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| Kingston Trio co-founder Dave Guard left the group in 1961 & was replaced by John Stewart born on 10-19-1934 in San Francisco, California expired 3-22-1991 in Rollingsford, New Hampshire age 56 cause: lymphatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||
| actor Harry Guardino born on 12-23-1925 in New York, New York expired 7-28-1995 in Palm Springs, California age 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Aldo Gucci son of Florentine saddlemaker Guccio Gucci born on 5-26-1904 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 1-19-1990 in Rome, Italy age 84 cause: coma; prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||
| Penthouse magazine co-founder Kathy Keeton Guccione at one time a very successful stripper; co-founded Omni magazine born on --1939 in South Africa expired 9-19-1997 in New York, New York age 58 cause: complications from surgery; breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||
radio/tv producer John Guedel created (or co-created) People Are Funny (1941), House Party (1945), the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1944), You Bet Your Life & Earn Your Vacation; came up with the idea for the Duck with $100 in its beak that would come down and reward contestants when
they "say the secret word"; no relation to the pinch-born on 10-9-1913 in Portland, Indiana expired 12-17-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||
| former Ivory Coast military ruler General Robert Gueï in by coup (12-24-1999); lasted until October 2000 born on 7-18-1944 in Nidrou, Côte d'Ivoire expired 9-19-2002 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire age 58 cause: killed during mutiny/civil war AKS: Guei Guehi | |||||||||||||||||
| newspaperman and poet Edgar Albert Guest for many years his writings appeared in the Detroit Free Press born on 8-20-1881 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 8-5-1959 in Detroit, Michigan age 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dr. George Howell Guest organist & choirmaster of St. John's College, Cambridge (1948-93) born on 2-9-1924 in Bangor, North Wales, United Kingdom expired 11-20-2002 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| director Valmond Maurice Guest made Casino Royale (1967), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) & The Day the Earth Caught Fire born on 12-11-1911 in London, England expired 5-10-2006 in Palm Springs, California age 94 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||
revolutionary "martyr" Ernesto "Ché" Guevara de la Sernaborn on 5-14-1928 in Rosario, Argentina expired 10-9-1967 in La Higuera, Bolivia age 39 cause: executed; shot | |||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer Burnett Guffey won oscar for Bonnie and Clyde (1967) born on 5-26-1905 in Del Rio, Tennessee expired 5-30-1983 in Goleta, California age 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4-time oscar-winning feature documentary filmmaker Charles Eli Guggenheim won award for Nine From Little Rock (1964), Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968), The Johnstown Flood (1989) & A Time for Justice (1994) born on 3-31-1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-9-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia age 78 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||
| Newsday co-founder Harry Frank Guggenheim born on 8-23-1890 in West End, New Jersey expired 1-22-1971 in Sands Point, New York age 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| hair stylist Sydney Guilaroff did Judy Garland's braids for The Wizard of Oz; made Lucille Ball a redhead; first hair stylist to receive onscreen credit for his work born on 11-2-1907 in England expired 5-28-1997 in Beverly Hills, California age 89 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||
| physicist Charles-Édouard Guillaume born on 2-15-1861 in Fleurier, Swiss-Jura, Switzerland expired 5-13-1938 in Sèvres, France age 77 AKS: Edouard | |||||||||||||||||
| physician Joseph Ignace Guillotine sought a "more humane" method of capital punishment; came up with eponymous device to behead the perps (it was a big hit with the rabble during the French Revolution) born on 5-28-1738 in Saintes, France expired 3-26-1814 in Paris, France age 75 | |||||||||||||||||
actress & brothel owner Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan greeted customers with "Hello, Sucker"
expired 11-5-1933 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age 44 | |||||||||||||||||
conga (drum) master Tata Güines
expired 2-4-2008 in Havana, Cuba age 77 cause: kidney infection AKS: Guines | |||||||||||||||||
former millionaire playboy Jorge Guinle at one point his family owned Brazil's largest port (Santos) & built the Compacabana Palace Hotel (where he died)
expired 3-5-2004 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil age 88 cause: aortic aneurysm | |||||||||||||||||
actor Sir Alec Guinness received 1958 best actor oscar for Bridge on the River Kwai; also known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episodes IV through VI
expired 8-5-2000 in Midhurst, Sussex, England age 86 cause: liver cancer
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Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness
expired 6-18-1992 age 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| assassin Charles Julius Guiteau shot president James Garfield July 2nd, 1881 in Washington, District of Columbia born on 9-8-1844 in Freeport, Illinois expired 6-30-1882 in Washington, District of Columbia age 37 cause: executed; hanged | |||||||||||||||||
| financier and art collector Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was a major stockholder in the merger of the Royal Dutch and Shell oil companies; started the Foundation that bears his name born on --1869 in Turkey expired 7-20-1955 in Lisbon, Portugal age 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| playboy Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian son of Calouste born on 6-2-1896 in Kadi Keui, Turkey expired 1-10-1972 in Cannes, France age 75 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||
| eccentric classical pianist Friedrich Gulda born on 5-16-1930 in Vienna, Austria expired 1-27-2000 in Weissenbach, Austria age 69 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||
| tennis coach Timothy Edward "Tim" Gullickson born on 9-8-1951 in La Crosse, Wisconsin expired 5-3-1996 in Wheaton, Illinois age 44 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||
opthalmologist Allvar Gullstrand his work on the dioptrics of the eye earned him the 1911 Nobel prize in physiologyborn on 6-5-1862 in Landskrona, Sweden expired 7-28-1930 in Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden age 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| circus acrobat and showman Samuel W. Gumpertz gave Florenz Ziegfeld his first theatrical job as a vaudeville troupe manager; later was Harry Houdini's manager expired 6-22-1952 in Sarasota, Florida age 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| one-time U-Texas electrical engineering student David H. Gunby last fatality of 1966 clock tower murder rampage - was shot in his only good kidney; endured failed transplant & decades of dialysis born on 4-14-1943 expired 11-12-2001 in Fort Worth, Texas age 58 cause: complications from wound | |||||||||||||||||
| actor Moses Gunn born on 10-2-1929 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-16-1993 age 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| former S.S. major Otto Günsche one of Hitler's aides in the bunker; got to toss the burning rag onto the gasoline- born on 9-24-1917 expired 10-2-2003 in Lohmar, Germany age 86 cause: heart failure AKS: Gunsche Guensche Gunshe Guenshe | |||||||||||||||||
tenor & The Coasters lead singer (Jan. 1958-May 1961) Cornelius Gunter had hits with Charlie Brown and Poison Ivy (1959)
expired 2-26-1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 53 cause: shot dead | |||||||||||||||||
| former LSU women's basketball coach Sue Gunter a 2005 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame born on 5-22-1939 in Walnut Grove, Leake County, Mississippi expired 8-4-2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana age 66 cause: respiratory failure; emphysema
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| radio electronics inventor Frank A. Gunther devised the two-way radio; gave first demonstration of FM Radio (with Edwin Armstrong) (1935); designed LORAN navigation system for the Coast Guard (1939) born on 2-3-1908 in New York, New York expired 5-24-1999 in Venice, Florida age 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanford U. law professor emeritus Gerald Gunther wrote textbook Constitutional Law born on 5-26-1927 in Usingen, Taunus, Germany expired 7-20-2002 in Palo Alto, California age 75 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||
| writer John Joseph Gunther author of a number of Inside ... books born on 8-30-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-29-1970 in New York, New York age 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| former 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals judge Murray Irwin Gurfien affirmed Judge Gesell's ruling to permit the New York Times to publish the Pentagon Papers (1971) born on 11-17-1907 in New York, New York expired 12-16-1979 in New York, New York age 72 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||
| former Florida senator (1969-75) Edward Gurney born on 1-12-1914 in Portland, Maine expired 5-14-1996 in Winter Park, Florida age 82 | |||||||||||||||||
actress Rachel Gurney played Lady Bellamy on BBC costume drama Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-73; her character exited the series via the Titanic)
expired 11-28-2001 age 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| well-publicized child cancer victim Carl Einar Gustafson namesake of the "Jimmy Fund" born on 8-18-1935 in New Sweden, Maine expired 1-21-2001 in Caribou, Maine age 65 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||
| Swedish king Gustav V lasted almost 43 years on the throne expired 10-29-1950 in Stockholm, Sweden age 92 | |||||||||||||||||
Swedish king Gustav VI Adolf reigned 1950-73; father of Danish Queen Ingrid
expired 9-15-1973 in Helsingbard, Sweden age 90 cause: internal bleeding | |||||||||||||||||
| novelist Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. born on 1-13-1901 in Bedford, Indiana expired 4-26-1991 in Choteau, Montanay age 90
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one-time Martha Graham troupe dancer Marjorie Greenblatt Guthrie was Woody's 2nd ex-wife; mother of Cathy Ann, Arlo, Joady & Nora Lee Guthrie
expired 3-13-1983 in New York, New York age 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| famed folk singer and composer Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land..." folk song; a founder of the Almanac Singers; father of Arlo born on 7-14-1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma expired 10-3-1967 in Queens, New York, New York age 55 cause: complications from Huntington's disease | |||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Vincent Gutierrez
expired 3-28-2007 in Huntsville, Texas age 28 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Planned Parenthood president (1962-74) Alan Frank Guttmacher born on 5-19-1898 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 3-18-1974 in New York, New York age 75 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||
original Coasters tenor Billy Guy
expired 11-5-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 66 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||
| former Chilean military junta member Gustavo Leigh Guzmán as head of Chilean Air Force ordered bombing of presidential palace during September 1973 coup that overthrew Salvadore Allende born on 9-19-1920 in Santiago, Chile expired 9-29-1999 in Santiago, Chile age 79 cause: circulatory problems | |||||||||||||||||
| former Guatemalan president (1951-54) Col. Jacobo Arbenz Guzman overthrown in 1954 U.S.-backed coup expired 1-27-1971 in Mexico City, Mexico age 57 cause: drowned in bathtub after heart attack | |||||||||||||||||
| noted film character actor Edmund Gwenn played Kris Kringle in the original Miracle on 34th Street (1947; for which he received a Best Supporting Actor oscar) and Dr. Harold Medford ("the world's foremost Myrmecologist") in Them! born on 9-26-1875 in Glamorgan, Wales expired 9-6-1959 in Woodland Hills, California age 83 AKS: Gwen | |||||||||||||||||
| Declaration of Independence signer Button Gwinnett has an extremely rare & valuable signature; died following a duel with Georgia General Lachlan McIntosh born on 4-18-1735 in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England expired 5-16-1777 in Saint Catherine's Island, Georgia age 42 cause: gangrenous leg infection from bullet wounds | |||||||||||||||||
character actress Anne Gwynne appeared in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
expired 3-31-2003 in Woodland Hills, California age 84 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||
| versatile actor Frederick Hubbard Gwynne played Officer Francis Muldoon on Car 54, Where Are You? & Herman Munster on The Munsters born on 7-10-1926 in New York, New York expired 7-2-1993 age 66 | |||||||||||||||||
former Tibetan spiritual leader Bainqen Erdini Qoigyu Gyaincain collaborated with the Chinese after the 1950 takeover
expired 1-28-1989 in Xigaze, China age 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lobsang Samden Gyatso brother of the Dali Lama born on 1-1-1932 in Tibet expired 5-6-1998 in Pacific Grove, California age | |||||||||||||||||
| role playing game pioneer Ernest Gary Gygax was co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons game (1974) born on 7-27-1938 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-4-2008 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin age 69 cause: complications from abdominal aneurysm | |||||||||||||||||
| former CBC Morningside radio host (1982-97) Peter Gzowski born on 7-13-1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 1-24-2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 67 cause: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |||||||||||||||||
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