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actress Nina Foch played Bithia, the pharaoh's daughter that found Moses in the bullrushes and raised him in The Ten Commandments (1956)
expired 12-5-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: complications from myelodysplasia
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| "Father of the Helicopter" Heinrich Focke built the VA-61, first to receive a certificate of airworthiness; his FW-61 rotary wing aircraft was first to make a free flight (1/26/1936) expired 2-25-1979 in Bremen, Germany age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| travel guide author Eugene Fodor born on 10-5-1905 in Leva, Austria-Hungaria expired 2-18-1991 in Litchfield, Connecticut age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amana Corp. co-founder & executive George Foerstner born on 11-8-1908 in Amana Colonies, Iowa expired 1-17-2000 in Miami, Florida age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Daniel Grayling Fogelberg born on 8-13-1951 in Peoria, Illinois expired 12-16-2007 in Maine age 56 cause: prostate cancer
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| country singer Clyde Julian "Red" Foley Pat Boone's father-in-law born on 6-17-1910 in Blue Lick, Kentucky expired 9-19-1968 in Fort Wayne, Indiana age 58 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universal Pictures movie sound editor John Donovan "Jack" Foley first to engage in the practice of "sweetening" the movie soundtrack so that things sound more "realistic" born on 4-12-1891 in Yorkville, New York expired 11-??-1967 in Los Angeles, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coffee heiress Abigail Anne Folger murdered by the Manson Family during their Helter Skelter murder spree born on 8-11-1943 in California expired 8-9-1969 in Los Angeles, California age 25 cause: stabbed 28 times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former L.A. Times "Biographical" (Obituaries) Editor (1979-93) Burton A. Folkart born on 7-11-1932 in Santa Monica, California expired 12-7-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: heart attack or stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ponzi-scheme architect Marion Bayard Folsom chief drafter of the 1935 Social Security Act; blame him when your retirement income sucks, if you get to retire at all; Eisenhower HEW Secretary (1953-58) born on 11-23-1893 in McRae, Georgia expired 9-28-1976 in Rochester, New York age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frances Seymour Brokaw Fonda wife of Henry; Jane & Peter's mom; grandmother of Bridget expired 4-14-1950 in Beacon, New York age 42 cause: suicide; slit own throat with razor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Henry Fonda won Oscar for On Golden Pond; father of Jane and Peter; grandfather of Bridgetborn on 5-16-1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska expired 8-12-1982 in Los Angeles, California age 77
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former Hawaiian Senator (1959-76) Hiram Leong Fong Sr.
expired 8-18-2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 97 cause: kidney failure
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| character actor & comedian Frank Fontaine played Crazy Guggenheim on Jackie Gleason's tv show; pretty good singer, too born on 4-19-1920 in Haverhill, Massachusetts expired 8-4-1978 in Spokane, Washington age 58 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "doodle-tonguing" jazz trombonist Carl Fontana born on 7-18-1928 in Monroe, Louisiana expired 10-9-2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 75 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage actress Lynn Fontanne wife of Alfred Lunt born on 12-6-1887 in Woodford, Essex, England expired 7-30-1983 in Genessee Depot, Wisconsin age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Careole fiddler Canray Fontenot performed with "Bois Sec" Ardoin born on 10-16-1922 in L'Anse aux Vachesla, Louisiana expired 7-29-1995 in Welsh, Louisiana age 72 cause: lung cancer; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn
expired 2-21-1991 in Panama City, Panama age 71
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| character actor Ralph W. Foody played the sneering, Tommie gun-happy gangster Johnny in the first two Home Alone movies (1990 & 1992) born on 11-13-1928 expired 11-21-1999 in Lexington, Kentucky age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former British Labour Party head (1980-83) Michael Mackintosh Foot younger brother of Dingle Foot born on 7-23-1913 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England expired 3-3-2010 in London, England age 96
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| playwright Albert Horton Foote Jr. a winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for The Young Man From Atlanta; wrote The Trip to Bountiful; won two oscars for writing the screenplays to To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) & Tender Mercies (1983) born on 3-14-1916 in Wharton, Texas expired 3-4-2009 in Hartford, Connecticut age 92
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| advertising executive Emerson Foote co-founded Foote, Cone & Belding (1942) born on 12-13-1906 in Sheffield, Alabama expired 7-5-1992 in Carmel, New York age 85 cause: complications from appendicitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civil War historian/author Shelby Dade Foote Jr. appeared on a lot of PBS documentaries born on 11-7-1916 in Greenville, Mississippi expired 6-27-2005 in Memphis, Tennessee age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Dick Foran
expired 8-10-1979 in Panorama City, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Seven prosecutor Thomas Aquinas Foran born on 1-11-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-6-2000 in Lake Forest, Illinois age 76 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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publishing executive Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Sr. born on 8-19-1919 in New York, New York expired 2-24-1990 in Fort Hills, New Jersey age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publisher Robert Charles "Bertie" Forbes founder of Forbes magazine born on 5-14-1880 in Aberdeen, Scotland expired 5-6-1954 in New York, New York age 73 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benson Ford son of Edsel; grandson of Henry born on 7-20-1919 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-27-1978 in Cheboygan, Michigan age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry's widow Clara Ford expired 9-29-1950 in Detroit, Michigan age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford Motor Company president (1919-43) Edsel Bryant Ford son & heir of Henry born on 1-6-1893 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-26-1943 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan age 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edsel's widow Eleanor Clay Ford mother of Henry II; niece of Department Store founder J.L. Hudson born on 6-6-1896 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-19-1976 in Detroit, Michigan age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Ernest Jennings "Tennessee Ernie" Ford had hit with Sixteen Tons born on 2-13-1919 in Bristol, Tennessee expired 10-17-1991 in Reston, Virginia age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
38th U.S. president (1974-77) Gerald Rudolph Ford last surviving member of the Warren Commission; pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974 for his involvement in Watergate; withdrew last U.S. forces from Vietnam 1975, precipitating the collapse of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese army forces; twice in 1975 a target of assassins (Fromme & Moore)
expired 12-26-2006 in Rancho Mirage, California age 93
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| modeling agency co-founder Gerard William "Jerry" Ford with wife launched the runway modeling agency (1946) born on 10-2-1924 in New Orleans, Louisana expired 8-24-2008 in Morristown, New Jersey age 83 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Glenn Ford
expired 8-30-2006 in Beverly Hills, California age 90
AKS: Glen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Henry Ford born on 7-30-1863 in Dearborn, Michigan expired 4-7-1947 in Dearborn, Michigan age 83 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
industrialist Henry Ford II grandson of Henry I
expired 9-29-1987 in Detroit, Michigan age 70 cause: heart attack
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movie director John Ford winner of six Academy Awards, four for Best Director (The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man(1952))
expired 8-31-1973 in Palm Desert, California age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto heiress Josephine Clay Ford daughter of Edsel; grandaughter of Henry born on 7-7-1923 expired 6-1-2005 in Detroit, Michigan age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Larkin Ford played Juror #12 in the original cast of Twelve Angry Men (1956)
expired 1-13-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Church of God in Christ Bishop Louis Henry Ford delivered the funeral sermon for Emmett Till; namesake of Chicago interstate highway born on 5-23-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-31-1995 in Chicago, Illinois age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Mary Ford one-time wife of Les Paul (1945-63)
expired 9-30-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 53 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Paul Ford one of the Bailey's of Balboa; in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) & Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
expired 4-12-1976 in Mineola, New York age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Mississippi governor (1992-2000) Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice born on 2-10-1934 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 9-7-2004 in Jackson, Mississippi age 70 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| real-life accident victim Edith Fore said "I've fallen and I can't get up" in a bunch of early 1990s Life Call commercials born on 4-4-1916 expired 8-2-1997 in Camden, New Jersey age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Jean-Claude Forest created Barbarella (April 1962) and did set design for movie (1968) born on 11-9-1930 in Perreux, France expired 12-30-1998 in Paris, France age 68 cause: respiratory illness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet, biographer & novelist Cecil Scott Forester wrote The African Queen & Sink the Bismark! born on 8-27-1899 in Cairo, Egypt expired 4-2-1966 in Fullerton, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danish king (968-1014) Sweyn Forkbeard son of king Harold Bluetooth; father of king Canute born on --960 expired ??-??-1014 age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Forman an organizer of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) in the early 1960s
expired 1-10-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia age 76 cause: colon cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English and speech teacher Margaret C. Formby founder of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center (1975) born on 7-12-1929 expired 4-10-2003 in Hereford, Texas age 73 cause: head injuries from fall in bathroom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
big band singer of 1930s and 40s Helen Forrest
expired 7-11-1999 in Woodland Hills, California age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederate army general Nathan Bedford Forrest co-founder and first head of the original Ku Klux Klan born on 7-13-1821 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee expired 10-29-1877 in Memphis, Tennessee age 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
first television announcer Raymond Forrest did second television commercial on July 4, 1941, for Adam Hats (the first commercial, on July 1st, for Bulova watches, had no announcer); became first tv announcer to "break-in" on regular programming, announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (he interrupted movie The Playboy)
expired 3-11-1999 in Kinnelon, New Jersey age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Werner Theodor Otto Forssmann shared the 1956 Nobel prize in medicineborn on 8-29-1904 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-1-1979 in Schopfheim, Germany age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British novelist Edward Morgan Forster wrote Howard's End (1919), A Passage to India (1924) and A Room With A View (1908) born on 1-1-1879 in London, England expired 6-7-1970 in Coventry, England age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford Computer Science Dept. chairman (1965-72) George E. Forsythe former president of the Association of Computing Machinery born on 1-8-1917 in State College, Pennsylvania expired 4-9-1972 in Palo Alto, California age 55 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Supreme Court justice (1966-69) Abe Fortas argued Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) born on 6-19-1910 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 4-5-1982 in Washington, District of Columbia age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv sports director Fulvio Chester "Chet" Forte born on 8-7-1935 in Hackensack, New Jersey expired 5-18-1996 in San Diego, California age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Robert R. Fortier a friend of Robert Altman — he appeared in a number of the director's movies, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller (as the town drunk; 1971), Popeye (as born on 11-5-1926 expired 1-1-2005 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Robert Lull Forward former Hughes Aircraft research labs employee; after retirement wrote science fiction novels, starting with Dragon's Egg (1980) born on 8-15-1932 in Geneva, New York expired 9-21-2002 in Seattle, Washington age 70 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South Dakota governor (1955-59) Joseph Jacob Foss World War II Marine ace & Medal of Honor recipient; first Commissioner of the AFL (1960); president of the NRA (1988-90) born on 4-17-1915 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota expired 1-1-2003 in Arizona age 87 cause: complications from coma; aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pianist/conductor/composer Lukas Foss
expired 2-1-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 86 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dancer/choreographer Robert Louis "Bob" Fosse directed Cabaret (1972; Best Director oscar), All That Jazz (1979) & Star 80 (1983) born on 6-23-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-23-1987 in Washington, District of Columbia age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hot air balloonist James Stephen "Steve" Fossett during his August 1998 attempt to circumnavigate the globe a thunderstorm ripped apart the balloon's envelope; Fossett and the now flaming balloon plunged 29,000 feet into the Coral Sea; Fossett escaped the capsule moments before it sank; on November 26, 2007 his wife petitioned to have him declared dead; on September 29, 2008 a hiker west of Mammoth Lake, California found his pilot license & a grand in $100 bills; the plane wreckage was found on October 2nd, 2008 born on 4-22-1944 in Jackson, Tennessee expired 9-3-2007 in Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, Madera County, California (near) age 63 cause: plane crash AKS: Faucet Fawset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gorilla expert Dian Fossey author of Gorillas in the Mist born on 1-16-1932 in Fairfax, California expired 12-26-1985 in Ruhengeri Province, Rwanda age 53 cause: murdered; hacked to death AKS: Diane Dieann Fossee Fossie Fossy Fosey Fosee Fosie Fosy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II escape artist Eric Foster shot down in 1940 he managed to escape from German POW camps seven times; he liked to claim that his exploits were the basis of the character Hilts (the "Cooler King") in The Great Escape (1963) — the novel's author had cited John D. Lewis as the basis of the character ... what could he know expired 3-27-2006 in Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucesershire, England age 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
illustrator Harold Rudolf "Hal" Foster first artist to draw the Tarzan newspaper comic strip (November 1928); created the Prince Valiant strip (1937) & drew it through 1971 (succeeded by John Cullen Murphy); 1957 Reuben Award winnerborn on 8-18-1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 7-25-1982 in Spring Hill, Florida age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland, California school superintendent Dr. Marcus A. Foster assassinated by the Symbionese Liberation Army born on 3-31-1923 expired 11-6-1973 in Oakland, California age 50 cause: cyanide-tipped bullets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bandleader & actor Phil Foster played Laverne's father on Laverne and Shirley tv series (1976-82)
expired 7-8-1985 in Rancho Mirage, California age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie actor Preston S. Foster born on 8-24-1900 in Ocean City, New Jersey expired 7-14-1970 in La Jolla, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| multiple organ transplant recipient Tabatha Foster born on 6-10-1984 in Madisonville, Kentucky expired 5-11-1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania age 3 cause: multiple organ failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues harmonica player Willie Foster born on 9-19-1921 in Leland, Mississippi (outside town) expired 5-20-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi age 79 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| personal secretary to V.I. Lenin Lidiya Fotiyeva she knew where all of the skeletons were buried (not just figuratively) expired 8-25-1975 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| prolific character actor Byron Foulger in the last two years of the run of Petticoat Junction played train conductor Wendall Gibbs of the C&FW Railroad born on 8-27-1899 in Ogden, Utah expired 4-4-1970 in Hollywood, California age 70 cause: heart condition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier discovered theorem of periodic oscillation (1822) born on 3-21-1768 in Auxerre, Bourgogne, France expired 5-16-1830 in Paris, France age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson Treasury Secretary (1965-68) Henry H. Fowler born on 9-5-1908 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 1-3-2000 in Alexandria, Virginia age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma death row inmate Mark Andrew Fowler born on 5-6-1965 expired 1-23-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma age 35 cause: executed; lethal injection
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William Alfred Fowler shared the 1983 Nobel physics prize born on 8-9-1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 3-14-1995 in Pasadena, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Los Angeles Examiner reporter William R. Fowler first on the scene (ahead of the police) of the discovered Black Dahlia corpse born on 8-29-1922 in Jamaica, New York expired 4-13-2004 in Burbank, California age 81 cause: prostate cancer AKS: Will | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author John Robert Fowles author of The Collector (1963), The Magus (1966) & The French Lieutenant's Woman born on 3-31-1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England expired 11-5-2005 in Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England age 79 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Douglas Vincent Fowley
expired 5-21-1998 in Woodland Hills, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma death row inmate Billy Rae Fox born on 10-24-1965 expired 1-25-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma age 35 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| former S.F. Giants manager Charles Francis "Charlie" Fox born on 10-7-1921 in New York, New York expired 2-16-2004 in Stanford, California age 82 cause: complications from pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Fontaine Talbot Fox Jr. creator of the Toonerville Trolley comic strip born on 3-3-1884 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 8-9-1964 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comics writer Gardner Fox co-creator of The Flash for DC Comics (1940) born on 5-20-1911 in New York, New York expired 12-24-1986 in Princeton, New Jersey age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Gilbert T. "Gill" Fox edited Jack Cole's Plastic Man while at Quality Comics (1940-43); penciled/inked Bill Ward's Torchy born on 11-19-1915 in New York, New York expired 5-15-2004 in Redding Ridge, Connecticut age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago clothier Harold C. Fox credited with creating the Zoot Suit born on 7-9-1910 expired 7-28-1996 in Siesta Key, Florida age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former White Sox second baseman Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox coached Washington Senators from 1967 to 1973 born on 12-25-1927 in Saint Thomas, Pennsylvania expired 12-1-1975 in Baltimore, Maryland age 47 cause: skin cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Michael Fox co-founder of Florida Foods Inc. (1946); the company changed its name to Minute Maid Corp. (1947) and was purchased by the Coca-Cola Co. in 1960 born on 12-26-1912 in Esher, England expired 1-9-2003 in Winter Park, Florida age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Michael Fox born on 2-27-1921 expired 6-1-1996 age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Federal judge (1962-87) Noel Peter Fox born on 8-30-1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan expired 6-3-1987 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 76
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Ohio death row inmate Richard E. Fox kidnapped/
expired 2-12-2003 in Lucasville, Ohio age 47 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| long distance runner Terrence Stanley "Terry" Fox lost right leg to bone cancer; started a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research (had to stop in Thundar Bay, Ontario when the lung cancer was diagnosed) born on 7-28-1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada expired 6-27-1981 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada age 22 cause: pneumonia; bone & lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| organist Virgil Keel Fox born on 5-3-1912 in Princeton, Illinois expired 10-25-1980 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie pioneer William Fox founded Fox Film Corp. (1915), the successor to his Greater New York Film Rental Company (1904); bought rights to Movietone sound-on-film process from Case & Sponable; in 1929 bought Loews, Inc. (MGM owner) but was forced to relinquish ownership by government (under prodding from Louis B. Mayer); forced out of Fox studio (1930); studio merged with Twentieth Century Pictures (1935)
expired 5-8-1952 in New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian Redd Foxx starred in Sanford and Son tv series
expired 10-11-1991 in Hollywood, California age 68
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| movie producer/director Bryan W. Foy one of the Seven Little Foys; directed The Lights of New York (1928) and produced PT-109 (1963) & the 3-D opus House of Wax (1953) born on 12-8-1894 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-20-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 82 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Seven Little Foys kid performer Charles "Charley" Foy born on 6-12-1898 in Illinois expired 8-22-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudevillian Edward Fitzgerald "Eddie" Foy Sr. father of The Seven Little Foys vaudeville act born on 3-9-1856 in Greenwich Village, New York expired 2-16-1928 in Kansas City, Missouri age 71 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudevillian Edward Fitzgerald "Eddie" Foy Jr. member of The Seven Little Foys vaudeville act born on 2-4-1905 in New Rochelle, New York expired 7-15-1983 in Woodland Hills, California age 78 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kid vaudeville performer Irving L. Foy last of the The Seven Little Foys troupe born on 8-26-1908 expired 4-20-2003 in Albuquerque, New Mexico age 94 cause: complications from broken collarbone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| theater manager Richard "Dick" Foy another one of those pesky The Seven Little Foys expired 4-4-1947 in Dallas, Texas age 42 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Malcolm Frager born on 1-15-1935 in Sait Louis, Missouri expired 6-20-1991 age 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former UPI reporter Oscar Fraley co-wrote The Untouchables about the exploits of Eliot Ness born on 8-2-1914 expired 1-6-1994 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Janet Paterson Frame
expired 1-29-2004 in Dunedin, New Zealand age 79 cause: acute leukemia
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former NASCAR president (1972-2003) William Clifton "Bill" France his father founded NASCAR in 1947
expired 6-4-2007 in Daytona Beach, Florida age 74 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease
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| NASCAR founder (1947) William Henry Getty France built the Daytona & Taladega speedways born on 9-26-1909 expired 6-7-1992 age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist Zino Rene Francescatti born on 8-9-1902 in Marseilles, France expired 9-17-1991 in La Ciotat, France age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Sergio Franchi born on 4-6-1926 in Cremona, Italy expired 5-1-1990 in Stonington, Connecticut age 64 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Anthony "Tony" Franciosa had once been married to Shelley Winters (1957-60)
expired 1-19-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 77 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch of Bermuda ship captain Albert R. Francis rescued 78 passengers from the burning Morro Castle cruise ship (9/8/1934) expired 10-11-1972 in Tucker's Town, Bermuda age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
game show panelist Arlene Francis
expired 5-31-2001 in San Francisco, California age 92 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease
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| drummer David "Panama" Francis born on 12-21-1918 in Miami, Florida expired 11-11-2001 in Orlando, Florida age 82 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer & horror film director Frederick "Freddie" Francis won cinematography oscars for Sons and Lovers (1960) & Glory (1989) born on 12-22-1917 in Islington, London, England expired 3-17-2007 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| super-geezer George R. Francis had been the oldest man in America born on 6-6-1897 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 11-27-2008 in Sacramento, California age 111 cause: congestive heart failure
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| ex-jockey Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis became a respected crime/mystery writer born on 10-31-1920 in Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales expired 2-14-2010 in Grand Cayman Island age 89
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| movie director Pietro Francisci made Hercules (1957) & Hercules Unchained (1959) born on 9-9-1906 in Rome, Italy expired ??-??-1977 in Rome, Italy age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor James Grover Franciscus born on 1-31-1934 in Clayton, Missouri expired 7-8-1991 in North Hollywood, California age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Franck shared the 1925 Nobel prize in physics born on 8-26-1882 in Hamburg, Germany expired 5-21-1962 in Göttingen, Germany age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Fordham Rams football guard Edmund J. Franco member of the Seven Blocks of Granite (1936-37) born on 4-24-1915 expired 11-18-1992 in Bayonne, New Jersey age 77 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Generalissimo Francisco Franco according to SNL Weekend Update "he's still dead" - namesake of one of our Contest Awards
expired 11-20-1975 in Madrid, Spain age 82 cause: toxic shock; peritonitis, heart disease, kidney failure
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illustrator André François
expired 4-11-2005 in Grisy-les-Plâtres, France age 89 cause: heart & kidney failure AKS: Andre Francois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French diplomat André François-Poncet was ambassador to Germany from 1930 to 1938; his warnings of Hitler's intentions went unheeded by the pre-war French government born on 6-13-1887 in Provins, France expired 1-8-1978 in Paris, France age 90 AKS: Andre Francois-Poncet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60-Minute Gourmet Pierre Franey born on 1-13-1921 in Saint-Vinnemer, Burgundy, France expired 10-15-1996 in Southampton, England age 75 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Lebanese President Suleiman Kabalan Franjieh born on 6-15-1910 in Zgharta, Lebanon expired 7-23-1992 in Beirut, Lebanon age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dentist Aldred Louis Frank invented the "modern" root canal (1963) born on 7-17-1922 expired 1-16-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
diarist Anneliese Marie Frankborn on 6-12-1929 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 3-29-1945 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany age 15 cause: typhus; starvation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale halfback (1935-37) Clinton Edward Frank winner of the Heisman Trophy (1937)born on 9-13-1915 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-7-1992 in Evanston, Illinois age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edith Holländer Frank Anne's mother born on 1-16-1900 in Aachen, Germany expired 1-6-1945 in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland age 44 cause: Zyklon-G poison gas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Il'ja Mikhailovich Frank shared the 1958 Nobel physics prize born on 10-23-1908 in Saint Petersberg, Russia expired 6-22-1990 age 81 AKS: Ilja Ilya b.10/10/1908 old style calendar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former NBC News producer/president Israel Reuven Frank born on 12-7-1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 2-5-2006 in Englewood, New Jersey age 85 cause: complications from pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| attorney John P. Frank Ernesto Miranda's mouthpiece (1963-66); got the perp off without a warning; in 1992 was Anita Hill's legal advisor born on 11-10-1917 in Appleton, Wisconsin expired 9-7-2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Pencil Company manager Leo Frank convicted & sentenced to death for the 1913 slaying of Mary Phagan; sentence commuted to life without parole by Georgia governor John Slaton; lynch mob (calling itself the Knights of Mary Phagan) stormed the Georgia State Prison at Milledgeville, took him to a place near Mary's birthplace and lynched him; this incident prompted the formation of the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai Brith born on 4-17-1884 in Cuero, Texas expired 8-17-1915 in Frey's Grove, Georgia (near Marietta) age 31 cause: murdered; lynched | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margot Betti Frank Anne's sister born on 2-16-1926 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 3-27-1945 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany age 19 cause: typhus; starvation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer/producer/director Melvin Frank directed Li'l Aber (1959) & A Touch of Class (1973) born on 8-13-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-14-1988 in Los Angeles, California age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otto Heinrich Frank Anne's father born on 5-12-1889 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 8-19-1980 in Basel, Switzerland age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Philip N. Frank Sr. a 1968 MSU graduate — while there did editorial trips for the State News student newspaper; creator of the Farley & Elderberries strips born on 3-27-1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-12-2007 in Bolinas, California age 64 cause: brain tumor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director John Frankenheimer made Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), Black Sunday (1977) & Ronin (1998) born on 2-19-1930 in New York, New York expired 7-6-2002 age 72 cause: stroke; complications following spinal surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Supreme Court justice (1939-62) Felix Frankfurter co-founder of the ACLU (1920) born on 11-15-1882 in Vienna, Austria expired 2-22-1965 in Washington, District of Columbia age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
publisher, inventor, revolutionary Benjamin Franklin first U.S. Postmaster General; invented the lightning rod and bi-focal eyeglasses; came up with "Daylight Saving Time" to save candles
expired 4-17-1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rev. Clarence LeVaughn Franklin Aretha's father; spent last five years of :life" in a coma after June 10, 1979 home invasion that resulted in two gunshot wounds born on 1-22-1915 in Sunflower County, Mississippi expired 7-27-1984 in Detroit, Michigan age 69 cause: heart failure
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lyricist David "Dave" Franklin co-wrote the merry melody The Merry-expired 2-2-1970 in Los Angeles, California age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temptations signer Melvin Franklin
expired 2-22-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| molecular biologist Rosalind Elsie Franklin an expert X-ray crystallographer; working with Maurice Wilkins made the images that Watson & Crick used (without her permission or knowledge) to demonstrate DNA's helical structure; she was the only one of the group to not share the 1962 Nobel Prize born on 7-25-1920 in London, England expired 4-16-1958 in London, England age 37 cause: ovarian cancer; X-ray exposure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| producer & director Sidney Arnold Franklin producer of Mrs. Miniver (1942); oscar winner); won 1943 Irving Thalberg Memorial Award born on 3-21-1893 in San Francisco, California expired 5-18-1972 in Santa Monica, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warner Brothers cartoon music composer Milton J. Franklyn wrote the music to "The Michigan Rag," sung by Michigan J. Frog, in One Froggy Evening cartoon (1955; lyrics by Michael Maltese & Chuck Jones) born on 9-16-1897 in New York, New York expired 4-2-1962 in Hollywood, California age 64 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| murder victim Robert "Bobby" Franks Leopold & Loeb's "thrill-kill" victim expired 5-21-1924 in Chicago, Illinois age 14 cause: suffocation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Mary Frann played Bob's wife Joanna Loudon on Newhart (1982-90) born on 2-27-1943 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 9-23-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipco co-founder Warren Franscioni eventually re-enlisted in the Air Force after their "Flying Saucer" was licensed to Wham-O born on 4-7-1917 expired 5-??-1974 age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Arthur Franz did a lot of lame sci-fi pix: he played Dr. Stuart Kelston in the original Invaders From Mars (1953) born on 2-29-1920 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey expired 6-17-2006 in Oxnard, California age 86 cause: heart failure; emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince of Liechtenstein Franz Josef II born on 8-16-1906 in Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein expired 11-13-1989 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last Austro-Hungarian Emperor (1848-1916 Austria; 1867-1916 Hungary) Franz Joseph I
expired 11-21-1916 in Vienna, Austria age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss America pageant executive director (1941-67) Lenora S. Slaughter Frapart created the "talent" competition born on 10-23-1906 expired 12-4-2000 in Ventnor City, New Jersey age 94 AKS: Leonora Fraport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former UAW president (1977-83) Douglas Andrew Fraser was involved in the bail-out of Chrysler in the early 1980s born on 12-18-1916 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 2-23-2008 in Southfield, Michigan age 91 cause: empysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| old soldier James Fraser one of last dozen surviving Canadian World War I soldiers expired 12-7-2002 in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada age 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
sculptor James Earle Fraser designed the U.S. "Buffalo" nickel; in 1912 used models: Northern Cheyenne Black Hills war leader Justin Two Moons (present at Little Big Horn), Sitting Bull (Sioux) aide Iron Tail (also at Little Big Horn), Kiowa Indian Adoeett and John Big Treeborn on 11-4-1876 in Winona, Minnesota expired 10-11-1953 in Westport, Connecticut age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Shelagh Fraser played Aunt Beru in Star Wars IV born on 11-25-1922 in Purley, Surrey, England expired 8-29-2000 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Fraser-Smith Ian Fleming's inspiration for the James Bond character Q expired 11-9-1992 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian political leader Mehdi Frasheri Albanian premier 1935-36; governor of Palestine expired 5-25-1963 in Rome, Italy age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
wiseguy Aladena James Fratianno mob boss turned rat fink
expired 6-30-1993 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Giovanni Frau born on 12-29-1890 in Orroli, Sardinia, Italy expired 6-19-2003 in Orroli, Sardinia, Italy age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudevillian & character actor William Frawley landlord Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy; stoggie-smoking "political advisor" in original Miracle on 34th Street born on 2-26-1893 in Burlington, Iowa expired 3-3-1966 in Hollywood, California age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Joseph Frazer co-founder of Kaiser-Frazer Corp.; co-developed the original Jeep as president of Willys-Overland Motors (1939-43) born on 3-4-1892 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 8-7-1971 in Newport, Rhode Island age 79 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
illustrator Frank Kelly Freas winner of 11 Hugo Awards; of his sci-fi work one of the most famous appeared on the cover of the October 1953 Astounding Science Fiction depicting a giant robot holding the body of a dead man in it's hand (the picture was later adapted for a rock band's album cover); was a cover artist for Mad Magazine (1958-62) drawing numerous depictions of magazine mascot Alfred E. Neumanborn on 8-27-1922 in Hornell, New York expired 1-2-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
gangster's moll Evelyn "Billie" Frechette John Dillinger's "great love"; did 2 years in Milan (MI) pen for harboring him
expired 1-13-1969 in Shawano, Wisconsin age 61 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Frechette lead actor in Zabriskie Point (1970) born on 12-4-1947 expired 9-27-1975 in Norfolk, Massachusetts age 27 cause: suffocation while weight lifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danish monarch (1947-72) King Frederick IX head of the House of Glucksburg; husband of Queen Ingrid; father of Danish Queen Margrethe II born on 3-11-1899 expired 1-14-1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 72 cause: heart attack; pneumonia; influenza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer Neal L. Fredericks shot The Blair Witch Project (1999) born on 7-24-1969 expired 8-14-2004 in Dry Tortugas, Florida age 35 cause: drowned; plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
exiled Greek Queen Mother Frederika consort of Paul I; mother of Spanish Queen Sofia & Greek King Constantine XII
expired 2-6-1981 in Madrid, Spain age 63 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
reviver of the Olympic Games Pierre de Frédy first Secretary-
expired 9-2-1937 in Geneva, Switzerland age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertising executive Forrest William Free came up with National Airlines suggestive ad campaign "I'm Cheryl — Fly Me" born on 8-28-1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-1-2003 in Poughkeepsie, New York age 74 cause: complications from lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio disc jockey Alan Freed coined term "Rock and Roll"; got caught with hand out during the 1960s payola scandal born on 12-5-1922 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania expired 1-20-1965 in Palm Springs, California age 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie musical producer Arthur Freed won two Academy Awards; wrote Singin' in the Rain (1929); produced The Wizard of Oz (1939), An American in Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958) born on 9-9-1894 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 4-12-1973 in Hollywood, California age 78 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Max C. Freedman co-wrote Rock Around the Clock (1953) born on 1-8-1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-8-1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rose Freedman last survior of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire (March 25, 1911) in New York
expired 2-15-2001 in Beverly Hills, California age 107
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| movie director Thornton Freeland made Whoopee! (1930) & Flying Down to Rio (1933) born on 2-10-1898 in Hope, North Dakota expired 5-22-1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. David Guthrie Freeman won 1949 All-England badminton championship; seven- born on 9-6-1920 in Pasadena, California expired 6-28-2001 in San Diego, California age 80 cause: Merkle cell carcinoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv animal trainer Elias Franklin Freeman trainer of Cleo the Basset Hound (on 1950s People's Choice), Higgins (aka: Benji) on Petticoat Junction (rescued from Burbank animal shelter in 1960), Arnold Ziffel from Green Acres & Tramp on My Three Sons
expired 7-27-2002 in Sylmar, California age 86 cause: complications from fall; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anthropologist Dr. John Derek Freeman debunker of Margaret Mead's claptrap hooie born on 8-16-1916 in Wellington, New Zealand expired 7-6-2001 in Canberra, Australia age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ubiquitous character actress Kathleen Freeman played General Burkhalter's husband- born on 2-17-1919 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-23-2001 in New York, New York age 82 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tenor sax player Lawrence "Bud" Freeman born on 4-13-1906 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-15-1991 in Chicago, Illinois age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Minnesota governor (1954-61) Orville Lothrup Freeman Kennedy/Johnson agriculture secretary (1961-69) born on 5-9-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-20-2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 84 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gemini astronaut Theodore C. Freeman killed in T-38 trainer crash born on 2-18-1930 in Haverford, Pennsylvania expired 10-31-1964 in Houston, Texas age 34 cause: plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Nazi proponent David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford father of Deborah, Diana, Unity, Pamela and Nancy Freeman-Mitford
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| Nancy Freeman-Mitford sister of Deborah, Diana, Jessica, Pamela and Unity born on 11-28-1904 in Chelsea, England expired 6-30-1973 in Versailles, France age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930s "perfect Aryan beauty" Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mittford daughter of Baron Redesdale; sister-in-law of British Facist Sir Oswald Mosley; disciple of Adolf Hitler; attempted suicide in 1939 after Germany invaded Poland (shot self in head with pistol); spent last nine years as a veggie in a nursing home expired 5-29-1948 in Oban, Scotland age 33 cause: meningitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor & narrator Paul Frees played Dr. Vorhees in The Thing From Outer Space (1951); provided the voice of John Beresford Tipton on The Millionaire tv series (1955-60), the "voice" of the aliens in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), the voice of Colossus in Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969) and the cartoon character voices of Inspector
Fenwick on Dudley Dooright and Boris Badenov on Rocky and Bulwinkle; original voice of Pillsbury icon Poppin' Fresh
expired 11-2-1986 in Tiborn, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former cotton & alfalfa farmer George Elston Freestone oldest Boy Scout, joining L.A. troup in 1910 born on 7-28-1898 in Safford, Arizona expired 2-8-2003 in Mesa, Arizona age 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois death row inmate James Frei Jr. expired 3-22-1995 age 41 cause: executed; lethal injection AKS: Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Fred Freiberger worked on Ben CaseyWild, Wild West & original Star Trek series (3rd season; 1968-69) born on 2-19-1915 in New York, New York expired 3-2-2003 in Bel Air, California age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ella Wieder Freilich Senator Joe Lieberman's mother-in-law born on 1-17-1918 expired 8-6-2004 in Englewood, New Jersey age 86
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| Looney Toones & Merry Melodies director Isadore "Friz" Freleng created Yosemite Sam; drew first Warner Brothers cartoon Sinkin' in the Bathtub born on 8-21-1906 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 5-26-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actress Susan French played the elder Elise McKenna in Somewhere in Time (1980) & Sev Maylore in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Man of the People (1992)
expired 4-6-2004 in Santa Monica, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Victor French appeared on Highway to Heaven born on 12-4-1934 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-15-1989 age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luftwaffe photographer Walter Frentz worked on Triumph of the Will (1934) & Olympia (1936); took lots of pictures of Hitler born on 8-21-1907 in Heilbrunn, Germany expired 7-6-2004 in Uberlingen-am-Badersee, Germany age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
stage/movie actor Pierre Fresnay played Marius Olivier in Marcel Pagnol's trilogy Marius (1931), Fanny (1932) & César (1936); played Captain Boieldieu in Le Grande Illusion (1937)
expired 1-9-1975 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France age 77 cause: respiratory ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneer psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud born on 5-6-1856 in Freiberg, Moravia expired 9-23-1939 in London, England age 83 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in 1974 coined term burnout ("the extinction of motivation or incentive, especially where one's devotion to a cause or relationship fails to produce the desired results") born on 11-26-1926 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 11-29-1999 in New York, New York age 73 cause: cardiac failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer Karl Freund filmed Metropolis (1927); also long-time photographer of the I Love Lucy tv show born on 1-16-1890 in Königinhof, Bavaria, Austria-Hungary expired 5-3-1969 in Santa Monica, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rev. Marvin V. Frey wrote Kum Ba Yah born on 12-19-1918 expired 11-28-1992 age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazalian media baron Octavio Frias de Oliveira born on 8-5-2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 4-24-2007 in São Paulo, Brazil age 94 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fomer Continental Grain chairman Michel Fribourg born on 8-11-1913 in Antwerp, Belgium expired 4-10-2001 in New York, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former Baseball Commissioner (September 20, 1951 to November 16, 1965) Ford Christopher Frick National League president (1934-51); founded the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938 born on 12-19-1894 in Wawaka, Indiana expired 4-8-1978 in Bronxville, New York age 83 cause: complications from strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Florida Friebus played Dobie Gillis' mom on tv born on 10-10-1909 in Auburndale, Massachusetts expired 5-27-1988 in Laguna Niguel, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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journalist Alfred Hermann Fried influenced by Bertha von Suttner became a leader in the peace movement; shared the 1911 Nobel peace prize born on 11-11-1864 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 5-5-1921 in Vienna, Austria age 56 cause: lung infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director & Actors' Studio teacher Martin Fried born on 10-12-1927 in New York, New York expired 3-28-2000 in New York, New York age 72 cause: aneurism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
feminist crone Betty Naomi Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963); co-founder of NOW — The National Organization for Women (1966)
expired 2-4-2006 in Washington, District of Columbia age 85 cause: congestive heart failure
AKS: Freidan Freedan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie composer Hugo Friedhofer received oscar for scoring Best Years of Our Lives (1946) born on 5-3-1901 in San Francisco, California expired 5-17-1981 in Hollywood, California age 80 cause: complications from injuries sustained in fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former stripper/junkie Honey Bruce Friedman one-time wife of Lenny Bruce (1951-57); mother of Kitty Bruce (b.1955)
expired 9-12-2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 78 cause: complications from colitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maurice H. Friedman developed the "rabbit test" for pregnancy born on 10-27-1903 expired 3-8-1991 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976 Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman taught at the University of Chicago (1946-76) born on 7-31-1912 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 11-16-2006 in San Francisco, California age 94 cause: heart failure
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| economist Rose Director Friedman widow of Milton Friedman born on 12-25-1910 in Charterosk, Ukraine, Russian Empire expired 8-18-2009 in Davis, California age 98 cause: heart ailment
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| movie producer Stephen Friedman produced The Last Picture Show, Slap Shot and The Big Easy born on 3-15-1937 in New York, New York expired 10-4-1996 in Brentwood, California age 59 cause: multiple myeloma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German rocket developer Hans R. Friedrich co-developed the V-2 rocket and the Atlas ICBM expired 12-6-1958 in San Diego, California age 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro wrassler Robert H. Friedrich
expired 8-7-1966 in Muskogee, Oklahoma age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| song writer Cliff Friend co-wrote The Merry- born on 10-1-1893 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 6-27-1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Edwin S. Friendly Jr. co-created Laugh-In (with George Schlatter) & Little House on the Prairie born on 4-8-1922 in New York, New York expired 6-17-2007 in Rancho Santa Fe, California age 85 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former CBS news president (1964-66) Fred W. Friendly one of "Murrow's Boys"; producer of CBS Reports documentary Harvest of Shame
expired 3-3-1998 in New York, New York age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British photographer and inventor William Edward Friese-Greene built first "practical" motion picture camera (1889) born on 9-7-1855 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 5-5-1921 in London, England age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Friesen with wife co-founded the folk song journal Broadside (1962) born on 3-3-1909 in Weatherford, Oklahoma expired 10-15-1996 in New York, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operetta composer Rudolf Friml wrote Indian Love Call (from his operetta The Firefly; 1912) and Rose Marie born on 12-7-1879 in Prague, Bohemia expired 11-12-1972 in Hollywood, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Fordham Flash" & N.Y. Giants second baseman Frank Francis "Frankie" Frisch managed the Saint Louis Cardinals "Gashouse Gang" born on 9-9-1898 in New York, New York expired 3-12-1972 in Wilmington, Delaware age 73 cause: cardiac arrest; complications from car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swiss novelist Max Frisch born on 5-15-1911 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 4-4-1991 in Zürich, Switzerland age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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economist Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch shared the first Nobel Prize in economics born on 3-3-1895 in Oslo, Norway expired 1-31-1973 in Oslo, Norway age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell had hit song Saginaw Michigan (1964) born on 3-31-1928 in Corsicana, Texas expired 7-19-1975 in Nashville, Tennessee age 47 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Gerd Fröbe played James Bond villain Auric Goldfinger
expired 9-5-1988 in München, Germany age 76 cause: heart attack AKS: Frobe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tutonic educator Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel created the Kindergarten system (1936) born on 4-21-1782 in Oberweissbach, Germany expired 6-21-1852 in Marienthal, Germany age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former General Mills engineer Harold Edward "Bud" Froehlich designed and built the Alvin submersible — it found the submerged H-bomb in the Mediterranean Sea off Palomares, Spain (1966) & was used by Robert Ballard to explore the wreck of the Titanic (it was named after Woods Hole engineer Allyn Vine, not the cartoon chipmunk)born on 7-13-1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 5-19-2007 in Maplewood, Minnesota age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Gustav Fröhlich had male lead in Metropolis (1927) playing Freder; marriage to actress Lída Baarová (1935-38) came to an end when he walked in on her boffing Nazi propaganda minister Göbbels (his mistress since 1935) born on 3-21-1902 in Hannover, Prussia, Germany expired 12-22-1987 in Lugano, Switzerland age 85 AKS: Frohlich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| diminutive character actor Siegfried "Sig" Frohlich played one of theFlying Monkeys in The Wizard of Oz 1939) — he's the one that swooped down and grabbed Toto in the forest born on 1-8-1910 in Kozova, Galicia, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) expired 9-30-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 95 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway producer Charles Frohman brother of Daniel born on 6-17-1860 in Sandusky, Ohio expired 5-7-1915 in Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland age 54 cause: drowned aboard Lusitania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway producer Daniel Frohman co-founded Famous Players Film Co. (1912); brother of Charles born on 8-22-1851 in Sandusky, Ohio expired 12-26-1940 in New York, New York age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| architect Philip Hubert Frohman took over design & construction of the Washington National Cathedral in 1921; full name: Episcopal Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul born on 11-16-1887 in New York, New York expired 10-30-1972 in Washington, District of Columbia age 84 cause: injuries sustained on 8/7 when struck by automobile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor David W. Froman had recurring role of Lt. Bob Brooks on Matlock lawyer/crime drama (1986-94); was Captain K'Nera on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Heart of Glory (1988) born on 12-31-1938 in Miami, Oklahoma expired 2-8-2010 in Miami, Oklahoma age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Milton Frome born on 2-24-1908 expired 3-21-1989 in Woodland Hills, California age 81 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| psychoanalyst Dr. Erich Fromm born on 3-23-1900 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 3-18-1980 in Muralto, Switzerland age 79 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oft-married football Rams owner Georgia Irwin Geiger Johnson Wyler Hayes Rosenbloom Frontiere inherited team from deceased hubby; moved it to St. Louis (1995) born on 11-21-1927 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-18-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 80 cause: breast cancer
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| poet Robert Lee Frost won four Pulitzer prizes born on 3-26-1874 in San Francisco, California expired 1-29-1963 in Boston, Massachusetts age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"pioneering" break dancer Wayne A. Frost appeared in Flashdance (1983)
expired 4-3-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 44 AKS: b-boying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big rig trailer manufacturer Harvey Charles Fruehauf co-founder of Fruehauf Trailer Co. born on 12-15-1893 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan expired 10-14-1968 in Detroit, Michigan age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| supergeezer Bertha Fry had been the third-oldest person in the world born on 12-1-1893 in Madison, Switzerland County, Indiana expired 11-14-2007 in Muncie, Indiana age 113 cause: pneumonia
AKS: Frey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British playwright Christopher Fry born on 12-18-1907 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 6-30-2005 in Chichester, West Sussex, England age 97
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| terminally typecast actor Dwight Iliff Frye Renfield in Dracula (1931), Fritz in Frankenstein (1931), Karl in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), "villager" in Son of Frankenstein (1939), another "villager" in Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) and Rudi in
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) born on 2-22-1899 in Salina, Kansas expired 11-7-1943 age 44 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-time Tony winning Broadway producer Robert Fryer produced Wonderful Town, Auntie Mame, Mame, Sweet Charity, Sweeney Todd, Chiago & Noises Off; also produced The Shining (1980) born on 11-18-1917 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-28-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 82 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voytek Frykowski born on 12-22-1936 in Poland expired 8-9-1969 in Los Angeles, California age 32 cause: murdered; shot twice, struck over head 13 times, stabbed 51 times AKS: Wojciech Voytak Wojicieck Wojtek Voityck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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