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retired MSU English Department professor  Carl David Mead   cracked the Japanese Administrative Code during World War II (April 1943) born on 5-4-1913 in Cadiz, Ohio expired 8-17-2005 in East Lansing, Michigan   age 92

irrigation engineer Dr.  Elwood Mead   was commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (1924-36); has a big lake behind a big dam named for him born on 1-16-1858 in Patriot, Indiana expired 1-26-1936 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78   cause: coronary thrombosis

anthropology fraud  Margaret Mead   wrote Coming of Age in Samoa (1926) ¤ Mrs. Gregory Bateson  born on 12-16-1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-5-1978 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: cancer

James Edward Meade   co-recipient of the 1977 Nobel prize in Economics born on 6-23-1907 in Swanage, Dorsetshire, England expired 12-22-1995 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 88

pianist & one-time comedian  Abbott Vaughn Meader   in 1962/63 had a smash hit with album The First Family; career bottomed-out with Linda Lovelace for President (1975) born on 3-20-1936 in Waterville, Maine expired 10-29-2004 in Auburn, Maine   age 68   cause: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; emphysema    Contest Selectors 2004 RR 5.6%    Scored 8.2000 solo points

early "astronaut" & Honeymooners actress  Audrey Meadows   played Alice Kramden; (despite Ralph's promises, she never did make it to the moon...) ¤ born: Audrey Cotter  born on 2-8-1922 in Wuchang, China expired 2-3-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: lung cancer

AFL-CIO president  William George Meany born on 8-16-1894 in New York, New York expired 1-10-1980 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 85    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HFS, MS 23.1% 1980 BD, DH, DR, DW, EB, GP, JH, JW, MM, RR 62.5%    Scored 1.5000 points

Aussie geezer  Beatrice Mears born on 3-4-1888 expired 12-3-2001 in Kensington Park, South Australia, Australia   age 113

former kid actor  Shirley Jean Rickert Measures   appeared in five Our Gang comedies (1931) then did five Mickey McGuire comedies (1933-34) as Tomboy Taylor; after the movies she became a burlesque stripper in the 1950s (as "Gilda" & "Her Crowning Glory") and then went into industrial hardware sales born on 3-25-1926 in Seattle, Washington expired 2-6-2009 in Saratoga Springs, New York   age 82   cause: cardiovascular disease

former auto dealer & Arizona governor (1987-8)  Evan Mecham   was impeached & removed from office in 1988 born on 5-12-1924 in Duchesne, Utah expired 2-21-2008 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 83   cause: Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2008 RPRM 3.1%    Scored 6.7000 solo points AKS: Meacham

former New Mexico governor & senator (1962-4)  Edwin Leard Mechem born on 7-2-1912 in Alamagordo, Otero County, New Mexico expired 11-27-2002 in Albuquerque, New Mexico   age 90

Dr.  Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov   shared the 1908 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on immunity born on 5-16-1845 in Kharkoff, Russia expired 7-16-1916 in Paris, France   age 71   cause: heart failure

Dr.  Peter Brian Medawar   shared the 1960 Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance born on 2-28-1915 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 10-2-1987 in London, England   age 72   cause: strokes

Texas death row inmate  Jose Ernesto Medellin ¤ number: 999134  born on 3-4-1975 in Mexico expired 8-5-2008 in Huntsville, Texas   age 33   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 OIE 3.2%

actress  Kay Medford born on 9-14-1920 in New York, New York expired 4-17-1980 in New York, New York   age 59

Catholic Church leader (1605)  Alessandro Ottaviano de Medici   elected 233rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March 31, 1605; was Pope for only 27 days after his election ¤ Pope Leo XI  born on --1535 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 4-27-1605 in Rome, Italy   age 69

Catholic Church leader (1559-1565)  Giovanni Angelo Medici   elected 225th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church December 26, 1559 ¤ Pope Pius IV  born on 3-31-1499 in Milan, Italy expired 12-9-1565 in Rome, Italy   age 66   cause: fever

Catholic Church leader (1513-1521)  Giovanni de' Medici   elected 218th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March 11, 1513 ¤ Pope Leo X  born on 12-11-1475 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 12-1-1521 in Rome, Italy   age 45   cause: malaria

Catholic Church leader (1523-1534)  Giulio de' Medici   elected 220th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church November 18, 1523 ¤ Pope Clement VII  born on --1478 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 9-25-1534 in Rome, Italy   age 56

Oklahoma death row inmate  Floyd Allen Medlock born on 10-9-1971 expired 1-16-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 29   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (only 2 of the minimum 3 needed)

Doo-wop singer/music arranger/record producer  Henry "Hank" Medress   as a member of The Tokens sang backup on The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1961); was producer (or co-producer) on a raft of hits: "One Fine Day (1963), He's So Fine (1963) & Sweet Talkin' Guy (1966) for The Chifons, The Happening, See You In September, I Got Rhythm, Tony Orlando's big hits Candida, Knock Three Times and Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1973) & Hot Hot Hot (1987) for Buster Poindexter born on 11-19-1938 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 6-18-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 68   cause: lung cancer

baseball Hall of Fame member  Joseph Michael "Ducky Joe" Medwick   played ball from 1932 to 1948 with "Gashouse Gang" born on 11-24-1911 in Carteret, New Jersey expired 3-21-1975 in Saint Petersburg, Florida   age 63   cause: heart attack

boxer  Eugene Walcott "Willie" Meehan   won 1918 fight decision over Jack Dempsey expired 2-9-1953 in San Francisco, California   age 79

World War II Port Chicago ammunition loader  Freddie Meeks   one of 50 sailors courts-martialed after catastrophic ship explosions; pardoned by Bubba (1999) born on 10-24-1919 in Natchez, Mississippi expired 6-19-2003 in West Los Angeles, California   age 83   cause: heart failure; gangrene; complications from diabetes

ESPN sportscaster  Thomas E. "Tom" Mees born on 10-13-1949 expired 8-14-1996 in Southington, Connecticut   age 46   cause: drowned in swimming pool

cartoon voice actor  Don Messick   provided the voice of Uniblab (from a Jetsons episode first broadcast 11/25/1962) born on 9-7-1927 in Buffalo, New York expired 10-24-1997   age 70   cause: stroke

retired Marine General  Vernon Megee born on 6-5-1900 in Broken Arrow, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) expired 1-14-1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico   age 91

graphic designer  Philip B. Meggs   wrote definitive history of graphic & advertising design born on 5-30-1942 in Newberry, South Carolina expired 11-20-2002 in Richmond, Virginia   age 60   cause: leukemia

last pure-blood Kaw Indian tribe member  William A. Mehojah   his tribe, also known as the Kanza or Kansa gave their name to the state of Kansas ¤ Indian name: "Little Star"  born on 8-6-1916 in Washunga, Oklahoma expired 4-23-2000 in Omaha, Nebraska   age 83   cause: lung failure

South Waziristan Pashtun tribal warlord Hakimullah  Baitullah Mehsud   provided safe haven for the Taliban; the mastermind behind the Benazir Bhutto assassination; ran training camps for suicide bombers born on --1981 in Landi Dhok, Bannu Region, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan expired 1-14-2010 in Tajaka, Orakzai, South Waziristan, Pakistan   age 28   cause: injuries provided by a Predator drone missle

Hedrick's widow  Gezina Meijer   co-founder of Michigan retailer (1934) born on 7-11-1886 in Overijssel, The Netherlands expired 2-1-1978 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 91

geezer  Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur born on 8-29-1880 in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada expired 4-16-1998 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada   age 117

violent Marxist "revolutionary" & crackpot bimbo  Ulrike Marie Meinhof   had pretenses of being a journalist; member of Germany's "Baader-Meinhof" gang of the late 1960s and early 1970s; took the coward's way out of prison born on 10-7-1934 in Oldenburg, Germany expired 5-9-1976 in Stuttgart, Germany   age 41   cause: suicide; hanged

former Israeli Prime Minister  Golda Meir   3rd Prime Minister of Israel (1964-74) ¤ born: Golda Mabovitz aka: Golda Myerson  born on 5-3-1898 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 12-8-1978 in Jerusalem, Israel   age 80   cause: leukemia

character actor  Gunter Meisner   played Hitler a lot; best remembered for playing the Everlasting Gobstopper-seeking Artur Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) born on 4-18-1926 in Bremen, Germany expired 12-5-1994 in Berlin, Germany   age 68   cause: heart failure

German Reich minister and Chancellery head  Otto Meissner   held the posts under Egbert, von Hindenburg and Hitler expired 5-27-1953 in München, Germany   age 73

Bill Meistrell   co-founded neoprene wetsuit maker Body Glove with his twin brother Bob (1965) born on 7-30-1928 in Boonville, Missouri expired 7-25-2006 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California   age 77   cause: Parkinson's disease

physicist and mathematician  Lise Meitner   co-discovered (with Otto Hahn) of Protactinium (element 91 — 1918); co-discovered of nuclear fission (1938) — wuz robbed by the Nobel Committee over da prize born on 11-17-1878 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 10-27-1968 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 89

opera diva Dame  Nellie Melba   famous for foods named in her honor: Peaches Melba and Melba Toast ¤ born: Helen Porter Mitchell Mrs. Charles Nesbitt Armstrong  born on 5-19-1859 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 2-23-1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 71

record producer & songwriter  Terry Melcher   son of Doris Day (by Al Jorden) ¤ born: Terry Jorden  born on 2-8-1942 in New York, New York expired 11-19-2004 in Beverly Hills, California   age 62   cause: melanoma

Wagnerian tenor  Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior born on 3-20-1890 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 3-18-1973 in Santa Monica, California   age 82   cause: liver tumor

animator  José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez   animated the Peanuts tv cartoons; povided the voice of Snoopy & Woodstock born on 11-15-1916 in Hermosilla, Sonora, Mexico expired 9-2-2008 in Santa Monica, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 2007 DTH 3.2% AKS: Jose Cuautemoc Melendez

French magician and movie producer/director  Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès   produced the first great science fiction special effects epic A Trip to the Moon (1902) born on 12-8-1861 in Paris, France expired 1-21-1938 in Paris, France   age 76 AKS: George Melies

Wham-O co-founder (1948)  Arthur K. "Spud" Melin   company bought rights to Pipco Flying Saucer (1955), later renamed the Pluto Platter (1957), finally the Frisbee (1958; named for character in 1950s Mr. Frisbie comic strip) born on 12-30-1924 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-28-2002 in Costa Mesa, California   age 77   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

pianist/bandleader  José Melis   Jack Paar's bandleader on Tonight Show (1957-62) ¤ full name: José Melis Guiu  born on 2-27-1920 in Havana, Cuba expired 4-7-2005 in Sun City, Arizona   age 85   cause: respiratory infection AKS: Jose

actress  Marisa Mell   played Eva Kant in Diabolik (1968) ¤ born: Marlies Theres Moitzi  born on 2-24-1939 in Graz, Austria expired 5-6-1992 in Vienna, Austria   age 53   cause: throat cancer

rickets researcher Sir  Edward Mellanby   his work led to the discovery of vitamin D born on --1884 in Hartepool, England expired 1-30-1955 in London, England   age 70

Frederick's of Hollywood founder  Frederick N. Mellinger born on 11-26-1913 in New York, New York expired 6-2-1990 in Los Angeles, California   age 76   cause: pneumonia

soccer player & sometime movie actor  Breno Mello   had the title role in Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959) born on 9-7-1931 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil expired 7-11-2008 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil   age 76   cause: heart attack

Harding/Coolidge/Hoover Treasury Secretary (1921-1932)  Andrew William Mellon   had peripheral involement in Teapot Dome scandal born on 3-24-1855 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 8-26-1937 in Southampton, New York   age 82

1993 Kentucky Derby winner's owner  Paul Mellon   son of Andrew W. born on 6-11-1907 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-1-1999 in Upperville, Virginia   age 91

banking family member  William Larimer Mellon   founder of Gulf Oil Company expired 10-8-1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 81

jazz/blues singer  Alan George Heywood Melly   lived a lively, if disolute, life; turned author later on in life born on 8-17-1926 in Liverpool, England expired 7-5-2007 in London, England   age 80   cause: lung cancer; vascular dementia    Contest Selectors 2007 DTM 3.2%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

polio researcher Dr.  Joseph Louis Melnick   earned Ph.D. in physiological chemistry (1936) born on 10-9-1914 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 1-7-2001 in Houston, Texas   age 86   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

author  Herman Melville   wrote Moby Dick (1851), Billy Budd, Typee and Bartleby, the Scrivener born on 8-1-1812 in New York, New York expired 9-28-1891 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: heart failure

actor  Sam Melville   played officer Mike Danko on The Rookies tv series born on 8-20-1936 in Fillmore, Utah expired 3-9-1989   age 52   cause: heart failure

Melville Corp. president (1030-56) & chairman (1956-77)  Ward Melville   originated the Thom McAn shoe line (1922; named for Scottish golf pro Thomas McCann) born on 1-5-1887 in New York, New York expired 6-9-1977 in New York, New York   age 90

character actor  Allan Melvin   appeared on Broadway in the original cast of Stalag 17 as Reed (1951-2); played Cpl. Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show as Sgt. Bilko's right-hand man & was Archie Bunker's neighbor & friend Barney on All In The Family born on 2-18-1923 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 1-17-2008 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: cancer

singer & band leader  Harold Melvin   leader of the Blue Notes band born on 6-25-1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-24-1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 57   cause: stroke

author, journalist, social critic  Henry Lewis Mencken   wrote The American Language; coined term ecdysiast born on 9-12-1880 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 1-29-1956 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 75

physicist  Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev   created the Period Table of the Elements (1869) born on 2-7-1834 in Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia expired 1-20-1907 in Saint Petersburg, Russia   age 72   cause: pneumonia

mob mouthpiece  Hiram Zaph Mendow   one of Capone's lawyers born on 8-6-1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 5-11-2001 in La Jolla, California   age 107

Chilean general  César Mendoza Durán   part of Pinochet's junta born on 9-11-1918 in Santiago, Chile expired 9-13-1996 in Santiago, Chile   age 78   cause: pancreatic cancer

Ethiopian  King Menelik II   became King (Negus) of Bezehob (1865); ruled 1889-1913 ¤ born: Sahle Mirian  born on 8-17-1844 in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia expired 12-12-1913 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   age 69

Ethiopian Empress  Wolzero Waizeur Menen   wife of Emperor Haile Selassie I; outlawed child marriage and harems expired 2-15-1962 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   age 71

Dutch orchestra conductor  Joseph Willem Mengelberg   exiled for collaborating with Nazis born on 3-28-1871 in Utrecht, Netherlands expired 3-22-1951 in Zuort, Switzerland   age 79

hunted Nazi  Josef Mengele ¤ pseudonym: Wolfgang Gerhard  born on 3-16-1911 in Gunzburg, Bavaria, Germany expired 2-7-1979 in Bertioga Beach, Brazil   age 67   cause: drowned; stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7%    confirmation of death came almost a decade later — no points scored AKS: Joseph

dapper actor  Adolph Jean Menjou born on 2-8-1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-29-1963 in Beverly Hills, California   age 73

Bergen-Belson concentration camp survivor  Irma Sonnenberg Menkel   in July 21, 1997 Newsweek article she claimed to be last person to see Anne Frank alive born on 4-21-1897 in Germany expired 12-21-1998 in Charlottesville, Virginia   age 101

animal trainer  Carmine "Bud" Mennella   J. Fred Muggs personal trainer born on 8-12-1921 expired 3-10-2002 in Tampa, Florida   age 80   cause: Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease

Jiffy Pop founder  Frederick C. Mennen born on 5-27-1928 in LaPorte, Indiana expired 3-19-1991 in LaPorte, Indiana   age 62

psychiatrist Dr.  Charles Frederick Menninger   co-founder of the Menninger Clinic (1920); brother of Karl & William expired 11-28-1953 in Topeka, Kansas   age 91

psychiatrist  Karl Menninger   co-founder of the Menninger Clinic (1920); brother of Charles & William born on 7-23-1893 in Topeka, Kansas expired 7-18-1990 in Topeka, Kansas   age 96

physician Dr.  William C. Menninger   co-founder of the Menninger Clinic (1920); brother of Charles & Karl born on 10-15-1899 in Topeka, Kansas expired 9-6-1966 in Topeka, Kansas   age 66

actress  Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor   played role of Eurydice in Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959) born on 1-3-1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (near) expired 8-25-2008 in Paris   age 72   cause: heart attack

composer  Gian-Carlo Menotti   wrote Amahl and the Night Visitors; cofounder of the Spoleto Festival born on 7-7-1911 in Cadigliano, Italy expired 2-1-2007 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 95    Contest Selectors 2007 NFG, PCD 6.5%    Scored 4.2500 points

1979 Mr. Olympia bodybuilder  Mike Mentzer born on 11-15-1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-10-2001 in Rolling Hills Estates, California   age 49   cause: heart attack

pianist  Yaltah Menuhin   Yehudi's younger sister born on 10-7-1921 in San Francisco, California expired 6-9-2001 in London, England   age 79

classical violinist & conductor Sir  Yehudi Menuhin ¤ brother of Hephzibah  born on 4-22-1916 in New York, New York expired 3-12-1999 in Berlin, Germany   age 82   cause: heart failure

Soviet OGPU (Unified State Political Directorate) head (1926-34)  Vyacheslav R Menzhinski   succeeded Dzerzhinski born on --1874 expired ??-??-1934   age 60

former Australian prime minister (1939-41; 1949-66) Sir  Robert Gordon Menzies born on 12-20-1894 in Jeparit Township, Victoria, Australia expired 5-15-1978 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   age 83

British Secret Intelligence Service head (1939-51) Major General Sir  Stewart Graham Menzies   Ian Fleming used him as the model for "M" in the James Bond book series expired 5-30-1968 in London, England   age 78

William Cameron Menzies   art director of 1933 live action Alice in Wonderland; production designer for Gone With the Wind (also 2nd unit director) and Invaders from Mars (1953; also directed); director of Things to Come (1936) born on 7-29-1896 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 3-5-1967 in Hollywood, California   age 70

Spanish assassin  Ramón Mercader   assassinated Leon Trotsky in Mexico on 8/20/1940 on orders of Stalin ¤ aka: Frank Jacson  born on --1914 expired 10-18-1978 in Havana, Cuba   age 64

song writer & movie composer  John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer   wrote lyrics for Hooray For Hollywood (1937 — from Hollywood Hotel; music by Dick Whiting) & Moon River (1961; music by Henry Mancini); won four Academy Awards; co-founded Capitol Records born on 11-18-1909 in Savannah, Georgia expired 6-25-1976 in Bel Air, California   age 66

cabaret artist  Mabel Mercer born on 2-1-1900 in Burton-on-Trent, England expired 4-20-1984 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts   age 84

blues singer & actress  Mary Ruth "Mae" Mercer   appeared in The Beguiled & Dirty Harry born on 6-12-1932 in Battleboro, North Carolina expired 10-29-2008 in Northridge, California   age 76   cause: stroke

radio dj & CBS network announcer  William Roscoe Mercer ¤ air name: "Rosko"  born on 5-25-1927 in New York, New York expired 8-1-2000 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: cancer

movie producer  Ismail Merchant   partnered with James Ivory & Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ¤ born: Ismail Noormohamed Abdul Rehman  born on 12-25-1936 in Bombay, India (now Mumbai) expired 5-25-2005 in London, England   age 68   cause: complications following surgery for stomach ulcers

greedy financier  Adolf Merckle   short-sold a bunch of VW stock but it went up in value, so he lost a bundle, leaving his business in shambles born on 3-18-1934 in Dresden, Germany expired 1-5-2009 in Blaubeuren, Germany   age 74   cause: suicide; stepped in front of a train

Never On Sunday actress  Melina Mercouri ¤ born: Maria Amalia Mercouri  born on 10-18-1925 in Athens, Greece expired 3-6-1994   age 71

Queen lead singer  Frederick Bulsara "Freddie" Mercury   sang Another One Bites the Dust (eventually, we all do) born on 9-8-1946 in Zanzibar, Zanzibar expired 11-24-1991 in Kensington, England   age 45

actor  Oliver Burgess Meredith   tv Batman's The Penguin; movies included: Of Mice and Men, Rocky, Advise and Consent and Grumpy Old Men born on 11-16-1907 in Lakewood, Ohio expired 9-9-1997 in Malibu, California   age 89   cause: complications from melanoma; Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 1979 MM 7.7% 1980 EB, MM 12.5%

geologist  Hans Merensky   discovered South African diamond and platinum deposits born on 3-16-1871 expired 10-21-1952 in Diuwelskloof, South Africa   age 81

Linotype inventor (1884)  Ottmar Mergenthaler born on 5-11-1854 in Hachtel, Germany expired 10-28-1899 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 45

Chilean Admiral  José Toribio Merino   part of Pinochet's junta expired ??-??-19??   age ??

singer/actress  Ethel Merman ¤ born: Ethel Agnes Zimmerman  born on 1-16-1909 in Astoria, New York expired 2-15-1984 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: glioblastoma

Broadway producer  David Merrick   produced Fanny (1954), The World of Suzie Wong (1958), Destry Rides Again (1958), Gypsy (1958), Irma La Douce (1960), Becket (1960), I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1961), Stop the World --- I Want to Get Off (1962), Oliver (1962), Hello, Dolly (1964), The Roar of the Greasepaint --- the Smell of the Crowd (1965), Cactus Flower (1965), 42nd Street (1980), .... ¤ born: David Margulois  born on 11-27-1911 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 4-25-2000 in London, England   age 88

disease victim  Joseph Carey Merrick   afflicted with genetic disease (originally thought to be neurofibramatosis; now diagnosed as Proteus Syndrome) that caused large bone tumors, resulting in severe disfigurment; life was basis for play and movie The Elephant Man ¤ aka: "The Elephant Man"  born on 8-5-1862 in Leicester, England expired 4-11-1890 in London, England   age 27   cause: asphyxiation/suffocation

Marion Eliza Merrick   sister of Joseph; afflicted with same disease born on 9-28-1867 in Leicester, England expired ??-??-1891 in Leicester, England   age 24   cause: mylitis

1984 Nobel laureate  Robert Bruce Merrifield   won in the chemistry category born on 7-15-1921 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-14-2006 in Cresskill, New Jersey   age 84

lyricist  Bob Merrill   wrote lyrics for Funny Girl and the songs How Much is that Doggie in the Window, Mairzy Doats and If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake ¤ born: Henry Robert Merrill Levan  born on 5-17-1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 2-17-1998 in Culver City, California   age 76   cause: suicide; gunshot

investment brokerage co-founder  Charles Edward Merrill   in 1914 co-founded Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; (later Beane got bumped by Smith) born on 10-19-1885 in Green Cove, Florida expired 10-6-1956 in Southampton, New York   age 70

World War II "Merrill's Marauders" leader Major General  Frank Dow Merrill born on 12-4-1903 expired 12-11-1955 in Fernandina Beach, Florida   age 51

actor  Gary Merrill born on 8-2-1914 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 3-5-1990 in Falmouth, Maine   age 75   cause: lung cancer

radio/tv writer  Howard Merrill   co-creator of the I've Got A Secret game show (1952) born on 3-27-1916 in New York, New York expired 4-20-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 86

actress & singer  Joan Merrill born on 1-2-1918 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 5-10-1992 in New York, New York   age 74   cause: stroke

former opera baritone  Robert Merrill ¤ born: Moishe Miller intermediate name change: Merrill Miller  born on 6-4-1917 in New York, New York expired 10-23-2004 in New Rochelle, New York   age 87

sociologist  Robert King Merton   coiner of such terms as "self-fulfilling prophecy" & "role models" ¤ born: Meyer R. Schkolnick  born on 7-4-1910 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-23-2003 in New York, New York   age 92

Trappist monk & author  Thomas Merton   wrote The Seven Story Mountain (1948); influenced by a meeting with Hindu scholar Mahanambrata Brahmachari born on 1-31-1915 in Prades, France expired 12-9-1968 in Bangkok, Thailand   age 53   cause: accident

physician  Franz Anton Mesmer   did early studies of hypnotism; the effect of being "put under" came to be known as being mesmerized born on 5-23-1734 in Baden-Baden, Germany expired 3-5-1815 in Merseburg, Germany   age 80

former Philips Electronics executive  John Carl Messerschmitt   involved in the introduction of the laser video disc, compact disc & CD-ROM to the U.S. market; cousin of plane designer Willie Messerschmitt born on 5-24-1922 in New York, New York expired 4-8-2004 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: pancreatic cancer

German industrialist  Wilhelm "Willy" Messerschmitt   designed & built aircraft born on 6-26-1898 in Augsburg, Germany expired 9-15-1978 in München, Germany   age 80   cause: complications following surgery

French composer  Olivier Eugene Prosper Charles Messiaen born on 12-10-1908 in Avignon, France expired 4-28-1992 in Paris, France   age 83    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former Brenda Starr cartoonist  Dalia "Dale" Messick   created comic strip in 1940 born on 4-11-1906 in South Bend, Indiana expired 4-5-2005 in Penngrove, California   age 98    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1% 2003 COCO, JL, PCD 16.7% 2004 DTM, PCD 11.1% 2005 DTM, PCD 8.7%    Scored 3.9500 points

former French prime minister (July 1972-May 1974)  Pierre August Joseph Messmer born on 3-20-1916 in Vincennes, France expired 8-29-2007 in Paris, France   age 91

weepy PTL hustler  Tamara Faye LaValley Bakker Messner   ex-wife of Jim Bakker; her second marriage was to the builder of PTL headquarters & "theme park" Roe Messner ¤ aka: Tammy Faye  born on 3-7-1942 in International Falls, Minnesota expired 7-20-2007 in Loch Lloyd, Missouri   age 65   cause: lung cancer; colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 ANG, QKU, WORM 13.0% 2006 ANG, BONY, CSI, DFFC, KLS, LMLD, QKU, RAVN, RR, XXX 33.3% 2007 ADWC, ANG, AUDC, BOD, DFFC, DGW, GOHI, KLS, LMLD, MOT, PUD, QKU, RAVN, RPRM, RR, SBAP, TFM 54.8%    Scored 6.0000 points

renowned political party giver  Perle Skirvin Mesta   U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg (1949-53); Irving Berlin wrote Call Me Madam about her; called the "Hostess with the Mostess" ¤ born: Pearl Fried Skirvin  born on 10-12-1891 in Sturgis, Michigan expired 3-16-1975 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 83

free diver  Audrey Mestre   attempted to set new world record (561 ft). born on 8-11-1974 in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France expired 10-12-2002 in La Romana, Dominican Republic   age 28   cause: drowned; blacked out hundreds of feet down

author  Grace de Rapentigny Metalious   wrote Peyton Place (1956) born on 9-8-1924 in Manchester, New Hampshire expired 2-25-1964 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 39

Greek dictator General  John Metaxas   "ruled" from August 1936 until his death ¤ real name: Ioannis Metaxas  born on 4-12-1871 in Cephalonia, Greece expired 1-29-1941 in Athens, Greece   age 69   cause: throat infection

Greenpeace co-founder  E. Bennett Metcalfe   first chairman of the organization born on 10-31-1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada expired 10-14-2003 in Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada   age 83   cause: heart attack

1940s & 50s "mad bomber"  George P. Metesky   paranoid schizophrenic with impulses to martyrdom; spent 17 years in Matteawan booby hatch for 37 blasts he set off in New York City ¤ aka: "F.P." (Fair Play)  born on 11-2-1903 in Waterbury, Connecticut expired 5-23-1994 in Waterbury, Connecticut   age 90

Humphrey Bogart's first wife actress  Mayo Methot born on 3-3-1904 in Portland, Oregon expired 6-9-1951 in Multhomek, Oregon   age 47   cause: complications from surgery

mathematician  Nicholas C. Metropolis   early participant in the Manhattan Project; famous for statistical probability "Monte Carlo" method; used a colleague's stored program concept in leading teams that constructed the Maniac and Maniac II (Mathematical and Numerical Integrator And Computer) computers at Los Alamos Lab; founded the Institute for Computer Research at the University of Chicago (1957) born on 6-11-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-17-1999 in Los Alamos, New Mexico   age 84

minstrel show & vaudeville bandleader  Theodore August Metz   said to have ushered in jazz with his 1886 composition Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight born on 3-14-1848 in Hannover, Prussia, Germany expired 1-12-1936 in New York, New York   age 87

former Ohio Senator (1975-95)  Howard Morton Metzenbaum   co-founded APCOA, the overpriced airport parking company born on 6-4-1917 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-12-2008 in Aventura, Florida   age 90    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ROTS 12½% 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 TAP 5.6%

former Dannon Co. president and chairman  Juan E. Metzger   came up with idea of putting fruit in the yogurt cup born on 11-4-1918 in Barcelona, Spain expired 9-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: heart failure

New York Yankees left fielder  Robert William "Bob" Meusel   batted fifth in Murderers' Row born on 7-19-1896 in San Jose, California expired 11-28-1977 in Downey, California   age 81

CIA agent (1951-77)  Cord Meyer Jr.   involved in the MK-Ultra LSD program; his ex-wife, Mary Pinchot Meyer, was JFK's last mistress; brother-in-law of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee born on 11-10-1920 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 3-13-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80   cause: lymphoma

Playboy June 1955 Playmate of Month  Eve Turner Meyer   wife of Russ (1952-70); appeared in The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) ¤ born: Evelyn Eugene Turner aka: Eve Turner Flores  born on 12-13-1928 in Griffin, Georgia expired 3-27-1977 in Tenerife, Islas Canarias (Canary Islands)   age 48   cause: jumbo jet collision

pediatric virologist Dr.  Harry Martin Meyer Jr.   a developer of the rubella (German measles) vaccine (1966) ¤ nickname: "Hank"  born on 11-25-1928 in Palestine, Texas expired 8-19-2001 in Kenmore, Washington   age 72   cause: T-cell lymphoma

former Dell Publishing head  Helen Honig Meyer   started with the firm as a clerk in 1923 born on 12-4-1907 in New York, New York expired 4-21-2003 in Livingstone, New Jersey   age 95

songwriter  Joseph Meyer   wrote If You Knew Susie (1925) & Crazy Rhythm (1928) born on 3-12-1894 in Modesto, California expired 9-24-1987 in New York, New York   age 93

former DePaul basketball coach (1942-84)  Raymond Joseph "Ray" Meyer   coached George Mikan in college born on 12-18-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-17-2006   age 92   cause: congestive heart failure

nudie movie director  Russell Albion Meyer   nicknamed "King Leer"; made The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959), Vixen (1969) and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; also shot several early Playboy Playmate gatefolds; a tale told to E.M. Nathanson became the basis for the book The Dirty Dozen born on 3-21-1922 in San Leandro, California expired 9-18-2004 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 82   cause: complications from pneumonia; dementia    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2003 ABRA, CSI 11.1% 2004 CSI 5.6%    Scored 6.8000 solo points AKS: Russ

Dr.  Otto Fritz Meyerhof   shared the 1921 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on the glycogen to lactic acid cycle in cells born on 4-12-1884 in Hannover, Germany expired 10-6-1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 67   cause: heart attack

1930s & 40s jazz clarinetist  Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow   had a serious drug problem born on 11-9-1899 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-5-1972 in Paris, France   age 72   cause: arthritis of spinal cord

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