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| Chinese Communist Party chairman (1981-87) Hu Yaobang born on 11-20-1915 in Liuyang County, Hunan Province, China expired 4-15-1989 in Beijing, China age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chinese Communist Party chairman (1976-81) Hua Kuo-feng succeeded Mao; was Chinese prime minister (1976-80) born on 2-16-1921 in Jiaocheng, Shanxi province, China expired 8-20-2008 in Beijing, China age 87
AKS: Hua Guofeng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpter Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard born on 4-7-1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 12-29-2008 in Sherman Oaks, California age 70 cause: complications from heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mediocre science fiction writer Lafayette Ronald Hubbard founded Scientology scam born on 3-13-1911 in Tilden, Nebraska expired 1-24-1986 in San Luis Obispo, California age 74
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| longtime Dearborn, Michigan mayor (1941-77) Orville Liscum Hubbard born on 4-9-1903 in Union City, Michigan expired 12-16-1982 in Detroit, Michigan age 79
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| Robert Calvin Hubbard only person (up to the date of his death) to be elected to three major sports halls-of-fame: College Football & NFL (as a player) and Baseball (as an umpire) born on 10-31-1900 in Keytesville, Missouri expired 10-17-1977 in Gulfport, Florida age 76 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| track star William DeHart Hubbard first black American to win an Olympic gold medal (1924) born on 11-25-1903 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 6-23-1976 in Cleveland, Ohio age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-New York Giants pitcher Carl Owen Hubbell born on 6-22-1903 in Carthage, Missouri expired 11-21-1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble Mount Wilson & Palomar researcher; namesake of orbiting NASA deep space telescope born on 11-20-1889 in Marshfield, Missouri expired 9-28-1953 in San Marino, California age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist Bronislaw Huberman founder of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra born on 12-19-1882 in Czestochowa, Poland expired 6-17-1947 in Nant sur Corsier, Switzerland age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
animator Faith Hubley won 3 oscars for Moonbird (1959), The Hole (1962) & Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966)
expired 12-7-2001 in New Haven, Connecticut age 77 cause: cancer AKS: Elliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film animator John Hubley won two oscars; co-creator of Mr. Magoo (1949; cartoon "Ragtime Bear") born on 5-21-1914 expired 2-21-1977 in New Haven, Connecticut age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz clarinetist Michael Andrew "Peanuts" Hucko played with Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong & Lawrence Welk bands born on 4-7-1918 in Syracuse, New York expired 6-19-2003 in Fort Worth, Texas age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Cleveland pitcher George Willis Hudlin served- born on 8-15-1926 in Wagoner, Oklahoma expired 8-5-2002 in Little Rock, Arkansas age 96
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| Great Lakes sailor Bruce Lee Hudson Deckhand aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 22 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethel Hudson last member of Hew Hampshire's Canterbury Shaker colony expired 9-7-1992 age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| explorer Henry Hudson first went up river (1609) that was subsequently named for him born on 9-12-1575 in England expired 6-23-1611 in Hudson's Bay age 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Lowthian Hudson founded Detroit Department store (1881) & co-founded Motor Car Company named after him (1900) born on 10-17-1846 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumbria, England expired 7-15-1917 in Worthing, England age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hudson Oil founder (1933) Mary Hudson expired 9-2-1999 in Prairie Village, Missouri age 86 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie actress Rochelle Hudson born on 3-6-1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 1-17-1972 in Palm Desert, California age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Rock Hudson
expired 10-2-1985 in Beverly Hills, California age 59 cause: complications from AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1197 pound "dieter" Walter Hudson Guinness Book record Tub-O-Lard born on --1945 in New York, New York expired 12-24-1991 age 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| short-term MExican president Victoriano Huerto president February 1913 through July 1914 born on 12-23-1854 in Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico expired 1-13-1916 in Fort Bliss, Texas age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician David A. Huffman developed the eponymous data coding/compression algorithm as a MIT graduate student in the 1950s born on 8-9-1925 expired 10-7-1999 in Santa Cruz, California age 74 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lived w/nephew & neice Rodney Carl b.12/29/1951 & Deborah Huffman @ 5071 Fawn Valley in Bath (517) 641-4085
retired machinist Donald Jay Huffman one of the last remaining survivors of the 1927 Bath School Disaster born on 7-10-1917 in Longley, Ohio expired 3-14-2011 in Bath, Michigan age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Charles Brenton Huggons shared the 1966 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries concerning the hormonal treatment of prostatic cancerborn on 9-22-1901 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 1-12-1997 in Chicago, Illinois age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Rhodesian prime minister (1933-53) Godfrey Martin Huggins
expired 5-8-1971 in Salisbury, Rhodesia age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball Hall of Famer (1964) Miller James Huggins second baseman (1904-16); Yankees manager 1918-29 born on 3-27-1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 9-25-1929 in New York, New York age 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer/producer Roy Huggins co-creator of 77 Sunset Strip; co-produced Maverick (1957-62); writer for The Fugitive (1963-67) & The Rockford Files (1974-80) born on 7-18-1914 in Litelle, Washington expired 4-3-2002 in Santa Monica, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Barnard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes born on 7-16-1915 in Bedford Hills, New York expired 7-11-2006 in New York, New York age 90 AKS: Bernard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Billie George Hughes Jr. born on 1-28-1952 expired 1-24-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 47 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| accomplished politician Charles Evans Hughes New York governor (1906-09); Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1909-19); Republican Presidential candidate in 1916 (lost to Woodrow Wilson); Secretary of State (1921-25); Supreme Court Chief Justice (1930-41) born on 4-11-1862 in Glens Falls, New York expired 8-27-1948 in Osterville, Massachusetts age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British super-geezer Charlotte Marion Hughes born on 8-1-1877 expired 3-17-1993 in Redcar, Cleveland, England age 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British poet laureate Edward James "Ted" Hughes born on 8-17-1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, England expired 10-28-1998 in Devonshire, England age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former toll booth attendant Glenn R. Hughes original Village People "biker"; the Y.M.C.A.'s Macho Man born on 7-18-1950 in New York, New York expired 3-4-2001 in New York, New York age 50 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Iowa senator (1969-74) Harold Everett Hughes born on 2-10-1922 expired 10-24-1996 in Glendale, Arizona age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aviation pioneer Harvey M. Hughes born on 4-14-1906 expired 12-27-2000 age 94
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| oil well drill bit inventor Howard Robard Hughes Sr. co-founder of the Sharp-Hughes Tool Company (1909); father of the aviator/movie maker born on 9-9-1869 in Lancaster, Missouri expired 1-14-1924 in Houston, Texas age 54 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
industrialist, golfer, aviator, movie producer & director Howard Robard Hughes Jr. built The Spruce Goose; invented the pushup-bra for Jane Russell; built the Glomar Explorer for the CIA to retrieve sunken Russian submarine K-129; at one time owned about half of the Las Vegas strip; subject of the movie Melvin and Howard & a bogus biographyborn on 12-24-1905 in Houston, Texas expired 4-5-1976 in Lear Jet above south Texas enroute to Houston age 70 cause: renal failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| drunken lout James "Mickey" Hughes barbecued by ex-wife Francine born on 8-10-1945 expired 3-9-1977 in Dansville, Michigan age 31 cause: burned to death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author and lyricist James Langston Hughes born on 2-1-1902 in Joplin, Missouri expired 5-22-1967 in New York, New York age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director John Wilden Hughes Jr. directed Weird Science (1985), Sixteen Candles & Home Alone; started his career writing articles and doing interviews for Playboy magazine born on 2-18-1950 in Lansing, Michigan expired 8-6-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter/director Kenneth Hughes directed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) born on 1-19-1922 in Liverpool, England expired 4-28-2001 in Panorama City, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herbalife co-founder (1980) Mark Reynolds Hughes born on 1-1-1956 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-20-2000 in Malibu, California age 44 cause: overdose of alcohol and Doxepin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
beach party water-bearer Mary Cecilia Hughes she could always be counted-upon to show up with two big jugs; a real beach bunny/surfer girl she graced such celluloid masterpieces as Muscle Beach Party (1964; as "surfer girl"), Bikini Beach (1964; as "beach girl"), Pajama Party (1964; as "pajama girl"), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965; reprising her role as "beach girl"), Ski Party (1965; this time pushing
her acting boundaries as "Mary"), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965; again in the recurring role of "beach girl"), Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965; in the undemanding role of "Robot #6") & The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966; exercising her transparent acting 'skills' as "Mary"); later she became a fitness instructor
expired 12-13-2007 in Malibu, California age 63 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| surviving World War I veteran Netherwood Hughes born on 6-12-1900 in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England expired 4-4-2009 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England age 108
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| novelist Richard Hughes wrote High Wind in Jamaica (1929) expired 4-28-1976 in Harlech, Merioneth, Wales age 76 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| attorney Ronald W. Hughes court-appointed defense lawyer for Leslie Van Houten; he wouldn't go along with Manson's plan to blame the girls so he got killed for his efforts; the body was found 3-29-1971 born on 3-16-1935 in California expired 11-??-1970 in Sespe Hot Spring, California age 35 cause: murdered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & screenwriter Rupert Hughes uncle of Howard; got him interested in making movies born on 1-31-1872 in Lancaster, Missouri expired 9-9-1956 in Los Angeles, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes swore-in Lyndon Johnson after Kennedy assassination born on 8-2-1896 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 4-23-1985 in Dallas, Texas age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Tommie Collins Hughes
expired 3-15-2006 in Huntsville, Texas age 31 cause: executed; lethal injection
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engraver & avant-garde filmmaker Ian Hugo "legal" husband of Anaïs Nin; directed Bells of Atlantis (1952)
expired 1-7-1985 in New York, New York age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Hugo born on 7-1-1899 expired 7-21-2000 age 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Victor Marie Hugo wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables born on 2-26-1802 in Besancon, France expired 5-22-1885 in Paris, France age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 11-13-1910 in Hartselle, Alabama expired 11-23-1986 in Guntersville, Alabama age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former WWF/WWE wrassler Elizabeth Ann Hulette ex-wife of Macho Man Savage (1984-92); "companion" of Lex Luger
expired 5-1-2003 in Marietta, Georgia age 42 cause: acute toxicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roosevelt Secretary of State (1933-1944) Cordell Hull received the 1945 Nobel Peace prize for his part in establishing the United Nations born on 10-2-1871 in Pickett County, Tennessee expired 7-23-1955 in Bethesda, Maryland age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Henry Hull created roll of Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road on Broadway (1933-41) born on 10-3-1890 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 3-8-1977 in Cornwall, England age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Warren Hull radio/tv host of Strike It Rich (1947-57) born on 1-17-1903 in Gasport, New York expired 9-14-1974 in Waterbury, Connecticut age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Josephine Sherwood Hull won Best Supporting actress Academy Award for Harvey born on 1-3-1884 in Newton, Massachusetts expired 3-12-1957 in New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner (1945-77) Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. owned Clabber Girl Baking Powder; coined phrase "Gentlemen, start your engines." born on 2-11-1901 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 10-27-1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 76 cause: heart failure during surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman Emeritus of the Indy 500 Mary Fendrich Hulman speedway owner and Tony's widow born on 3-13-1905 expired 4-1-1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British geezer Amy Isabel Matthews Hulmes born on 10-5-1887 expired 10-27-2001 age 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disney animator Kenneth Vernon Hultgren designed the Id Monster of Forbidden Planet (1956)born on --1915 expired 12-13-1968 age 53 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cathedral of Tomorrow televangelist Alpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard Sr. went on tv in Akron, Ohio in 1952; delivered the eulogy at Elvis' funeral born on 8-13-1919 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 9-21-2007 in Atlantis, Florida age 88 cause: congestive heart failure; complications from hip replacement surgery; broke hip in fall
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| actress Benita Hume wife of George Sanders; formerly married to Ronald Colman expired 11-1-1967 in Egerton, England age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Washington Post music critic (1947-82) Paul Hume his negative review of a Margaret Truman concert (1950) resulted in a threatening letter from Harry born on 12-13-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-26-2001 in Baltimore, Maryland age 85 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Helen Humes born on 6-23-1913 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-9-1981 in Santa Monica, California age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| career diplomat Arthur William Hummel Jr. U.S. Ambassador to communist China (1981-85) born on 6-1-1920 in Fenchow, China expired 2-6-2001 in Chevy Chase, Maryland age 80 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miss Memphis & Miss America 1947 Barbara Jo Walker Hummel last Miss America to be crowned in a bathing suit; her husband, an obstetrician, delivered Miss America 1987
expired 6-7-2000 in Memphis, Tennessee age 74 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anne S. Hummert creator of the radio soap opera in early 1930s; created such series as Stella Dallas and Ma Perkins
expired 7-5-1996 in New York, New York age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| opera composer Engelbert Humperdinck wrote Hansel and Gretel opera born on 9-1-1854 in Siegburg, Germany expired 9-27-1921 in Neustrelitz, Germany age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota politician Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. LBJ's Vice President (1965-69); 1968 Democratic presidential candidate; husband of Muriel
expired 1-13-1978 in Waverly, Minnesota age 66 cause: bladder cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans jazz musician & teacher Willie J. Humphrey born on 12-29-1900 expired 6-7-1994 age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| beat generation "hipster" Herbert Huncke friend of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac born on 12-9-1915 in Greenfield, Massachusetts expired 8-8-1996 in New York, New York age 80 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sugar broker Horace Lawson Hunley designed and built the Confederacy's submarines: the Pioneer (sank during testing in Lake Ponchatrain), the second Pioneer (also sank during testing) and the David (renamed the CSS H.L.Hunley after it sank in Charleston harbor, drowning Hunley and the crew); under the command of Lt. George A. Dixon the vessel was finally lost outside the harbor when it became the first submarine to successfully engage an enemy ship in wartime, sinking the Union vessel Housatonick with a "torpedo" but being
damaged/swamped by the blast wave (2/17/1864); the wreck was rediscovered in 1995 and raised in August, 2000 born on 12-29-1823 in Sumner County, Tennessee expired 10-15-1863 in Charleston, South Carolina age 39 cause: drowned in his submarine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Arthur Hunnicut born on 2-17-1911 in Gravelly, Arkansas expired 9-26-1979 in Woodland Hills, California age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Watergate break-in conspirator Everette Howard W. Hunt Jr. spent 21 years with the CIA
expired 1-23-2007 in Miami, Florida age 88 cause: pneumonia
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| former Alabama governor (1987-1993) Harold Guy Hunt born on 6-17-1933 in Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama expired 1-30-2009 in Birmingham, Alabama age 75 cause: lung cancer
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oil magnate Haroldson Lafayette Huntborn on 2-17-1889 in Vandalia, Illinois expired 11-29-1974 in Dallas, Texas age 85 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| textile machinery inventor John O. Hunt also invented the disposable diaper expired 2-11-1957 in Greenville, South Carolina age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| trucking company founder Johnnie Bryan Hunt born on 2-28-1927 in Heber Springs, Arkansas expired 12-7-2006 in Springdale, Arkansas age 79 cause: complications from fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Chiefs founder/owner Lamar Hunt Sr. a son of H.L. Hunt; with several other brothers tried to corner the silver market, but failed (lost big bucks on that one); gave the Super Bowl it's name; co-founded the Americal Football League (AFL; 1960); a co-founder of Major League Soccer (1965); one of the original investors in the Chicago Bulls (1967) born on 8-2-1932 in El Dorado, Arkansas expired 12-13-2006 in Dallas, Texas age 74 cause: complications from prostate cancer
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| architect Myron Hunt designed the Rose Bowl and the Hollywood Bowl expired 5-26-1952 in Pasadena, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Nelle Hunt born on 7-28-1887 expired 2-??-2001 age 113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie editor/director Peter Roger Hunt edited first 5 James Bond movies & Sink the Bismark! (1960); directed On Her Magesty's Secret Service (1969) born on 3-11-1925 in London, England expired 8-14-2002 in Santa Monica, California age 77 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| muppeteer Richard Hunt born on 8-16-1951 in New York, New York expired 1-7-1992 in New York, New York age 40 cause: AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German movie art director Otto Hunte art director for Metropolis (1926) and Gold 1934 expired ??-??-1960 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer Alberta Hunter born on 4-1-1895 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-17-1984 in New York, New York age 89
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author Evan Hunter wrote The Blackboard Jungle (1954) & the "87th Precinct" detective series; wrote screenplay for The Birds
expired 7-6-2005 in Weston, Connecticut age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mormon elder Howard W. Hunter born on 11-14-1907 in Boise, Idaho expired 3-3-1995 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mormon leader Howard William Hunter their 14th president; lasted only 9 months in the position born on 11-14-1907 in Boise, Idaho expired 3-3-1995 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Fame Kansas City and Oakland A's & Yankee's pitcher James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter won 1974 Cy Young award; given nickname by Charlie Finley born on 4-8-1946 in Hertford, North Carolina expired 9-9-1999 in Hertford, North Carolina age 53 cause: complications from ALS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Jeffrey Hunter played Jesus Christ in The King of Kings (1961); Captain Christopher Pike in original Star Trek series pilot (1964)
expired 5-27-1969 in Hollywood, California age 42 cause: skull fracture following a cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Kim Hunter won Best Supporting Actress oscar for playing Stella in A Streetcar Named Desired (1951); also played Dr. Zira in three Planet of the Apes movies
expired 9-11-2002 in New York, New York age 79 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| professional Snooker player Paul Hunter born on 10-14-1978 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England expired 10-9-2006 in Huddersfield, England age 27 cause: stomach cancer; neuroendocrine tumors
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| Greenpeace co-founder Robert Lorne "Bob" Hunter served as it's first president (1973-77) born on 10-13-1941 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada expired 5-2-2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 63 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie producer Ross Hunter did the Airport movies
expired 3-10-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton Oilers co-founder William Dickenson "Bill" Hunter helped launch the NHL rival World Hockey Association (1972) born on 5-5-1920 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada expired 12-16-2002 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada age 82 cause: bone cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judy Bolton mystery author Margaret Sutton Hunting between 1932 & 1967 penned the 38 volume series
expired 6-21-2001 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kiowa chief Hunting Horse Indian scout for Custer (Cavalry officer: "Looks like we're surrounded." Indian scout: "What do you mean we white man?")
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| former Presbyterian minister Henry S. Huntington Jr. pioneer in U.S. nudism movement, joining the American League for Physical Culture in 1929; first editor of The Nudist magazine (1933; later renamed Sunshine and Health) born on 2-26-1881 in Gorham, Maine expired 2-13-1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
forgotten U.S. president Samuel Huntington fourth president of the Continental Congress under the Declaration of Independence (9/28/1779-7/9/1780)born on 7-3-1731 in Windham, Connecticut expired 1-5-1796 in Norwich, Connecticut age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC newscaster Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley partner of David Brinkley (1956-70) born on 12-10-1911 in Cardwell, Montana expired 3-20-1974 in Bozeman, Montana age 62 cause: abdominal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tunesmith Herman Hupfeld wrote As Time Goes By (1931) for the Broadway play Everybody's Welcome --- it was first performed in the play by Frances Williams & was recorded that year by Rudy Vallee; Play it again, Sam born on 2-1-1894 in Montclair, New Jersey expired 6-8-1951 in Montclair, New Jersey age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto pioneer Louis Gorham Hupp builder of the Hupmobile born on 11-13-1872 in Kalamazoo, Michigan expired 12-10-1961 in Detroit, Michigan age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie composer Gottfried Huppertz wrote original orchestral score for Metropolis (1927); it can be heard again on the new movie restoration DVD born on 3-11-1887 in Köln, Germany expired 2-7-1937 in Berlin, Germany age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
psychic Peter Hurkos he never saw it coming
expired 6-2-1988 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American League umpire (1947-65) Edwin H. Hurley plate umpire who called four consecutive balls on Bob Cain's pitches to Eddie Gaedel born on 9-20-1908 expired 11-12-1969 in Boston, Massachusetts age 61 cause: "a long illness" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
briefly oldest Aussie Jessie Hurley
expired 8-7-2002 in Erina, Australia age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| impresario Solomon Isaievich Hurok born on 4-9-1888 in Pogar, Russia expired 3-5-1974 in New York, New York age 85 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Brian Desmond Hurst made Scrooge (1951) born on 2-12-1900 in Castle Reagh, Ireland expired 9-26-1986 in London, England age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Fannie Hurst wrote Imitation of Life born on 10-19-1889 in Hamilton, Ohio expired 2-23-1968 in New York, New York age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio actor Marlin Hurt Beulah on Fibber McGee and Molly expired 3-21-1946 in Hollywood, California age 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| animator William T. Hurtz co-founder of UPA (United Productions of America) animation studio; layout artist for the 1951 oscar-winning animated short subject Gerald McBoing- born on 4-7-1919 expired 10-14-2000 in Van Nuys, California age 81 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Univeristy of Minnesota economist Leonid Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel prize in economics for mechanism design theory (oldest laureate, ever) born on 8-21-1917 in Moscow, Russia expired 6-24-2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 90
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| ex-Czech leader Gustav Husak born on 1-10-1913 in Dubravka, Slovakia expired 11-17-1991 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-96 & 107 astronaut Rick Douglas Husband born on 7-12-1957 in Amarillo, Texas expired 2-1-2003 in over north-central Texas age 45 cause: disintegration of Shuttle Columbia during re-entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I RAF ace Commodore Patrick Huskinson designed the "blockbuster" bombs used in World War II born on 3-17-1896 expired 11-24-1966 in London, England age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
country singer Ferlin Eugene Husky inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
expired 3-17-2011 in Westmoreland, Tennessee age 85 cause: congestive heart failure
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Jordanian King Hussein I son of Talal I; succeeded to throne after his father was declared unfit to rule (mental illness); a "descendant of Mohammed"
expired 2-7-1999 in Amman, Jordan age 63 cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma
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| first Jordanian monarch King Abdullah Ibn Hussein father of Talal I; grandfather of Hussein I expired 7-20-1951 in Jerusalem, Jordan age 69 cause: assassinated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamal Eddin Hussein part of plot that overthrew Farouk & installed Nasser (1952) expired 6-19-1999 age 77 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cowering Iraqi despot Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti son of Saddam; former head of Iraqi intelligence & internal security born on 5-17-1966 in Baghdad, Iraq expired 7-22-2003 in Mosul, Iraq age 37 cause: fire fight with 101st Airborne troops AKS: Qusai Husayn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
murderous ex-dictator Saddam Hussein al-Tikritiborn on 4-28-1937 in al-Awja, Tikrit District, Iraq expired 12-30-2006 in Baghdad, Iraq age 69 cause: hanged
AKS: Husein Husayn Whosain Whosayn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emir of Mecca, King of the Hijaz (1924) Sherif ibn Ali Hussein father of first Jordanian King Abdullah ibn Hussein born on --1853 expired ??-??-1931 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iraqi psycho Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti son of Saddam; torturer, serial rapist, killer born on 6-18-1964 in Baghdad, Iraq expired 7-22-2003 in Mosul, Iraq age 39 cause: fire fight with 101st Airborne troops AKS: Husayn Odai Uday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940s and 50s Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini World War II Nazi collaborator born on --1893 in Jerusalem, Palestine expired 7-4-1974 in Beirut, Lebanon age 80 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PLO Fatah Central Committee member Faisal Husseini born on 7-17-1940 in Baghdad, Iraq expired 5-31-2001 in Kuwait City, Kuwait age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Ruth Carol Hussey played Elizabeth Browne in Northwest Passage (1940), Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story (1940) & Jennie Sousa in Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
expired 4-19-2005 in Thousand Oaks, California age 93 cause: complications from appendectomy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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movie writer, actor, director John Marcellus Huston son of Walter, father of Anjelica; won directing oscar for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); also directed The Maltese Falcon (1941), The African Queen (1952), Moby Dick (1956) and Prizzi's
Honor born on 8-5-1906 in Nevada, Missouri expired 8-28-1987 in Middletown, Rhode Island age 81 AKS: Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Walter Huston father of John, grandfather of Anjelica; received an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor) as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); also played Trampas in The Virginian (1929), Captain Jacobi in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Jerry Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
expired 4-7-1950 in Hollywood, California age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INXS singer Michael Kelland Frank Hutchence father of Heavenly Hirrani Tiger Lily by Paula Yates born on 1-22-1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 11-22-1997 in Double Bay, Australia age 37 cause: suicide; hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miss America 1952 Colleen Kay Hutchins mother of former NBA player/current N.J. Nets general manager Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe III
expired 3-24-2010 in Newport Beach, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Gang child actor Robert Hutchins
expired 3-17-1945 in Merced, California age 19 cause: military plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miller Reese Hutchison invented the dictograph, the Acousticon and the Klaxon horn ("ah-Oooga") born on --1876 in Mobile Bay, Alabama expired 2-16-1944 in New York, New York age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| psychiatrist Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker Nixon's psychiatrist born on 5-13-1898 in Austria expired 12-28-2000 in Sherman, Connecticut age 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dentist Dr. Robert William Hutson designed the Oral-B toothbrush in the 1940s born on 6-20-1919 in San Luis Obispo, California expired 5-20-2001 in San Jose, California age 81 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton granddaughter of F.W. Woolworth; briefly married to playboy Porfirio Rubirosa; mother of Lance Reventlow born on 11-14-1912 in New York, New York expired 5-11-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 66 cause: heart attack; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Betty Hutton
expired 3-11-2007 in Palm Springs, California age 86 cause: colon cancer
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| actor Dana James "Jim" Hutton born on 5-31-1934 in Binghamton, New York expired 6-2-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 45 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| brokerage firm founder Edward Francis Hutton General Foods chairman (1923-1935); father of actress Dina Merrill born on 9-7-1876 in New York, New York expired 7-11-1962 in Westbury, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British novelist Aldous Leonard Huxley starting in 1931 it was a Brave New World out there; after a 1953 mescaline trip wrote The Doors of Perception (1954; name taken from a William Blake poem); the book title was later used as the name of a rock band born on 7-26-1894 in Godalming, England expired 11-22-1963 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biologist & author Sir Julian Sorell Huxley grandson of Thomas; brother of Aldous; first director of UNESCO (1946-48) born on 6-22-1887 expired 2-14-1975 in Hampstead, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former concert violinist Laura F. Archera Huxley second wife & widow of Aldous Huxley; they got married at a drive-in wedding chapel in Yuma, Arizona born on 11-2-1914 in Turin, Italy expired 12-13-2007 in Hollywood Hills, California age 93 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biologist Thomas Henry Huxley advanced the theory that birds were descended from dinosaurs born on 5-4-1825 in Ealing, West London, England expired 6-29-1895 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist & astronomer Christian Huygens discovered Saturn's rings (1655); developed the wave theory of light (1678) born on 4-14-1629 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 6-8-1695 in The Hague, The Netherlands age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former New York Herald Tribune Hollywood columnist (1951-64) Joe Hyams wrote biographies on Humphrey Bogart & James Dean; big on the martial arts he wrote Zen and the Martial Arts; at one time had been married to Elke Sommer born on 6-6-1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 11-8-2008 in Denver, Colorado age 85 cause: coronary artery disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Negro Legue star outfielder Cowan F. "Bubba" Hyde inducted into the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame (1997) born on 4-10-1907 expired 11-20-2003 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaelic scholar Douglas An Craoibhin Aoibhinn Hyde first president of the Irish Republic (1938-45) expired 7-12-1949 in Dublin, Ireland age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Illinois rep. (1975-2006) Henry John Hyde born on 4-18-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-29-2007 in Chicago, Illinois age 83 cause: cardiac arrhythmia; renal failure; heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
organic chemist J. Franklin Hyde discovered how to make fused silica (impurity-free glass) using a process called frame hydrolysis; this is the basis of manufacturing fiber optic cable; his work with silicones led to the formation of Dow-Corning (1943) & the "development" of the topless Go-Go dancer industry (1964)
expired 10-11-1999 age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Wilfrid Hyde-White born on 5-12-1903 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England expired 5-6-1991 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Diana Hyland played the mother on the first season of Eight Is Enough tv series; "close personal friend" of John Travolta
expired 3-27-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz singer Phyllis Hyman born on 7-6-1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-30-1995 age 53 cause: suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern University astronomy professor Joseph Allen Hynek founded the Center for UFO Studies; wrote The UFO Experience (1951); coined phrase "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (had cameo in the movie) born on 5-1-1910 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-27-1986 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 75 cause: malignant brain tumor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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