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movie costume designer Edith Head 8-time costume design oscar winner, for: The Heiress (1949), Samson and Delilah (1949), All About Eve (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), Roman Holiday (1953), Sabrina (1954) & The
Sting (1973)
expired 10-24-1981 in Hollywood, California age 81 cause: myelobibrosis myeloid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former insurance executive Richard Harold "Dick" Headlee ran for governor of Michigan (1982) born on 5-16-1930 in Fort Dodge, Iowa expired 11-9-2004 in Cedar Hills, Utah age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| designer/inventor Edward Early Headrick as head of research & development for Wham-O made the frisbee more aerodynamic & enhanced flight stability --- the "professional" model (1965); he founded the International Frisbee Association (1967) and created frisbee golf in the early 1970s; he was cremated and his ashes molded into limited edition memorial dics that were distributed to family & friends; made the prophetic quote "We used to say that Frisbee is really a religion --- Frisbyterians, we'd call ourselves.
When we die, we don't do to purgatory. We just land up on the roof and lay there." (was this guy a Ferengi?!) born on 6-28-1924 in South Pasadena, California expired 8-11-2002 in La Selva Beach, California age 78 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv western villain Myron Daniel Healey born on 6-8-1923 in Petaluma, California expired 12-21-2005 in Burbank, California age 82 cause: respiratory failure AKS: Healy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blind jazz & blues/rock guitarist/vocalist Norman Jeffrey Healey had performed with the group Angel Eyes born on 3-25-1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 3-2-2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 41 cause: retinoblastoma
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| portly actor David Healy born on 5-15-1932 expired 10-25-1995 in London, England age 64 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudevillian Ted Healy in 1923 formed a comedy act called "Ted Healy and his Stooges" with Moe Howard, Shemp Howard and Ken Lackey acting as his foiles; Moe and Shemp later went out on their own, adding Larry Fine and calling themselves The Three Stooges born on 10-1-1896 in Houston, Texas expired 9-12-1937 age 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time Florida accountant George A. Hearing got involved with Watergate era dirty-trickster Donald Segretti; in May of 1973 plead guilty to fabricating & distributing illegal campaign literature — did a year for that little stunt born on 1-20-1933 expired 9-16-1994 in LaGrange, Georgia age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L.A. Lakers broadcaster Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn coined phrases "slam dunk" & "air ball" born on 11-27-1916 in Buda, Illinois expired 8-5-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: complications from surgery; a fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catherine Wood Hearst ex-wife of Randolph A. Hearst; mother of Patty
expired 12-30-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: stroke
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| publishing heir David Whitmire Hearst son of William Randolph Sr.; twin brother of Randolph A. born on 12-2-1915 in New York, New York expired 5-13-1986 in Los Angeles, California age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishing executive George Randolph Hearst Sr. eldest son of William Randolph Hearst Sr. born on 4-23-1904 expired 1-26-1972 in Loma Linda, California age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Randolph's widow Millicent Veronica Willson Hearst born on 7-16-1882 in New York, New York expired 12-5-1974 in New York, New York age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishing heir Randolph Apperson Hearst youngest son of William Randolph Sr.; twin brother of David; father of Patricia born on 12-2-1915 in New York, New York expired 12-18-2000 in New York, New York age 85 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper publishing baron William Randolph Hearst Sr. put the "yellow" in Yellow Journalism; built San Simeon castle in California; had Marion Davies as a mistress; provided the model for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane born on 4-29-1863 in San Francisco, California expired 8-14-1951 in Beverly Hills, California age 88 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishing heir William Randolph Hearst Jr. born on 1-27-1908 in New York, New York expired 5-14-1993 age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former British Prime Minister (1970-74) Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath born on 7-9-1916 in St. Peter's-in-Thanet, Broadstairs, Kent, England expired 7-17-2005 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England age 89
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| World War I selenium mustard gas inventor Fred Harvey Heath expired 1-26-1952 in Gainesville, Florida age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz bassist Percy Heath last surviving original member of the Modern Jazz Quartet born on 4-30-1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina expired 4-28-2005 in Southampton, New York age 81 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biochemist Dr. Norman George Heatley with Florey developed method of extracting mass quantities of penicillin from mold cultures born on 1-10-1911 in Suffolk, England expired 1-5-2004 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio news commentator Gabriel Heatter born on 9-17-1890 in New York, New York expired 3-30-1972 in Miami, Florida age 81 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Louisiana congressman (1941-76) Felix Edward Hébert born on 10-12-1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 12-29-1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 78 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film writer & producer Ben Hecht born on 2-28-1893 in New York, New York expired 4-18-1964 in New York, New York age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Donald "Donn" Hecht co-wrote Patsy Cline's first hit Walkin' After Midnight (1957) born on 4-18-1930 expired 10-18-2002 in Miami Beach, Florida age 72 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Anna Eileen Heckart won a Tony, three Emmys & a Best Supporting Actress oscar for playing Mrs. Baker in Butterflies Are Free (1972) born on 3-29-1919 in Columbus, Ohio expired 12-31-2001 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 82 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Windham Hill guitarist Michael Hedges born on 12-31-1953 expired 12-1-1997 in Boonville, California age 43 cause: car crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| beat generation painter Wally B. Hedrick born on 7-21-1928 in Pasadena, California expired 12-17-2003 in Bodega, California age 75 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Emmet Evan Heflin Jr. played the mad bomber in Airport (1970) born on 12-13-1910 in Walters, Oklahoma expired 7-23-1971 in Hollywood, California age 60 cause: complications from heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fogbound former Alabama senator (1979-96) Howell Thomas Heflin born on 6-19-1921 in Poulan, Georgia expired 3-29-2005 in Sheffield, Alabama age 83 cause: heart attack; intestinal blockage AKS: Hefflin Heflen Hefflen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh's mom Grace C. Hefner wanted her son to be a Methodist missionary (at least he was good at the position); made a financial killing as an early investor in Playboy Magazine (helped pay for initial issue publication) born on 11-17-1895 expired 3-20-1997 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv music composer Neal Paul Hefti composed the Odd Couple & tv Batman theme & movie soundtrack for How to Murder Your Wife born on 10-29-1922 in Hastings, Nebraska expired 10-11-2008 in Toluca Lake, California age 85 cause: heart attack AKS: Neil Neel Kneal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Thomas Oris Heggen Jr. wrote novel Mr. Roberts & co-authored the Broadway adaptation born on 12-23-1919 in Fort Dodge, Iowa expired 5-19-1949 in New York, New York age 29 cause: drowned in bathtub | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Oliver Peters Heggie portrayed the hermit in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) born on 9-17-1879 in Angaston, South Australia, Australia expired 2-7-1936 in Los Angeles, California age 56 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 Olympic swimmer Jerry A. Heidenreich won 2 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze medal born on 2-4-1950 expired 4-18-2002 in Paris, Texas age 52 cause: suicide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical violinist Jascha Heifetz born on 2-2-1901 in Vilnius, Lithuania expired 12-10-1987 in Los Angeles, California age 86
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| economist Robert Lewis Heilbroner wrote The Worldly Philosophers (1953) born on 3-24-1919 in New York, New York expired 1-4-2005 in New York, New York age 85 cause: brain stem stroke; Lewy body disease AKS: Hielbroner Heilbruner Hielbruner Heilbronner Hielbrunner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers outfielder Harry Edwin Heilmann American League batting champion in 1923, 1925 & 1927 born on 8-3-1894 in San Francisco, California expired 7-9-1951 in Detroit, Michigan age 56 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazi Waffen SS doctor Aribert Ferdinand Heim while one of the doctors at the Mauthausen concentration camp murdered dozens (possibly hundreds) of prisoners; subject of a world-wide manhunt to finally be brought to justice; eventually fled to Egypt, changed his name to Tarek Hussein Farid and converted to Islam born on 6-28-1914 in Radkersburg, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire expired 8-10-1992 in Cairo, Egypt age 78 cause: rectal cancer
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| couturier Jacques Heim created brief swimsuit that he called "The Atome"; it failed to catch on like his competitor's suit born on 5-8-1899 in Paris, France expired 1-8-1967 in Paris, France age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| brewmaster to the world Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken had managed family brewery (1971-89) born on 11-4-1923 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 1-3-2002 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands age 78 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv executive George A. Heinemann created Ding Dong School and Shari Lewis and Lambchop born on 12-9-1918 expired 8-21-1996 in Canaan, New York age 77 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German aviation pioneer Ernst Heinrich Heinkel produced the world's first rocket plane in 1939 born on 1-24-1888 in Grunbach, Germany expired 1-30-1958 in Stuttgart, Germany age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction author Robert Anson Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers & Stranger in a Strange Land born on 7-7-1907 in Butler, Missouri expired 5-8-1988 in Carmel, California age 80
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| writer's spouse/muse Virginia D. Heinlein gave husband idea for Stranger in a Strange Land born on 4-22-1916 expired 1-18-2003 in Atlantic Beach, Illinois age 76 cause: complications from respiratory illness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania Senator (1976-91) Henry John Heinz III born on 10-23-1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-4-1991 in Merion, Pennsylvania age 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist, sportswrite, author Wilfred Charles Heinz co-wrote the novel M*A*S*H (published 1968 under pen name Richard Hooker) born on 1-11-1915 in Mount Vernon, New York expired 2-27-2008 in Barington, Vermont age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Earl Carl Heiselbetz Jr. executed for the 1991 strangulation murders of Rena Whitten Rogers (age 22) and her 2 year old daughter Jacy born on 4-1-1951 expired 1-12-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 48 cause: executed; lethal injection
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nuclear physicist Werner Karl Heisenberg when his toy electron broke down he invented quantum mechanics so that he could fix it himself; with no degree of certainty we think he won a Nobel Prize for some theoryborn on 12-5-1901 in Würzburg, Germany expired 2-1-1976 in München, Bavaria, Germany age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
longtime innovative college football coach John William Heisman "invented" the center snap (on "Hike") & scoreboard, pushed for the legality of the forward pass; first athletic director of NYC's Downtown Athletic Club; DAC named their football award after him upon his death making it the Heisman Memorial Trophy
expired 10-3-1936 in New York, New York age 66 cause: bronchial pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist John Held Jr. noted for his 1920s "flapper girl" illustrations born on 1-10-1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 3-2-1958 in Belmar, New Jersey age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Rudolph Hell inventor of facsimile precursor, the "Hellschreiber" (1929) & technology found in scanners born on 12-19-1901 in Eggmuehl, Germany expired 3-14-2002 in Kiel, Germany age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nuclear physicist Dr. Robert Linton Hellens while working for a Westinghouse division helped design the nuclear reactor for The Nautilus submarine born on 8-4-1925 in Fall River, Massachusetts expired 1-28-2008 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine age 82 cause: Wegener's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Joseph Heller wrote Catch-22 (1961); based Yossarian on a friend of his (another bombardier stationed in Corsica)born on 5-1-1923 in New York, New York expired 12-12-1999 in East Hampton, New York age 76 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway & Hollywood producer Mark Hellinger born on 3-21-1903 in New York, New York expired 12-21-1947 in Hollywood, California age 44 cause: coronary thrombosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Lillian Hellman wrote Julia born on 6-20-1905 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 6-30-1984 in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts age 79
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| mayonnaise magnate Richard Hellman merged his company with the Postum Company (1927) expired 2-2-1971 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German actress Brigitte Helm played the robot/Maria in Metropolis (1926)
expired 6-11-1996 in Ascona, Switzerland age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former U.S. Olympic Committee head (1985-91) Robert Hanna Helmick resigned after accusations of improprieties born on 3-5-1937 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 4-15-2003 in Des Moines, Iowa age 66 cause: cardiac failure; stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Bobby Helms did Jingle Bell Rock born on 8-15-1933 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 6-19-1997 in Martinsville, Indiana age 63 cause: emphysema; asthma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960s hippie Chester Leo "Chet" Helms was a concert promoter — owner of the Avalon Ballroom; dubbed the "father of the Summer of Love"; founded the group Big Brother & the Holding Company which featured Janis Joplin as lead singer born on 8-2-1942 in Santa Maria, California expired 6-25-2005 in San Francisco, California age 62 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former North Carolina Senator (1973-2002) Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. born on 10-18-1921 in Monroe, North Carolina expired 7-4-2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina age 86 cause: heart failure; vascular dementia; prostate cancer
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| corporate bigwig John Hoy Helms founded the Helms Athletic Foundation that annually recognizes amateur athletes expired 1-5-1957 in Palm Springs, California age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIA Deputy Director (1965-66) & director (1966-73) Richard McGarrah Helms born on 3-30-1913 in Saint David's, Pennsylvania expired 10-23-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia age 89 cause: multiple myeloma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| parsimonious feeb Harry Brakmann Helmsley married to the Borg Queen born on 3-4-1909 in New York, New York expired 1-4-1997 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 87 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992's Queen of the Slammer Leona Mindy Helmsley known for the apocryphal quote "We don't pay taxes ... only the little people pay taxes!"; shortly thereafter, a brigade of flying monkeys from the IRS Fortress of Doom descended upon her tax filings, ulimately resulting in her incarceration (hubby Harry was ruled too feeble to face the "music"); served 18 months of 14 year sentence
expired 8-20-2007 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 87 cause: heart failure
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| former Lebanese president (1964-70) Charles Helou born on 12-5-1912 in Beirut, Lebanon expired 1-7-2001 in Zalka, Lebanon age 88 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former 3M Corp CEO Harry Heltzer invented Scotchlite reflective sheeting & other reflective road marking materials; got caught making illicite campaign contributions from a corporate slush fund born on 8-22-1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 9-21-2005 in Lenoir, North Carolina age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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author Ernest Miller Hemingway won 1953 Pulitzer and 1954 Nobel prizes for his novel The Old Man and the Sea (1952) born on 7-21-1899 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 7-2-1961 in Ketchum, Idaho age 61 cause: suicide; gunshot wound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest's youngest son Gregory H. Hemingway former physician; had sex change operation born on 11-12-1931 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 10-1-2001 in Miami, Florida age 64 cause: hypertension; heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
outdoorsman John Hadley Nicanor "Jack" Hemingway son of Ernest; father of Mariel, Margaux & Joan ("Muffet")
expired 12-1-2000 in New York, New York age 77 cause: complications from heart surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
model Margaux Byra Hemingway sister of Mariel; did May 1990 Playboy pictorial
expired 6-28-1996 in Santa Barbara, California age 41 cause: suicide; phenobarbitol overdose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv director Dwight Arlington Hemion won a bunch of Emmy awards (18) born on 3-14-1926 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 1-28-2008 in Rectortown, Virginia age 81 cause: renal failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawiian resort developer Christopher B. Hemmeter Sr. son of inventor George born on 10-8-1939 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 11-27-2003 in Brentwood, California age 64 cause: liver cancer; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Thiemeyer Hemmeter invented the coin-operated newspaper vending machine (1947) & the self- born on 3-21-1906 in Maryland expired 4-8-2000 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor David Hemmings played Thomas in Blowup (1966), Dildano in Barbarella (1968) & Cassius in Gladiator (2000) born on 11-18-1941 in Guildford, Surrey, England expired 12-3-2003 in Romania age 62 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer Jessie Mae Hemphill born on 10-18-1933 in Senatobia, Mississippi expired 7-22-2006 in Memphis, Tennessee age 72 cause: complications from infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist Julius Hemphill born on 1-24-1938 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 4-2-1995 age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedienne Shirley Ann Hemphill appeared on Whats Happening (1976-79) born on 7-1-1947 in Asheville, North Carolina expired 12-4-1999 in West Covina, California age 52 cause: "natural causes" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beach Blanket Bingo lyricist Guy Bonson Hemric born on 6-30-1931 expired 1-10-1993 age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent movie actor/director Joseph Edward Henabery played Abraham Lincoln in Birth of a Nation; directed the Babylonian orgy scenes in Intolerance born on 1-15-1887 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 2-18-1976 in Woodland Hills, California age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Philip Showalter Hench shared the 1950 Nobel prize in medicine born on 2-28-1896 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 3-30-1965 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1934 Nobel peace prize recipient Arthur Henderson born on 9-13-1863 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 10-20-1935 in London, England age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired government lawyer Elmer W. Henderson as a result of a 1942 train ride he won a 1950 Supreme Court victory (8-0) against separate- born on 6-8-1913 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 7-17-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz orchestra leader James Fletcher Henderson born on 12-18-1897 in Cuthbert, Georgia expired 12-29-1952 in New York, New York age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson born on 4-24-1937 in Lima, Ohio expired 6-30-2001 in San Francisco, California age 64 cause: heart failure; emphysema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway arranger/orchestrator Luther Henderson Jr. born on 3-14-1919 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 7-29-2003 in New York, New York age 84 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tonight Show band leader Lyle Russell Cedric "Skitch" Henderson first started working on the Tonight Show under Steve Allen; created the "Stump the Band" schtick; did some time for tax evasion born on 1-27-1918 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 11-1-2005 in New Milford, Connecticut age 87
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former actress Marian Marsh Henderson starred opposite John Barrymore as Trilby in Svengali (1931); widow of a co-founder of Palm Desert, California
expired 11-9-2006 in Palm Desert, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| army Colonel Oran K. Henderson courts-martialed for covering-up the 1968 My Lai massacre (it happened his first day as commander of the Americal Division's 11th Infantry Brigade); he was acquitted of the charges born on 8-25-1920 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 6-2-1998 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania age 77 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| song composer Ray Henderson collaborated with Lew Brown & "Buddy" DeSylva on Sonny Boy (written as a joke for Al Jolson), Bye, Bye Blackbird and Button Up Your Overcoat born on 12-1-1896 in Buffalo, New York expired 12-31-1970 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 74 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Robert Gregory Henderson invented the Iron Lung (1933; design based upon the Drinker Respirator) born on 4-7-1902 in Clatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland expired 5-10-2000 age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Spinners singer William "Billy" Henderson booted out of the group he co-founded when he sued to get a look at the books born on 8-9-1939 in Detroit, Michigan expired 2-2-2007 in Daytona Beach, Florida age 67 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last living Brown et al. v. Board of Education plaintiff Zelma Cleota Henderson
expired 5-20-2008 in Topeka, Kansas age 88 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| victim of government malfeasance Ernest Hendon last surviving victim of the U.S. Public Heath Service's ill-conceived Tuskegee syphilis study (1932-72) that threw away the lives of 623 men without their full knowledge or consent for the attrocities that were perpetrated upon them born on 2-17-1907 in Roba, Alabama expired 1-16-2004 in Opelika, Alabama age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland 1st term vice president (1885) Thomas Andrews Hendricks born on 9-7-1819 in Zanesville, Ohio expired 11-25-1885 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film/tv actor Benjamin Hendrickson plays the part of Hal Munson on As the World Turns born on 9-26-1950 in Huntington, Long Island, New York expired 7-1-2006 in Huntington, Long Island, New York age 55 cause: suicide; shotgun to head
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| actress Dixie Wanda Hendrix briefly married to Audie Murphy (1949-50) born on 11-3-1928 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 2-1-1981 in Burbank, California age 52 cause: double pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James A. Hendrix father of Jimi born on 6-10-1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 4-17-2002 in Seattle, Washington age 82
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| rock guitarist James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix born on 11-27-1942 in Seattle, Washington expired 9-18-1970 in London, England age 27 cause: drowned in aspirated vomit; sleeping pill overdose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II Medal of Honor recipient James Richard Hendrix born on 8-20-1925 in Lepanto, Arkansas expired 11-14-2002 in Davenport, Florida age 77 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norwegian ice skater Sonja Henie won Olympic figure skating gold medals at the 1928, 1932 & 1936 games born on 4-8-1912 in Kristiania, Norway expired 10-12-1969 in Oslo, Norway age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-51--F astronaut Dr. Karl Gordon Henize born on 10-17-1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-5-1994 in Mount Everest, Nepal age 67 cause: high altitude pulmonary edema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee death row inmate Steve M. Henley born on 11-25-1953 expired 2-4-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 55 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| illusionist Douglas James Henning born on 5-3-1947 in Fort Garry, Manitoba, Canada expired 2-7-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 52 cause: liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Paul W. Henning executive producer of Love That Bob tv series; creator of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), & Petticoat Junction (1963) tv series born on 9-16-1911 in Independence, Missouri (nearby farm) expired 3-25-2005 in Burbank, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Casablanca actor Paul Henreid
expired 3-29-1992 age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pretender to French throne (since 1926) Henri VI Count of Paris & Duke of France
expired 6-19-1999 in Chéisy, France age 90 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas David "Tommy" Henrich former Yankees baseball player (1937-50) born on 2-20-1913 in Massillon, Ohio expired 12-1-2009 in Dayton, Ohio age 96 cause: complications from strokes
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| Chilean Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez born on 9-27-1907 expired 4-9-1999 in Santiago, Chile age 91 cause: heart attack AKS: Raul Henriquez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
English king (1100-35) Henry I youngest son of William the Conquerer; succeded brother William II under suspicious circumstances
expired 12-1-1135 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy age 67 cause: food poisoning (bad lampreys) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English king (1154-1189) Henry II grandson of Henry I; son of Matilda and Geoffre IV of Anjou; husband of Eleanor of Aquitane; father of Richard I; first Plantagenet king of England
expired 7-6-1189 in Chinon, France age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1216-1272) Henry III son of John born on 10-1-1207 in Winchester, England expired 11-16-1272 in Westminster, England age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English king (1399-1413) Henry IV grandson of Edward III; first king from the House of Lancaster
expired 3-20-1413 in London, England age 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1413-1422) Henry V son of Henry IV born on 8-9-1387 in Monmouth, Wales expired 8-31-1422 in Bois de Vincennes, France age 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1422-1461 and 1470-1471) Henry VI son of Henry V; founded Eton College (1440); last Lancaster king of England born on 12-6-1421 in Windsor, England expired 5-21-1471 in London, England age 49 cause: imprisonment in Tower of London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English king (1485-1509) Henry VII head of the House of Lancaster; first Tudor king; father of Henry VIII; grandfather of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I
expired 4-21-1509 in Richmond, England age 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1509-1547) Henry VIII son of Henry VI; father of Mary I (by first wife Katherine of Aragon), Elizabeth I (by second wife Anne Boleyn) and Edward VI (by third wife Jane Seymour); also married to Anne of Cleves (wife number four), Katherine Howard (wife number five) and Catherine Parr (wife number six) born on 6-28-1491 in Greenwich, England expired 1-28-1547 in Westminster, England age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American revolutionary Patrick Henry famous quote: "Give me liberty or give me death!" born on 5-26-1736 in Studley, Virginia expired 6-6-1799 in Charlotte City, Virginia age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former west-Michigan congressman Paul Henry born on 7-9-1942 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-31-1993 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 51 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Thomas Browne Henry played Admiral Enright in Earth vs. the Flying Saucersborn on 11-7-1907 expired 6-30-1980 in La Mesa, California age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Disney animator Erwin William Henson made first Chip and Dale-featured cartoon; animator on Song of the South (1947), the Bullwinkle Show, Underdog & Tennessee Tuxedo, animated the Trix rabbit commercials born on 7-20-1924 in Dallas, Texas expired 12-3-2002 in Dallas, Texas age 78 cause: head injuries sustained when he stepped off a curb into the path of a truck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muppeteer James Maury "Jim" Henson born on 9-24-1936 in Greenville, Mississippi expired 5-16-1990 age 53 cause: severe pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Audrey Edda Hepburn Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's
expired 1-20-1993 in Tolochenaz, Switzerland age 68 cause: colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Katharine Houghton Hepburn 4-time Best Actress Academy Award winner (1933: Morning Glory; 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; 1968 The Lion in Winner & 1962 On Golden Pond); longtime lover of Spencer Tracy born on 5-12-1907 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 6-29-2003 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut age 96 cause: pneumonia; Parkinson's disease
AKS: Katherine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv's Mr. Wizard Donald Jeffrey Herbert did the show on NBC from 1951 to 1965, then on cable born on 7-10-1917 in Waconia, Minnesota expired 6-12-2007 in Bell Canyon, Ventura County, California age 89 cause: multiple myeloma
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| author Frank Patrick Herbert wrote the Dune book series (first in 1965), for which he won the 1965 Nebula & 1966 Hugo awards born on 10-8-1920 in Tacoma, Washington expired 2-11-1986 in Madison, Wisconsin age 65 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Frederick Hugh Herbert wrote The Moon is Blue born on 5-29-1897 in Vienna, Austria expired 5-17-1958 in Beverly Hills, California age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
archaeologist/Egyptologist George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert co-discoverer of the tomb of King Tut (1922)
expired 4-5-1923 in Cairo, Egypt age 56 cause: the curse ??? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| befuddled screen comedian Hugh Herbert said "woo woo" a lot and fluttered his hands in the air born on 8-10-1885 in Binghampton, New York expired 3-12-1952 in Hollywood, California age 66 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operetta composer Victor Herbert wrote Babes in Toyland (1903) born on 2-1-1859 in Dublin, Ireland expired 5-27-1924 age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio announcer Edward Joseph Herlihy spokesman for Kraft Foods; narrated 1940s Universal newsreels in 1940s; appeared in several Woody Allen movies: Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days and Zelig (as, what else, the newsreel announcer); also in Scorsese's The King of Comedy and Pee-wee's
Big Adventure born on 8-14-1909 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 1-30-1999 in New York, New York age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist, playwright James Leo Herlihy wrote Midnight Cowboy (1965) born on 2-27-1927 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-20-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 66 cause: sleeping pill overdose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS News correspondent (1944-87) George Edward Herman was moderator of Face the Nation from 1969 to 1983 born on 1-14-1920 in New York, New York expired 2-8-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia age 85 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thundering Herd bandleader Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman born on 5-16-1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-29-1987 age 74 cause: cardiac arrest
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Texas death row inmate Adolph Gil Hernandez
expired 2-8-2001 in Huntsville, Texas age 50 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| choreographer Amalia Hernández Navarro founder of the Ballet Folklórico de México (1952) born on 9-19-1917 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 11-4-2000 in Mexico City, Mexico age 83 AKS: Hernandez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former midwife Cruz Hernández Rivas a purported supergeezer (only documentation is a baptismal record)born on 5-3-1878 in San Sebastián, El Salvador expired 3-8-2007 in San Agustin, Usulutan Department, El Salvador age 128
AKS: Hernandez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Ones founder & lead singer Danny Hernandez had top 10 hit with You Haven't Seen My Love (1969) born on 7-29-1947 expired 12-9-2000 in Pinellas Park, Florida age 53 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Rodolfo "Rudy" Hernandez
expired 3-21-2002 in Huntsville, Texas age 52 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| King Herod the Great son of Herod Antipater; father of Herod Antipas; ruled Judea from 37 BC until his death; attempted a pre-emptive strike against the coming messiah by having newborns in Bethlehem killed born on --73 BC expired ??-??-4 BC in Jericho, Judea age 69 cause: (Fournier's) gangrene of the genitalia; kidney disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bartender Carlos "Danny" Herrera invented the Margarita cocktail (1947) born on --1901 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 5-11-1992 in San Diego, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Eugene Herrick inventor of the jackalope (1932) born on 7-8-1920 expired 1-6-2003 in Casper, Wyoming age 82 cause: bone & lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former AMPAS executive secretary (1943-70) Margaret Herrick on her first day of work as Academy librarian (1931-43) she remarked that the famous statuette looked "like my uncle Oscar", giving it its nickname
expired 6-21-1976 in Woodland Hills, California age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper cartoonist George Herriman created Crazy Kat comic strip born on 8-22-1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 4-26-1944 in Hollywood, California age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heavier-than-air aviation pioneer Augustus M. Herring on October 11, 1898 his bi-plane glider made a 50 foot "powered" flight (using a compressed- expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All Things Great and Small author James Herriot
expired 2-22-1995 in Thirsk, England age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer & conductor Bernard Herrmann wrote scores for Citizen Kane (1940), The Man Who Knew Too Much, North By Northwest, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Day the Earth Stood Still; won oscar for All That Money Can Buy; first husband of Lucille Fletcher born on 6-29-1911 in New York, New York expired 12-24-1975 in Los Angeles, California age 64 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer John Richard Hersey wrote Hiroshima born on 6-17-1914 in Tianjin, China expired 3-23-1993 in Key West, Florida age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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microbiologist Alfred Day Hershey a 1930 (B.S.) & 1934 (Ph.D.) graduate of Michigan State College; shared the 1969 Nobel prize in medicine born on 12-4-1908 in Owosso, Michigan expired 5-22-1997 in Syosset, New York age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gen. Lewis Blaine Hershey head of the Selective Service System for way too many years (1936-70) born on 9-12-1893 in Steuben City, Indiana expired 5-20-1977 in Angola, Indiana age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chocolate company founder (1903) Milton Snavely Hershey the real Willy Wonka born on 9-13-1857 in Derry Church, Pennsylvania (now Hershey, Pennsylvania) expired 10-13-1945 in Hershey, Pennsylvania age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist, columnist & radio humorist Harry Hershfield created Abie the Agent strip (1914); appeared on 1940s radio series Can You Top This?
expired 12-15-1974 in New York, New York age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film actor Jean Hersholt namesake of AMPAS award for Humanitarianism born on 7-12-1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 6-2-1956 in Beverly Hills, California age 69 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eisenhower Secretary of State (1959-61) Christian Archibald Herter Massachusetts governor (1952-56) born on 3-28-1895 in Paris, France expired 12-30-1966 in Washington, District of Columbia age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Gustav Ludwig Hertz shared the 1925 Nobel prize in physics born on 7-22-1887 in Hamburg, Germany expired 10-30-1975 in Berlin, Germany age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| very busy person John Daniel Hertz founded Yellow Cab Co. in 1915; founded Hertz Rent-A-Car System in 1924 born on --1879 in Austria expired 10-8-1961 in Los Angeles, California age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South African prime minister (1924-39) General James Barry Munnik Hertzog opposed British domination of South Africa, fighting them in the Boer War; supported the Nazis against Britain in World War II born on 4-3-1866 in Wellington, Cape Colony expired 11-21-1942 in Pretoria, South Africa age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
motion picture actress Irene Hervey appeared in Destry Rides Again and Play Misty for Me (1971); mother of singer Jack Jones
expired 12-20-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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researcher Gerhard Herzberg 1971 Nobel chemistry laureate born on 12-25-1904 in Hamburg, Germany expired 3-3-1999 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| founder of modern Zionism (1897) Theodor Herzl prodded British government to issue the Balfour Declaration (1917) promising to establish a Jewish state in Palestine born on 5-2-1860 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 7-3-1904 in Edlach, Austria age 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv soap opera writer John David Hess originated Love Of Life (1951-80) born on 4-17-1918 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-15-2004 in New Hope, Pennsylvania age 85 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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individualist Karl Hess inspired modern Libertarian movement; wrote 1969 Playboy article The Death of Politics (interviewed by them for July 1976 issue) born on 5-25-1923 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 4-22-1994 in Kearneyville, West Virginia age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amerada Hess owner Leon Hess also owned the New York Jets football team born on 3-14-1913 in Asbury Park, New Jersey expired 5-7-1999 in New York, New York age 85 cause: blood disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obstetrician Dr. Orvan Walter Hess developed the fetal heart monitor (1957); involved in first successful clinical use of penicillin (1942) born on 6-18-1906 in Margaretville, New York expired 9-6-2002 in New Haven, Connecticut age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1936 Nobel physics laureate Victor Franz Hess discoverer of cosmic radiation born on 6-24-1883 in Waldenstein Castle, Steirmark, Austria-Hungary expired 12-17-1964 in Mount Vernon, New York age 81 AKS: Francis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Nazi Walter Richard Rudolf Hess coined phrase "Heil Hitler!"; spent World War II in a British prison; later spent the rest of his life in Spandau prison born on 4-26-1894 in Alexandria, Egypt expired 8-17-1987 in Berlin, Germany age 93 cause: suicide
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Dr. Walter Rudolf Hess shared the 1949 Nobel prize in medicine born on 3-17-1881 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland expired 8-12-1973 in Locarno, Switzerland age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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novelist and poet Hermann Hesse wrote Die Steppenwolf (1927); won 1946 Nobel Prize (literature) born on 7-2-1877 in Calw, Württemberg, Germany expired 8-9-1962 in Montagnola, Switzerland age 85 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
actor Charlton Heston debuted in Dark City (1950); played Col. George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1969) & Detective Thorn in Soylent Green (1973); former president of the NRA
expired 4-5-2008 in Beverly Hills, California age 84 cause: Alzheimer's disease
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| Cuban politico Carlos Hevia held Cuban presidency for three days in 1934 under Batista; tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961 during Bay of Pigs fiasco born on --1900 expired 4-2-1964 in Lantana, Florida age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Christopher Hewett played Roger DeBris in The Producers (1968) and Mr. Belvedere on tv born on 4-5-1921 in Worthing, Sussex, England expired 8-3-2001 in West Hollywood, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS News producer Donald Shepard Hewitt created 60 Minutes news magazine programborn on 12-14-1922 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 8-19-2009 in Bridgehampton, New York age 86 cause: pancreatic cancer
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| HP co-founder (1939) William Redington Hewlett born on 5-20-1913 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 1-12-2001 in Portola Valley, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazi war criminal Dr. Werner Heyde head of the Reich Society for Mental Institutions, responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 mentally retarded individuals born on --1902 expired 2-13-1964 in Butzbach, Germany age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Gestapo Chief Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich he had a "final solution" born on 3-7-1904 in Halle, Germany expired 6-4-1942 in Prague, Czechoslovakia age 38 cause: septicemia (from bullet/grenade wounds) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anthropologist & author Thor Heyerdahl Jr. born on 10-6-1914 in Larvik, Norway expired 4-18-2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy age 87 cause: brain cancer
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| hack movie/tv director Douglas Heyes made Kitten With a Whip (1964) born on 5-22-1919 expired 2-8-1993 in Beverly Hills, California age 73 cause: congestive heart failure AKS: Hayes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Corneille Jean François Heymans was the 1938 Nobel medicine laureate born on 3-28-1892 in Ghent, Belgium expired 7-18-1968 in Knokke, Belgium age 76 cause: stroke AKS: Francois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Jaroslav Heyrovský 1959 Nobel chemistry laureate born on 12-20-1890 in Prague, Austria-Hungary expired 3-27-1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia age 76 AKS: Heyrovsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse 1910 Nobel laureate in literature born on 3-15-1830 in Berlin, Prussia expired 4-2-1914 in München, Bavaria, Germany age 84 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie & tv writer/producer Louis M. Heyward an executive at Barry/ born on 6-29-1920 expired 3-26-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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