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former Tonight Show host (1957-62) Jack Harold Paarborn on 5-1-1918 in Canton, Ohio expired 1-27-2004 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 85 cause: "a long illness"
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| 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
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
expired 9-6-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 98
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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
expired 12-11-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: pneumonia; coma; heart attack
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
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| 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
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| 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
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-Shah's daughter Leila Pahlavi born on 3-27-1970 in Tehran, Iran expired 6-10-2001 in London, England age 31 cause: complications from myalgic encephalomyelitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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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
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 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 medicineborn 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
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actor Jack Palance won Best Supporting Actor oscar for playing Curly Washburn in City Slickers; Holly's dad
expired 11-10-2006 in Montecito, California age 87
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| 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
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 1974born on 9-28-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-26-1990 in New York, New York age 89
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| 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)
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
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| 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
expired 1-7-1655 in Rome, Italy age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
choreographer Hermes Pan
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/ 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
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
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| 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 sentenceborn 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
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producer Joseph Papp
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)
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
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
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| 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
expired 11-22-2007 in Joburg, South Africa age 79 cause: metastatic melanoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Awardborn 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
expired 9-9-1999 in Estampes, France age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"progressive" jazz alto-saxophonist Charles Christopher "Charlie" Parker
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
expired 11-26-2008 in Shelbyville, Indiana age 115
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Jean Parker appeared in Flying Deuces
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
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| 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
expired ??-??-1909 in San Vincente, Bolivia age 43 cause: shoot-out | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
model/actress Suzy Parker
expired 5-3-2003 in Montecito, California age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(not really a) Colonel Thomas Andrew "Tom" Parker Elvis Presley's manager
expired 1-21-1997 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 87 cause: complications from stroke
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
expired 2-2-1992 in La Jolla, California age 77 cause: lung cancer
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| 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
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie actor Larry Parks screwed his own acting career by admitting to congress past membership in the Communist Party (1951); husband of Betty Garrett
expired 4-13-1975 in Studio City, California age 60 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 boycottborn on 2-4-1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama expired 10-24-2005 in Detroit, Michigan age 92 cause: hypertension; dementia
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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)
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
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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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"
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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character actor Michael Pate
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
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
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
AKS: Moultree Moltrie Patton Pattun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newsday co-founder and publisher Alicia Patterson
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 Ziffelborn 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
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 Forestborn 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
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
expired 8-13-2009 in White Plains, New York age 94 cause: pneumonia
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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formerly-tubby tenor Luciano Pavarottiborn 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
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Serbian Orthodox Church spiritual leader Pavle His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1991-2009)
expired 11-15-2009 in Belgrade, Serbia age 95 cause: cardiac arrest
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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"
expired 2-18-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee age 64 cause: respiratory failure; emphysema; asthma
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| 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
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
expired 11-1-1999 in Barrington, Illinois age 45 cause: cancer of bile duct; liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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