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

actress  Patricia Neal   spoke the words "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto," preventing the immediate destruction of planet Earth, in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) ¤ born: Patsy Louise Neal  born on 1-20-1926 in Packard, Kentucky expired 8-8-2010 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts   age 84   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD 4.3% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD, RIE 6.5% 2008 BOD, RIE 6.3% 2009 BOD, RIE 6.7% 2010 BOD, RIE 7.4%    Scored 5.3500 points AKS: Neil Neel Kneel Kneal

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)  Jawaharlal 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"

robber, kidnapper, multiple murderer  Donald Neilson ¤ born: Donald Nappey aka: "Black Panther"  born on 8-1-1936 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England expired 12-18-2011 in Norwich prison, Mousehold Heath, Norwich, Norfolk, England   age 75   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2010 WEP 3.7%

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

producer/director  David Oswald Nelson   former actor; brother of Ricky; son of Ozzie & Harriet; had been married to a Playboy Playmate (1961-75) born on 10-24-1936 in New York, New York expired 1-11-2011 in Century City, California   age 74   cause: complications from colon cancer

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

art collector  Roy Rothschild Neuberger Sr. born on 7-21-1903 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 12-24-2010 in New York, New York   age 107    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 KLS 3.2% 2008 KLS, WEP 6.3% 2009 KLS, WEP 6.7% 2010 KLS, WEP 7.4%    Scored 3.0500 points

retired patent attorney  Frank Louis Neuhauser   winner of the first National Spelling Bee (1925) — correctly spelled "gladiolus" born on 9-29-1913 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 3-11-2011 in Silver Spring, Maryland   age 97

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

character actor  John Reginald Neville   played title role in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), was the Well-manicured Man on The X-Files (1993-98) & portrayed Isaac Newton in the Star Trek: Next Generation episode "Descent: Part 1" (1993) born on 5-2-1925 in London, England expired 11-19-2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 86   cause: Alzheimer's disease

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

retired broadcast newsman  Edwin Harold Newman   had a "thing" for grammar born on 1-25-1919 in New York, New York expired 8-13-2010 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   age 91   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2008 OED 3.1% 2009 ADWC, OED 6.7% 2010 ADWC 3.7%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

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

mathematician, astronomer, physicist Sir  Isaac Newton   gave us calculus, gravity and optics theories born on 12-25-1642 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England expired 3-20-1727 in Kensington, Middlesex, England   age 84

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 Đình 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  Ngô Đình 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 AKS: Ngo Dinh Nhu

"Dragon Lady"  Madame Ngô Đình Nhu   widow of Ngô Đình Nhu; sister-in-law of assassinated South Vietnamese president Diem ¤ born: Trần Lệ Xuân  born on 4-15-1924 in Hanoi, Vietnam expired 4-24-2011 in Rome, Italy   age 87   cause: terminal crabbiness AKS: Tran Le Xuan Ngo Dinh Nhu

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

former South Vietnamese president (1965-67)  Nguyen Cao Key born on 9-8-1930 in Son Tay, Vietnam expired 7-23-2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   age 80   cause: respiratory complications

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

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