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| Japanese film director Masaki Kobayashi born on 2-14-1916 expired 10-4-1996 in Tokyo, Japan age 80 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch his investigations into tuberculosis earned him the 1905 Nobel prize in medicine; he discovered the anthrax bacillus (1877) and the tuberculosis bacillus (1882)born on 12-11-1843 in Clausthal, Upper Harz Mountains, Germany expired 5-27-1910 in Baden-Baden, Germany age 66 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Academy Award-winning screenwriter Howard Koch wrote War of the Worlds teleplay for Orson Welles; screenplays for Casablanca (with Epstein brothers), Sergeant York, The Best Years of Our Lives born on 12-2-1902 in New York, New York expired 8-17-1995 in Woodstock, New York age 92 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer Howard Winchel Koch executive producer of The Manchurian Candidate; won 1990 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award born on 4-11-1916 in New York, New York expired 2-16-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Emil Theodor Kocher recipient of the 1909 Nobel prize in medicine for his work in physiology, pathology & surgery of the thyroid gland born on 8-25-1841 in Berne, Switzerland expired 7-27-1917 in Berne, Switzerland age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brownsville Station singer Michael "Cub" Koda wrote/performed Smokin' in the Boys' Room (1973) born on 10-1-1948 expired 7-1-2000 in Chelsea, Michigan age 51 cause: complications from kidney dialysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungarian composer and music educator Zoltán Kodály referenced in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind born on 12-16-1882 in Kecskemet, Austria-Hungary expired 3-6-1967 in Budapest, Hungary age 84 AKS: Zoltan Kodaly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Joshua Andrew Koenig son of Walter; played "Boner" on Growing Pains (1985-9) & Tumak in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Sanctuary (1993) born on 8-17-1968 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-16-2010 in Vancouver, BRitish Columbia, Canada age 41 cause: suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Yankees short stop Mark Koenig batted second in Murderers' Row born on 7-19-1904 in San Francisco, California expired 4-22-1993 in Willows, California age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Koestler born on 9-5-1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 2-13-1983 in London, England age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chamber & concert violinist Robert Koff co-founder of the Juilliard String Quartet (1946) with Robert Mann, Raphael Hillyer and Arthur Winograd born on 2-12-1919 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-22-2005 in Lexington, Massachusetts age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz flutist Morris "Moe" Koffman had 1957 instrumental hit "Swinging Shepherd Blues" born on 12-28-1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 3-28-2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 72 cause: cancer AKS: Kofman Koffmann Kofman Kauffman Kaufman Kaufmann Kaufmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Mazda president (1970-77) Kohei Matsuda grandson of Toyo Kogyo (later Mazda) founder; owned the Hiroshima Carp baseball team (1970-2002) born on 1-28-1922 expired 7-10-2002 in Tokyo, Japan age 80 cause: stomach cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georges Jean Franz Köhler shared the 1984 Nobel prize in medicine born on 4-17-1946 in München, Bavaria, Germany expired 3-1-1995 in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany age 44 AKS: Kohler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Frederick Kohner in 1957 wrote Gidget (patterned after his daughter Kathy) born on 9-25-1905 expired 7-7-1986 age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Michigan house member (1965-78) Peter Kok during World War II was a bombardier in the 488th Bomb Squad of the 340th Bomb Group; some of his World War II experiences were imcorporated into Catch-22 born on 10-24-1919 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 6-22-2003 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Jounas Kokkonen born on 11-13-1921 in Iisalmi, Finland expired 10-2-1996 in Jarvenpaa, Finland age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
physician & retired University of Utah professor Willem Johan Kolff invented the artificial kidney (dialysis machine) in 1943 and the membrane oxygenator
expired 2-11-2009 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania age 97
AKS: Leyden The Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albanian Cardinal Mikel Koliqi born on 9-29-1902 in Shkodra, Albania, Austria-hungary expired 1-28-1997 age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Jerusalem mayor (1965-93) Theodor Herzl "Teddy" Kollek named for the founder of modern Zionism born on 5-27-1911 in Nagyvaszony, Austria-Hungary expired 1-2-2007 in Jerusalem, Israel age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz tenor saxophonist Hans Koller born on 2-12-1921 in Vienna, Austria expired 12-22-2003 age 82 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage & radio actor Richard Tompkins Kollmer widower of Dorothy Kilgallen born on 12-31-1910 in Ridgewood, New Jersey expired 1-7-1971 in New York, New York age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voskhod 1 and Soyuz 1 cosmonaut cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov definitely NOT a soft landing born on 3-16-1927 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 4-24-1967 in Orenburg, Russia, USSR age 40 cause: capsule parachute failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Susan Goodman komen her sister created a foundation named for her (1982) born on 10-31-1943 in Peoria, Illinois expired 8-??-1980 in Peoria, Illinois age 36 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former CIA infocrat Robert W. Komer chief of "Pacification" during the Vietnam War: trying to win their "hearts and minds"
expired 4-9-2000 in Arlington, Virginia age 78 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| forner NFL quarterback William "Jeff" Komlo had played for the Lions (1979-81), Falcons (1982) & Buccaneers (1983); had absconded to Greece ahead of a bunch of warrants for his arrest (DUI, arson, ...) born on 7-30-1956 in Cheverly, Maryland expired 3-14-2009 in Athens, Greece age 52 cause: automobile accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bodybuilder Marianna Komlos played Mrs. Cleavage (a WWE/F wrassler)born on 9-3-1969 in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada expired 9-26-2004 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada age 35 cause: medical quackery; breast cancer AKS: Marianne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Kiril Petrovich Kondrashin born on 3-6-1914 in Moscow, Russia expired 3-7-1981 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 67 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet military tactician Marshall Ivan Stepanovich Konev founded the Warsaw Pact military alliance born on 12-27-1897 in Ladeino, Russia expired 5-21-1973 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Franziskus König Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna born on 8-15-1905 in Rabenstein, Austria expired 3-13-2004 in Vienna, Austria age 98 cause: died in his sleep
AKS: Konig Koenig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former waiter & jewelry engraver Martin Konigsberg Woody Allen's father born on 12-25-1900 expired 1-8-2001 in New York, New York age 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Woody Allen's mother Nettie Konigsberg widow of Martin
expired 1-27-2002 in New York, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1975 Nobel economics laureate Dr. Tjalling Charles Koopmans shared prize with Leonid Kantorovich; cousin of 1984 physics laureate Simon van der Meer born on 8-28-1910 in 's-Graveland, The Netherlands expired 2-26-1985 in New Haven, Connecticut age 74 cause: strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Hungarian police officer Sandor Kopacsi a leader of the Hungarian revolt against Soviet rule in 1956; jailed "for life" but later pardoned born on 3-5-1922 in Miskolc, Hungary expired 3-2-2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| congressional staffer Mary Jo Kopechne abandoned by Teddy Kennedy to drown after car accident born on 7-26-1940 expired 7-19-1969 in Chappaquiddick Island, Masschusetts age 28 cause: drowned; trapped inside submerged car | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Pittsburgh Steelers color commentator Myron Sidney Kopelman in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame & National Radio Hall of Fame
expired 2-27-2008 in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania age 79 cause: respiratory illness; heart failure
AKS: Stanley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss America 1943 Rosemary LaPlanche Koplan appeared in a number of RKO movies after her win born on 10-11-1923 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-6-1979 in Sherman Oaks, California age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
photographer Alberto Korda took famous 1960 photo of Ché Guevara
expired 5-25-2001 in Paris, France age 72 cause: heart attack AKS: Diaz Gutierrez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
film producer Sir Alexander Korda
expired 1-23-1956 in London, England age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie art director Vincent Korda brother of Alexander & Zoltan; won 1941 oscar for Thief of Bagdad (1940) born on --1897 in Turkeve, Austria-Hungary expired 1-4-1979 in London, England age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director Zoltan Korda filmed The Jungle Book (1942) born on 6-3-1895 in Turkeve, Austria-Hungary expired 10-13-1961 in Hollywood, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil rights pioneer Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu refused Roosevelt's unconstitutional executive order (#9066) to be interned during World War II; convicted of a felony & lost all of the way to the Supreme Court (Korematsu v. United States, December 1944) based upon the patently false assertions of General John L. DeWitt; when the "evidence" was declassified the jig was up — a federal judge issued a summary finding against the government vacating the conviction &
finding that the government had suppressed the evidence that would have proven the assertions to be grossly bogus born on 1-30-1919 in Oakland, California expired 3-30-2005 in Larkspur, California age 86 cause: respiratory illness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
religious cult leader David Koresh headed the Branch Davidians
expired 4-19-1993 in Waco, Texas age 33 cause: barbecued alive in fire caused by BATF tear gas canisters & tank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian Harvey Herschel Korman close personal friend of Lily von Schtupp
expired 5-29-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: complications from ruptured abdonimal aortic aneurysm
AKS: Harvie Kormen Corman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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biochemist Arthur Kornberg shared the 1959 Nobel prize in medicine for the discover y of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleaic acid and deoxyribonucleaic acid; father of the 2006 Chemistry laureate born on 3-3-1918 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 10-26-2007 in Palo Alto, California age 89 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical, opera and sound track composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold won two oscars born on 5-29-1897 in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno) expired 11-29-1957 in Hollywood, California age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920s Our Gang child actress Mary Kornman born on 12-28-1915 in Idaho Falls, Idaho expired 6-1-1973 in Glendale, California age 57 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| storyteller Kosan Yanagiya declared a national treasure (1995) born on 1-2-1915 expired 5-16-2002 in Tokyo, Japan age 87 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Sylva Koscina played Iole (Mrs. Hercules) in Hercules (1957) and Hercules Unchained (1959); did May 1967 Playboy pictorial born on 8-22-1933 in Zagreb, Croatia expired 12-26-1994 in Rome, Italy age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polish-born author Jerzy Nikodem Kosinski born on 6-14-1933 in Łódź, Poland expired 5-3-1991 age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
composer Joseph Kosma wrote music for Autumn Leaves (lyrics by Jacques Prévert)
expired 8-7-1969 in La Roche-Guyon, France age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Kosminski suspect in Whitechapel prostitute murders; purported to have been identified in a police lineup after one of the murders; spent last 28 yeas of his life in mental institutions expired ??-??-1919 in Leavesden Asylum, England age ?? cause: gangrene of the leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cambodian Queen Mother Sisowath Kossamak daughter of King Monivong; mother of Sihanouk born on 10--1903 expired 4-27-1975 in Beijing, China age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Ludwig Karl Martin Albrecht Kossel received the 1910 Nobel prize in medicine for his work in cell chemistry born on 9-16-1853 in Rostock, Germany expired 7-5-1927 in Heidelberg, Germany age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ochestrator & conductor Irwin Kostal won Academy Awards for his work on West Side Story and The Sound of Music, did 1990 rescoring of Fantasia, and worked on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Charlotte's Web born on 10-1-1911 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-23-1994 in Studio City, California age 83 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Andre Kostelanetz husband of Lily Pons born on 12-22-1901 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 1-13-1980 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
painter turned movie director Henry Koster directed Harvey (1950), Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951), The Robe (1953), Flower Drum Song (1960) & The Singing Nun (1965)
expired 9-21-1988 in Camarillo, California age 83 AKS: Kosterlitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired U.S. Army Brigadier (1-star) General Samuel William Koster Sr. as a (2-star) Major General commanded the 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) in Vietnam; he was in charge during the My Lai massacre (3/16/1968); although initially charged, the charges were later dropped but he lost a star, a medal & gained a letter of censure in his personel file born on 12-29-1919 in West Liberty, Iowa expired 1-23-2006 in Annapolis, Maryland age 86 cause: renal failure; renal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet President Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin born on 2-20-1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 12-18-1980 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 76
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| former Skyway Luggage president Henry L. Kotkins born on 9-4-1911 expired 6-8-2002 in Portugal age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Mischa Kottler expired 6-23-1994 age 95 AKS: Kotler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Boston Symphony conductor Serge Alexandrovich Koussevitzky born on 7-26-1901 in Vyshni Volocheck, Russia expired 6-4-1978 in Boston, Massachusetts age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John's Hopkins electrical engineering professor Dr. William Bennett Kouwenhoven devised non-surgical methods of restarting a stopped heart: external cardiac massage & the defibrillator born on 1-13-1886 in New York, New York expired 11-10-1975 in Baltimore, Maryland age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cigar-chomping tv comedian Ernie Kovacs husband of Edie Adams born on 1-23-1919 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 1-13-1962 in West Los Angeles, California age 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer László Kovács close friend of Vilmos Zsigmond (the two escaped from Hungary with lots of documentary film of the Soviet suppresion of the citizenry); lensed: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Ghostbusters, The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, New York, New York, Shampoo, What's Up, Doc?, Miss Congeniality, My Best Friend's Wedding, Legal Eagles, Shattered, Little Nikita, The Toy, Slither, The King of Marvin
Gardens, ... born on 5-14-1933 in Cece, Fejér County, Hungary expired 7-21-2007 in Beverly Hills, California age 74 AKS: Laszlo Kovacs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geographically-challenged tv/movie director Bernard Louis Kowalski made Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) & SSSSSSS (1973); directed the Mission: Impossible tv pilot born on 8-2-1929 in Brownsville, Texas expired 10-26-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Classic-era" pro wrassler (1947-77) (Wladek) Walter "Killer" Kowalski
expired 8-29-2008 in Malden, Massachusetts age 81 cause: complications from heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Ura Koyama born on 8-30-1890 in Japan expired 4-5-2005 in Iizuka City, Japan age 114 cause: pneumonia
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| Teledyne Inc. co-founder Dr. George Kozmetsky former Dean of the University of Texas Business School (1966-82) born on 10-5-1917 in Seattle, Washington expired 4-30-2003 in Austin, Texas age 85 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer & actor David Kozubei created the concept for the first Border's Book Store & founded David's Book Store (1970s), both in Ann Arbor, Michigan born on --1932 in London, England expired 8-26-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cheese peddler James Lewis Kraft founded Kraft Foods --- the cheesiest operation in the world born on 12-11-1874 in Stevensville, Ontario, Canada expired 2-16-1953 in Chicago, Illinois age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Danish prime minister (1962-68 & 1971-72) Jens Otto Krag born on 9-15-1914 in Randers, Denmark expired 6-22-1978 in Fredrikshaven, Denmark age 63 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hall of fame swimmer Viola Hartman Cady Krahn expired 6-1-2004 in Orange, California age 102 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| professional tennis player John Albert "Jack" Kramer twice won the U.S. singles championship (1947 & 47) and Wimbledon (1947); had a popular line of tennis rackets in the 1950s born on 8-1-1921 in Las Vegas, Nevada expired 9-12-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: soft tissue cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Iron Butterfly bass player Philip Taylor Kramer wrecked minivan & body found at bottom of 200 foot-deep ravine in May 1999 by hiker) born on 7-12-1952 expired 2-12-1995 in Malibu Canyon, California age 42 cause: auto accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oscar-winning movie producer and director Stanley Earl Kramer produced and/or directed High Noon (1952), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) born on 9-29-1913 in New York, New York expired 2-19-2001 in Woodland Hills, California age 87 cause: pneumonia; diabetes
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| "early music" expert Bernard Kranis New York Pro Musica Antiqua co-founder (1952) born on 12-28-1924 in New Brunswick, New Jersey expired 8-18-2000 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts age 75 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KGB cold warrior Rem Sergeivich Krasilnikov responsible for rounding up CIA spies that were given up by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hansen and others born on --1927 expired 3-??-2003 in Moscow, Russia age 76 AKS: Krassilnikov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lyric tenor Alfredo Kraus born on 9-24-1927 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands expired 9-8-1999 in Madrid, Spain age 71 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Ohio State U professor Dr. John Daniel Kraus a pioneering radio astronomer born on 6-28-1910 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 7-18-2004 in Delaware, Ohio age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Notre Dame athletic director Edward "Moose" Krause born on 2-2-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-11-1992 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British gangster Charles David "Charlie" Kray older brother of Reggie & Ronnie born on --1926 in London, England expired 4-4-2000 in Isle of Wight, England age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960s London East End gangster Reginald "Reggie" Kray born on 10-24-1933 in London, England expired 10-1-2000 in Norwich, Norwalk, England age 66 cause: bladder cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gangster Ronald "Ronnie" Kray twin brother of Reggie born on 10-24-1933 in London, England expired 3-17-1995 in Slough, England age 61 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former New York Times obituary writer (1966-2002) Albin Joseph Krebs born on 3-5-1929 in Pascagoula, Mississippi expired 5-31-2002 in Key West, Florida age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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biochemist Edwin Gerhard Krebs shared the 1992 Nobel prize in medicine born on 6-6-1918 in Lansing, Iowa expired 12-21-2009 in Seattle, Washington age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1953 Nobel medicine laureate Sir Hans Adolf Krebs discovered basic pathways by which food is converted into energy in the body (Urea & Citiric acid cycles; 1932 & 1938) born on 8-25-1900 in Hildesheim, Germany expired 11-22-1981 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| air-crash lawyer Lee S. Kreindler born on 3-11-1924 expired 2-18-2003 in New York, New York age 78 cause: complications of a cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky born on 1-22-1911 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 7-29-1990 in Vienna, Austria age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist & composer Fritz Kreisler born on 2-2-1875 in Vienna, Austria expired 1-29-1962 in New York, New York age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Comics cartoonist Warren Kremer drew Richie Rich & Casper the Friendly Ghost born on 6-26-1921 in New York, New York expired 7-24-2003 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blind lawyer Harold Eliot Krents his life was basis for Butterflies are Free play & movie; his autobiography was titled To Race the Wind (1972) born on 11-5-1944 in New York, New York expired 1-12-1987 in New York, New York age 42 cause: brain tumor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Kmart director of Public Relations (1970s) Harvey A. Kresge Jr. joined firm founded by his father's cousin in 1930s born on 12-27-1915 expired 4-26-2003 in Tequestra, Florida age 87 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| merchandiser Sebastian Spering Kresge founded S.S. Kresge Co. (later renamed Kmart Corp.) born on 7-31-1867 in Bald Mount, Pennsylvania expired 10-18-1966 in Mountainhome, Pennsylvania age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  
Playboy January 1968 Playmate of Month & 1969 Playmate of Year Connie Kreski played Mercy Humppe in Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)born on 9-19-1946 in Wyandotte, Michigan expired 3-21-1995 in Beverly Hills, California age 48 cause: clogged carotid artery; high cholesterol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Kurt Kreuger played lots of Nazis in the 1940s; his most notable role was in Sahara (1943) born on 7-23-1916 in Michenberg, Germany expired 7-12-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 89 cause: stroke AKS: Krueger Kruger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 Club restauranteur (1938-85) H. Peter Kriendler took over as host following founding brother's death born on 7-8-1905 in New York, New York expired 12-21-2001 in New York, New York age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYC 21 Club co-founder John Carl "Jack" Kriendler born on --1899 in New York, New York expired 8-13-1947 in New York, New York age 48 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former United Artists head Arthur B. Krim born on 4-4-1910 expired 9-21-1994 age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Josef Krips born on 4-8-1902 in Vienna, Austria expired 10-12-1974 in Geneva, Switzerland age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nehru Defense minister (1956-62) Vengali Krishnan Krishna Menon he had assured Nehru that the Chinese Army wouldn't advance beyond Tibet; was sacked when the Chinese Army attacked northern India born on 5-3-1896 in Calicut, Kerula State, India expired 10-6-1974 in New Delhi, India age 77 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYC music venue founder Hillel "Hilly" Kristal founder of the CBGB & OMFUG Club in the Bowery (Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gourmandizers) born on 9-23-1931 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 8-28-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 75 cause: complications from lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AIDS-stricken tv veterinarian Stephen M. "Steve" Kritsick born on 11-2-1951 expired 1-16-1994 age 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
burger mogul widow Joan Beverly Kroc
expired 10-12-2003 in Rancho Santa Fe, California age 75 cause: glioblastoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McDonald's mogul Raymond Albert Kroc bought chain from founders in 1961 for $2,700,000 born on 10-5-1902 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 1-14-1984 in San Diego, California age 81 cause: heart failure; diabetes
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Dr. Schack August Steenberg Krogh received the 1920 Nobel prize in physiology for discoveries relating to the capillary motor regulary mechanism born on 11-15-1874 in Grenaa, Jutland, Denmark expired 9-13-1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Cardinal John Joseph Krol born on 10-26-1910 in Cleveland, Illinois expired 3-3-1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist Boris Kroyt member of the Budapest String quartet for 37 years born on 6-10-1897 expired 11-15-1969 in New York, New York age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Science Fiction aficionado Kenneth J. Krueger attended the first World Science Fiction Conference (1939); was chairman of the first San Diego Golden State Comic-Con (1970) — it morphed into the Comic-Con International exposition; died 2½ weeks after Comic Con co-founder Shel Dorf born on 10-7-1926 in Buffalo, New York expired 11-21-2009 in Lockport, New York age 83 cause: heart attack; pneumonia; a fall; renal failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Otto Kruger a vice-president of the Motion Picture Home since 1955; grand nephew of Paul Kruger born on 9-6-1885 in Toledo, Ohio expired 9-6-1974 in Woodland Hills, California age 89 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Oom" Paul Kruger president of South Africa's Transvaal Republic during Boer War (1883-1902)
expired 7-14-1904 in Clarens, Switzerland age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired plumber Verlen Emmet Kruger took up canoe building & went on a number of expeditions; co-author of "One Incredible Journey" born on 6-30-1922 in Francesville, Indiana expired 8-2-2004 in Lansing, Michigan age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz drummer Gene Krupa born on 1-15-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-16-1973 in Yonkers, New York age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| granddaughter of Krupp Co. founder Bertha Krupp von Bohien und Halbach namesake of World War I cannon "Big Bertha", not 1990s golf ball driver born on 3-29-1886 in Essen, Germany expired 9-21-1957 in Essen, Germany age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bolshevik crone Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya wife of Lenin born on 2-26-1869 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 2-27-1939 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Jack Kruschen born on 3-20-1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada expired 4-2-2002 age 80 cause: natural causes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former KGB head (1988-99) Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov part of the failed coup against Gorby (1999) born on 2-29-1924 in Tsaritsyn, Russia, USSR (now Volgograd) expired 11-23-2007 in Moscow, Russia age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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