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supermarket owner  Pasqulino Antonio "Leno" La Bianco   husband of Rosemary; murdered by the Manson Family during Helter Skelter Murders born on 8-6-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-10-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 44   cause: stabbed to death

Botique owner  Rosemary La Bianca   wife of Leno; murdered by the Manson Family during Helter Skelter Murders born on 12-15-1930 in Mexico expired 8-10-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 38   cause: stabbed 41 times

author  Ève Denise Curie LaBouisse   daughter of Marie & Pierre born on 12-6-1904 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 10-22-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 102    Contest Selectors 2006 CSI, KLS, RR, WEP 13.3% 2007 KLS, RR, WEP 9.7%    Scored 2.9250 points AKS: Eve

Yvette Blanche Labrousse   widow of Aga Khan III ¤ full name: Yvette Labrousse Begum Om Habibah  born on 2-15-1906 in Mont Saint Claire, France expired 7-1-2000 in Le Cannet, France   age 94

actor  Ronald Lacey   played the village idiot in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Gestapo agent Toht (the guy with the lethal-looking coat hanger) in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and President Widmark in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) born on 6-18-1935 expired 5-15-1991   age 55

former Bob Hope gag writer  Morton Lachman   he went on to produce tv shows like All in the Family and Kate & Allie born on 3-20-1918 in Seattle, Washington expired 3-17-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 90   cause: heart attack; diabetes

short-career vaudeville comedian  Kenneth Lackey   original member of Ted Healy's Stooges (1923-25); later became a Clerk of the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana born on 12-14-1901 in Indiana expired 4-16-1976 in Columbus, North Carolina   age 74

Henrietta Lacks   origin of the research line of cancer cells designated "HeLa" (removed without her knowledge or permission) ¤ née: Pleasant  born on 8-12-1920 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 10-4-1951 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 31   cause: cervical cancer

former French tennis great  Jean Rene Lacoste born on 7-2-1904 in Paris, France expired 10-11-1996 in Saint Jean-de-Luz, France   age 92   cause: heart failure

Hall-of-Fame sports journalist  Sammuel Harold Lacy   wrote for the Baltimore African-American born on 10-23-1903 in Mystic, Connecticut expired 5-8-2003 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 99   cause: complications from dysphasia    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1% 2003 JL 5.6%    Scored 5.1000 solo points

actor  Alan Walbridge Ladd Sr.   had title role in Shane (1953) born on 9-3-1913 in Hot Springs, Arkansas expired 1-29-1964 in Palm Springs, California   age 50

movie pioneer  Carl Laemmle Sr.   co-founded the IMP Corp. (1909) that became Universal Studios (1912) born on 1-17-1867 in Laupheim, Germany expired 9-24-1939 in Hollywood, California   age 72

physician  Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec   invented the stethoscope (around 1816) born on 2-17-1781 in Quimper, Brittany, France expired 8-13-1826   age 45   cause: tuberculosis

French army officer and American Revolutionary War hero Marquis  Marie Joseph Paul Lafayette born on 9-6-1757 in Chavaniac, France expired 5-20-1834 in Paris, France   age 76

Oklahoma death row inmate  Loyd Winford Lafevers born on 8-28-1965 expired 1-30-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 35   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (only 2 of the minimum 3 needed) AKS: Lloyd

Doris Duke's weasel butler  Bernard Lafferty born on 4-14-1945 expired 11-4-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 51

former tv network executive  Perry Francis Lafferty   while head of West Coast Programming for CBS (1965-76) — he helped produce & get on the air programs such as M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family & Maude born on 10-3-1917 in Davenport, Iowa expired 8-25-2005 in Century City, California   age 87   cause: cancer

sci-fi writer  Rafael Aloysius Lafferty   won 1973 Hugo for his short story Eurema's Damn born on 11-7-1914 in Neola, Iowa expired 3-18-2002 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma   age 87

one-time audio engineer  Donald L. LaFontaine   was the famous movie trailer announcer — "In a world where dead pools reign, one announcer's demise passes un-scored-upon." born on 8-26-1940 in Duluth, Minnesota expired 9-1-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: complications from pulmonary embolism & collapsed lung; subcutaneous emphysema

international law professor  Henri Marie La Fontaine   recipeint of the 1913 Nobel peace prize born on 4-22-1854 in Brussels, Belgium expired 5-14-1943 in Brussels, Belgium   age 89   cause: uremic poisoning

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist   was the 1951 Nobel literature laureate born on 5-23-1891 in Växjö, Småland, Sweden expired 7-11-1974 in Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden   age 83 AKS: Par

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf   winner of the 1909 Nobel prize in literature born on 11-20-1858 in Östra Emterwik, Värmland, Sweden expired 3-16-1940 in Mårbacka, Sweden   age 81 AKS: Lagerlof

classical guitarist  Alexandre Lagoya born on 6-29-1929 in Alexandria, Egypt expired 8-24-1999 in Paris, France   age 70   cause: "a long illness"

Texas death row inmate  Edward Lewis Lagrone ¤ Number 999083  born on 3-3-1957 expired 2-11-2004 in Huntsville, Texas   age 46   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 ADWC, BOD, DTM, PCD, RIE, RR 33.3%    Scored 7.9781 points

NYC mayor (1933-46)  Fiorello Henry LaGuardia   shut down the burlesque houses (boo, hiss) ¤ nickname: "Little Flower"  born on 12-11-1882 in New York, New York expired 9-20-1947 in New York, New York   age 64

actor  Bert Lahr   played the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz (1939) ¤ real name: Irving Lahrheim  born on 8-13-1895 in New York, New York expired 12-4-1967 in New York, New York   age 72

Mule Train singer  Frankie Laine ¤ born: Francesco Paolo LoVecchio  born on 3-30-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-6-2007 in San Diego, California   age 93   cause: complications from hip replacement surgery    Contest Selectors 2003 KOHD 5.6% 2004 ADWC, ANG, DTM 16.7% 2005 ADWC, BYE, DTM 13.0% 2006 ANG, BYE, DTM, 4GUE 13.3% 2007 ANG, AUDC, BYE, DTM, TFM, 4GUE 19.4%    Scored 3.2781 points

baseball Hall of Famer (charter member)  Napoleon Lajoie   second baseman for Philadelphia Athletics (1896-1901) and Cleveland (1902-1915) born on 9-5-1875 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island expired 2-7-1959 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 83

former Panamanian "president" (1972-78) under dictator Torrijos  Demitrio Basilio Lakas Bahas   guided negotiations to acquire the canal for Panama born on 8-29-1925 in Colón, Panama expired 11-2-1999 in Panama City, Panama   age 74   cause: heart ailment

inventor  Simon Lake   father of the modern submarine born on 9-4-1866 in Pleasantville, New Jersey expired 6-23-1945 in Bridgeport, Connecticut   age 78

1940s movie actress  Veronica Lake   it is said in L.A. (confidentially) that she looked like Kim Basinger, only better ¤ real name: Constance Francis Marie Ockleman  born on 11-14-1919 in New York, New York expired 7-7-1973 in Burlington, Vermont   age 53   cause: acute hepatitis

discount airline entrepreneur Sir  Frederick Alfred "Freddie" Laker   his Skytrain service went bust after a few years born on 8-6-1922 in Canterbury, Kent, England expired 2-9-2006 in Hollywood, Florida   age 83   cause: "heart problems"    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1%

Doobie Brothers percussionist  Bobby LaKind born on --1945 expired 12-24-1992   age 47   cause: colon cancer

writer, composer, producer  Edward J. Lakso   co-wrote The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959); for the original Star Trek series wrote the And the Children Shall Lead episode (1968); also wrote for Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, Mission Impossible, The Big Valley, The Wild, Wild West, ... and others born on 9-20-1932 expired 5-23-2009 in Beverly Hills, California   age 76   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

litigious actress  Hedy Lamarr   did a 10 minute movie nude scene in Ecstacy (1933), back when it really meant something; with George Antheil received a patent (8/11/1942) for what became known as Spread Spectrum radio technology ¤ born: Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler Hedwig Markey  born on 9-11-1913 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 1-18-2000 in Altamonte Springs, Florida   age 86    Contest Selectors 1980 BB 6.3% 2000 ANG, SPAM 29%    Scored 5.1500 points

actor  Fernando Lamas   one-time husband of Esther Williams born on 1-9-1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 10-8-1982 in Los Angeles, California   age 67

animated film maker  Derek Reginal Steven Lamb   shared 1978 Animated Short oscar for Special Delivery & 1979 Animated Short oscar for Every Child; with Eugene Fedorenko & ex-wife Janet Perlman created the animated opening credits of PBS' Mystery series (to artwork drawn by Edward Gorey) born on 6-20-1936 in Bromley, England expired 11-5-2005 in Poulsbo, Washington   age 89   cause: cancer

physicist Dr.  Willis Eugene Lamb Jr.   1955 Nobel physics laureate, shared with Polycarp Kusch, for determining the magnetic moment of the electron born on 7-12-1913 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-15-2008 in Tucson, Arizona   age 94   cause: complications from a gallstone disorder    Contest Selectors 2006 GHG 3.3% 2007 RR 3.2% 2008 RR 3.1%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

NFL team co-founder  Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau   Green Bay Packers co-founder (with George Calhoun in 1919) and coach born on 4-9-1898 in Green Bay, Wisconsin expired 6-1-1965 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin   age 67

fashion critic  Eleanor Lambert   created the "Best Dressed List" (1940); widow of Seymour Berkson born on 8-10-1904 in Crawfordsville, Indiana expired 10-7-2003 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 99    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact)

Listerine magnate  Gerard Barnes Lambert   daddy invented the stuff (1880) expired 2-25-1967 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 80

Indiana death row inmate  Michael Allen Lambert ¤ number 922001  born on 10-21-1970 expired 6-15-2007 in Michigan City, Indiana   age 36   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 OIE 3.3%

Catholic Church leader (1740-1758)  Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini   elected 248th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1740 ¤ Pope Benedict XIV  born on 3-31-1675 in Bologna, Italy expired 5-3-1758 in Rome, Italy   age 83

auto company founder  Ferruccio Lamborghini born on 4-28-1916 in Ranazzo, Italy expired 2-20-1993 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy   age 76

movie director  Charles Fred Lamont   made several Ma & Pa Kettle movies and Abbott and Costello Go To Mars (1953) born on 5-5-1895 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 9-12-1993 in Woodland Hills, California   age 98   cause: pneumonia

Jake LaMotta's 1st ex-wife  Beverly "Vikki" LaMotta   did November 1981 Playboy pictorial ¤ née: Thailer  born on 1-23-1930 in New York, New York expired 1-25-2005 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 75   cause: complications from heart surgery

actress  Dorothy Lamour   went on "The Road" with Hope & Crosby ¤ born: Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton  born on 12-10-1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 9-22-1996 in North Hollywood, California   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 MS 7.7%

western author  Louis Dearborn L'Amour born on 3-22-1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota expired 6-10-1988 in Los Angeles, California   age 80

folk singer  Millard Lampell   co-founder of the Almanac Singers born on 1-23-1919 expired 10-3-1997 in Ashburn, Virginia   age 78

cartoonist  Harry Lampert   co-creator of The Flash for DC Comics (1940) born on 11-3-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-13-2004 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 88   cause: cerebral hemorrhage; cancer

actor  Burton Stephen Lancaster   portrayed 'Doc' Graham in Field of Dreams (1989) born on 10-2-1913 in New York, New York expired 10-20-1994 in Century City, California   age 80

conductor/composer  John Lanchbery born on 5-15-1923 in London, England expired 2-27-2003 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   age 79    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC AKS: Lanchberry

primarily comedic actress  Elsa Lanchester   played the monster's mate in Bride of Frankenstein (1935); wife of Charles Laughton ¤ born: Elizabeth Sullivan  born on 10-28-1902 in Lewisham, England expired 12-26-1986 in Woodland Hills, California   age 84

regional tv personality  Howard F. Lancour   played Mr. Mayor opposite Alley Cat & Pansy for WJIM-TV (later became their news anchor); also worked at WKBD, WILX & WSYM born on 12-24-1929 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 8-12-1989 in Lansing, Michigan   age 59   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1980 EK 6.3%

Edward E. Lanctot   co-founded TruServ Corp (1948; with John Cotter); it went on to become the True Value hardware store chain born on 1-27-1919 in Duluth, Minnesota expired 10-30-2003 in Park Ridge, Illinois   age 84   cause: complicataions from stroke

Dr.  Edwin Herbert Land   inventor of instant photography; Polaroid camera; co-founder of company that became Polaroid Corp (1932) born on 5-7-1909 in Norwich, Connecticut expired 3-1-1991 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 81

jazz tenor saxophonist  Harold DeVance Land Sr. born on 2-18-1928 in Houston, Texas expired 7-27-2001 in West Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: stroke

physicist  Lev Davidovich Landau   his theories about "condensed matter" won him the 1962 Nobel prize in physics born on 1-22-1908 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire expired 4-1-1968 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 60

physicist, I.B.M. fellow, Dr.  Rolf William Landauer   pioneered in the theoretical physics of computing born on 2-4-1927 expired 4-27-1999 in Briarcliff Manor, New York   age 72   cause: brain cancer

anti-smoking activist  Alan Landers   was once the "Winston Man" in commercials ¤ real name: Allan Stewart Levine  born on 11-30-1940 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 2-27-2009 in Lauderhill, Florida   age 68   cause: lung, larynx & throat cancer

silent movie actor  Cullen Landis   lead performer in first all-talkie movie (Lights of New York, 1928) born on 7-9-1895 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 8-26-1975 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan   age 80

next-to-last World War I U.S. Army military veteran  Harry Richard Landis born on 12-12-1899 in Marion County, Missouri expired 2-4-2008 in Sun City Center, Florida   age 108   cause: fever; hypo-tension    Contest Selectors 2008 MORB, PCD, RIE, RR, 4GUE 15.6%    Scored 1.8563 points

stage and screen actress  Jessie Royce Landis born on 11-25-1904 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-2-1972 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 67

judge  Kenesaw Mountain Landis   Baseball Commissioner (in the wake of the Black Sox scandal) from November 12, 1920 until his death born on 11-20-1866 in Millville, Ohio expired 11-25-1944 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78

1930's presidential candidate  Alfred Mossman Landon   father of Nancy Kassebaum born on 9-9-1887 in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania expired 10-12-1987 in Topeka, Kansas   age 100    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 JW, MM, RR 12.8%

musicologist  Howard Chandler Robbins Landon   was a scholar of Mozart & Haydn born on 3-6-1926 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-20-2009 in Rabastens, France   age 83

author  Margaret Dorothea Mortensen Landon   wrote book Anna and the King of Siam (1944), basis for the musical The King and I born on 9-7-1903 in Somers, Wisconsin expired 12-4-1993 in Alexandria, Virginia   age 90

actor  Michael Landon   appeared as Little Joe on Bonanza (1959-73), Charles Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie (1974-83) and Jonathan Smith on Highway to Heaven (1984-91); also played Tony Rivers, the title role, in I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) ¤ born: Eugene Maurice Orowitz  born on 10-31-1936 in Forest Hills, New Jersey expired 7-1-1991 in Malibu, California   age 54   cause: liver & pancreatic cancer

Alf's widow  Theo Cobb Landon   mother of former Kansas senator Nancy Kassenbaum born on 9-2-1898 expired 7-14-1996 in Topeka, Kansas   age 97

harpsichordist  Wanda Louise Landowska   led a revival in "ancient" (pre-Romantic) music born on 7-5-1879 in Warsaw, Poland expired 8-16-1959 in Lakeville, Connecticut   age 80

former Georgia Rep. (1953-77)  Phillip Mitchell Landrum   co-author of the Landrum-Griffin Labor Act (1959) born on 9-10-1907 in Martin, Georgia expired 11-19-1990 in Jasper, Georgia   age 83

Hall-of-Fame former Dallas Cowboys coach (1960-88)  Thomas Wade "Tom" Landry born on 9-11-1924 in Mission, Texas expired 2-12-2000 in Irving, Texas   age 75   cause: acute myelogenous leukemia    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG, RR, TEX 43%    Scored 5.6250 points

1930 Nobel medicine laureate Dr.  Karl Landsteiner   devise the four main blood groups: A, B, AB & O (1901); co-discovered the Rh factor (1937) with Levine & Wiener born on 6-14-1868 in Vienna, Austria expired 6-26-1943 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: heart attack

actor  Allan Lane   third actor to play the role of Red Ryder in Republic serials (1947; also see Don Barry & William Elliot); provided the voice of Mr. Ed (1961-66) ¤ born: Harry Albershart nickname: "Rocky"  born on 9-22-1904 in Mishawaka, Indiana expired 10-27-1973 in Woodland Hills, California   age 69   cause: bone marrow disease

publisher Sir  Allen Lane   founder of Penguin Books (1935) born on 9-21-1902 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 7-7-1970 in Northwood, Middlesex, England   age 67

Broadway composer  Burton Lane   cowrote Finian's Rainbow (1947) and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever born on 2-2-1912 in New York, New York expired 1-5-1997   age 84

character actor  Charles Lane   played Potter's rent collector in Its A Wonderful Life; had recurring role as C.&F.W. Railroad accountant J. Homer Bedloe on Petticoat Junction; was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (1933) ¤ born: Charles Gerstle Levison  born on 1-26-1905 in San Francisco, California expired 7-9-2007 in Brentwood, California   age 102    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 NFG, RR 25% 2002 DTM, JAC, RR 27.3% 2003 ABRA, COCO, JL, KLS, KOHD, PCD, RR 38.9% 2004 DTM, KLS, NFG, PCD, RR 27.8% 2005 ANG, BYE, DTM, KLS, NFG, PCD, RR 30.4% 2006 ANG, BYE, DTM, KLS, NFG, PCD, RR 23.3% 2007 ABRA, BYE, DTH, DTM, KLS, NFG, PCD, RR 25.8%    Scored 2.3195 points AKS: Levinson

elderly tv commercial actress  Mildred F. Lane   with Clara Peller appeared in famous "Where's the Beef?" commercial; Mildred was the confused woman that opened the bun and looked vainly for the meat patty born on 4-15-1903 expired 8-7-1999 in New Hope, Minnesota   age 96   cause: injuries from a fall

writer  Ralph Norman Angell Lane   received the 1933 Nobel peace prize born on 12-26-1872 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England expired 10-7-1967 in Croydon, Surrey, England   age 94

Detroit Lions cornerback (1952-64)  Richard "Dick" Lane Sr.   husband of Dinah Washington ¤ nickname: "Night Train"  born on 4-16-1928 in Austin, Texas expired 1-29-2002 in Austin, Texas   age 73   cause: heart attack; diabetes

former Small Faces & Faces guitarist  Ronnie Lane born on 4-1-1946 expired 6-4-1997 in Trinidad, Colorado   age 51

original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer  Charley Laney   appeared on series as Charley in its second season (1956-57) born on 6-18-1943 expired 3-9-1997 in San Diego, California   age 53

director  Sidney Lanfield   directed Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), The Meanest Man in the World (1943) & The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) born on 4-20-1898 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-20-1972 in Marina del Rey, California   age 74   cause: heart attack

cinematographer  Charles Bryant Lang   won oscar for The Magnificent Seven born on 3-27-1902 in Bluff, Utah expired 4-3-1998 in Santa Monica, California   age 96   cause: pneumonia

tyranical writer, producer, director  Fritz Lang   directed Metropolis (1926) & M (1931); invented the rocket "countdown" for Frau im Mond (1929); temporarily married to creepy Nazi lover Thea Von Harbou born on 12-5-1890 in Vienna, Austria expired 8-2-1976 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85

movie producer  Jennings Lang   created the Sensurround sound system for Earthquake; made a bunch of Airport movies (1970, '75, '77, '79) born on 5-28-1915 in New York, New York expired 5-29-1996 in Palm Desert, California   age 81

Miss America 1927  Lois Eleanor Delander Lang born on 2-14-1911 expired 1-??-1985 in Evanston, Illinois   age 73

director  Walter Lang   made Sitting Pretty (1948), Cheaper By The Dozen (1950), The King and I (1956), Desk Set (1957) & Can Can (1960) born on 8-10-1896 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 2-7-1972 in Palm Springs, California   age 75   cause: kidney failure

actor  Glenn Langan   played Lt.Col. Glenn Manning, the Amazing Colossal Man (1957) born on 7-8-1917 in Denver, Colorado expired 1-19-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: cancer

silent screen comedian  Harry Philmore Langdon   also a director and producer; got his start teamed with Frank Capra, but let his ego get the best of him; career went in the tank after that born on 6-15-1884 in Council Bluffs, Iowa expired 12-22-1944 in Los Angeles, California   age 60   cause: heart attack

internationalist  Christian Lous Lange   shared the 1921 Nobel peace prize born on 9-17-1869 in Stavenger, Norway expired 12-11-1938 in Oslo, Norway   age 69

David Russell Lange   former prime minister of New Zealand (1984-89) born on 8-4-1942 in Auckland, New Zealand expired 8-13-2005 in Auckland, New Zealand   age 63   cause: kidney failure; diabetes; amyloidosis    Contest Selectors 2005 DTM 4.3%    Scored 8.7000 solo points

actress  Hope Elise Ross Lange   played Selena Cross in Peyton Place film (1957), Carolyn Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir tv series & Joanna Kersey, Paul Kersey's raped/murdered wife, in Death Wish (1974) ¤ Mrs. Charles Hollerith Jr.  born on 11-28-1931 in Redding Ridge, Connecticut expired 12-19-2003 in Santa Monica, California   age 72   cause: intestinal infection; diverticulitis    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7%

journalist/author  George Langelaan   his short story The Fly (published in the June 1957 issue of Playboy has been made into a movie several times (1958 & 1986) with several sequels born on 1-19-1908 in Paris, France expired 2-9-1972   age 64

attorney  Charles Douglas Langford   defended Rosa Parks when she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat, represented Martin Luther King Jr. during the bus boycott (1955-56); and Arlam Carr Jr. in 1964 suit that desegregated Montgomery Public Schools born on 12-9-1922 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 2-11-2007 in Montgomery, Alabama   age 84

singer & radio actress  Frances Newbern Langford   her big hit: "I'm in the mood for Love" — written for her character in the movie Every Night at Eight (1935); was Don Ameche's radio wife on The Bickersons; was Mrs. Jon Hall (1934-55), Ralph Evinrude (1955-86) & Harold Stewart (1994-2005) born on 4-4-1913 in Lakeland, Florida expired 7-11-2005 in Jensen Beach, Florida   age 92   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3%    Scored 5.8000 solo points

Minnie Lee Langley   survivor of 1923 mob destruction of Rosewood, Florida ¤ née: Mitchell  born on --1912 expired 12-16-1995 in Jacksonville, Florida   age 83   cause: complications following cancer surgery

General Electric researcher  Irving Langmuir   gave name to ionized gas — "plasma" (1928); won 1932 Nobel Prize in chemistry; came up with the idea of cloud seeding (1946) born on 1-31-1881 in Brooklyn, New York expired 8-16-1957 in Falmouth, Massachusetts   age 76

character actor & director  Basil Calvert Langton   his last role was as the Caretaker in the Star Trek: Voyager pilot episodes; also did work as a photographer born on 1-9-1912 in Clifton, Bristol, England expired 5-29-2003 in Santa Monica, California   age 91

actress  Lily Langtry   object of Judge Roy Bean's sometimes lethal obsession ¤ born: Emilie Charlotte Le Breton nickname: Jersey Lily title: Lady De Bath  born on 10-13-1853 in Isle of Jersey, England expired 2-12-1929 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 75   cause: heart disease

high society dance band leader  Nathaniel Lester Lanin born on 8-26-1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-27-2004 in New York, New York   age 97 AKS: Les

Manhattan Project security head Lt. Colonel  John Lansdale Jr. born on 1-9-1912 in Oakland, California expired 8-22-2003 in Annapolis, Maryland   age 91

Naval aviator Lt. Commander  Zachary Lansdowne   observer aboard R.34 during its trans-Atlantic transit; commander of the ill-fated USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) born on 12-1-1888 in Greenville, Ohio expired 9-3-1925 in Ada, Ohio   age 37   cause: crash of ZR-1 dirigible during thunderstorm

starlet  Joi Lansing   played Shirley Swanson on Love That Bob tv series ¤ born: Joyce Wasmansdoff  born on 4-6-1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 8-7-1972 in Santa Monica, California   age 44   cause: cancer

actor  Robert Lansing   played General Frank Savage on Twelve O'Clock High tv drama (1964-65) & Gary Seven in original Star Trek series episode Assignment: Earth (1968) ¤ born: Robert Howell Brown  born on 6-5-1928 in San Diego, California expired 10-23-1994 in New York, New York   age 66   cause: cancer

mobster  Meyer Lansky   keeper of the mob bankroll ¤ born: Maier Suchowjanski  born on 7-4-1902 in Grodny, Russia expired 1-15-1983 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 80   cause: lung cancer

Meyer's widow  Thelma Sheer Schwartz "Teddy" Lansky born on 11-18-1907 expired 5-17-1997 in Miami, Florida   age 89

singer  "Snooky" Lanson ¤ real name: Roy Landman  born on 3-27-1914 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 7-2-1990 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 76

actor  William A. Lanteau   played Chester on Newhart born on 11-17-1922 expired 11-3-1993   age 70   cause: complications from heart surgery

Holocaust survivor & California congressman (1981-2007)  Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos   as a teenager escaped from Nazi concentration camps & was sheltered by Raoul Wallenberg born on 2-1-1928 in Budapest, Hungary expired 2-11-2008 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 80   cause: cancer of the esophagus

voice of Woody Woodpecker  Gracie Lantz ¤ born: Grace Boyle  born on 11-7-1903 expired 3-17-1992 in Burbank, California   age 88   cause: spinal cancer

Woody Woodpecker animator  Walter Lantz born on 4-27-1900 in New Rochelle, New York expired 3-22-1994 in Burbank, California   age 93    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7%

singer and film star  Mario Lanza ¤ real name: Alfred Arnold Cocozza  born on 1-31-1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-7-1959 in Rome, Italy   age 38

early basketball star  Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick Sr.   on original New York Celtics team; coached New York Knickerbockers (1947-56); coach at St. Johns University (1956-65) born on 4-12-1900 in Yonkers, New York expired 8-10-1970 in Monticello, New York   age 70   cause: heart attack

1050s/60s hotel architect  Morris Lapidus born on 11-25-1902 in Odessa, Russia expired 1-18-2001 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 98

Reddi-wip® inventor (1947)  Aaron S. Lapin ¤ aka: "Bunny" (in French, Lapin means rabbit)  born on 1-5-1914 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-10-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: heart failure

seller of short stacks  Alvin Lapin Jr.   co-founder of the International House of Pancakes — IHOP — in Toluca Lake (1958) born on 9-18-1927 in New York, New York expired 6-16-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 76   cause: cancer

retired former Air Force RB-47E Stratojet pilot  John S. Lappo Sr.   on 4-29-1959 flew his plane beneath the center span of the Mackinac Bridge — the stunt cost him his wings born on 1-8-1920 in Muskegon, Michigan expired 11-15-2003 in Eagle River, Alaska   age 83

Hokey Pokey composer  Roland Lawrence "Larry" LaPrise born on 11-11-1912 expired 4-4-1996 in Boise, Idaho   age 83

geezer  Maria Laqua born on 2-12-1889 in Rheydt-Odenkirchen, Germany expired 2-9-2002 in Bad Hönningen, Germany   age 112

character actor  John Larch   played Sgt. McCallum in Play Misty for Me (1971), the Chief of Police in Dirty Harry (1971) & in The Amityville Horror (1974) born on 10-4-1914 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 10-16-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 91

Hollywood Ten screen writer  Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr.   won Academy Awards for his screenplay for Woman of the Year (1942) & M*A*S*H (1970) born on 8-15-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-31-2000 in New York, New York   age 85    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14%    Scored 6.5000 solo points

concert pianist  Ruth Laredo   known for her interpretations of the solo piano works of Scriabin & Rachmaninoff ¤ née: Meckler  born on 11-20-1937 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-25-2005 in New York, New York   age 67   cause: ovarian cancer

Playboy June 1981 Playmate of Month  Mary Catherine "Cathy" Larmouth ¤ Mrs. Michael Martel Dees  born on 7-15-1953 in Torrance, California expired 1-4-2007 in Utah   age 53   cause: heart attack; a hole in the heart; strokes

suvivor of Titanic sinking  Louise Laroche born on 7-2-1910 expired 1-28-1998 in Paris, France   age 87    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 2001 RR 2002 JAC, JL 2003 PCD, RR

early movie idol  Roderick LaRocque de la Rour   husband of Vilma Bánky born on 11-29-1898 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-15-1969 in Beverly Hills, California   age 70

1940s burlesque stripper  Rose LaRose ¤ born: Rosina Dapelle  expired 7-27-1972 in Toledo, Ohio   age 59   cause: cancer

1964 Olympic track athlete  Michael D. "Mike" Larrabee   won two gold medals (400 meters & 1,600 meter relay) born on 12-2-1933 in Ventura, California expired 4-22-2003 in Santa Maria, California   age 69   cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: Larabee

animator  Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva   worked on Looney Tunes, Mr. Magoo & Gerald McBoing Boing; he also directed the opening credits for the original Twilight Zone series (1959-60) born on 2-12-1916 in El Paso, Texas expired 2-19-2010 in Irvine, California   age 94

retired economist  Charles Patrick "Lash" Larrowe born on 5-1-1916 in Portland, Oregon expired 7-7-2006 in Okemos, Michigan   age 90   cause: heart failure

hard-up for work method actor  John Larson   his rigid perfectionism is said to have enhanced his stiffly wooden performance playing Smilin' Bob, the priapatic herbal supplement shill in the Enzyte commercials (this towering achievement was overshadowed by his being shafted out of his performance residuals when they got busted by the Feds?); if he had been convicted of being part of the conspiracy to defraud he could have served hard time expired 6-12-2009 in Martinique (nearby)   age ??   cause: drowned; boating accident AKS: Larsen

singer  Nicolette L. Larson   had hit singing Lotta Love born on 7-17-1952 expired 12-16-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 45   cause: cerebral edema

successful gameshow contestant  Paul Michael Larson   in May of 1984 won over $100,000 in cash & prizes on the Press Your Luck game show by figuring out the cursor sequence; subsequently lost all of it in scams, get rich schemes & a robbery; died penniless born on 5-10-1949 expired 2-16-1999 in Apopka, Florida   age 49   cause: throat cancer

engineer  Arne H.W. Larsson   first recipient of a heart pacemaker (October 1958) born on 5-26-1915 in Tarrvik, Sweden expired 12-28-2001 in Saltsjoe-Duvnaes, Sweden   age 86   cause: melanoma

bullwhip-flailing 1940's western movie star  Albert "Lash" LaRue born on 6-15-1910 in Gretna, Louisiana expired 5-21-1996 in Burbank, California   age 85   cause: emphysema

one of the Watergate bagmen  Frederick Cheney LaRue Sr.   accidentally shot his father to death in a duck-hunting accident (1957); was a "special assistant" to John Mitchell ¤ nickname: "Bubba"  born on 10-11-1928 in Athens, Texas expired 7-24-2004 in Biloxi, Mississippi   age 75   cause: heart failure

stentorian "voice"  Jimmie Bartell LaRue   on the original Star Trek series provided the voice of The Guardian of Forever in The City on the Edge of Forever, the voice of Provider #1 in The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968), was the Empire tv announcer in Bread and Circuses (1968), the voice of the Ekosian newscaster in Patterns of Force (1968), the voice of Trelane's father in The Squire of Gothos (1968), the voice of Mission Control in Assignment Earth (1968) & the voice of the Excalbian Yarnak in The Savage Curtain born on --1932 expired 1-5-1990 in Sweetwater, Texas   age 57 AKS: Jimmy James

long distance runner  Donald Lash   won 1938 Sullivan Award born on 8-15-1914 in Bluffton, Iowa expired 9-19-1994   age 80

advertising agency executive  Albert Davis Lasker   was assistant secretary of Agriculture (1917); part-owner of the Chicago Cubs (1916-25), selling his interest to William Wrigley; founded the Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation (1942) that funds medical research and offers a prize for notable accomplishments in medicine born on 5-1-1880 in Freiburg, Germany expired 5-30-1952 in New York, New York   age 72

movie industry pioneer  Jesse Louis Lasky Sr.   co-founded Paramount Pictures with Adolph Zukor and brother-in-law Sam Goldwyn (1913); produced first "feature-length" movie in 1914 born on 9-13-1880 in San Jose, California expired 6-13-1958 in Beverly Hills, California   age 77

movie producer  Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.   wrote screenplay for The Ten Commandments (1956) born on 9-19-1910 in New York, New York expired 4-11-1988 in London, England   age 77

journalist  Victor Lasky born on 1-7-1918 in Liberty, New York expired 2-22-1990 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 72

cartoonist  Fred D. Lasswell   took over drawing the Barney Google & Snuffy Smith cartoon strip (1942) after the death of its creator; received the 1963 Reuben Award born on 7-25-1916 in Kennett, Missouri expired 3-4-2001 in Tampa, Florida   age 84   cause: heart attack AKS: Laswell Lasswel Laswel

Hollywood agent  Abraham Isaac "Abe" Lastfogel   head of the William Morris Agency born on 5-20-1898 in New York, New York expired 8-25-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 86   cause: heart attack; complications from gall bladder surgery

Mary Foy Latell   one of the The Seven Little Foys born on 8-15-1901 expired 12-13-1987 in Los Angeles, California   age 86   cause: complications following surgery

former congressman  Henry Jepson Latham born on 12-10-1908 in New York, New York expired 6-26-2002 in Southold, New York   age 93

shipping tycoon  John Spyridon Latsis born on 9-14-1910 in Katakolo, Greece expired 4-17-2003 in Athens, Greece   age 92

radio actor  Chester A. Lauck   played Lum on Lum & Abner born on 2-9-1902 in Mena, Arkansas expired 2-21-1980 in Hot Springs, Arkansas   age 78

cosmetics queen  Estée Lauder ¤ born: Josephine Esther Mentzler nickname: Esty "Esty" was mis-spelled as "Estée" — it stuck Mrs. Joseph Lauter (1930-39; 1942-83)  born on 7-1-1906 in New York, New York expired 4-24-2004 in New York, New York   age 97   cause: cardiopulmonary arrest    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2002 DTM, JL 18.2% 2003 DTM, JEDS, KOHD 16.7% 2004 ABRA, DTM, NFG, RR 22.2%    Scored 3.1125 points AKS: Estee

Our Gang child actor  William Robert Laughin ¤ aka: "Froggy"  born on 7-5-1932 in San Gabriel, California expired 8-31-1948 in La Puente, California   age 16   cause: motorscooter accident; hit from behind by truck while delivering newspapers

actor  Charles Laughton   played Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); husband of Elsa Lanchester born on 7-1-1899 in Scarborough, England expired 12-15-1962 in Hollywood, California   age 63   cause: caner of the gall bladder

driggie/criminal  Ronald Lee Launius   likely mastermind of robbery that precipitated the Wonderland Murders (1981) born on 5-18-1944 expired 7-1-1981 in Los Angeles, California   age 37   cause: bludgeoned to death with lead pipe

comedian  Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel   teamed with Oliver Hardy in movies born on 6-16-1890 in Ulverston, England expired 2-25-1965 in Santa Monica, California   age 74

former New York Times science reporter  William L. Laurence   won two Pulitzer prizes; only journalist to witness the Trinity test in New Mexico in July 1945 and the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945 born on 3-7-1888 in Salantai, Lithuania expired 3-19-1977 in Majorca, Spain   age 89   cause: complications from blood clot in brain

forgotten U.S. president  Henry Laurens   second president of the Continental Congress under the Declaration of Independence (11/1/1777-12/9/1778); after his term in Congress he was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands; enroute to his post he was captured by the British and held in the Tower of London until the end of the war when he was exchanged for General Cornwallis born on 3-6-1724 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 12-8-1792 in Mepkin, South Carolina (near Charleston)   age 68

Lucien Laurent   scored first goal in the first World Cup Finals (7-13-1930) born on 12-10-1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val de Marne, France expired 4-11-2005 in Besançon, France   age 97

5-term Ohio governor (1940s-50s) & U.S. senator (1956-68)  Frank John Lausche born on 11-14-1895 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 4-21-1990 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 94

chemist & radiologist  Paul Christian Lauterbur   2003 Nobel Medicine co-laureate for pioneering research into Magnetic Resonance Imaging; he originally called the process zeugmatography (from the Greek zeugma, or yoke) born on 5-6-1929 in Sidney, Ohio expired 3-27-2007 in Urbana, Illinois   age 77   cause: kidney disease

Dr.  Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran   received the 1907 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on the role of protozoa in causing disease born on 6-18-1845 in Paris, France expired 5-18-1922 in Paris, France   age 76

character/voice actress  Lucille LaVerne   voiced The Queen/Old Hag in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) ¤ née: Mitchum  born on 11-7-1869 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 3-6-1945 in Culver City, California   age 75

Our Gang child actor  Don Law ¤ aka: "Fats"  expired 2-5-1959 in Meadville, Pennsylvania   age 38

actor  John Phillip Law   played the deflowered angel Pygar in Barbarella (1968) & had the title role in Diabolik (1968) born on 9-7-1937 in Hollywood, California expired 5-13-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 70   cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: Philip

Patricia Kennedy Lawford   sister of JFK; widow of Peter Lawford born on 5-6-1924 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 9-17-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 82   cause: complications from pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

actor  Peter Lawford born on 9-7-1923 in London, England expired 12-24-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 71

publisher & editor  David Lawrence   founded U.S. News & World Report (1947) born on 12-25-1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-11-1973 in Sarasota, Florida   age 84   cause: heart attack

actor  David Charles "Bruno" Lawrence   played lead in The Quiet Earth (1985) born on 2-12-1941 in Worthing, Sussex, England expired 6-10-1995 in Wellington, New Zealand   age 54   cause: lung cancer

author  David Herbert Lawrence   wrote The Fox and Lady Chatterly's Lover born on 9-11-1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England expired 3-2-1930 in Vence, France   age 44   cause: tuberculosis

physicist  Ernest Orlando Lawrence   winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of the cyclotron; namesake of the element Lawrencium born on 8-8-1901 in Canton, South Dakota expired 8-27-1958 in Palo Alto, California   age 57

London and Broadway stage star  Gertrude Lawrence ¤ born: Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence Klasen  born on 7-4-1900 in London, England expired 9-6-1952 in New York, New York   age 52

songwriter  Jack Lawrence ¤ born: Jacob Schwartz  born on 4-7-1912 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 3-15-2009 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 96   cause: complications from fall

playwright  Jerome Lawrence   co-wrote plays Auntie Mame, First monday in October, & Inherit the Wind (1955) ¤ born: Jerome Lawrence Schwartz  born on 7-14-1915 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 2-29-2004 in Malibu, California   age 88

Frontier Magazine writer/editor Sir  John Waldemar Lawrence born on 5-27-1907 expired 12-30-1999   age 92

bad-guy character actor  Marc Lawrence   in Diamonds Are Forever played one of the Slumber, Inc. thugs; when hauled before HUAC he admitted to having been a communist & named names (ie: Lionel Stander, Jeff Corey, et al.) — he was blacklisted anyway (1950) ¤ born: Max Goldsmith  born on 2-17-1910 in New York, New York expired 11-27-2005 in Palm Springs, California   age 95   cause: heart failure

actress  Rosina Lawrence   played Spanky & Alfalfa's teacher Miss Lawrence in a number of Our Gang movies; also appeared in some Laurel & Hardy movies ¤ full name: Rosina Lawrence Marchisio-McCabe  born on 12-30-1912 in Westboro, Ontario, Canada expired 6-23-1997 in New York, New York   age 84

World War I British spy  Thomas Edward Shaw Lawrence ¤ aka: "Lawrence of Arabia"  born on 8-15-1888 in Tremadoc, Caemarvonshire, Wales expired 5-19-1935 in Bovington Camp Hospital, England   age 46   cause: injuries from motorcycle accident

sculptor  Lee Lawrie   did the Atlas statue in Rockefeller Center; did "The Sower" Statue atop the Nebraska Capitol & "The Sower" relief on MSU's Beaumont Tower born on 10-16-1877 in Rixdorf, Germany expired 1-23-1963 in Easton, Maryland   age 85

U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society founder (1946)  Sylvia Lawry ¤ born: Sylvia Friedman  born on 6-28-1915 in New York, New York expired 2-24-2001 in New York, New York   age 85   cause: heart & respiratory disease

Sweetwater Triplet  Charity Cardwell Lawson   name suggested by Frances (Mrs. Grover) Cleveland; sister of Faith and Hope born on 5-18-1899 in Waco, Texas expired 1-15-1995 in Sweetwater, Texas   age 96

carilloneur  James Raymond Lawson   performed on carillons at the University of Chicago (1953-60), the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution and Peace (1940-42), Manhattan's Riverside Church (1960-89) & the Crystal Cathedral (1990-2003) born on 5-25-1919 in Cody. Wyoming expired 10-14-2003 in Cody, Wyoming   age 84

Hollywood Ten screen writer  John Howard Lawson   co-founded the Screen Writers Guild; served as its first president born on 9-25-1894 in New York, New York expired 8-12-1977 in San Francisco, California   age 82

illustrator  Robert Lawson   illustrated Ferdinand the Bull stories; won Newbery Award for Rabbitt Hill (1945) born on 10-4-1892 in New York, New York expired 5-26-1957 in Weston, Connecticut   age 64

character actor  Wilfrid Lawson   played the doddering butler Peacock in The Wrong Box (1966) ¤ born: Wilfrid Worsnop  born on 1-14-1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England expired 10-10-1966 in London, England   age 66   cause: heart attack AKS: Wilfred

Halldór Kiljan Laxness   recipient of the 1955 Nobel prize in literature ¤ born: Halldór Guöjónsson psuedonym: Halldó frá Laxnesi  born on 4-23-1902 in Reykjavik, Iceland expired 2-8-1998   age 95   cause: Alzheimer's disease AKS: Halldor

snack food mogul  Herman Warden Lay born on 6-3-1909 in Charlotte, North Carolina expired 12-13-1982 in Dallas, Texas   age 73

defacto convicted felon  Kenneth Lee Lay   as former chairman of Enron helped engineer the second largest corporate bankruptcy/fraud in U.S. history; in October 2006 his indictment & conviction were vacated on the grounds that dying prevented him from completely challenging the verdict through all rounds of appeals born on 4-15-1942 in Tyrone, Missouri expired 7-5-2006 in Aspen, Colorado   age 64   cause: heart attack; complications from compound radical boogerectomy

early tv ventriloquist  Shirley Dinsdale Layburn   received 1949 Emmy for Most Outstanding Television Personality (first time awarded); had The Judy Splinters Show on KTLA born on 10-31-1926 expired 5-9-1999 in Stony Brook, New York   age 72   cause: cancer

1922-24 Notre Dame "Four Horsemen" fullback  Elmer Francis Layden   first NFL Commissioner (1941-46) born on 5-4-1903 in Davenport, Iowa expired 6-30-1973 in Chicago, Illinois   age 70

NFL Hall of Fame quarterback  Robert Lawrence "Bobby" Layne born on 12-19-1926 in Santa Anna, Texas expired 12-1-1986 in Lubbock, Texas   age 59    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7% 1980 JW 6.3%

former pro wrassler  Allan Layton ¤ aka: "Lord Athol Layton"  expired 1-18-1984   age 63   cause: heart attack

director, producer, choreographer  Joe Layton born on 5-3-1931 in New York, New York expired 5-5-1994 in Key West, Florida   age 63

movietown "superagent"  Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar born on 3-28-1907 in Stamford, Connecticut expired 12-30-1993 in Beverly Hills, California   age 86

The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" poet  Emma Lazarrus   her sonnet The New Colossus (written 11/2/1883) was inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903 born on 7-22-1849 in New York, New York expired 11-19-1887 in New York, New York   age 38   cause: cancer AKS: Lazarus Lazzarrus Lazzarus

New York Yankees player (1926-39)  Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri   batted sixth in Murderers' Row ¤ nickname: "Poosh 'Em up"  born on 12-26-1903 in San Francisco, California expired 8-6-1946 in San Francisco, California   age 42

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