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| genocidal Khmer Rouge general (1975-79) Ke Pauk led purges that slaughtered 1.7 million people; granted "amnesty" when he defected to the current government born on 1-22-1929 expired 2-15-2002 in Anlong Veng, Cambodia age 73 cause: liver disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor/director Stacy Keach Sr. born on 5-29-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-13-2003 in Burbank, California age 88 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey senator (1928-34) Hamilton Fish Kean expired 12-27-1941 in New York, New York age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| surrogate motherhood lawyer Noel Keane at center of 1986 Baby M legal battle with Mary Beth Whitehead expired 1-26-1997 in Dearborn, Michigan age 58 cause: melanoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Joseph Kearns played the next door neighbor (Mr. Wilson) on tv's Dennis the Menace (1959-62) born on 2-12-1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 2-17-1962 in Los Angeles, California age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| engineer, inventor, litigator Robert William Kearns invented the intermittant windshield wiper (1967); spent most of his life after that suing automakers for patent infringement born on 3-10-1927 in Gary, Indiana expired 2-9-2005 in Gaithersburg, Maryland age 77 cause: cancer; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ramparts magazine founder (1962) Edward M. Keating the magazine started as liberal Catholic publication intent upon exposing hypocrisy in the church; after Warren Hinckle took over editing the magazine (1964) it started taking on the federal government; Ramparts ceased publication in 1975; he ran for congress in 1967, losing to Shirley Temple Black born on 4-17-1925 expired 4-2-2003 in Palo Alto, California age 77 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Lawrence "Larry" Keating next door neighbor on Burns and Allen tv show born on 6-13-1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 8-26-1963 in Hollywood, California age 67 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent film comedian Joseph Francis "Buster" Keaton appeared briefly in Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World born on 10-4-1895 in Piqua, Kansas expired 2-1-1966 in Woodland Hills, California age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet John Keats born on 10-31-1795 in London, England expired 2-23-1821 in Rome, Italy age 25 cause: consumption | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superior Oil Co. founder William H. "Bill" Keck his philhanthropic foundation donated the money to construct the Keck Telescope in Hawaii born on 4-27-1880 expired 8-20-1964 in Los Angeles, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Lila Kédrova won 1964 Best Supporting Actress oscar & 1983 Tony for her portrayal of Madame Hortense in the movie & stage productions of Zorba the Greek
expired 2-16-2000 in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario, Canada age 81 cause: congestive heart failure; Alzheimer's disease AKS: Kedrova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cookie baker Godfrey Keebler co-founded the Keebler- born on 2-17-1822 in Wurtemberg, Germany expired 9-9-1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 71 cause: "an illness of almost two years" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last of his profession Aubrey E. Keel last living Associated Press telegrapher --- transmitted stories by morse code; displaced by the invention of the electromechanical teletype machine born on 7-3-1901 expired 6-25-1999 in Kansas City, Missouri age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer/actor Howard Keel played Clayton Farlow, Ellie Ewing's 2nd husband on Dallas
expired 11-7-2004 in Palm Desert, California age 85 cause: colon cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dancer Ethel Hilda "Ruby" Keeler married to Al Jolson for a while; noted tap dancer; appeared in many Busby Berkeley movies of the 1930s; played Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (1933); appeared on Broadway in the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette born on 8-25-1909 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 2-28-1993 in Palm Springs, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| crackpot criminologist Leonarde Keeler developer of the polygraph, the so-called (and wildly inaccurately named) "lie-detector" expired 9-20-1949 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin age 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Geoffrey Keen played Defense Minister Frederick Gray in all of the James Bond movies from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) through The Living Daylights (1987)
expired 11-3-2005 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State U astronomer Philip C. Keenan did work on the spectral classification of stars born on 3-31-1908 in Bellvue, Pennsylvania expired 4-20-2000 in Columbus, Ohio age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain Kangaroo actor (1955-81) Robert James "Bob" Keeshan started tv career on the Howdie Doodie Show as Clarabell the Clown born on 6-27-1927 in Lynbrook, New York expired 1-23-2004 in Windsor, Vermont age 76 cause: heart problems
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| former Tennessee senator (1949-63) Carey Estes Kefauver ran grandstanding 1950s witch hunts against "pornography" because it could corrupt the purity of essence of juveniles (his premise was based upon the erotic asphyxiation death of a Florida Boy Scout who was tied up in a manner similar to a pose found in a random Bettie Page bondage photo — a picture the kid had never seen) born on 7-26-1903 in Madisonville, Tennessee expired 8-10-1963 in Bethesda, Maryland age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bath, Michigan farmer & school board treasurer Andrew Philip Kehoe murdered wife, blew up occupied school building, then himself (taking several others with him); final death toll: 45; "Criminals are made, not born"born on 2-1-1872 in near Tecumseh, Michigan expired 5-18-1927 in Bath, Michigan age 55 cause: suicide; dynamite explosion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
murder victim Ellen Agnes Price Kehoe wife of school bombing "fiend"
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| Ethyl gasoline inventor Robert A. Kehoe improved engine performance by adding tetra-ethyl lead to mix born on 11-18-1893 expired 11-24-1992 age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| golfer Herman W. Keiser won 1946 Masters Golf Tournament born on 10-7-1914 in Springfield, Missouri expired 12-24-2003 in Copley, Ohio age 89 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first Mali president (1960-68) Modibo Keita deposed in coup born on 6-4-1915 in Bamaka, French Sudan expired 5-1-1977 in Bamako, Mali age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German General & Hitler advisor Wilhelm Keitel war criminal born on 9-22-1882 in Helmscherode, Germany expired 10-16-1946 in Nuremburg, Germany age 64 cause: hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Robert Brian Keith Sr. father of Brian Keith (by second wife); his by-
expired 12-22-1966 in Los Angeles, California age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Robert Brian Keith Jr. of Family Affair, Hardcastle & McCormick and The Brian Keith Show
expired 6-23-1997 in Malibu, California age 75 cause: suicide; gunshot; suffering from terminal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finnish president Urho Kaleva Kekkonen born on 8-3-1900 in Pielavesi, Finland expired 8-31-1986 age 86
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| long-time Detroit Tigers baseball broadcaster (1959-95) George Clyde Kell played for them in the late 1940s thru 50s; inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame born on 8-23-1922 in Swifton, Arkansas expired 3-24-2009 in Swifton, Arkansas age 86
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| kindly character actor Cecil Kellaway born on 8-22-1893 in Cape Town, South Africa expired 2-28-1973 in Hollywood, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
deaf and blind lecturer Helen Adams Keller play & movie The Miracle Worked based upon her early experiences with Anne Sullivanborn on 6-27-1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama expired 6-1-1968 in Westport, Connecticut age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Adreon "Jack" Keller last head of Mergenthaler Linotype Co. (1958-63); it then became Eltra Corp. which he headed until 1980 born on 10-3-1918 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 12-10-2002 in Vero Beach, Florida age 84 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kid with head cold Mary Ann Kellerman mom gave her a Tylenol for the cold; she became one of the victims of the 1982 Chicago-area poisoned Tylenol murder spree expired 9-29-1982 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois age 12 cause: murdered; cyanide-laced Tylenol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman was riding in the front passenger seat of the limousine in which JFK was assassinated born on 3-14-1915 expired 3-??-1984 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| food industry executive Estel Wood "Ed" Kelley worked for Standard Brands, General Foods, Heublein, Gulf & Western and Fairmont Foods; involved in the introduction of Tang, Grey Poupon, Cool Whip, Klondike Bars, A1 Steak Sauce & Smirnoff Vodka; at time of death headed the Steak n Shake chain born on 3-24-19171917 in Sharpsville, Indiana expired 7-4-2003 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 86 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Star Trek actor Jackson DeForest Kelley played Dr. Leonard McCoy on original Star Trek tv series born on 1-20-1920 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 6-11-1999 in Woodland Hills, California age 79 cause: stomach cancer & emphysema AKS: Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
two-time Olympic marathon runner John Adelbert "Johnny" Kelley won the 1935 & 1945 Boston marathon
expired 10-6-2004 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts age 97
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Yale end (1934-36) Lawrence M. "Larry" Kelley winner of the Heisman Trophy (1936)born on 5-30-1915 in Conneaut, Ohio expired 6-27-2000 in Hightstown, New Jersey age 85 cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| used car dealer Sidney H. Kelley joined Kelley Kar Company (1918); began publishing the Kelley Blue Book car price guide in 1926 born on 12-16-1908 expired 12-5-2001 in Norco, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| photographer Thomas "Tom" Kelley Sr. took famous "red velvet" photos of Marilyn Monroe (one of them became Playboy's first centerfold) born on 12-12-1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-8-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| presidential mother Virginia Kelley expired 1-6-1994 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coolidge Secretary of State (1925-29) Frank Billings Kellogg had been a U.S. Senator (1917-23); co-originator of the Briand-Kellogg Pact; 1929 Nobel peace prize winnerborn on 12-22-1856 in Potsdam, New York expired 12-21-1937 in Saint Paul, Minnesota age 80 cause: pneumonia; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. John Harvey Kellogg Battle Creek Sanitarium head and food business founder; invented corn flakes, the electric blanket and many other strange things; satirized in movie The Road to Wellville born on 2-26-1852 in Tyrone, New York expired 12-14-1943 in Battle Creek, Michigan age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Marjorie Kellopp author of Tell Me That you Love Me, Junie Moon (1968) born on 7-17-1922 in Santa Barbara, California expired 12-19-2005 in Santa Barbara, California age 83 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto designer Thomas William Kellogg member of Raymond Loewy's team that designed the Avanti automobile for Studebaker (1961) born on 3-31-1932 in Monrovia, California expired 8-14-2003 in Newport Beach, California age 71 cause: complications from broken ribs; congestive heart failure; lung disorders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cereal firm co-founder Will Keith Kellogg brother of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg; created the W.K. Kellogg Foundation born on 4-7-1860 in Battle Creek, Michigan expired 10-6-1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Joseph Wilson Kellum part of Bryant & Milam's defense "dream team" at their trial for the murder of Emmett Till born on 9-7-1911 expired 7-18-1996 in Tutwiler, Mississippi age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stunt man Alvin Anthony "Shipwreck" Kelly known for flagpole sitting in the 1920s born on 5-13-1883 expired 10-11-1952 in New York, New York age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Brian Kelly son of a former Michigan Governor & Supreme Court Justice (Harry F. Kelly); played ranger Porter Ricks on the Flipper tv series (1964-68); was left partial paralyzed by motorcycle explosion (1969); was an executive producer of Blade Runner (1982) born on 2-14-1931 in Detroit, Michigan expired 2-12-2005 in Voorhees, New Jersey age 73 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Briget Veronica "Patsy" Kelly won Tony for 1971 revival of No No Nanette born on 1-12-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-24-1981 in Woodland Hills, California age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| landscape architect Bruce R. Kelly designed New York Central Park's Strawberry Fields memorial born on 12-8-1948 expired 1-21-1993 age 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nixon and Ford FBI director (1973-78) Clarence Marion Kelly born on 10-24-1911 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 8-5-1997 in Kansas City, Missouri age 85 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chicago mayor (1933-47) Edward Joseph Kelly built up the Cook County political machine expired 10-20-1950 in Chicago, Illinois age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| circus clown Emmett Kelly created the "Weary Willie" character born on 12-9-1898 in Sedan, Kansas expired 3-28-1979 in Sarasota, Florida age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor/dancer/director Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly liked dancin' & Singin' In The Rain born on 8-23-1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-2-1996 in Beverly Hills, California age 83
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| Green Beret Colonel Francis John Kelly led Vietnam Special Forces (1966-67); model for John Wayne's character in the movie The Green Berets born on 2-18-1919 expired 12-26-1997 in Aurora, Colorado age 78 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| noted hoofer Frederic N. Kelly brother of Gene born on 6-29-1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 3-15-2000 in Tucson, Arizona age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mobster George "Machine Gun" Kelly supplied guns for St. Valentine's Day massacre; died doing life in Leavenworth for a 1933 kidnapping
expired 7-18-1954 in Leavenworth, Kansas age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Michigan governor (1943-47) Harry F. Kelly also on the Michigan Supreme Court (1953-71) born on 4-19-1895 expired 2-8-1971 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sick kid Hunter Kelly son of Jim Kelly born on 2-14-1997 expired 8-5-2005 in Buffalo, New York age 8 cause: Krabbe's disease (leukodystrophy)
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| Maverick actor Jack Kelly born on 9-16-1927 in Astoria, New York expired 11-7-1992 age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia contractor John Brendan Kelly Sr. 1920 & 1924 Olympic sculling champion; father of Princess Grace (Kelly) Grimaldi born on 10-4-1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-20-1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
amateur rower & sports official John Brendan Kelly Jr. brother of Grace Kelly; won 1947 Sullivan Award; died shortly after being named head of U.S. Olympic Committeeborn on 5-24-1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-2-1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I Marine sergeant John Joseph Kelly two-time Medal of Honor recipient expired 11-18-1957 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| quizmaster Joseph William "Joe" Kelly hosted the Quiz Kids radio and tv broadcasts expired 5-26-1959 in Chicago, Illinois age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Kelly founder of the Bluebell Girls topless chorus line troupe (1932) — one of the last companies to do the traditional cancan, featured at the Lido on the Champs- born on 6-24-1910 in Dublin, Ireland expired 9-11-2004 in Paris, France age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19th century London prostitute Mary Jane Kelly fifth victim of Jack the Ripper
expired 11-9-1888 in London, England age 25 cause: murdered; throat slit; body horribly mutilated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aboriginal "kidnap" victim (1931) Molly Kelly her escape & return home was inspiration for the movie Rabbit-
expired 1-13-2004 in Jigalong, West Australia, Australia age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| broadway & film actress Nancy Kelly born on 3-25-1921 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 1-15-1995 age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German Green Party founder Petra Karin Kelly born on 11-29-1947 in Gunzberg, Bavaria, Germany expired 9-28-1992 in Bonn, Germany age 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Babe Ruth kiddie "mascot" (1921-31) Raymond A. Kelly Sr. sat with Ruth in dugout born on 5-12-1918 expired 11-11-2001 in Valley Cottage, New York age 83 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| disgraced former Florida congressman (1975-80) Richard Kelly got his butt ensnared in the Abscam bribery sting born on 7-31-1924 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 8-21-2005 in Stevensville, Montana age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Grumman Aircraft Corp. engineer Thomas J. Kelly "father of the lunar module" (Lunary Excursion Module) born on 6-14-1929 in New York, New York expired 3-23-2002 in Cutchogue, New York age 72 cause: respiratory failure; pulmonary fibrosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. created the Pogo comic strip (1948); noted for the observation (by way of Pogo) "We have met the enemy and he is us."; recipient of the 1951 Reuben Awardborn on 8-25-1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-18-1973 in Woodland Hills, California age 60 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| temp agency founder (1946) William R. Kelly born on 11-21-1905 expired 1-3-1998 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Dartmouth president Dr. John George Kemeny BASIC computer language co-developer born on 5-31-1926 in Budapest, Hungary expired 12-26-1992 age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Edward Kemmer played Commander Buzz Corry on Space Patrol (1950-55); appeared on the Edge of Night soap opera
expired 11-9-2004 in New York, New York age 83 cause: complications from stroke AKS: Ed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jock/politician Jack French Kemp Jr. played as a quarterback in the NFL (1957-69); was G.H.W. Bush's Housing & Urban Development secretary (1989-93); was Bob Dole's V-P running mate (1996) born on 7-13-1935 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-2-2009 in Bethesda, Maryland age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Rudolf Kempe born on 7-14-1910 in Niederpoyritz, Germany expired 5-11-1976 in Zürich, Switzerland age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| insurance executive James Scott Kemper Sr. founded Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company (1912); company name later changed to Kemper born on 11-18-1886 in Van Wert, Ohio expired 11-17-1981 in Chicago, Illinois age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| insurance executive James Scott Kemper Jr. son of company founder born on 4-8-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-2-2002 in Golf, Illinois age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff born on 11-25-1895 in Juterbog, Germany expired 5-23-1991 in Positano, Italy age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Rachel Kempson mother of Vanessa and Lynn
expired 5-23-2003 in Millbrook, New York age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Calvin Kendall recipient of the Lasker Award & shared the 1950 Nobel prize in medicine for discoveries relating to hormones of the adrenal cortex born on 3-8-1886 in South Norwalk, Connecticut expired 5-4-1972 in Princeton, New Jersey age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RMS Empress of Ireland captain Henry George Kendall one of the 357 survivors of the sinking born on --1874 expired 11-29-1965 in London, England age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kendall Oil Co. founder Henry P. Kendall expired 11-3-1959 in Sharon, Massachusetts age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Henry Way Kendall shared the 1990 Nobel physics prize (with Richard E. Taylor and Jerome I. Friedman) for confirmation of the existence of the quark, the whimsically-named particle theorized in the early 1960s by Drs. Murray Gel-Mann and George Zweig (the word "quark" was borrowed from a phrase in James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake
— "three quarks for Muster Mark") born on 12-9-1926 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-15-1999 in Wakulla Springs State Park, Florida age 72 cause: drowned; heart attack while scuba diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter James Kendis co-wrote I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles born on --1883 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 11-15-1946 in New York, New York age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir John Cowdery Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in chemistry born on 3-24-1917 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England expired 8-23-1997 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-CBS correspondent Alexander Kendrick born on 7-6-1910 expired 5-17-1991 age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia mayor (1924-28) W. Freeland Kendrick in 1920, as Shrine "imperial potentate," originated the Shriner's Hospitals for Crippled Children expired 3-20-1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Temptations singer Eddie Kendricks born on 12-17-1940 in Union Springs, Alabama expired 10-5-1992 age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 2-16-1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 3-17-2005 in Princeton, New Jersey age 101
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| movie screenwriter & director Burt Kennedy directed Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) & Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) born on 9-3-1922 in Muskegon, Michigan expired 2-15-2001 in Sherman Oaks, California age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JFK Jr.'s wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy sister of twins Lauren & Lisa Ann born on 1-7-1966 in Greenwich, Connecticut expired 7-16-1999 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts age 33 cause: plane crash at sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nixon Treasury secretary (1969-71) David Matthew Kennedy born on 7-21-1905 in Randolph, Utah expired 5-1-1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 90
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| movie comedian Edgar Kennedy an original member of the Keystone Kops; played the lemonade vendor in Duck Soup born on 4-26-1890 in Montery, California expired 11-9-1948 in San Fernando, California age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts Senator (1963-2009) Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy Sr. left Mary Jo Kopechne to drown off Chappaquiddick island after driving off a bridge born on 2-22-1932 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 8-25-2009 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts age 77 cause: brain cancer
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| actor John Arthur Kennedy born on 2-17-1914 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 1-5-1990 age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PT-109 commander John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sr. philandering former Massachusetts Rep. and Senator; 35th President from 1961 to his death in Dallas; established goal of landing men on the moon before the end of the 1960s; started the military buildup in Vietnam; assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald born on 5-29-1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 11-22-1963 in Dallas, Texas age 46 cause: gunshot to head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
famous offspring John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. wife & sister-in-law also killed in crash
expired 7-16-1999 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts age 38 cause: plane crash at sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| politician, bootlegger, inside trader, diplomat Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. family patriarch; husband of Rose; father of Joe Jr., John F., Robert F., Edward Kennedy and Rosemary born on 9-6-1888 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-18-1969 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WWII pilot Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. born on 4-19-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-12-1944 in Suffolk, England age 29 cause: plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Joseph W. Kennedy co-discovered of Plutonium born on 5-30-1916 expired 5-5-1957 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inept skiier Michael L. Kennedy son of RFK; accused of boinking the babysitter born on 2-27-1957 expired 12-31-1997 age 40 cause: skiied into a tree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| evangelist Minnie "Ma" Kennedy mother of Aimee Semple McPherson expired 11-23-1947 in Hermosa Beach, California age 78 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JFK's infant son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy born on 8-7-1963 in Falmouth, Massachusetts expired 8-9-1963 in Boston, Massachusetts age 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| politician Robert Francis Kennedy New York senator; former U.S. Attorney General; 1968 presidential candidate; assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan born on 11-20-1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 6-6-1968 in Los Angeles, California age 42 cause: gunshots to head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| family matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy daughter of John F. Fitzgerald; wife of Joe; mother of Joe Jr., John F., Robert F., Edward Kennedy and Rosemary born on 7-22-1890 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 1-22-1995 age 104
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younger sibling of JFK Rose Marie Kennedy victim of a botched lobotomy (1941); inspired the family to found the Special Olympics
expired 1-7-2005 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obscure actor/tv movie host Willard Andrew "Bill" Kennedy set fire to Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc; announcer on tv Superman series -- "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..." (replacing the radio announcer Jackson Beck) born on 6-27-1908 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio expired 1-27-1997 in Palm Beach, Florida age 88
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Shirelles singer Doris Kenner-Jackson first hit: I Met Him on a Sunday (aka Da Do Ron Ron); sang lead on Dedicated to the One I Love
expired 2-4-2000 in Sacramento, California age 58 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Lampoon co-founder Douglas C. Kenney played Stork in Animal House (which he also co-wrote) born on 12-10-1947 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio expired 8-27-1980 in Kauai, Hawaii age 32 cause: suicide; fall from 30 foot cliff; depression | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie "mogul" Daniel Q. Kennis was the executive producer of movies like I Spit On Your Corpse (1974), Naughty Stewardesses (1975) & Alienator (1989) born on 6-7-1919 expired 5-17-2006 in Palo Alto, California age 86 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ink Spots vocalist Herbert C. Kenny born on 6-12-1914 expired 7-11-1992 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930s and 40s Ink Spots singer William "Bill" Kenny replaced the deceased Slim Greene expired 3-23-1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor and radio manufacturer Arthur Atwater Kent made the Atwater Kent brand of radios born on 12-3-1873 in Burlington, Vermont expired 3-4-1949 in Bel Air, California age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Rockwell Kent received 1967 Lenin Peace prize (an oxymoron if ever we've seen) born on 6-21-1882 in Tarrytown Heights, New York expired 3-13-1971 in Plattsburgh, New York age 88 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band leader Stanley Newcomb Kenton known for his "wheezing" orchestral sound born on 2-19-1912 in Wichita, Kansas expired 8-25-1979 in Hollywood, California age 67 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenyan politician Jomo Kenyatta first president of Kenya (1964-78)
expired 8-22-1978 in Mombasa, Kenya age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York congressman (1937-67) Eugene James Keogh came up with a popular retirement savings plan born on 8-30-1907 in New York, New York expired 5-26-1989 age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Alexander Fyordorovich Kerensky a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917, becoming the head of the provisional government July through November in that year; overthrown by the Bolsheviks, precipitating civil war born on 4-22-1881 in Simbirsk, Russia (now Ulyanovsk, Russia) expired 6-11-1970 in New York, New York age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie and stage musical song writer Jerome Kern wrote Old Man River as part of the musical Show Boat born on 1-27-1885 in New York, New York expired 11-11-1945 in New York, New York age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| corrupt former Illinois governor (1961-68) Otto Kerner Jr. headed presidential commission examining the 1967 riots born on 8-15-1908 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-9-1976 in Chicago, Illinois age 67 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "beat generation" author Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac born on 3-12-1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 10-21-1969 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| labor economist Clark Kerr former president of the University of California system (1958-67) born on 5-17-1911 in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania expired 12-1-2003 in El Cerrito, California age 92 cause: complications from fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Deborah Kerr appeared in From Here to Eternity (1953) & The King and I (1956)
expired 10-16-2007 in Suffolk, England age 86 cause: Parkinson's disease
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author Jean Kerr widow of Walter; wrote Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957)
expired 1-5-2003 in White Plains, New York age 80 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| steroid guru Dr. Robert B. Kerr born on 3-16-1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 1-3-2001 in San Gabriel, California age 65 cause: heart attack; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Times drama critic Walter Francis Kerr born on 7-8-1913 in Evanston, Illinois expired 10-9-1996 in Dobbs Ferry, New York age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Pennsylvania Railroad frieght traffic division chief clerk William T. Kerr founder/president of American Flag Day Association (1898-1950); campaigned to make Flag Day a national holiday expired 6-30-1953 in Yeadon, Pennsylvania age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway actor Frederick Lawrence "Larry" Kert born on 12-5-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-5-1991 age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Istvan Kertesz born on 8-28-1929 in Budapest, Hungary expired 4-17-1973 in Herzlin, Israel age 43 cause: drowned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Ken Elton Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) born on 9-17-1935 in La Junta, Colorado expired 11-10-2001 in Eugene, Oregon age 66 cause: heart failure; complications following liver cancer surgery; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz guitarist/songwriter Barney Kessel born on 10-17-1923 in Muskogee, Oklahoma expired 5-6-2004 in San Diego, California age 80 cause: brain cancer
AKS: Kessell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Joseph Otto Kesselring wrote Arsenic and Old Lace born on 6-21-1902 expired 11-5-1967 in Kingston, New York age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dennis the Menace creator (1952) Henry King "Hank" Ketcham recipient of the 1952 Reuben Award born on 3-14-1920 in Seattle, Washington expired 6-1-2001 in Pebble Beach, California age 81 cause: heart disease; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Lawrence "Larry" Ketchum born on 12-3-1945 expired 5-30-1995 age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
schmaltzy British composer Albert Ketelby wrote In a Monastery Garden
expired 11-26-1959 in Isle of Wight, England age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GM research director, engineer and inventor Charles Franklin Kettering co-founded the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Institute born on 8-29-1876 in Loudonville, Ohio expired 11-25-1958 in Dayton, Ohio age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former professional baseball player Dorothy B. "Dottie" Key was the North American Women's speed skating champion (1939); member of the All-
expired 5-8-2003 in Rockford, Illinois age 80 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 8-1-1779 in Carroll County, Maryland expired 1-11-1843 in Baltimore, Maryland age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist Ted Key created the Hazel comic strip & the Mr. Peabody and Sherman characters for the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
expired 5-3-2008 in Tredyffrin Township. Pennsylvania age 95 cause: bladder cancer; stroke
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| actress Evelyn Louise Keyes played Scarlett's younger sister Suellen O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939); was married to Berton Bainbridge (1938-40), Charles Vidor (1943-45), John Huston (1946-50) & Artie Shaw (1957-85) born on 11-20-1916 in Port Arthur, Texas expired 7-4-2008 in Montecito, California age 91 cause: uterine cancer
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NICAP head Marine Major Donald Edward Keyhoe wrote Flying Saucers are Real (1950) and Flying Saucers From Outer Space (1953), which "suggested" the movie Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)born on 6-20-1897 in Ottumwa, Iowa expired 11-29-1988 in New Market, Virginia age 91 cause: cardiac arrest; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tax and (over)spend economist Lord John Maynard Keynes proponent of governmental deficit spending schemes; colleague and opponent of Friedrich von Hayek born on 6-5-1883 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 4-21-1946 in Sussex, England age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former University of Minnesota public health scientist Dr. Ancel Benjamin Keys a nephew of Lon Chaney Sr.; as a child his parents moved to San Francisco just in time for the great 1906 earthquake; considered a "gifted child" he was included in the Stanford University study conducted by Lewis Terman; during World War II created a combat ration — the K-Ration (named for him); as a researcher discoverd the relationship between saturated fats and heart disease born on 1-26-1904 in Colorado Springs, Colorado expired 11-20-2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 100 cause: complications from strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russian composer Aram Ilych Khachaturian wrote Sabre Dance part of the Gayne ballet (1942) born on 6-6-1903 in Tiflis, Georgia (now Tbilisi), Russia expired 5-1-1978 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh ruled (1916-25); father of Bao Dai (by Tu Cung)
expired 11-6-1925 in Hue, Vietnam age 40 cause: tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabian King Khaled reigned 1975-82 born on --1913 in Riyadh, Arabia expired 6-13-1982 in Taif, Saudi Arabia age 69 cause: heart attack
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| former Sudanese Prime Minister (7/1956-11/1958) Abdullah Khalil ousted in coup d'état led by Gen. Ibraham Abboud born on --1892 expired 8-23-1970 in Khartoum, Sudan age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sadistic hanging-judge Ayatollah Sadeq Givi Khalkhali as Khomeini's hand-picked "Chief Justice"/ born on 7-27-1926 in Givi, Azerbaijan expired 11-26-2003 in Tehran, Iran age 77 cause: acute hypotrophic epididymal infarction AKS: Sadegh Sadek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Botswanan president (1966-80) Seretse Khama born on 7-1-1921 in Serowe, Bechuanaland (British Protectorate) expired 7-13-1980 age 59 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Persis Khambatta former Miss India; Lt. Ilya in Star Trek: the Motion Picture born on 10-2-1950 in Bombay, India expired 8-18-1998 in Bombay, India age 47 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feroze Khan oldest living Olympic gold medalist — at the 1928 Amsterdam games won gold in field hockey; father of Pakistani Air Force Chief Farooq Feroze Khan born on 9-9-1904 in Basti Danishmandan, Jullundar, Punjab State, India expired 4-20-2005 in Karachi, Pakistan age 100
AKS: Feroz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Pakistani military ruler (1967-71) Mohammad Yahya Khan succeeded Mohammad Ayub Khan; succeeded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto born on 2-4-1917 in Chakwal, India (now Pakistan) expired 8-8-1980 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan age 63 cause: complications from stroke & heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sitar master Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan born on --1928 in Gouripur, India (now in Bangladesh) expired 3-13-2004 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India age 76 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Yuli Borisovich Khariton "father" of the Soviet A-bomb (1949), using stolen designs supplied by Klaus Fuchs born on 2-27-1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 12-19-1996 in Arzamas-16, Sarov, Russia age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chechen mercenary commander Omar Ibn-ul Khattab
expired 3-19-2004 age 34 cause: poisoned letter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Palestininan operative Col. Tayser Khattab expired 9-1-2001 age 52 cause: exploding automobile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
ukulele playing, falsetto-voiced singer Herbert Butros Khaury got married on the Tonight Show (12/17/1969); no longer tiptoeing Through the Tulips (his big 1968 hit)
expired 11-30-1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 74 cause: cardiac arrest
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| mentally ill first wife of Pol Pot Khieu Ponnary dumped for a younger trophy mass murderess when she became too unstable for her genocidal husband expired 7-1-2003 in Pailin, Cambodia age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini
expired 6-4-1989 in Tehran, Iran age 89
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| first Independent Lebanon president Sheik Bechara el Khoury expired 1-11-1964 in Beirut, Lebanon age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mediocre composer but superior ass-kiss Tikhor Nikolayevich Khrennikov the "official" Soviet state "antagonist" of the likes of Shostakovich & Prokofiev born on 6-10-1913 in Yelets, Litetsk Province, Russia expired 8-14-2007 in Moscow, Russia age 94 cause: acute hypotrophic epididymal infarction AKS: Khrennikof Khrenikov Khrenikof Krenikov Krenikof Nicolaevich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soyuz 5 cosmonaut Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov born on 9-10-1933 in Prudy, Russia, USSR expired 5-23-2000 in Moscow, Russia age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Communist Party first secretary and Soviet premier (1953-64) Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev he "resigned" his position in 1964 & went into "retirement"; famous quote: "we will bury you"; liked to bang his shoe on the podium at the U.N. born on 4-17-1894 in Kalinovka, Ukraine expired 9-11-1971 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 77 cause: heart attack
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