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to next `Tonight Show' host: Johnny Carsonto previous `Tonight Show' host: Steve Allen 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
2003ABRA, GHG, MJ, TAP22.2%
2004ABRA, ADWC, MJ, SS, TAP22.2%
   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
to next Pope: John XXIIIto previous Pope: Pius XI 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
2006CSI, NFG6.7%
2007NFG3.2%
2008NFG3.1%
   Scored 5.2000 solo points

main image: Bettie on a New York State beach in the early 1950s; inset picture: Bettie as she appeared in early 2004to Feburary 1955 Playmate of Monthto December 1954 Playmate of Monthsubject of 20 Questions interview in February 2007 `Playboy Magazine' 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
2002RAVN9.1%
2003RAVN5.6%
2007ABRA3.2%
2008CSI, JCM, TWOS9.4%
   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
2007DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT19.4%
   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
2007LMLD3.2%
2008OIE3.1%
2009LMLD3.3%
   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
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
   Contest Selectors
1979 HA, HFS, MS, VM, YJ38.5%
1980 BB, BD, DH, DR, DW, EB, EK, GP, HA, HP, JH, JW, MM, RR, VA93.8%
   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  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
2007RR, WEP6.5%

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
1979JH7.7%
2002RAVN9.1%
2003ABRA5.6%
2004ADWC, RIE11.1%
2005ADWC, BYE, RIE13.0%
2006BYE, RIE, WEP10.0%
   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
the CBS corporate logo 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 RR7.7%
1980 BD, RR, VA18.8%

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 TMTX9.1%
   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
to next Pope: Alexander VIIto previous Pope: Urban VIII 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
2001BOD12½%
2002BOD9.1%
2004BOD5.6%
2005BOD4.3%
   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
Another SFBMoFo 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
2004RAVN5.6%
2005RAVN4.3%
2006DTM, PCD, RAVN10.0%
2007DTH, DTM, NFG, PCD, RR16.1%
   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
to next Pope: Callistus IIIto previous Pope: Eugene IV 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
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

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
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
1984 Reuben Award winner 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
2007RPRM3.2%
2008DFFC, PCD, RPRM, RR, WEP, 4GUE18.8%
   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
2002JEDS9.1%
2003JEDS, OGGI11.1%
2008ADWC, JCM6.3%

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 JW7.7%

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
cover of the May 1966 issue of 'Playboy' magazine with playmate of the year Allison Parkscover of the December 1965 issue of 'Playboy' magazine with playmate Allison Parks (inside cover)to November 1965 Playmate of Monthto September 1965 Playmate of Month 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: Bert 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
2004GHG5.6%
2005GHG4.3%
2006GHG3.3%
   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
movie actor  Larry Parks   screwed his own acting career by admitting to congress past membership in the Communist Party (1951); husband of Betty Garrett
¤born: Samuel Klausman 
born on 12-3-1914 in Olathe, Kansas
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
Rosa Parks' booking photo 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
2000BOD, IVY, RR43%
2001BOD, DTM, KLS, NFG, RR62½%
2002BOD, DTM, JAC, MORB, RR45.5%
2003DTM, JEDS, KLS, KOHD, OGGI, PCD, RR38.9%
2004ABRA, BOD, DTM, EOD, KLS, NFG, PCD, RIE, RR50.0%
2005ANG, BOD, DTM, KLS, MOT, NFG, PCD, QKU, RAVN, RIE, RR, SLIM52.2%
   Scored 3.3012 points

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
Another SFBMoFo 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
2002JAC9.1%
2003JL, PCD11.1%
2004PCD5.6%
2005ANG4.3%
   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
2007ADWC, LMLD, OIE9.7%
   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
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
2009DFFC3.3%
   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
2001BOD12½%
2002BOD9.1%
2004BOD5.6%
2005BOD4.3%
2006BOD3.3%
2007BOD3.2%
2008BOD3.1%
2009BOD3.3%
   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
Doris & Fred Ziffel 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
Sasquach al fresco? 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
2000TEX14%
2001TEX12½%
2002TMTX9.1%
2003ANG, JEDS, KOHD, TMTX22.2%
2005QKU4.3%
2006ANG, DFFC, OIE10.0%
2007AUDC, DFFC, DTH, GOHI, LMLD, MOT19.4%
2008ANG, DFFC, GOHI, MORB, OIE, SPIT18.8%
2009ADWC, ANG, MORB10.0%
   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, YJ15.4%
1980 RR6.3%

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
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
Pat on the stump 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
   Contest Selectors
2008QKU, WEP6.3%
   Scored 9.0500 points

interviewed by `Playboy Magazine' in November 1982 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
2003RAVN5.6%
2004ABRA, RAVN11.1%
2005WORM4.3%
2006DTH3.3%
2007ABRA, GOHI, MOT, QKU, RAVN, RR, TFM, WEP25.8%
   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
2008WEP3.1%
2009DTM, WEP6.7%
   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
2002ANG9.1%
2003ANG5.6%
   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

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