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banjo player Eddie Peabody
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
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| Rev. Norman Vincent Peale born on 5-31-1898 in Bowersville, Ohio expired 12-24-1993 in Pawling, New York age 95
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| 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 Prizeborn 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
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
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 deathsborn 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)
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
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
expired 12-15-1984 in New York, New York age 80
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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
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
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| 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
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Turkish premier (1946-47) Recep Peker
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former Israeli Air Force commander Benjamin "Benny" Peled lead 1976 hostage rescue raid on the Entebbe (Uganda) airport
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
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| 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
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?"
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
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)
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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?
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| 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
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
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
expired 3-6-2007 in Huntsville, Texas age 48 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| 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"
expired 3-21-2011 in Austin, Texas age 97 cause: cardiac arrest
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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
expired 1-22-2009 in Huntsville, Texas age 53 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Wild Kingdom host Richard Marlin Perkins born on 3-28-1905 in Carthage, Missouri expired 6-14-1986 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 81
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| 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
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| 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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
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
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)
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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
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)
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
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 logoborn 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 "" 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
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| 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- 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 seriesborn 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"
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
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| Milk of Magnesia inventor (1873) Charles Phillips born on --1820 expired ??-??-1882 age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Esther Phillips
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
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
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
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plus-size model Marsha Phillips under the pseudonym Fatima Yechbergh was "Miss Olde Frothingslosh" in beer ads and on the cansborn 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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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