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Ink Spots lead tenor  James E. "Jim" Nabbie born on 4-21-1920 expired 9-12-1992   age 72

Vladimir's widow  Véra Evseevna Nabokov ¤ née: Slonim  born on 1-5-1902 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 4-7-1991   age 89 AKS: Vera

writer  Vladimir Nabokov   wrote Lolita (1955) & Ada (1969) ¤ born: Vladimir Sirin  born on 4-23-1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 7-2-1977 in Montreux, Switzerland   age 78   cause: viral infection

journalist  Jerome A. "Jerry" Nachman born on 2-24-1946 in New York, New York expired 1-19-2004 in Hoboken, New Jersey   age 57

actor  George Nader   star of Robot Monster (1953) born on 10-19-1921 in Pasadena, California expired 2-4-2002 in Woodland Hills, California   age 80   cause: cardio-pulmonary failure; pneumonia; mulitple cerebral infarctions

Canadian geezer  Marie-Laure Nadon born on 4-12-1889 in Quebec, Canada expired 8-18-2001   age 112

shipping executive  Arne Naess ¤ born: Arne Raab former Mr. Diana Ross  born on 12-8-1937 in Germany expired 1-13-2004 in Francschoek, South Africa   age 66   cause: fall while rock climbing

widow of Hirohito Dowager  Empress Nagako Kotiago   mother of Emperor Akihito born on 3-6-1903 expired 6-16-2000 in Tokyo, Japan   age 97   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 HA 7.7% 1980 RR 6.3% 2000 IVY 14%    Scored 5.3000 solo points

1920s movie actor  Conrad Nagel   co-founder of AMPAS born on 3-16-1897 in Keokuk, Iowa expired 2-24-1970 in New York, New York   age 72

Chicago Bears running back (1930-37; 1943) & NFL Hall-of-Famer  Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski   also did some pro wrasslin' (1938-50) born on 11-3-1908 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada expired 1-7-1990 in International Falls, Minnesota   age 81

Hungarian World War I naval hero Admiral  Nicholas Vietz Horthy de Nagybanya   named regent in 1920, ruled as head of state until 1944 expired 2-9-1957 in Estoril, Portugal   age 88

movie actor  Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish   master of dialects born on 1-21-1900 in New York, New York expired 1-24-1973 in La Jolla, California   age 73

former Afghan president (1986-92)  Mohammed Najibullah Ahmadzai   installed by the Soviets, removed by the Taliban born on 8--1947 in Paktia, Pakistan expired 9-27-1996 in Kabul, Afghanistan   age 49   cause: executed; hanged; stabbed; shot; strangled

first RCA president (1919-23)  Edward Julian Nally expired 9-22-1953 in Bronxville, New York   age 95

Chogyal (ruler)  Palden Thondup Namgyal   King of Sikkim (1963-75), an Indian "protectorate" until they booted him out and annexed the kingdom; married American debutante born on 5-22-1923 in Gangtok, Khan Province, Sikkim expired 1-29-1982 in New York, New York   age 58   cause: complications from cancer surgery

Crown Prince of Sikkim  Tenzing Kunzsang Jigme Namgyal   step-son of Hope Cooke born on 3-13-1952 in Sikkim expired 3-11-1978 in Gangtok, Sikkim   age 25   cause: car crash

Nam Phuong   wife (separated) of former Annam (Vietnam) "Emperor" Bao Dai expired 9-15-1963 in Chabrignac, France   age 48

composer  Conlon Nancarrow   wrote for the player piano born on 10-27-1912 in Texarkana, Arkansas expired 8-10-1997 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 84

former AFL football player  James "Jim" Nance born on 12-30-1943 expired 6-16-1992   age 48

actor  Marvin John "Jack" Nance   played title role in Eraserhead (1978); widower of Kelly Jean Van Dyke born on 12-21-1943 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-29-1996 in Pasadena, California   age 53   cause: internal head injuries sustained in Winchell's donut shop brawl

one-time Artic explorer  Fridtjof Nansen   was the first director of the League of Nation's High Commission for Refugees; invented the "Nansen passport"; attempted to create a homeland for the Armenian people following the Turkish holocaust (1925); awarded the 1922 Nobel peace prize born on 10-10-1861 in Store Frøen, Norway expired 5-13-1930 in Lysaker, Norway   age 68

actor  Alan Napier   played Alfred the butler on 1960's Batman tv series ¤ born: Alan Napier-Clavering  born on 1-7-1903 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 8-8-1988 in Santa Monica, California   age 85   cause: stroke

diminutive French Emperor  Napoleon I   had the Pope kidnapped (1798); "met his Waterloo" at Waterloo (1815) ¤ real name: Napoleon Bonaparte  born on 8-15-1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica expired 5-5-1821 in Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean   age 51   cause: arsenic poisoning ???

horror film director  Saurabh USha Narang   made Vaastu Shastra born on --1973 expired 6-26-2010 in Colombo, Sri Lanka   age 37   cause: stomach cancer    Contest Selectors 2010 LMLD 3.7%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (only one in alt.obituaries newsgroup) AKS: Sourabh

Indian politician  Jaya Prakash Narayan born on 10-11-1902 in Bihar, Sarah District, India expired 10-8-1979 in Patna, India   age 76   cause: heart ailment

former Indian president (1997-2002)  Kocheril Raman Narayanan   first individual from the Dalits ("Untouchable") Caste to become president born on 10-27-1920 in Uzhavoor, Kerala State, India expired 11-9-2005 in New Delhi, India   age 85   cause: pneumonia; kidney failure

novelist & storyteller  Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami   wrote Waiting for the Mahatma (1955), Lawley Road (1956), A tiger for Malgudi (1983) born on 10-10-1906 in Madras, India expired 5-13-2001 in Madras, India   age 94   cause: heart failure; duodenal ulcer

original 1960 Video Village emcee  John L. "Jack" Narz   was host of the Dotto game show when the game show fixing scandal hit (he knew nothing); also narrated Superman and the Mole Men (1951) & Space Patrol (1950- ); brother of Tom Kennedy; brother-in-law of Bill Cullen born on 11-13-1922 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 10-15-2008 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85   cause: complications from strokes    Contest Selectors 2007 AUDC 3.2%

auto pioneer  Charles Warren Nash   organized Nash Motors Co. in 1916 expired 6-6-1948 in Beverly Hills, California   age 84

Clarence Nash   provided the voice of Donald Duck in cartoons born on 12-7-1904 in Watonga, Oklahoma expired 2-20-1985 in Burbank, California   age 80   cause: leukemia

playwright  Nathan Richard Nash   wrote The Rainmaker (1954) ¤ born: Nathan Richard Nasbaum  born on 6-8-1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-11-2000 in New York, New York   age 87

poet, lyricist  Ogden Frederick Nash   wrote poem "Candy is Dandy, but Liquor is Quicker." born on 8-19-1902 in Rye, New York expired 5-19-1971 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 68

jerkwadd  Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.   a member of Howard Stern's obnoxious retinue ¤ aka: "Hank - the Angry, Drunken Dwarf"  born on 4-20-1962 in Fall River, Massachusetts expired 9-4-2001 in Fall River, Massachusetts   age 39   cause: seizure; ethanol abuse; chondrodystrophy

purported scoundrel  Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan   was the first president of the Maldives (1968-78); resigned and fled to Singapore just ahead of the constabulary born on 9-2-1926 in Fuvammulah, Maldives (British protectorate) expired 11-22-2008 in Singapore   age 82   cause: kidney failure

former Egyptian Army officer and ruler  Gamal Abdel Nasser   overthrew King Farouk in 1952 born on 1-15-1918 in Beni Mor, Egypt expired 9-28-1970 in Cairo, Egypt   age 52

magazine publisher  Condé Nast born on 3-26-1874 in New York, New York expired 9-19-1942 in New York, New York   age 68

editorial cartoonist  Thomas Nast   Tammany Hall corruption fighter; originated the Donkey and Elephant symbols of the Democrat and Republican parties; term "nasty" originally described his style of cartooning born on 9-27-1840 in Landau, Germany expired 12-7-1902 in Guayanquil, Equador   age 62

former Soupy Sales cohort  Frank Nastasi   filled in for Clyde Adler when it came time to throw pies, do skits, perform the puppets (White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie, Hippie, et al) born on 1-7-1923 in Detroit, Michigan expired 6-15-2004 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: brain tumor

former Indonesian General  Abdul Haris Nasution   fought in their war of independence from the Netherlands after World War II born on 12-3-1918 in Kotanopan, Sumatra expired 9-6-2000 in Jakarta, Indonesia   age 81   cause: coma; stroke

former Serbian  Queen Natalia expired 5-6-1941 in Serbia   age 82

Kentucky rep. (1953-94)  William Houston Natcher   Guinness Book congressional consecutive-vote record holder (18,401) born on 9-11-1909 in Bowling Green, Kentucky expired 3-29-1994 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 84

Broadway/radio actress  Elinor Hirschfield Nathan   played Ruby Taylor on Amos 'n' Andy radio series ¤ stage name: Elinor Harriot  born on 8-30-1910 in Duluth, Minnesota expired 6-10-2000 in Beverly Hills, California   age 89

microbiologist  Daniel Nathans   shared the 1978 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-30-1928 in Wilmington, Delaware expired 11-16-1999 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 71

ax-wielding fanatic  Carry Amelia Moore Nation   saloon-smashing radical temperance loon born on 11-25-1846 in Garrard County, Kentucky expired 6-9-1911 in Leavenworth, Kansas   age 64

Giulio Natta   shared the 1963 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 2-26-1903 in Imperia, Italy expired 5-2-1979 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy   age 76

actress  Mildred Natwick born on 6-19-1908 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 10-26-1994   age 89

former South African Dutch Reform Church cleric  Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé   renounced apartheid as a religious fraud (1960) born on 5-10-1915 in Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa expired 9-7-2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa   age 89 AKS: Naude

Irish writer  William John Francis "Bill" Naughton born on 6-12-1910 in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland expired 1-9-1992 in Ballasalla, Isle of Man, England   age 82

banker & philanthropist  Walter W. Naumburg   founded a musical foundation to help young musicians expired 10-17-1959 in New York, New York   age 91

Titanic survivor  Michel M. Navratil born on 6-12-1908 in Nice, France expired 1-31-2001 in Montpellier, France   age 92    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½%    Scored 5.8000 solo points

Arnold N. Nawrocki   created first practical cheese wrapping process at Clearfield Cheese Company (1950s) permitting individually-wrapped slices born on 2-21-1925 expired 6-30-2003 in Sun City, Arizona   age 78   cause: complications from kidney disease

movie producer  Nicholas Nayfack   made Forbidden Planet (1956) born on --1909 expired 3-30-1958 in Beverly Hills, California   age 49   cause: heart attack

lawyer  John Randolph Neal   headed defense team in Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925) expired 11-23-1959 in Rockwood, Tennessee   age 83

former NBC correspondent (1948-86)  Roy Neal   covered the early NASA space program for the network ¤ real name: Roy Neal Hinkle  born on --1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-15-2003 in High Point, North Carolina   age 82

B movie actor  Tom Neal   movie career came to an end in 1951 when he got into a brawl with Franchot Tone (sending him to the hospital); spent 7 years in prison for the 1965 death of his wife born on 1-28-1914 in Evanston, Illinois expired 8-7-1972 in Hollywood, California   age 59   cause: "natural causes"

Hall-of-Fame coach (Philadelphia Eagles)  Earle "Greasy" Neale expired 11-2-1973 in Lake Worth, Florida   age 81

cinematographer & director  Ronald Neame   made The Poseidon Adventure (1972) & The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie born on 4-23-1911 in London, England expired 6-16-2010 in Los Angeles, California   age 99   cause: complications from fall    Contest Selectors 2008 OED 3.1% 2009 GOHI, OED 6.7%

author  Helen Nearing ¤ née: Knothe  born on 2-23-1904 in Ridgewood, New Jersey expired 9-18-1995 in Harborside, Maine   age 91   cause: car crash

once-disbarred lawyer  Vivienne Wax Nearing   as a contestant on 21 dethroned Charles Van Doren as champion; later got caught lying to the grand jury investigating the game show fraud — convicted of perjury and disbarred for six months born on 2-3-1926 in New York, New York expired 7-4-2007 in East Hampton, New York   age 81   cause: adrenal cancer

stage theater owner  David T. Nederlander   owned New York's Palace and Detroit's Fisher theaters born on 5-24-1886 expired 10-14-1967 in Detroit, Michigan   age 81

computer security expert  Roger M. Needham   headed Cambridge University's computer science lab (1980-95); devised a method of encrypting password files (1967); with Michael Schroeder published his research (1978) born on 2-9-1935 in Doncaster, England expired 2-28-2003 in Coton, England   age 68   cause: cancer

physicist  Louis-Eugène-Félix Néel   his discoveries in anti-ferromagnetism earned him a share of the 1970 Nobel prize in physics born on 11-22-1904 in Lyons, France expired 11-17-2000 in Brive-Corrèze, France   age 95 AKS: Louis Eugene Felix Neel

actress  Pola Negri ¤ born: Barbara Appolonia Chalupiec  born on 12-31-1894 in Janova, Poland expired 8-1-1987 in San Antonio, Texas   age 92

director  Jean Negulesco   made How To Mary a Millionaire (1953), Titanic (1953), Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) & Hello-Goodbye (1970) born on 2-26-1900 in Craiova, Dolj, Romania expired 7-13-1993 in Marbella, Spain   age 93   cause: heart failure

former WLS radio engineer  Charles F. "Charlie" Nehlsen   recorded Herb Morrison's description of the Hindenburg crash born on 1-11-1902 expired 3-30-1980 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78 AKS: Nehlson Nelsen Nelson Nelhsen Nelhson Nielson Nielsen Neilson Neilsen

Indian Prime Minister (1947-64)  Jawaharial Nehru born on 11-14-1889 in Allahabad, India (now Uttar Pradesh) expired 5-27-1964 in Delhi, India   age 74

songwriter  Fred Neil   wrote Everybody's Talkin' (theme of Midnight Cowboy; 1969) born on 1-1-1937 in Saint Petersburg, Florida expired 7-7-2001 in Summerland Key, Florida   age 64   cause: "natural causes"

former Philadelphia Flyers hockey coach (1998-2000)  Roger Paul Neilson born on 6-16-1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 6-21-2003 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada   age 69   cause: skin & bone cancer    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2001 ANG, TEX 25% 2002 ANG, DTM, JAC, JL 36.4% 2003 ANG, DTM 11.1%    Scored 6.8500 points

Neiman-Marcus co-founder (1907)  Abraham Lincoln Neiman   husband of Carrie expired 10-21-1970 in Arlington, Texas   age 95

Neiman-Marcus co-founder (1907)  Carrie Neiman   wife of Abe expired 3-6-1953 in Dallas, Texas   age 69

Ava Thelma Nelson   survivor of the Bath School bombing (1927) ¤ born: Ava Thelma Sweet  born on 10-31-1913 in Bath, Michigan expired 1-30-2001 in Holiday, Florida   age 87

actor  Barry Nelson   was the first James Bond actor in a 1954 Climax! tv series production of Casino Royale (the character was referred to as Jimmy Bond in show) ¤ born: Robert Haakon Nielson  born on 4-16-1917 in San Francisco, California expired 4-7-2007 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania   age 89    Contest Selectors 2007 WEP 3.2%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

singer/actress  Betty Mae "Portia" Nelson   played Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music (1965) born on 5-27-1920 in Brigham City, Utah expired 3-6-2001 in New York, New York   age 80

Eskimo Pie creator  Christian K. Nelson born on 3-12-1896 expired 3-8-1992 in Laguna Hills, California   age 95

R&B singer/songwriter/musician  Earl Lee Nelson   co-wrote "Harlem Shuffle" (1963; produced by Barry White); recorded The Duck (1965) & The Chicken (1970) under the pseudonym "Jackie Lee" born on 9-8-1928 in Lake Charles, Louisiana expired 7-12-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: Alzheimer's disease

rock singer  Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson   son of Ozzie & Harriet born on 5-8-1940 in Teaneck, New Jersey expired 12-31-1985 in DeKalb, Texas   age 45   cause: plane crash

pioneering aviator Brigadeer General  Erik Henning Nelson   half of piloting team that completed first round-the-world flight in 1924 born on 6-12-1888 in Sweden expired 5-9-1970 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 81

former Wisconsin senator (1963-80)  Gaylord Anton Nelson   co-founder of Earth Day (4/22/1970) born on 6-4-1916 in Clear Lake, Wisconsin expired 7-3-2005 in Kensington, Maryland   age 89   cause: cardiovascular failure

Ozzie's widow  Harriet Hilliard Nelson ¤ born: Peggy Lou Snyder  born on 7-18-1909 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 10-2-1994 in Laguna, California   age 85   cause: congestive heart failure

Rear Admiral  Horatio Nelson born on 9-29-1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England expired 10-21-1805 in Trafalgar   age 47   cause: musket ball

golfer  John Byron Nelson Jr. born on 2-4-1912 in Waxahachie, Texas expired 9-26-2006 in Roanoke, Texas   age 94    Contest Selectors 2002 DTM 9.1% 2003 DTM, KOHD, PCD 16.7% 2004 ADWC, ANG, DTM, PCD, SS 27.8% 2005 ADWC, ANG, DTM, PCD, SLIM, SPIT 26.1% 2006 ADWC, ANG, BOD, DTM, OIE, PCD, RIE, SPIT, 4GUE 30.0%    Scored 3.1098 points

Clinton apologist  Lars-Erik Nelson   had political column in New York Daily News (1979-93 & 1995-2000) born on 10-15-1941 in New York, New York expired 11-21-2000 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 59   cause: stroke

sportscaster  Lindsey Nelson born on 5-25-1919 in Campbellsville, Tennessee expired 6-10-1995 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 76   cause: pneumonia; complications from Parkinson's disease

jazz trombonist  Louis H. Nelson born on 9-17-1902 expired 4-5-1990   age 87

jazz saxophonist & composer  Oliver Edward Nelson born on 6-4-1932 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-27-1975 in Los Angeles, California   age 43   cause: heart attack

bandleader and tv show producer/actor  Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson   produced, directed, co-starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on radio (1944-52) and tv (1952-66); earned a law degree from Rutgers (1930) born on 3-20-1907 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 6-3-1975 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 69   cause: liver cancer

film director  Ralph Nelson   directed Lilies of the Field (1963) & ... tick ... tick ... tick born on 8-12-1916 in New York, New York expired 12-21-1987 in Santa Monica, California   age 71

Enola Gay radio operator  Richard Nelson   World War II B-29 crewman that was on the plane that nuked Hiroshima born on 4-26-1925 in Moscow, Idaho expired 1-31-2003 in Riverside, California   age 77   cause: complications from emphysema

actress  Ruth Nelson born on 8-2-1905 in Saginaw, Michigan expired 9-12-1992 in New York, New York   age 87   cause: pneumonia; stroke

Pulitzer prize-winning poet (1978)  Howard Stanley Nemerov   U.S. Poet Laureate (1988-90) born on 3-1-1920 in New York, New York expired 7-5-1991 in University City, Missouri   age 71

Broadway producer  Robert B. Nemiroff born on 10-29-1929 expired 7-18-1991   age 61   cause: cancer

1920 Nobel chemistry laureate  Walther Hermann Nernst   formulated the Third Law of Thermodynamics born on 6-25-1864 in Briesen, West Prussia, Germany expired 11-18-1941 in Berlin, Germany   age 77

pyromaniac Roman Emperor  Nero I   fifth Emperor of Rome; last of the Caesars; started the fire that destroyed Rome ¤ full name: Nero Claudius Caesar Germanicus  born on 12-15-37 in Antium, Latinum, Italy (modern: Anzio) expired 6-9-68 in Rome, Italy   age 30   cause: suicide; slit own throat

poet  Pablo Neruda   did his writing under a pen name; won 1971 Nobel prize for literature ¤ real name: Neftalí Ricardo Eliecer Reyes y Basoalto  born on 7-12-1904 in Parral, Chile expired 9-23-1973 in Santiago, Chile   age 69   cause: heart failure; prostate cancer

trampy showgirl  Evelyn Nesbit   her husband killed her lover in a jealous rage ¤ Mrs. Harry Thaw aka: "The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing"  born on 12-25-1885 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania expired 1-17-1967 in Santa Monica, California   age 81

actress  Cathleen Mary Nesbitt born on 11-24-1889 in Liskeard, England expired 8-2-1982 in London, England   age 92

mathematician & actuarial scientist Dr.  Cecil J. Nesbitt   author of Actuarial Mathematics born on 10-10-1912 expired 10-22-2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan   age 89

retired Quaker Oats Co. nutritionist Dr.  Robert O. Nesheim   led teams that created the Capt'n Crunch & Life breakfast cereals born on 9-13-1921 in Monroe Center, Illinois expired 7-19-2008 in Monterey, California   age 86   cause: cancer AKS: nesbeim

pistol-packin' momma  Elena Starr "Ellie" Nesler   shot pedophile Daniel Mark Driver (accused of molesting her son) in Jamestown, California courtroom April 2, 1993 — 6 shots to the head born on 8-2-1952 in Calaveras County, California expired 12-26-2008 in Sacramento, California   age 56   cause: breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2002 ANG 9.1%

"untouchable" FBI agent  Eliot Ness   headed Chicago crime unit that brought down Capone born on 4-19-1903 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-7-1957   age 54 AKS: Elliott

barber  Charles Nessler   invented the permanent wave and false eyelashes expired 1-22-1951 in Harrington Park, New Jersey   age 78

former shepherd  Hryhoriy Nestor born on 3-15-1891 in Austro-Hungarian Empire expired 12-14-2007 in Stary Yarychev, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine   age 116 AKS: Grigory Hryhory

avid automobile collector  Jack Boison Nethercutt   with namesake aunt co-founded Merle Norman Cosmetics firm (1931) born on 10-11-1913 in South Bend, Indiana expired 12-6-2004 in Santa Monica, California   age 91

Marxist poet Dr.  Agostinho António Neto   first president of Angola (1975-79) born on 9-17-1922 in Icolo e Bengo, Angola expired 9-10-1979 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 56   cause: cancer

actress  Lois Nettleton   was Miss Chicago of 1948 and a semi-finalist in the 1948 Miss America pageant ¤ ex-Mrs. Jean Shepherd (1961-7)  born on 8-6-1929 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 1-18-2008 in Woodland Hills, California   age 78   cause: lung cancer

director  Kurt Neumann   made Tarzan and the Amazons (1945), Tarzan and the Leopard Women (1946), Rocketship X-M (1950), She Devil (1957), Kronos (1957) and The Fly (1958) born on 4-5-1908 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany expired 8-21-1958 in Hollywood, California   age 50   cause: suicide

Rolodex inventor  Arnold Neustadter born on 8-25-1910 expired 4-17-1996 in New York, New York   age 85

NFL hall of fame fullback  Ernesto Alonzo "Ernie" Nevers   in 1929 scored 40 points in one game; played for Stanford (college) and Duluth Eskimos & Chicago Cardinals (pro) born on 6-11-1903 in Willow River, Minnesota expired 5-3-1976 in San Rafael, California   age 73   cause: kidney disease

1970s model  Vivien Elizabeth Neves   modeled nude in Fisons Chemical Co. fertilizer advertisement, the first nude to appear in a British broadsheet publication (The Times; 3-17-1971) ¤ aka: "the body"  born on --1948 expired 12-29-2002 in Guildford, Surrey, England   age 54   cause: pneumonia; multiple sclerosis

Texas death row inmate  Robert James Neville Jr. ¤ number 999293  born on 10-5-1974 expired 2-8-2006 in Huntsville, Texas   age 31   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 BOD, DTM, KLS, OIE, PCD, QKU, SPIT, TBC, TWOS 30.0%    Scored 9.4098 points

historian  Allan Nevins   won two Pulitzer prizes for history (1933 & 37) born on 5-20-1890 in Camp Point, Illinois expired 3-5-1971 in Menlo Park, California   age 80

retailer  John Josiah Newberry   founded the J.J. Newberry chain of department stores expired 3-6-1954 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 76

book publisher  John Newbery   published Mother Goose's Nursey Rhymes (1760); namesake of annual children's literature award started in 1922 born on 7-9-1713 in Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, England expired 12-22-1767 in London, England   age 54 AKS: Newberry

1975 A.M. Turing Award co-recipient  Allen Newell born on 3-19-1927 in San Francisco, California expired 7-19-1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 65   cause: cancer

retired basketball coach  Peter Francis Newell Sr.   coached at USF (1946-49) where he won the NIT, MSU (1950-53), Cal (1954-60) where he won the NCAA Tournament & coached the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic basketball team; as a child actor appeared in some early silent Our Gang shorts (1920s) born on 8-3-1915 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 11-17-2008 in Rancho Santa Fe, California   age 93    Contest Selectors 2007 ANG 3.2%

historian  Beaumont Newhall born on 6-22-1908 expired 2-26-1993 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 84    Contest Selectors 1980 MM 6.3%

widow of S.I.  Mitzi E. Newhouse born on 4-30-1902 expired 6-29-1989   age 87

newspaper publisher  Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. born on 5-24-1895 in Bayonne, New Jersey expired 8-29-1979 in New York, New York   age 84   cause: complications from stroke

old-time Detroit Tigers pitcher  Harold "Hal" Newhouser born on 5-20-1921 in Detroit, Michigan expired 11-10-1998 in Southfield, Michigan   age 77   cause: emphysema

actor  James Newill   had title role in 8 Renfrew of the Mounted movies (1937-40) born on 8-12-1911 expired 7-31-1975   age 63

actor/director  John Newland   hosted Alcoa Presents (aka One Step Beyond; 1959-61) born on 11-23-1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 1-10-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 82   cause: stroke

actor/writer/director  Anthony Newley   played the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist (1948); appeared in Stop The World, I Want to Get Off, Doctor Doolittle (1967) and Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969) in title role; wrote lyrics (along with Leslie Bricusse's music) for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; co-wrote lyrics (along with Bricusse & John Barry's music) for the greatest movie theme song of all time Goldfinger (1964); married to Joan Collins 1964-70 born on 9-24-1931 in London, England expired 4-14-1999 in Jensen Beach, Florida   age 67   cause: cancer

stuntman & actor  Alan Scott Newman   offspring of Paul & Jackie Witte born on 9-23-1950 in New York, New York expired 11-20-1978 in West Los Angeles, California   age 28   cause: alcohol and tranquilizer overdose

eight-time Academy Award-winning film composer  Alfred Newman   wrote the famous Fox Fanfare heard at the beginning of their movies & end of tv shows born on 3-7-1901 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 2-17-1970 in Hollywood, California   age 68   cause: emphysema

screenwriter  David Newman   wrote (or co-wrote) Bonnie and Clyde (1967), What's Up, Doc? (1972) & the Warner Brothers Superman trilogy born on 2-4-1937 in New York, New York expired 6-26-2003 in New York, New York   age 66   cause: stroke

jazz saxophonist  David "Fathead" Newman Jr. born on 2-24-1933 in Corsicana, Texas expired 1-20-2009 in Kingston, New York   age 75   cause: pancreatic cancer

former pro football quarterback  Harry L. Newman   lead 1933 N.Y. Giants to first NFL championship game as a rookie (they lost to the Bears 23-21); won 1932 Douglas Fairbanks Trophy as U of M tailback; later became an exective at Ford Motor Co. born on 9-5-1909 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-2-2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 90

movie/tv director  Joseph M. Newman   directed The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) & This Island Earth (1955) born on 8-7-1909 in Logan, Utah expired 1-23-2006 in Simi Valley, California   age 96

conductor/composer  Lionel Newman   brother of Alfred born on 1-4-1916 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 2-3-1989 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: cardiac arrest

actor  Paul Leonard Newman   played Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); a Hustler that knows The Color of Money; was the husband of Joanne Woodward born on 1-26-1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio expired 9-26-2008 in Westport, Connecticut   age 83   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 SB 7.7% 1980 BD, DR 12.5% 2001 ROTS 12½% 2005 BYE 4.3% 2006 BONY, DFFC, HH, TFM 13.3% 2008 JCM 3.1%    Scored 6.7000 solo points

major league pitcher  Norman Louis "Bobo" Newsom born on 8-11-1907 in Hartsville, South Carolina expired 12-7-1962 in Orlando, Florida   age 55

saxophonist & music arranger  Thomas Penn "Tommy" Newsom   a former Tonight Show bandmember ¤ aka: "Mr. Excitement"  born on 2-25-1929 in Portsmouth, Virginia expired 4-28-2007 in Portsmouth, Virginia   age 88   cause: liver failure; bladder & liver cancer

corpulent Ohio death row inmate  Christopher J. Newton   because of his blubber prison officials had difficulty finding a vein to insert the death needle; ironically, because of his blubber he found it to be much easier to overpower, strangle & stomp his victim to death ¤ number 378452  born on 11-13-1969 expired 5-24-2007 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 37   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 OIE, PCD, SPIT 9.7%    Scored 9.4250 points

Enid, Mississippi farmer  Davis Newton   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on --1918 expired ??-??-19?? in Mississippi   age ??

Texas death row inmate  Francis Elaine Newton ¤ number 922  born on 4-12-1965 expired 9-14-2005 in Huntsville, Texas   age 40   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2005 ADWC 4.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact) 2006 ADWC

photographer  Helmut Newton   specialized in Black & white nudes; did numerous photo shoots for Playboy ¤ born: Helmut Neustädter  born on 10-31-1920 in Berlin, Germany expired 1-23-2004 in Hollywood, California   age 83   cause: car crash; heart attack

Black Panther  Huey Percy Newton   co-founded the Black Panther Party (1966) born on 2-17-1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 8-22-1989 in Oakland, California   age 47   cause: shot outside crack house

clergyman & songwriter  John Newton   wrote lyrics of hymn Amazing Grace (1772) born on 7-27-1725 in London, England expired 12-21-1807 in London, England   age 82

early 1960s (pre-independence) Kenya government head  Ronald Gideon Ngala born on 2-23-1923 in Kilifi, East Africa Protectorate (Kenya) expired 12-25-1972   age 49   cause: head injuries from 12/12 traffic acident

Ngawang Jigme Ngabo   former Panchen Lama who signed away Tibetan soverignty despite lacking the authority to do so (1950) born on 2-??-1910 in Lhasa, Tibet expired 12-23-2009 in Peking, China   age 99

former Kenyan cabinet minister  Paul Joseph Ngei   imprisioned as one of the Kapenguria 6 — leaders of the Mau Mau secret society of Kikuyu tribesman that violently revolted against white settlers & colonial rule (1952) born on --1923 in Kangundo, Machakos District, East Africa Protectorate (Kenya) expired 8-15-2004 in Nairobi, Kenya   age 81

South Vietnamese president (1955-1963)  Ngô Ðình Diem   ascended to presidency after deposing Emperor Bao Dai; murdered during JFK/CIA-backed coup born on 1-3-1901 in Hue, Vietnam expired 11-2-1963 in Cholon, South Vietnam   age 62   cause: executed; gunshots AKS: Ngo Dinh Diem

South Vietnamese secret police head  Ngo Dinh Nhu   brother of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem; murdered during JFK/CIA-backed coup expired 11-2-1963 in Cholon, South Vietnam   age 57   cause: executed; gunshots

Buddhist monk  Ngo Quang Duc   protested against the South Vietnamese government by committing suicide expired 6-11-1963 in Saigon, South Vietnam   age 73   cause: suicide; self-immolation

physician, actor, human rights activist Dr.  Haing S. Ngor   won 1984 Academy Award for playing Dith Pran in The Killing Fields (1984) born on 3-22-1940 in Samrong Young, Cambodia expired 2-25-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 55   cause: gunshot wounds

Viet Cong front group National Liberation Front founder  Nguyen Huu Tho   later became Vice-President of Vietnam (1976-80) born on 7-10-1910 in Cho Lon, Vietnam expired 12-24-1996   age 86

former South Vietnamese national police chief Brigadier General  Nguyen Ngoc Loan   executioner in famous 1968 Tet offensive photo (taken by AP photographer Eddie Adams) born on --1931 in Hue, Vietnam expired 7-14-1998 in Burke, Virginia   age 67   cause: cancer

Vietcong Captain  Nguyen Van Lem   wearing civilian clothes, caught in the act of murdering a policeman and his family; summarily executed by Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan; husband of Nguyen Thi Lop ¤ nom de guerre: Bay Lop  born on --1933 expired 2-1-1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam   age 34   cause: executed; gunshot to head

Republic of Vietnam president (1967-75)  Nguyen Van Thieu born on 12-??-1924 in Phan Rang, Ninh Thuan Province, Annam (French Protectorate) expired 9-29-2001 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 76

Stavros' third wife  Athina "Tina" Niarchos   former wife of Aristotle Onassis; sister of Eugenie ¤ title: Marquess of Blandford  expired 10-10-1974 in Paris, France   age 45   cause: clot induced heart attack «or» pulmonary edema

Stavros' on-and-off-and-on again wife  Eugenia Livanos Niarchos born on --1926 in Chios, Greece expired 5-4-1970 in Spetsopoula, Greece   age 44   cause: sleeping pill overdose

Greek shipping tycoon  Stavros Spyros Niarchos   was married to Eugenia, then Charlotte (Ford), then Eugenia again, then Tina born on 7-3-1909 in Athens, Greece expired 4-15-1996 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 86   cause: stroke

tap dancing brother  Fayard Antonio Nicholas   examples of his dancing may be seen in Down Argentine Way (1940) & Stormy Weather (1943) born on 10-20-1914 in Mobile, Alabama expired 1-24-2006 in Toluca Lake, California   age 91   cause: pneumonia; stroke    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1% 2003 PCD 5.6% 2004 PCD 5.6% 2005 PCD 4.3%

tap dancing brother  Harold Lloyd Nicholas   once married to Dorothy Dandridge (1944-51); had a daughter by that union born on 3-27-1919 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina expired 7-3-2000 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: heart failure following surgery

geezer  Jassmine "Jessie" Nicholls   was oldest person in Great Britain born on 1-25-1892 expired 10-30-2002 in Chichester, West Sussex, England   age 110

playwright  Anne Nichols   wrote Abie's Irish Rose (1922) born on 11-26-1891 in Dales Mill, Georgia expired 9-15-1966 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey   age 74

actress  Barbara Nichols ¤ real name: Barbara Nickeraeur  born on 12-30-1929 in New York, New York expired 10-5-1976 in Hollywood, California   age 46   cause: liver failure

screen writer  Dudley Nichols   co-founder and initial president of the Screen Writers Guild born on 4-6-1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio expired 1-4-1960 in Hollywood, California   age 64   cause: cancer

writer & gay rights activist  John Richard "Jack" Nichols   a co-founder of the revival Mattachine Society (1961) born on 3-16-1938 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-2-2005 in Cocoa Beach, Florida   age 67   cause: complications from cancer

Texas death row inmate  Joseph Bennard Nichols ¤ number 709  born on 9-8-1961 expired 3-7-2007 in Huntsville, Texas   age 45   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 ADWC, DFFC, DTH, DTM, JCM, OIE, PCD, QKU, RAVN, SPIT 32.3%    Scored 8.0049 points

Heaven's Gate cultist  Thomas Nichols   brother of Nichelle Nichols born on 4-15-1938 expired 3-26-1997 in Rancho Santa Fe, California   age 58   cause: suicide

American International Pictures co-founder  James H. Nicholson born on 9-14-1916 expired 12-10-1972   age 56   cause: brain tumor

poisoned spouse  Bruce Edward Nickell   wifey poisoned him with cyanide-laced Tylenol & tried to pass it off as part of the rash of Tylenol poisonings that were happening elsewhere in the country born on 6-1-1934 in Winthrop, Washington expired 6-5-1986 in King County, Washington   age 52   cause: poisoned; cyanide-laced Tylenol

automotive designer  Ned F. Nickles   created the ventiports (port holes) that were on the sides of Buicks born on 6-2-1915 expired 10-12-1987 in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan   age 72

1960's Velvet Underground singer  Nico ¤ born: Christa Päffgen  born on 10-16-1938 in Köln, Germany expired 7-18-1988 in Ibiza, Spain   age 49

explorer  Jean Nicolet   first European to come upon Lake Michigan (1634); explored the wilderness of Wisconsin and Michigan born on --1598 in Cherbourg, France expired 11-1-1642 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada   age 44

Dr.  Charles Jules Henri Nicolle   received the 1928 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on typhus born on 9-21-1866 in Rouen, France expired 2-28-1936 in Tunis, Tunisia   age 69

19th century London prostitute  Mary Ann "Polly" Nicols   first victim of Jack the Ripper ¤ born: Mary Ann Walker  born on 8-26-1845 in London, England expired 9-8-1888 in London, England   age 43   cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated

French diplomat  Jean Nicot   while ambassador to Portugal he had a potent strain of tobacco named in his honor ("Nicotiana"); his name eponymously became the name of the active compound in tobacco (nicotine) born on --1530 in Nimes, France expired 5-5-1600 in Paris, France   age 70

Chinese Communist Field Marshall  Nie Rongzhen born on 12-29-1899 in Jiangjin County, Sichuan Province, China expired 5-14-1992 in Beijing, China   age 92

socialist theologian Rev.  Reinhold Niebuhr born on 6-21-1892 in Wright City, Missouri expired 6-1-1971 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts   age 78

major league knuckleball pitcher  Joseph Franklin "Joe" Niekro   brother of Phil born on 11-7-1944 in Martins Ferry, Ohio expired 10-27-2006 in Tampa, Florida   age 61   cause: brain aneurysm

radio/tv ratings king  Arthur Charles Nielsen Sr.   founded eponymous ratings company (1923) born on 9-5-1897 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-1-1980 in Chicago, Illinois   age 82    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM

Dr.  Jerri Lin Nielsen Fitzgerald   while stationed at the South Pole, during winter, developed breast cancer and had to treat herself born on 3-1-1952 in Youngstown, Ohio expired 6-23-2009 in Southwick, Massachusetts   age 57   cause: breast cancer

pioneering photographic inventor  Joseph Nicephore Niepce   produced first negative image on paper in 1816; produced first photographic image on metal in 1827, 12 years before the first Daguerreotype born on 3-7-1765 in Chalon-sur-Saore, France expired 4-5-1833 in Chalon-sur-Saore, France   age 68

businessman  Theodore David Nierenberg   with wife Martha founded Dansk International Designs, maker of cookware, flatware & dinnerware born on 5-20-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-31-2009 in Armonk, New York   age 86   cause: pancreatic cancer

former pro wrassler  Raymond E. Nieto ¤ aka: "Chief War Eagle"  born on 12-15-1907 expired 1-2-1989   age 81

philospher, poet  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche   wrote This Spake Zarathustra (1891); advanced concepts of Man and Super-man; "God is Dead" (Nietzsche), "Nietzsche is Dead" (God) born on 10-15-1844 in Rocken, Saxony expired 8-25-1900 in Weimar, Germany   age 55

former South African apartheid government "Security" Lt. Colonel  Gideon J. Nieuwoudt   commanded the beatings & torture of Stephen Biko born on --1951 in Adelaide, South Africa expired 8-19-2005 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa   age 54   cause: cancer; (lung, liver, kidney, brain) AKS: Neiuwoudt

1920s Ballets Russe choreographer and ballerina  Bronislava Nijinska   sister of Vaslav born on 1-8-1891 in Minsk, Russia «or» Warsaw, Poland expired 2-21-1972 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 81   cause: heart attack

ballet dancer  Vaslav Nijinski   career ended in 1919 with the onset of schizophrenia; brother of Bronislava born on 2-28-1890 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 4-8-1950 in London, England   age 60   cause: nephritis

Vostok 3 and Soyuz 9 cosmonaut  Adrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev   ex-husband of Valentina Tereshkova (1963-65) born on 9-5-1929 in Shorsheliv, Chuvaskaya, Russia, USSR expired 7-3-2004 in Cheboksary, Chuvash Autonomous Republic, Russia   age 74   cause: heart attack

singer-songwriter  Harry Edward Nilsson III   wrote Everybody's Talkin' ¤ born: Harry Edward Nelson III  born on 6-15-1941 in New York, New York expired 1-15-1994   age 52

Wagnerian soprano  Märta Brigit Nilsson   sang the female lead in Dristan and Isodent ¤ née: Svennsson  born on 5-17-1918 in Västra Karups, Skåne, Sweden expired 12-25-2005 in Västra Karups, Skåne, Sweden   age AKS: Marta

World War II pacific fleet commander Admiral  Chester William Nimitz Sr. born on 2-24-1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas expired 2-20-1966 in San Francisco, California   age 80    Contest Selectors 1980 RR

World War II submarine commander  Chester William Nimitz Jr. born on 2-17-1915 in New York, New York expired 1-2-2002 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts   age 86   cause: suicide; sleeping pill overdose

sensual/erotic author  Anaïs Nin   wrote on surrealistic-feministic-subconscious topics: Delta of Venus (1977); appeared naked in a hammock in husband's movie reciting her poem Bells of Atlantis (from collection House of Incest) ¤ born: Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell  born on 2-21-1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France expired 1-14-1977 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: cardiac arrest; metastatic carcinoma AKS: Anais

biochemist  Marshall Warren Nirenberg   shared the 1968 Nobel prize in medicine born on 4-10-1927 in New York, New York expired 1-15-2010 in New York, New York   age 82   cause: cancer AKS: Nirnberg

gymnast  George Peter Nissen   developer of the modern trampoline (1934; with Larry Griswold, his coach) born on 2-3-1914 in Blairstown, Iowa expired 4-7-2010 in La Jolla, California   age 96   cause: complications from pneumonia

former Green Bay Packer linebacker (1958-72)  Raymond E. Nitschke born on 12-29-1936 in Elmwood Park, Illinois expired 3-8-1998 in Venice, Florida   age 61   cause: heart attack

Capone enforcer  Frank Nitti   started career as barber ¤ born: Francesco Raffefe Nitte  born on --1883 expired 3-19-1943 in Chicago, Illinois   age 49   cause: suicide; blew brains out

former Secretary of the Navy  Paul Henry Nitze   a cold war arms expert born on 1-16-1907 in Amherst, Massachusetts expired 10-19-2004 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 97   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6%

record producer & film composer  Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche   Phil Spector's arranger who orchestrated the "Wall of Sound"; once married to Buffy Saint-Marie ¤ nickname: "Specs"  born on 4-22-1937 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-25-2000 in Hollywood, California   age 63   cause: cardiac arrest; bronchial infection

actor  James David Graham Niven   played Sir James Bond in the spoof of Casino Royale (1967) born on 3-1-1910 in Kirriemuir, Scotland expired 7-29-1983 in Château D'Oex, Switzerland   age 73

Dallas-area resident  Orville T. Nix Sr.   took home movie of Kennedy assassination from opposite angle of Zapruder showing the grassy knoll born on 11-28-1920 expired 10-3-1988 in Weatherford, Texas   age 67

Tricky Dick's dad  Francis Anthony Nixon expired 9-4-1956 in Whittier, California   age 77

presidential mother  Hannah Milhous Nixon born on 3-7-1885 expired 9-30-1967 in Whittier, California   age 82

37th U.S. president  Richard Milhous Nixon   president at time of first moon landing (1969); first bombed North Vietnam, then negotiated an end to the Vietnam war; established relations with Communist China; resigned from office (1974) in face of impeachment for his involvement in the coverup of the Watergate breakin (1972); "... I am not a crook ..." ¤ nickname: "Tricky Dick"  born on 1-9-1913 in Yorba Linda, California expired 4-22-1994 in New York, New York   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HA, HFS, HP, JW, MM, SB, YJ 61.5% 1980 DO, DR, EK, HA, JH, VA 37.5%

former first lady  Thelma Catherine Patricia "Pat" Nixon ¤ maiden name: Thelma C. P. Ryan  born on 3-16-1912 in Ely, Nevada expired 6-22-1993 in Park Ridge, New Jersey   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 HA, HFS, HP, JH, JW, MS, RR, VM, YJ 69.2% 1980 DH, DW, HA, HP, JH, JW, MM, RR, VA 56.3%

dictator  Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov   transitioned from Communist Party head of Turkmenistan to President to President-for-Life; squandered his county's wealth on his cult of personality born on 2-19-1940 in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, USSR expired 12-19-2006 in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan   age 66   cause: heart failure

lawyer  Louis Nizer born on 2-6-1902 in London, England expired 11-9-1994 in New York, New York   age 92

Zimbabwean nationalist & leader  Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo ¤ called Umdala Wethu (our old man)  born on 6-19-1917 in Semokwe Reserve, Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia expired 7-1-1999 in Harare, Zimbabwe   age 82   cause: prostate cancer    Contest Selectors 1980 DH, EK, HA 18.8%

ANC anti-apartheid activist Dr.  William Nkomo expired 3-26-1972 in Pretoria, South Africa   age ??   cause: heart attack

Ghana prime minister (1957-60), president (1960-66)  Kwame Nkrumah   led the Gold Coast to independence as the Republic of Ghana; deposed in 1966 ¤ born: Francis Nwia  born on 9-21-1909 in Nkroful, British Gold Coast expired 4-27-1972 in Conakry, Guinea   age 62   cause: cancer

Swedish dynamite inventor (1866)  Alfred Bernhard Nobel   funded prize foundation that gives out annual awards born on 10-21-1833 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 12-10-1896 in San Remo, Italy   age 63   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

aviator General  Umberto Nobile   second to fly over the North Pole (5/12/1926, 3 days after Byrd) with Amundsen & Lincoln Ellsworth in the dirigible Norge; a second trip (5/25/1928) in the dirigible Italia was a disaster - it crashed, and the resulting rescue effort was the subject of the book The Red Tent (1967; written by Nobile) & movie (1971) born on 1-21-1885 in Lauro, Italy expired 7-29-1978 in Rome, Italy   age 93

ex-slave  Clem Noble ¤ nickname: "Uncle Pike"  expired 3-18-1954 in Bellamy, Alabama   age 123

Life Savers candy mogul  Edward John Noble   with partner bought all rights to candy formula & name for $2,900 (1913); bought NBC's blue network when the FCC forced them to divest, renamed it ABC; FDR Commerce undersecretary (1939-40) born on --1882 in Gouverneur, New York expired 12-28-1958 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 76

animation layout artist & designer  Maurice J. Noble   worked at Disney & Warner Brothers born on 5-1-1910 in Spooner, Minnesota expired 5-18-2001 in La Crescenta, California   age 91

bandleader  Ray Noble born on 12-17-1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England expired 4-3-1978 in London, England   age 74   cause: cancer

physicist  Walter Noddack   co-discovered (with his wife) the elements Rhenium and Masurium expired 12-7-1960 in Bamberg, Germany   age 67

graphic artist  Martin "Marty" Nodell   co-created the Green Lantern comic book character (1941); first to draw Poppin' Fresh (the Pillsbury Doughboy) ¤ aka: "Mart Dellon"  born on 11-15-1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-9-2006 in Muskego, Wisconsin   age 91    Contest Selectors 2006 TFM 3.3%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

master Bourbon distiller  Frederick Booker Noe II   grandson of James Beauregard "Jim" Beam (1892-1944); grandson of company founder Johannes Jacob Boehm born on 12-7-1929 expired 2-24-2004 in Bardstown, Kentucky   age 74   cause: "an extended illness"

United Kingdom member of parliament  Philip John Noel-Baker   received the 1959 Nobel peace prize ¤ born: P.J. Noel  born on 11-1-1889 in London, England expired 10-8-1982 in London, England   age 92

political operative  Franklyn Curran "Lyn" Nofziger born on 6-8-1924 in Bakersfield, California expired 3-27-2006 in Falls Church, Virginia   age 81   cause: cancer AKS: Noffziger Nofzinger Noffzinger

sculptor & architect  Isamu Noguchi born on 11-17-1904 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-30-1988 in New York, New York   age 84

actress  Jeanette Nolan   widow of John McIntire born on 12-30-1911 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-5-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 86   cause: complications from stroke

actor  Lloyd Bendict Nolan born on 8-11-1902 in San Francisco, California expired 9-27-1985 in Los Angeles, California   age 83   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

postal worker  Leonardo J. Nole   model for the Rockefeller Center Skating Rink statue Prometheus born on 4-1-1906 expired 2-22-1998 in Sacramento, California   age 91

sled dog musher  Edgar P. Nollner   had 10th leg (Whiskey Point to Galena) of the emergency Diphtheria Serum delivery trek in Alaska, January 27-Feb 2 1925, along the Iditarod Trail from Nenana to Nome; last surviving musher born on 11-11-1904 in Old Village, Alaska expired 1-15-1999 in Galena, Alaska   age 94

Yashuhito Chichibu No Maya   brother of Hirohito ¤ aka: Prince Chichibu  expired 1-4-1953 in Kaguneuma, Japan   age 50

aircraft navigator  Frederick J. Noonan   disappeared along with Amelia Earhart during around-the-world flight born on --1893 expired 7-2-1937 in Gardner Island, Phoenix Island group, Western Pacific Ocean   age 44   cause: drowned; starvation???

movie actor & producer  Thomas Patrick "Tommy" Noonan born on 4-29-1921 expired 4-24-1968 in Hollywood, California   age 46

computer industry executive  Raymond John Noorda   one-time boss at Novell (1983-95) born on 6-19-1926 in Ogden, Utah expired 10-9-2006 in Oren, Utah   age 82   cause: Alzheimer's disease

retired Indiana University professor of Tibetan language & culture  Thubten Jigme Norbu   eldest brother of the Dali Lama; recognized as the reincarnation of lama Takster Rinpoche; date of birth also described as the 16th day of the eighth month of the Water Dog year ¤ born: Tashi Tsering  born on 8-16-1922 in Tengster, Amdo Province, Tibet expired 9-5-2008 in Bloomington, Indiana   age 86 AKS: Jigme means "fear not" and Norbu means "jewel"

remote sensing pioneer Dr.  William Nordberg ¤ real name: Wilhelm Nordberg  born on 3-31-1930 in Fehring, Austria expired 10-3-1976 in Greenbelt, Maryland   age 46   cause: cancer

World War II bombsight inventor  Carl Lukas Norden born on 4-23-1880 in Semarang, Dutch East Indies expired 6-14-1965 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 85

author  Charles Bernard Nordhoff   co-wrote Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcairn's Island and Forbidden Paradise (Hurricane) born on 2-1-1887 in London, England expired 4-11-1947 in Santa Barbara, California   age 60   cause: heart attack

one-time Tougaloo Christian College student  Memphis L. Norman   participant in a lunch counter segregation protest (sit-it) that turned violent (he was punched, burned, shoved off his stool & repeatedly kicked in the face); after doing a stint in Vietnam went back to school, eventually earning a PhD; was retired from the Office of Management and Budget as a budget examiner for a number of Federal agencies (1971-99) born on 7-23-1942 in Monroeville, Alabama expired 1-4-2005 in Falls Church, Virginia   age 62   cause: heart attack

silent film comedienne  Mabel Ethelreid Normand   "The Female Chaplin"; credited with throwing the first custard pie in the movies (1913) ¤ born: Mabel Fortesque  born on 11-9-1894 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-23-1930 in Monrovia, California   age 35   cause: tuberculosis

Cambodian  King Norodom Suramarit   father of Norodom Sihanouk; succeeded his son to throne in 1955 expired 4-3-1960 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia   age 64

former Detroit Red Wings owner  Bruce Norris born on 2-19-1924 expired 12-31-1985   age 80

last surviving Scottsboro Boys defendant  Clarence Norris   subject of Norris v. Alabama Supreme Court ruling barring exclusion of blacks from juries; received pardon from George Wallace (1976) born on 7-12-1912 in Warm Springs, Georgia expired 1-23-1989 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Time magazine editor  Frank Norris   created Smokey the Bear artwork for the forest fire campaign born on 3-3-1907 expired 8-8-1967 in Siasconset, Massachusetts   age 60

comics artist  Paul L. Norris   co-creator of Aquaman (1940; with writer Mort Weisinger); wrote/drew the Brick Bradford strip (1952-87) born on 4-26-1914 in Greenville, Ohio expired 11-5-2007 in Oceanside, California   age 93   cause: complications from stroke

William Charles Norris   a co-founder of the Control Data Corp. (1957) born on 7-14-1911 in Red Cloud, Nebraska expired 8-21-2006 in Bloomington, Minnesota   age 95   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

researcher  Ronald George Wreyford Norrish   shared the 1967 Nobel Chemistry prize born on 11-9-1897 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 6-7-1978 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 80

character actor  Alan North   co-starred as a detective on Police Squad born on 12-23-1920 in New York, New York expired 1-19-2000 in Port Jefferson, New York   age 79   cause: kidney & lung cancer

film composer  Alex North   wrote the music for the movie Unchained (1955); it featured a song (with lyrics by Hy Zaret) that went on to have a life of its own — Unchained Melody born on 12-4-1910 in Chester, Pennsylvania expired 9-8-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 80

circus owner  John Ringling North   circus president (1947-67) born on 8-14-1903 in Baraboo, Wisconsin expired 6-4-1985 in Brussels, Belgium   age 81

actress  Sheree North   played Lou Grant's girlfriend Charlene Maguire on the Mary Tyler Moore Show & Kramer's mother Babs on Seinfeld ¤ born: Dawn Bethel  born on 1-17-1933 in Los Angeles, California expired 11-4-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: complications following surgery

John Howard Northrop   shared the 1946 Nobel chemistry prize born on 7-5-1891 in Yonkers, New York expired 5-27-1987 in Wickenberg, Arizona   age 95

aviation pioneer  John Knudsen Northrop   co-founded Lockheed Aircraft (1927) and Northrop Aircraft (1939); designed the Lockheed Vega & the Flying Wing born on 11-10-1895 in Newark, New Jersey expired 2-18-1981 in Glendale, California   age 85

tv news producer  Robert J. Northshield   creator of the CBS News' Sunday Morning program (1979) ¤ nickname: "Shad"  born on 7-21-1922 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 8-21-2000 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York   age 78

science fiction writer  Andre Norton ¤ born: Alice Mary Norton  born on 2-17-1912 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-17-2005 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee   age 93   cause: congestive heart failure

jazz vibraphonist  Kenneth "Red" Norvo ¤ born: Kenneth Norville  born on 3-31-1908 in Beardstown, Illinois expired 4-6-1999 in Santa Monica, California   age 91

dentist  Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr.   served as a U.S. rep. from Georgia (1995-2007) born on 7-27-1941 in Valdosta, Georgia expired 2-13-2007 in Augusta, Georgia   age 65   cause: complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

actor, vaudevillian, lyricist  Jack Norworth   was a Ziegfeld Follies song-and-dance man; wrote the lyrics to "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" (music by Albert von Tilzer; 1908); didn't actually attend his first baseball game until 1940 born on 1-5-1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-1-1959 in Laguna Beach, California   age 80   cause: heart attack

Japanese Commie  Sanzo Nosaka born on 3-30-1892 expired 11-13-1993   age 101

physician, astrologer & all-knowing seer  Nostradamus   on the night of his own death he predicted his own death for that night (AMAZING!) ¤ born: Michel de Notredame  born on 12-14-1503 in Saint Remy de Provence, France expired 7-2-1566 in Salon, France   age 62   cause: predestination

off-Broadway's Fantasticks producer  Lore Note   it ran from 5/3/1960-1/13/2002 born on 6-9-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-8-2002 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: cancer

Chicago Sun-Times political columnist  Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak   used to co-host a CNN gabfest; "outed" Valerie Plame as CIA "agent" born on 2-26-1931 in Joliet, Illinois expired 8-18-2009 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78   cause: brain cancer    Contest Selectors 2009 ANG, DFFC, DGW, JCM, LMLD, MORB, NFG, QKU, RAVN, RIE, RR, TBC 40.0%    Scored 4.7012 points

1920s silent screen "latin lover"  Ramon Novarro   the Rock Hudson of his era; cousin of Dolores Del Rio (an apocryphal account has the two teenagers that killed him using a "large silver dildo" as the weapon) ¤ born: José Ramón Samaniegos  born on 2-6-1899 in Durango, Mexico expired 10-28-1968 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 69   cause: bludgeoned to death during robbery AKS: Navarro

Jay Novello born on 8-22-1904 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-2-1982 in North Hollywood, California   age 78

former Czech Communist Party dictator (1953-68)  Antonin Novotny born on 12-10-1904 in Letnany, Czechoslovakia expired 1-28-1975   age 70   cause: blood clot

novella author  Philip Francis Nowlan   created engineer Anthony Rogers in Armageddon 2419 A.D. (August 1928) & The Airlords of Han (March 1929) for Amazing Stories; wrote stories for Buck Rogers daily comic strip ¤ aka: "Frank Philips"  born on 1-??-1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-1-1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 52   cause: stroke

Intel co-founder (1968)  Robert Morton Noyce born on 12-12-1927 in Burlington, Iowa expired 6-3-1990 in Austin, Texas   age 62

former Washington Evening Star president  Frank Brett Noyes   co-founder of the Associated Press; its president (1900-38) born on 7-7-1863 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 12-1-1948 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 85

retired Paramount art director  Albert Nozaki   interred in Manzanar Camp during World War II; worked on When Worlds Collide (1951), The War of the Worlds (1953) & The Ten Commandments born on 1-1-1912 in Tokyo, Japan expired 11-16-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 91   cause: complications from pneumonia

Burundi president (1994)  Cyprien Ntaryamira born on 3-6-1955 in Mageyo, Mubimbi, Bujumbura, Burundi expired 4-6-1994 in Kigali, Rwanda   age 39   cause: plane crash

Burma's only civilian Prime Minister (1948-56, 1957-58)  U Nu ¤ aka: Thakin Nu  born on 5-25-1907 in Wakema, Burma expired 2-14-1995 in Rangoon, Burma   age 87

movie director  Elliot Nugent   directed Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) born on 9-20-1899 in Dover, Ohio expired 8-9-1980 in New York, New York   age 80

former Kentucky governor (1967-71)  Louie Broady Nunn born on 3-8-1924 in Park City, Kentucky expired 1-29-2004 in Versailles, Kentucky   age 79   cause: heart attack

Coasters bass (10/1955-9/1957)  Ulysses B. "Bobby" Nunn born on 9-20-1925 in Birmingham, Alabama expired 11-5-1986 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: heart failure

atomic scientist  Alan Nunn May   notorious spy for Soviet Union born on 5-2-1911 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 1-12-2003 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 91

ballet dancer  Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev   did October 1977 Playboy pictorial with Michelle Phillips born on 3-17-1938 in Irkutsk, Russia, USSR expired 1-5-1993 in Paris, France   age 54    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7%

1950's schlock horror film actress  Maila Nurmi   appeared in Plan 9 from Outer Space; once married to Dean Riesner ¤ born: Elizabeth Syrjanemi aka: "Vampira"  born on 12-21-1921 in Gloucester, Massachusetts expired 1-10-2008 in Hollywood, California   age 86    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2006 XXX 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1%    Scored 6.4000 solo points

Finnish long distance runner  Paavo Johannes Nurmi   won nine Olympic gold medals (1920, 1924 & 1928 games) born on 6-13-1897 in Turku, Finland expired 10-2-1973 in Helsinki, Finland   age 76

retired teacher  Corinthian C. Nutter   prime witness in 1949 Kansas school segreation case Webb v. School District No.90 born on 12-10-1906 in Forney, Texas expired 2-11-2004 in Shawnee, Kansas   age 97

clothing designer  Tommy Nutter   came up with Bell Bottom pants born on --1943 in Wales expired 8-17-1992 in London, England   age 49   cause: AIDS

former Cincinnati Reds announcer  Joseph Henry "Joe" Nuxhall   pitched his first major league baseball game at age 15 born on 7-30-1928 in Hamilton, Ohio expired 11-15-2007 in Fairfield, Ohio   age 79   cause: lymphoma    Contest Selectors 2005 DTM 4.3% 2006 ANG, DTM 6.7% 2007 ANG 3.2%    Scored 7.1000 solo points

movie/tv director  Christian I. Nyby I   directed The Thing From Another World (1951) born on 9-1-1913 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-17-1993 in Temecula, California   age 80

isolationist North Dakota senator (1925-44)  Gerald P. Nye   uncovered Teapot Dome oil scandal while chairing congressional hearings (1922) born on 12-19-1892 in Hortonville, Wisconsin expired 7-17-1971 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 78

character actor  Louis "Louie" Nye   played Sonny Drysdale on The Beverly Hillbillies; Dr. Zorch in Sex Kittens Go To College (1960) born on 5-1-1913 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 10-9-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 92   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3%    Scored 5.8000 solo points

Pulitzer prize winning author  Russel Blaine Nye   won 1945 Biography/Autobiography award born on 2-17-1913 in Viola, Wisconsin expired 9-2-1993 in East Lansing, Michigan   age 80    Contest Selectors 1979 MM 7.7% 1980 MM 6.3%

former Tanzanian president (1962-85)  Julius Kambarage Nyerere   son of Mugaya & Burito Nyerere born on 4-13-1922 in Butiama, British Trust Territory of Tanganyika (SE of Lake Victoria) expired 10-14-1999 in London, England   age 77   cause: stroke; complications from leukemia    Contest Selectors 1979   7.7%

computer programming pioneer  Kristen Nygaard   co-creator of the first object-oriented programming language Simula (1965), influencing the later work of Alan Kay & Bjarne Stroustrup; shared the 2001 Turing Award born on 8-27-1926 in Oslo, Norway expired 8-10-2002 in Oslo, Norway   age 75   cause: heart attack

cinematographer  Sven Vilhem Nykvist   won oscars for Cries and Whispers (1977) & Fanny and Alexander (1982); also photographed Pretty Baby (1978), Star 80 (1983), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) & What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) born on 12-3-1922 in Moheda, Kronobergs län, Sweden expired 9-20-2006 in Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden   age 83   cause: complications from aphasia

singer-songwriter  Laura Nyro   wrote And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues, Stoned Soul Picnic and Eli's Coming ¤ born: Laura Nigro  born on 10-18-1947 in New York, New York expired 4-8-1997 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 49   cause: ovarian cancer

Kalahari Desert San bushman  N!xau   played protagonist Xixo in The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) & it's sequal (1990) born on 3-17-1944 in Kalahari Desert, Southwest Africa (now Namibia) expired 7-2-2003 in Tsumkwe, Namibia   age 59

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