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Charles Albert Gobat shared the second Nobel prize in peace (1902)born on 5-21-1843 in Tramelan, Switzerland expired 3-16-1914 in Bern, Switzerland age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazi propaganda minister Paul Josef Göbbels killed the kids, dog, wife, then himself in the bunker along with his beloved Adolf born on 10-29-1897 in Rheydt, Germany expired 5-3-1945 in Berlin, Germany age 47 AKS: Gobbels Goebbels Gobels Goebels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian George Gobel born on 5-20-1919 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-24-1991 in Encino, California age 71
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| playwright Charles William Goddard principal author of The Perils of Pauline movie serials expired 1-11-1951 in Miami, Florida age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Paulette Goddard Mrs. Charlie Chaplin (1936-42) & MRs. Erich M. Remarque (1958-70) born on 6-3-1905 in Great Neck, New York expired 4-23-1990 in Porto Ronco, Switzerland age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering rocket designer Robert Hutchings Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926; namesake of Goddard Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama born on 10-5-1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 8-10-1945 in Baltimore, Maryland age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Trevor Goddard former boxer; had a recurring role on J.A.G. tv series born on 10-14-1965 in Perth, Australia expired 6-7-2003 in North Hollywood, California age 37 cause: suicide; prescription drug overdose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour de France director (1947-87) Jacques Jean François Goddet founded sports newspaper L'Equipe (1944); his father was a co-founder of the Tour (1903) born on 6-21-1905 in Paris, France expired 12-15-2000 in Paris, France age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematical logician Dr. Kurt Gödel known for his 1931 theorem Gödel's Proof; one of the three subjects of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach born on 4-28-1906 in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno) expired 1-14-1978 in Princeton, New Jersey age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio star Arthur Michael Godfrey born on 8-31-1903 in New York, New York expired 3-16-1983 in New York, New York age 79
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| silent screen "vamp" Dagmar Godowsky daughter of Leopold Sr.; brother of Leopold Jr. born on 11-24-1897 expired 2-13-1975 in New York, New York age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frances Gershwin Godowsky George, Ira and Arthur's little sister; wife of Leopold born on 12-26-1906 in New York, New York expired 1-18-1999 in New York, New York age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| concert pianist Leopold Godowsky Sr. born on 2-13-1870 in Vilnius, Lithuania expired 11-21-1938 in New York, New York age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemist Leopold Godowsky Jr. co-inventor of Kodak's Kodachrome slide film (1935) born on 5-27-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-18-1983 in New York, New York age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| assassin Nathuram Vinayak Godse killer of Gandhi born on 5-19-1910 in Baramati, Poona District, India expired 11-15-1949 age 39 cause: hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| emigre ballet dancer Alexander Boris Godunov born on 11-28-1949 in Sakhalin, Russia, USSR expired 5-16-1995 in West Hollywood, California age 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Campbell's Soup Company executive Donald Edward Goerke creator of Spaghetti-Os & Chunky Soups born on 8-8-1926 in Waukesha, Wisconsin expired 1-10-2010 in Delran, Pennsylvania age 83 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter & tv producer/director Ivan C. Goff co-created Charlie's Angels; co-produced Mannix (1967-75; with Ben Roberts) born on 4-17-1910 in Perth, Australia expired 9-23-1999 in Santa Monica, California age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio comedian Norris "Tuffy" Goff played Abner on Lum & Abner born on 5-30-1906 in Cove, Polk County, Arkansas expired 6-7-1978 in Palm Desert, California age 72 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rosewood (Florida) massacre survivor Arnett Turner Goins survived 1923 murder/destruction rampage by white mob born on 4-18-1913 expired 3-24-2002 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Coca-Cola chairman Robert Crispulo Goizueta gave the world New Coke (blech) born on 11-18-1931 in Havana, Cuba expired 10-18-1997 in Atlanta, Georgia age 65 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| duo pianist Arthur Gold partnered with Robert Fizdale (1944-82) born on 2-6-1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 1-3-1990 in New York, New York age 72 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Academy Award-winning film composer Ernest Gold got oscar for Exodus (1960); also scored Its A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), On The Beach (1959), Judgement at Nuremburg, Ship of Fools, Inherit the Wind and The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) born on 7-13-1921 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-17-1999 in Santa Monica, California age 77 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| research chemist Harry Gold convicted of being a courier in 1950s atomic spying case born on 12-11-1911 expired 8-28-1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 60 cause: heart failure during heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
gym owner Sidney "Joe" Gold founded both Gold's Gym (1965) & World Gym (1977)born on 3-10-1922 in East Los Angeles, California expired 7-12-2004 in Marina del Rey, California age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Justice Arthur Joseph Goldberg Kennedy Labor Secretary (1961-62); Supreme Court justice (1962-65); UN ambassador (1965-68) born on 8-8-1908 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-18-1990 in Washington, District of Columbia age 81 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg zany cartoonist, synonymous with anything ludicrously complicated; drew the Boob McNuttReuben Award for cartooning; won 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning born on 7-4-1883 in San Francisco, California expired 12-7-1970 in New York, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| surviving World War I military veteran Samuel Goldberg last surviving member of the U.S. Cavalry born on 3-19-1900 in Greenville, Rhode Island expired 12-10-2006 in Greenville, Rhode Island age 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| juice purveryor Hyman Golden co-founder of the Unadulterated Food Products Co. (1972; with Leonard Marsh and Arnold Greenberg); they introduced Snapple (1980) and eventually changed the name of the company to Snapple Beverage Corporation; sold the company in the 1990s born on 6-11-1923 in Passaic, New Jersey expired 9-14-2008 in Great Neck, New York age 85 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS art director William Golden designed the CBS Eye logoborn on 3-31-1911 in New York, New York expired 10-23-1959 in Stony Pointe, New York age 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former ABC president Leonard Harry Goldenson born on 12-7-1905 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania expired 12-27-1999 in Longboat Key, Florida age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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author Sir William Gerald Golding wrote Lord of the Flies (1954); won 1983 Nobel literature prize born on 9-19-1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England expired 6-19-1993 in Perranarworthal, Wiltshire, England age 81 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| marching and concert band master Edwin Franko Goldman born on 1-1-1878 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 2-21-1956 in New York, New York age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anarchist Emma Goldman founder of Mother Earth magazine born on 6-29-1869 in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania) expired 5-14-1940 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 70 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright James Goldman wrote The Lion in Winter, Follies and They Might Be Giants; brother of William born on 6-30-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-28-1998 in New York, New York age 71 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| engineer Phillip Y. Goldman with steve Perlman & Bruce Leak founded WebTV (1995; sold to Microsoft in 1997) born on 7-17-1964 expired 12-26-2003 in Los Altos Hills, California age 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| march bandleader Richard Franko Goldman born on 12-7-1910 in New York, New York expired 1-22-1980 in Baltimore, Maryland age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classic wrong place, wrong time, murder victim, restaurant waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman killed by O.J. while trying to return Nicole Simpson's glasses born on 7-2-1968 in Illinois expired 6-12-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 25 cause: stabbed to death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvan N. Goldman invented the grocery shopping cart (1936) born on 11-15-1898 expired 11-25-1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS labs inventor Dr. Peter Carl Goldmark inventor of the 331/3 rpm long playing record (1948); developed the original U.S. color television system (Field-Sequential Scanning process) approved briefly by the FCC, then withdrawn (used later on U.S. moon shots)born on 12-2-1906 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 12-7-1977 in Port Chester, New York age 71 cause: car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Met Opera radio opera commentator (1943-90) Boris Goldovsky born on 6-7-1908 in Moscow, Russia expired 2-15-2001 in Brookline, Massachusetts age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Goldsmith created radio Aldrich Family (1938-54) born on 3-29-1899 in Aurora, New York expired 7-11-1971 in Tucson, Arizona age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie music composer Jerrald K. "Jerry" Goldsmith scored a number of Star Trek movies & tv themes born on 2-10-1929 in Los Angeles, California expired 7-21-2004 in Beverly Hills, California age 75 cause: cancer AKS: Jerrold Gerrold Gerrald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Olivia Goldsmith author of First Wives Club (1992)
expired 1-15-2004 in New York, New York age 54 cause: heart attack; coma; elective surgery to remove loose skin under chin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| furniture polish mogul Jerome Goldstein in 1951 his mom (Ida) bought the formula (from chemist Lee Scott) for Scott's Liquid Gold for $350 born on 9-23-1922 in Denver, Colorado expired 1-5-2000 in Denver, Colorado age 77 cause: large-cell lymphoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former IBM mathematician (1958-69) Dr. Herman Heine Goldstine while in the U.S. Army during World War II supervised the construction of ENIAC; with von Neumann built EDVAC (1952); author of The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann (1972) born on 9-13-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-16-2004 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie & tv director James Goldstone directed original Star Trek series second pilot Where No Man Has Gone Before; also directed The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) born on 6-8-1931 in Los Angeles, California expired 11-5-1999 in Shaftsbury, Vermont age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-hockey player William A. "Bill" Goldsworthy born on 8-24-1944 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada expired 3-29-1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Arizona senator (1953-87) Barry M. Goldwater Sr. 1964 Republican presidential candidate; his Vice Presidental running mate was William Miller born on 1-1-1909 in Phoenix, Arizona expired 5-29-1998 in Paradise Valley, Arizona age 89
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| Archie creator John L. Goldwater a distant relation to senator Barry Goldwater; also created Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, et al.; artist Bob Montana drew the characters; helped form the Comics Magazine Association (president for 25 years), creator of the Comics Code Authority born on 2-14-1906 in New York, New York expired 2-20-1999 in New York, New York age 93 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
pioneering Hollywood movie producer Samuel Goldwyn co-founder of Paramount Pictures with Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zukor (1913); the Goldwyn in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; famous for his malapropisms (aka: Goldwynisms)
expired 1-31-1974 in Los Angeles, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio producer Dan Golenpaul created/produced original radio version of Information Please (1938-52) born on --1900 in New York, New York expired 2-13-1974 in New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Camillo Golgi his work on the structure of the nervous system garnered him a share of the 1906 Nobel prize in physiology born on 7-7-1843 in Corteno, Brescia, Italy expired 1-21-1926 in Pavia, Italy age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| prolific movie art director Alexander Golitzen won oscars for Phantom of the Opera (1943), Spartacus (1960) & To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); he also was art director on one of our favorites: This Island Earth (1955) born on 2-28-1908 in Moscow, Russia expired 7-26-2005 in San Diego, California age 97 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conductor (1931-57) Vladimir Golschmann born on 12-26-1893 in Paris, France expired 3-1-1972 in New York, New York age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired mathematician & Stanford professor Gene Howard Golub a co-founder of the university's computer science department (1965); did innovative work in the field of numerical analysis, specifically in matrix computations born on 2-29-1932 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-16-2007 in Palo Alto, California age 75 cause: acute myeloid leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Portugese president (1974-76) Francisco da Costa Gomes born on 6-30-1919 in Chaves, Portugal expired 7-29-2001 in Lisbon, Portugal age 81 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hapless baseball club manager Pedro W. "Preston" Gómez Martinez was the first manager of the San Diego Padres born on 4-20-1923 in Central Preston, Oriente Province, Cuba expired 1-13-2009 in Fullerton, California age 85 cause: complications from being run over by truck AKS: Gomez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball pitcher (1953-62) Ruben Gomez born on 7-13-1927 in Arroyo, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico expired 7-26-2004 in San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico age 77 cause: complications from kidney ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Thomas Gomez played Abe Saperstein in The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), Wang Khan in The Conquerer (1956) & the minister in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) born on 7-10-1905 in New York, New York expired 6-18-1971 in Santa Monica, California age 65 cause: injuries sustained in car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball player Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez born on 11-26-1909 in Rodeo, California expired 2-17-1989 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFL-CIO co-founder Samuel L. Gompers first president of AFL (1886-1924) born on 1-27-1850 in London, England expired 12-13-1924 in San Antonio, Texas age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wladyslaw Gomulka Polish Communist Party leader (1956-70) born on 2-6-1905 in Krosno, Poland expired 9-1-1982 in Warsaw, Poland age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Jose Gonzales-Gonzales older brother of Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales born on 12-7-1922 in San Antonio, Texas expired 12-15-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: brain hemorrhage; myeloblastic anemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Texas representative (1961-98) Henry Barbosa Gonzalez born on 5-3-1916 in San Antonio, Texas expired 11-28-2000 in San Antonio, Texas age 84
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tennis great Pancho Gonzalez
expired 7-3-1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedic western movie actor Ramiro "Pedro" Gonzalez Gonzalez was "discovered" as a contestant on Groucho's game show You Bet Your Life (1953) & subsequently signed to a movie contract by John Wayne; appeared in Rio Lobo, McLintock, Chisum & Support Your Local Gunfighter born on 5-24-1925 in Aguilares, Texas expired 2-6-2006 in Culver City, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buena Vista Social Club pianist Rubén González born on 5-26-1919 in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba expired 12-8-2003 in Havana, Cuba age 84 cause: kidney & lung problems AKS: Ruben Gonzalez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
statistician Dr. Jack Good during World War II was a code breaker at Bletchley Park, working with Alan Turing; did developmental work in Bayesian statistics; advised Stanley Kubrick about computer sentience for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
expired 4-5-2009 age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Janet K. Good a friend of Dr. Kevorkian born on 10-24-1923 expired 8-15-1997 in Farmington, Michigan age 73 cause: suicide; pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pediatrician, microbiologist & pathologist Dr. Robert A. Good a founder of modern immunology; performed first successful human bone marrow transplant (1968) born on 5-21-1922 in Crosby, Minnesota expired 6-13-2003 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 81 cause: esophageal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gumby co-creator Ruth H. Parklander Clokey Goodell ex-wife of Art Clokey; produced the Davy and Goliath animated show; was also a literature professor at Augstana College (Illinois) born on 9-12-1923 in Hallock, Minnesota expired 12-28-2008 in Los Osos, California age 85 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 CORE Freedom Summer campaigner Andrew Goodman murdered by Klan thugs along with James Chaney & Michael Schwerner born on 11-23-1943 in New York, New York expired 6-21-1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi age 20 cause: murdered; shot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
clarinetist and big band leader Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman big hit: Swing, Swing, Swing
expired 6-13-1986 in New York, New York age 77
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psychologist Dr. Carolyn Elizabeth Goodman mother of a slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman; in 2005 was able to testify at the trial of Edgar Ray Killen
expired 8-17-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 91 cause: complications from strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedienne/character actress Dolores "Dody" Goodman played the ditzi mother of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman born on 10-28-1914 in Columbus, Ohio expired 6-22-2008 in Englewood, New Jersey age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astrology author Linda Goodman born on 4-9-1925 in Parkersburg, West Virginia expired 10-21-1995 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I veteran Louis Goodman born on 1-18-1897 in Ukraine expired 9-16-2003 in Atlanta, Georgia age 106 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pharmacologist Dr. Louis Sanford Goodman a pioneer in ani-cancer chemotherapy born on 8-27-1906 in Portland, Oregon expired 11-19-2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marvel Comics founder & publisher Martin Goodman born on 1-18-1908 in New York, New York expired 6-6-1992 in Palm Beach, Florida age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie composer Ronald Alfred Goodman wrote scores for Village of the Damned (1960), Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) & Where Eagles Dare (1968) born on 2-17-1925 in Plymouth, Devon, England expired 1-8-2003 age 77 cause: asthma attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Spencer Corey Goodman broke the neck of Cecile Ham (7/2/91; age 39) born on 10-28-1968 expired 1-18-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 31 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| singer/songwriter Steven Benjamin Goodman wrote City of New Orleans born on 7-25-1948 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-20-1984 in Seattle, Washington age 36 cause: kidney & liver failure; leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
gospel singer Vestal Goodman appeared (along with her husband "Happy") on the PTL Club show
expired 12-27-2003 in Celebration, Florida age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired U.S. Army General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster served in World War II & Vietnam; lead NATO (1969-74); was commander of West Point (1977-81) born on 2-12-1915 in Granite City, Illinois expired 5-16-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia age 90 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pathologist Dr. Ernest William Goodpasture developed the anti-mumps vaccine in 1931; lead to mass production of vaccines against typhus, influenza, smallpox and yellow fever born on 10-17-1886 in Montgomery County, Tennessee expired 9-20-1960 in Nashville, Tennessee age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first Mr. America Bert M. Goodrich born on 12-26-1906 expired 12-7-1991 age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Frances Goodrich co-wrote The Diary of Anne Frank with husband Albert Hackett; awarded 1955 Pulitzer Prize for play adaptation born on --1891 in Belleville, New Jersey expired 1-29-1984 in New York, New York age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Its a Wonderful Life screenwriter Marcus Aurelius Goodrich born on 11-28-1897 in San Antonio, Texas expired 10-20-1991 in Richmond, Virginia age 93 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| game show creator/producer Mark Goodson partnered with Bill Todman born on 1-24-1915 in Sacramento, California expired 11-18-1992 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Alvin Urial Goodwin III
expired 1-18-2001 in Huntsville, Texas age 37 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| British tv celebrity Jade Cerisa Lorraine "Jady" Goody has appeared on the Big Brother tv franchise in England and India born on 6-5-1981 in Bermondsey, London, England expired 3-22-2009 in Upshire, Essex, England age 27 cause: cervical cancer
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| record retailer Sam Goody born on 2-25-1904 expired 8-8-1991 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rubber vulcanization process discoverer (1839) Charles Goodyear born on 12-29-1800 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 7-1-1860 in New York, New York age 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Howard Jacob Goorney a co-founder of Theater Workshop; played Sloth (husband of Lust) in Bedazzled (1967) born on 5-11-1921 in Manchester, England expired 3-29-2007 in Bath, Somerset, England age 85 AKS: Gorney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British conductor Sir Eugene Goosens born on 5-26-1893 in London, England expired 6-13-1962 in Hillingdon, England age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Gertrud Kate Göppert-Mayer shared the 1963 Nobel physics prize born on 6-28-1906 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 2-20-1972 in San Diego, California age 65 AKS: Goeppert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike's mom Maria Gorbachev expired 4-15-1995 age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikhail's wife Raisa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachov expired 9-20-1999 in Münster, Germany age 67 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Bernard Gorcey created role of Isaac Cohen in Abie's Irish Rose in 1922; father of Leo born on 1-9-1886 in Russia expired 9-11-1955 in Hollywood, California age 69 cause: automobile accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys actor Leo Gorcey born on 6-3-1915 in New York, New York expired 6-2-1969 in Oakland, California age 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Alan Lee Gordon (with Garry Bonner) wrote "Happy Together" (1967; hit for The Turtles) & "Celebrate" (1969; hit for Three Dog Night) born on 4-22-1944 in Natick, Massachusetts expired 11-22-2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 64 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Kidder Peabody head Albert Hamilton Gordon headed up the Trollop Society at one time born on 7-21-1901 in North Scituate, Massachusetts expired 5-1-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 107
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| one-time blacklisted screenwriter Bernard Gordon penned screenplays for Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) Day of the Trifids (1962) & Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) born on 10-29-1918 in New Britain, Connecticut expired 5-11-2007 in Hollywood Hills, California age 88 cause: bone cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| saxophonist Dexter Keith Gordon born on 2-27-1923 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-25-1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Gale Gordon
expired 6-30-1995 in Escondido, California age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| soap opera actor Gerald Gordon played Dr. Nick Bellini on The Doctors (1966-76) and Dr. Mark Dante on General Hospital (1976-78 & 1982-83) born on 7-12-1934 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-17-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 67 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chilean junta secret police head General Humberto Gordon Rubio under house arrest awaiting trial at time of death born on 9-21-1927 in Santiago, Chile expired 6-15-2000 in Santiago, Chile age 72 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Irving Gordon wrote song Unforgettable; co-wrote (with his son) Abbott and Costello's Who's On First comedy sketch born on 2-14-1915 in New York, New York expired 12-1-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tough-guy western movie actor Leo V. Gordon in 1940s did four years in San Quentin for robbery born on 12-2-1922 in New York, New York expired 12-26-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit tv yakker Louis Gordon hosted a syndicated tv talk show from WKBD-TV (1965-77); it was on that show that presidential candidate George Romney claimed that he had been "brainwashed" in Vietnam born on 5-17-1917 expired 5-24-1977 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan age 60 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway producer Max Gordon productions include Born Yesterday, My Sister Eileen, Junior Miss and The Solid Gold Cadillac born on 6-28-1892 in New York, New York expired 11-2-1978 in New York, New York age 86 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director Michael Gordon directed Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951), Pillow Talk (1959), Boys' Night Out (1962), Move Over, Darling (1963) & The Impossible Years (1968) born on 9-6-1909 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 4-29-1993 in Century City, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R&B singer/pianist Rosco Gordon II born on 4-10-1928 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 7-11-2002 in New York, New York age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Ruth Gordon wife of Garson Kanin; starred in movie Harold & Maude (1971) born on 10-30-1896 in Wollaston, Massachusetts expired 8-28-1985 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts age 88
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| engineer William Edwin "Bill" Gordon Ph.D. retired engineering professor of Cornell & Rice univeristies; designed the Arecibo radio telescope (1963), supervised it's construction and became it's first director born on 1-8-1918 in Paterson, New Jersey expired 2-16-2010 in Ithaca, New York age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tennessee senator (1953-70) Albert Arnold Gore Sr. father of Clinton Vice President Al born on 12-26-1907 in Granville, Tennessee expired 12-5-1998 in Carthage, Tennessee age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genevieve W. Gore co-founder of W.L. Gore and Associates (1958); her husband invented the water-resistant fabric Gore-Tex (1976)
expired 1-20-2005 in Newark, Delaware age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pauline L. Gore widow of Al Sr.; mother of former vice president
expired 12-15-2004 in Carthage, Tennessee age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemist Wilbert L. Gore co-founder of W.L. Gore and Associates (1958); inventor of Gore-Tex water-resistant fabric (1976) born on 1-25-1912 in Meridian, Idaho expired 7-25-1986 in Wind River Range, Wyoming age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| contract bridge expert Charles Henry Goren born on 3-4-1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 4-3-1991 in Encino, California age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
expired 4-15-2000 in Hyannis, Massachusetts age 75 cause: complications following heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian film producer Mario Cecchi Gori made Mediterraneo born on --1920 in Brescia, Lombardi, Italy expired 11-5-1993 in Rome, Italy age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lewis J. Gorin Jr. founder of the Veterans of Future Wars (1936), a parody of the VFW born on 1-14-1914 expired 1-1-1999 in Louisville, Kentucky age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herman's widow Emmy Göring
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| Nazi air minister Hermann Wilhelm Göring Gestapo founder, Luftwaffe chief, Hitler confidant, War Criminal; committed suicide just before he was to be hanged born on 1-12-1893 in Rosenheim, Germany expired 10-15-1946 in Nuremburg, Germany age 53 cause: suicide; poison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Marius Backman Goring played Julian Craster in The Red Shoes (1948) born on 5-23-1912 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England expired 9-30-1998 in West Sussex, England age 86 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| allegedly last Gallipoli veteran Percy Goring born on 12-19-1894 in London, England expired 7-27-2001 in Bunbury, Australia age 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian author Maxim Gorky
expired 6-14-1935 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway/film/tv character actor Cliff Gorman won Tony for portraying Lenny Bruce in Broadway play (1971) born on 10-13-1936 in New York, New York expired 9-5-2002 in New York, New York age 65 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Sixth U.S. president Nathaniel Gorman sixth president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation (6/6/1786-2/1/1787)born on 5-27-1738 in Charlestown, Massachusetts expired 6-11-1796 in Charlestown, Massachusetts age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| business technologist William F. Gorog in 1960s co-founded Data Corporation (it later bacame LexisNexis) born on 9-2-1925 in Warren, Ohio expired 7-14-2002 in Falls Church, Virginia age 76 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| refrigeration pioneer Dr. John Gorrie received a patent for a mechanical ice-making machine May 6, 1851 born on 10-3-1803 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 6-29-1855 in Apalachicola, Florida age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riddler, comedian, impressionist, Classic Star Trek actor Frank John Gorshin played Cheron Commissioner Bele in Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969; Emmy nomination); although estranged from his wife she was at his side at the end; no word on the last whereabouts of his "paramour" (Haji) born on 4-5-1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 5-17-2005 in Burbank, California age 72 cause: pneumonia; lung cancer; emphysema
AKS: Gorshen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Australian prime minister (1968-71) Sir John Grey Gorton born on 9-9-1911 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 5-19-2002 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia age 90 cause: pneumonia; respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French cartoonist René Goscinny co-created Asterix the Gaul (with Alberto Udezro; 1959) born on 8-4-1926 in Paris, France expired 11-5-1977 in Paris, France age 51 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio actor Freeman Fisher Gosden Amos Jones on Amos 'n' Andy born on 5-5-1899 in Richmond, Virginia expired 12-1-1982 in Los Angeles, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Vernon Gosdin born on 8-5-1934 in Woodland, Alabama expired 4-28-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 74 cause: complications from stroke; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Maurice Gosfield played Pvt. Doberman on the Sgt. Bilko tv series (1955-9) born on 1-28-1913 in New York, New York expired 10-19-1964 in Saranac Lake, New York age 51 cause: heart failure; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall-of-Fame ball player Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin born on 10-16-1900 in Salem, New Jersey expired 5-15-1971 in Bridgeton, New Jersey age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Cornelius Alan Goss born on 5-24-1961 expired 2-23-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 38 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| philosopher & writer Johann Wolfgang von Göthe born on 8-28-1749 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 3-22-1832 in Weimar, Germany age 82 AKS: Gothe Goethe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former "Teflon Don" John Joseph Gotti Jr. born on 10-27-1940 in New York, New York expired 6-10-2002 in Springfield, Missouri age 61 cause: throat & brain cancer
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| U.S. government bureaucrat/criminal Dr. Sidney Gottlieb ran the CIA's MKUltra program (1951-73), experimenting upon unwitting/ born on 8-3-1918 in New York, New York expired 3-7-1999 in Washington, Virginia age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| monologist "Brother" Theodore Gottlieb interned in Dachau Concentration camp (1938) until he signed over family fortune for 1 Mark; Albert Einstein arranged to get him out of Germany born on 11-11-1906 in Düsseldorf, Germany expired 4-5-2001 in New York, New York age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19th-century composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk born on 5-8-1829 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 12-18-1869 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil age 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Dr. Samuel Abraham Goudsmit co-discoverer of the electron's spin (1925) born on 7-11-1902 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 12-4-1978 in Reno, Nevada age 76 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| much-honored typographer Frederic William Goudy created over 100 typefaces, including the ones bearing his name born on 3-8-1865 in Bloomington, Illinois expired 5-11-1947 in Marlboro, New York age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould a two-time recipient of the Reuben Award (1959 & 1977)born on 11-20-1900 in Pawnee, Oklahoma expired 5-11-1985 in Woodstock, Illinois age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Glenn Herbert Gould born on 9-25-1932 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 10-5-1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Dr. Gordon Gould grad student of Dr. Polycarp Kusch; coined term LASER in 1957 (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) born on 7-19-1920 in New York, New York expired 9-16-2005 in New York, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Morton Gould born on 12-10-1913 in Richmond Hill, New York expired 2-21-1996 in Orlando, Florida age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Sandra Gould second Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched (1966-72); replaced Alice Pearce in role after her death born on 7-23-1916 in New York, New York expired 7-20-1999 in Burbank, California age 82 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard biologist/evolutionist Dr. Stephen Jay Gould born on 9-10-1941 in New York, New York expired 5-20-2002 in New York, New York age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director & song writer Edmund Goulding directed Grand Hotel (1932), Dark Victory (1939), The Razor's Edge (1946), Nightmare Alley (1947) & Everybody Does It (1949) born on 3-20-1891 in Feltham, Middlesex, England expired 12-24-1959 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| half of the Bob and Ray comedy duo Raymond Walter Goulding born on 3-20-1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 3-24-1990 in Long Island, New York age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor, singer Robert Gerard Goulet born on 11-26-1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts expired 10-30-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 73 cause: interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
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| singer/bandleader John Fred Gourrier front man of John Fred and His Playboy Band born on 5-8-1941 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana expired 4-15-2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 63 cause: complications following kidney transplant
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| afflicted teen Maria Alicia Gowans suffered from progeria born on 2-20-1970 expired 4-14-1985 age 15 cause: diseases of old age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sportscaster Curtis Gowdy Sr. did play-by-play for the first Super Bowl (1967) & called the famous "Heidi" game 11/12/1968 (Oakland beats the Jets with two touchdowns in the last minute of play after the network had cut away to show the kiddie movie) born on 7-31-1919 in Green River, Wyoming expired 2-20-2006 in Palm Beach, Florida age 86 cause: leukemia
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| film starlet Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Grable famous World War II pinup girl; married to Jackie Coogan (1937-40) & Harry James (1943-65); sang for Ted Fio Rito's big band; chain-smoked herself to death born on 12-18-1916 in South Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-2-1973 in Santa Monica, California age 56 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W.R. Grace Co. president (1942-92) Joseph Peter Grace Jr. born on 5-25-1913 in Manhasset, New York expired 4-19-1995 in New York, New York age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doyle Dane Bernbach art director Roy Grace worked on memorable commercials for Alka-Seltzer ("Mamma Mia! That's a Spicy Meatball."), American Tourister (gorilla beating up bag) & Volkswagon born on 12-5-1936 in New York, New York expired 2-26-2003 in New York, New York age 66 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| W.R. Grace Co. co-founder (1865) William Russell Grace NYC mayor (1880s) born on 5-10-1832 in Queenstown, Ireland expired 3-21-1904 in New York, New York age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
British media mogul Lord Lew Grade
expired 12-13-1998 in London, England age 91
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| character actor David Graf played heavily- born on 4-16-1950 in Lancaster, Ohio expired 4-7-2001 in Phoenix, Arizona age 50 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obstetrician & gynecologist Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg his research lead to the discovery of the "urethral sponge," a zone of erogenous feeling located along the suburethral surface of the anterior vaginal wall (1944); subsequently Dr. John Perry & Beverly Whipple resurrected his work, relabeling the "sponge" as the G-Spot in his honor (1981) born on 9-26-1881 in Adelebsen, Germany expired 10-28-1957 in New York, New York age 76 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease AKS: Ernest Grafenberg Graffenberg Grafenburg Graffenburg Grafinberg Graffinberg Grafinburg Graffinburg Gee G Spot Spaat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyricist George Graff co-wrote When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1912) born on 8-5-1886 in New York, New York expired 1-24-1973 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Chisholm, Minnesota physician (1912-59) Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham described as "quick as a flash of moonlight"; on June 29, 1905, as a 28-year old New York Giants rookie, he replaced George Browne in right field for the last two innnings of a game with the New York Superbas; he was on deck when the game ended, his only appearance in a major league baseball game — he left the team to finish medical school 7/4/1905; brother of Frank P. Graham
expired 8-25-1965 in Chisholm, Minnesota age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| convicted murderess Barbara Graham subject of I Want to Live (1958) born on --1923 in Oakland, California expired 6-3-1955 in San Quentin, California age 32 cause: executed; potassium cyanide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Nesmith's mom Bette Clair Graham Mrs. Warren Nesmith (1941-46) & Mrs. Robert Graham (1962-75); invented Liquid Paper (1956; originally called "Mistake Out")
expired 5-12-1980 age 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
rock promoter/Rolling Stones producer Bill Graham
expired 10-25-1991 in Vallejo, California age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repertory Theater of St. Louis publicist Bradford L. Graham on September 10, 1999 he coined the term blogosphere in his web log born on 11-25-1968 in New London, Missouri expired 1-1-2010 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time University of North Carolina president (1930-49) Frank Porter Graham was appointed to fill out a term in the U.S. Senate (1949-50); brother of the 'mythical' baseball player born on 10-14-1886 in Fayetteville, North Carolina expired 2-16-1972 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
graphic artist John J. Graham creator of the NBC peacock logo (1956)born on 5-8-1908 in Seattle,Washington expired 6-12-1994 age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Washington Post publisher (1973-93) Katharine Meyer Graham born on 6-16-1917 in New York, New York expired 7-17-2001 in Boise, Idaho age 84 cause: injuries suffered in fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer Martha Graham born on 5-11-1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-1-1991 age 97
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| American Gothic model Nan R. Wood Graham sister of the artist born on 7-19-1899 expired 12-14-1990 in Menlo Park, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gridiron great Otto Everett Graham Jr. Hall-of-Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns (1946-55) born on 12-6-1921 in Waukegan, Illinois expired 12-17-2003 in Sarasota, Florida age 82 cause: aortic aneurysm; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian & writer Ronny Graham won a 1952 Tony for writing on show New Faces of 1952; colleague of Mel Brooks
expired 7-4-1999 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: complications from liver disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
evangelist Ruth McCue Graham wife of Billy Jr.
expired 6-14-2007 in Montreat, North Carolina age 87
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gossip columnist Sheilah Graham
expired 11-17-1988 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early American health nut Sylvester Graham invented the cracker that is named after him born on 7-5-1794 in West Suffield, Connecticut expired 9-11-1851 in Northampton, Massachusetts age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ex-talk show host Virginia Graham
expired 12-22-1998 in New York, New York age 86 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| evangelist William Franklin Graham I father of the well-known evangelist (Jr.) expired ??-??-1950s age ??
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| jazz drummer William James "Billy" Graham performed with Charlie Parker born on 11-10-1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada expired 6-6-2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist Winston Mawdsley Graham wrote Ross Poldark (1945), Demelza (1946), Jeremy Poldark (1950) and 9 others; the books were the basis of a 1970 tv miniseries; author of Marnie born on 6-30-1910 in Manchester, England expired 7-9-2003 in Buxted, Sussex, England age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie actress Gloria Grahame played good-
expired 10-12-1981 in New York, New York age 55 cause: breast cancer AKS: Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| childrens book author Kenneth Grahame wrote The Wind in the Willows (1908) born on 3-8-1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 7-6-1932 in Pangbourne, England age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian-born composer and pianist Percy Aldrich Grainger born on 7-8-1882 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 2-20-1961 in White Plains, New York age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Carlos Alberto Granados
expired 1-10-2007 in Huntsville, Texas age 36 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| former U.S. Treasurer Kathryn O'Hay Granahan representative from Pennsylvania (1956-62) born on 12-7-1895 in Easton, Pennsylvania expired 7-10-1979 in Norristown, Pennsylvania age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician John A. "Johnny" Grande with Bill Haley & Billy Williamson formed the Saddlemen group (1949); that group became the core of The Comets for which he was pianist, accordionist & arranger born on 1-14-1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-2-2006 in Clarkesville, Tennessee age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| harpist Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany born on 9-3-1891 in Paris, France expired 2-24-1975 in New York, New York age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv writer/producer Bert Granet produced Berlin Express (1948); a writer/producer of The Untouchables; as producer of Desilu Playhouse got Rod Serling script The Time Element produced - it became the "pilot" for the Twighlight Zone born on 7-10-1910 in New York, New York expired 11-15-2002 in Santa Monica, California age 92 cause: injuries suffered in fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
football legend Harold Edward "Red" Grange
expired 1-28-1991 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2003 Nobel economics co-laureate Clive William John Granger born on 9-4-1934 in Swansea, Wales expired 5-27-2009 in La Jolla, California age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former (3rd) Urban League executive director Lester Blackwell Granger born on 9-16-1896 in Newport News, Virginia expired 1-8-1976 in Alexandria, Virginia age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
"swashbuckling" actor Stewart Granger
expired 8-16-2008 in Santa Monica, California age 95 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Ragnar Arthur Granit shared the 1967 Nobel prize in physiology for discoveries concerning physiological & chamical visual processes in the eye born on 10-30-1900 in Helsinki, Helsinge, Finland expired 3-12-1991 in Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer & syndicator Bernard Granoff created Treasure Hunt; associated with Chuck Barris as president of Barris Industries born on 7-10-1918 expired 4-28-1996 in Englewood, New Jersey age 77 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life magazine photographer Allan Grant did last photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe (August 3, 1962) & took first pix of Marina Oswald after the JFK assassination (November 22, 1963) born on 10-23-1919 in New York, New York expired 2-1-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: pneumonia; Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Cary Grant father of Jennifer; ex-husband of Betsy Drake & Dyan Cannon
expired 4-17-1986 age 76
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| hydraulic systems engineer David Grant Howard Hughes' co-pilot aboard the Spruce Goose (11/2/1947) born on 5-5-1917 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-20-2001 in Calabasas, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
journalist Jane Grant co-founded The New Yorker magazine (1925)
expired 3-16-1972 in Litchfield, Connecticut age 79 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disney artist/story writer Joe Grant designed the queen/Wicked Witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1933); led story development for Fantasia (1940); co-wrote Dumbo (1941); recipient of the 1996 National Cartoonist's Society Rube Award born on 5-15-1908 in New York, New York expired 5-6-2005 in Glendale, California age 96 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L.A. media personality John W. "Johnny" Grant Jr. the Chamber of Commerce named him the honorary "mayor" of Hollywood, presiding over Walk of Fame ceremonies & drug store openings; he once dated Mamie Van Doren (back when she was still a nubile teenage Joan Olander) born on 5-9-1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina expired 1-8-2008 in Hollywood, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
porno actress Shauna Grant
expired 3-23-1984 in Palm Springs, California age 20 cause: suicide; gunshot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Union general and 18th U.S. president (1869-1877) Ulysses Simpson Grant
expired 7-23-1885 in Mount McGregor, New York age 63 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| department store founder William Thomas Grant born on 6-27-1876 in Stevensville, Pennsylvania expired 8-6-1972 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 96 cause: heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz impressario Norman Granz started the Clef, Norgran, Verve (1955) & Pablo (1974) record labels born on 8-6-1918 in Los Angeles, California expired 11-22-2001 in Geneva, Switzerland age 83 cause: complications from cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Charles Grapewin played Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz; also in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941) born on 12-20-1869 in Xenia, Ohio expired 2-2-1956 in Corona, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli member of the Hot Club Quintet born on 1-26-1908 in Paris, France expired 12-1-1997 in Paris, France age 89 cause: complications after surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio announcer Earle W. Graser second radio voice of The Lone Ranger for WXYZ in Detroit (1st; 3rd) expired 4-8-1941 in Farmington, Michigan age 32 cause: automobile accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rite-Aid founder (1962) Alexander Grass started company as Thrif-D-Discount Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania (name changed in 1968) born on 8-3-1927 expired 8-27-2009 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania age 82 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ex-Connecticut governor (1975-80) Ella Grasso
expired 2-5-1981 in Hartford, Connecticut age 61 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Fremont David "Dave" Graue wrote/drew Alley Opp (1973-2001), taking over from strip's creator born on 9-6-1926 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 12-10-2001 in Flat Rock, North Carolina age 75 cause: head injuries sustained in car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC radio & tv reporter (1930-73) Benjamin Franklin Grauer famous for covering the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop born on 6-2-1908 in New York, New York expired 5-31-1977 in New York, New York age 68 cause: heart ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| showman Sidney Patrick "Sid" Grauman builder of the "Chinese Theater" that bore his name (sold it to Ted Mann); started the practice of movie stars putting their foot & hand prints in cement born on 3-17-1879 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 3-5-1950 in Hollywood, California age 70 cause: heart ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
poet's muse Beryl Antoinette Graves widow of Robert Graves
expired 10-27-2003 in Deya, Majorca, Spain age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Lansing (MI) mayor (1969-81) Gerald William Graves born on 7-28-1923 in Alpena, Michigan expired 4-4-2006 age 82 cause: Alzheimer's disease
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| Dallas police detective L. C. Graves one of Lee Harvey Oswald's escorts in the basement of the Dallas police headquarters; he wrestled the gun away from Jack Ruby after the assassination born on 10-8-1918 expired 2-11-1995 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
poet Robert von Ranke Graves author of I, Claudius and Claudius the Godborn on 7-26-1895 in London, England expired 12-7-1985 in Deya, Majorca, Spain age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Teresa Graves started career as a singer with the Doodletown Pipers; appeared on Turn-On (1969) & Laugh-In (1969-70); starred on Get Christie Love (1974-5) born on 1-10-1949 in Houston, Texas expired 10-10-2002 in Hyde Park, California age 54 cause: apartment fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belgian actor Fernand Gravey neither "lumpy" or "wavey"
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1950s and 60s radio talk show pioneer Barry Gray
expired 12-21-1996 in New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Charles Gray played Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) born on 8-29-1928 in Bournemouth, Dorcester, England expired 3-7-2000 in London, England age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage/movie musical actress Dolores Gray born on 6-7-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-26-2002 in New York, New York age 78 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Harold Lincoln Gray created the Little Orphan Annie comic strip (1924) born on 1-20-1894 in Kankakee, Illinois expired 5-9-1968 in La Jolla, California age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
computer scientist James Nicholas Gray received the 1998 A.M. Turing Award; disappeared while sailing between San Francisco & the Farallon Islandsborn on 1-??-1944 in San Francisco, California expired 1-28-2007 in eastern Pacific Ocean age 63 AKS: Jim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bandleader Jerry Gray wrote PEnnsylvania 6-5000 (with Carl Sigman) and String of Pearls born on 7-3-1915 in East Boston, Massachusetts expired 8-10-1976 in Dallas, Texas age 61 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former acting FBI head (May 1972 - April 1973) Louis Patrick Gray born on 7-18-1916 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-6-2005 in Atlantic Beach, Florida age 89 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
one-armed St. Louis Browns outfielder (1945) Peter Gray
expired 6-30-2002 in Sheatown, Pennsylvania age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor & monologist Spalding Gray best known for Swimming to Cambodia; had history of depression & suicide attempts (jumping off the Staten Island Ferry) born on 6-5-1941 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 1-10-2004 in East River, New York age 62 cause: suicide; drowned AKS: Spaulding Grey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer/actress Kathryn Grayson
expired 2-17-2010 in Los Angeles, California age 88
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boxer "Rocky" Graziano
expired 5-22-1990 age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Defense minister (1973-76) Marshall Andrei Antonovich Grechko became Politburo member in 1973 born on 10-17-1903 in Golodaevka, Ukraine, Russia (now Kuibyshevo) expired 4-26-1976 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dancer José Greco I born on 12-23-1918 in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy expired 12-31-2000 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania age 82 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Adolph Green collaborated with Betty Comden; winner of 5 Tony awards born on 12-2-1914 in New York, New York expired 10-23-2002 in New York, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyracist Bud Green co-wrote Sentimental Journey (with Homer & Brown); also wrote The Flat Foot Floogee with the Floy Floy born on 11-19-1897 in Austria expired 1-2-1981 in Yonkers, New York age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Instruments co-founder Cecil Howard Green born on 8-6-1900 in Manchester, England expired 4-12-2003 in La Jolla, California age 102
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| former All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League catcher Dorothy M. "Dottie" Green played for the Rockford Peaches (1943-47); the character Dottie Hinson in A League of Their Own (1992) was partly based upon her born on 4-30-1921 in Natick, Massachusetts expired 10-29-1992 in Natick, Massachusetts age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Michigan governor (1927-31) Fred Warren Green assisted in rescue efforts following the Bath School bombing born on 10-19-1871 in Manistee, Michigan expired 11-30-1936 in Munising, Michigan age 65 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film cinematographer & director Guy Green won cinematography oscar for Great Expectations (1946); a co-founder of the British Society of Cinematographers (1949); directed A Patch of Blue (1965) born on 11-5-1913 in Frome, Somerset, England expired 9-15-2005 in Beverly Hills, California age 91 cause: heart & kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irving "Irvin" Green a co-founder of Mercury Records (1944) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America; 1952) born on 2-6-1916 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-1-2006 in Palm Springs, California age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress/writer Mary Green born on 4-4-1910 expired 12-16-1992 age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former slave Nancy Green portrayed first living trademark, Aunt Jemima (1893-1923) born on --1834 in Montgomery County, Kentucky expired 9-24-1923 in Chicago, Illinois age 89 cause: struck by automobile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Tiger great Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg born on 1-1-1911 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1994 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Pro Musica Antiqua co-founder (1952) Noah Greenberg his mother died when informed of his death born on 4-9-1919 in New York, New York expired 1-9-1966 in New York, New York age 46 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Stanley R. Greenberg for tv wrote The Missles of October & Pueblo (1973); shared a Nebula Award for his screenplay of Soylent Green (1973) born on 9-3-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-25-2002 in Kensington, California age 74 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emmy-winning tv director David Greene directed Rich Man, Poor Man & 1st the episode of Roots
expired 4-7-2003 in Ojai, California age 82 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guinness Book geezer Ettie Mae Greene born on 9-8-1877 expired 2-26-1992 age 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist Graham Greene wrote The Third Man born on 10-2-1904 in Berkhampstead, England expired 4-3-1991 in Vevay, Switzerland age 86
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pinheaded Federal judge Harold H. Greene forced the breakup of the Bell System (AT&T) in 1984 under the premise that it would foster "competition" and lower prices .... yeah, right; this guy's headed for the seventh circle of hell
expired 1-29-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia age 76 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Lorne Greene Ben Cartright on Bonanza born on 2-12-1915 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada expired 9-11-1987 in Santa Monica, California age 72
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| actor Richard Greene had title role in 1950s Adventures of Robin Hood tv series born on 8-25-1918 in Plymouth, Devon, England expired 6-1-1985 in Norfolk, England age 66 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
announcer David Greenspan offscreen narrator of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
expired 12-28-1991 age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astrophysicist Jesse Leonard Greenstein did pioneering work on quasars born on 10-15-1909 in New York, New York expired 10-21-2002 in Arcadia, California age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph L. Greenstein 5-foot 4-inch vaudeville strong man
expired 10-8-1977 in New York, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| portly character actor Sydney Greenstreet played Kasper Guttman in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Señor Ferrari in Casablanca born on 12-27-1879 in Sandwich, Kent, England expired 1-8-1954 in Hollywood, California age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter/record producer Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich with ex-husband co-wrote many rock hits, including "Da Doo Ron Ron", "River Deep, Mountain High", "Chapel of Love" & "Be My Baby" born on 10-23-1940 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 8-26-2009 in New York, New York age 68 cause: heart attack; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
film noir actress Jane Greer played Kathie Moffatt in Out of the Past (1947) & Joan Graham in The Big Steal (1949)
expired 8-24-2001 in Bel Air, California age 76 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Greer driver of the limousine in which JFK was assassinated born on 9-22-1909 in County Tyrone, Ireland expired 2-23-1985 in Waynesville, North Carolina age 75 cause: colon cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor William Robert "Dabbs" Greer played Rev. Robert Alden on Little House on the Prairie; "Dabbs" was his mother's maiden name — he took it as his stage name born on 4-2-1917 in Fairview, Missouri expired 4-28-2007 in Pasadena, California age 90 cause: kidney and heart disease
AKS: Dabs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Robert Gregg invented the shorthand system that bears his name born on 6-17-1867 in Rockcorry, Ireland expired 2-23-1948 in New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Ford auto designer (1931-43) Eugene T. Gregorie designed the Lincoln Zephyr (1936), the Lincoln Continental (1939) & the 1949 Mercury born on 10-12-1908 expired 12-1-2002 in Saint Augustine, Florida age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor James Gregory played Senator Iselin in The Manchiurian Candidate (1962) & inspector Lugar on Barney Miller tv series born on 12-23-1911 in New York, New York expired 9-16-2002 in Sedona, Arizona age 90 cause: "natural causes" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-term Iowa congressman (1965-66) Stanley Lloyd Greigg as a Democratic National Committee deputy chairman signed the criminal complaint in the Watergate breakin (6-17-1972) born on 5-7-1931 in Ireton, Iowa expired 6-13-2002 in Salem, Virginia age 71 cause: heart attack AKS: Greig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| outdoorsman Claude Hamilton "Grits" Gresham Jr. was a field producer & host for The American Sportsman on ABC; for 26 years was the shooting editor of Sports Afield magazine; appeared in a number of Miller Lite beer commercials born on 6-21-1922 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina expired 2-18-2008 in Natchitoches, Louisiana age 86 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| western author Pearl "Zane" Grey titles include: West of the Pecos and Riders of the Purple Sage born on 1-31-1872 in Zanesville, Ohio expired 10-23-1939 in Altadena, California age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Virginia Grey a young Gloria Swanson was one of her babysitters; her big role: Evangeline "Little Eva" St, Claire in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) born on 3-22-1917 in Los Angeles, California expired 7-31-2004 in Woodland Hills, California age 87 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Timothy Lane Gribble raped, robbed & strangled Elizabeth Jones born on 8-27-1963 expired 3-15-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 36 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Ringling Brothers circus clown Otto Griebling born on 4-28-1896 in Germany expired 4-19-1972 in New York, New York age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering film maker John Grierson coined the word "documentary"; helped create Canada's National Film Board born on 2-26-1898 in Kilmadock, England expired 2-19-1972 in Bath, Somerset, England age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv/movie writer/director Thomas S. Gries wrote/directed Will Penny (1968); directed EarthII (1971) & Helter Skelter (1976); produced Donovan's Brain (1953); father of actor Jonathan Gries born on 12-20-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-3-1977 in Pacific Palisades, California age 54 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eighth U.S. president Cyrus Griffin eighth (and last) president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation (1/22/1788-4/30/1789) born on 7-16-1748 in Farnham, Virginia expired 12-14-1810 in Yorktown, Virginia age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Eleanore Griffin co-wrote screenplay for 1938's Boys Town born on 4-29-1904 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 7-25-1995 in Woodland Hills, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz tenor-saxophonist John Arnold "Johhny Griffin III born on 4-24-1928 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-25-2008 in Availles-Limouzine, France age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author John Howard Griffin Sr. wrote Black Like Me (1961) born on 6-16-1920 in Dallas, Texas expired 9-9-1980 in Fort Worth, Texas age 60 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| game show creator & resort owner Mervyn Edward Griffin had hit singing I've Got A Love-a-lee Bunch of Coconuts; created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! born on 7-6-1925 in San Mateo, California expired 8-12-2007 age 82 cause: prostate cancer
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former Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins owner Calvin Griffith at end of 1960 season moved the Senators from Washington D.C. to Minneapolis
expired 10-20-1999 in Melbourne, Florida age 87 cause: kidney infection/renal failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Charles B. Griffith wrote a lot of scripts for Roger Corman: Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), A Bucket of Blood, Wild Angels & Little Shop of Horrors (1960) born on 9-23-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-28-2007 in San Diego, California age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| legendary film producer and director David Lewelyn Wark Griffith made Birth of A Nation, Intolerance, America and others; in 1920 co-founded United Artists studio with Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and William S. Hart born on 1-22-1875 in Floydsfork, Kentucky expired 7-23-1948 in Hollywood, California age 73 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Hugh Griffith played Sheik Ilderim in Ben Hur (1959; Best Supporting actor oscar) & Squire Western in Tom Jones (1963)
expired 5-14-1980 in London, England age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor & documentarian Kenneth Griffith appeared in the final episode of The Prisoner as The President
expired 6-25-2006 in London. England age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former rock/skiffle band guitarist Eric Griffiths was a founding member of The Quarrymen, a band that featured Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, John Lennon and others; the band eventually evolved into The Beatles several years after Griffiths left the group; he went on to the Merchant Marine, then the British prison system as a service manager & finally ran a dry cleaning establishmentborn on 10-31-1940 in Denbigh, Wales expired 1-29-2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland age 64 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Congresswoman (1955-74), Judge & Michigan Lt. Governor (1983-90) Martha Edna Griffiths dumped from re-election ticket by James Blanchard
expired 4-22-2003 in Armada, Michigan age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| soda pop inventor Charles Leiper Griggs formulated the Howdy orange drink and something that he initially called "Bib-label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" (in October 1929); eventually the name got shortened to a more manageable "7Up" born on --1868 in Prince's Branch, Missouri expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-51--D astronaut Stanley David Griggs born on 9-7-1939 in Portland, Oregon expired 6-17-1989 in Earle, Arkansas age 49 cause: training mission plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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chemist François Auguste Victor Grignard shared the 1912 Nobel Chemistry prize born on 5-6-1871 in Cherbourg, France expired 12-13-1935 in Lyon, France age 64 AKS: Francois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
quack psychiatrist Dr. James P. Grigson Jr. testified over 150 times on behalf of the State of Texas in capital murder cases; expelled from the American Psychiatric Association for predicting the future behavior of individuals without ever having examined them; filmmaker Errol Morris was going to include him in a film & stumbled across one of Grigson's victims — death row inmate Randal Adams; Morris made the film about him instead (The Thin Blue Line; 1988)
expired 6-13-2004 age 72 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Princess Grace Patricia (Kelly) Grimaldi wife of Prince Rainier of Monacco; mother of Princesses Caroline and Stephanie born on 11-12-1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-14-1982 age 52 cause: injuries sustained in car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand de Grimaldi III ruler of Monacco since 1949; widower of Princess Grace; father of Prince Albert & Princesses Caroline and Stephanieborn on 5-31-1923 in Monte Carlo, Monaco expired 4-6-2005 in Monte Carlo, Monaco age 81 cause: heart, lung & kidney failure
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philologist & folklorist Jakob Ludwig Grimm co-published the story collection Children's and Household Tales (1812)
expired 9-20-1863 in Berlin, Germany age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
philologist & folklorist Wilhelm Karl Grimm co-published the story collection Children's and Household Tales (1812)
expired 12-16-1859 in Berlin, Germany age 73 cause: infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sussex University electrical engineering professor Richard Lawrence Grimsdale built world's first transistorized computer born on 9-18-1929 in Australia expired 12-6-2005 in Brighton, Sussex, England age 76 cause: heart infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
electronics engineer Victor H. Grinich after leaving Shockley Semiconductor Labs co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor (1957) with Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, Jay Last & Sheldon Roberts (the "Traitorous Eight")
expired 11-4-2000 in Mountain View, California age 75 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russian Olympic skating medalist Sergei Grinkov born on 2-4-1967 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 11-20-1995 in Lake Placid, New York age 28 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3 and Apollo 1 astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom second American in space; died on launching pad during a systems test born on 4-3-1926 in Mitchell, Indiana expired 1-27-1967 in Cape Canaveral, Florida age 40 cause: flash fire in capsule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut Planned Parenthood League director Estelle T. Griswold convicted of violating 1879 law against use of contraceptives; in Griswold v. Connecticut the Supreme Court struck down the law (7-2; June 7, 1965), establishing a "right of privacy" for married couples born on 6-8-1900 expired 8-13-1981 in Fort Myers, Florida age 81 AKS: Griswald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired University of Arizona professor Ralph E. Griswold co-creator of the SNOBOL computer programming language (1963) born on 5-19-1934 in Modesto, California expired 10-4-2006 in Tucson, Arizona age 72 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor George Cooper Grizzard Jr. born on 4-1-1928 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina expired 10-2-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 79 cause: complications from lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Lewis M. Grizzard Jr. born on 10-20-1946 in Columbus, Ohio expired 3-20-1994 in Atlanta, Georgia age 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| professional ice skater Werner Fritz Groebli first half of the skating duo "Frick and Frack" (with Hans Mauch; 1939-53) born on 4-21-1915 in Basel, Switzerland expired 4-14-2008 in Zollikerberg, Zurich, Switzerland age 92 cause: complications from broken leg
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| filmmaker, ad man, father of Matt Homer P. Groening eponymous inspiration for Homer Simpson born on 12-30-1919 expired 3-15-1996 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical/jazz composer Ferdinand Rudolf "Ferde" von Grofe colaborated with Paul Whiteman (1919-33); arranged and orchestrated Rhapsody in Blue for George Gershwin; wrote Grand Canyon Suite (1931) and Mississippi Suite born on 3-27-1892 in New York, New York expired 4-3-1972 in Santa Monica, California age 80 cause: strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor David Lawrence Groh played Rhoda Morgenstern's husband Joe Gerard on the Rhoda spinoff sitcom born on 5-21-1939 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 2-12-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: kidney cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet foreign minister Andre Gromyko expired 7-2-1989 age 79
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| modern architect and designer Walter Adolf Gropius founded the Bauhaus school of design and architecture born on 5-18-1883 in Berlin, Germany expired 7-5-1969 in Boston, Massachusetts age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| current oldest ex-major league baseball player Howard Hoffman "Howdy" Groskloss took the field in 44 games as a second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (6/23/1930-9/25/1932) born on 4-9-1906 in Sheradan, Pennsylvania expired 7-15-2006 in Vero Beach, Florida age 100
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radio-frequency transmission inventor Al Gross invented the walkie-
expired 12-21-2000 in Sun City, Arizona age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Telecasting founder Harold F. "Hal" Gross born on 7-15-1901 expired 4-7-2002 in Pleasant Valley, Arizona age 100
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| Austrian Nazi doctor Heinrich Gross eugenecist who was responsible for the murder of hundreds of children during World War II while at the Am Spiegelgrund Clinic, extracting their brains in the name of "research" ; subject of a 2004 documentary Gray Matter born on --1914 expired 12-15-2005 in Vienna, Austria age 91 cause: dementia
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| former SNL comedienne Marjorie Gross born on 4-18-1956 expired 6-7-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 40 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catskill Mountain hotel and country club co-founder Jennie Grossinger born on 6-16-1892 in Galicia, Austria expired 11-20-1972 in Sullivan County, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catskill Mountain hotel and country club co-founder (1914) Malka Grossinger expired 8-16-1952 in Grossinger, New York age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Clinton County (MI) farm boy Leo J. Grove organized what turned out to be the first professional football game in the U.S., played in Shepardsville, Michigan, on July 4, 1895 (the second being played in Latrobe, PA almost two months later).expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920's star Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove winner of 300 games born on 3-6-1900 in Lonaconing, Maryland expired 5-22-1975 in Norwalk, Ohio age 75 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lt.General Leslie Richard Groves head of the Manhattan District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; built the Pentagon; directed the World War II A-bomb project (Manhattan Project) born on 8-17-1896 in Albany, New York expired 7-13-1970 in Washington, District of Columbia age 73 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Browns lineman & placekicker (1946-67) Louis R. "the toe" Groza born on 1-25-1924 in Martin's Ferry, Ohio expired 11-29-2000 in Middleburgh Heights, Ohio age 76 cause: heart attack; Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hindenburg survivor Alfred Groezinger cook aboard the Hindenburg born on 1-21-1916 expired 12-24-2002 in Friedrichshafen, Germany age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fireworks manufacturer Felix Grucci Sr. born on 5-28-1905 in New York, New York expired 1-8-1993 age 87 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cloying cartoonist John Barton "Johnny" Gruelle created Ragedy Ann (1918) & Ragedy Andy (1920) born on 12-24-1880 in Arcola, Illinois expired 1-9-1938 in Miami Beach, Florida age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Alaska senator (1958-68) Ernest Gruening Alaska territorial governor (1939-53); one of two senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (they contended that it was unconstitutional) 8/8/1964 born on 2-6-1887 in New York, New York expired 6-26-1974 in Washington, District of Columbia age 87 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. co-founder (1930) Leroy Randle Grumman aircraft designer born on 1-14-1895 in Huntington, New York expired 10-4-1982 in Manhasset, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Time Magazine editor Henry Anatole Grunwald born on 12-3-1922 in Vienna, Austria expired 2-26-2005 in New York, New York age 82 cause: heart failure
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