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| prominent NYC judge Hortense W. Gabel born on 12-16-1912 expired 12-7-1990 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French actor Jean Gabin played Marechal in Le Grand Illusion (1937)
expired 11-15-1976 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor William Clark Gable played Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind (1939) born on 2-1-1901 in Cadiz, Ohio expired 11-16-1960 in Hollywood, California age 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYC Commodore Music Shop owner Milton Gabler founded Commodore Records independent jazz label in 1930s; produced numerous records, including Rock Around the Clock (1954); Billy Crystal's uncle born on 5-20-1911 in New York, New York expired 7-20-2001 in New York, New York age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 Nobel physics laureate Dennis Gabor invented and developed holography (1947); coined the term hologram
expired 2-8-1979 in London, England age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Ziffel's former main squeeze Eva Gabor born on 2-11-1921 in Budapest, Hungary expired 7-4-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
family matriarch Joli Gabor de Szigethy
expired 4-1-1997 in Rancho Mirage, California age 96 cause: cardiac arrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magda Gabor born on 7-10-1919 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 6-6-1997 in Rancho Mirage, California age 77 cause: renal failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medellin drug cartel leader Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha expired 12-15-1989 age 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| women's major league baseball player Rose M. Gacioch pitched for the Rockford Peaches (1945- born on 8-31-1915 in Wheeling, West Virginia expired 9-9-2004 in Clinton Township, Michigan age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr. killed 33 males, mostly by suffocation, in and around his home at 8213 W. Summerdale, Norridge, Illinois; some of his victims: William "Billy" Carroll Jr., Gregory Godzik, John Butckovich, Michiael Bonnin, John Szyc, Robert Gilroy, Frank Wayne "Dale" Landingin, Tim McCoy, Darrell Sampson, Randall Reffett, Samuel Stapleton, Rick Johnston, John Prestige, Matthew Bowman, John Mowery, Russell Nelson, Robert Winch, Tommy Baling, David Talsma, William Kinred, James Mazzara, Timothy O'Rourke, Robert Piest; a number of other victims were never identified
expired 5-10-1994 in Joliet, Illinois age 52 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| philosopher Hans-George Gadamer born on 2-11-1900 in Marburg, Germany expired 3-13-2002 in Heidelberg, Germany age 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author William Thomas Gaddis born on 12-29-1922 in New York, New York expired 12-16-1998 in East Hampton, New York age 75 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Louis Browns "pinch-hitter" Edward Carl "Eddie" Gaedel sent to plate as a stunt by Browns owner Bill Veeck during the second game of an August 19, 1951 double-header with the Detroit Tigers; (uniform number "1/8"); between games Eddie had emerged from a "cake" celebrating the 50th anniversary of the American League; pitcher Bob Cain walked lead-off batter Eddie (all 3-foot 7-inch of him) on 4 straight pitches; Eddie was then replaced by
a pinch-runnerborn on 6-8-1925 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-18-1961 in Chicago, Illinois age 36 cause: murdered; shot during mugging | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AIDS-infected Marine Martin F. Gaffney born on 1-17-1949 expired 11-1-1991 age 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vostok 1 cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin first human to have orbited the Earth 4/12/1961 born on 3-9-1934 in Gzhatsk, Russia, USSR expired 3-27-1968 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 34 cause: MiG-15 crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss USA (1957) for a day Mary Leona Gage stripped of title the day after winning when it was learned that she was married and had two kids (plus, she was only 18 (not 21); replaced by Miss Argentina: Mónica Lamas; was married six times — ex-Mrs Edward Thacker, Gene Ennis, Nick Covacevich, Gunther Peter Collatz, ______ and _____ Kaminer. born on 4-13-1939 in Longview, Texas expired 10-5-2010 in Sherman Oaks, California age 71 cause: heart failure; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II soldier Rene A. Gagnon on of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi that was photographed by Joe Rosenthal born on 3-27-1925 in Manchester, New Hampshire expired 10-12-1979 in Hooksett, New Hampshire age 54 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
economist Yegor Timurovich Gaidar former acting Russian prime minister under Yeltsin (June 15 - December 14, 1992); a Putin critic; at the end of November 2006 was poisoned in Ireland; he slowly recovered but it looks like they finally "got" him
expired 12-16-2009 in Odintsovo raison, Moscow oblast, Russia age 53 cause: "blood clot" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd backup singer Cassie Gaines a "Honkette"; sister of Steve born on 1-9-1948 expired 10-20-1977 in McComb, Mississippi age 29 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Division II basketball coach George Edward "Big House" Gaines Sr. coached at Winston-Salem State University; went 828 and 447 born on 5-21-1923 in Paducah, Kentucky expired 4-18-2005 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina age 81 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Steven Earl Gaines born on 9-14-1949 in Miami, Florida expired 10-20-1977 in McComb, Mississippi age 28 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAD Magazine co-founder (1952) & publisher William Maxwell Gaines born on 3-1-1922 in New York, New York expired 6-3-1992 age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French singer Serge Gainsbourg had 1969 soft-porn hit Je t'aime, moi non plus with actress Jane Birkin
expired 3-2-1991 in Paris, France age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Grenada Premier Sir Eric Matthew Gairy ousted in 1979 by Maurice Bishop born on 2-19-1922 in Saint Andrew's, Grenada expired 8-23-1997 in Grand Anse, Grenada age 75 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Henry J. Gaison founded the Auto-Strop Safety Razor Company (1906), sold it to Gillette Safety Razor Company (1930) and became its chairman (1930-38) expired 8-6-1974 in White Plains, New York age 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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virologist/pedophile Dr. Daniel Carleton Gajdusek shared the 1976 Nobel medicine prize; discovered the rare disease Kuru in the Fore Tribe of Papua, New Guinea (they eat their dead relatives); in their language Kuru means "shaking" or "shivering"; in 1997 plead guilty to child molestation — did his probation in Europe born on 9-9-1923 in Yonkers, New York expired 12-12-2008 in Tromso, Norway age 85 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9mm submachine gun inventor (1950s) Uziel Gal born on 12-15-1923 in Germany expired 9-7-2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician Manuel Galbán was a guitarist in the Buena Vista Social Club ensemble born on 1-14-1931 in Gibara, Holguin Province, Cuba expired 7-7-2011 in Havana, Cuba age 80 cause: heart attack AKS: Galban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
economist John Kenneth Galbraithborn on 10-15-1908 in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada expired 4-29-2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 97
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| former boxer & pro wrassler Anthony "Two-Ton Tony" Galento known for the phrase "I'll moider da bum" born on 3-12-1910 in Orange, New Jersey expired 7-22-1979 in Livingston, New Jersey age 69 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
kid actor Alice Mae Gallagher appeared in the Our Gang movie shorts
expired 9-12-2008 in Ridgewood, New Jersey age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist George Gately Gallagher created Heathcliff the cat (1973) born on 12-21-1928 expired 9-30-2001 in Ridgewood, New Jersey age 72 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| middle distance (800 meter) runner Kimberly Ann Gallagher two-time Olympic medalist: silver (1984) & bronze (1988) born on 6-11-1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-18-2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 38 cause: strokes; stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Army Air Corps Sgt. Raymond C. Gallagher gunner/assistant flight engineer aboard Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki born on 10-19-1921 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-2-1999 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Samuel Clark Gallamore
expired 1-14-2003 in Huntsville, Texas age 31 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Mexican geezer Ezequiel Guzman Gallardo claims to have rode with Pancho Villa born on 4-11-1887 expired 2-??-2000 in Tampico, Mexico age 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (with d'Arrest) was first to observe the planet Neptune (9-23-1846), based upon calculations of LeVerrier born on 6-9-1812 in Grãfenhainichen, Prussia expired 7-10-1910 in Potsdam, Germany age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire governor (1979-82) Hugh J. Gallen born on 7-30-1924 in Portland, Maine expired 12-24-1982 age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Whitesnake band guitarist Mel Galley born on 3-8-1948 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England expired 7-1-2008 in Heath Hayes, Staffordshire, England age 60 cause: cancer of the esophagus
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| writer Paul William Gallico founded the Golden Gloves boxing tournaments; wrote The Snow Goose (1941) & The Poseidon Adventure (1969) born on 7-26-1897 in New York, New York expired 7-15-1976 in Monte Carlo, Monaco age 78 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wine company co-founder Ernest Gallo brother of Julio born on 3-18-1909 in Jackson, Amador County, California expired 3-6-2007 in Modesto, California age 97
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| reputed New York Mafioso Joseph Gallo born on 4-6-1929 expired 4-7-1972 in New York, New York age 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wine company co-founder Julio Gallo brother of Ernest born on 3-21-1910 in Modesto, California expired 5-2-1993 in Modesto, California age 83 cause: Jeep accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor & motivational speaker Donald Galloway appeared as Kip Rysdale on The Secret Storm (1962-63), officer Ed Brown on Ironside (1967-75) & Richard Bowins in The Big Chill (1983) born on 7-27-1937 in Brooksville, Kentucky expired 1-8-2009 in Reno, Nevada age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pollster George Horace Gallup II born on 11-18-1901 in Jefferson, Iowa expired 7-26-1984 in Tschingel, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland age 82 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pollster George Horace Gallup III born on 4-9-1930 in Evanston, Illinois expired 11-21-2011 in Princeton, New Jersey age 81 cause: liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932 Nobel literature laureate John Galsworthy wrote series of books known as the Forsyte Saga: The Man of Power (1906), In Chancery (1920), To Let (1921), The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926) & Swan Song (1928)
expired 1-31-1933 in Grove Lodge, Hampstead, England age 65 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Argentine general Léopoldo Fortunato Galtieri led junta that ruled Argentina in the 1980s; his seizure of the (Malvinas) Falkland Islands precipitated a disasterous war with Great Britain born on 7-15-1926 in Casero, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 1-12-2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 76 cause: heart failure; pancreatic cancer
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| physician & physicist Luigi Galvani studied effects of electricity on animal muscles (1771); the eponym galvanize is based upon his suties of electric current flow through liquids born on 9-9-1737 in Bologna, Italy expired 12-4-1798 in Bologna, Italy age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Joseph E. Galvin co-founded Galvin Manufacturing Corp. (1928) born on --1899 expired 3-7-1944 in Oak Park, Illinois age 44 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Paul Vincent Galvin co-founded Galvin Manufacturing Corp. (1928) ... it eventually became Motorola (after the car radio they manufactured) born on 6-27-1895 in Harvard, Illinois expired 11-5-1959 in Evanston, Illinois age 64 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Motorola CEO (1959-86) Robert William "Bob" Galvin was son of the founder born on 10-9-1922 in Marshfield, Wisconsin expired 10-11-2011 in Chicago, Illinois age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mafia Don Carlo Gambino reputed to be the model for The Godfather born on 9-1-1902 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy expired 10-15-1976 in Massapequa, New York age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Gold Honey Inc founder (1946) W. Ralph Gambler first to sell honey in bear-shaped plastic container (1957) expired 9-15-2001 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| surgeon Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee invented cotton-wool & Gamgee Tissue, a surgical dressing of absorbent cotten between layers of absorbent gauze; namesake of Rings character born on --1828 in Warwick, England expired ??-??-1886 in England age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tenuous (Soviet) Georgian "President" Dr. Zviad Gamsakhurdia born on 3-31-1939 in Tbilisi, Georgia expired 12-31-1993 in Tsalenjikha region, Western Georgia age 54 cause: executed; shot by own supporters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneer french film director Abel Eugène Alexander Gance made the epic Napoleon (1927) featuring an early widescreen process (multi-vision) born on 10-25-1889 in Paris, France expired 11-10-1981 in Paris, France age 92 cause: lung ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini Nehru Gandhi born on 11-19-1917 in Allahabad, India (now Uttar Pradesh) expired 10-31-1984 in New Delhi, India age 66
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| Hindu spiritual leader (Mahatma) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi champion of non-violent protest born on 10-2-1869 in Porbandar, India expired 1-30-1948 in New Delhi, India age 78 cause: assassinated; shot to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indian premier Rajiv Ratna Gandhi born on 8-20-1944 in Bombay, India expired 5-21-1991 age 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanjay Gandhi son of Indira born on 12-14-1946 in New Delhi, India expired 6-23-1980 in New Delhi, India age 33 cause: small plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Sox first baseman Charles Arnold "Chick" Gandil worked as a plumber after lifetime ban from baseball born on 1-19-1887 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 12-13-1970 in Calistoga, California age 83 cause: cardiac failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anti-property tax crusader Paul Gann pushed California Proposition 13 (1978) with Howard Jarvis born on 6-12-1912 in Clark County, Arkansas expired 9-11-1989 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| media mogul Frank Ernest Gannett founded Gannett Co. (1945) born on 9-15-1876 in Bristol, New York expired 12-3-1957 in Rochester, New York age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| typeface designer Claude Garamond perfected the Roman typeface, which replaced Gothic as the predominant style in use around 1531; namesake of the Garamond font born on --1499 in Paris, France expired ??-??-1561 in Paris, France age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield (Mass.) Armory worker John Cantius Garand invented the M-1 rifle (1930) born on 1-1-1883 in Saint Rémi, Quebec, Canada expired 2-16-1974 in Springfield, Massachusetts age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former child actor Matthew Garber played Michael Banks in Mary Poppins (1964) born on 3-25-1956 in London, England expired 6-13-1977 in Hampstead, England age cause: haemorrhagic narcotising pancreatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Greta Garbo "I vant to be (left) alone."
expired 4-15-1990 age 84
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Mexican diplomat Alfonso García Robles shared the 1982 Nobel Peace prize born on 3-20-1911 in Zamora, Michoacán State, Mexico expired 9-2-1991 in Mexico City, Mexico age 80 AKS: Garcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Philippine president (1957-61) Carlos P. Garcia born on 11-4-1896 in Talibon, Bohol, Philippines expired 6-14-1971 in Quezon City, Philippines age 74 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cannibal and the Headhunters bandleader Francisco M. Garcia had 1965 hit with Land of 1,000 Dances born on 4-22-1946 expired 1-21-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia born on 8-1-1942 in San Francisco, California expired 8-9-1995 age 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last of the "Federales" soldier Teodoro García fought against Pancho Villa to keep Porfirio Diaz in power in Mexico born on 1-7-1889 in Sacramento, Coahuila, Mexico expired 4-24-1999 in Texas City, Texas age 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Vincent Gardenia born on 1-7-1922 expired 12-8-1992 age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor William Reginald Gardiner born on 2-27-1903 in Wimbledon, England expired 7-7-1980 in Westwood, California age 77 cause: heart attack; pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Ava Lavinia Gardner married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra
expired 1-25-1990 in London, England age 67 cause: pneumonia; complications from 1981 stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Coasters leader Carl Edward Gardner Sr. born on 4-29-1928 in Tyler, Texas expired 6-12-2011 in Port Saint Lucie, Florida age 83 cause: congestive heart failure; vascular dementia; throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music teacher Donald Yetter Gardner wrote novelty song " All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" (1947) born on 8-20-1913 in Portland, Pennsylvania expired 9-15-2004 in Brockton, Massachusetts age 91 cause: complications from operation; fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oldster Edna Parshall Jackson Gardner her first husband Jesse died in Russia, part of the World War I Polar Bear Expedition; her second husband was Claude Jackson, Jesse's older brother; husband number three was Mirle Gardner born on 4-25-1895 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-18-2003 in Fowlerville, Michigan age 108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| detective novelist Erle Stanley Gardner created lawyer Perry Mason and District Attorney Hamilton Burger born on 7-17-1889 in Maldden, Massachusetts expired 3-11-1970 in Temecula, California age 80 AKS: Earl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Herbert George Gardner wrote A Thousand Clowns (1962) & I'm Not Rappaport (1986) born on 12-28-1934 in New York, New York expired 9-24-2003 in New York, New York age 68 cause: lung disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Champlin Gardner Jr. born on 7-21-1933 in Batavia, New York expired 9-14-1982 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania age 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former commando & Anglican priest (1953-58) John Edmund Gardner turned to writing — churned out 14 James Bond novels for the literary estate (Fleming only produced 12) born on 11-20-1926 in Deaton Deleval, Northumberland, England expired 8-3-2007 in Basingstoke, England age 80 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson H.E.W. secretary (1965-68) John William Gardner founded Common Cause (8/18/1970) born on 10-8-1912 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-16-2002 in Palo Alto, California age 89 cause: complications from prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| crooner Kenneth A. "Kenny" Gardner sang for Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians (1940-78); married Guy's daughter Elaine born on 3-20-1913 in Lakeview, Iowa expired 7-26-2002 in Manhasset, New York age 89 cause: heart attack following appendectomy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer & puzzle-meister Martin Gardner used to write the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American born on 10-21-1914 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 5-22-2010 in Norman, Oklahoma age 95
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20th U.S. president (March 4th thru September 19th, 1881) James Abram Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2nd, 1881, in Washington, D.C.born on 11-19-1831 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio expired 9-19-1881 in Elberon, New Jersey age 49 cause: gunshot wounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Foods chemical engineer (1971-85) Ms. Torunn Atteraas "Teri" Garin helped developed aspartame born on 9-19-1947 in Bergen, Norway expired 4-26-2002 in Bronxville, New York age 54 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| childrens story author Howard Roger Garis created Uncle Wiggily born on 4-25-1873 in Binghamton, New York expired 11-5-1962 in Northampton, Massachusetts age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B-movie actress Beverly Garland widow of Fillmore Crank; appeared in DOA (1950), Swamp Women, Not of This Earth, It Conquered the World (1956), Naked Paradise (1957), The Alligator People (1959) & My Three Sons tv series
expired 12-5-2008 in Hollywood Hills, California age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Judy Garland played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939); mother of Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft
expired 6-22-1969 in London, England age 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
refrigeration expert Milton Ward Garland
expired 7-27-2000 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania age 104 cause: complications from heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Robert Garland the "father" of Daylight Saving Time expired 4-19-1949 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
legendary county guitarist Walter Louis "Hank" Garland his career was cut short by a 1961 automobile accident that left him with significant neurological trauma
expired 12-28-2004 in Orange Park, Florida age 74 cause: staph infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz pianist Erroll Garner wrote Misty born on 6-15-1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-2-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 55 cause: cardiac arrest; emphysema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| colorful FDR Vice President (1933-1941) John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner Texas Rep. from 1903-1932; House Speaker 1931-1932; once said that the vice presidency "wasn't worth a bucket of spit." born on 11-22-1868 in Blossom Prairie, Texas expired 11-7-1967 in Uvalde, Texas age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudeville slapstick comedian Paul "Mousie" Garner last of Ted Healy's Stooges (as Shemp's replacement when he was on the road) born on 7-31-1909 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 8-8-2004 in Verdugo Hills, California age 95 AKS: Mousey Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director William Taylor Garnett directed The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) born on 6-13-1894 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-4-1977 in Sawtelle, California age 83 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Betty Garrett widow of Larry Parks; played Irene Lorenzo on All In The Family (1973-75) & Edna Babish on Laverne & Shirley (1976-82) born on 5-23-1919 in Saint Joseph, Missouri expired 2-11-2011 in Westwood, California age 91 cause: aortic aneurysm
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| actress Joy Garrett born on 3-2-1946 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-11-1993 age 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heiress Candace Mossler Garrison acquitted of the June 30, 1964 murder of her husband Jacques Mossler at 1965 trial expired 10-26-1976 in Miami Beach, Florida age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv producer/director Greg Garrison produced/directed the Dean Martin tv show & celebrity roasts
expired 3-25-2005 in Thousand Oaks, California age 81 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1960's New Orleans District Attorney and JFK assassination-conspiracy theorist Jim Garrison born on 11-20-1921 in Denison, Iowa expired 10-21-1992 age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| skiffle group leader Frederick "Freddie" Garrity lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers; had 1960s hits with I'm Telling You Now & Do the Freddie born on 11-14-1936 in Manchester, England expired 5-19-2006 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales age 69 cause: circulatory disease; ephysema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
first Today Show host David Cunningham "Dave" Garrowayborn on 7-13-1913 in Schenectady, New York expired 7-21-1982 age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Greer Garson earned Best Actress oscar for playing title role in Mrs. Miniver born on 9-29-1903 in County Down, Northern Ireland expired 4-6-1996 in Dallas, Texas age 92 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| farmer Roswell Garst hosted Khruschchev in a 1959 visit to his Iowa farm born on 6-13-1898 expired 11-5-1977 in Carroll, Iowa age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back-to-Africa movement leader Marcus Moziah Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1914); founder of Rastafarianism born on 8-17-1887 in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica expired 6-10-1940 in London, England age 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ballad singer John Gary co-invented Aqua-Lung diving aid
expired 1-4-1998 in Dallas, Texas age 65 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
novelist & diplomat Romain Gary one-time husband of Jean Seberg (1963-70); accused FBI of smearing her character
expired 12-2-1980 in Paris, France age 66 cause: suicide; self inflicted gunshot to head | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pro wrassler Richard J. "Dick" Garza
expired 1-7-2002 in Detroit, Michigan age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands resident Biuku Gasa as a scout for the U.S. military made first contact with JFK (with partner Eroni Kumana) after the sinking of the PT-109 (August 1943) born on 7-27-1923 in Madou, Solomon Islands expired 11-23-2005 in Vavudu Village, Kauvi Island, Solomon Islands age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Clarence L. Gaskill wrote Minnie the Moocher and Prisoner of Love expired 4-29-1948 in New York, New York age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former chief sculptor & engraver of the U.S. Mint (1965-81) Frank Gasparro designed reverse of U.S. one-born on 8-26-1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-29-2001 in Haverford, Pennsylvania age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Gass last survivor of the 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition (he was a sergeant) born on 6-12-1771 in Pennsylvania expired 4-2-1870 in Wellsburg, West Virginia age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Herbert Spencer Gasser shared the 1944 Nobel prize in medicine born on 7-5-1888 in Platteville, Wisconsin expired 5-11-1963 in New York, New York age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor/director Vittorio Gassman once married to Shelley Winters (1952-54) born on 9-1-1922 in Genoa, Italy expired 6-29-2000 in Rome, Italy age 77 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama businessman Arthur G. Gaston born on 7-4-1892 expired 1-19-1996 age 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former Los Angeles Police chief (1978-92) Daryl Francis Gates born on 8-30-1926 in Glendale, California expired 4-15-2010 in Dana Point, California age 83 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Larry Gates appeared on tv Guiding Light soap opera as H.B. Lewis, as well as the movies Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In the Heat of the Night, Airport and Teahouse of the August Moon born on 9-24-1915 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 12-12-1996 age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary M. Gates wife of William Sr.; Bill's mom born on 7-25-1929 expired 6-10-1994 age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one time talent agency secretary Phyllis L. Gates was "married" to Rock Hudson (November 9, 1955 to April, 1958) born on 12-7-1925 in Dawson, Minnesota expired 1-4-2006 in Marina del Rey, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| basketball Hall of Famer William P. "Pop" Gates born on 8-30-1917 in Decatur, Illinois expired 12-1-1999 in New York, New York age 82 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greek lyricist Nikos Gatsos born on 12-8-1914 in Hania, Arcadia, Greece expired 5-12-1992 in Athens, Greece age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering French movie maker Leon Gaumont expired 8-11-1946 in Sainte Maxime sur Mer, France age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism (528 B.C.)
expired 2-25-483 BC in Kusinagara, India age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former welterweight boxer (1943-58) Kid Gavilan
expired 2-13-2003 in Miami, Florida age 77 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George H. Gay Jr. crashed pilot who witnessed the Battle of Midway from the water born on 3-8-1917 expired 10-21-1994 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fundamentalist minister Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. father/slayer of singer born on 10-1-1914 expired 10-10-1998 in Culver City, California age 84 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motown singing star Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. at one time paired with Tammi Terrell
expired 4-1-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 44 cause: shot to death by father | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
third-banana comedian Jackie Gayle started in show biz as a drummer; appeared in Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Tin Men (1987) & Bulworth (1998) as well as a bunch of Dean Martin celebrity roasts
expired 11-23-2002 in Miami Beach, Florida age 76 cause: following open heart surgery AKS: Gale Gail Gael Gayel Gayl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physician & chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac isolated Boron (fifth on the Period Table of Elements; 1808); postulated a law of combined gases born on 12-6-1778 in Saint Léonard-de-Noblat, Haute-Vienne, Limoges, France expired 5-9-1850 in Paris, France age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Janet Gaynor won first Best Actress oscar for Seventh Heaven (1928)
expired 9-14-1984 in Palm Springs, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Ben Gazzara on Broadway played Brick in original production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955); had lead in They All Laughed & played a porn mogul in The Big Lebowski
expired 2-3-2012 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 81 cause: pancreatic cancer
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| actor Michael Vincente Gazzo played Frankie Pentangeli in Godfather II born on 4-5-1923 in Hillside, New Jersey expired 2-14-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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