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| bebop saxophonist Allen Eager born on 1-10-1927 expired 4-13-2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida age 76 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stand-up comedian & character actor Jack Eagle during the big band era played a trumpet; portrayed Brother Dominic in a famous 1977 Super Bowl commercial for Xerox born on 1-15-1926 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-10-2008 in New York, New York age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
one-time Missouri senator Thomas Francis Eagleton first McGovern V-P candidate — July 13-31, 1972; withdrew candidacy due to history of "nervous exhaustion" (and a few electro-shock treatments)born on 9-4-1929 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 3-4-2007 in Richmond Heights, Missouri age 77 cause: cardiopulmonary failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aviatrix Mary Amelia Earhart 2nd wife of book publisher George Putnam; disappeared (with navigator Fred Noonan) near Howland Island on Round-the-World flight July 2, 1937; allegedly discovered in 24th century by the Starship Voyager in the Delta quadrant of the galaxy, the victim of a UFO abduction born on 7-24-1898 in Atchison, Kansas expired 7-2-1937 in Gardner Island, Phoenix Islands group, Western Pacific Ocean age 38 cause: plane crash / starvation ??? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electrical engineer & inventor James M. Early Sr. while at Bell Labs worked with Shockley on transistor, discovering the effects of space- born on 7-25-1922 in Syracuse, New York expired 1-12-2004 in Palo Alto, California age 81 cause: severe asthma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| race car driver Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. born on 4-29-1951 in Kannapolis, North Carolina expired 2-18-2001 in Daytona Beach, Florida age 49 cause: auto crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dodge City (Kansas) Deputy Marshall Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp shot it out at the O.K. Coral with brother Virgil born on 3-19-1848 in Monmouth, Illinois expired 1-13-1929 in Los Angeles, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Mississippi senator (1941; 1943-78) James Oliver Eastland born on 11-28-1904 in Doddsville, Mississippi expired 2-19-1986 in Doddsville, Mississippi age 81
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| photography supplies maker George Eastman invented roll photographic film; his brand name for his cameras and film, "Kodak" was made up born on 7-12-1854 in Waterville, New York expired 3-14-1932 age 77 cause: suicide; gunshot to heart; spinal stenosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II pilot Claude Robert Eatherly pilot of spotter plane that found the hole in the clouds over Hiroshima & radioed the Enola Gay to drop its bomb; subject of book The Hiroshima Pilot; later flew plane through the mushroom cloud of Bikini Atoll bomb tests born on 10-2-1918 expired 7-1-1978 in Houston, Texas age 59 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bubble bath inventor Charles V. "Charlie" Eaton Sr. born on 9-8-1923 in Wildwood, New Jersey expired 5-7-2006 in Cocoa Beach, Florida age 82 cause: complications from a muscular disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr. born on 12-27-1883 in Pugwash, Ohio expired 5-9-1979 in Northfield, Ohio age 95 | Oriental Languages scholar Abba Eban Israel's first U.N. Ambassador; former foreign minister
expired 11-17-2002 in Petach Tikva, Israel age 87 |
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| lyricist Fred Ebb co-wrote Cabaret (1972), Funny Lady (1975) & Chicago born on 4-8-1928 in New York, New York expired 9-11-2004 in New York, New York age 76 cause: heart attack
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| retired Dartmouth professor emeritus Richard Ghormley Eberhart succeeded Robert Frost as U.S. Poet Laureate (1959-61); won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry (1966) born on 4-5-1904 in Austin, Minnesota expired 6-9-2005 in Hanover, New Hampshire age 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Campbell's Soup product developer Kurt Eberling Sr. came up with the idea for Spaghetti-Os born on 6-17-1930 in Aachen, Germany expired 3-6-2008 in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania age 77 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band singer Ray Eberly born on 1-19-1919 in Hoosick Falls, New York expired 8-25-1979 in Douglasville, Georgia age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band singer Robert "Bob" Eberly born on 7-24-1916 in Mechanicsville, New York expired 11-17-1981 in Glen Burnie, Maryland age 65 AKS: Eberle Eberlie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| original Wizard of Oz tin woodsman actor Christian Rudolph "Buddy" Ebsen Jr. Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-71); Barnaby Jones (1973-79) born on 4-2-1908 in Belleville, Illinois expired 7-6-2003 in Torrance, California age 95
AKS: Rudolf Epsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrial designer John Wilhelm Ebstein lead team that designed the Studebaker Avanti automobile (1961) born on 5-14-1912 in Stettin, Germany expired 2-18-2005 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida age 92 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
physiologist John Carew Eccles shared the 1963 Nobel prize in physiologyborn on 1-27-1903 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 5-2-1997 in Contra, Switzerland age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Federal Reserve Board chairman (1936-48) Marriner Stoddard Eccles born on 9-9-1890 in Logan, Utah Territory expired 12-18-1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Turkish prime minister Bulent Ecevit he ordered the Turkish military to invade Cyprus (1974) born on 5-28-1925 in Istanbul, Turkey expired 11-4-2006 in Ankara, Turkey age 81 cause: circulatory & respiratory failure; coma; stroke
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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was the 1904 Nobel literature co-laureate (shared with Mistral) born on 4-19-1832 in Madrid, Spain expired 9-4-1916 in Madrid, Spain age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
350 pound Tonya Harding "bodyguard" Shawn Eric Eckardt at Jeff Gillooly's behest arranged to have Nancy Kerrigan's knee whacked by Shane Stant — did 14 months of an 18 month sentence for racketeering (July 1994-September 1995); hoping to "put the incident behind him" changed his name to Brian Sean Griffith but it didn't help — in 2001 was sentenced to 3 years probation for misdemeanor assaultborn on 6-18-1967 expired 12-12-2007 in Beaverton, Oregon age 40 cause: «to be determined»
AKS: Eckart Eckhart Eckhardt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| landscape architect Garrett Eckbo born on 11-28-1910 in Cooperstown, New York expired 5-15-2000 in Oakland, California age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horticulturalist Paul Ecke Jr. popularized the poinsettia as a holiday plant born on 12-14-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-13-2002 in Encinitas, California age 76 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| drug store chain founder (1952) Jack Eckerd born on 5-16-1913 in Wilmington, Delaware expired 5-19-2004 in Clearwater, Florida age 91 AKS: Ekerd Eckard Ekard Eckert Ekert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENIAC & UNIVAC co-inventor John Presper Eckert born on 4-9-1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-3-1995 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
former Baseball Commissioner (November 17, 1965 to November 20, 1968) William Dole Eckert contract bought out
expired 4-16-1971 in Freeport, Bahamas age 62 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German aeronautical engineer Hugo Eckner commander of the Graf Zeppelin on its 1929 around-the-world flight; designed the LZ-129 & LZ-130 zeppelins expired 8-14-1954 in Friedrichshafen, Germany age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz vocalist William Clarence "Billy" Eckstine born on 7-8-1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-8-1993 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19th century London prostitute Catherine Eddowes fourth victim of Jack the Ripper
expired 9-30-1888 in London, England age 46 cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage and movie crooner Nelson Eddy teamed with Jeanette MacDonald in some 1930s films born on 6-29-1901 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 3-6-1967 in Miami Beach, Florida age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bald character actor Herbert Edelman born on 11-5-1933 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1996 in Woodland Hills, California age 62 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie & tv producer Louis F. Edelman produced The Big Valley, Wyatt Earp & The Danny Thomas Show born on 5-18-1900 in New York, New York expired 1-6-1976 in Los Angeles, California age 75 cause: heart ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cardiologist Marek Edelman was the last surviving 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt resistance leader born on 1-1-1919 in Homel, Poland (now Belarus) expired 10-2-2009 in Warsaw, Poland age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| illustrator/graphic designer Heinz Edelmann creator of the Blue Meanies as part of his art direction for Yellow Submarine (1968) born on 6-20-1934 in Usti ned Labem, Czechoslovakia expired 7-21-2009 in Stuttgart, Germany age 75 cause: kidney failure, heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former prime minister (1955-57) Sir Anthony Robert Eden three-time British foreign secretary; in 1956 decided to invade nationalized Suez Canal
expired 1-14-1977 in Wiltshire, England age 79 cause: liver ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Free Press gossip columnist Shirley Eder
expired 5-28-2005 in New York, New York age 85 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| swimmer Gertrude Caroline Ederle first woman to swim the English channel (August 6, 1926) from Cape Griz-Nez, France to Kingsdown, England (21 miles in 14 hours 30 minutes, the record); Florence Chadwick broke the record in 1950 (13 hours 20 minutes) born on 10-23-1906 in New York, New York expired 11-30-2003 in Wyckoff, New Jersey age 98
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English King (959-975) Edgar the Peaceful son of Edmund I; first king to be formally crowned as King of England (his predecessors had often refered to themselves as the King of all England but were not formally or always acknowledged as such) born on --943 expired ??-??-975 age 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| strobe photo pioneer Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton invented the electronic flash (1931) born on 4-6-1903 in Fremont, Nebraska expired 1-4-1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 86 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
big band & jazz trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison played with Count Basie's big band (1938-50)
expired 7-27-1999 in Columbus, Ohio age 83 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mina Edison widow of Thomas expired 8-24-1947 in New York, New York age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Theodore M. Edison son of Thomas born on 7-10-1898 expired 11-24-1992 age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor, movie producer and director Thomas Alva Edison "the Father of the Motion Picture industry"; founded General Electric Corp.; light bulb and phonograph inventor born on 2-11-1847 in Milan, Ohio expired 10-18-1931 age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
puppeteer & voice-over artist Walker Edmiston voiced Wally Walrus in Walter Lantz cartoons & Ernie the Keebler Elf (following the death of Ernie's first voice)born on 2-6-1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 2-15-2007 in Woodland Hills, California age 81 cause: complications from cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cult film director Don Edmonds as an actor appeared in Gidget Goes Hawiian (1961) & Son of Flubber (1963); directed the first two Ilsa flix — She Wolf of the S.S. (1975) & Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) expired 6-??-2009 in North Hollywood, California age 73 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (939-946) Edmund I the Deed-Doer son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn born on --921 expired ??-??-946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England age 25 cause: killed in brawl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (April 24-November 30, 1016) Edmund II Ironside son of EthelredII born on --993 expired 11-30-1016 age 23 cause: battle wounds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor William Edmunds played the Gyspy Chieftan Fejus in House of Frankenstein (1944) & bar proprietor Mr. Martini in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) born on 1-1-1886 in Italy expired 12-7-1981 in Los Angeles, California age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oscar-winning movie special effects whiz Alexander Farciot Edouart parted the Red Sea for The Ten Commandments born on 11-5-1894 in California expired 3-17-1980 in Kenwood, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
English King (946-955) Edred son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn
expired ??-??-955 age 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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fourth head of the International Olympic Committee (1946-52) J. Sigfrid Edström born on 11-21-1870 in Sweden expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (899-924) Edward the Elder son of Alfred the Great born on --870 expired ??-??-924 in New Minster, Winchester, England age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (975-978) Edward the Martyr son of Edgar the Peaceful born on --962 expired 3-18-978 in Corfe, Dorset, England age 16 cause: murdered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (1042-1066) Edward the Confessor son of Ethelred II born on --1004 in Oxford, England expired 1-5-1066 age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
English king (1272-1307) Edward I son of Henry III; incorporated Wales into his kingdom
expired 7-7-1307 in Burgh-on-Sands, England age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1307-1327) Edward II son of Edward I; first Prince of Wales (1301) born on 4-25-1284 in Canarvon, Wales expired 9-21-1327 in Berkeley Castle, England age 43 cause: murdered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1327-77) Edward III son of Edward II; reigned during the worse years of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) --- 1348/9, 1362 & 1369 born on 11-13-1312 in Windsor, England expired 6-21-1377 in Richmond Castle, England age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1461-1470 and 1471-1483) Edward IV first king of the House of York born on 4-28-1442 in Rouen, France expired 4-9-1483 in London, England age 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1483) Edward V son of Edward IV born on 11-2-1470 in Westminster, England expired 7-1-1483 in London, England age 12 cause: murdered while held prisoner in the Tower of London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (1547-53) Edward VI son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour born on 10-12-1537 in Hampton Court, England expired 7-6-1553 in London, England age 15 cause: tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
English King (1901-10) Edward VII son of Victoria I & Albert; father of George V
expired 5-6-1910 in London, England age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall-of-Fame Washington Redskins coach Albert Glenn "Turk" Edwards born on 9-28-1907 expired 1-10-1973 in Kirkland, Washington age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Watson caddy Bruce Edwards born on 11-16-1954 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-8-2004 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida age 49 cause: complications from ALS
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Cliff Edwards film voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940) and Jim Crow in Dumbo (1941); sang oscar-winning song When You Wish Upon a Star; introduced song Singin' In The Rain in The Hollywood Revue of 1929
expired 7-17-1971 in Hollywood, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS newsman Douglas Edwards anchored first network tv evening news program born on 7-14-1917 in Ada, Oklahoma expired 10-13-1990 age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| trombonist Edwin B. "Eddie" Edwards co-founder of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band born on 5-22-1891 expired 4-9-1963 in New York, New York age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues guitarist/singer Frank Edwards born on 3-20-1909 in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia expired 3-22-2002 in Greenville, South Carolina age 93 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comic book artist Joe Edwards worked on the first issue of Archie (1942); created the character Li'l Jinx born on 12-6-1921 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 2-8-2007 in Central Islip, New York age 85 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio/tv game show creator/host/producer Ralph Livingstone Edwards created This Is Your Life, The People's Court, Name That Tune and Truth or Consequences (July 1941 on NBC tv) born on 6-13-1913 in Merino, Colorado expired 11-16-2005 in West Hollywood, California age 92 cause: heart failure
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| character actor Sam G. Edwards portrayed the town banker Mr. Anderson on Little House on the Prairie (1978-83) born on 5-26-1915 expired 7-28-2004 in Durango, Colorado age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz tenor saxophonist Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards born on 4-26-1924 in Jackson, Mississippi expired 4-20-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Thomas E. Edwards Second Assistant Engineer aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 2-28-1925 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 50 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Vince Edwards played Dr. Ben Casey
expired 3-11-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 67 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
English King (955-959) Edwy the Fair son of Edmund I
expired ??-??-959 age 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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