (1969-74) born on 1-8-1933 expired 12-7-1996 age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow Jr. born on 8-22-1909 in Princeton, New Jersey expired 7-10-1999 in Burlington, Vermont age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rexall Drug president (1946-75) Justin Whitlock Dart Sr. born on 8-7-1907 in Evanston, Illinois expired 1-26-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: heart ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. heir to Rexall Drugstore chain / Dart Industries fortune; driving force behind more extra- born on 8-29-1930 expired 6-22-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia age 71 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"actress" Bella Darvi "protegé" of Daryl F. Zanuck
expired 9-10-1971 in Monte Carlo, Monaco age 44 cause: suicide; stuck head in oven & turned on gas; two previous attempts had failed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Jane Darwell won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Grapes of Wrath
expired 8-13-1967 in Hollywood, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| naturalist Charles Robert Darwin after his voyage on the Beagle (visiting the Galápagos Islands) he (independently) proposed a theory of evolution through natural selection; wrote Origin of Species (1859); namesake of annual stupidity awards born on 2-12-1809 in Shrewsbury, England expired 4-19-1882 in Downe, England age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| attorney Samuel Dash former Watergate Senate Select Committee chief council born on 2-27-1925 in Camden, New Jersey expired 5-29-2004 in Washington, District of Columbia age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| athlete/actor Ademar Ferreira da Silva gold medal winner in the triple jump at the 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games; played the Angel of Death in Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959) born on 9-29-1927 in São Paulo, Brazil expired 1-12-2001 in São Paulo, Brazil age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
long-ago Brazilian soccer star Leonnidas da Sliva credited with inventing the "bicycle kick"
expired 1-24-2004 in São Paulo, Brazil age 93 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950s blacklisted director Julius "Jules" Dassin directed The Naked City (1948) & Topkapi (1964); Mr. Melina Mercouri (1966-her death) born on 12-18-1911 in Middletown, Connecticut expired 3-31-2008 in Athens, Greece age 96
AKS: Dasin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sports shoe manufacturer Adolph "Adi" Dassler founded Adidas born on --1901 expired 9-17-1978 in Herzogenaurach, Germany age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salvadoran military leader & politician Roberto D'Aubuisson alleged death squad head born on 8-23-1944 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador expired 2-20-1992 age 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Afghan president (1973-78) Mohammad Daud expired 5-??-1978 age ?? cause: killed in coup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Michigan State University football coach Hugh D. "Duffy" Daugherty won national championship in 1966 born on 9-8-1915 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania expired 9-25-1987 age 72 cause: heart/kidney problems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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immunologist Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset shared the 1980 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-19-1916 in Toulouse, France expired 6-6-2009 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz pianist Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport expired 12-2-1955 in Cleveland, Ohio age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
novelist Gwen Leys Davenport wrote Belvedere (1947), basis of Sitting Pretty (1948), Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949), Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) & the Mr. Belvedere tv series
expired 3-23-2002 in Louisville, Kentucky age 91 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Marcia Davenport wrote The Valley of Decision (1942); daughter of Alma Gluck; half- born on 6-9-1903 in New York, New York expired 1-15-1996 in Monterey, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic sprinter/bobsledder Willie D. Davenport born on 6-8-1943 in Troy, Alabama expired 6-17-2002 in Chicago, Illinois age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie writer/director Delmer Lawrence Daves directed Destination Tokyo (1944), Dark Passage (1947), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) & A Summer Place (1958) born on 7-24-1904 in San Francisco, California expired 8-17-1977 in La Jolla, California age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former welterweightboxer Charles Pierce "Chuck" Davey once beat Rocky Graziano; went on to be Michigan boxing commissioner & made millions selling insurance born on 5-3-1925 expired 12-4-2002 in Birmingham, Michigan age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Thayer David played mad Count Saknussem in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), the arsonist Charlie Robbins in Save the Tiger (1973), boxing promoter Jergens in Rocky (1976)
expired 7-17-1978 in New York, New York age 51 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "King of Cigars" Zino Davidoff born on 3-11-1906 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 1-17-1994 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guardian Industries owner William Morse Davidson was principle owner of the Detroit Pistons; also was owner of the NFL Tampa Bay Lightning (until 2008) & the WNBA Detroit Shock born on 12-5-1922 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-13-2009 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| computer security expert Donald Watts Davies data transmission specialist; coined term "packet switching" (1965) for computer networks such as ARPANet (Internet) born on 6-7-1924 in Treorchy, Wales, United Kingdom expired 5-28-2000 in London, England age 75 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former State Department diplomat John Paton Davies Jr. labeled a "commie" by McCarthy because he "lost" China to Mao; in 1950 he advocated nuking Russia in a pre-emptive strike (sure sounds like a "commie" to us --- NOT) born on 4-6-1908 in Kiating, Sichuan Province, China expired 12-23-1999 in Asheville, North Carolina age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| audio engineer John Ross Twiston Davies renouned for his restorations of old jazz recordings born on 3-20-1927 in Sussex, England expired 5-25-2004 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England age 77 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
famous "longtime companion" actress Marion Davies lover of William Randolph Hearst
expired 9-22-1961 in Hollywood, California age 64 cause: cancer of the jaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Federal judge Ronald Norwood Davies forced Little Rock, Arkansas schools to desegregate in 1957 born on 12-11-1904 expired 4-18-1996 age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor, painter, scientist Leonardo da Vinci did a painting of Francesco del Giocondo's wife Lisa born on 4-15-1442 in Vinci, Tuscany, Italy expired 5-2-1519 in Ambroise, France age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| potential record geezer Alberta Davis born on 12-24-1881 in Hancock County, Georgia expired 1-27-2007 in Thomson, Georgia age 125
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dancer/actress Altovise Joanne Davis widow of Sammy Davis Jr.
expired 3-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 65 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gospel hall-of-fame singer Anna Carter Gordon Davis widow of Jimmy Davis born on 2-15-1917 in Shannon, Texas expired 3-5-2004 in Fort Worth, Texas age 87 cause: acute respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz double bassist Arthur D. Davis was also a clinical psychologist born on 12-5-1933 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania expired 7-29-2007 in Long Beach, California age 73 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALCOA co-founder, president (1908), chairman (1928) Arthur Vining Davis his foundation funds many PBS programs born on 5-30-1867 in Sharon, Massachusetts expired 11-17-1962 in Miami, Florida age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Air Force general Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. during World War II headed the Tuskegee Airmen born on 12-18-1912 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 7-4-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia age 89 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ziff-Davis Publishing co-founder Bernard G. Davis born on 12-11-1906 expired 8-27-1972 in Seoul, South Korea age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Brad Davis born on 11-6-1949 in Tallahassee, Florida expired 9-8-1991 in Studio City, California age 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aviation pioneer David R. Davis co-founded Davis-Douglas Company (1920) which became Douglas Aircraft Corp. after buyout; invented the "Davis Wing" for the B-24 expired 4-15-1972 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Donald Sinclair Davis played Scully's father on The X-Files and Major General Hammond on Stargate: SG1 & Atlantis tv series born on 8-4-1942 in Aurora, Missouri expired 6-29-2008 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada age 65 cause: heart attack; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
noted tap dancer Elvera Sanchez Davis Sammy Sr./Jr.'s wife/mom
expired 9-2-2000 in New York, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse halfback Ernest R. "Ernie" Davis first black to win the Heisman Trophy (1961)born on 12-14-1939 in New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania expired 5-18-1963 in Cleveland, Ohio age 23 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweetwater Triplet Faith Cardwell Davis name suggested by Frances (Mrs. Grover) Cleveland; sister of Hope and Charity born on 5-18-1899 in Waco, Texas expired 10-2-1994 in Sweetwater, Texas age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Francis W. Davis invented automobile power steering (1926) expired 4-16-1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
former Army halfback (1943-46) Glenn Woodward Davis winner of the Heisman Trophy (1946); won 1958 Sullivan Award; briefly married to actress Terry Moore (1951-53); retired from working for the Los Angeles Times (1954-87
expired 3-9-2005 in La Quinta, California age 80 cause: complications from prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former circus aerialist Harold Davis worked without a net
expired 2-16-2001 in Sarasota, Florida age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gynecologist/obstetrician Hughes James Davis developed the Dalkon Shield birth control device born on 1-12-1927 expired 10-23-1996 in Gibson Island, Maryland age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I veteran Jack Davis born on 3-1-1895 in London, England expired 7-19-2003 in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England age 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-term former congressman (1941-43) Jacob Erastus Davis was also a former Kroger Co. chairman born on 10-31-1905 in Beaver, Pike County, Ohio expired 2-28-2003 in Naples, Florida age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gospel singer/songwriter James Bodie Davis founder of the Dixie Hummingbirds (1928) born on 6-6-1916 in Greenville, South Carolina expired 2-17-2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bluesman James D. "Thunderbird" Davis born on 10-12-1938 expired 1-24-1992 age 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Houston "Jimmie" Davis co-wrote You Are My Sunshine (1940; with Charles Mitchell); Louisiana governor 1944-48 & 1960-64; was oldest living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame born on 9-10-1899 in Quitman, Louisiana expired 11-5-2000 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana age 101
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| president of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Finis Davis born on 6-3-1808 in Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky expired 12-6-1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 81 cause: bronchitis; malaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Jim Davis played clan patriarch Jock Ewing on Dallas born on 8-26-1915 in Edgerton, Missouri expired 4-26-1981 in Northridge, California age 65 cause: complications from surgery; perforated ulcer; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former U.S. Bureau of Mines chemist (1919-25) John Williams Davis invented process of separating Helium from natural gas expired 10-4-1939 in Petersburg, Virginia age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time Durham Bulls minor league player Lawrence C. "Crash" Davis inspiration for the Kevin Costner role in Bull Durham (1988) born on 7-14-1919 in Canon, Georgia expired 8-31-2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina age 82 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Davis Colonial Penn Insurance Group founder (1963); co-founded AARP (1958) born on 1-28-1924 expired 1-15-2001 in cruise ship in Atlantic Ocean age 76 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disney animator Marc Frasier Davis created the characters Cinderella, Bambi, Bre'r Fox & Bre'r Bear (for Song of the South; 1948), Alice (for Alice in Wonderland; 1951), Tinker Bell (for Peter Pan; 1953), Briar Rose & Maleficent (for Sleeping Beauty) and Cruella De Vil (for 101
Dalmatians; 1961) born on 3-30-1913 in Bakersfield, California expired 1-12-2000 in Glendale, California age 86 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former oil mogul Marvin Davis cashed out of petroleum and got into entertainment & real estate — once owned the Pebble Beach golf courses as well as the 20th Century Fox studios (1981-85; sold it to Rupert Murdoch) born on 8-31-1925 in Newark, New Jersey expired 9-25-2004 in Beverly Hills, California age 79 cause: heart ailment; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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jazz trumpeter Miles Dewey Davis III born on 5-25-1926 in Alton, Illinois expired 9-28-1991 age 65
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actress Myra Davis Janet Leigh's body double in Psycho shower scene (1960)
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| Camelot Music founder Paul L. Davis expired 11-7-2002 in Massillon, Ohio age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis delivered the eulogy for Malcolm X; directed Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); played Jack in Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) born on 12-18-1917 in Cogdell, Georgia expired 2-3-2005 in Miami Beach, Florida age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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retired University of Pennsylvania professor Dr. Raymond Davis Jr. shared the 2002 Nobel physics prize for hunting the "wild" solar neutrino born on 10-14-1914 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-31-2006 in Blue Point, New York age 91 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former singer/songwriter Roquel Billy Davis wrote a number of songs with Berry Gordy Jr.; became an executive at the McCann- born on 7-11-1932 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-2-2004 in New Rochelle, New York age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Rufe Davis played Charley Pratt, conductor of the C&FW railroad's Hooterville Cannonball on Petticoat Junction
expired 12-13-1974 in Torrance, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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actress Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis born on 4-5-1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 10-6-1989 age 81
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| vaudevillian Sammy Davis Sr. born on 12-12-1900 in Wilmington, North Carolina expired 5-21-1988 in Beverly Hills, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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singer & actor Sammy Davis Jr. biggest hit The Candyman from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; married to Loray White (1950s), May Britt (1960-68) and Altovise Gore born on 12-8-1925 in New York, New York expired 5-16-1990 age 64
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country singer "Skeeter" Davis took stage name during the 1950s when she was half of the "Davis Sisters" duo (with Betty Jack Davis, killed in 1953 car wreck)
expired 9-19-2004 in Nashville, Tennessee age 72 cause: breast cancer
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Sonia Haft Green Lovecraft Davis widow of H.P. Lovecraft
expired 12-24-1972 in Sunland, California age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| football player Thomas E. Davis born on 10-13-1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aviator Thomas H. Davis founded Piedmont Airlines (1947) born on 3-15-1918 expired 4-22-1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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one-time Bell Labs researcher Clinton Joseph Davisson shared the 1937 Nobel prize in physics born on 10-22-1881 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 2-1-1958 in Charlottesville, Virginia age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coolidge vice president (1925-29) Charles Gates Dawes shared the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize born on 8-27-1865 in Marietta, Ohio expired 4-23-1951 in Evanston, Illinois age 85 cause: coronary thrombosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician/jingle music composer Thomas Webster Dawes as a musician performed with The Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball" & "Turn Down Day" (both 1966); came up with a lot of memorable tunes, including: Alka Seltzer's "Plot, Plot, Fizz, Fizz", Vidal Sassoon's "If Yo Don't Look Good, We Don't Look Good" & "Nothing Beats a Great Pair of L'Eggs" born on 7-25-1943 in Albany, New York expired 10-13-2007 in New York, New York age 64 cause: stroke; carotid artery surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware death row inmate David F. Dawson born on 4-1-1955 expired 4-26-2001 in Delaware age 46 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| retired Ford forklift operator (1940-2002) Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr. donated over $1.3 million to various schools, charities & non- born on 1-3-1921 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired 11-2-2002 in Highland Park, Michigan age 81 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| puppet maker Velma Dawson fabricated the Howdy Doody marionette (as well as all of the others designed by the Rose family) for the so-named tv kiddie show born on 5-30-1912 expired 9-26-2007 in Palm Desert, California age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Benny foil tenor Dennis Day
expired 6-23-1988 age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ad writer Guy Brian Day co-founded Chiat/Day agency (1968) born on 7-30-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-16-2010 in Plugerville, Texas age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennedy Postmaster General (1961-63) James Edward Day introduced the ZIP Code (Zoning Improvement Plan) in 1963 born on 10-11-1914 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 10-29-1996 in Hunt Valley, Maryland age 82 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Laraine Day from 1947 to 1960 was Mrs. Leo Durocher; played Dr. Kildare's fiance nurse Mary Lamont in a number of movies, Dorothy Bryant in Mr. Lucky (1943), the title character in I Married a Communist (1949) & Constance Fletcher on the Murder She Wrote tv series
expired 11-10-2007 in Ivins, Utah age 87
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BBC broadcast interviewer Sir Robin Day
expired 8-6-2000 in London, England age 76 cause: "heart problems" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan born on 5-20-1915 in kibbutz Deganiah Aleph, Palestine, Ottoman Empire expired 10-16-1981 in Tel Aviv, Israel age 66 cause: heart attack
AKS: Dyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
British poet laureate (1968-72) Cecil Day-Lewis succeeded Masefield in position
expired 5-22-1972 in London, England age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Dayton Hudson CEO Kenneth Nelson Dayton grandson of company founder born on 7-20-1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 7-19-2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 80 cause: refractory anemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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