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former Tonight Show host (1957-62)  Jack Harold Paar born on 5-1-1918 in Canton, Ohio expired 1-27-2004 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 85   cause: "a long illness"    Contest Selectors 2003 ABRA, GHG, MJ, TAP 22.2% 2004 ABRA, ADWC, MJ, SS, TAP 22.2%    Scored 4.1563 points AKS: Parr

Finnish president (1946-56)  Juho Kusti Paasikivi   negotiated the 1920 Russian peace treaty establishing Finland's independence born on 11-27-1870 in Tampore, Finland expired 12-14-1956 in Helsinki, Finland   age 86

film director  Georg Wilhelm Pabst   directed Die Büchse der Pandora ("Pandora's Box"; 1929) born on 8-25-1885 in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary expired 5-29-1967 in Vienna, Austria   age 81

picante sauce creator  David E. Pace born on 2-22-1914 expired 12-27-1993   age 79

Catholic Church leader (1939-1958)  Eugenio Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli   elected 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March, 1939 ¤ Pope Pius XII  born on 3-2-1876 in Rome, Italy expired 10-9-1958 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy   age 82

classical composer  Johann Pachelbel   known for his Canon in D born on 9-1-1653 in Nuremburg, Germany expired 3-3-1706 in Nuremburg, Germany   age 52

HP co-founder (1938)  David Packard born on 9-7-1912 in Pueblo, Colorado expired 3-26-1996 in San Francisco, California   age 83   cause: pneumonia

radio manufacturer  Leon S. Packard   co-founder of Packard-Bell in 1945 expired ??-??-19??   age ??

prospector & cannibal  Alfred G. Packer   in 1873 five visitors to his cabin checked in, but didn't check out born on 11-21-1842 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania expired 4-24-1907 in Denver, Colorado   age 64   cause: indigestion?

Aussie media baron  Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer born on 12-17-1937 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 12-26-2005 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 68   cause: kidney failure; heart failure; cancer

concert pianist  Jan Ignace Paderewski   Polish premier (1919); president of the exiled Polish parliament (1939-41) born on 11-18-1860 in Kurilovka, Poland expired 6-21-1941 in New York, New York   age 80

Broadway producer  Edward V. Padula   won Tony for stage production of Bye Bye Birdie born on 1-24-1916 in Newark, New Jersey expired 11-1-2001 in Southampton, New York   age 85   cause: heart attack

virtuoso violinist  Niccolò Paganini   best remembered these days as the composer of a theme whos variations were rhapsodized by Rachmaninoff (some scholarship suggests that the theme was actually composed by Pleyel) born on 10-27-1782 in Genoa, Italy expired 5-27-1840 in Nice, France   age 57   cause: "phthisis of the larynx"

former MGM actress  Anita Page   one of the few remaining actresses who appeared in silent movies as an adult ¤ born: Anita Evelyn Pomares  born on 8-4-1910 in Flushing, Queens, New York, New York expired 9-6-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 98    Contest Selectors 2006 CSI, NFG 6.7% 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG 3.1%    Scored 5.2000 solo points

1950s bikini/bondage/nude pinup model  Bettie Mae Page   Playboy January 1955 Playmate of Month & subject of December 1995 article, January 1998 interview & Arpil 2009 retrospective pictorial ¤ birth certificate: Betty Mae Page  born on 4-22-1923 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 12-11-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: pneumonia; coma; heart attack    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2007 ABRA 3.2% 2008 CSI, JCM, TWOS 9.4%    Scored 4.6250 points AKS: Betty May Paige

South Dakota death row inmate  Elijah G. Page born on 12-11-1981 in Texas expired 7-11-2007 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota   age 25   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 19.4%    Scored 10.0781 points

philanthropist  George C. Page   founded Mission Pak (1917); creator of the LaBrea Tar Pits Museum (1977) born on 6-28-1901 in Fremont, Nebraska expired 11-28-2000 in Carpenteria, California   age 99

former WNET-tv producer  George Henson Page   created/hosted the Nature series on PBS (1982-1998) born on 3-31-1935 in Hartwell, Georgia expired 6-28-2006 in Equinunk, Pennsylvania   age 71   cause: cancer

former heavyweight boxer  Gregory Edward Page born on 10-25-1958 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 4-27-2009 in Louisville, Kentucky   age 50    Contest Selectors 2007 LMLD 3.2% 2008 OIE 3.1% 2009 LMLD 3.3%    Scored 10.0000 points

actress  LaWanda Page   played Esther Anderson on Sanford & Son tv series born on 10-19-1920 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-14-2002 in Inglewood, California   age 81   cause: complications from diabetes

Holocaust survivor  Leopold "Paul" Page   convinced author Thomas Keneally to write a book about Oscar Schindler (1982); convinced Steven Spielberg to make a movie based upon the book (1993); he was number 173 on The List ¤ born: Poldek Pfefferberg  born on 3-20-1913 in Cracow, Poland expired 3-9-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 87

jazz trumpeter  Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page born on 1-27-1908 in Dallas, Texas expired 11-5-1954 in New York, New York   age 46   cause: heart attack

playwright & film director  Marcel Pagnol   wrote & directed Marius (play: 1929; movie: 1931), Fanny (1931) & César (1936) trilogy; wrote & directed Manon des Sources (1953) born on 2-25-1895 in Aubagne, France (Marseilles suburb) expired 4-18-1974 in Paris, France   age 79

Alireza Pahlavi   was the youngest son of the former Shah of Iran born on 4-28-1966 in Tehran, Iran expired 1-4-2011 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 44   cause: suicide; gunshot to head; depression AKS: Ali-reza Ali Reza

ex-Shah's daughter  Leila Pahlavi born on 3-27-1970 in Tehran, Iran expired 6-10-2001 in London, England   age 31   cause: quinalbarbitone overdose; cocain; anorexia; bulemia

ex-Shah of Iran (1941-79)  Mohammed Riza Pahlavi   son of Riza Pahlavi; husband of Farah; father of Riza born on 10-26-1919 in Tehran, Persia expired 7-27-1980 in Cairo, Egypt   age 60   cause: circulatory collapse; liver & lymphatic cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 HA, HFS, MS, VM, YJ 38.5% 1980 BB, BD, DH, DR, DW, EB, EK, GP, HA, HP, JH, JW, MM, RR, VA 93.8%    Scored 4.0000 points AKS: Reza

Iranian Shah (1925-41)  Riza Pahlavi   changed name of country from Persia to Iran; father of Mohammed Riza with second wife Taj Malek; forced to abdicate by British ¤ born: Riza Khan  born on --1875 expired 7-26-1944 in Johannesburg, Union of South Africa   age 69

baseball great  Leroy Robert "Satchell" Paige born on 7-7-1906 in Mobile, Alabama expired 6-8-1982 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 75

American revolutionary  Thomas Paine   wrote Common Sense (January 1776) born on 1-29-1737 in Thetford, England expired 1-8-1809 in New York, New York   age 72

NASA administrator  Thomas Otten Paine born on 11-9-1921 in Berkeley, California expired 5-4-1992   age 70

World War I veteran  John Painter born on 9-20-1888 expired 3-1-2001 in Hermitage Springs, Tennessee   age 112   cause: heart attack

physicist Dr.  George Edward Pake   co-founder (1970)/first director (1970-78) of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC); it gave us the GUI (Graphical computer User Interface), mouse, laser printer, ethernet born on 4-1-1924 in Jeffersonville, Ohio expired 3-4-2004 in Tucson, Arizona   age 79   cause: heart failure; multiple system failure

movie director  Alan Jay Pakula   directed Sophie's Choice, All The President's Men (1976) and Klute born on 4-2-1928 in New York, New York expired 11-19-1998 in Plainview, New York   age 70   cause: severe cranial trauma

movie producer/director  George Pal Jr.   made "epics" like When World's Collide (1951), War of the Worlds (1953), The Time Machine (1960) & Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) born on 2-1-1908 in Cegled, Austria-Hungary expired 5-2-1980 in Beverly Hills, California   age 72   cause: heart attack

George Emil Palade   shared the 1974 Nobel prize in medicine born on 11-19-1912 in Iaşi, Moldavia, Roumania, Austria-Hungary expired 10-8-2008 in Del Mar, California   age 95   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 2007 RR, WEP 6.5%

actor  Jack Palance   won Best Supporting Actor oscar for playing Curly Washburn in City Slickers; Holly's dad ¤ born: Vladimir Palaniuk  born on 2-18-1919 in Lattimore Mines, Pennsylvania expired 11-10-2006 in Montecito, California   age 87    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 ADWC, RIE 11.1% 2005 ADWC, BYE, RIE 13.0% 2006 BYE, RIE, WEP 10.0%    Scored 4.4250 points

16th-century writing master  Giambattista Palatino   calligrapher & wood engraver born on --1515 in Rossano, Calabria, Italy expired ??-??-1575 in Naples, Italy   age 60 AKS: Giavanbattista

socialite  Barbara Cushing "Babe" Paley   wife of William S. Paley born on 7-5-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-6-1978 in New York, New York   age 63   cause: cancer

acclaimed short story author  Grace Paley   taught at Columbia, Syracuse University & Sarah Lawrence College ¤ née: Goodside Mrs. Robert Nichols  born on 12-11-1922 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 8-22-2007 in Thatford, Vermont   age 84   cause: breast cancer

Congress Cigar Co. founder  Samuel Paley   father of William S. Paley expired 3-31-1963 in Palm Beach, Florida   age 87

long time CBS chairman  William Samuel Paley   spent $400,000 to buy a controlling interest in a failing radio network (September 1928) and made a going concern of it; commissioned the creation of the Museum of Broadcasting (now the Museum of Television and Radio) in 1974 born on 9-28-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-26-1990 in New York, New York   age 89    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 BD, RR, VA 18.8%

recreational ski advocate  Roland Palmedo   founded company that built first ski lift (1940 in Stowe, Vermont) born on 4-5-1895 expired 3-15-1977 in Williamstown, Massachusetts   age 81

Buffalo Springfield bass player  Bruce Palmer born on 9-9-1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 10-1-2004 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada   age 58   cause: heart attack

newspaper publisher  Charles M. Palmer   a co-founder of the Associated Press expired 12-10-1949 in Saranac Lake, New York   age 93

former Children's Television Workshop program creator  Edward Leon Palmer   co-created Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact and Ghostwriter; had PhD. in Education from Michigan State born on 1-20-1933 in John Day, Oregon expired 8-1-1999 in Ithaca, New York   age 66   cause: complications from prostate cancer

explorer, ship designer  Nathaniel Brown Palmer   captain of the sloop Hero; first person to recognize Antarctica as a "continent"; discoverer of Penninsula/Land named for him (1820) & South Orkney Islands born on 8-8-1799 in Stonington, Connecticut expired 6-21-1877 in San Francisco, California   age 77

silent movie actress  Patricia Palmer   alleged to have made a deathbed confession to the murder of William Desmond Taylor born on 9-14-1894 in Colorado Springs, Colorado expired 10-21-1964 in Hollywood, California   age 70

singer  Robert Alan Palmer   had pop hits with Addicted to Love (1986) & Simply Irresistible (1988; great music video) ¤ born: Alan Palmer  born on 1-19-1949 in Batley, Yorkshire, England expired 9-26-2003 in Paris, France   age 54   cause: heart attack

director  Bruce W. Paltrow   father of Gwyneth by Blythe Danner born on 11-26-1943 in New York, New York expired 10-2-2002 in Rome, Italy   age 58   cause: heart failure; pneumonia; throat cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 TMTX 9.1%    Scored 9.2000 solo points

master sculptor  Vincenzo "Vincent" Palumbo   spend decades working on the National Cathedral born on 9-10-1936 in Molfetta, Italy expired 12-21-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 64

Catholic Church leader (1644-1655)  Giambattista Pamfili   elected 237th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church September 15, 1644 ¤ Pope Innocent X  born on 4-6-1574 in Rome, Italy expired 1-7-1655 in Rome, Italy   age 80

choreographer  Hermes Pan ¤ born: Hermes Panagiotopolous  born on 12-10-1911 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 9-19-1990   age 78

movie writer/director/producer  Norman Panama   worked or collaborated with Melvin Frank on The Road To Utopia (1946; co-writer), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948; writer & co-producer), White Christmas (1954; writer), The Court Jester (1956; director) & The Maltese Bippy (1969; co-writer/director/producer) born on 4-21-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-13-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 88   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

jazz critic  Hugues Panassié   founded the Hot Club de France (1932) born on --1912 in southern France expired 12-8-1974 in Montauban, France   age 62   cause: heart attack

aviator  Clyde Edward Pangborn   made first non-stop trans-Pacific flight (1931) born on 10-28-1894 in Bridgeport, Washington expired 3-29-1958 in New York, New York   age 63

sour-faced comedic character actor  Franklin Pangborn   on-screen nemesis of W.C. Fields and other comedians born on 1-23-1893 in Newark, New Jersey expired 7-20-1958 in Santa Monica, California   age 59

Serbian army general  Zivota Panic   one-time chief of staff, loyal to Milosevic born on 11-3-1933 expired 11-19-2003 in Gornja Cmisava, Serbia   age 70

British dim-bulb prototype for the American welfare queen  Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst   loudmouthed opponent of marriage/proponent of unwed motherhood (had her own bastard at age 45) born on 5-5-1882 in Manchester, England expired 9-27-1960 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   age 78

particle physicist  Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky   major force behind construction of the Stanford linear particle accelerator born on 4-24-1919 in Berlin. Germany expired 9-24-2007 in Los Altos, California   age 88   cause: heart attack

theater chain owner  Alexander Pantages   framed for rape at behest of Joe Kennedy ¤ born: Pericles Pantages  born on --1867 in Andros, Greece expired 2-17-1936 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: heart failure

former UNICEF head (1955-87)  Helenkka Tradeusa Adamowski Pantaleoni born on 11-22-1906 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 1-5-1987 in New York, New York   age 80

professional bicyclist  Marco Pantani   winner of the 1998 Tour de France (last winner before Lance Armstrong;s streak) born on 1-13-1970 in Cesena, Italy expired 2-14-2004 in Rimini, Italy   age 34   cause: heart attack; cocaine overdose

composer Sir  Andrzej Panufnik born on 9-24-1914 in Warsaw, Poland expired 10-27-1991 in Twickenham, England   age 77

sculptor Sir  Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi born on 3-7-1924 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 4-22-2005 in London, England   age 81    Contest Selectors 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD 9.1% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD 4.3%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

Greek military dictator (1967-73)  George Papadopoulos born on 5-5-1919 in Eleochorian, Greece expired 6-27-1999 in Athens, Greece   age 80   cause: heart attack; cancer

former Greek Premier  Andreas George Papandreou born on 2-5-1919 in Chios, Greece expired 6-22-1996 in Athens, Greece   age 77   cause: heart attack

Nazi war criminal  Maurice Arthur Jean Papon   as second-in-command of the Bordeaux area police in Vichy government sent hundreds of Jews to their deaths in concentration camps (1942-44) ... "I was just following directives"; only did 3 years of his ten year sentence born on 9-3-1910 in Gretz-Armainvilliers, Seine-et-Marne, France expired 2-17-2007 in in a clinic east of Paris   age 96   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6% 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 DTM, PCD, RAVN 10.0% 2007 DTH, DTM, NFG, PCD, RR 16.1%    Scored 3.0563 points

producer  Joseph Papp ¤ born: Joseph Papirofsky  born on 6-22-1921 in New York, New York expired 10-31-1991 in New York, New York   age 70

former CBS reporter (1967-87)  Icarus Nestor "Ike" Pappas   was broadcasting live in the basement of the Dallas Police Department when Jack Ruby pushed passed him and shot Lee Harvey Oswald (Nov. 1963) ¤ born: Nestor Papademetriou  born on 4-16-1933 in Queens, New York, New York expired 8-31-2008 in Arlington, Virginia   age 75   cause: heart failure; heart disease

former Xavier High School (NYC) football coach & athletic director  Leo E. Paquin   as a Fordham football player was member of the Seven Blocks of Granite line (class of '37) born on 12-12-1913 expired 4-22-1982   age 68

orchestra conductor  Paul Paray   lead Detroit Symphony (1952-63) born on 5-24-1886 in Treport, Normandy, France expired 10-10-1979 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 93

hapless teenager  Steven Earl Parent   blundered into the Helter Skelter murders at Sharon Tate's home on Cielo Drive born on 2-12-1951 in California expired 8-9-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 18   cause: murdered; shot 4 times, stabbed once

jazz clarinetist  Anthony "Tony" Parenti   his music had a mellow New Orleans-style to it born on 8-6-1900 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 4-17-1972 in New York, New York   age 71

Catholic Church leader (1447-1455)  Tommaso Parentucelli   elected 209th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March 6, 1447 ¤ Pope Nicholas V  born on 11-15-1397 in Sarzana, Italy expired 3-25-1455 in Rome, Italy   age 57

character actor  Sydney Woodrow Parfrey born on 10-5-1922 in New York, New York expired 7-29-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: heart attack

mystery/historical novelist  Edith Pargeter   author of Brother Cadfael mysteries ¤ wrote under pen name Ellis Peters  born on 9-28-1913 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England expired 10-14-1995 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England   age 82

jazz bassist  Charles Valdez "Truck" Parham born on 1-25-1911 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-5-2002 in Chicago, Illinois   age 91

Shuttle STS-35 & 67 astronaut  Ronald Anthony "Ron" Parise born on 5-24-1951 in Warren, Ohio expired 5-9-2008 in Silver Spring, Maryland   age 56   cause: brain tumor; brain cancer

interior designer  Dorothy May Kinnicutt "Sister" Parish   Mrs. Henry Parish II born on 7-15-1910 in Morristown, New Jersey expired 9-8-1994 in Dark Harbor, Maine   age 84

lyricist  Michael Parish   co-wrote Stardust and Volare born on 7-10-1900 in Lithuania expired 3-31-1993 in New York, New York   age 92

former Air Chief Marshall  Keith Park   lead Air Group 11 during the Battle of Britain born on 6-15-1892 in Thames, New Zealand expired 2-6-1975 in Auckland, New Zealand   age 82

former bodybuilder  Reginald Park Jr.   a 3-time Mr. Universe; "inspired" Arnold to become the muscle-bound oaf that he is today ¤ born: Roy Park  born on 6-7-1928 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England expired 11-22-2007 in Joburg, South Africa   age 79   cause: metastatic melanoma

South Korean president (1961-79)  Park Chung-hee born on 9-30-1917 in Sosan Gun, Taegu Region, Korea expired 10-26-1979 in Seoul, South Korea   age 62   cause: shot to death    Contest Selectors 1979 HP  7.7%    Scored 6 solo points

gallery director  Hiram Haney Parke   co-founder of the Parke-Bernet galleries (1937) expired 4-1-1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 85

stage actor  William Parke   original Mr. Witherspoon in stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace expired 7-28-1941 in New York, New York   age 68   cause: heart attack

violent criminal  Bonnie Parker   killed 12 people with Clyde Barrow born on 10-1-1910 in Rowena, Texas expired 5-23-1934 in Gibsland, Louisiana   age 23   cause: hail of machine gun file

cartoonist  Brant Julian Parker   co-creator of The Wizard of Id comic strip (1964); also did the Crock strip; received the 1984 Reuben Award born on 8-26-1920 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-15-2007 in Lynchburg, Virginia   age 86   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease; complications from stroke

actress  Cecilia Parker born on 4-26-1905 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada expired 7-25-1993 in Ventura, California   age 88

Chan Richardson Parker   last wife of Charlie Parker ¤ born: Beverly Dolores Berg  born on --1925 in New York, New York expired 9-9-1999 in Estampes, France   age 74   cause: cancer

"progressive" jazz alto-saxophonist  Charles Christopher "Charlie" Parker ¤ aka: "Yardbird" or "Bird"  born on 8-29-1920 in Kansas City, Kansas expired 3-12-1955 in New York, New York   age 34   cause: heart attack

Doris June Snyder Parker   3rd & last "legal" wife of Charlie Parker (1948-50) born on 8-16-1922 in Rock Island, Illinois expired 1-17-2000 in New York, New York   age 77   cause: respiratory failure

Algonquin Round Table wit  Dorothy Rothschild Parker   writer for the New Yorker magazine born on 8-22-1893 in West Bend, New Jersey expired 6-7-1967 in New York, New York   age 73

Indiana supergeezer  Edna Parker   had been the (Guinness-recognized) oldest person in the world ¤ née: Scott  born on 4-20-1893 in Morgan County, Indiana expired 11-26-2008 in Shelbyville, Indiana   age 115    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2008 DFFC, PCD, RPRM, RR, WEP, 4GUE 18.8%    Scored 1.0781 solo points

pool hustler "Fast"  Edward R. "Eddie" Parker   an inspiration for The Hustler (1959) born on 6-2-1931 in Springfield, Missouri expired 2-2-2001 in South Padre Island, Texas   age 69   cause: heart attack

tv Davy Crockett actor  Fess Elisha Parker Jr.   played small plane pilot Crotty in Them! (1954) born on 8-16-1924 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 3-18-2010 in Santa Ynez, California   age 85    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS 9.1% 2003 JEDS, OGGI 11.1% 2008 ADWC, JCM 6.3%

actress  Jean Parker   appeared in Flying Deuces ¤ born: Luise Stephanie Zelinska  born on 8-11-1915 in Butte, Montana expired 11-30-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 90   cause: complications from stroke

comedian  Lew Parker   played Marlo Thomas' father on That Girl tv series born on 10-29-1907 in New York, New York expired 10-27-1972 in New York, New York   age 64   cause: cancer

inventor  Louis W. Parker born on 1-1-1906 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 6-21-1993   age 87

flamboyant dentist  "Painless" Parker   built up Pacific coast chain of dental offices using show girls, circuses and whatever other distractions he could think of ¤ born: Edgar Rudolph Randolph  expired 11-8-1952 in San Francisco, California   age 80

Doctor  Ralph R. Parker   co-discovered vaccine for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever expired 9-4-1949 in Hamilton, Montana   age 61   cause: heart attack

detective novel author  Robert Brown Parker   created the private detective Spencer who appeared in 40 books born on 9-17-1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 1-18-2010 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 77

Hole-in-the-Wall outlaw  Robert Leroy Parker   partners in crime with The Sundance Kid ¤ aka: "Butch Cassidy" first name may have been George  born on 4-5-1866 in Beaver, Utah expired ??-??-1909 in San Vincente, Bolivia   age 43   cause: shoot-out

model/actress  Suzy Parker ¤ born: Cecilia Ann Renee Parker Mrs. Bradford Dillman  born on 10-28-1933 in San Antonio, Texas expired 5-3-2003 in Montecito, California   age 69

(not really a) Colonel  Thomas Andrew "Tom" Parker   Elvis Presley's manager ¤ born: Andreas Cornelius Van Kuijk  born on 6-26-1909 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands expired 1-21-1997 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 87   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7%

Los Angeles police chief (1951-66)  William H. Parker   the "exploits" of his department were the inspiration for the movie L.A. Confidential (1997) born on --1902 in Lead, South Dakota expired 7-16-1966 in Los Angeles, California   age 64

Cylce World founder/publisher (1962)  Joseph Conrad Parkhurst born on 10-20-1926 in Jonesboro, Arkansas expired 12-12-2000 in Costa Mesa, California   age 74   cause: pulmonary blood clot; lung cancer

Allen H. Parkinson   Sleep-Eze developer (1948; originally called Persomnia); founded the Movieland Wax Museum (1962) born on 1-26-1919 in Rexburg, Idaho expired 8-19-2002 in Warwick, Rhode Island   age 83   cause: cancer

paleontologist & physician Dr.  James Parkinson   wrote Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817) describing the disease that would be named after him; also, wrote first published paper on Appendicitis (1812) born on 4-11-1755 in Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, England expired 12-21-1824 in London, England   age 69

Playboy October 1965 Playmate of Month & 1966 Playmate of the Year  Allison Parks   the "swim students" featured in her pictorial were actually her children ¤ born: Gloria Sharlene Waldron Mrs. Michael Graf  born on 10-18-1941 in Glendale, California expired 6-21-2010 in Puako, South Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii   age 68   cause: drown; heart failure AKS: Alison

long time Miss America Pageant host (1955-79)  Bert Parks   introduced song There She Is, Miss America in 1955 (his first year as host); played the father of Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati ¤ born: Bertram Jacobson  born on 12-30-1914 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 2-2-1992 in La Jolla, California   age 77   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 GHG

former Life Magazine photographer (1948-72)  Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks Sr.   directed Shaft (1971) & Shaft's Big Score (1972); co-founded Essence Magazine born on 11-30-1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas expired 3-7-2006 in New York, New York   age 93   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG 3.3%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

filmmaker  Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks Jr.   directed SuperFly (1972) born on 12-7-1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 4-3-1979 in Nairobi, Kenya   age 44   cause: plane crash

barber  Raymond A. Parks   husband of Rosa Parks born on 2-12-1903 in Alabama expired 8-??-1977 in Detroit, Michigan   age 74   cause: cancer

seamstress & civil rights pioneer  Rosa Louise McCauley Parks   on December 1st, 1955 refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger, prompting her arrest, followed by a bus system boycott born on 2-4-1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama expired 10-24-2005 in Detroit, Michigan   age 92   cause: hypertension; dementia    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD, IVY, RR 43% 2001 BOD, DTM, KLS, NFG, RR 62½% 2002 BOD, DTM, JAC, MORB, RR 45.5% 2003 DTM, JEDS, KLS, KOHD, OGGI, PCD, RR 38.9% 2004 ABRA, BOD, DTM, EOD, KLS, NFG, PCD, RIE, RR 50.0% 2005 ANG, BOD, DTM, KLS, MOT, NFG, PCD, QKU, RAVN, RIE, RR, SLIM 52.2%    Scored 3.3012 points

movie actor  Samuel Klausman Lawrence "Larry" Parks   screwed his own acting career by admitting to congress past membership in the Communist Party (1951); husband of Betty Garrett born on 12-13-1914 in Olathe, Kansas expired 4-13-1975 in Studio City, California   age 60   cause: heart attack

hot-rodder  Wallace Gordon "Wally" Parks   co-founded Hot Rod magazine (1947) & founded the National Hot Rod Association (1951) born on 1-23-1913 in Goltry, Oklahoma expired 9-28-2007 in Burbank, California   age 94

presidential wife  Park Yook Young Soo expired 8-15-1974 in Seoul, South Korea   age 48   cause: assassinated

former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader  Michelle Leigh Parma   appeared on Road Rules - Europe (1996); was involved in the August 4, 1998 internet hoax where a "virgin" (Michelle) was to lose her cherry "live" via webcast born on 1-14-1975 in Fairfax, Virginia expired 10-19-2002 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas (just south of)   age 27   cause: car crash

convicted pedophile  Kenneth Eugene Parnell   1972 kidnapper of Stephen Stayner; busted January 2003 for trying to "buy" a young male born on 9-26-1931 in Amarillo, Texas expired 1-21-2008 in Vacaville, California   age 72   cause: cancer

purported Polish geezer  Paweł Parniak   mom was supposedly born in 1875 (causing the gerontology police to suspect his birthdate) born on 2-27-1890 in Ukraine, Austria-Hungary expired 3-27-2006 in Wolibórz, Poland   age 116 AKS: Pawel

Catherine Parr   Henry VIII sixth (and last) wife born on --1520 expired 9-5-1548   age 28   cause: during childbirth

geezer  Mary L. Parr   at time of death was oldest person in U.S. & second oldest in world born on 2-1-1889 in Mishawaka, Indiana expired 10-29-2002 in Saint Petersburg, Florida   age 113

Ysmael L. Parra   in 1942 one of eleven "Sleepy Lagoon" (Zoot Suit) murder trial defendants (convictions overturned in 1944) ¤ nickname: "Smiles"  born on 1-15-1919 in Superior, Arizona expired 2-23-2001 in Richmond, Virginia   age 82   cause: Alzheimer's disease

actress  Julie Parrish   winner of the Miss Cinerama beauty contest; played Miss Piper in original series Star Trek episode The Menagerie, Part I ¤ real name: Ruby Joyce Wilbar  born on 10-21-1940 in Middlesboro, Kentucky expired 10-1-2003 in Tarzana, California   age 62   cause: ovarian cancer AKS: Parish

actor, director, Academy Award-winning film editor  Robert Parrish   acted in City Lights and All Quiet on the Western Front; won Oscar for Body and Soul (1947) born on 1-4-1916 in Columbus, Georgia expired 12-4-1995 in Southampton, New York   age 79

Ara's grandaughter  Christa M. Parseghian born on 4-12-1991 expired 10-23-2001 in Tucson, Arizona   age 10   cause: Niemann-Pick Type C disease    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC

sick kid  Marcia Kristan Parseghian   grand-daughter of Ara born on 11-21-1988 expired 8-6-2005 in Tucson, Arizona   age 16   cause: complications from Niemann-Pick Type C disease    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1% 2003 JL, PCD 11.1% 2004 PCD 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3%    Scored 13.4000 solo points

anarchist  Albert R. Parsons   husband of Lucy; convicted in a Chicago "kangaroo court" of the May 4th, 1886 Haymarket Square bombing; received post-mortum "pardon" by the governor for the lack of a fair trial born on 6-24-1848 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 11-11-1887 in Chicago, Illinois   age 39   cause: hanged

former NASCAR driver  Benjamin S. "Benny" Parsons born on 7-12-1941 in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina (near) expired 1-16-2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina   age 65   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 ADWC, LMLD, OIE 9.7%    Scored 6.6250 points

Hearst newspaper chain Hollywood gossip columnist (1922-65)  Louella Oettinger Parsons   for years feuded with Hedda Hopper born on 8-6-1880 in Freeport, Illinois expired 12-9-1972 in Santa Monica, California   age 92

anarchist  Lucy Eldine Parsons   husband Albert was hanged for the Haymarket Square bombing born on --1853 in Waco, Texas expired 3-7-1942 in Chicago, Illinois   age 88   cause: burned to death in house fire

character actress  Nancy A. Parsons   played gym teacher Beulah Ballbricker in Porky's (1981) born on 1-17-1942 in Minnesota expired 1-5-2001 in La Crosse, Wisconsin   age 58

World War II Army Capt.  William Sterling "Deak" Parsons   in charge of the weapon aboard the Enola Gay; later an General, in charge of the weapons at the Bikini Atoll test site born on 11-26-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-5-1953 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 52   cause: heart attack

former sailor "Captain"  James "Jim" Parsonson   MacRae Knitting Mills employee that gave name to new company product — the Speedo swimsuit (1928) born on ??-??-19?? expired ??-??-19??   age ??

avant-garde "composer"  Harry Partch   made up new musical scales and instruments born on 6-24-1901 in Oakland, California expired 9-2-1974 in San Diego, California   age 73   cause: heart attack

cartoonist  Virgil Franklin Partch   drew for a number of magazines, including Colliers, Saturday Evening Post, Look, New Yorker, True, Esquire & Playboy; created character "Big George" ¤ nom-de-scribble: "V.I.P."  born on 10-17-1916 in Saint Paul Island, Alaska expired 8-10-1984 in Newhall, California   age 67   cause: automobile accident on I-5

mathematician  Blaise Pascal   developed Pascal's Law born on 6-19-1623 in Clermon-Ferrand, France expired 8-19-1662 in Paris, France   age 39

former American League umpire (1945-53)  Arthur Passarella   had an acting gig playing Sgt. Sekuvolich on The Streets of San Francisco tv series born on 12-23-1909 expired 10-12-1981 in Hemet, California   age 71

Frédéric Passy   a co-founder of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; shared the first Nobel prize in peace (1901) born on 5-20-1822 in Paris, France expired 6-12-1912 in Paris, France   age 84 AKS: Frederic

Nobel literature prize-winning author  Boris Leonidovich Pasternak   wrote Doctor Zhivago born on 2-10-1890 in Moscow, Russia expired 5-30-1960 in Peredelkino, Russia, USSR   age 70

film producer  Joseph Vincent Pasternak born on 9-19-1901 in Szilagy-Smoloyn, Roumania expired 9-13-1991   age 89

chemist & bacteriologist  Louis Pasteur   devised method of killing bacteria in milk (Pasteurization); developed vaccine for rabies born on 12-27-1822 in Dole, France expired 9-28-1895 in Saint-Cloud, France   age 72

former Rhode Island governor (1945-50) & senator (1950-76)  John Orlando Pastore Sr.   like to get his puss on the tube denouncing sex and violence born on 3-17-1907 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 7-15-2000 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island   age 93   cause: kidney failure; Parkinson's disease

character actor  Robert Joseph Pastorelli   played Eldin Bernecky on Murphy Brown tv series & Gerry Fitzgerald on Cracker (1997; a U.S. ripoff of British series of same name) born on 6-21-1954 in New Brunswick, New Jersey expired 3-8-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 49   cause: acute cocaine-morphine (heroin) toxicity

Dirta Pasztory   Bela Bartok's widow expired 11-21-1982   age 80

character actor  Michael Pataki   appeared twice in the Star Trek franchise: in 1988 as Kamas in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Too Short a Season" & as Commander Korax in the original Star Trek series episode The Trouble With Tribbles (1968) — was the first to speak the Klingon language (later fleshed-out by Marc Okrand) — started the bar fight at the space station by suggesting to Scotty that "... the Enterprise should be hauled away AS garbage!" born on 1-16-1938 in Youngstown, Ohio expired 4-15-2010 in North Hollywood, California   age 72

British World War I veteran  Henry John "Harry" Patch   was the last soldier who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele born on 6-17-1898 expired 7-25-2009 in Wells, Somerset, England   age 111    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC 3.3%    Scored 3.9000 solo points

character actor  Michael Pate ¤ born: Edward John Pate  born on 2-26-1920 in Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia expired 9-1-2008 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 88

BBC Two Fat Ladies cooking show co-host  Jennifer Paterson born on 4-3-1928 in London, England expired 8-10-1999 in London, England   age 71   cause: lung cancer AKS: Patterson

French movie industry pioneer  Charles Pathé born on 12-25-1863 in Chevry Cossigny, France expired 12-25-1957 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 94

former Bolivian peasant  Simon Iturri Patino   one of the world's wealthiest men ¤ aka: "The Tin King"  born on 6-1-1862 in Cochabamba, Bolivia expired 4-20-1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 86

baseball clown  Max Patkin born on 1-10-1920 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-30-1999 in Paoli, Pennsylvania   age 79   cause: aortic aneurysm

former congressman (1929-76)  John Williams Wright Patman born on 8-6-1893 in Patman's Switch, Texas expired 3-7-1976 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 82   cause: pneumonia

silent movie director  Stuart Paton   directed first version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea expired 12-16-1944 in Los Angeles, California   age 61

character actor  Dennis Patrick born on 3-14-1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-13-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: smoke inhalation (apartment fire)

writer  John Patrick   won Pulitzer Prize for adapting the book Teahouse of the August Mooninto a stage play (also wrote the movie screenplay); wrote screenplays for Three Coins in the Fountain (1956), The World of Suzi Wong, High Society and Love is a Many Splendored Thing ¤ born: John Patrick Goggan  born on 5-17-1905 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 11-7-1995 in Delray Beach, Florida   age 90

Detroit Lions play-by-play broadcaster  Van Patrick   owner of WKNR during the heyday of rock & roll radio born on 8-15-1916 expired 9-29-1974 in South Bend, Indiana   age 58   cause: heart attack

Soyuz 11 cosmonaut  Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev   died when the cabin depressurized during re-entry born on 6-19-1933 in Aktuybinsk, Kazakhstan, USSR expired 6-30-1971 in Dzherkazgan, USSR   age 38   cause: hypoxia

backup singer  Edward Patten   one of Gladys Knight's Pips (also her cousin) born on 8-2-1939 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 2-25-2005 in Livonia, Michigan   age 65   cause: complications from stroke

actress  Luana Patten   played Ginny Favers, one of the children in Disney's Song of the South (1946) born on 7-6-1938 in Long Beach, California expired 5-1-1996 in Long Beach, California   age 57   cause: respiratory failure AKS: Patton

jazz musician & character actor  Moultrie Patten Sr.   played Walt Kupfer on the Northern Exposure tv series (1993-95) born on 6-10-1919 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-18-2009 in Beaverton, Oregon   age 89   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD 9.1% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD 4.3% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD 3.2% 2008 BOD 3.1% 2009 BOD 3.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (one to be exact) AKS: Moultree Moltrie Patton Pattun

Newsday co-founder and publisher  Alicia Patterson ¤ aka: Mrs. Alicia Guggenheim  born on 10-15-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-2-1963 in New York, New York   age 56

Edison research assistant  Charles D. Patterson expired 10-19-1943 in Troy, New York   age 77

actor/comedian  Dick N. Patterson born on 4-11-1929 in Clear Lake, Iowa expired 9-20-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 70

actor  Elmer Calvin "Hank" Patterson   played Fred Ziffel on Green Acres; was the "father" of Arnold Ziffel born on 10-9-1888 in Springville, Alabama expired 8-23-1975 in Woodland Hills, California   age 86   cause: bronchial pneumonia

former heavyweight boxer  Floyd Patterson   won a gold medal in the 1952 Olympics boxing as a middleweight born on 1-4-1935 in Waco, North Carolina expired 5-11-2006 in New Paltz, New York   age 71   cause: prostate cancer; Alzheimer's disease

journalist/promoter  Harry Thomas "Tom" Patterson   founded the Stratford Festival in Ontario born on 6-11-1920 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada expired 2-20-2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 84   cause: pneumonia

Scottsboro Boys defendant  Heywood Patterson   subject of Patterson v Alabama Supreme Court ruling requiring adequate counsel for defendants born on --1913 in Elberton, Georgia expired 8-22-1952 in Jackson, Michigan   age 39   cause: cancer

New York Daily News tabloid founder & publisher  Joseph Medill Patterson born on 1-6-1879 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-26-1946 in New York, New York   age 67

Communist & Marxist  Louise Alone Thompson Patterson   one-time secretary of Langston Hughes ¤ born: Louise A. Thompson nickname: "Madame Moscow"  born on 9-9-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-27-1999 in New York, New York   age 97

former rodeo rider & hay farmer  Roger Patterson   (with Robert Gimlin) took only footage of Bigfoot (10-20-1967) in Six Rivers National Forest born on 2-14-1933 expired 1-??-1972 in Yakima, Washington   age 38   cause: cancer

Albert Patton   co-founded the Harlem Globetrotters born on 1-6-1910 expired 5-27-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 90   cause: stabbed to death during robbery

formidable World War II Third Army general  George Smith Patton Jr.   military historian; master strategist; rescued Bastogne (France) during Battle of the Bulge ¤ nickname: "Old Blood and Guts"  born on 11-11-1885 in San Gabriel, California expired 12-21-1945 in Heidelberg, Germany   age 60   cause: injuries suffered in auto accident

child abductee  Etan Patz   declared legally dead 6/18/2001 born on 12-5-1972 in New York, New York expired 5-25-1979 in New York, New York   age 6   cause: murdered

Greek monarch (1947-64)  King Paul I   father of Spanish Queen Sofia born on 12-14-1901 in Athens, Greece expired 3-6-1964 in Tatoi, Greece   age 62

suffragette Dr.  Alice Paul   co-founded the National Woman's Party (1913); a principle author of the defunct Equal Rights Amendment born on 1-11-1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey expired 7-9-1977 in Moorestown, New Jersey   age 92

guitarist  Les Paul   once partnered with (and married to) Mary Ford ¤ born: Lester William Polfus  born on 6-9-1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin expired 8-13-2009 in White Plains, New York   age 94   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2001 TEX 12½% 2002 TMTX 9.1% 2003 ANG, JEDS, KOHD, TMTX 22.2% 2005 QKU 4.3% 2006 ANG, DFFC, OIE 10.0% 2007 AUDC, DFFC, DTH, GOHI, LMLD, MOT 19.4% 2008 ANG, DFFC, GOHI, MORB, OIE, SPIT 18.8% 2009 ADWC, ANG, MORB 10.0%    Scored 3.7250 points

plump actor  Richard Paul born on 6-6-1940 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-25-1998 in Studio City, California   age 58   cause: cancer

physicist  Wolfgang Paul   shared the 1989 Nobel prize in physics born on 8-10-1913 in Lorenzkirch, Saxony, Germany expired 12-7-1993 in Bonn, Germany   age 90

1945 Nobel prize-winning physicist  Wolfgang Ernst Friedrich Pauli   helped formulate the basic laws of electronics, including the "exclusion" principle born on 4-25-1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 12-15-1958 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 58

Dr.  Linus Carl Pauling   double Nobel laureate: 1954 Chemistry &nsbp; 1962 Peace born on 2-28-1901 in Portland, Oregon expired 8-19-1994 in Big Sur, California   age 93    Contest Selectors 1979 MS, YJ 15.4% 1980 RR 6.3%

Stalinist Soviet police agent  Karl-Leonhard Paulov   did time in an Estonian prison for his crimes against the people born on --1915 expired 2-??-2002 in Estonia   age 77   cause: bladder cancer & liver disease

engineer/inventor  Edward Arthur Pauls   came up with the idea for the Nordic Track exercise equipment (1976) born on 8-28-1931 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin expired 10-9-2011 in Montrose, Colorado   age 80   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

character actor  Albert Paulsen   played lots of villains born on 12-13-1929 in Guayaquil, Equador expired 4-25-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 74

comedian & Olive Oil Party Presidential candidate  Pat Paulsen   appeared on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour; subject of October 1968 Playboy "interview" born on 7-6-1927 in South Bend, Indiana expired 4-24-1997 in Tijuana, Mexico   age 69   cause: cancer

Chun King (1947) & Jeno's Pizza (1967) purveyor  Jeno Paulucci ¤ born: Luigino Francesco Paolucci  born on 7-7-1918 in Aurora, Minnesota expired 11-24-2011 in Duluth, Minnesota   age 93

Carnegie-Mellon computer science profeessor  Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch   author of Last Lecture book & video born on 10-23-1960 expired 7-25-2008 in Chesapeake, Virginia   age 47   cause: pancreatic cancer    Contest Selectors 2008 QKU, WEP 6.3%    Scored 9.0500 points

formerly-tubby tenor  Luciano Pavarotti born on 10-12-1935 in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy expired 9-6-2007 in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy   age 71   cause: kidney failure; pancreatic cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2004 ABRA, RAVN 11.1% 2005 WORM 4.3% 2006 DTH 3.3% 2007 ABRA, GOHI, MOT, QKU, RAVN, RR, TFM, WEP 25.8%    Scored 5.4195 points

Serbian Orthodox Church spiritual leader  Pavle   His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1991-2009) ¤ born: Gojko Stojčević  born on 9-11-1914 in Kućanci, Slavonija, Austria-Hungary expired 11-15-2009 in Belgrade, Serbia   age 95   cause: cardiac arrest    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1% 2009 DTM, WEP 6.7%    Scored 4.2500 points

Dr.  Ivan Petrovich Pavlov   won the 1904 Nobel prize in physiology for his work on the physiology of digestion; the down side — a lab full of slobbering mutts born on 9-14-1849 in Ryazan, Russia expired 2-27-1936 in Leningrad, RUssia, USSR   age 86

coup plotter  Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov   a former Soviet Prime Minister (Jan-Aug 1991); concocted the "State Emergency Committee" as a front to strip Gorbachev of power; the failed coup set off the collapse of the Soviet Union born on 9-26-1937 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 3-30-2003 in Moscow, Russia   age 65

actress  Katina Paxinou   won 1943 Supporting Actress oscar for her performance in as Pilar For Whom the Bell Tolls born on 12-17-1900 in Piraeus, Greece expired 2-22-1973 in Athens, Greece   age 72

country singer  Johnny Paycheck   "take this database & shove it" ¤ born: Donald Eugene Lytle  born on 5-31-1938 in Greenfield, Ohio expired 2-18-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 64   cause: respiratory failure; emphysema; asthma    Contest Selectors 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 ANG 5.6%    Scored 8.6000 solo points

pioneering black female television news anchor  Beverly Payne expired 11-12-1999 in San Francisco, California   age 54   cause: cervical cancer

actor  John Payne born on 5-23-1912 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 12-6-1989 in Malibu, California   age 77

radio actress  Virginia Payne   played Ma Perkins (1933-60) born on 9-19-1908 expired 2-10-1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 68

New York Mets principal owner  Joan Whitney Payson born on 2-5-1903 in New York, New York expired 10-4-1975 in New York, New York   age 72   cause: complications from stroke

1940s/50s bombshell mis-fire  Barbara Lee Payton   a real sad case: liked wild sex & booze way too much; as her career skidded to a messy crash appeared in such low budget gems as Bride of the Gorilla (1951); briefly married to actor Franchot Tone (for all of 53 days in 1952); increasingly turned to drugs, later turning tricks in Hollywood for almost nothing ¤ née: Redfield  born on 11-16-1927 in Cloquet, Minnesota expired 5-8-1967 in San Diego, California   age 39   cause: heart & liver failure

Four Tops singer  Lawrence Payton born on 3-2-1938 in Detroit, Michigan expired 6-20-1997   age 59   cause: liver cancer

hall-of-fame former Chicago Bears running back  Walter Jerry Payton ¤ nickname: "Sweetness"  born on 7-25-1954 in Columbia, Mississippi expired 11-1-1999 in Barrington, Illinois   age 45   cause: cancer of bile duct; liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis)

author  Octavio Paz Lozano   won 1990 Nobel literature prize born on 3-31-1914 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 4-19-1998 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 84

banjo player  Eddie Peabody ¤ nickname: "The Banjo King"  born on 2-19-1902 in Reading, Massachusetts expired 11-7-1970 in Covington, Kentucky   age 68

banker & philosophy  George Foster Peabody   namesake of award established in 1939 born on 7-27-1852 in Columbus, Georgia expired 3-4-1938 in Warm Springs, Georgia   age 85   cause: heart failure

jazz instrumentalist  Curtis Peagler   played the double-bass, trombone and saxophone (tenor & alto) born on 9-17-1929 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 12-19-1992 in Los Angeles, California   age 63

"colorful" British military officer Lt.Colonel  Frederick Gerald Peake   co-founded the Arab League in Transjordan expired 3-30-1970 in Kelso, Scotland   age 84

writer  Loretta Ruth Stafford Peale   Norman Vincent's widow born on 9-10-1906 in Fonda, Iowa expired 2-6-2008 in Pawling, New York   age 101    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1% 2003 JL 5.6% 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW, TFM 6.3%    Scored 3.6500 points

Rev.  Norman Vincent Peale born on 5-31-1898 in Bowersville, Ohio expired 12-24-1993 in Pawling, New York   age 95    Contest Selectors 1980 JW 6.3%

actress  Alice Pearce   original Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched (1964-66) born on 10-16-1917 in New York, New York expired 3-3-1966 in Hollywood, California   age 48   cause: cancer

kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter  Daniel Pearl born on 10-10-1963 in Princeton, New Jersey expired 1-31-2002 in Karachi, Pakistan   age 38   cause: murdered; throat slit; beheaded

actor  Stephen Pearlman born on 2-26-1935 expired 9-30-1998 in New York, New York   age 63   cause: cancer

Bill Austin "Billy" Pearson   jockey, art expert & game show contestant ($64,000 Question & $64,000 Challenge) born on 5-19-1920 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-28-2002 in Kingston, New York   age 82   cause: pneumonia

political columnist  Drew Pearson   co-founder of Washington Merry-Go-Round column (1932) born on 12-13-1897 in Evanston, Illinois expired 9-1-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 71

former Canadian prime minister (1963-68)  Lester Bowles Pearson   winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize born on 4-23-1897 in Newtonbrooke, Ontario, Canada expired 12-27-1972 in Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada   age 75   cause: liver cancer AKS: Newtonbrook is now part of Toronto

Washington Post obituary editor (1988-his death)  Richard G. Pearson born on --1949 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-11-2003 in Arlington, Virginia   age 54   cause: pancreatic cancer

Great Gildersleave actor  Harold "Hal" Peary born on 7-25-1908 in San Landro, California expired 3-30-1985 in Torrance, California   age 76 AKS: Perry

Palomar Observatory optician & astronomer Dr.  Francis G. Pease   co-designer of the 100 & 200 inch telescopes on Mount Wilson, California born on 1-14-1881 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 2-7-1938 in Pasadena, California   age 57

Catholic Church leader (1878-1903)  Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci   elected 257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church February 20, 1878 ¤ Pope Leo XIII  born on 3-2-1810 in Carpineto, Italy expired 7-20-1903 in Rome, Italy   age 93

actor  Bob Peck   played game warden Robert Muldoon in Jurassic Park (1993) born on 8-23-1945 in Leeds, Oxfordshire, England expired 4-4-1999 in London, England   age 53   cause: cancer

actor  Eldred Gregory Peck   won Best Actor oscar for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) born on 4-5-1916 in La Jolla, California expired 6-12-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 87    Contest Selectors 2003 KLS, RAVN, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 4.4250 points

psychiatrist/author Dr.  Morgan Scott Peck   wrote The Road Less Traveled (1978) born on 5-22-1936 in New York, New York expired 9-26-2005 in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut   age 69   cause: pancreatic cancer; liver duct cancer; Parkinson's disease; impotence AKS: M. Scott Peck

moviedirector  David Samuel Peckinpah   made The Wild Bunch (1969) & The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) born on 2-21-1925 in Fresno, California expired 12-28-1984 in Inglewood, California   age 59   cause: stroke

Great Lakes sailor  Karl Anthony Peckol   Watchman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 55   cause: drowned when ship foundered

New York judge  Ferdinand Pecora   led investigation of Wall Street after 1929 crash which resulted in the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission born on 1-6-1882 in Nicosia, Sicily, Italy expired 12-7-1971 in New York, New York   age 89   cause: heart failure

Dr.  Charles John Pedersen   shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in chemistry born on 10-3-1904 in Fusan, Korea expired 10-26-1989 in Salem, New Jersey   age 85   cause: myeloma

Harry Pedersen   captain of the excursion vessel Eastland when it capsized in the Chicago River (7/24/1914) resulting in 844 deaths born on 3-18-1860 in Norway expired 7-25-1939 in Chicago, Illinois   age 79   cause: nephritis

author  Knud Pedersen   a big fan of Germany & National Socialism — he went along with the Nazi invasion of Norway (which tended to devalue his 1920 Nobel Literature prize) ¤ pen name: Knut Hamsun  born on 8-4-1859 in Lom, Gudbrandsdal, Norway expired 2-19-1952 in Grimstad, Norway   age 92

former UC-Berkeley computer scientist (1955-91)  Donald Pederson   oversaw creation of the circuit design/testing tool called SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis; 1972) born on 9-30-1925 in Hallock, Minnesota expired 12-25-2004 in Concord, California   age 79   cause: Parkinson's disease

1970s nudie model  Roberta Pedon ¤ born: Rosma Laila Grantovskis  born on 5-2-1954 in Ohio expired 7-30-1982 in Alameda County, California   age 28   cause: shock; lactic acidosis; alcoholic liver disease AKS: Grantoviskis

"mega-savant"  Kim Peek   an inspiration for the creation of the Rain Man character born on 11-11-1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 12-19-2009 in Murray, Utah   age 58   cause: heart attack

Sir  Robert "Bobby" Peel   reorganized the London, England, police force; London cops came to be known as "Bobbies" after their commander born on 2-5-1788 in Bury, Lancashire, England expired 1-2-1850 in London, England   age 61

operatic tenor  Jan Peerce ¤ born: Jacob Pincus Perelmuth  born on 6-3-1904 in New York, New York expired 12-15-1984 in New York, New York   age 80    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former Disney cartoonist  William Bartlett "Bill" Peet Sr.   planned animation sequences for Song of the South (1946); drew Dumbo; wrote screenplay for 101 Dalmatians (1961); also a writer of children's books ¤ born: W.B. Peed  born on 1-29-1915 in Grandview, Indiana expired 5-11-2002 in Studio City, California   age 87   cause: pneumonia; cancer; heart problems

newspaper columnist  James Westbrook Pegler   won 1941 Pulitzer prize for exposing corruption in labor unions; lost libel suit against Quentin Reynolds born on 8-2-1894 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 6-24-1969 in Tucson, Arizona   age 74

Cincinnati Reds catcher (1896-1904)  Henry C. Peitz ¤ nickname: "Heinie"  expired 10-23-1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 73

NYC teacher/school principal  Bridget Caulfield Peixotto   in 1913 was dismissed after becoming pregnant; reinstated in 1915 with back pay; case basis for much U.S. law & rules concerning maternity leave born on 9-5-1877 expired 4-15-1972 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 94

retired Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital file clerk (1966-2003)  Harvey Pekar   prickly jazz aficionado & critic; autobiographical subject of American Splendor (2003) born on 10-8-1939 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 7-11-2010 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio   age 70   cause: prostate cancer; asthma; hypertension; depression    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

Turkish premier (1946-47)  Recep Peker ¤ make up your own nicknames for this guy  expired 4-2-1950 in Istanbul, Turkey   age 62   cause: heart attack

former Israeli Air Force commander  Benjamin "Benny" Peled   lead 1976 hostage rescue raid on the Entebbe (Uganda) airport ¤ born: Benjamin Weidenfeld  born on --1928 in Tel Aviv, Palestine expired 7-13-2002   age 74   cause: emphysema

former Czech parliament member  Jiří Pelikán   head of the state-run radio & tv system who eliminated censorship; a leader of the "Prague Spring" movement in 1968 & leading supporter of Alexander Dubcek born on 2-7-1923 in Olomouc, Moravia, Czechoslovakia expired 6-26-1999 in Rome, Italy   age 76 AKS: Jiri Pelikan

former Rhode Island Senator (1961-97)  Claiborne DeBorda Pell   wrote the law that gives money to college students (Pell Grants) born on 11-22-1918 in New York, New York expired 1-1-2009 in Newport, Rhode Island   age 90   cause: Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 2007 DTH, GREB 6.5% 2008 GREB 3.1% 2009 GREB, RR 6.7%    Scored 4.7500 points

American World War II French resistance fighter  Isabel Townsend Pell   led Maquis resistance cells on French Riviera expired 6-5-1952 in New York, New York   age 51

Wendy's commercial actress  Clara Peller   known for her trademark complaint "Where's the Beef?!" born on 8-4-1903 in Russia expired 8-11-1987 in Chicago, Illinois   age 84   cause: emphysema

highwayman (robber)  Nicolas Jacques Pelletier   first person to experience decapitation by guillotine expired 4-25-1792   age ??   cause: executed; guillotine

Atlanta pharmacist Dr.  John Styth Pemberton   invented Coca-Cola (May 8, 1886) born on 7-8-1831 in Knoxville, Georgia expired 8-16-1888 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 57   cause: cancer

accomplished scribe  Pietek Pemper   had been the personal typist for the commandant of the Plaszów concentration camp until Oskar Schindler came along — he was the person that typed up the list of 1,200+ inmates that were to be transferred to Schindler's metal stamping plant, thus saving their lives ¤ born: Mieczyslaw Pemper  born on 3-24-1920 in Krakáu, Poland expired 6-7-2011 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany   age 91

corrupt Kansas City (Missouri) Democratic machine political boss  Thomas Joseph Pendergast   plead guilty to income tax evasion in 1939 born on 7-22-1872 in Saint Joseph, Missouri expired 1-26-1945 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 72

soul singer  Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass   suffered lower-body paralysis in 1982 auto accident born on 3-26-1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-13-2010 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania   age 59   cause: complications from colon cancer surgery AKS: Pendergras Pendergas Pendergass

U.S. Civil Rights Commission chairman  Clarence M. Pendleton born on 11-10-1930 expired 6-5-1988   age 57

golfer  Harvey Morrison Penick born on 10-23-1904 in Austin, Texas expired 4-2-1995   age 90

Theodore A. Penland   last commander of the Grand Army of the Republic Civil War veterans organization expired 9-13-1950 in Vancouver, Washington   age 101

movie director  Arthur Penn   directed The Miracle Worker (Broadway play & movie; 1959/62), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Alice's Restaurant (1969) & Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) born on 9-27-1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-28-2010 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure

character actor  Christopher "Chris" Penn   brother of Sean born on 10-10-1965 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-24-2006 in Santa Monica, California   age 40   cause: nonspecific cardiomyopathy

actor/director  Leo Z. Penn   blacklisted in the 1940s and 50s; father of Sean & Chris born on 8-27-1921 expired 9-5-1998 in Santa Monica, California   age 77   cause: lung cancer

actress  Jocelyn Brando Pennebaker   older sister of Marlon; appeared on Broadway in the original production of Mr. Roberts; also appeared in The Ugly American (1963) & Mommie Dearest (1981) born on 11-18-1919 in San Francisco, California expired 11-27-2005 in Santa Monica, California   age 86

radio comedian  Joe Penner   his catch phrase was "Wanna buy a duck?" ¤ born: Joseph Pinter  born on 11-11-1904 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 1-10-1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 36

department store chain founder  James Cash Penney born on 9-16-1875 in Hamilton, Missouri expired 2-12-1971 in New York, New York   age 95   cause: complications from fall

1920s Broadway actress, dancer, singer  Ann Pennington   popularized the Black Bottom song and dance in George White's Scandals of 1926 born on 12-27-1893 in Camden, New Jersey expired 11-4-1971 in New York, New York   age 77

Webb, Mississippi farmer  James G. "Jim" Pennington   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on 1-10-1918 expired 12-17-1994 in Webb, Mississippi   age 76

Lida Irene Wells Pennington born on 12-24-1898 expired 7-17-2003 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana   age 104

New York Yankees pitcher  Herbert Jeffries Pennock   batted last in Murderers' Row ¤ nickname: "The Knight of Kennett Square"  born on 2-10-1894 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania expired 1-30-1948 in New York, New York   age 53   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

former Selective Service head (1972-77)  Byron Vincent Pepitone   oversaw transition from the draft to an all volunteer force; resigned when Carter pardoned draft evaders born on 6-9-1918 in New Brunswick, New Jersey expired 9-11-2003 in Port Saint Lucie, Florida   age 85

A-Team actor  George Peppard   also starred as Banacek born on 10-1-1928 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-8-1994 in Los Angeles, California   age 65

jazz artist  Arthur Edward Pepper born on 9-1-1925 in Gardena, California expired 6-15-1982 in Los Angeles, California   age 56

actress  Barbara Pepper   played Doris Ziffel on Green Acres (1965-69) ¤ real name: Barbara P. Enfield  born on 5-31-1915 in New York, New York expired 7-18-1969   age 54   cause: heart attack

mentally enfeebled Florida Representative (1963-89)  Claude Denson Pepper   also a Florida State senator (1936-51); vindictive apologist for the massive ponzi scheme known as "Social Security" born on 9-8-1900 in Dudleyville, Alabama expired 5-30-1989 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 88

former Illinois senator (1967-85)  Charles Harting Percy   heir to the Bell & Howell "fortune"; father of twins Sharon and Valerie born on 9-27-1919 in Pensacola, Florida expired 9-17-2011 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 91   cause: Alzheimer's disease AKS: Hartung

Valerie Percy   daughter of Charles H. Percy; twin sister of Sharon born on 12-10-1944 in Oakland, California expired 9-18-1966 in Kenilworth, Illinois   age 21   cause: skull fracture & stab wounds

poultry processing company founder (1920)  Arthur W. Perdue   father of Frank; family name was originally Perdeux born on 8-8-1885 expired 6-27-1977 in Salisbury, Maryland   age 91

fowl businessman  Franklin Parsons "Frank" Perdue   son of company founder born on 5-9-1920 in Salisbury, Maryland expired 3-31-2005 in Salisbury, Maryland   age 84   cause: bird flu?    Contest Selectors 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 TAP 5.6%

elder Native American  Javier Pereira   made undocumented claim to extreme age expired 3-30-1958 in Monteria, Columbia   age 167

Brazilian soccer star  Valdir Pereira   captain of 1958 & 1962 World Champion teams ¤ aka: "Didi"  born on 10-8-1929 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 5-12-2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   age 71   cause: liver failure

humorist  Sidney Joseph Perelman   wrote screenplays for Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932) & Around the World in Eighty Days (won oscar; 1956) born on 2-1-1904 in New York, New York expired 10-17-1979 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: "natural causes"

Catholic Church leader (1585-1590)  Felice Peretti   elected 228th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 24, 1585 ¤ Pope Sixtus V  born on 12-13-1521 in Grottamare, Italy expired 8-27-1590 in Rome, Italy   age 68

Marie Curie colleague  Marguerite Perey   discovered element 87, Francium, in 1939 expired 5-13-1975 in Paris, France   age 65

former Venezuelan minister of Mines and Development  Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso   a co-founder of OPEC (September 1960) born on 12--1903 expired 9-3-1979 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 75   cause: pancreatic cancer

Marcos Pérez Jiménez   military dictator of Venezuela (1952-58) born on 4-25-1914 in Tachira State, Venezuela expired 9-20-2001 in Madrid, Spain   age 87   cause: heart attack

Texas death row inmate  Robert Anthony Martinez Perez   a "general" in the Mexican prison gangs ¤ number 999322  born on 6-29-1958 expired 3-6-2007 in Huntsville, Texas   age 48   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 ADWC, BOD, DFFC, DTH, DTM, JCM, KLS, OIE, PCD, QKU, RAVN, RIE, SPIT 41.9%    Scored 7.7006 points

Tejano singer  Selena Quintanilla Perez born on 4-16-1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas expired 3-31-1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas   age 23   cause: shot to death by Yolanda Saldivar

Boston/Milwaukee Braves owner (1946-62)  Louis Robert Perini   moved team to Milwaukee in 1953 born on 11-29-1903 in Ashland, Massachusetts expired 4-16-1972 in West Palm Beach, Florida   age 68

Psycho actor  Anthony Perkins born on 4-14-1932 in New York, New York expired 9-12-1992 in Hollywood, California   age 60   cause: pneumonia; AIDS

actress & photographer  Berinthia Berenson "Berry" Perkins   Marisa's sister; widow of Anthony Perkins born on 4-14-1948 in New York, New York expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York   age 53   cause: aboard hijacked American Airlines flight 11

rockabilly pioneer  Carl Lee Perkins   wrote Blue Suede Shoes (1955) born on 4-9-1932 in Tiptonville, Tennssee expired 1-19-1998 in Jackson, Tennessee   age 65   cause: complications from strokes

FDR Labor Secretary (1933-45)  Frances Perkins   first woman cabinet secretary born on 4-10-1882 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 5-14-1965 in New York, New York   age 83

blues pianist  Joseph William "Pinetop" Perkins   his signature songs include "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" and "Got My Mojo Working" ¤ aka: "Joe Willie"  born on 7-7-1913 in Honey Creek Plantation, Belzoni, Mississippi expired 3-21-2011 in Austin, Texas   age 97   cause: cardiac arrest    Contest Selectors 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG, RR 6.3% 2009 GOHI, NFG, RR 10.0% 2010 NFG, RR 7.4%

Texas death row inmate  Reginald W. Perkins   suspected serial strangler; convicted of raping two 12-year old girls in Ohio but inexplicably released after 6 years; getting the needle for murdering step-mother Gertie Mae Perkins ¤ #999407  born on 4-29-1955 in Arkansas expired 1-22-2009 in Huntsville, Texas   age 53   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2009 ADWC, DFFC, DTM, JCM, RAVN, SBAP 20.0%    Scored 7.2781 points

Wild Kingdom host  Richard Marlin Perkins born on 3-28-1905 in Carthage, Missouri expired 6-14-1986 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 81    Contest Selectors 1980 EK 6.3%

composer/musicologist  George Perle   winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize in music; recipient of a MacArthur fellowship born on 5-6-1915 in Bayonne, New Jersey expired 1-23-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 93    Contest Selectors 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2009 BYE 3.3%    Scored 5.7000 solo points AKS: Perlie

pianist  Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter   collaborted with Ravel born on 5-26-1904 in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania) expired 9-4-2002 in Paris, France   age 98

former Carnegie Mellon University computer science department head  Alan Jay Perlis   noted for his work in advanced programming tecniques and compiler construction; received the first A.M. Turing Award (1966) born on 4-1-1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-7-1990   age 67

Navy machinist's mate  Albert G. Perna   aboard the B-25 bomber that crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building expired 7-28-1945 in New York, New York   age 20   cause: plane crash

small-time Argentine actress  Eva Duarte de Perón   used the casting couch to work her way up; married promising Army Colonel Juan Peron, eventually becoming Argentina's first lady; subject of stage play and movie Evita ¤ born: Eva Maria Duarte  born on 5-7-1919 in Los Toldos, Argentina expired 7-26-1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 33

Argentine president (1946-55 and 1973-74)  Juan Domingo Perón   husband of Eva and Isabel born on 10-8-1895 in Lobos, Argentina expired 7-1-1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 78

presidential mother  Juana Sosa de Perón expired 5-30-1953 in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina   age 78

former Minnesota governor (1977-79 & 1983-91)  Rudy Perpich born on 6-27-1928 in Carson Lake, Minnesota expired 9-21-1995 in Saint Paul, Minnesota   age 67

physicist  Jean Baptiste Perrin   was the 1926 Nobel physics laureate born on 9-30-1870 in Lille, France expired 4-17-1942 in New York, New York   age 71

actor  Victor H. Perrin   the original Control Voice on The Outer Limits — "Please Stand By ..." (1963-65); played planet leader Tharn on original Star Trek series episode Mirror, Mirror (1967) & the voice of the Nomad Probe in The Changeling episode born on 4-26-1916 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin expired 7-4-1989 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

WNBA/Houston Comets point guard  Kim Perrot born on 1-18-1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana expired 8-19-1999 in Houston, Texas   age 32   cause: cancer; (brain and lung) AKS: Perot Parrot Parot

famed Broadway director  Antoinette Perry   directed Harvey; the major Broadway show award, the Tony is named for her ¤ aka: Antoinette Freauff  born on 6-27-1888 in Denver, Colorado expired 6-28-1946 in New York, New York   age 58

fisherman  Elwood Lake Perry   patented the Spoonplug fishing lure (1946) born on 7-10-1915 in Hickory, South Carolina expired 8-12-2005 in Taylorsville, North Carolina   age 90

director  Frank Perry born on 8-21-1930 in New York, New York expired 9-6-1995 in New York, New York   age 65

tennis player  Frederick J. Perry born on 5-18-1909 expired 2-2-1995 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   age 85

Hyperion Records founder  George Edward "Ted" Perry born on 5-5-1931 expired 2-9-2003 in London, England   age 71   cause: lung cancer

World War II Rear admiral  John Richard Perry   organized the Navy Seabees construction battalions expired 9-25-1955 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 56

controversial character actor  Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry ¤ aka: "Stepin Fetchit"  born on 5-30-1902 in Key West, Florida expired 11-19-1985 in Woodland Hills, California   age 83   cause: pneumonia; congestive heart failure

former U of Michigan football player  Lowell W. Perry   former Michigan Labor Department head (1991-96); college roommate of Darth Vader born on 12-5-1931 in Ypsilanti, Michigan expired 1-7-2001 in Southfield, Michigan   age 69   cause: cancer

one-time (Dallas, TX) Parkland Hospital E.R. medic Dr.  Malcolm Oliver Perry 2nd   performed a futile tracheotomy on JFK when he was brought in born on 9-3-1929 in Allen, Texas expired 12-5-2009 in Tyler, Texas   age 80   cause: lung cancer

Commodore  Matthew Calbraith Perry   sent by president Fillmore to isolationist Japan (1852) to open up trade; succeeded in 1854; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry born on 4-10-1794 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island expired 3-4-1858 in New York, New York   age 63

dimbulb terrorist  Nancy Ling Perry   member of the SLA ¤ SLA name: "Fahizah"  born on 9-19-1947 in Santa Rosa, California expired 5-24-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 26   cause: bullet wounds

former tv personality  Nick Perry   did 2 years in jail (1981-83) for his involvement in a rigged Pennsylvania Lottery Daily Drawing; on 4/24/1980 the number 666 came up (the other balls had been weighted to not make it to the exit port) & the consipirators cashed in; the fraud scheme was the basis of the movie Lucky Numbers (2000) ¤ born: Nicholas Perry Katsafanas  born on 12-5-1916 expired 4-22-2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 86

Admiral  Oliver Hazard Perry   defeated the British on Lake Erie in 1813; famous quote: "We have met the enemy and they are ours" born on 8-20-1785 in South Kingston, Rhode Island expired 8-23-1819 in Angostura, Venezuela   age 34

World War I American Expeditionary Force commander  John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing   won 1932 Pulitzer prize for his memoirs; only six-star U.S. General born on 9-13-1860 in Linn City, Missouri expired 7-15-1948 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 87   cause: heart & kidney failure

New York mafia don  Alphonse Persico born on 12-6-1929 expired 9-12-1989   age 59

producer  Lester Persky   producer of The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shampoo (1975) & Taxi Driver (1976) born on 7-6-1925 in New York, New York expired 12-16-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 76   cause: complications following heart surgery

journalist  Bernard Person   covered Hitler's trial for his role in the failed München Beer Hall Putsch (1924); founded Facts on File (1040) born on 6-18-1894 expired 3-9-1981 in Albuquerque, New Mexico   age 86

film & theater producer  Eugene Clair Persson   was co-creator/producer of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown stage show (1967); as a child actor portrayed several of the offspring of Ma & Pa Kettle in movies born on 1-12-1934 in Long Beach, California expired 6-6-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 74   cause: heart attack

Playboy January 1962 Playmate of Month  Merle Elizabeth Pertile   her death was announced in the November 1997 Playboy (page 176) as having occurred in the "winter of 1997" (Jan-Mar) born on 11-23-1941 in Whittier, California expired 2-21-1997 in Lake Arrowhead, California   age 55   cause: complications following heart surgery

actor  Jon Pertwee   third to play Doctor Who (1970-74) born on 7-7-1919 in England expired 5-20-1996   age 76   cause: heart attack

biochemist  Max Ferdinand Perutz   pioneer in field of molecular biology, researching the structure of hemoglobin; shared the 1962 Nobel chemistry prize born on 5-19-1914 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 2-6-2002 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 87   cause: cancer

The Captain with his Stickettes: Kim Coffee, Gloria Powell, Laurie Waisanen (aka: The Chest Fairy) and Beverly Martin publicity hound  Richard Allen Pesta   made repeated appearances on 1980s Real People tv series; appeared in The Sex O'Clock News (1986) & Caped Fury (1989) ¤ aka: "Captain Sticky, Destroyer of Evil"  born on --1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 12-12-2003 in Bangkok, Thailand   age 57   cause: embolism following heart bypass surgery

Mussolini mistress  Claretta "Clara" Petacci born on 2-28-1912 in Rome, Italy expired 4-29-1945 in Milan, Italy   age 33   cause: shot, hanged, body mutilated by mobs of disgruntled Mussolini voters

conflicted historic figure Marshal  Henri-Philippe Pétain   World War I military hero; convicted of treason for collaborating with the Nazis in the Vichie government; died in a prison-villa born on 4-24-1856 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Pas-de-Calais, France expired 7-23-1951 in Port-Joinville, Island of Yeu, France   age 95

exiled Yugoslav king (1934-45)  Peter II   husband of Alexandra ¤ born: Peter Karageorgeovitch Petrovich  born on 9-6-1923 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia expired 11-4-1970 in Los Angeles, California   age 47

comic artist  Harry G. Peter   drew Wonder Woman (1941-58) expired ??-??-19??   age ??

Peter Principle author Dr.  Laurence Johnston Peter born on 9-16-1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 1-12-1990 in Palos Verdes Estates, California   age 70   cause: complications from 1988 stroke

cinematographer  Donald William Peterman   lensed quite a number of well-known flicks, including: Young Doctors in Love (1982), Flashdance (1983), Splash (1984), Cocoon (1985), Star Trek IV: The Yoyage Home (1986), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Get Shorty (1995), Men In Black (1997) & Mighty Joe Young (1997) born on 1-3-1932 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-5-2011 in Palos Verdes Estates, California   age 79   cause: complications form myelodysplastic syndrome

actor  Brock Peters   played Joseph Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine tv series, as well as the traitorous Admiral Cartwright in two Star Trek movies (IV & VI); he was also chief of detectives Lt. Hatcher in Soylent Green (1973) & accused rapist Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) ¤ born: Brock George Fisher  born on 7-2-1927 in New York, New York expired 8-23-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: pancreatic cancer

actress  Elizabeth Jean Peters   once married to Howard Hughes (1957-71) born on 10-15-1926 in Canton, Ohio expired 10-13-2000 in Carlsbad, California   age 73   cause: leukemia

oldster  Lana Peters   daddy was a dictator; she bailed on him, defecting in 1967 ¤ born: Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina changed to: Svetlana Alliluyeva (1953) ex-Mrs. William Wesley Peters  born on 2-28-1926 in Moscow, Russia expired 11-22-2011 in Richland Center, Wisconsin   age 85   cause: colon cancer

tv character actor  Robert House Peters Jr.   was the first to portray Mr. Clean in television commercials born on 1-12-1916 in New Rochelle, New York expired 9-24-2008 in Woodland Hills, California   age 92   cause: pneumonia

long-ago logo model  Lorraine Collett Petersen   posed for the Sun-Maid Raisin logo born on 12-9-1892 in Fresno, California expired 3-30-1983 in Fresno, California   age 90

long-ago Army Lt.  Coleman Alonzo Peterson   believing that his wife had been raped went out and shot the alleged perp; he was acquitted at his subsequent trial by reason of temporary insanity (irresistable impulse); his defense attorney wrote a best-selling semi-fictional account of the trial that was made into a major movie (Anatomy of a Murder) born on 8-9-1913 expired 9-??-1977 in Corpus Christi, Texas   age 64

inventor  Edwin R. Peterson   finalist in the category of "World's Most Annoying Inventions" --- invented the Bac-A-Larm in the mid-1960s ... you know, that annoying "beep...beep...beep..." sound that every truck & construction vehicle makes when backing up (usually outside your bedroom window at around 4:30 a.m. while you are trying to sleep) born on 4-7-1921 expired 5-26-1999 in Boise, Idaho   age 78

Santa Barbara, CA MacDonald's franchisee  Herbert R. Peterson   invented the Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich (1971; introduced in restaurants in 1972) born on 1-5-1919 expired 3-25-2008 in Santa Barbara, California   age 89

jazz pianist  Oscar Emmanuel Peterson born on 8-15-1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 12-23-2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada   age 82   cause: kidney failure AKS: Emanuel

ornithologist & author  Roger Tory Peterson   popularized bird watching born on 8-28-1908 in Jamestown, New York expired 7-28-1996 in Old Lyme, Connecticut   age 87    Contest Selectors 1979 MS 7.7%

former Bank of America president (1963-70)  Rudolph Arvid Peterson born on 12-6-1904 in Svenljunga, Sweden expired 12-2-2003 in Piedmont, California   age 98

animator  Theodore M. "Ted" Petok   won best animated short subject Oscar for The Crunch Bird (1970) born on 4-4-1917 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-18-2010 in Rockville, Maryland   age 93   cause: coronary artery disease

bacteriologist  Julis Richard Petri   came up with the eponymous specimin dish born on 5-31-1852 in Barman, Germany expired 12-20-1921 in Zeitz, Germany   age 69

former NASA engineer  Peter Dimitroff Petroff   originated the digital watch (1971) born on 10-21-1919 in Brestovitsa, Bulgaria expired 2-27-2003 in Huntsville, Alabama   age 83

animator  Joseph D. Petrovich   won 1971 animated short subject oscar for The Crunch Bird ("Crunch Bird, my ass!") born on 7-8-1924 expired 3-27-1977 in Detroit, Michigan   age 52   cause: cancer

French jazz pianist  Michel Petrucciani born on 12-28-1962 in Montpellier, France expired 1-6-1999 in New York, New York   age 36   cause: pulmonary infection; osteogenesis imperfecta

Punch cartoonist  William Norman Pett   originated the Jane's Journal strip for the Daily Mail (1932-48) born on 4-12-1891 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 2-16-1960 in Keymer, England   age 68

pioneer British auto designer Sir  Ernest W. Petter   designed and built first internal combustion engine-powered motor car in Britain (1895-96) expired 7-18-1954 in New Milton, England   age 81

jazz composer & bass player  Oscar Pettiford born on 9-30-1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma expired 9-8-1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 37

NBC reporter  William Thomas "Tom" Pettit   reported Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination live born on 4-23-1931 expired 12-22-1995   age 64

race car driver  Adam Petty   son of Kyle; grandson of Richard born on 7-10-1980 in High Point, North Carolina expired 5-12-2000 in Concord, New Hampshire   age 19   cause: head trauma from car crash

stock car racing patriarch  Lee Arnold Petty   won first Daytona 500 (1959); father of Richard; grandfather of Kyle; great-grandfather of Adam born on 3-14-1914 in Randleman, North Carolina expired 4-5-2000 in Greensboro, North Carolina   age 86   cause: complications from surgery; stomach aneurism

"actress"  Angelique Pettyjohn   played (space bimbo) Drill Thral Shahna in original Star Trek tv series born on 3-10-1943 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-14-1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 50   cause: breast cancer

automaker  Pierre Peugeot born on 6-11-1932 expired 12-1-2002 in Paris, France   age 70

Foghat lead singer  David "Dave" Peverett born on 4-16-1943 in Dulwich, England expired 2-7-2000 in Orlando, Florida   age 56   cause: pneumonia; complications from kidney cancer

tv director  Joseph Pevney   directed some of the most memorable original series Star Trek episodes: Amok Time, The City on the Edge of Forever, Devil in the Dark, Wolf in the Fold & The Trouble With Tribbles born on 9-15-1911 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 5-18-2008 in Palm Desert, California   age 96

Sun Oil president (1912-47)  John Howard Pew   Sun Oil board chair (1963-70) born on 1-27-1882 in Bradford, Pennsylvania expired 11-27-1971 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania   age 89

Sun Oil board chairman (1947-63)  Joseph Newton Pew Jr. born on 11-12-1886 expired 4-9-1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 76

Bordeaux oenologist  Émile Peynaud   note wine consultant born on --1912 in Madiran, Bordeaux, France expired 7-18-2004 in Talence, Bordeaux, France   age 92   cause: Parkinson's disease AKS: Emile

prolific tv director  John Peyser born on 8-10-1916 in New York, New York expired 8-16-2002   age 86

tv writer  Lois G. Peyser born on 3-3-1923 expired 2-18-1994   age 70

jingle writer  Warren G. Pfaff   helped create the "You deserve a break today" jingle/campaign for McDonalds born on 11-26-1929 expired 3-10-2004 in Stamford, Connecticut   age 74

composer  Hans Pfitzner   died penniless born on 5-5-1869 in Moscow, Russia expired 5-22-1949 in Salzburg, Austria   age 80   cause: pneumonia

chemist  Charles Pfizer Sr.   co-founded chemical/pharmaceutical firm (1849) born on 5-22-1824 in Ludwigsburg, Swabia, Germany expired 10-19-1906 in Newport, Rhode Island   age 82

National Pencil Company child laborer  Mary Phagan   murdered by Jim Conley; however, National Pencil Co. manager Leo Frank was tried and convicted for the murder; a lynch mob, calling itself "The Knights of Mary Phagan," stormed the prison where Frank was being held, kidnapped him and took him to Frey's Grove where he was lynched; later that day the "Knights" held a rally at Stone Mountain and rechristened themselves the Ku Klux Klan born on 6-1-1900 in Marietta, Georgia expired 4-26-1913 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 12   cause: murdered

retired Epsom, Surry, school teacher  Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair   on March 14, 1930, while breakfasting with her grandfather (Falconer Madan), suggested the name "Pluto" for the newly-discovered un-named ninth planet (in 2006 had a new name for the astronomers that downgraded Pluto to "dwarf" status); her great-uncle (Henry Madan, Falconer's brother) had suggested the names for Mars' moons — Phobos & Deimos (1878); in 2008 she regained a measure of respect when the Planet formerly Known As Pluto was re-re-classified as a "Plutoid" ¤ née: Burney  born on 7-11-1918 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England expired 4-30-2009 in Banstead, Surrey, England   age 90

Viet Minh co-founder (1941)  Pham Van Dong   premier of North Vietnam 1954-75 & Vietnam 1975-87 born on 3-1-1903 in Quang Ngai Province, Annam, French Indochina expired 4-29-2000 in Hanoi, Vietnam   age 97

Howard Hughes biographer  James R. Phelan born on 7-31-1912 in Alton, Illinois expired 9-8-1997 in Temecula, California   age 85   cause: lung cancer

Marymount College co-founder (1907) Mother  Marie Gerard Phelan   superior-general of the Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (1946-60) born on 1-18-1872 in Glenmore, County Kilkenny, Ireland expired 3-22-1960 in Tarrytown, New York   age 88

silent screen actress  Mary Philbin   had female lead in Phantom of the Opera born on 7-16-1903 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-7-1993 in Huntington Beach, California   age 89   cause: pneumonia

Soviet spy  Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby born on 1-1-1912 in Ambala, India expired 5-11-1988 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 76

Anton Frederik Philips   co-founder of Philips Bulb & Radio Works (1891) expired 10-7-1951 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands   age 77

former N.V. Philips corporate executive (1961-71)  Frederick Jacques "Frits" Philips   son of the company co-founder; Karl Marx stayed at his grandfather's house in Zaltbommel while he worked on Das Kapital born on 4-16-1905 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands expired 12-5-2005 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands   age 100   cause: pneumonia; complications from fall

Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips   co-founder of Philips Bulb & Radio Works (1891) expired 1-26-1942 in The Hague, The Netherlands   age 83

silent screen actor  Augustus Phillips   played Dr. Frankenstein in first screen production of Frankenstein (1910) born on 8-1-1874 in Rensselaer, Indiana expired 9-29-1944 in London, England   age 70   cause: cancer

folk musician  Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips born on 5-15-1935 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-23-2008 in Nevada City, California   age 73   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 3.2% 2008 GREB 3.1%    Scored 7.7000 solo points

Milk of Magnesia inventor (1873)  Charles Phillips born on --1820 expired ??-??-1882   age 62

Esther Phillips ¤ born: Esther Mae Jones  born on 12-23-1935 in Galveston, Texas expired 8-7-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 48

Phillips Petroleum founder  Frank Phillips born on 11-23-1873 in Greeley County, Nebraska expired 8-23-1950 in Atlantic City, New Jersey   age 76

Mamas and Papas'  John Edmund Andrew Phillips   father of Mackenzie, Chynna & Bijou; Michelle's ex born on 8-30-1935 in Parris Island, South Carolina expired 3-18-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: heart failure

Titanic 1st Marconi operator  John George "Jack" Phillips   was on collapsible B & was pulled into lifeboat No.2 but died shortly thereafter born on 4-11-1888 in Farncombe, Surrey, England expired 4-15-1912 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 24   cause: hypothermia

former movie producer  Julia Phillips   co-produced The Sting (1973), Taxi Driver (1976) & Close Encounters of the Third Kind; ex-wife of Michael Phillips (1977); wrote memoir You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again ¤ born: Julia Miller  born on 4-7-1944 in New York, New York expired 12-31-2001 in West Hollywood, California   age 57   cause: cancer

actress  Kate Phillips   appeared in five Charlie Chan movies; co-wrote the screenplay for The Blob (1958); more recently taught acting & screen writing at Keene State College ¤ born: Mary Katherine Linaker Mrs. Howard Phillips  born on 7-19-1913 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas expired 4-18-2008 in Keene, New Hampshire   age 94 AKS: Linnaker Philips

survivor of the sinking of the Titanic  Kate Florence Phillips   using the pseudonym "Kate Louise Marshall" was eloping to America with her married boss when the ship went down; the brief affair produced an offspring; it has been purported that the event was the basis for the Titanic movie plot (1997) born on 1-1-1893 expired ??-??-1958 in England   age 65

character actress  Margaret "Peg" Phillips   played Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure tv series born on 9-20-1918 in Everett, Washington expired 11-7-2002 in Woodinville, Washington   age 84   cause: pulmonary disease    Contest Selectors 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD 9.1%    Scored 6.6000 solo points 2004 BOD

plus-size model  Marsha Phillips   under the pseudonym Fatima Yechbergh was "Miss Olde Frothingslosh" in beer ads and on the cans born on 11-26-1945 expired 5-26-2000 in Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania   age 54   cause: heart attack AKS: Philips

Sun Records founder (1952)  Samuel Cornelius Phillips   "discovered" Elvis Presley (1953) born on 1-5-1923 in Florence, Alabama expired 7-30-2003 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 80   cause: respiratory failure

Stephen G. Phillips   invented the mobile starting gate for harness racing (1950) born on 9-16-1887 expired 9-26-1973 in Xenia, Ohio   age 86

dim-bulb actor  River Phoenix ¤ born: River Jude Bottom  born on 8-23-1970 in Metolius, Oregon expired 10-31-1993 in Los Angeles, California   age 23   cause: drug overdose

Laotian president  Kaysone Phomvihane born on 12-13-1920 in Ne Seng, Laos expired 11-21-1992 in Vientiane, Laos   age 71

soprano  Edith Piaf ¤ born: Edith Giovanna Gassion  born on 12--1915 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 10-11-1963 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 47

psychologist/educator  Jean Piaget born on 8-9-1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland expired 9-16-1980 in Geneva, Switzerland   age 84    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%    Scored 3.6000 solo points

"prickly" film director  Maurice Pialat born on 8-21-1925 in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France expired 1-11-2003 in Paris, France   age 77   cause: kidney failure

aeronautical engineer  Frank Nicholas Piasecki   founder of Piasecki Aircraft Corp.; flew the second successful helicopter in the U.S.. the PV-2; holder of the first helicopter pilots license; built the first viable tandem-rotor helicopter (aka: the Flying Banana; 1945) — it led to the development of the Chinook cargo helicopter (or, as we called them in 'nam, the "shit-hook"); created the Holi-Stat, a 343 foot long Frankenstein monstrosity made from a helium blimp and four surplus Sikorsky helicopters; ironically, in 1986 it crashed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station with one fatality (the pilot) born on 10-24-1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-11-2008 in Havertown, Pennsylvania   age 88   cause: complications from strokes

cellist  Gregor Piatigorsky born on 4-17-1903 in Yekaterinoslav, Russia expired 8-6-1976 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

Argentinian composer  Astor Piazzolla   wrote for the Bandonion born on 3-11-1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina expired 7-5-1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 71

mathematician  Charles Emil Picard   secretary to the French Academy of Sciences (1917-41) born on 7-24-1856 in Paris, France expired 12-11-1941 in Paris, France   age 85

controversial artist  Pablo Ruiz y Picasso   awarded 1962 Lenin Peace Prize ¤ full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Nepomuceno Paria de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso  born on 10-25-1881 in Malaga, Spain expired 4-8-1973 in Mougins, France   age 91

scientist & inventor  Auguste Piccard   set world altitude record in balloon (1932); co-inventor of the bathyscaphe; set world deep-dive record in 1954 in it; twin brother of Jean-Felix born on 1-28-1884 in Basel, Switzerland expired 3-1-1962 in Lausanne, Switzerland   age 78

chemist & balloonist  Jean-Felix Piccard   made first successful ascent into stratosphere; twin brother of Auguste born on 1-28-1884 in Basel, Switzerland expired 1-28-1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 78

Chicago Bears halfback  Brian Louis Piccolo   subject of made-for-tv movie Brian's Song born on 10-24-1943 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts expired 6-16-1970 in Chicago, Illinois   age 26   cause: cancer

Catholic Church leader (1458-1464)  Enea Silvio de' Piccolomini   elected 211th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church August 19, 1458 ¤ Pope Pius II  born on 10-18-1405 in Corsignano, Italy expired 8-14-1464 in Ancona, Italy   age 58

Catholic Church leader (1503)  Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini   elected 216th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church September 22, 1503; lasted 26 days as Pope ¤ Pope Pius III  born on 5-29-1439 in Siena, Italy expired 10-18-1503 in Rome, Italy   age 64

Character actor  Paul Picerni   portrayed FBI agent Lee Hobson opposite Robert Stack's Eliot Ness on The Untouchables (1960-63) & Scott Andrews in House of Wax (1953); during World War II had been a bombardier aboard one of the B-24s that attacked Bridge 277 on the River Kwai ¤ born: Horace Paul Picerni  born on 12-1-1922 in Corona, Queens, New York, New York expired 1-13-2011 in Llano, California   age 88   cause: heart attack

movie actor & director  Irving Pichel   "discovered" Natalie Wood born on 6-24-1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 7-13-1954 in La Cañada, California   age 63

actor  "Slim" Pickens   played Colonel "King" Kong in Dr. Strangelove & Hollis E. "Holly" Wood in 1941 ¤ born: Louis Bert Lindley Jr.  born on 6-29-1919 in Kingsburg, California expired 12-8-1983 in Modesto, California   age 64   cause: brain tumor

folk-rock singer/guitarist  Nigel Pickering   a founding member of the group Spanky and Our Gang ¤ born: Fredy Ray Pickering  born on 6-15-1930 in Pontiac, MIssouri expired 5-5-2011 in Saint Augustine, Florida   age 81   cause: liver cancer

electrical engineer Dr.  William Hayward Pickering   former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1954-76); instrumental in the January 31, 1958 launch of Explorer I (the US's first satellite; it carried James Van Allen's geiger counter) born on 12-24-1910 in Wellington, New Zealand expired 3-15-2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California   age 93   cause: pneumonia

singer  Robert George Pickett   had 1960s novelty hit with Monster Mash ¤ aka: Bobby "Boris" Pickett  born on 2-11-1938 in Somerville, Massachusetts expired 4-25-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 69   cause: leukemia

"wicked" soul singer  Wilson Pickett   had hits with Mustang Sally & In the Midnight Hour born on 3-18-1941 in Prattville, Alabama expired 1-19-2006 in Reston, Virginia   age 64   cause: heart attack

silent film actress  Lottie Pickford   sister of Mary ¤ born: Charlotte Smith  born on 6-9-1895 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 12-9-1936 in Los Angeles, California   age 41   cause: heart attack

actress  Mary Pickford   co-founder of United Artists studio ¤ born: Gladys Mary Smith  born on 4-9-1893 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 5-29-1979 in Santa Monica, California   age 86   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HA, RR, VM 30.8%    Scored 2 points 1980 JH

former Texas rep. (1963-94)  James Jarrell "Jake" Pickle   one of the weasels that started stripping boomers of their Social Security retirment benefits born on 10-11-1913 in Roscoe, Texas expired 6-18-2005 in Austin, Texas   age 91

brief record holder  Eva Pickles   Guinness (erroneously) declared her Britain's oldest woman following the death of Eva Morris ¤ born: Eva Ponting  born on 6-20-1891 expired 11-28-2000 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England   age 109

Yiddish actress  Molly Picon born on 6-1-1898 in New York, New York expired 4-5-1992 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania   age 93

actor  Walter Pidgeon   Professor Morbius (conjurer of the Id Monster) in Forbidden Planet (1956) & Admiral Harriman Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea born on 9-23-1898 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada expired 9-25-1984 in Santa Monica, California   age 86    Contest Selectors 1979 DO 7.7% 1980 DO, GP 12.5%

jazz pianist  Billie Goodson Pierce   1960s Preservation Hall jazz band co-leader (with husband De De) expired 10-10-1974 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 67

investment brokerage co-founder  Edward Allen Pierce   last survivor of group that founded Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane (later Beane replaced by Smith) born on 8-31-1874 in Orrington, Maine expired 12-16-1974 in New York, New York   age 100

14th U.S. president (1853-57)  Franklin Pierce born on 11-23-1804 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire expired 10-8-1869 in Concord, New Hampshire   age 64

electrical engineer Dr.  John Robinson Pierce   headed the Bell Labs teams that invented the transistor (he gave it it's name) & the first communications satellite, Echo I born on 3-27-1910 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 4-2-2002 in Sunnyvale, California   age 92

jazz trumpeter  Joseph de la Croix "De De" Pierce   1960s Preservation Hall jazz band co-leader (with wife Billie) born on 2-18-1904 expired 11-23-1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 69   cause: pneumonia; cancer of esophagus

former CBS News photographer  Laurens Pierce   photographed Arthur Bremer's May 1972 attempted assassination of George Wallace born on 11-19-1915 expired 8-26-1982   age 66   cause: heart attack

former Forham football player  Nathaniel J. Pierce   Seven Blocks of Granite guard (class of 1937) born on 1-19-1913 in Biddleford, Maine expired 7-28-1975 in Biddleford, Maine   age 62

former Reagan H.U.D. secretary (1981-89)  Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. born on 9-8-1922 in Glen Cove, New York expired 10-31-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78   cause: complications from stroke

country singer  Webb Pierce born on 8-8-1921 in West Monroe, Louisiana expired 2-23-1991 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 69

physicist/white supremecist Dr.  William Luther Pierce   wrote The Turner Diaries under pen name Andrew Macdonald (1978) born on 9-11-1933 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 7-23-2002 in Mill Point, West Virginia   age 68   cause: cancer

former CBS News White House correspondent  Robert Charles "Bob" Pierpoint born on 5-16-1925 in Redondo Beach, California expired 10-22-2011 in Santa Barbara, California   age 86   cause: complications for surgery; broken hip

surviving World War I military veteran  Antonio Pierro   last surviving U.S. combat veteran of that war born on 2-15-1896 in Forenza, Italy expired 2-8-2007 in Salem, Massachusetts   age 110

Detroit tv travel host  George Pierrot born on 1-11-1898 expired 2-16-1980   age 82    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, JW, RR 23.1% 1980 DO, DR, JW, RR 25.0%    Scored 1.8000 points

ex-football player  Nick Pietrosante expired 2-6-1988   age 50

Catholic Church leader (1691-1700)  Antonio Pignatelli   elected 243rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church July 12, 1691 ¤ Pope Innocent XII  born on 3-13-1615 in Spinazzolo, Italy expired 9-27-1700 in Rome, Italy   age 85

Princess  Conchita Sepulveda Pignatelli   society columnist for Los Angeles, Examiner; her dad was namesake of L.A.'s Sepulveda Boulevard born on 5-2-1898 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 7-6-1972 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: heart attack

former NY Rangers hockey player  Alfred George Pike   member of their 1940 Stanley Cup-winning team (during the off-season worked in a mortuary) ¤ aka: "The Embalmer"  born on 9-15-1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada expired 3-1-2009 in Calgary, Albert, Canada   age 91    Contest Selectors 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG 3.1% 2009 NFG 3.3%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

U.S. Army explorer  Zebulon Montgomery Pike   first set sight on his eponymous peak November 15, 1806 born on 2-5-1779 in Lamberton, New Jersey expired 4-27-1813 in York, Ontario, Canada   age 34   cause: war wounds

exercise guru  Joseph Hubertus Pilates born on --1880 in Mönchengladbach, Germany expired 10-??-1967 in New York, New York   age 87   cause: complications from smoke inhalation

pioneering balloonist  Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozière   on November 21, 1783 became first person to ascend in an untethered balloon (built by the Montgolfièr brothers, Jacques Étienne and Joseph Michel); he was accompanied by his friend Marquis d'Arlandes for the 25 minute 5½ mile flight originating in Paris, ascending to over 3,000 feet born on 3-30-1754 in Metz, France expired 6-15-1785 in English Channel   age 31   cause: balloon caught fire, exploded, crashed

lip-sync artist  Robert W. Pilatus   half of the Milli Vanilli duo born on 6-8-1964 in New York, New York expired 4-4-1998 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany   age 33   cause: heart attack; (drug induced)

tv writer/producer  Michael Piller   author of phrase "...resistance is futile..." (from Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Best of Both Worlds, Part I; 1990); co-creator of the Dead Zone tv series; co-creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine & Star Trek: Voyager tv series born on 5-30-1948 in Port Chester, New York expired 11-1-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 57   cause: head and neck cancer

Pillsbury Mills director  Alfred Fiske Pillsbury   son of company co-founder expired 3-12-1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 81

original "dough-boy"  Charles Alfred Pillsbury   invented improved method of wheat milling (1889); co-founded Pillsbury Mills born on 12-3-1842 in Warner, New Hampshire expired 9-17-1899 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 56

calypso musician  Lancelot Victor Edward Pinard   help to introduce calypso music to the U.S. ¤ stage name: "Sir Lancelot"  born on 5-24-1902 in Cumuto, Trinidad expired 3-12-2001 in Anaheim, California   age 98

musicologist  Marc Pincherle   developed the catalog on Antonio Vivaldi's works born on 6-13-1888 in Constantine, Algeria expired 6-20-1974 in Paris, France   age 86   cause: heart attack

tv writer/producer  Irving Pincus   creator/co-developer of The Real McCoys tv series (1957-63) born on 3-14-1914 in New York, New York expired 5-13-1984 in Santa Monica, California   age 70   cause: cancer

tv writer/producer  Norman Pincus   co-developer of The Real McCoys tv series (1957-63) born on 3-27-1906 in New York, New York expired 10-30-1978 in West Hollywood, California   age 72

first Bahamian prime minister (1967-92) Sir  Lynden Oscar Pindling born on 3-22-1930 in Nassau, Bahamas expired 8-26-2000 in Nassau, Bahamas   age 70   cause: prostate cancer

character actor  Phillip E. Pine   portrayed psychotic megalomaniac Colonel Green in original Star Trek series episode The Savage Curtain born on 7-16-1920 in Hanford, California expired 12-22-2006 in Van Nuys, California   age 86

Columbian dictator (1953-57) General  Gustavo Rojas Pinilla   overthrew president Laureano Gómez to gain power; lost power when overthrown by Laureano Gómez born on 3-12-1900 in Tunja, Columbia expired 1-17-1975 in Bogotá, Columbia   age 74

L.A. hotdog seller  Paul L. Pink   founded famed establishment (Pink's) at corner of Melrose & LaBrea (1939) born on 3-23-1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-29-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 87   cause: heart attack

awful movie writer/director/producer  Sidney W. Pink   associate producer of Bwana Devil (1952) & The Twonky (1953); co-wrote & produced Angry Red Planet (1959) & Man from O.R.G.Y. (1970); "discovered" Dustin Hoffman born on 3-6-1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-12-2002 in Pompano Beach, Florida   age 86   cause: "a long illness"

jazz composer  Maceo Pinkard   co-wrote Sweet Georgia Brown (December, 1925), theme of the Harlem Globetrotters; wrote music & lyrics to Broadway show Liza (1922) that introduced the Charleston dance born on 6-27-1897 in Bluefield, West Virginia expired 7-19-1962 in New York, New York   age 65

classical composer/musician  Daniel Pinkham   played the organ & harpsichord; great grandson of Lydia Pinkham born on 6-5-1923 in Lynn, Massachusetts expired 12-9-2006 in Natick, Massachusetts   age 83   cause: chronic lymphocytic leukemia

vocalist  Willie "Bill" Pinkney   last member of the original Drifters group; he left the group in 1958, prior to their biggest hits; he also played in the Negro Baseball Leagues New York Blue Sox team as a pitcher (1940s & 1950s) born on 8-15-1925 in Dalzell, South Carolina expired 7-4-2007 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 81

former Chilean army General & junta leader  Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte   along with General Gustavo Guzmán, General César Mendoza and Admiral José Toribio Merino overthrew Salvadore Allende in September 1973; Chilean "president" (1973-90) born on 11-25-1915 in Valparaiso, Chile expired 12-9-2006 in Santiago, Chile   age 91   cause: heart failure; complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 ANG, DTM, KLS, RR 50% 2002 ANG, JAC, MORB, RAVN, RR 45.5% 2003 ANG, KLS, MB, PCD, RAVN, RR 33.3% 2004 ANG, GHG, KLS, LMLD, PCD, RAVN, RR, TAP 44.4% 2005 GHG, KLS, PCD, RAVN, RIE, RR, SPIT, TMD 34.8% 2006 ANG, DFFC, DTM, GHG, KLS, LMLD, OIE, PCD, RIE, RR, SPIT, TBC, TFM, WEP 46.7%    Scored 3.4003 points 2007 ANG AKS: Jose Ramon

ex-baseball player  Vada Edward Pinson born on 8-8-1938 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-21-1995 in Oakland, California   age 57

playwright  Harold Pinter   recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature born on 10-10-1930 in Hackney, London, England expired 12-24-2008 in London, England   age 78   cause: esophageal cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 SLIM 4.3% 2006 CSI, DFFC, DTM, LMLD, RAVN, RIE, RR, TBC, WEP 30.0% 2007 ANG, AUDC, BOD, DTM, LMLD, RIE, WEP 22.6% 2008 ANG, BOD, CSI, DTM, GOHI, LMLD, PCD, QKU, RR, SPIT, WEP 34.4%    Scored 4.7024 points 2009 CSI

opera & Broadway musical singer  Ezio Pinza ¤ born: Fortunato Pinza  born on 5-18-1892 in Rome, Italy expired 5-9-1957 in Stamford, Connecticut   age 64

aviation firm founder  William Thomas Piper   designer of the popular Piper "Cub" aircraft born on 1-8-1881 in Knapps Creek, New York expired 1-15-1970 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania   age 89

author  Luigi Pirandello   received the 1934 Nobel prize in literature born on 6-28-1867 in Girgenti, Sicily, Italy expired 12-10-1936 in Rome, Italy   age 69

Dominican priest  Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire   winner of the 1958 Nobel peace prize born on 2-10-1910 in Dinant, Belgium expired 1-30-1969 in Brussels, Belgium   age 58   cause: complications following surgery

tire maker  Alberto Pirelli   built the Norge dirigible for Nobile expired 10-19-1971 in Casciano, Italy   age 89

industrialist  Piero Pirelli   manufactured tires & racy calendars expired 8-7-1956 in Milan, France   age 75

commercial artist  George V. Pisani   drew Elsie the Cow for Borden Dairy born on 9-5-1912 in New Rochelle, New York expired 10-9-1999 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan   age 87   cause: cancer

composer  Walter Hamor Piston   awarded Pulitzer Prize in music 1948 & 1961 born on 1-20-1894 in Rockland, Maine expired 11-12-1976 in Belmont, Massachusetts   age 82

Edward John Piszek   (with bread salesman John Paul) co-founded Mrs. Paul's Kitchens (1946) born on 10-24-1916 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-27-2004 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania   age 87   cause: bone cancer

tv actor & director  Noam Pitlik   won a 1979 Emmy for directing episodes of Barney Miller born on 11-4-1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-18-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 66   cause: lung cancer

Titanic 3rd officer  Herbert John Pitman born on 11-20-1877 in Sutton Montis, Somerset, England expired 12-7-1961 in Pitcomb, Somerset, England   age 84   cause: subarachnoid hemorrhage

songwriter/singer  Gene Francis Alan Pitney   wrote Hello Mary Lou & Rubber Ball (1961); recorded Town Without Pity & Only Love Can Break a Heart born on 2-17-1940 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-5-2006 in Cardiff, Wales   age 66

Hammer Films horror queen  Ingrid Pitt   appeared in Where Eagles Dare (1968); The Vampire Lovers as Marcilla (1970), Countess Dracula as Countess Elizabeth Nodosheen (1971), The Wicker Man as the Librarian (1973) as well as a number of episodes of Dr. Who as Dr. Solow and Queen Galleia (1972 & 1984) ¤ born: Ingoushka Petrov  born on 11-21-1937 in Poland expired 11-23-2010 in London, England   age 73   cause: heart failure

1960s Chicago Bears running back  Elijah Eugene Pitts born on 2-3-1938 in Mayflower, Arkansas expired 7-10-1998 in Buffalo, New York   age 60   cause: abdominal cancer

character actress  Eliza Susan Pitts ¤ nickname: "Zasu"  born on 1-3-1900 in Parsons, Kansas expired 6-7-1963 in Hollywood, California   age 63

brutal conquistador  Francisco Pizarro   founded Lima, Peru; destroyed the Incan Civilization born on ??-??-1470 in Trujilo, Spain expired 6-26-1541 in Lima, Peru   age 70

frontier school marm/bimbo  Etta «or» Ethel Place   shacked-up with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; went with them to South America; recently an alternate history has been developed for her: born Ann Bassett in Brown's Park, Utah on 5/25/1878 she used Etta or Ethel Place as an alias (Pinkerton records initial have her as Ethel). After returning from South America she married Frank Wilis (1923) and died in Leeds, Utah in 1956. We'll see if we can gain further verification of this theory. born on --1878 expired ??-??-1909 in San Vincente, Bolivia   age 31

author  Belva Plain   widow of Irving Plain; wrote numerous novels, such as Evergreen (1978) & The Golden Cup ¤ née: Offenberg  born on 10-9-1915 in New York, New York expired 10-12-2010 in Short Hills, New Jersey   age 95

insurance salesman  Ralph Summers Plaisted   lead a team to the North Pole on snowmobiles — became the first undisputed people to reach the pole over the ice (April 19, 1968) born on 9-30-1927 in Bruno, Minnesota expired 9-8-2008 in Wyoming, Minnesota   age 80   cause: heart attack

quantum theory physicist  Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck   won the 1918 Nobel physics prize born on 4-23-1858 in Kiel, Germany expired 10-4-1947 in Göttingen, Germany   age 89

troubled former child actress  Dana Michelle Plato   played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes (1978-84); did June 1989 Playboy pictorial; her son (Tyler Lambert) committed suicide in May of 2010 born on 11-1-1963 in Maywood, California expired 5-8-1999 in Moore, Oklahoma   age 35   cause: multidrug intoxication; an intentional overdose of carisoprodol & hyrdrocodone/acetaminophen

actor  Edward Platt   was Control on Get Smart tv series born on 2-14-1916 in Staten Island, New York expired 3-19-1974 in Santa Monica, California   age 58

actor  Donald Pleasence   played villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice & Colin 'the forger' Blythe in The Great Escape born on 10-5-1919 in Worksop, England expired 2-2-1995 in Saint Paul de Vence, France   age 75

crackpot eugenicist physician  Walter Ashby Plecker   named Virginia's first registrar of their "Bureau of Vital Statistics" (1912-46) — a vigorous enforcer of anti-miscegenation laws; so vigorous that he classified native Americans as "Black", Asian Americans as "Black", etc.; a co-founder of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America (1922); along with John Powell got the Virginia legislature to pass the Racial Integrity Act (1924), one of the biggest diaper loads of racist claptrap ever put to paper (eventually struck down in Loving et al v. Virginia, 1967) born on 4-2-1861 in Augusta County, Virginia expired 8-??-1947 in Richmond, Virginia   age 86   cause: run over by a car (he always refused to look before he stepped into the street)

actress  Suzzane Pleshette   best known for playing Emily Hartley on the Bob Newhart Show (1972-78); being treated for lung cancer (8/2006); widow of Tom Poston born on 1-31-1937 in Brooklyn Heights, New York, New York expired 1-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 70   cause: respiratory failure    Contest Selectors 2002 CMH 9.1% 2007 LMLD, MOT, OIE, RAVN 12.9% 2008 LMLD, MORB, NFG, RAVN 12.5%    Scored 5.8125 points AKS: Pleschette

ruthless commie General  Nicolae Plesita   was head of the Roumanian Secret Police for Nicolae Ceausescu; employed Carlos the Jackal to assassinate people; violently put the "dictate" in dictatorship born on 4-16-1929 expired 9-28-2009 in Bucharest, Roumania   age 80

Albert Plesman   a founder of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines born on --1889 expired 12-31-1953 in The Hague, The Netherlands   age 64   cause: abdominal arterial hemorrhage

7/8 caucasian "colored" man  Homer Adolph Plessy   in 1892 convicted of violating Louisiana's railroad Separate Car Act for refusing to move to the "colored" car; in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896 #210) the Supreme Court ruled that separate-but-equal accomodations were constitutional born on 3-17-1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 3-1-1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 62 AKS: Adolf Plessey Plessie

concert pianist  Ignaz Joseph Pleyel   wrote numerous symphonies & sonatas; founded a piano factory (1797); alleged to have composed a familiar theme born on 6-1-1757 in Ruppertsthal, Austria expired 11-14-1831 in Paris, France   age 74

author  George Ames Plimpton   did January 1975 Playboy pictorial attempting to photograph a playmate born on 3-18-1927 in New York, New York expired 9-25-2003 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: heart attack

safe shipping crusader (1878)  Samuel Plimsoll   namesake of amidship load line on cargo vessels born on 2-10-1824 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 6-3-1898 in London, England   age 74

historian  Pliny the Elder   sailed his ship into the harbor to "get a better view" of the Vesuvius eruption & got caught in a pyroclasic flow ¤ aka: Gaius Plinius Secundus  born on --23 in Como, Italy expired 8-24-79 in Stabiae, Italy   age 56   cause: asphyxiation

bacteriologist Dr.  Harry Plotz   discovered the typhus bacillus & a typhus vaccine expired 1-6-1947 in New York, New York   age 55

ill-fated auto driver  Leslie Ann Pluhar   gale force winds contributed to her 1987 blue Yugo's "jump" over the guard rail of the Mackinac Bridge to the Straits of Mackinac below (a 140 foot upside-down plunge to the water, then 100 feet more to the bottom of the channel); first driver to die in a plunge from the bridge expired 9-22-1989 in Straits of Mackinac, Michigan   age 31   cause: drowned; blunt force trauma

World War II flier  Desmond Lancelot Plunkett   an organizer of the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III (3/24/1944) born on 2-21-1915 in India expired 2-14-2002 in Storrington, England   age 86

duPont research chemist Dr.  Roy Joseph Plunkett   while working with freon discovered that a cylinder of it had polymerized into polytetrafluoroethylene resin (1938); he was able to duplicate the process, opening the way for the mass production of what was trade named Teflon born on 6-26-1910 in New Carlisle, Ohio expired 5-12-1994 in Corpus Christi, Texas   age 83

American Indian princess  Pocahontas   saved life of Captain John Smith; daughter of Powhatan; wife of John Rolfe ¤ aka: Matoaka  born on --1585 in North America (Virginia Colony) expired 3-??-1617 in Gravesend, England   age 31

tenor saxophonist  John M. Pocisk   leader of the rock band Johnny & the Hurricanes; had hits with Crossfire, Red River Rock, Beatnik Fly & Reville Rock ¤ aka: "Johnny Paris"  born on 8-29-1940 in Wallbridge, Ohio expired 5-1-2006 in Ann Arbor, Michigan   age 65

tunesmith  Lee Julian Pockriss   wrote a number of tunes (along with lyricist Paul Vance); his most famous would probably be Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (1960 hit for Brian Hyland) born on 1-20-1924 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 11-14-2011 in Bridgewater, Connecticut   age 87   cause: complications from stroke

one-time "world wrestling champion"  Ivan Maximovich Poddubny ¤ wrestled under the name "Ivan the Terrible"  expired 8-8-1949 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 78

Soviet president  Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorney born on 2-18-1903 in Karlovka, Ukraine, Russia expired 1-11-1983   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 RR 6.3%

author  Edgar Allan Poe   invented the modern detective story; wrote The Raven (1845), The Telltale Heart, Murders in the Rue Morgue born on 1-19-1809 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 10-7-1849 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 40   cause: rabies (?)

action movie actor  Fernando Poe Jr.   ran for president of the Philippines; lost & wouldn't conceed defeat ¤ born: Ronald Allan Kelley Poe  born on 8-20-1939 in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, The Philippines expired 12-14-2004 in Manilla, The Phillipines   age 65   cause: stroke

former pro wrassler  Randall Mario Poffo   was the ex-husband of "Miss Elizabeth" (1984-92) ¤ aka: "Randy 'Macho Man' Savage"  born on 11-15-1952 in Columbus, Ohio expired 5-20-2011 in Largo, Florida   age 58   cause: car crash; heart attack while driving

lawyer  Lloyd Welch Pogue   headed the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1940s; helped write original civil aviation rules born on 10-12-1899 in Grant, Iowa expired 5-10-2003 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 103

writer  Ilse C. Pohl born on 5-7-1907 in Berlin, Imperial Germany expired 5-13-2010 in Hesse, Germany   age 103    Contest Selectors 2008 TFM 3.1%

Minnesota Twins owner (1984-2009)  Carl Ray Pohlad born on 8-23-1915 in Valley Junction, Iowa expired 1-5-2009 in Edina, Minnesota   age 93    Contest Selectors 2004 PCD 5.6% 2005 PCD 4.3% 2006 PCD 3.3% 2007 PCD 3.2% 2008 DTM, PCD 6.3% 2009 DTM, PCD 6.7%    Scored 4.4500 points

mathematician  Jules Henri Poincaré born on 4-29-1854 in Nancy, Lorraine, France expired 7-17-1912 in Paris, France   age 58 AKS: Poincare

Van Buren Secretary of War (1837-40)  Joel Roberts Poinsett   first U.S. ambassador to Mexico (1825-29); an amateur botanist who developed the flower that bears his name (Poinsettia) born on 3-2-1779 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 12-12-1851 in Statesburg, South Carolina   age 72

Pointer Sisters singer  June Pointer born on 11-30-1953 in East Oakland, California expired 4-11-2006 in Santa Monica, California   age 52   cause: cancer

French movie producer  Alain Poiré   headed Gaumont International since 1960; produced Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (1986) born on 2-13-1917 in Paris, France expired 1-14-2000 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France   age 82

writer/actor  Jean Poiret   wrote/original star of La Cage Aux Folles ¤ born: Jean Poiré  born on 8-17-1926 in Paris, France expired 3-14-1992 in Paris, France   age 65   cause: heart attack

movie/tv composer  Basilis Poledouris   wrote music for lots of well-known tv/movie productions, like: Lonesome Dove, The Blue Lagoon (1980), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Summer Lovers (1982), Red Dawn 1984), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Robocop (1987), The Hunt for red October (1990), Free Willy (1993) & Starship Troopers (1997) born on 8-21-1945 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-8-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: cancer

former Beirut University business professor  Robert B. Polhill   kidnapped January 24, 1987 and held as a hostage until 1990 born on 6-3-1934 in Beacon, New York expired 7-1-1999 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 65   cause: chemotherapy complications (had throat & bladder cancer)

actress  Charlene A. Polite   played the Troglyte xenite miner/resistance head Vanna in the original Star Trek episode "The Cloud Minders" (1969) & Anna Hawaii Five-O episode "The Second Shot" ¤ ex-Mrs. Frank Polite  born on 6-30-1943 in Ohio expired 6-21-1999 in Youngstown, Ohio   age 55   cause: cancer

investigative reporter  Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya   a harsh critic of Vladimir Putin ¤ née: Mazepa  born on 8-30-1958 in New York, New York expired 10-7-2006 in Moscow, Russia   age 48   cause: assassinated

CBS Middle East correspondent  George Polk   disappeared 5-8-1948 while covering the Greek civil war; body found 5-16-1948; namesake of prestigious journalism award born on --1913 in Texas expired 11-9-1948 in Salonica, Greece   age 34   cause: executed; shot in back of head

retired General  James Hilliard Polk born on 12-13-1911 in Camp McGraw, Philippines expired 2-18-1992 in El Paso, Texas   age 80   cause: pneumonia; cancer

11th U.S. president (1845-49)  James Knox Polk   led U.S. war against Mexico that annexed much of the southwest (1846-48) born on 11-2-1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina expired 6-15-1849 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 53

Memphis-born "belle"  Margaret Polk   a direct descendant of the former U.S. president; her one-time fiance named a World War II B-17 bomber for her — they/she never married born on 12-15-1922 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 4-15-1990 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 67

movie director  Sydney Irwin Pollack   directed Out of Africa (1985; Best Director oscar) born on 7-1-1934 in Lafayette, Indiana expired 5-26-2008 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 73   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2008 JCM 3.1%    Scored 7.7000 solo points

2005 NFL Hall of Fame inductee  Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard Sr.   was the first black coach of in the American Professional Football Association (1921) — the APFA was renamed to the National Football League in 1922 born on 1-27-1894 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-11-1986 in Silver Spring, Maryland   age 92

silent film comedian  Harry "Snub" Pollard ¤ born: Harold Fraser  born on 11-9-1889 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 1-19-1962 in Burbank, California   age 72   cause: cancer

early movie director  Harry A. Pollard   directed The Invisible Ray serial (1920) & Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) born on 1-23-1883 in Republic City, Kansas expired 7-6-1934 in Pasadena, California   age 51   cause: cancer

Abraham "Abe" Pollin   owner of the Washington Wizards born on 12-3-1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-24-2009   age 85   cause: complications from progressive supranuclear palsy    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC 3.3%    Scored 6.5000 solo points

13th century Venetian explorer  Marco Polo   his accounts of his journey to Cathay and residence at the court of Kubla Khan formed the bulk of the west's knowledge of the east for several centuries born on --1254 in Venice, Italy expired 1-9-1324 in Venice, Italy   age 69

blacklisted film writer & director  Abraham Lincoln Polonsky born on 12-10-1910 in New York, New York expired 10-26-1999 in Beverly Hills, California   age 88

genocidal Khmer Rouge despot  Pol Pot   good riddance; used end of Vietnam War to take over Cambodia; brother of Nhep, Roeung & Seng ¤ born: Saloth Sar  born on 5-19-1925 in Prek Sbov, Cambodia expired 4-15-1998 in Anlong Veng, Cambodia   age 73   cause: heart attack (or smothered with a pillow, depending upon who's story you believe)    Contest Selectors 1979 MS, RR 15.4% 1980 EK, VA 12.5%

Bauhaus architect  Hans Pölzig   designed the I.G. Farben Building in downtown Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany born on 4-30-1869 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-14-1936 in Berlin, Germany   age 67 AKS: Polzig Poelzig

film producer  Eric Pommer   produced Metropolis (1927) for Ufa born on 7-20-1889 in Hildesheim, Germany expired 5-8-1966 in Hollywood, California   age 76

Roman statesman and army officer  Pompeius Magnus   member of Rome's First Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Marcus Crassus in 60 BC; son-in-law of Julius Caesar ¤ aka: Pompey the Great  born on 9-30-106 BC in Rome, Italy expired 9-29-48 BC in Alexandria, Egypt   age 57

French president (1969-74)  Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou   protégé of Charles de Gaulle born on 7-5-1911 in Montboudif, Auvergne, France expired 4-2-1974 in Paris, France   age 62

Spanish explorer  Juan Ponce de Leon   discovered Florida (right where the Indians left it) in 1513 while searching for the Fountain of Youth born on 4-8-1460 in Leon, Spain expired ??-??-1521 in Havana, Cuba   age 60

composer  Amilcare Ponchielli   wrote La Gioconda (1876) which contained the Dance of the Hours born on 8-31-1834 in Paderno, Italy expired 1-16-1886 in Milan, Italy   age 51

Texas death row inmate  Willie Earl Pondexter Jr. ¤ #999111  born on 3-5-1974 in Livingston, Texas expired 3-4-2009 in Huntsville, Texas   age 34   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2009 ADWC, DFFC, DTM, PCD, RAVN, SBAP 20.0%    Scored 9.1781 points AKS: Poindexter

AMPEX founder  Alexander M. Poniatoff   corporate acronym stands for "Alexander M. Poniatoff - Excellence" born on 3-25-1892 expired 10-24-1980   age 88

Met Opera soprano (1931-60)  Lily Pons   wife of Andre Kostelanetz born on 4-12-1904 in Cannes, France expired 2-13-1976 in Dallas, Texas   age 71

Metropolitan Opera soprano (1918-37)  Rosa Ponselle ¤ Mrs. Carle A. Jackson  born on 1-22-1894 in Meriden, Connecticut expired 5-25-1981 in Stevenson, Maryland   age 87   cause: heart attack; complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

producer  Carlo Ponti   won 1956 oscar for La Strada; husband of Sophia Loren born on 12-14-1913 in Magenta, Lombardy, Italy expired 1-9-2007 in Geneva, Switzerland   age 93   cause: pulmonary failure    Contest Selectors 1979 VM 7.7% 1980 BB 6.3% 2002 DTM, JAC, RR 27.3% 2003 OGGI, PCD, RR 16.7% 2004 ADWC, PCD, RR 16.7% 2005 ADWC, PCD, QKU, RR 17.4% 2006 ADWC, QKU, RR, WEP 13.3% 2007 ADWC, PCD, QKU, RR 12.9%    Scored 3.5125 points

Ottawa  Chief Pontiac   led attack on Detroit (1763); namesake for General Motors auto line born on --1720 in Ohio expired 4-20-1769 in Missouri   age 48

French/Italian World War I veteran  Lazare Ponticelli   had been the oldest man in Italy and France ¤ born: Lazarro Ponticelli  born on 12-7-1897 in Bettola, Piaceriza, Italy expired 3-12-2008 in Kremlin-Bicêtre, Île-de-France, France   age 110    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC 3.1%    Scored 4.0000 solo points

writer  Henrik Pontoppidan   shared the 1917 Nobel prize in literature born on 7-24-1857 in Fredericia, Jutland, Denmark expired 8-21-1943 in Ordrup, Denmark   age 86

eponymous pyramid scheme swindler  Charles Ponzi   infamous for his International Postal Union Reply Coupon scheme in Boston (1919-20); died penniless ¤ born: Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi  born on 3-3-1882 in Lugo, Italy expired 1-15-1949 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   age 66   cause: cerebral blood clot

Lehmi-Shoshone Indian  Marlene Tendoy Poog   descendant of Sacagawea born on 7-5-1912 expired 3-26-2000 in Fort Hall, Idaho   age 87

actor  Kent Poole   played Merle Webb (number 12) in Hoosiers born on 12-9-1963 in Advance, Indiana expired 9-11-2003 in Crawfordsville, Indiana   age 39   cause: suicide; hanged

Sylvania Electric Products founder  Frank A. Poor expired 6-17-1956 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire   age 76

Il Progresso publisher  Generoso Paul Pope Sr.   managed of WHOM radio expired 4-28-1950 in New York, New York   age 59

National Enquirer founder  Generoso Paul Pope Jr. born on 1-13-1927 in New York, New York expired 10-2-1988 in Lantana, Florida   age 61

Titanic survivor  Louise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann Pope born on 9-30-1903 expired 4-??-1992   age 88

inventor  Samuel J. Popeil   co-founded Popeil Bros. (1939); invented the Veg-O-Matic & Pocket Fisherman; father of Ron born on 1-22-1915 expired 7-17-1984 in Miami, Florida   age 69

carpenter  Cedric Bassett Popkin   as a machine gunner during World War I fired the bullet that killed the Red Barron born on --1889 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 1-??-1968   age 78

mathematician Sir  John Anthony Pople   winner of the 1998 Nobel chemistry prize born on 10-31-1925 in Burnham-on-Sea, England expired 3-15-2004 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78   cause: liver cancer

early radio experimenter  Alexander Stepanovitch Popov   one of the claimants for inventor of radio (along with Marconi & de Forest) born on 3-16-1859 in Turinsk District, Russia expired 1-13-1906   age 46 AKS: Popoff

Vostok 4 cosmonaut  Pavel Romanovich Popovich   became the 6th person (4th Soviet) to orbit the earth (August 1962) born on 10-5-1929 in Uzin, Ukraine, USSR expired 9-30-2009 in Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine   age 79   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 2009 BYE 3.3%    Scored 7.1000 solo points

rock band Toto's drummer  Jeffrey T. Porcaro born on 4-1-1954 expired 8-5-1992   age 38

former Panamanian president (1912-16, 1918-24)  Belisario Porras expired 8-28-1942 in Panama City, Panama   age 85

Volkswagon "Beetle" designer and founder (at Hitler's behest)  Ferdinand Porsche Sr.   also designed race cars born on 9-3-1875 in Maffersdorf, Bohemia expired 1-30-1951 in Stuttgart, Germany   age 75

sports car firm founder  Ferdinand Porsche Jr.   helped his dad develop the Volkswagon "Beetle" for Hitler ¤ nickname: "Ferry"  born on 9-19-1909 in Wiener-Neustadt, Austria expired 3-27-1998 in Zell am See, Austria   age 88

World War II Victoria Cross recipient  Patrick Anthony Porteous born on 1-1-1918 in India expired 10-9-2000   age 82

Broadway songwriter  Albert Cole Porter   did music for Anything Goes and Kiss Me Kate born on 6-9-1892 in Peru, Indiana expired 10-15-1964 in Santa Monica, California   age 71

actor  Don C. Porter   Gidget's tv dad born on 9-24-1912 in Oklahoma expired 2-11-1997 in Beverly Hills, California   age 84

author  Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter   wrote Pollyanna (1913) born on 12-19-1868 in Littleton, New Hampshire expired 5-21-1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 51

chemistry researcher  George Porter   shared the 1967 Nobel Chemistry prize born on 12-6-1920 in Stainforth, Yorkshire, England expired 8-31-2002 in Canterbury, Kent, England   age 81

Texas death row inmate  James Porter ¤ number 999378  born on 8-15-1971 expired 1-4-2005 in Huntsville, Texas   age 33   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2005 BOD, DTM, KLS, PCD, QKU, RIE 26.1%    Scored 9.2781 points

convicted pedophile priest  James Robert Porter   despite completion of full sentence was still in custody, awaiting "competancy hearing" to see if the state could pull the same crap on him that Soviet Gulag quack psychiatrists did to disssidents in the 1950s and 1960s born on 1-2-1935 in Revere, Massachusetts expired 2-11-2005 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 70   cause: cancer

author  Katherine Anne Maria Veronica Callista Russel Porter   wrote Pulitzer prize-winning book Ship of Fools (1962) born on 5-15-1890 in Indian Creek, Texas expired 9-18-1980 in Silver Spring, Maryland   age 90    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%    Scored 3.0000 solo points

actress  Nyree Dawn Porter   played Irene on BBC production of The Forsyte Saga & Contessa Caroline di Contini in The Protectors tv series (1972) ¤ original first name: Ngaire (Maori name of a flowering shrub)  born on 1-22-1940 in New Zealand's north island expired 4-9-2001 in London, England   age 61   cause: complications from foot surgery

biochemist  Rodney Robert Porter   shared the 1972 Nobel prize in physiology born on 10-8-1917 in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens, Lancashire, England expired 9-6-1985 in Winchester, Hampshire, England   age 67   cause: auto accident

financial reporter  Sylvia Field Porter born on 6-18-1913 in Patchogue, New York expired 6-5-1991 in Pound Ridge, New York   age 77

author  William Sydney Porter   wrote The Ransom of Red Chief and The Sacrifice (1909, also known as The Gift of the Magi) ¤ pen name: O. Henry  born on 9-11-1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina expired 6-5-1901 in New York, New York   age 38

Raymond Eugene Portwood Jr.   co-creator of the Carmen Sandiego computer game (with Lauren Elliott) in 1985 born on 9-16-1933 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-17-2000 in Windsor, California   age 66   cause: heart attack

U.S. Air Force Major  Eugene Posa   Cold War U-2 spy plane pilot expired 7-??-1960 in Barents Sea   age ??   cause: shot down by missile

"glamour" photographer  Pompeo Posar   has photographed numerous Playboy centerfolds & covers born on 2-21-1921 in Trieste, Italy expired 3-20-2004 in Chicago, Illinois   age 83

peckerwood numbnuts  Billy Wayne Posey   part of the Klan goon gang that murdered Chaney, Goodman & Schwerner born on 12-2-1936 expired 8-13-2009 in Meridian, Mississippi   age 72

vulture capitalist  Victor Posner   strip-mined corporate assets & threw away the empty husks; his decades of unrepentant rapaciousness contributed to the ongoing attractiveness of Marxist/socialist/communist claptrap born on 9-18-1918 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 2-11-2002 in Miami, Florida   age 83   cause: pneumonia

Postum Co. founder (1897)  Charles William Post   also invented Grape Nuts and Post Toasties cereals; father of Marjorie born on 10-26-1854 in Springfield, Illinois expired 5-9-1914 in Santa Barbara, California   age 59

"actress"  Edith Sedgwick Post   her 15 minutes of fame came as Andy Warhol's "star" (1965-66) ¤ aka: "Edie Sedgwick"  expired 11-16-1971 in Santa Barbara, California   age 28   cause: barbituate overdose

etiquette authority  Emily Price Post   unlikely originator of the bad vaudeville joke "May chicken be eaten with the fingers? No, the fingers should be eaten separately." born on 10-3-1873 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 9-25-1960 in New York, New York   age 86

heiress  Marjorie Merriweather Post   inherited the Postum Ceral Co. (1914); mother of Dina Merrill (by second husband E.F. Hutton) born on 3-15-1887 in Springfield, Illinois expired 9-12-1973 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 86

aviator  Wiley Post   the passenger with him was Will Rogers born on 11-22-1900 in Grand Saline, Texas expired 8-15-1935 in Point Barrow, Alaska   age 34   cause: plane crash

computer scientist  Jonathan Bruce Postel   a creator and administrator of the Internet's (IP) address system — the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority; also the editor of the Internet's Request for Comments proposals born on 8-6-1943 in Altadena, California expired 10-16-1998 in Santa Monica, California   age 55   cause: complications from heart surgery

character actor  Peter William Postlethwaite   portrayed Keyser Söze's lawyer Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects (1995) & big game hunter Roland Tembo in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) born on 2-16-1946 in Warrington, Cheshire, England expired 1-2-2011 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   age 64   cause: cancer

media critic  Neil M. Postman born on 3-8-1931 expired 10-5-2003 in Flushing, New York   age 72   cause: lung cancer

actor  Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston   had been Mr. Suzanne Pleshette (5/11/2001-4/30/2007) born on 10-17-1921 in Columbus, Ohio expired 4-30-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 85    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12.5% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2005 BYE 4.3% 2006 BYE 3.3% 2007 BYE 3.2%    Scored 6.5000 solo points

rabbi, author  Herman Harold Potok   wrote The Chosen (1967) ¤ Hebrew/professional name: Chaim  born on 2-17-1929 in New York, New York expired 7-23-2002 in Merion, Pennsylvania   age 73   cause: brain cancer

movie director  H. C. Potter   directed Mr. Lucky (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) & Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) born on 11-13-1904 in New York, New York expired 8-31-1977 in New York, New York   age 72

author  Helen Beatrix Potter   wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) born on 7-6-1866 in London, England expired 12-22-1943 in Sawrey, England   age 87

former Army Air Corps Col.  Henry A. Potter   navigator aboard Jimmie Doolittle's bomber on first Tokyo raid (4/18/1942) born on 9-22-1918 in Pierre, South Dakota expired 5-30-2002 in Austin, Texas   age 83

character actress  Luz Potter   played a Munchkin Villager in The Wizard of Oz (1939), played the Martian Intelligence in Invaders From Mars (1953) & appeared in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) ¤ née: Villalobo  born on 12-15-1914 in Chihuahua, Mexico expired 11-21-2005 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 90   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Sesame Street musical director (1974-78)  Samuel H. Pottle   had also worked on the Captain Kangaroo show (1962-69) born on 5-8-1934 expired 7-4-1978 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts   age 44   cause: heart attack

tree hugger  Richard Hooper Pough   a founder of the Nature Conservancy born on 4-19-1904 in New York, New York expired 6-24-2003 in Chilmark, Massachusetts   age 99

French composer  François Poulenc   member of Les Six born on 1-7-1899 in Paris, France expired 1-30-1963 in Paris, France   age 64

poet  Ezra Weston Loomis Pound   supported Facism; indicted for treason in 1943 born on 10-30-1885 in Hailey, Idaho expired 11-1-1972 in Venice, Italy   age 87   cause: intestinal blockage

Great Lakes sailor  John Joseph Poviach   Wheelsman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 6-6-1916 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 59   cause: drowned when ship foundered

Washington Post sports columnist (1924-1998)  Shirley Povich   father of Maury; once listed in Who's Who in American Women born on 7-15-1905 in Bar Harbor, Maine expired 6-4-1998 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 92   cause: heart attack

corrupt New York Democratic representative (1945-69)  Adam Clayton Powell Jr.   briefly expelled from congress in 1967 born on 11-29-1908 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 4-4-1972 in Miami, Florida   age 63   cause: complications from prostate surgery

British literature chronicler  Anthony Dymoke Powell   wrote 12-volume A Dance to the Music of Time born on 12-21-1905 in London, England expired 3-28-2000 in Frome, Somerset, England   age 94

1950 Nobel physics laureate  Cecil Frank Powell   discovered the predicted pi-meson particles; developed photographic methods to record nuclear decay processes born on 12-5-1903 in Tonbridge, Kent, England expired 8-9-1969 in Milan, Italy   age 65

pre-1900 baseball player, team manager & innovator  Charles Abner Powell   originated rain checks and "Ladies Days" at the ballpark born on 12-15-1860 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania expired 8-7-1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 92

Eleanor Powell born on 11-21-1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 2-11-1982 in Beverly Hills, California   age 69

pianist, composer, racist eugenecist  John Powell   crackpot co-founder of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America (1922); along with Walter Placker got the Virginia legislature to pass the Racial Integrity Act (1924), a law that strictly enforced anti-miscegenation amongst the races; it was finally struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court by a 9-0 vote in Loving et al v. Virginia (1967) born on 9-6-1882 in Richmond, Virginia expired 8-15-1963 in Charlottesville, Virginia   age 80

Carter press secretary  Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell   was mainly a public relations flack born on 9-30-1943 in Cardele, Georgia expired 9-14-2009 in Cambridge, Maryland   age 65   cause: heart attack

retired Supreme Court Justice (1971-87)  Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. born on 9-19-1907 in Suffolk, Virginia expired 8-25-1998 in Richmond, Virginia   age 90   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 1980 JH 6.3%

movie director  Michael Latham Powell   co-directed Thief of Bagdad (1940); directed Black Narcissus (1947) & The Red Shoes (1948) born on 9-30-1905 in Bekesbourne, Kent, England expired 2-19-1990 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England   age 84   cause: cancer

Scottsboro Boys defendant  Ozie Powell   survived being shot in head by sheriff's deputy during attack on that deputy born on --1916 in near Atlanta, Georgia expired ??-??-19??   age ??

movie & tv actor  Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell   made several movies for Busby Berkeley co-starring Ruby Keeler; head of Four Star Television production company; directed The Conquerer (1956), the radiation-plagued production that was shot downwind from A-bomb test sites (91 crew members contracted cancer; 46 died) born on 11-24-1904 in Mountain View, Arkansas expired 1-3-1963 in West Los Angeles, California   age 58   cause: lymph cancer

movie actor  William Horatio Powell   played Nick Charles in numerous Thin Man movies and Florenz Ziegfeld in The Great Ziegfeld (1936) born on 7-29-1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 3-5-1984 in Palm Springs, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player  William Norris "Billy" Powell born on 6-3-1952 in Corpus Christi, Texas expired 1-28-2009 in Orange Park, Florida   age 56   cause: heart attack

University Microfilms founder  Eugene Barnum Power born on 6-4-1905 in Traverse City, Michigan expired 12-6-1993   age 88

actor  Tyrone Power Sr. ¤ born: Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power  born on 5-2-1869 in London, England expired 12-23-1931 in Hollywood, California   age 62   cause: heart attack

actor  Tyrone Power Jr. ¤ born: Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power Jr.  born on 5-5-1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 11-15-1958 in Madrid, Spain   age 44   cause: heart attack

Irish actor  Tyrone William Grattan Power   grandfather of Sr. movie actor born on 11-2-1797 in Kilmarthomas, Ireland expired 3-??-1841 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 43   cause: lost at sea en route from New York City to Liverpool

former CIA contract employee  Francis Gary Powers   the U-2 spy plane he was piloting was shot down over Svedlovsk, U.S.S.R. (5/1/1960), causing a summit between Khrushchev and Eisenhower to be cancelled; later swapped for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel born on 8-17-1929 in Jenkins, Kentucky expired 8-1-1977 in Encino, California   age 47   cause: helicopter crash

World War I veteran  Gladys Winifred Stokes Luxford Powers   had been the surviving member of the British forces — the WAAF & WRAF born on 5-10-1899 in Lewisham, County of London, England expired 8-15-2008 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada   age 109   cause: complications from broken hip    Contest Selectors 2008 SBAP, WEP 6.3%    Scored 2.8500 points 2009 PCD

NASA spokesman Col.  John A. "Shorty" Powers born on 8-30-1922 expired 1-1-1980 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 57   cause: gastro-intestinal hemorrhage; chronic alcoholism

modeling agency founder  John Robert Powers born on 9-14-1892 expired 7-19-1977 in Glendale, California   age 84

actress  Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers   played Roxanne opposite Jose Ferrer's Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) ¤ Mrs. M. Hughes Miller  born on 12-20-1931 in San Francisco, California expired 6-11-2007 in Santa Monica, California   age 75   cause: complications from leukemia

former NBA referee (1956-79)  Richard F. "Richie" Powers born on 10-14-1930 expired 7-31-1998 in Allentown, Pennsylvania   age 67   cause: stroke

American Indian chief  Powhatan   father of Pocahontas born on --1550 expired 4-??-1618   age 68

terrorist gang leader  Vellupillai Prabhakaran   founder of the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil (Eelam; aka: "Tamil Tigers"); had carried out numerous political assassinations, including Rajiv Gandhi; hopefully the civil war in Sri Lanka will now end born on 11-26-1954 in Velvettithurai, Sri Lanka expired 5-18-2009 in Nanthikadal lagoon, Mullaitivo, Sri Lanka   age 54   cause: gunfire

Hare Krishna cult founder Swami  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada   founded International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1965) expired 11-14-1977 in Vridaban, India   age 82

Otto Praeger   founded U.S. Air Mail Service May 15, 1918 expired 2-4-1948 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 77

former Thai Prime Minister (1975-6)  Mom Rajawong Kukrit Pramoj   played the role of the premier in the movie The Ugly American born on 4-20-1911 in Chao Phaya River, Sing Buri Province, Thailand expired 10-9-1995   age 84

real Killing Fields survivor  Dith Pran   was an aide to Sydney Schanberg in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge holocaust; became a New York Times photojournalist; credited with coining the term "killing fields" born on 9-27-1942 in Angkor Wat, Siem Riap Province, Cambodia expired 3-30-2008 in New Brunswick, New Jersey   age 65   cause: pancreatic cancer

Sam and Dave vocalist  Dave Prater born on 5-9-1937 in Ocilla, Georgia expired 4-9-1988 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 50

Anthony Ernest Pratt   inventor of the board game Clue (1943); original game name "Cluedo" born on 8-10-1903 expired 4-9-1994 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   age 90

Great Lakes sailor  James A. Pratt   Second Mate of the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 1-29-1931 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 44   cause: drowned when ship foundered

auto customizer  Heinz Christian Prechter   founded American Sun Roof (1965) born on 1-19-1942 in Kleinhöbing, Germany expired 7-6-2001 in Grosse Ile, Michigan   age 59   cause: suicide; hanged

distance runner  Steve Roland Prefontaine born on 1-25-1951 in Coos Bay, Oregon expired 5-30-1975 in Eugene, Oregon   age 24

1923 Nobel chemistry laureate  Fritz Pregl born on 9-3-1869 in Laibach, Austria-Hungary (now Lubljana, Slovenia) expired 12-13-1930 in Graz, Austria   age 61

digital publishing pioneer  Byron C. Preiss born on 4-11-1953 in New York, New York expired 7-9-2005 in East Hampton, New York   age 52   cause: injuries sustained in car crash

character actor  Wolfgang Preiss   specialized in playing Nazi officers: Major von Klemment in Von Ryan's Express (1965), Ebernach in Is Paris Burning? (1966), Field Marshall von Runstedt in A Bridge Too Far (1977) & Lofquist in The Boys From Brazil (1978) born on 2-24-1910 in Nuremburg, Germany expired 11-27-2002 in Bühl, Germany   age 92

Dr.  Vladimir Prelog   shared 1975 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 7-23-1906 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Austro-Hungarian Empire expired 1-7-1998 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 91

agent/movie producer  Ingo Preminger   brother of Otto; as an agent represented Dalton Trumbo & Ring Lardner Jr.; produced M*A*S*H (1970) ¤ born: Ingwald Preminger  born on 2-25-1911 in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary expired 6-7-2006 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 95

movie producer/director/actor  Otto Ludwig Preminger   made Laura (1944), The Moon is Blue (1953), Anatomy of a Murder (1959) & Exodus (1960) born on 12-5-1906 in Vienna, Austria expired 4-23-1986 in New York, New York   age 79

Playboy July 1968 Playmate of Month  Melodye Prentiss ¤ born: Melodye Panchesin married surname: Rose  born on 12-14-1944 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-3-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 64   cause: asphyxiation

Filmation Studio co-founder (1956)  Norman Prescott   did an early Superman cartoon, as well as the 1973/4 Star Trek cartoon series (won a 1975 Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series) born on 1-31-1927 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-2-2005 in Encino, California   age 78

World War II fighter pilot with Chennault's Flying Tigers  Robert W. Prescott   founded the National Skyways Freight Corporation (1945) - it changed its name to Flying Tiger Line (1947) born on 5-3-1913 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 3-3-1978 in Palm Springs, California   age 64   cause: cancer

rock singer  Elvis Aaron Presley   had still-born twin brother (Jesse Garan Presley) born on 1-8-1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi expired 8-16-1977 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 42   cause: cardiac arrhythmia AKS: Presly Pressly Pressly

Gladys Presley   Elvis' mom expired 8-14-1958 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 42

Elvis' dad  Vernon Presley born on 4-10-1916 in Tupelo, Mississippi expired 6-26-1979 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 63   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2005 HH

singer & actor  George Harvey "Harve" Presnell   appeared in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) and Paint Your Wagon (1969) movies; played Mr. Parker on The Pretender tv series; played patriarch Albert Soady in Escanaba in da Moonlight (2000); played Colonel Q on Star Trek: Voyager episode The Q and the Grey (1996) born on 9-14-1933 in Modesto, California expired 6-30-2009 in Santa Monica, California   age 75   cause: pancreatic cancer

long-ago pro football player  Glenn E. Presnell   was a back for the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (1931-33) & their successor — the Detroit Lions — when radio station owner George Richards bought the team & moved it (1934); with first wife Liz picked out the teams colors: Honolulu blue and silver; he retired after the 1936 season; he coached at Nebraska (1942) then at Eastern Kentucky born on 7-28-1905 in Gilead, Nebraska expired 9-13-2004 in Ironton, Ohio   age 99

Teamsters Union president  Jackie Presser born on 8-6-1926 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 7-9-1988 in Lakewood, Ohio   age 61

haberdasher  Barney Pressman   founded Barney's clothing store (1923) born on 12-14-1894 expired 8-24-1991 in Miami, Florida   age 96

presidential widow  Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston   married Grover in the White House June 2, 1886 (at age 22!); suggested the names for the Sweetwater Triplets (Faith, Hope and Charity Cardwell); remarried archaeologist Thomas Preston Jr. expired 10-29-1947 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 83

actor  Robert Preston   best-known for portraying con man Harold Hill in The Music Man ¤ real name: Robert Preston Meservey  born on 6-8-1918 in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts expired 3-21-1987 in Santa Barbara, California   age 68   cause: lung cancer

actor  Wayde Preston ¤ born: William Erskine Strange  born on 9-10-1929 in Denver, Colorado expired 2-6-1992 in Lovelock, Nevada   age 62   cause: colon cancer

keyboard musician  William Everett "Billy" Preston   wrote the song "You are so beautiful"; performed with the Beatles born on 9-9-1946 in Houston, Texas expired 6-6-2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 59   cause: kidney failure; malignant hypertension    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 RAVN 5.6% 2005 DTM, RAVN 8.7% 2006 DTM, LMLD 6.7%    Scored 7.8500 points

airship commander Captain  Max Preuss   commanded the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg expired 11-28-1960 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany   age 69

1930s and 40s French poet and screenwriter  Jacques Prévert   wrote lyrics to Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves; music by Joseph Kosma); collaborated with Marcel Carne on Les Enfants du Paradis, Le Jour Se Leve and six other films; not one of the "preverts" involved in the alleged "Ripper preversions" at Burfleson Air Force Base expired 4-11-1977 in Omonville-La-Petite, France   age 77

former Neshoba County (Mississippi) deputy sheriff  Cecil R. Price   on June 21, 1964 arrested civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner & James Chaney then delivered them to the Klan born on 4-15-1938 expired 5-6-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi   age 63   cause: skull fracture

cartoonist  George Price born on 6-9-1901 in Coytesville, New York expired 1-11-1995 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 93

former insurance salesman  Lee L. Price   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on 8-24-1888 expired 3-??-1985 in Charleston, Mississippi   age 96

busy soprano session singer  Loulie Jean Norman Price   widow of Norman Henry Price; sang backup in The Tokens 1961 hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight; sang the wordless melody in the original Star Trek series' opening theme (1966-67); provided the voice of the Disney theme park's Haunted Mansion ride Crazy Soprano Ghost born on 3-12-1913 in Birmingham, Alabama expired 8-2-2005 in Studio City, California   age 92

pioneering big-box retailer  Sol Price   co-founder of Fed-Mart (1954) & Price Club (1976; merged with Costco in 1993) born on 1-23-1916 in New York, New York expired 12-14-2009 in La Jolla, California   age 93

disreputable Scottsboro "rape victim"  Victoria Price ¤ aka: Katherine Queen Victory Street  born on --1904 in Fayettesville, Tennessee expired ??-??-1982   age 78

horror actor  Vincent Price   star of The Tingler, The Fly (1958) & Return of the Fly (as François Delambre) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965); played the Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971); he rose Again in 1972; husband of Coral Browne born on 5-27-1911 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-25-1993   age 82    Contest Selectors 1979 SB 7.7% 1980 BD, DR 12.5%

graphic artist  Harry William Prichett Sr.   co-created "interative" tv cartoon Winky Dink and You (1954-58; hosted by Jack Barry) born on 1-31-1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-5-2000 in New York, New York   age 79

U.S. Treasurer under Eisenhower (1953-61)  Ivy Maude Baker Priest   mother of Munsters actress Pat Priest born on 9-7-1905 in Kimberley, Utah expired 6-23-1975 in Santa Monica, California   age 69   cause: cancer

1920 Olympic bronze medal platform diver  Hal Haig Prieste   acted in the first Keystone Kops movies born on 11-23-1896 in Fresno, California expired 4-19-2001 in Camden, New Jersey   age 104

dramatist  John Boynton Priestly   wrote The Edwardians born on 9-13-1894 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England expired 8-14-1984 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England   age 89    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

1977 Nobel chemistry laureate  Ilya Romanovich Prigogine born on 1-25-1917 in Moscow, Russia expired 5-28-2003 in Brussels, Belgium   age 86

jazz trumpeter  Louis Prima   Mr. Keely Smith (1953-61) born on 12-7-1912 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 8-24-1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 65   cause: pneumonia; last 3 years spent in coma following surgery for brain tumor    Contest Selectors 1980 HA

airline stewardess  Paula Prince   one of the victims of the 1982 Chicago-area poisoned Tylenol murder spree expired 9-29-1982 in Chicago, Illinois   age 35   cause: cyanide-laced tylenol (murder)

actor  William Prince born on 1-26-1913 in Nichols, New York expired 10-8-1996 in Tarrytown, New York   age 83

Black Hand assassin  Gavrilo Princip   shot Austrian Archduke Ferdinand & Countess Sophie, triggering World War I born on 7-25-1894 in Oblijaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire expired 4-28-1918 in Prague, Czechoslovakia   age 23   cause: tuberculosis

conniving teenage slut  Eunice Pringle   in deathbed confession admitted that Joe Kennedy was behind her August 9, 1929 false rape accusation against Alex Pantages born on --1912 expired ??-??-1938   age 26

comedian  Freddie Prinze Sr.   co-starred on Chico and the Man tv series born on 6-22-1954 in New York, New York expired 1-29-1977 in Los Angeles, California   age 22   cause: suicide; gunshot to temple

crusader  Laura B. Prisk   led the effort to get June 14th declared "Flag Day" in the U.S. ¤ aka: "The Mother of Flag Day"  expired 5-30-1950 in New York, New York   age 75

"man of letters" Sir  Victor Sawdon Pritchett   wrote some of those "letters" for Playboy born on 12-16-1900 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England expired 3-20-1997 in London, England   age 96

low-fat diet proponent  Nathan Pritikin born on 8-29-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-21-1985 in Albany, New York   age 69   cause: suicide; exsanguination; severed arm veins; liver & kidney failure; leukemia; heart disease; anemia

Hyatt Hotel chain founder  Jay Pritzker born on 8-26-1922 expired 1-23-1999 in Chicago, Illinois   age 76   cause: cardiac arrest

clarinetist & saxophonist  Russell Procope   played in a number of big/jazz bands born on 8-11-1908 expired 1-21-1981 in New York, New York   age 72   cause: heart attack

New York mob leader  Joseph S. Profaci   informed on the mob ¤ born: Joseph Profact  born on 10-2-1898 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy expired 6-6-1962 in Bay Shore, New York   age 64

former British War minister  John Dennis "Jack" Profumo   got caught with his pants down with call girl Christine Keeler in 1963; widower of actress Valerie Hobson born on 1-30-1915 in Warwickshire, England expired 3-9-2006 in London, England   age 91   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2005 RR, TMD 8.7%

guy in a rubber suit  Janos Prohaska   on original Star Trek tv series was the guy inside of the Horta, Mugatu & Yarnek; he also did lots or fake bear & gorilla roles, and was Clyde on Bikini Beach (1964) born on 10-10-1919 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 3-13-1974 in Bishop, California   age 54   cause: plane crash

cartoonist  Antonio B. Prohias   created Spy vs. Spy for MAD Magazine born on 1-17-1921 in Cienfuegos, Cuba expired 2-24-1998 in Miami, Florida   age 77   cause: lung cancer

1964 Nobel physics laureate  Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov   his research lead to the development of the MASER & LASER born on 7-11-1916 in Atherton, Queensland, Australia expired 1-8-2002 in Moscow, Russia   age 85 AKS: Mikhaylovich

composer  Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev   wrote Peter and the Wolf born on 4-23-1891 in Sontsovka, Russia expired 3-4-1956 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 61

character actor  Robert Prosky   on Hill Street Blues played desk seargant Stan Jablonski & on Cheers played Rebecca Howe's father ¤ born: Robert Joseph Porzuczek  born on 12-13-1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-8-2008 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 77   cause: complications from a heart procedure

former pro football coach  Thompson "Tommy" Prothro Jr. born on 7-20-1920 expired 5-14-1995   age 74

Vermont senator (1958-71)  Winston L. Prouty born on 9-1-1906 in Newport, Vermont expired 9-10-1971 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 65   cause: stomach cancer

children's book illustrator  Martin Provensen   designed the dancing hippos & crocodiles in Dance of the Hours sequence of Fantasia (1940); designed Tony the Tiger for Kellogg's born on 7-10-1916 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-27-1987 in Clinton Corners, New York   age 70   cause: heart attack

mobster  Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano born on 5-24-1917 expired 12-12-1988   age 71

actress  Dorothy Provine   played Pinky Pinham on The Roaring 20s tv series & as Emeline Finch was first to find the BIG W in Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) born on 1-20-1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota expired 4-25-2010 in Bremerton, Washington   age 75   cause: emphysema

dancer  Juliet Prowse born on 9-25-1936 in Bombay, India expired 9-14-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 59   cause: pancreatic cancer

grandstanding former Wisconsin senator (1957-88)  Edward William Proxmire   he replaced Joe McCarthy; in a quest for publicity created the "Golden Fleece Awards" born on 11-11-1915 in Lake Forest, Illinois expired 12-15-2005 in Sykesville, Maryland   age 90   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 1980 EK 6.3% 2001 ROTS 12½% 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 RAVN, TAP 11.1% 2005 BOD, RAVN, TBC 13.0%    Scored 4.1250 points

author  René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme   first recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (1901) born on 3-16-1839 in Paris, France expired 9-6-1907 in Châtenay, France   age 68 AKS: Rene Francois

bluesman  James Edward "Snooky" Pryor born on 9-15-1921 in Lambert, Mississippi expired 10-18-2006 in Ullin, Louisiana   age    Contest Selectors 2009 BYE

comedian  Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III born on 12-1-1940 in Peoria, Illinois expired 12-10-2005 in San Fernando Valley, California   age 65   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, JW, MM, MS 38.5% 1980 DW, HP, JW, MM 25.0% 2000 ANG, BOD, IVY, RR, TEX 71.0% 2001 ANG, BOD, KLS, NFG, TEX 62½% 2002 ANG, BOD, DTM, TMTX 36.4% 2003 ABRA, ANG, KLS, KOHD, TAP, TMTX 33.3% 2004 ABRA, ANG, BOD, DTM, EOD, GHG, KLS, NFG, SS, TAP 55.6% 2005 ANG, BOD, DTM, GHG, HH, KLS, NFG, PCD, RAVN, RIE, RR, TMD 52.2%    Scored 6.0012 points

fashion designer  Emilio Marchese di Barsento Pucci born on 11-20-1914 in Naples, Italy expired 11-30-1992 in Florence, Italy   age 78

former Illinois rep. (1959-72)  Roman Conrad Pucinski   also served as a Chicago alderman (1973-91) born on 5-13-1919 in Buffalo, New York expired 9-25-2002 in Chicago, Illinois   age 83   cause: pneumonia

Hall of Fame baseball player  Kirby Puckett born on 3-14-1960 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-6-2006 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 45   cause: stroke

percussionist & bandleader  Ernest Anthony "Tito" Puente ¤ mom called him "Ernestito" (Little Ernest) later shortened to "Tito"  born on 4-20-1923 in New York, New York expired 5-31-2000 in New York, New York   age 77   cause: heart failure

Pu Jie   younger brother of Pu Yi, last emperor of China ¤ aka: Pu Chieh  expired 2-28-1994   age 87

publisher  Joseph Pulitzer Sr.   established eponymous journalism prizes (1917) born on 4-10-1847 in Mako, Hungary expired 10-29-1911 in Charleston, South Carolina   age 64

publisher  Joseph Pulitzer Jr. born on 3-21-1885 in New York, New York expired 3-30-1955 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 70

publisher  Joseph Pulitzer III born on 5-13-1913 expired 5-26-1993   age 80

highly decorated Marine Corps commander Lt.General  Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller born on 6-26-1898 in West Point, Virginia expired 10-11-1971 in Hampton, Virginia   age 73

gravel-voiced nightclub comedian  Bernard Shaw Pully   originated role of Big Jule in Guys and Dolls ¤ born: Murry Lerman  born on 5-14-1910 in Newark, New Jersey expired 1-6-1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 61   cause: heart attack

obscure anti-pope  Earl P. "Lucian" Pulvermacher   elected pontiff of the Montana-based "true Catholica Church" in 1998 ¤ title: "Pope Pius XIII"  born on 4-20-1918 in Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin expired 11-30-2009 in Springdale, Washington   age 91    Contest Selectors 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2007 RAVN 3.2% 2008 RAVN 3.1% 2009 RAVN, TFM 6.7% AKS: Lucien Pulvemacher

jazz guitarist  Joseph J. "Joe" Puma born on 8-13-1927 expired 5-15-2000 in New York, New York   age 72   cause: cancer

hyperrealist illustrator  Donald Ivan Punchatz   studied under Burne Hogarth; did the film poster for the first Star Wars movie (1977); drew the cover art for Asmiov's "Foundation" trilogy and Harlan Ellison's "Dangerous Visions" anthology; also did work for National Geographic, National Lampoon, Rolling Stone, Esquire & Playboy born on 9-8-1936 in Hillside, New Jersey expired 10-22-2009 in Arlington, Texas   age 73   cause: cardiac arrest

physician  Bernard Punsley   as a child played Dead End Kid Milty (the fat kid) born on 7-11-1923 in New York, New York expired 1-20-2004 in Torrance, California   age 80   cause: cancer AKS: Punsley

Edward Mills Purcell   shared the 1952 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (1946) born on 8-30-1912 in Taylorville, Illinois expired 3-7-1997 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 84   cause: respiratory failure

character actor  Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom   his main claim to fame was for dumping wife Anita Phillips for actress Linda Christian (1962; it lasted barely a year) born on 12-19-1924 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England expired 1-1-2009 in Rome, Italy   age 84

automobile writer  Kenneth W. Purdy   contributing editor for Playboy Magazine; his father wrote "On Wisconsin" born on 4-28-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-7-1972 in Wilton, Connecticut   age 59   cause: suicide; gunshot to head

Bollywood character actor  Amrish Puri   played great villains including Mola Ram in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); also appeared in Gandhi as Khan (1982) born on 6-22-1932 in India expired 1-12-2005 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India   age 72   cause: brain hemorrhage; malaria

horror-punk band co-founder  Erick Lee Purkhiser   co-founder/front man for The Cramps ¤ aka: "Lux Interior"  born on 10-21-1948 in Stow, Ohio expired 2-4-2009 in Glendale, California   age 60   cause: heart condition

"Old Folks" sausage grinder  Clara Bridges Purnell   co-founded Purnell Sausage Co. in 1932 (with husband Fred B. Purnell Sr.) born on 10-22-1901 in Springfield, Tennessee expired 4-24-2004 in Simpsonville, Kentucky   age 102

silent movie actress  Edna Purviance   co-starred with Charlie Chaplin in The Tramp (1915) ¤ born: Edna Squires  born on 10-21-1894 in Lovelock, Nevada expired 6-13-1958 in Woodland Hills, California   age 63

former Chicago FBI office head  Melvin Horace Purvis Jr.   led teams that killed criminals John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934 born on 10-24-1903 in Timmonsville, South Carolina expired 2-29-1960 in Florence, South Carolina   age 56   cause: suicide; automatic weapon bullet; depression; ill health

surviving World War I military veteran  Ernest Charles Pusey   started working for General Motors in 1926, retiring in 1958; he had drawn a pension from them for longer than he worked for them — waso the oldest U.S. Navy veteran born on 5-5-1895 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 11-19-2006 in Bradenton, Florida   age 111    Contest Selectors 2006 KLS 3.3%    Scored 3.9000 solo points

former Harvard president (1953-71) Dr.  Nathan Marsh Pusey born on 4-4-1907 in Council Bluffs, Iowa expired 11-14-2001 in New York, New York   age 94

armless/legless "entertainer"  Frieda Katherine Pushnik   worked for Ripley's Believe It or Not (1933-43), then Ringling Brother's Circus side show (1943-56) born on 2-10-1923 in Conemaugh, Pennsylvania expired 12-24-2000 in Costa Mesa, California   age 77   cause: bladder cancer

former McNairy County, Tennessee sheriff (1964-70)  Buford Pusser   exploits basis for the movie Walking Tall born on 12-12-1937 in Adamsville, Tennessee expired 8-21-1974 in Adamsville, Tennessee   age 36   cause: auto accident

author & book publisher  George Palmer Putnam   husband of Amelia Earhart expired 1-4-1950 in Trona, California   age 63   cause: uremic poisoning

Librarian of Congress (1899-1939)  Herbert Putnam expired 8-15-1955 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts   age 93

VFW co-founder  James Carollton Putnam   first national commander of the organization expired 10-11-1956 in Fayetteville, Arkansas   age 88

last Chinese Emperor  Henry Pu-Yi   last Emperor of China (Manchu Dynasty) from 1909 to 1911 (age 3-5); Japanese puppet emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo 1935-45; subject of 1987 movie The Last Emperor; first wife, Wan Rong (married in 1923) died in 1946, an opium addict; married second wife, Li Shuxian, in 1962; fourth wife Li Yuqin abandoned after World War II; tortured during the Cultural Revolution ¤ born: P'ui Husan T'ung  born on 2-07-1906 in Peking, China expired 10-17-1967 in Beijing, China   age 61   cause: cancer

writer  Mario Puzo   wrote The Godfather series; won two Academy Awards for his screenplays; his book Omerta was excerpted in the July 2000 Playboy magazine born on 10-15-1920 in New York, New York expired 7-2-1999 in Bay Shore, New York   age 78   cause: heart failure

actor  Denver Pyle   Uncle Jesse on the Dukes of Hazard born on 5-11-1920 in Bethune, Colorado expired 12-25-1997 in Burbank, California   age 77   cause: lung cancer

World War II correspondent  Ernest Taylor "Ernie" Pyle   won a 1944 Pulitzer Prize born on 8-3-1900 in Dana, Indiana expired 4-18-1945 in Ie Island, Ryukyu Archipeligo, Japan   age 44   cause: machine gun fire

abrasive tv talk show host  Joseph "Joe" Pyne   "why don't you go out and gargle with some razor blades"; forerunner of many worse shows to follow (Geraldo Rivera and Jerry Springer come to mind); he loved smokin' those "coffin nails" born on 12-22-1924 in Chester, Pennsylvania expired 3-23-1970 in Hollywood, California   age 45   cause: lung cancer

engineer & contractor  Morris S. Pynoos   invented the nail gun for Howard Hughes during construction of the Spruce Goose born on 8-22-1917 in New York, New York expired 7-5-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: congestive heart failure

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