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| Titanic survivor Bertram Vere Dean Jr. along with mom and sister made it into a life boat; died on the 80th anniversary of the sinking expired 4-15-1992 age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last Titanic survivor Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean died on the 98th Anniversary of the ship's launching born on 2-2-1912 in London, England expired 5-31-2009 in Woodbourne, Hampshire, England age 97
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| Rebel Without a Cause actor James Byron Dean born on 2-8-1931 in Marion, Indiana expired 9-30-1955 in Paso Robles, California age 24 cause: injuries suffered in car wreck  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Gashouse Gang" pitcher (1930-41) Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean brother of Daffy; next- born on 1-16-1911 in Lucas, Arkansas expired 7-17-1974 in Reno, Nevada age 63 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer, actor & former sausage mogul Jimmy Ray Dean had early 1960s hits with "P.T. 109" and "Big Bad John"; played reclusive Las Vegas casino mogul Whillard Whyte in Diamonds Are Forever (1971); fired by Sara Lee as spokesman for the sausage brand he created (January 2004) born on 8-10-1928 in Plainview, Texas expired 6-13-2010 in Henrico County, Virginia age 81
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| "Gashouse Gang" pitcher (1934-43) Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean Sr. brother of Dizzy born on 8-14-1912 in Lucas, Arkansas expired 3-17-1981 in Springdale, Arkansas age 68 cause: heart attack; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
flash-in-the-pan actress Quentin Dean appeared in In the Heat of the Night as Delores Purdy (1967; received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at Golden Globes)
expired 5-8-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| disc jockey Winston Joe "Buddy" Deane his WJZ-TV "Buddy Deane Show" dance program (1957- born on 8-2-1924 in Saint Charles, Arkansas expired 7-16-2003 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas age 78 cause: complications from stroke AKS: Dean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Atlantic City Steel Pier diving horse rider Josephine K. DeAngelis born on 11-9-1910 expired 9-19-2003 in Pleasantville, New Jersey age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940s Bebop jazz guitarist William "Bill" DeArango born on 9-20-1921 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 12-26-2005 in East Cleveland, Ohio age 84 cause: Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal John Francis Dearden born on 10-15-1907 in Valley Falls, Rhode Island expired 8-1-1988 age 80
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| jazz singer Blossom Margrete Dearie born on 4-29-1924 in East Durham, New York expired 2-7-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 84
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| child actor Glyn Dearman played Tiny Tim (Cratchit) in Scrooge (1951) born on 12-30-1939 expired 12-??-1998 age 58 cause: fell down stairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gipper advisor/pr flack Michael Keith Deaver convicted of 3 counts of perjury for fibs to congress & a grand jury born on 4-11-1938 in Bakersfield, California expired 8-18-2007 in Bethesda, Maryland age 69 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heart surgeon Michael Ellis DeBakey performed first artificial heart transplant in 1966 born on 9-7-1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana expired 7-11-2008 in Houston, Texas age 99
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| sire of the family singing group Robert Louis DeBarge Sr. was diveroced from the mother of the brood in 1971 born on 7-9-1932 in Illinois expired 8-30-2009 in Detroit, Michigan age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Robert Louis DeBarge Jr. born on 3-5-1956 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-16-1995 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 39 cause: complications from AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco 49ers football team owner Edward John DeBartolo Sr. born on 5-17-1909 expired 12-19-1994 age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Packard & GM engineer Pierre Stuart de Beaumont co-founder of Brookstone, the gadget retailer (1965; named after his farm in the Berkshires); inherited the rights to the Mutt and Jeff comic strip from mother born on 8-1-1915 in New York, New York expired 12-4-2010 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist William Morgan "Billy" DeBeck created the Barney Google comic strip (1919); strip continued by Fred Lasswell (1942-2001); coined the expression "Heebie Jeebies"; originally, the award given for the cartoonist of the year was named for him, but it was renamed for Rube Goldberg in 1954born on 4-15-1890 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-11-1942 in New York, New York age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Gilbert Ridley Debenham born on 6-28-1906 in Kensington, Middlesex, England expired 6-3-2001 age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet & dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac known for his big honker born on 3-6-1619 in Paris, France expired 7-28-1655 in Sannois, France age 36 cause: head injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
researcher Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije received the 1936 Nobel chemistry prizeborn on 3-24-1884 in Maastricht, The Netherlands expired 11-12-1966 in Ithaca, New York age 82 AKS: Peter Debye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former UC-Berkeley economist Gerard Debreu recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in economics born on 7-4-1921 in Calais, France expired 12-31-2004 in Paris, France age 83 cause: "natural causes" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Philippe Claude Alex de Broca made That Man from Rio (1964) & King of Hearts (1966) born on 3-15-1933 in Paris, France expired 11-26-2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Prince Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond de Broglie his discoveries into the wave nature of the electron earned him the 1929 Nobel prize in physics born on 8-15-1892 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France expired 3-19-1987 in Paris, France age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician Cécile de Brunhoff invented the tale of an elephant as bedtime story for her children (1931); her husband illustrated the tale and named the elephant (Babar) born on 10-16-1903 expired 4-7-2003 in Paris, France age 99 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Jean de Brunhoff illustrated & named Babar the elephant based upon bedtime story as told by his wife to their children born on 12-9-1899 in Paris, France expired 10-16-1937 in Paris, France age 37 cause: tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Social Democratic Party co-founder (1897) Eugene Victor Debs ran for president five times, in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920; a co-founder of the Wobblies — the International Workers of the World (1905) born on 11-5-1855 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 10-20-1926 in Elmhurst, Illinois age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA Hall-of-famer David Albert "Dave" DeBusschere played for the Detroit Pistons (player- born on 10-16-1940 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-14-2003 in New York, New York age 62 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French impressionist composer Claude Achille Debussy notable pieces include Claire de lune and Trois Nocturnes born on 8-22-1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France expired 3-25-1918 in Paris, France age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & editor Catherine Crook de Camp wife of L. Sprague born on 11-6-1907 in New York, New York expired 4-9-2000 in Plano, Texas age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction writer Lyon Sprague de Camp widower of Catherine born on 11-27-1907 in New York, New York expired 11-6-2000 in Plano, Texas age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| maternal character actress Rosemary DeCamp played George M. Cohan's mother Nellie in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mowgli's mother Messua in The Jungle Book (1942), Momma Gershwin in Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Dwayne Hickman's mom Margaret MacDonald on Love That Bob tv series (1955-59), Marlo Thomas' mother Helen Marie on That Girl tv series (1966-70) and Peg Riley in The Life of Riley tv series (1949-50) born on 11-14-1910 in Prescott, Arizona expired 2-20-2001 in Torrance, California age 90 cause: complications from pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Archie Comics artist (1957-2000) Daniel S. DeCarlo created Josie and the Pussycats & Sabrina the teen- born on 12-12-1919 in New Rochelle, New York expired 12-18-2001 in New Rochelle, New York age 82 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Yvonne DeCarlo original Lily Munster of The Munsters fame (1964-66)
expired 1-9-2007 in Woodland Hills, California age 84 cause: heart failure
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| World War I infantry veteran Louis de Cazenave survived the Battle of the Somme (1916) & Second Battle of Aisne (1917); was the oldest Frenchman; has refused a state funeral born on 10-16-1897 in Saint-Georges-d'Aurac, Haute-Loire, France expired 1-20-2008 in Brioude, Auvergne region, France age 110
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| Baltimore machine shop co-founder (1910) Alonzo Galloway Decker Sr. built first electric drill with "pistol" grip & trigger switch (1914) born on 1-16-1884 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 3-18-1956 in Towson, Maryland age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| power tool promulgator Alonzo Galloway Decker Jr. son of Black & Decker co-founder born on 1-18-1908 in Orangeville, Baltimore County, Maryland expired 3-18-2002 in Earleville, Maryland age 94 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jennie Bell Morrow Decker grand-daughter of Sam Houston born on 3-2-1871 expired 3-17-1977 in Houston, Texas age 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant shared the 1909 Nobel peace prize
expired 5-15-1924 in Paris, France age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Bonzo and Tonight Show producer Frederick Timmins DeCordova born on 10-27-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-15-2001 in Woodland Hills, California age 90
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Catholic Church leader (1522-1523) Adrian Dedel elected 219th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church January 9, 1522
expired 9-14-1523 age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synanon founder (1958) Charles Edwin "Chuck" Dederich in later years the organization degenerated into a violent religious cult born on 3-22-1913 in Toledo, Ohio expired 2-28-1997 in Visalia, California age 83 cause: cardio-pulmonary failure
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| glamour photographer André de Dienes photographed several early Playboy playmates born on 12-18-1913 in Austria-Hungary expired 4-11-1985 in West Hollywood, California age 71
AKS: Andre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
gag cartoonist Eldon Lawrence Dedini cartooned for Esquire, The New Yorker & Playboy (1959-2005)born on 6-29-1921 in King City, California expired 1-12-2006 in Carmel, California age 84 cause: esophageal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early Playboy contributor J. Julien Dedman was a cartoonist & writer in the early editions of the magazine; went into advertising but continued doing cartoons (most notably for the New York Herald Tribune) expired ??-??-1966-to-1990 age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Golden Grain Macaroni Company head Vincent M. DeDomenico Sr. co-inventor of Rice-a-Roni (1958) born on 9-29-1915 in San Francisco, California expired 10-18-2007 in Napa, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Frances Marion Dee widow of Joel McCrea; mother of Jody McCrea; played Meg in Little Women (1933) & Mirabel in The Gay Deception (1935) born on 11-26-1907 in South Pasadena, California expired 3-6-2004 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 96 cause: pneumonia; following a stroke, that caused a fall, that broke her leg, ...
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| Klan murder victim Henry Hezekiah Dee with friend Charles Moore was kidnapped, beaten, mutilated and dumped in the Mississippi River to die born on 1-8-1945 in Roxie, Mississippi expired 5-2-1964 in Tallulah, Louisiana (near) age 19 cause: drowned; mutilated; severe beating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Sandra Dee had roles in Gidget (1959; title role) & A Summer Place (1959); was married to Bobby Darin (1960-67)
expired 2-20-2005 in Thousand Oaks, California age 62 cause: pneumonia; kidney disease
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| journalist William Francis "Bill" Deedes was an editor of the Daily Telegraph from 1974-86; also an MP born on 6-1-1913 in London, England expired 8-17-2007 in Aldington, Kent, England age 94
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher/2nd basewoman Mildred Eleanor "Millie" Deegan played for the Rockford Peaches (1943-52) born on 12-11-1919 in New York, New York expired 7-21-2002 in Port Richey, Florida age 82 cause: metastatic breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| steel plow inventor (1837) John Deere formed his corporation in 1868 born on 2-7-1804 in Rutand, Vermont expired 5-17-1886 in Moline, Illinois age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Don DeFore appeared on Hazel tv series born on 8-25-1913 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa expired 12-22-1993 age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
befuddled Letterman stooge Calvert G. DeForest nephew of inventor Lee DeForest
expired 3-19-2007 in Babylon, Long Island, New York age 85 cause: heart attack; pneumonia
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| inventor Lee De Forest inventor of the Audion Tube; a weak claimant for title of inventor of radio; uncle of Calvert DeForest born on 8-26-1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa expired 6-30-1961 in Hollywood, California age 87 AKS: DeForest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
silent screen actress Marie De Forest third wife/widow of Lee De Forest
expired 2-21-1983 in Los Angeles, California age 86 AKS: DeForest Mosquine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor Anthony DeFrancisci designed the World War Two discharge emblem, the so-called "ruptured duck" born on 6-13-1887 expired 10-20-1964 in New York, New York age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
terrorist Donald David DeFreeze "leader" of the SLA
expired 5-24-1974 in Los Angeles, California age 30 cause: cranial bullet impact | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Fifth Republic president General Charles Andre Joseph Marie DeGaulle born on 11-22-1890 in Lille, France expired 11-9-1970 in Colombet-les-Deux-Englises, France age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck's widow Yvonne Charlotte Anne-Marie Vendroux DeGaulle born on 5-22-1900 in Calais, France expired 11-8-1979 in Paris, France age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was the 1991 Nobel physics laureate born on 10-24-1932 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 5-18-2007 in Orsay, Île-de-France, France age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pocket Books co-founder (1939) Robert F. de Graff born on 6-9-1895 expired 11-14-1981 in Mill Neck, New York age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| religious broadcaster Richard W. De Haan created the Day of Discovery program born on 2-21-1923 expired 7-16-2002 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Army Air Corps Sgt. Albert T. "Pappy" DeHart tail gunner aboard the B-29 Bockscar born on 8-18-1915 in Plainview, Texas expired 12-??-1976 in Texas age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist & playwright Jan de Hartog author of The Fourposter (1944) born on 4-22-1914 in Haarlem, The Netherlands expired 9-22-2002 in Houston, Texas age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Geoffrey DeHavilland British pioneer aviator & aircraft designer; founded de Havilland Aircraft born on 7-27-1882 in Haslemere, England expired 5-27-1965 in London, England age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georg Charles de Hevesey recipient of the 1943 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 8-1-1885 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 7-5-1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany age 80 AKS: George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Forkum Dehner Commodore Wintoon on The Baileys of Balboa tv series born on 11-23-1915 in New York, New York expired 2-4-1992 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz alto saxophonist Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan revived New Orleans' Olympia Brass Band (1958); the are known for accompanying jazz funeral processions (seen in Live and Let Die; 1973) born on 2-4-1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 7-5-2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portugese supergeezer Maria de Jesus dos Santos had been the (Guinness-recognized) oldest person in the world born on 9-10-1893 in Olival, Ourém, Portugal expired 1-2-2009 in Tomar, Portugal age 115
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actor Albert Dekker was Dr. Cyclops in the movies (1940)
expired 5-5-1968 in Hollywood, California age 62 cause: suicide; hanged AKS: Decker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pop artist Desmond Dekker leader of The Aces; his big hit — The Israelites (early 1968)
expired 5-24-2006 in Surrey, England age 64 cause: heart attack AKS: Decker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Willem DeKooning born on 4-24-1904 in Rotterdam, Netherlands expired 3-19-1997 in East Hampton, New York age 92 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| french horn player & conductor Norman Del Mar born on 7-31-1919 in London, England expired 2-6-1994 in London, England age 74 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former fertilizer salesman Byron De La Beckwith convicted murderer of Medgar Evers born on 11-9-1920 in Colusa, California expired 1-21-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi age 80 cause: heart disease
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| Dell Publishing founder (1921) George Thomas Delacorte Jr. born on 6-20-1894 in New York, New York expired 5-4-1991 age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Philadelphia Orchestra principle oboist (1954-77) John de Lancie Sr. director of the Curtis Institute of Music (1977-85); Q's father born on 7-26-1921 in Berkeley, California expired 5-17-2002 in Walnut Creek, California age 80 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dentist Dr. A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany Having Your Say co-author born on 9-3-1891 expired 9-25-1995 age 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| educator Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany Having Your Say co-author born on 9-19-1889 in Lynch's Station, Virginia expired 1-25-1999 in Mount Vernon, New York age 109 cause: old age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical pianist Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle born on 5-23-1923 in Barcelona, Spain expired 9-25-2009 in Barcelona, Spain age 86 cause: complications from broken hip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| on-again, off-again bankrupt movie mogul Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis born on 8-8-1919 in Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy expired 11-10-2010 in Beverly Hills, California age 91
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Max Delbrück shared the 1969 Nobel prize in medicine born on 9-4-1906 in Berlin, Germany expired 3-9-1981 in Pasadena, California age 74 AKS: Delbruck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro basketball player Bison Dele with girlfriend (Serena Karlan) disappeared near Tahiti
expired 7-7-2002 in Tahiti (nearby) age 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French film composer Georges Delerue born on 3-12-1925 in Rouhaix, France expired 3-20-1992 age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie model maker Marcel Delgado constructed the original King Kong models (1933); also worked as a model/minature maker on War of the Worlds (1953), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) & Fantastic Voyage (1966) born on 1-16-1901 in Mexico expired 11-26-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
immortalized trophy wife Lisa del Giocondo second wife of Francesco del Giocondo; hubby commisioned a local artist to do a painting of her (now known as the Mona Lisa)
expired 7-15-1542 in Sant'Orsola, Italy age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Monty Allen Delk
expired 2-28-2002 in Huntsville, Texas age 35 cause: executed; lethal injection
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Dead End Kids actor Gabe Dell
expired 7-3-1988 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1914-1922) Giacomo della Chiesa elected 259th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
expired 1-22-1922 age 67 cause: influenza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1823-1829) Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga elected 253rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1823
expired 2-10-1829 in Rome, Italy age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1471-1484) Francesco della Rovere elected 213th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1471; built the Sistine Chapel & founded the Vatican Library
expired 8-12-1484 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1503-1513) Giuliano della Rovere elected 217th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church October 10, 1503
expired 2-21-1513 in Rome, Italy age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1-term New Jersey congressman (1957-58) Vincent John Dellay born on 6-23-1907 in Union City, New Jersey expired 4-16-1999 in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| counter-tenor Alfred Deller born on 5-30-1912 in Margate, England expired 7-16-1979 in Bologna, Italy age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer Antonio "Tonino" Delli Colli born on 11-20-1923 in Rome, Italy expired 8-16-2005 in Rome, Italy age 82 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| activist David T. Dellinger World War II draft resister; chairman, National Mobilization Committee to End War in Vietnam (1967-71); one of the Chicago Seven born on 8-22-1915 in Wakefield, Massachusetts expired 5-25-2004 in Montpelier, Vermont age 88 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
composer Norman Dello Joio
expired 7-24-2008 in East Hampton, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio/tv character/voice actor Kenneth Howard "Kenny" Delmar played Senator Beauregard Claghorn on Fred Allen's radio show (1945-49); the character was parodied in Warner Brothers cartoons born on 9-5-1910 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-14-1984 in Stamford, Connecticut age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author/playwright Viña Delmar wrote novel & play Bad Girl born on 1-29-1903 expired 1-19-1990 in Beverly Hills, California age 86 AKS: Vina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former auto manufacturer John Zachary DeLorean his gull-born on 1-6-1925 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-19-2005 in Summit, New Jersey age 80 cause: complications from stroke
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soprano Victoria de los Angeles
expired 1-15-2005 in Barcelona, Spain age 81 cause: cardiopulmonary failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley E. Delp was the lead singer of the band Boston born on 6-12-1951 in Danvers, Massachusetts expired 3-9-2007 in Atkinson, New Hampshire age 55 cause: suicide; carbon monoxide poisoning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sci-fi author Lester Ramon Alvarez del Rey born on 6-2-1915 in Saratoga, Minnesota expired 7-10-1993 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Dolores Del Rio wife of Cedric Gibbons (1930-41); cousin of Ramon Novarro
expired 4-11-1983 in Newport Beach, California age 77 cause: liver failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Evelyn Del Rio appeared in The Bank Dick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man and My Little Chickadee
expired 11-26-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 67 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eadie Del Rubio one of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act
expired 12-16-1996 in Torrance, California age 75 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elena Rolfe Del Rubio one of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act (triplet Milly survives)
expired 3-19-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milly Del Rubio last survior of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act (Eadie & Elena)
expired 7-21-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 89 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Louis Browns pinch-runner James Henry "Jim" Delsing replaced Eddie Gaedel after his successful leadoff walk in the second game of a double-header on August 19, 1951; he made it as far as third base but didn't score born on 11-13-1925 in Rudolph, Wisconsin expired 5-4-2006 in Chesterfield, Missouri age 80 cause: complications from cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I-era veteran Emiliano Mercado del Toro Sr. had been the oldest person in the world for only a month before providing our entrants with a modest scoring opportunity born on 8-21-1891 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Spanish Empire expired 1-24-2007 in Isabela, Puerto Rico age 115
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| omnivorous actor Dominick DeLuise voice of Pizza the Hutt in Spaceballs; as unlikely as it sounds, he scored a perfect "100" on the J-Lo Scale born on 8-1-1933 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-4-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 75 cause: congestive heart failure; prostate cancer
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| character actor William Demarest played Uncle Charlie on My Three Sons (1967-73) born on 2-27-1892 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 12-27-1973 in Palm Springs, California age 81
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| typsetter, tinkerer & librarian Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville inventor of the phonautograph (1853) — a sound recording device similar to a seismograph, making squiggles on a paper drum to record sounds; patented in 1857, he made the first known recording of a human voice on April 9, 1860 (a recording of a French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune") ... is wasn't until March of 2008 that it was "played back" (using a high-tech device developed for the Library of Congress); an apocraphal story has him visiting Abe Lincoln in the White House in 1863 and making a recording of Lincoln reading the Gettysberg Address (with the paper recording strip coming into the private collection of Edison); the invention never made him any money (he never intended for the recordings to be "played back" they were meant only to be viewed) — he lived out his life as a librarian born on 4-25-1817 in France expired 4-26-1879 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 62 AKS: Edouard-Leon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Orane Demazis played Fanny in original movie productions of Marius (1931), Fanny (1932) & César (1936)
expired 12-25-1991 in Paris, France age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| engineer Georges de Mestral the inventor of Velcro (1948) born on 6-19-1907 in Nyon, Switzerland expired 2-8-1990 in Commugny, Switzerland age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Irina Demick played Brigitte/
expired 10-8-2004 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer Agnes George DeMille born on 9-12-1905 in New York, New York expired 10-6-1993 age 88
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| legendary film producer Cecil Blount De Mille made (and remade) The Squaw Man three times (1914, 1918 & 1931) born on 8-12-1881 in De Mille Corners, Ashfield, Massachusetts expired 1-21-1959 in Hollywood, California age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soyuz 15 cosmonaut Lev Stepanovich Demin was flight engineer aboard the failed mission to the Salyut 3 space station (8/26-28/1974) born on 1-11-1926 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 12-18-1988 in Zvyozdny Gorolok, Russia, USSR age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| management consultant William Edwards Deming born on 10-14-1900 in Sioux City, Iowa expired 12-20-1993 age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv/movie director Edward "Ted" Demme directed Beautiful Girls (1996) & Blow (2001); nephew of Jonathan Demme born on 10-26-1964 in New York, New York expired 1-13-2002 in Santa Monica, California age 37 cause: collapsed while playing basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Notre Dame wide receiver Peter Kirk Demmerle blew out his knee as an undergrad so went to law school instead of the NFL born on 9-6-1953 in Syracuse, New York expired 5-24-2007 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 53 cause: ALS
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| Connecticut governor (1961-71) John Dempsey born on 1-3-1915 in Cahir, Ireland expired 4-2-1982 age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playboy cartoonist (1954-2002) John H. Dempsey born on 5-15-1919 expired 5-18-2002 in La Jolla, California age 83 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
boxer William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey husband of Estelle Taylor
expired 5-31-1983 age 87
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| physicist Arthur Jeffrey Dempster in 1935 discovered Uranium-235 isotope, primary fuel in bombs and reactors born on 8-14-1886 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 3-11-1950 in Stuart, Florida age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French mercenary Robert-Pierre "Bob" Denard was particularly fond of staging coups in the Comoros Islands
expired 10-13-2007 in Grayan-et-l'Hôpital, Médoc, Gironde, Aquitaine, France age 78 cause: cardiovascular disease; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 74 cause: complications from brain aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 74 cause: complications from brain aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the Last Last Emperor, doddering Chinese poohbah Deng Xiao-Peng
expired 2-19-1997 in Beijing, China age 92
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| Deng Yingchao widow of Chou En-lai and mother of Li Peng born on 2-4-1904 in Guanshan County, Henan Province, China expired 7-11-1992 in Beijing, China age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman Arnold Sheldon Denker a former US Chess champion (1944-1946); NOT the 1967 Cronkite strike replacement born on 2-21-1914 in New York, New York expired 1-2-2005 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 90 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rauf Raif Denktaş former president of Turkish Republic of North Cyprus born on 1-27-1924 in Baf, Cyprus expired 1-13-2012 in multiple organ failure; stroke; heart condition age cause: 87
AKS: Ralf Raulf Ralph Rolf Denktash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Baylor U basketball player Patrick James Dennehy born on 1-28-1982 in Oakland, California expired 6-12-2003 in Waco, Texas age 21 cause: gunshots to head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Richard Denning played the governor on Hawaii Five-O
expired 10-11-1998 in Escondido, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist/singer/songwriter Matt Dennis wrote Angel Eyes born on 2-11-1914 in Seattle, Washington expired 6-21-2002 in Riverside, California age 88 cause: "natural causes" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Patrick Dennis wrote novel Auntie Mame (1954)
expired 11-6-1976 in New York, New York age 55 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Sandy Dennis born on 4-27-1937 in Hastings, Nebraska expired 3-2-1992 age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Dolores Teachenor "Dodo" Denny played the mother of Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) born on 5-5-1928 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-20-2005 in Crestline, California age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bandleader Martin Denny created the musical genre called "Exotica" — in 1959 he reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with Quiet Village
expired 3-2-2005 in Hawai'i Kai, Hawaii age 93
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| Fairport Convention singer Sandy Denny fell down a flight of stairs & hurt head expired 4-26-1978 in London, England age 30 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Lester Dent author of 280 Doc Savage books expired 3-11-1959 in La Plata, Missouri age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rocky Mountain High singer John Denver
expired 10-12-1997 in Montery Bay, California age cause: experimental plane crash
AKS: 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Robert "Bob" Denver played Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis (1959-63) and S.S. Minnow first mate Willy Gilligan on Gilligan's Island (1964-67)born on 1-9-1935 in New Rochelle, New York expired 9-2-2005 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina age 70 cause: complications from cancer
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| former soccer star Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Olivieria M.D. born on 2-19-1954 in Belém do Pará, Brazil expired 12-4-2011 in São Paulo, Brazil age 57 cause: septic shock; respiratory failure; renal failure AKS: Socrates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| furniture business founder Dirk Jan De Pree bought the Michigan Star Furniture Company (1923) & named it for the father-in-law who had loaned him the money — Herman Miller born on 7-31-1891 in Zeeland, Michigan expired 12-10-1990 in Holland, Michigan age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
crime/thriller movie director Jacques Deray directed La Piscine (1968; The Swimming Pool)
expired 8-9-2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20th-century reincarnation of Priapus John Harris Derek had been married to Pati Behrs, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans & Cathy "Bo" Collins; took nekid pictures of the last three for Playboy; his 1949 Knock on Any Door character Nick Romano had one of the best movie lines of all time: "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse"
expired 5-22-1998 in Santa Monica, California age 71 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former TWA stewardess Ulrike "Uli" Derickson kept a bunch of psycho plane hijackers from killing a whole lot of passengers (June 1985)
expired 2-18-2005 in Tucson, Arizona age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pistol inventor Henry Deringer Jr. eponymous inventor of small pistol (the derringer; 1825) born on 10-26-1786 in Easton, Pennsylvania expired ??-??-1868 age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last of the Stooges "Curly" Joe DeRita born on 7-12-1909 expired 7-3-1993 age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Ruiz De Rivera born on 9-18-1904 in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana expired 3-21-1985 in New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holocaust survivor Lisa Derman died while relating her experiences at the Illinois Storytelling Festival born on 12-25-1926 in Poland expired 7-1-2002 in Spring Grove, Illinois age 75 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC football play-by-play announcer Albert J. DeRogatis born on 5-5-1927 expired 12-26-1995 age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Euro-geezer Joanna Catharina DeRoover born on 6-3-1890 in Belgium expired 12-6-2002 in Belgium age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When Worlds Collide actor Richard Derr born on 6-15-1918 in Norristown, Pennsylvania expired 5-8-1992 in Santa Monica, California age 73 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| philosopher Jacques Derrida "the godfather of Deconstructionism" born on 7-15-1930 in El Biar, Algeria expired 10-8-2004 in Paris, France age 74 cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: Derida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MIT computer science professor Dr. Michael Leonidas Dertouzous a co-founder of the World Wide Web Consortium born on 11-5-1936 in Athens, Greece expired 8-27-2001 in Boston, Massachusetts age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indian Prime Minister (1977-79) Morarji Ranchhodji Desai liked to drink his own urine (think about it the next time the movie theater offers you "golden flavoring" on your popcorn) born on 2-29-1896 in Bhadeli, Gujarat Province, India expired 4-10-1995 in Bombay, India age 99
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| corrupt political hack Carmine Gerard De Sapio last boss of Tammany Hall born on 12-10-1908 in New York, New York expired 7-27-2004 in New York, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geologist, cartographer & explorer Dr. Ardito Desio led first team to reach the summit of K2 born on 4-18-1897 in Palmanova, Italy expired 12-12-2001 in Rome, Italy age 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter, movie producer, Paramount executive George Gard "Buddy" De Sylva wrote California, Here I Come (1924) and If You Knew Susie (1925); co-founded Capitol Records born on 1-27-1895 in New York, New York expired 7-11-1950 in Hollywood, California age 55 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| automaker Alejandro DeTomaso his company, DeTomaso Automobili, produced the Pantera (1971-90) born on 7-10-1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 5-21-2003 in Modena, Italy age 74 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Wax director (1953) André DeToth
expired 10-22-2002 in Burbank, California age 90 cause: aneurysm
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31" actress Tamara de Treaux played E.T.
expired 11-28-1990 age 41 cause: heart & respiratory problems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bitter & reclusive film collector Alois Felix Dettlaff Sr. owned the only known copy of the 1910 Edison production of Frankenstein born on 2-25-1921 expired 6-26-2005 in Cudahy, Wisconsin age 84 AKS: Detlaf Dettlaf Detlaff Dettloff Detlof Dettlof Detloff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie composer Adolph Deutsch won oscars for Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers & Oklahoma born on 10-20-1897 in London, England expired 1-2-1980 in Palm Desert, California age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway/movie producer Armand S. Deutsch as grandson of the Sears Roebuck CEO was an original target of Leopold & Loeb as the victim of their "thrill kill"; a longtime friend of the Gipper born on 1-25-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-13-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 92 cause: complications from pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired MIT physicist (1941-87) Martin Deutsch discovered Positronium (1951) born on 1-29-1917 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 8-16-2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Irish Republic president (1959-73) Eamon de Valera
expired 8-29-1975 in Linden, Ireland age 92 cause: cardiac failure; bronchial pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Charleston, Mississippi carpenter Ed Devaney one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on --1881 expired ??-??-1957 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Nebraska football coach Robert Simon "Bob" Devany assistant coach at MSU 1953-56 born on 4-13-1915 in Saginaw, Michigan expired 5-9-1997 in Lincoln, Nebraska age 82 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| criminal William Ray "Billy" Deverell one of the victims in the Wonderland Murders (1981) born on 2-14-1937 expired 7-1-1981 in Los Angeles, California age 44 cause: bludgeoned to death with lead pipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent movie director Nat G. Deverich produced 1922 Perfect Pictures Corp. 5-reeler The Power of Love, the world's first 3-D movie born on 2-20-1893 in New York, New York expired 4-11-1963 in Hollywood, California age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph de Veuster ministered to the leprosy victims at the Molokai Leper Colony (1873-89)
expired 4-15-1889 in Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii age 59 cause: Hansen's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian member of Parliament (1996-2001) Phoolan Devi lower-
expired 7-25-2001 in New Delhi, India age 43 cause: assassinated; multiple gunshots to head & chest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
punk musician Willy "Mink" DeVille
expired 8-6-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 58 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bulky tv and film character actor Andrew "Andy" Devine no relation to the 300-pound transvestite
expired 2-18-1977 in Orange, California age 71 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former high school/college/pro football coach Daniel John Devine Sr. won 1977 national championship while at Notre Dame (1975-79); also coached Green Bay Packers & East Jordan (MI) High School born on 12-23-1924 in Augusta, Wisconsin expired 5-9-2002 in Tempe, Arizona age 77 cause: complications from heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nun Sister Mary Davidis Devine rescued 53 of her 8th grade students from fire at the Our Lady of Angels school in Chicago (1958) born on 6-4-1906 in Lincoln, Illinois expired 10-14-2006 in Dubuque, Iowa age 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv theme song composer Frank DeVol wrote movie score for The Dirty Dozen (1967); wrote theme songs for The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, Family Affair and dozens of other shows; played Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2-night born on 9-20-1911 in Moundsville, West Virginia expired 10-27-1999 in Lafayette, California age 88 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Peter DeVries born on 2-27-1910 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-28-1993 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"moody" actor Patrick Dewaere played Stéphane in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
expired 7-16-1982 in Paris, France age 35 cause: suicide; gunshot to head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish politician Donald Campbell Dewar first minister of first Scottish Parliament in 300 years born on 8-21-1937 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 10-11-2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland age 63 cause: cerebral hemorrhage; slip and fall on sidewalk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Dewar invented the Twinkie (April 6, 1930) born on 2-5-1897 expired 6-30-1985 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Kmart chairman & CEO (1972-88) Robert E. Dewar Sr. born on 11-20-1922 expired 9-7-2000 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan age 77 cause: complications from colon cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Wheeler Dewart former publisher of the New York Sun (1944-50; it was sold to Scripps-Howard in 1950) born on 10-1-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-2-2001 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sculptor Felix Weihs de Weldon designed Iwo Jima Memorial (1954)born on 4-12-1907 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 6-2-2003 in Woodstock, Virginia age 96 cause: "old age"
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| former Transvaal Provincial District judge Quartus de Wet presided over 1964 Rivonia trial that sent Nelson Mandela to Robben Island born on 3-10-1899 in Praetoria, South Africa expired 12-18-1980 in Praetoria, South Africa age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South African justice minister (1913-24) Nicolaas Jacobus De Wet also served as interim Governor General (1943-46) born on --1873 expired 3-16-1960 in Praetoria, South Africa age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| three-term New York governor Thomas Edmund Dewey Dr. ran for president in 1944 and 1948 born on 3-24-1902 in Owosso, Michigan expired 3-16-1971 in Bal Harbour, Florida age 68 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Colleen Dewhurst played Murphy's mom Avery Brown on Murphy Brown tv series born on 6-3-1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 8-22-1991 age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child actor Brandon DeWilde played Joey Starrett in Shane (1953) born on 4-9-1942 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-6-1972 in Denver, Colorado age 30 cause: injuries suffered in automobile acident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II Western Defense Commander John Lessesne De Witt Sr. his wildly racist slanders of the Japanese-American residents of the west coast were the basis for Roosevelt's unconstitutional executive order (#9066) to round them up and put them in camps born on 1-9-1880 in Fort Sidney, Nebraska expired 6-20-1962 in Washington, District of Columbia age 82 cause: heart attack AKS: DeWitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Lew DeWitt original member of the Statler Brothers born on 3-12-1938 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 8-15-1990 in Waynesboro, Virginia age 52 cause: heart & kidney disease; Crohn's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian & actor Billy DeWolfe
expired 3-5-1974 in Los Angeles, California age 67 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Brad Dexter played Lt.JG Cartwright in Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) & Harry Luck in The Magnificent Seven (1960)
expired 12-12-2002 in Rancho Mirage, California age 85 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent move actor Elliot Dexter had title role in C.B. DeMille's second production of The Squaw Man (1918) born on --1870 in Galveston, Texas expired 6-23-1941 in Amityville, New York age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Paolo Dezza born on 12-13-1901 in Parma, Italy expired 12-17-1999 in Rome, Italy age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Khigh Dhiegh played villan Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-O
expired 10-25-1991 in Mesa, Arizona age 81 cause: heart & kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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