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comedic character actor Jack Oakie played Napolini (Il Duce of Bacteria) in The Great Dictator (1940)
expired 1-23-1978 in Northridge, California age 74 cause: aortic aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Victoria Horne Oakie widow of Jack Oakie; appeared in The Great Dictator (1940) & as Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey (1950) born on 11-1-1911 in New York, New York expired 10-10-2003 in Beverly Hills, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| one-term Michigan congressman (1953-55) Charles Gibb Oakman introduced the legislation that put "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance (1954); President Eisenhower signed it on Flag Day born on 9-4-1903 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-28-1973 in Dearborn, Michigan age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Texas Rangers manager Johnny Lane "Quaker" Oates born on 1-21-1946 in Sylva, North Carolina expired 12-24-2004 in Richmond, Virginia age 58 cause: brain cancer
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| actor Warren Oates born on 7-5-1928 in Depoy, Kentucky expired 4-3-1982 in Hollywood Hills, California age 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| theologian Dr. Wayne E. Oates coined term workaholic (1971) born on 6-24-1917 in Greenville, South Carolina expired 10-21-1999 in Louisville, Kentucky age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
former Stockbridge, Massachusetts police chief William J. Obanhein arrested Arlo Guthrie for "littering", and immortalized in song Alice's Restaurant
expired 9-11-1994 age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| AIDs victim Steve O'Banion accused of "attempted murderer" after spitting blood at guards born on 6-1-1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 9-??-1993 in Hawaii age 42 cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma; AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Daniel Thomas O'Bannon penned scripts for Dark Star (1974), Alien (1979) & Life Force (1985) born on 9-30-1946 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-17-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 63 cause: complications from Crohn's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana governor (1997-2003) Frank Lewis O'Bannon born on 1-30-1930 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-13-2003 in Chicago, Illinois age 73 cause: complications from cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||
one-time MTV game show host Kenneth David Ober hosted the Remote Control show (1987-9); was the Star Search Comedy category champion (1984-5); was a producer of Mind of Mencia (2006-7) & The New Adventures of Old Christine
expired 11-15-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 52 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
actress Merle Oberon
expired 11-23-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: complications from stroke
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| pioneering rocket scientist Hermann Julius Oberth wrote Die Rakete zu den Planeterraumen (1923); a technical advisor on Frau im Mond (1929); invented the "countdown" until rocket launch "... 10 .... 9 .... 8 .... 7 .... 6 .... 5 ...." born on 6-25-1894 in Nagyszeben, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania) expired 12-29-1989 in Nuremburg, Germany age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Arch Oboler made Bwana Devil (1952) & The Twonky (1953); produced/wrote radio's Lights Out horror program born on 12-7-1907 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-19-1987 in Westlake Village, California age 79 cause: heart failure; stroke AKS: Obler | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ugandan leader Dr. Apollo Milton Obote Ugandan president 1966-71 & 1980-85; overthrown in coup by Idi Amin in 1971 and Okello in 1985; had been living in exile in Lusaka, Zambia born on 12-28-1924 in Akokoro, Uganda expired 10-10-2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 80 cause: kidney failure; strokes
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| actor Edmond O'Brien born on 9-10-1915 in New York, New York expired 5-16-1985 in Inglewood, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Eugene William O'Brien Wheelsman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 7-17-1925 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 50 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien Jr. former NBA Commissioner born on 7-7-1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 9-27-1990 in New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas Christian University quarterback Robert David "Davey" O'Brien winner of the Heisman Trophy (1938)born on 6-22-1917 in Dallas, Texas expired 11-18-1977 in Fort Worth, Texas age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knute Rockne actor William Joseph Patrick O'Brien born on 11-11-1899 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-15-1983 in Santa Monica, California age 83
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| movie stop-motion special effects wizard Willis Harold O'Brien led teams that created the visual effects for King Kong (1933), Son of Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949); trained a young Ray Harryhausen in his techniques born on 3-2-1886 in Oakland, California expired 11-8-1962 in Hollywood, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Japanese prime minister (1998-99) Keizo Obuchi born on 6-25-1937 in Nakanojo, Gumma Prefecture, Japan expired 5-14-2000 in Tokyo, Japan age 62 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Severo Ochoa shared the 1959 Nobel prize in physiology for discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleaic acid and deoxyribonucleaic acidborn on 9-24-1905 in Luarca, Asturias, Spain expired 11-1-1993 in Madrid, Spain age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chatanooga newspaper publisher Adolph Simon "Punch" Ochs bought the New York Times in 1896; was its publisher until 1935 born on 3-12-1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 4-8-1935 in Chattanooga, Tennessee age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| folk singer Philip David Ochs pacifist; Vietnam War protester born on 12-19-1940 in El Paso, Texas expired 4-9-1976 in Far Rockaway, New York age 35 AKS: Phil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flemish liturgical composer Johannes Ockeghem composed a Missa Caput born on --1410 in Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut Province, Duchy of Burgundy expired 2-6-1497 in Tours, France age 86 AKS: Okeghem, Ogkegum, Ockegham, Okhegem | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Arthur O'Connell born on 3-29-1905 in New York, New York expired 5-18-1981 in Woodland Hills, California age 76 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
actor Carroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker on All in the Familyborn on 8-2-1924 in New York, New York expired 6-21-2001 in Culver City, California age 76 cause: heart attack
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| educator David C. O'Connor founded the school system in the Panama Canal Zone (1905) born on --1859 expired 2-13-1955 in Interlaken, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
hoofer/actor Donald O'Connor played Cosmo Brown in Singin' In The Rain (1952) & Peter Stirling in six Francis the Talking Mule movies (1950-55)
expired 9-27-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: heart failure
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| actor Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor adopted son of Carroll born on 4-7-1962 in Rome, Italy expired 3-28-1995 in Pacific Palisades, California age 32 cause: suicide; gunshot to head | ||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer John Jay O'Connor III husband of retired supreme court justice born on 1-10-1930 in San Francisco, California expired 11-11-2009 in Phoenix, Arizona age 79 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease
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| New York Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor born on 1-20-1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 5-3-2000 in New York, New York age 80 cause: cardio-pulmonary failure; brain cancer/tumor
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longtime Hugh Hefner secretary Mary Eugenia O'Connor appeared on the Girls Next Door cable tv series
expired 1-27-2013 in Sherman Oaks, California age 84 cause: lymphoma | ||||||||||||||||||
| short-time Pittsburgh mayor Robert E. O'Connor Jr. only served from January 3 to September 1, 2006 beforehis death born on 12-9-1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-1-2006 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania age 61 cause: primary central nervous system lymphoma
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big band singer Anita O'Day worked with Gene Krupa's band
expired 11-23-2006 in West Los Angeles, California age 87 cause: cardiac arrest; pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease
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| former foreign service officer Robert C. Ode held hostage in Iran (1979-81) born on 12-10-1915 in Plano, Illinois expired 9-8-1995 in Sun City, Arizona age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Burma Vita Corp. president Allan G. Odell developed Burma Shave's roadside rhymes on sequential signs; Here I Lay, Broken-Hearted, Wanted to Live, But now Departed, Burma Shave born on 5-6-1903 expired 1-17-1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Matchbox Toys co-founder John William "Jack" O'dell he's the partner that designed the dinky vehiclesborn on 3-19-1920 in London, England expired 7-7-2007 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| visual jingle writer Leonard C. Odell with older brother wrote the Burma Shave roadside signs born on 10-22-1907 expired 10-4-1991 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
 
"Blessed" Catholic Church leader (1676-1689) Benedetto Odescalchi elected 241st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church September 21, 1676
expired 8-11-1689 in Rome, Italy age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Clifford Odets born on 7-18-1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-15-1963 in Los Angeles, California age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlas Corp. CEO (1923-60) Floyd Bostwick Odlum chairman of RKO Pictures (1937-48) born on 3-30-1892 in Union City, Michigan expired 6-17-1976 in Indio, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| adrenoleukodystrophy victim Lorenzo MichaelMurphy Odone his mom & dad came up with an "oil" that they claimed kept him alive; subject of 1992 movie born on 5-29-1978 expired 5-30-2008 in Fairfax, Virginia age 30 cause: aspiration pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||
| desperate mother Michaela Murphy Odone with husband developed treatment for son's brain disease (adrenoleukodystrophy); basis for movie Lorenzo's Oil (1992) born on 1-10-1939 in Yonkers, New York expired 6-10-2000 in Fairfax, Virginia age 61 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheel of Fortune announcer Charles John "Charlie" O'Donnell also was the announcer for American Bandstand, The Joker's Wild, Tic-Tac-Dough, Card Sharks, The Gong Show, The Dating Game & The $100,000 Pyramid born on 8-12-1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-31-2010 in Sherman Oaks, California age 78 cause: heart failure AKS: O'Donell O'Donnel O'Donel ODonnell ODonell ODonnel ODonel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Madeline Foy O'Donnell one of The Seven Little Foys born on 9-21-1903 in New York, New York expired 7-5-1988 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||
writer Peter O'Donnell creator of the Modest Blaise character; the strip ran from 1963 through 2001
expired 5-3-2010 in Brighton, Sussex, England age 90 cause: complications from stroke; Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
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original SNL writer & occasional actor Michael Henry O'Donoghue appeared with Belushi in the very first skit on SNL born on 1-5-1940 expired 11-8-1994 age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
U of Georgia zoology professor Eugene Pleasants Odum author of "Fundamentals of Ecology" (1953)
expired 8-9-2002 in Athens, Georgia age 88 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| environmental sciences professor Howard Thomas Odum with his brother founded the science of ecology born on 9-1-1924 expired 9-11-2002 in Gainesville, Florida age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Nigerian military officer Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu led the breakaway Nigerian province named the Republic of Biafra (1967-70) born on 11-4-1933 in Zungeru, Nigeria expired 11-26-2011 in London, England age 78 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| forme NYC mayor (1946-50) William O'Dwyer Brooklyn District Attorney who put an end to the "Murder, Inc." gang born on 7-11-1890 in Bohola, Ireland expired 11-24-1964 in New York, New York age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
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