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Nobel "peace" laureate Lê Duc Tho he declined to accept the prize
expired 10-13-1990 in Hanoi, Vietnam age 79
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| former California rep. (1917-48) Clarence F. Lea co-author of the Pure Food and Drug Act born on 7-11-1874 in Highland Springs, California expired 6-20-1964 in Santa Rosa, California age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Leach second person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt (in a barrel on July 25, 1911); while on tour after the stunt slipped on an orange peel & fractured a leg; amputation failed to save him expired 6-??-1925 in Christchurch, New Zealand age 67 cause: complications from gangrene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Munro Leaf created Ferdinand the Bull (1936; drawn by Robert Lawson) born on 12-4-1905 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 12-21-1976 in Garrett Park, Maryland age 71 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis William "Frank" Leahy University of Notre Dame football coach (1941-54) born on 8-27-1908 in O'Neill, Nebraska expired 6-21-1973 in Portland, Oregon age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS network president (1986-89) Thomas Francis Leahy born on 6-30-1937 in New York, New York expired 3-8-2002 in New York, New York age 64 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
archaeologist and anthropologist Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey discoverer of homo habilis and zinjanthropus in Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti Plain, Tanzania
expired 10-1-1972 in London, England age 69 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anthropologist Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey widow of Louis; mother of Richard born on 2-6-1913 in London, England expired 12-9-1996 in Nairobi, Kenya age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| acclaimed director Sir David Lean directed Lawrence of Arabia (1962; Best Director oscar), Doctor Zhivago and Bridge on the River Kwai (1957; Best Director oscar) born on 3-25-1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England expired 4-16-1991 age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| loudmouthed "feminist" Frances Lear ex-wife of Norman born on 7-14-1923 in Hudson, New York expired 9-30-1996 in New York, New York age 73 cause: breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor William Powell Lear invented the autopilot for planes, co-invented the first practical radio for cars (while managing an electronic equipment supply store in Quincy, Illinois), the eight- born on 6-26-1902 in Hannibal, Missouri expired 5-14-1978 in Reno, Nevada age 75 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
drugged-out academic failure Dr. Timothy Francis Leary used way too much LSDborn on 10-22-1920 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 5-31-1996 in Beverly Hills, California age 75 cause: prostate cancer
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| 1935 Miss America Henrietta Leaver was forced to resign after a statue that she had modeled for was unveiled — the nude "American Venus" (she had worn a bathing suit & was accompanied by her grandmother to the modeling sessions) expired 9-??-1993 age 77 AKS: Lever | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro wrassler (1916-37) Frank S. Leavitt original name "Hell's Kitchen Bill-Bill" given to him by Damon Runyon; played a strongman in Mighty Joe Young (1949)
expired 5-29-1953 in Norcross, Georgia age 63 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Ronald H. Leavitt (with Michael G. Moye) was co-creator of Married, With Children sitcom; had a "relationship" with Jessica Hahn since 1991 born on 11-7-1947 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 2-10-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 60 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Russian General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed support Yeltsin during 1991 coup; later ran against him for president of Russia; was regional governor of Krasnoyarsk born on 4-20-1950 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Province, Russia expired 4-28-2002 in Yermakovo, Krasnoyarsk region, Siberia, Russia age 52 cause: helicopter flew into power lines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
chef Joseph G. LeBoeuf created doughnut recipe laced with mashed potatoes & another "secret" ingredient; sold recipe to man who used it to found filled, glazed & sprinkled junk food empire (1933)
expired 5-9-1999 in Louisville, Kentucky age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
marathon runner Fred Lebow co-founder of the NYC marathon
expired 10-9-1994 age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Lebrun last president of the Third French Republic born on 8-29-1871 in Mercy-le-Haut, France expired 3-6-1950 in Paris, France age 78 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Eastern Carolina University baseball coach Keith LeClair born on 2-28-1966 expired 7-17-2006 in Greenville, North Carolina age 40 cause: ALS
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| polio-stricken ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq named for an Etruscan queen; fourth wife of George Balanchine (1952-69) born on 10-2-1929 in Paris, France expired 12-31-2000 in New York, New York age 71 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blues guitarist and singer Huddie Ledbetter wrote Good Night, Irene and Rock Island Line
expired 12-6-1949 in New York, New York age 64 cause: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg shared the 1958 Nobel prize in medicine born on 5-23-1925 in Montclair, New Jersey expired 2-2-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 82 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
advice columnist Esther Pauline Lederer wrote under pen name Ann Landers (1955-2002); older sister of Abigail Van Buren (by 17 minutes)
expired 6-22-2002 in Chicago, Illinois age 83 cause: multiple myeloma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Francis Lederer
expired 5-25-2000 in Palm Springs, California age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jules W. Lederer founder of Budget Rent-a-Car; former husband of "Eppie" (aka advice columnist Ann Landers; Jules and Eppie got married in a double ceremony with sister Pauline; divorced in 1975 born on 11-15-1917 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-15-1999 in London, England age 81 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
corrupt former Pennsylvania congressman (1977-81) Raymond Francis Lederer on September 11, 1979 was videotaped taking a $50,000 bribe from under cover FBI agents in the Abscam sting; bounced out of the U.S. House of Representatives; did time, then became a rooferborn on 5-19-1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-1-2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 70 cause: lung cancer
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| novelist William Julius Lederer once worked as an assistant to Heywood Broun, through whom he was introduced to the members of the Algonquin Round Table; co-wrote The Ugly American (first published in the Saturday Evening Post November 8, 1958) born on 3-31-1912 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-5-2009 in Baltimore, Maryland age 97 cause: respiratory failure
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| longtime University of Kentucky sports broadcaster Oscar Cawood Ledford born on 4-24-1926 expired 9-5-2001 in Harlan, Kentucky age 75 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Heath Andrew Ledger appeared in The Patriot, Monster's Ball & Brokeback Mountain; he died from a lethal combination of: oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazapam, temazepam, alprazolman & doxylamine born on 4-4-1979 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia expired 1-22-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 28 cause: accidental prescription drug overdose; pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former rodeo bareback rider Chris LeDoux became a country & western singer born on 10-2-1948 in Biloxi, Mississippi expired 3-9-2005 in Casper, Wyoming age 56 cause: complications from liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Anna Lee appeared in How Green Was My Valley (1941); played Lila Quatermaine on the General Hospital soap opera
expired 5-14-2004 in Hollywood, California age 91 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fermilab scientist Benjamin W. Lee born on 1-1-1935 in Seoul, Korea expired 6-16-1977 in Kewanee, Illinois age 42 cause: crushed by semi-trailer in highway crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Bernard Lee played "M" in James Bond films born on 1-10-1908 in London, England expired 1-16-1981 in London, England age 73 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil-rightist Rev. Bernard Lee marched with MLK in 1965 expired 2-10-1991 age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I British soldier Bill Lee lost an eye to a Hun sniper born on 1-13-1892 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England expired 10-20-2000 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England age 108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Brandon Lee son of Bruce born on 2-1-1965 in Oakland, California expired 3-31-1993 in Wilmington, North Carolina age 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
martial arts expert & actor Bruce Lee played Cato in tv's Green Hornet series
expired 7-20-1973 in Hong Kong age 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Gang child actor Eugene "Gordon" Lee originate the catchphrase "O-tay"; as an adult worked as a theater teacher in Colorado
expired 10-16-2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 71 cause: lung & brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Iranian hostage Gary Earl Lee was an "administrative officer" when the compound was overrun by "students" born on 2-4-1943 expired 10-10-2010 in Fulton, Texas age 67 cause: colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
famed stripper "Gypsy" Rose Lee appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies; sister of June Havoc; objected to being called an ecdysiast
expired 4-26-1970 in Los Angeles, California age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress/writer/director/producer Joanna Lee was the alien Tanna in Plan Nine From Outer Space (1958); was a writer for Gilligan's Island & Petticoat Junction born on 4-7-1931 in Newark, New Jersey expired 10-24-2003 in Santa Monica, California age 72 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Dotson "Johnny" Lee Jr. provided the regular speaking voice of Br'er Rabbit in Song of the South (1946; Jesse Cryor sang for Br'er Rabbit) born on 7-4-1898 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-12-1965 in Los Angeles, California age 67 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920s silent screen actress Lila Lee performed with Rudolph Valentino in Bood and Sand (1922) and Charlie Chaplin
expired 11-13-1973 in Saranac Lake, New York age 72 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Manfred Bennington Lee co-created the Ellery Queen mystery series with his cousin Frederic Dannay in 1929
expired 4-3-1971 in Waterbury, Connecticut age 65 cause: heart disease; diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Peggy Lee
expired 1-21-2002 in Bel Air, California age 81 cause: heart attack
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vaudeville comedian Pinky Lee
expired 4-3-1993 in Mission Viejo, California age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Fourth U.S. president Richard Henry Lee fourth president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation (11/30/1784-11/22/1785)born on 1-20-1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia expired 6-19-1794 in Chantily, Virginia age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederate military commander Robert Edward Lee after the Civil War became president of Washington College, later renamed Washington & Lee; his estate in Arlington, Virginia became Arlington National Cemetery born on 1-19-1807 in Stratford, Virginia expired 10-12-1870 in Lexington, Virginia age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| longtime head of Lutheran Church communications Robert Edward Alexander Lee was the executive producer of the documentary A Time For Burning (1966) born on 11-9-1921 in Spring Grove, Minnesota expired 2-27-2009 in Baldwin, New York age 87 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Robert Edwin Lee co-wrote Inherit the Wind born on 10-15-1918 in Elyria, Ohio expired 7-8-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 75
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| former FCC commissioner Robert Emmet Lee born on 3-31-1912 expired 4-5-1993 in Arlington, Virginia age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Rowland Vance Lee made Barbed Wire (1927) & The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) born on 9-6-1891 in Findlay, Ohio expired 12-21-1975 in Palm Desert, California age 84 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Will Lee played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street (1969-82) born on 8-6-1908 in New York, New York expired 12-7-1982 in New York, New York age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
retired Marine Colonel William Andrew Lee fought in the "banana wars" in Central America in the 1920's and 1930s; earned three Navy Crosses for bravery; served with Chesty Puller
expired 12-27-1998 in Fredericksburg, Virginia age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Philip Leeds born on 4-6-1916 in New York, New York expired 8-16-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 82 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child actor Glenn Leedy played Toby in Song of the South (1946) born on 12-31-1935 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma expired 4-19-2004 in Brawley, California age 68 cause: emphysema AKS: Glen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
witch Sybil Leek
expired 10-26-1982 in Melbourne, Florida age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Robert Lees had been blacklisted for taking the 5th when McCarthy demanded names; wrote Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein born on 7-10-1912 in San Francisco, California expired 6-13-2004 in Hollywood, California age 91 cause: decapitated during robbery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| excommunicated French archbishop Marcel Francois Lefebvre born on 11-29-1905 in Tourcoing, France expired 3-25-1991 in Martigny, Switzerland age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"easy-listening" orchestra leader Raymond Lefèvre had 1968 instrumental hit with Ame Câline (Soul Coaxing)
expired 6-27-2008 in Seine-Port, France age 78 AKS: Lefevre Ame Caline Coaxin' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Eva Le Gallienne born on 1-11-1899 in London, England expired 6-3-1991 in Weston, Connecticut age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet and novelist Richard Le Gallienne father of Eva born on 1-20-1866 in Liverpool, England expired 9-14-1947 in Menton, France age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operetta composer Franz Lehar wrote the Merry Widow born on 4-30-1870 in Romorn, Austria-Hungary expired 10-24-1948 in Bad Ischl, Austria age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie screen writer Ernest Lehman received honorary oscar for scripting movies such as Sabrina (1954), The King and I (1956), North By Northwest (1959), West Side Story (1961), The Sound of Music (1965), Hello,
Dolly! (1969) & Black Sunday (1977) born on 12-8-1915 in New York, New York expired 7-2-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 89
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| retired airship captain Ernst A. Lehmann fatally burned while saving passengers aboard the Hindenburg born on 3-12-1886 in Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein, Rhein-Palatinate, Germany expired 5-7-1937 in Lakewood, New Jersey age 51 cause: third degree burns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operatic soprano Lotte Lehmann born on 2-27-1888 in Perleberg, Prussia, Germany expired 8-26-1976 in Santa Barbara, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist Phyllis Williams Lehmann an expert on the monuments and architecture of Samothrace born on 11-30-1912 in New York, New York expired 9-29-2004 in Haydenville, Massachusetts age 91 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch anarchist & writer Arthur Lehning born on 10-23-1899 expired 1-1-2000 in Le Plessis, Indre, France age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch geezer Paul Arthur Müller Lehning born on 10-23-1899 in Zeist, The Netherlands expired 1-1-2000 in Orléans, France age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction writer Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. born on 12-24-1910 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-5-1992 in San Francisco, California age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rock music lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber partnered with Mike Stoller to write "Hound Dog", "Yakety Yak", "Stand By Me", "On Broadway", "Jailhouse Rock", "Poison Ivy", "Charlie Brown", "Love Potion No. 9" and many more titles born on 4-25-1933 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 8-22-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: cardiopulmonary failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Samuel S. Leibowitz defended the Scottsboro Boys in their second & third trials; in appeals to the Supreme Court got retrials for the defendants based upon lack of adequate counsel & the systematic exclusion of blacks from the juries born on 8-14-1893 in Jassy, Romania expired 1-11-1978 in New York, New York age 84 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Psycho actress Janet Leigh not much of an athlete but takes one hell of a shower (played Marion Crane)
expired 10-3-2004 in Beverly Hills, California age 77 cause: vasculitis
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Academy Award-winning actress Vivien Leigh played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind (1939)
expired 7-8-1967 in London, England age 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage and screen actress Margaret Leighton won Tony awards in 1956 and 1962 as best actress/supporting actress on Broadway born on 2-26-1922 in Barnt Green, England expired 1-13-1976 in Chichester, West Sussex, England age 53 cause: "a form of sclerosis" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War II chorus girl Christabel Leighton-Porter model for the Daily Mirror's Jane comic strip (drawn by Norman Pett)
expired 12-6-2000 in Horsham, England age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Erich Leinsdorf lead the Boston Symphony Orhcestra (1962-69) born on 2-4-1912 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-11-1993 in Zürich, Switzerland age 81 cause: cancer
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| poet Hans Leip World War I soldier; before heading off to the Russian front wrote poem das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht (1915; The Song of a Young Sentry) - it later became the basis for the song Lili Marleen born on 9-22-1893 in Hamburg, Germany expired 6-6-1983 in Fruthwilen, Switzerland age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director James Mitchell Leisen directed The Big Broadcast of 1938 & Captain Carey, USA (1950) born on 10-6-1898 in Menominee, Michigan expired 10-28-1972 in Woodland Hills, California age 74 cause: coronary disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS News producer Ernest S. Leiser hired Dan Rather born on 2-26-1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-26-2002 in South Nyack, New York age 81 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U of M electrical engineer & computer science professor Dr. Emmett Norman Leith he extended the work of Dennis Gabor; with a colleague he produced the first cleaned resolved 3-dimensional hologram born on 3-12-1927 in Detroit, Michigan expired 12-23-2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 78 cause: internal hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4'11" gymnast & Ringling Brothers Circus aerialist Lillian Leitzel set world record for one-handed chinups (27) in 1918; on 2/14/31 (just after midnight) during Copenhagen performance equipment failure caused 29 foot fall to concrete arena floor - she suffered a bad concussion & spinal injuries but took a train to Berlin anyway to see her husband perform the next day; died at 2:08 a.m.
expired 2-15-1931 in Berlin, Germany age 38 cause: concussion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Marine Corps Commandant (1920-29) Lt. General John A. LeJeune superintendant of Virginia Military Institute (1929-37); Camp LeJeune is named for him born on --1876 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana expired 11-20-1942 in Baltimore, Maryland age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter/music producer Paul Theodore Leka co-wrote "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss him Goodbye)" for Steam (1969); wrote/produced the Lemon Pipers' 1967 hit "Green Tambourine" born on 2-20-1943 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 10-12-2011 in Sharon, Connecticut age 68 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rep. George Thomas "Mickey" Leland born on 11-27-1944 in Lubbock, Texas expired 8-6-1989 in Gambela, Ethiopia age 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Federico Leloir received the 1970 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 9-6-1906 in Paris, France expired 12-2-1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction write Stanislaw Lem wrote the novels His Master's Voice (1968) & Solaris (1961); Solaris was filmed twice: in 1972 by Andre Tarkovsky & in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh born on 9-21-1921 in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) expired 3-27-2006 in Krakow, Poland age 84 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil engineer/priest/astrophysicist Georges-Henri Edouard Le Maître in a disagreement with Einstein about the status of the universe propounded the expanding universe theory (aka: "Big Bang"; 1925) born on 7-17-1894 in Charleroi, Belgium expired 6-20-1966 in Louvain, Belgium age 71 AKS: George Edward Le Maitre LeMaitre La Maitre LaMaitre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Air Force General/SAC commander Curtis Emerson LeMay George Wallace's 1968 Vice-Presidential running mate; prepared to bomb "them" back to the stone age. born on 11-15-1906 in Columbus, Ohio expired 10-1-1990 in Riverside, California age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Harvey Lembeck
expired 1-5-1982 in Los Angeles, California age 58 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Jerome H. Lemelson had a hand in creating the fax machine, Sony Walkman & supermarket checkout scanners born on 7-18-1923 in New York, New York expired 10-1-1997 age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic "survivor" Joseph Lemercier was a wee "bun in the oven" when the ship sank born on 12-17-1912 expired 1-17-1987 age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| international law expert Raphael Lemkin coined word "genocide" in 1944 born on 6-24-1901 in Bialystock, Poland expired 8-28-1959 in New York, New York age 58 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "father of fluorescent lighting" Alfred Eugene Lemmers born on 7-7-1907 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 6-2-1992 age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III his dad was an executive with the Dougnut Corporation of America!; played Professor Fate in The Great Race (1965; "Push the button, Max!"), the lecherous landlord in Under the Yum Yum Tree & the dying college professor in Tuesdays With Morrie (1997)born on 2-8-1925 in Newton, Massachusetts, hospital elevator expired 6-27-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: complications from colo-rectal cancer
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| retired Baptist minister Lynn Thomas Lemon was one of the investors in Grave Robbers from Outer Space (1958; title later changed to Plan 9 ...) — in it he played the minister that officiated at the funeral of Inspector Daniel Clay (portrayed by G.D. Spradlin in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic of Ed Wood); reprised role in Invasion of
the Bee Girls (1973) born on 4-23-1917 in New York, New York expired 1-15-2008 in Bedford, Texas age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Cleveland pitcher Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon also managed the Yankees born on 9-22-1920 in San Bernardino, California expired 1-11-2000 in Long Beach, California age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Mark Lenard played Sarek, Spock's father, on original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Next Generation and several of the Star Trek motion pictures (III & IV) born on 10-15-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-22-1996 in New York, New York age 72 cause: multiple myeloma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Czech prime minister (1963-68) Jozef Lenárt acquitted of treason for his involvement in the August 1968 Soviet invasion that crushed the "Prague Spring" anti- born on 4-3-1923 in Liptovská Porúbka, Czechoslovakia expired 2-11-2004 in Prague, Czech Republic age 80 cause: complications following heart surgery AKS: Lenart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bagel maker Murray Isaac Lender son of the company founder & longtime company spokesman born on 10-29-1930 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 3-21-2012 in Miami, Florida age 81 cause: complications from fall; stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired bagel-baker Samuel A. Lender born on 7-2-1920 in Lublin, Poland expired 10-17-2004 in Boca Raton, Florida age 84 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Madeleine L'Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time (1962); winner of the Newbery Medal
expired 9-6-2007 in Litchfield, Connecticut age 88
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| writer Isobel Lennart wrote book & screenplay for Funny Girl; wrote screenplays for Anchors Aweigh, Please Don't Eat the Daisies and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness born on 5-18-1915 in New York, New York expired 1-25-1971 in Hemet, California age 55 cause: injuries sustained in car/train accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former Beatle John Winston Lennon husband of Yoko Ono born on 10-9-1940 in Liverpool, England expired 12-8-1980 in New York, New York age 40 cause: murdered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jay's mom Catherine M. Leno born on 5-1-1911 expired 6-26-1993 age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-5 astronaut William Benjamin "Bill" Lenoir was retired from teaching engineering at MIT born on 3-14-1939 in Miami, Florida expired 8-26-2010 in Sandoval County, New Mexico age 71 cause: head injury; fell off bicycle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Rosetta LeNoire played Grandma Winslow on Family Matters (1989-97); babysat James Earl Jones
expired 3-17-2002 in Teaneck, New Jersey age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Lotte Lenya played Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love (1963); wife of Kurt Weill
expired 11-27-1981 in New York, New York age 83
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vaudeville actor and minstrel singer Eddie Leonard noted for his renditions of Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider and Roly Boly Eyes, which he wrote
expired 7-29-1941 in New York, New York age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Frank E. "Lank" Leonard created the Mickey Finn comic strip (1936) born on 1-2-1896 expired 8-2-1970 in Miami, Florida age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Herbert Breiter "Bert" Leonard produced Rin Tin Tin, Circus Boy, Rescue 8, Route 66 & The Naked City tv series born on 10-8-1922 in New York, New York expired 10-14-2006 in Hollywood Hills, California age 84 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
insult comedian Jack E. Leonard
expired 5-10-1973 in New York, New York age 62 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Lu Leonard played the Fat Man's secretary on tv; appeared in Three Stooges shorts born on 1-1-1927 in Long Beach, New York expired 5-14-2004 in Woodland Hills, California age 77 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Anthony Leonard co-founder of Ticketmaster (1980); bought pre-existing competitor Ticketron (1990) born on 11-24-1932 in Watertown, Massachusetts expired 3-12-2003 in San Diego, California age 70 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor, producer Sheldon Leonard appeared in It's a Wonderful Life; produced tv's Dick Van Dyke Show, Andy Griffith Show, Danny Thomas Show, Gomer Pyle, and I, Spy
expired 1-10-1997 in Beverly Hills, California age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball Hall-of-Famer Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard played for thee Homestead Grays in the Negro Leagues born on 9-8-1907 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina expired 11-27-1997 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS News president William A. Leonard born on 4-9-1916 expired 10-23-1994 age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Italian president (1971-78) Giovanni Leone born on 11-3-1908 in Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy expired 11-9-2001 in outside Rome, Italy age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director Sergio Leone born on 1-3-1929 in Rome, Italy expired 4-30-1989 in Rome, Italy age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musicologist, harpsichordist & orchestra conductor Gustav Leonhardt was a proponent of "early" music born on 5-30-1928 in 's-Graveland, North Holland, The Netherlands expired 1-16-2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English teacher Anna Harriette Craford Leonowens spent five years (1862-67) in the employ of Siamese King Rama IV tutoring his son Prince Chulalongkorn; wrote highly sensationalised booklets about her "experiences" at court that became a basis for Margaret Landon's book
expired 1-19-1914 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wassily Wassilyvitch Leontief 1973 Nobel economics laureate born on 8-5-1906 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 2-5-1999 in New York, New York age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress, teacher, playwright Eugenie Leontovich born on 3-21-1900 in Moscow, Russia expired 4-2-1993 in New York, New York age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stupid rich kid Nathan Freudenthal Leopold attempted 1924 "perfect crime," the thrill-kill murder with Richard Loeb; got caught; stiffed Clarence Darrow for the promised fat fee; did time but eventually paroled born on 11-19-1904 in Kenwood, Illinois expired 8-28-1971 in San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico age 66 cause: heart attack; arteriosclerosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gymnast Jules Leotard invented the "flying" trapeze; eponymus inventor of exercise wear born on --1830 in Toulouse, France expired ??-??-1870 age 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist/cosmic ray researcher Dr. Louis Leprince-Ringuet born on 3-27-1901 in Alès, France expired 12-23-2000 in Paris, France age 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist/Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius gave catchy name to an ancient book of spells and charms — Todtenbuch der Agypter nach den hieroglyphischen papyrus in Turin mit einen vorworte zum ersten male ("Book of the Dead"; 1842) born on 12-23-1810 in Namburg-am-Saale, Germany expired 7-10-1884 in Berlin, Germany age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Collins' hubby Oscar S. Lerman born on 9-7-1919 expired 3-2-1992 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway lyricist Alan Jay Lerner collaborated with Frederick Loewe born on 8-31-1918 in New York, New York expired 6-14-1986 in New York, New York age 67
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| movie editor/director Carl Lerner edited The Boys in the Band (1970) & Klute (1971); directed Black Like Me (1964) born on 6-17-1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-26-1973 age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Max Lerner born on 12-20-1902 in Minsk, Russia expired 6-5-1993 age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| producer Mervyn Leroy directed Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) & No Time For Sergeants (1957); his was the projected image of the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz (1939; he produced the movie) born on 10-15-1900 in San Francisco, California expired 9-13-1987 in Beverly Hills, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Haitiian president (1941-1946) Elie Lescot overthrown by military coup that eventually installed Francois Duvalier born on 12-9-1883 expired 10-22-1974 in La Boule, Haiti age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Bethel Leslie born on 8-3-1929 expired 11-28-1999 in New York, New York age 70 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Donald James Leslie manufactured the Leslie Speaker for electric organs (like the Hammond) born on 4-13-1911 in Danville, Illinois expired 9-2-2004 in Altadena, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Leonard King "Len" Lesser played North Dakota Pete in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), Uncle Leo on Seinfeld (1991-98) & Nick Pappasmearos on Son of the Beach (2002) born on 12-3-1922 in New York, New York expired 2-16-2011 in Burbank, California age 88 cause: pneumonia; cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer Sol Lesser produced 19 Tarzan films; came up with the idead for the original movie rating system (G, PG, M & X) born on 2-17-1890 in Spokane, Washington expired 9-19-1980 in Hollywood, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway Open House co-host Jerry Lester co-hosted with Morey Amsterdam on network tv's first late-night talk show in 1950 and 1951 born on 2-16-1910 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-23-1995 in Miami, Florida age 85 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist, diplomat Seán Lester was High Commissioner of Danzig (1933-37); last secretary- born on --1888 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Irish Free State expired 6-13-1959 in Galway, Ireland age 71 AKS: Sean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv actor Terry Lester originated role of Jack Abbott on The Young and the Restless soap opera (1980-89); played Haron in Star Trek: Voyager episode Maneuvers (1995) born on 4-12-1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 11-28-2003 age 53 cause: heart problems; AIDS? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| standup comic William "Buddy" Lester brother of Jerry Lester; opened for Sinatra in Vegas; appeared in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960) & The Nutty Professor (1963) born on 1-16-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-4-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mechanical engineer/inventor William Morris Lester came up with the "Lester Machine," an automatic plastic injection molding machine (1935) born on 1-14-1908 in New York, New York expired 3-12-2005 in Delray Beach, Florida age 97 cause: injuries suffered in fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS News correspondent Lawrence Edward "Larry" LeSueur went ashore with first wave on D-Day; one of "Murrow's Boys" born on 6-10-1909 expired 2-5-2003 in Washington, District of Columbia age 93 AKS: Le Sueur LeSeur Le Sewer LeSewer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro hockey player Tony Leswick played with the Rangers, Red Wings & Blackhawks (1945-58)
expired 7-1-2001 in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Letelier former Chilean cabinet minister & ambassador to U.S. born on 4-13-1932 in Temuco, Chile expired 9-21-1976 in Washington, District of Columbia age 44 cause: car bomb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| earth-moving equipment manufacturer Robert Gilmore LeTourneau became an evangelist later in life born on 11-30-1888 expired 6-1-1969 in Longview, Texas age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer, pianist, Gershwin brothers buddy Oscar Levant sardonic humorist who was a regular on radio and tv talk shows in the 1940s and 1950s; a famous hypochondriac born on 12-6-1906 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 8-14-1972 in Beverly Hills, California age 65 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| humorist Samuel Levenson born on 12-11-1911 in New York, New York expired 8-27-1980 in Neponsit, New York age 68 cause: heart attack
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| folk music promoter Harold Leventhal presented such artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Theodor Bikel, Oscar Brand, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Jim Kweskin, The Mamas and the Papas, Phil Ochs, Odetta, Tom Paxton, Peter, Paul and Mary, Jean Ritchie, Earl Scruggs, The Weavers & Neil Young + the likes of Jacques Brel, Miriam Makeba, Nana Mouskouri, Jean Redpath and Ravi Shankar; produced several movies,
including Alice's Restaurant (1969), Bound For Glory (1976) & Wasn't That a Time! (1982); inspiration for the character Irving Steinbloom in A Mighty Wind (2003) born on 5-24-1919 in Ellenville, New York expired 10-4-2005 in New York, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent film actor Edward "Eddie" LeVeque last of the Keystone Kops born on 6-4-1896 expired 1-28-1989 age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier his calculations predicted the existence of a planet beyond Uranus (1846); it was first observed by Galle & d'Arrest later that year born on 5-11-1811 in Saint-Lô, France expired 9-25-1877 in Paris, France age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quebec separatist René Lévesque leader of Mouvement Souveraineté- born on 8-24-1922 in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada expired 11-1-1987 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 65
AKS: Rene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vaudeville star (1900-1925) Ethel Levey once married to George M. Cohan
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| Ford Attorney General (1975-77) Edward Hirsch Levi born on 6-26-1911 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-7-2000 in Chicago, Illinois age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Henry Levin directed Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Where The Boys Are (1960) and several Matt Helm movies (Murderer's Row in 1966 & The Ambusher's in 1967) born on 2-26-1909 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 5-1-1980 in California age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author/playwright Ira Marvin Levin wrote Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), & The Boys From Brazil (1976); wrote plays No Time For Sergeants (1956) & Deathtrap (1978) born on 8-27-1929 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 11-12-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 78 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| murder victim Jennifer Dawn Levin killed by "preppie" scumbag Robert Chambers born on 5-21-1968 expired 8-26-1986 in New York, New York age 18 cause: murdered; strangulation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York junk dealer Charles A. Levine first trans- born on 8-1-1898 expired 2-13-1965 in Elizabeth, New Jersey age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired NBC newsman Irving Raskin Levine born on 8-26-1922 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island expired 3-26-2009 in Boca Raton, Florida age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer Joseph Edward Levine produced The Graduate (1967) born on 9-9-1905 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-31-1987 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 81
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| lame-o-toy toy maven Milton Martin Levine with brother-in-law (E.J. Cossman) created the Uncle Milton's Ant Farm (1956) — sold 20 million of the things born on 11-3-1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-16-2011 in Thousand Oaks, California age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Philip Levine co-discoverer of the Rh factor in blood (with Landsteiner & Wiener) in 1937 born on 8-10-1900 in Kletsk, Russia expired 10-18-1987 in New York, New York age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Richard Levinson co-created Mannix, Columbo and Murder, She Wrote born on 8-7-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-12-1987 in Los Angeles, California age 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gas station gastronaut Adolph Levis Slim Jim co-creator (they were originally called Penn Rose); eventually sold the company to General Mills (1967) born on 8-4-1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-17-2001 in Boca Raton, Florida age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| anthropologist & mythologist Claude Gustave Lévi-Strauss born on 11-28-1908 in Brussels, Belgium expired 11-1-2009 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 100
AKS: Clawed Levi Strauss Levi-Strauss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| home builder Abraham Levitt built Levittown born on 7-1-1880 expired 8-20-1962 in Manhasset, New York age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| revered gastronaut Adolph Levitt founder of Doughnut Corp. of America expired 10-29-1953 in Manhasset, New York age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer/producer/director Gene Levitt co-created Fantasy Island (1978) born on 5-28-1920 in New York, New York expired 11-15-1999 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Saul Levitt wrote The Andersonville Trial (1959) born on 3-11-1911 expired 9-30-1977 in New York, New York age 66 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
murdered Washington D.C. Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Ann Levy had affair with congressman Gary Condit before disappearing 5/1/2001; skeletal remains found 5/22/2002 in D.C. parkborn on 4-14-1977 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-1-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia age 24 cause: murdered; strangled & sexually molested | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer David Levy created the Addams Family tv show (1964-66) born on 1-2-1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-25-2000 in Beverly Hills, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child psychiatrist Dr. David Mordecai Levy coined term "sibling rivalry"; introduced the Rorschach Test to the U.S. born on 4-27-1892 in Scranton, Pennsylvania expired 3-1-1977 in New York, New York age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former clinical psychologist Jacques Levy on Broadway directed Oh, Calcutta (1969) & Doonesbury, The Musical (1983) born on 7-29-1935 in New York, New York expired 9-30-2004 in New York, New York age 69 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Jules Victor Levy co-producer of The Rifleman and The Big Valley born on 2-12-1923 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-24-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 80 AKS: Levey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French filmmaker Raoul Levy started Brigitte Bardot in films born on --1922 in Anvers, Belgium expired 12-31-1966 in Saint Tropez, France age 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Raymond Lewenthal born on 8-29-1926 in San Antonio, Texas expired 11-21-1988 in Hudson, New York age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akamai Technologies co-founder (1998) Daniel Mark Lewin born on 5-14-1970 in Denver, Colorado expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York age 31 cause: aboard hijacked American Airlines flight 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer Robert C. Lewin was a supervising producer for Star Trek: The Next Generation born on 5-9-1920 in New York, New York expired 8-28-2004 in Santa Monica, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former president of programming for ABC, CBS & NBC Robert F. Lewine programmer responsible for The Mickey Mouse Club born on 4-16-1913 expired 12-13-1993 age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Al Lewis played Grandpa on The Munsters and Officer Schnauzer on Car 54, Where Are You?
expired 2-3-2006 in New York, New York age 82
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| Broadway producer Albert Lewis produced Cabin in the Sky, The Jazz Singer, Rain & Banjo Eyes born on 3-15-1885 expired 4-6-1978 in Beverly Hills, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Cathy Lewis appeared on My Friend Irma radio series and Hazel tv series born on 12-27-1916 in Spokane, Washington expired 11-20-1968 in Hollywood, California age 51 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"professional" wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis
expired 8-7-1966 in Muskogee, Oklahoma age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Caltech researcher Edward Bok Lewis his fruit flies helped him share the 1995 Nobel prize in medicine born on 5-20-1918 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania expired 7-21-2004 in Pasadena, California age 86 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper foreign affairs columnist Flora Lewis born on 7-29-1922 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-2-2002 in Paris, France age 79 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Furry" Lewis expired 9-14-1981 age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| old veteran Gerald Myer "Jerry" Lewis served in both World War I (for Canada) & World War II (for the U.S.) born on 7-2-1899 in London, England expired 10-15-2003 in Los Gatos, California age 104 cause: old age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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novelist Henry Sinclair Lewis wrote Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Dodsworth and Elmer Gantry; won 1930 Nobel Literature Prize born on 2-7-1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota expired 1-10-1951 in Rome, Italy age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nightclub comedian Joe E. Lewis born on 1-12-1902 in New York, New York expired 6-4-1971 in New York, New York age 69 cause: diabetic coma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Modern Jazz Quartet co-founder (1952) John Aaron Lewis group's pianist & arranger along with Milt Jackson (vibes), bassist Percy Heath & percussionist Connie Kay (replaced original drummer Kenny Clarke) born on 5-3-1920 in LaGrange, Illinois expired 3-29-2001 in New York, New York age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former British Stalag Luft No.13 prisoner John Dortch Lewis his exploits were the basis of Steve McQueen's character in the movie The Great Escape (1963) born on 11-13-1914 expired 8-8-1999 in Goldsboro, North Carolina age 84 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United mine Workers president (1920-60) John Llewellyn Lewis helped found, in 1935, the CIO born on 2-12-1880 in Lucas, Iowa expired 6-11-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| schlocky movie director Joseph H. Lewis directed Bombs Over Burma (1943) and film-noir classic Gun Crazy (1949) born on 4-6-1900 in New York, New York expired 8-30-2000 in Santa Monica, California age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz pianist Meade Anderson Lux Lewis introduced "boogie woogie" rhythmic style in 1938 born on 9-4-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-7-1964 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Purchase co-explorer Meriwether Lewis from 1804-1806 explored the region with William Clark; Sacagawea was their guide born on 8-18-1774 in Albemarle County, Virginia expired 10-11-1809 in Grinders Stand, Tennessee age 35 cause: suicide; gunshot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bluegrass gospel singer Pauline Holloway Lewis born on 6-10-1910 expired 2-8-2003 in Lincolnton, Georgia age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| critic, biographer & Yale professor (1959-88) Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis won Pulitzer prize for his 1976 biography of Edith Wharton born on 11-1-1917 expired 6-13-2002 in Bethany, Connecticut age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Army Air Corps Captain Robert Alvin Lewis co-pilot of plane that nuked Hiroshima born on 10-18-1917 in New York, New York expired 6-18-1983 in Newport News, Virginia age 65 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| game show host/panelist Robert Q. Lewis born on 4-5-1921 in New York, New York expired 12-11-1991 in Los Angeles, California age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ventriloquist Shari Lewis were lamb chops served at her wake?
expired 8-2-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 65 cause: pneumonia; complications from uterine cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bandleader Ted Lewis known for his trademark tagline "Is ev'rybody happy?"
expired 8-25-1971 in New York, New York age 80 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir William Arthur Lewis shared the 1979 Nobel prize in Economics born on 1-23-1915 in Saint Lucia expired 6-15-1991 in Bridgetown, Barbados age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer Bella Lewitzky born on 1-13-1916 in Llano del Rio commune, Mojave Desert, California expired 7-16-2004 in Pasadena, California age 88 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| neurologist Dr. Friederich Heinrich Lewy first to describe the form of dementia that has come to known as Lewy Body Disease born on 1-28-1885 in Berlin, Germany expired 10-5-1950 in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| construction firm owner Harold Alexander Ley his firm built the Chrysler Building in New York City expired 5-11-1956 in New York, New York age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German rocket expert & sci-fi writer Willy Ley a technical advisor on Frau im Mond (1929) born on 10-2-1906 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-24-1969 in New York, New York age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter/singer Pío Leyva performer with the "Buena Vista Social Club" group
expired 3-23-2006 in Havana, Cuba age 88 cause: heart attack; stroke AKS: Pio Moron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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