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| 1930s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ballerina Tatiana Riabouchinska Disney animators used her as model for the hippopotamus ballerinas in Fantasia (1940) born on 5-23-1916 in Moscow, Russia expired 8-24-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Connecticut senator (1963-81) Abraham Alexander Ribicoff Connecticut governor (1956-61) and Kennedy HEW Secretary (1961-62) born on 4-9-1910 in New Britain, Connecticut expired 2-22-1998 in New York, New York age 87 cause: heart failure; Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groups Danone Sa founder Antoine-Amédée-Paul Riboud maker of (Dannon) Yogurt & Evian Water born on 12-25-1918 in Lyon, France expired 5-5-2002 in Paris, France age 83 AKS: Amedee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago mob boss Paul Ricca replaced Al Capone as head of the Chicago crime syndicate after Capone's incarceration
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| author Alice Hegan Rice wrote Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch expired 2-10-1942 in Louisville, Kentucky age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I-era songwriter Gitz Rice wrote music for Mademoiselle from Armentieres (to lyrics by Edward Rowland) expired 10-16-1947 in New York, New York age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 
distance runner Greg Rice won 1940 Sullivan Awardborn on 1-3-1916 in Missoula, Montana expired 5-19-1991 age | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| sports journalist (1901-54) Henry Grantland Rice nicknamed the 1924 Notre Dame football backfield" the Four Horsemen" & their linemen 'the Seven Mules"; won 1943 oscar for Short Subject born on 11-1-1880 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee expired 7-13-1954 in New York, New York age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2'10" infomercial huckster John Rice had "younger" twin brother Greg; also did real estate & motivational speakingborn on 12-3-1951 in West Palm Beach, Florida expired 11-5-2005 in Palm Beach, Florida age 53 cause: died during anesthesia prior to surgery for a broken leg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet & painter Stanley Travis Rice Jr. husband of Anne Rice born on 11-7-1942 in Dallas, Texas expired 12-9-2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 60 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz drummer Bernard "Buddy" Rich born on 6-30-1917 in New York, New York expired 4-2-1987 in Los Angeles, California age 69
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country singer Charles Allan "Charlie" Rich had hit with Behind Closed Doors (1973)
expired 7-25-1995 in Hammond, Louisiana age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| guitarist James Q. "Spider" Rich co-wrote Yakety Sax born on 11-3-1923 expired 11-9-2003 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| architect Lorimer Rich designed the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery born on 10-24-1891 expired 6-2-1978 in Rome, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Products Corp. founder Robert Edward Rich Sr. inventor of the corny syrup/sugar/soy-based whipped topping (1945); former owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team born on 7-7-1913 in Buffalo, New York expired 2-15-2006 in Palm Beach, Florida age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
English Prince Richard son of Edward III; father of Richard II
expired 6-8-1376 in London, England age 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
English king (1189-1199) Richard I son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane
expired 4-6-1199 in Chaluz, France age 41 cause: gangrene | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1377-1399) Richard II son of The Black Prince; grandson of Edward III; forced to abdicate; last Plantagenet king born on 1-6-1367 in Bordeaux, France expired 2-14-1400 in Pontefract Castle, Leicestershire, England age 33 cause: murdered | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English king (1483-1485) Richard III brother of Edward IV; last king from House of York born on 10-2-1452 in Fotheringhay Castle, England expired 8-22-1485 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England age 32 cause: killed in battle by the Earl of Richmond | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Montreal Canadiens hockey great Joseph Henri Maurice Richard
expired 5-27-2000 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 78 cause: stomach cancer; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
UK actress Wendy Richard played Shirley Brahms on Are you Being Served? & Pauline Fowler on The Eastenders
expired 2-25-2009 in London, England age 65 cause: breast cancer
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| character actress Beah Richards won an Emmy for guest shot on The Practice tv series born on 7-1-1920 in Vicksburg, Mississippi expired 9-14-2000 in Vicksburg, Mississippi age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. shared the 1956 Nobel prize in medicineborn on 10-30-1895 in Orange, New Jersey expired 2-23-1973 in Lakeville, Connecticut age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former Texas governor (1991-5) Dorothy Ann Richards the Grim Reaper decided she was "done" & "stuck a fork in her" (instead of the usual sythe)
expired 9-13-2006 in Austin, Texas age 73 cause: esophageal cancer
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| auto dealer/radio station/sports team owner George A. "Dick" Richards his Goodwill Stations group owned WJR (Detroit), WGAR (Cleveland) & KMPC (Los Angeles); bought the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans (founded 1930) for $7,952.08 in 1934 & moved the franchise to Detroit, renaming them the Lions (later sold to the Fords in 1940); he scheduled/ born on --1889 in Crete, Illinois expired 5-28-1951 in Detroit, Michigan age 62 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| childrens book author Laura Elizabeth Richards wrote Captain January; daughter of Julia Ward Howe expired 1-14-1943 in Gardiner, Maine age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theodore William Richards 1914 Nobel chemistry laureate born on 1-31-1868 in Germantown, Pennsylvania expired 4-2-1928 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| murder victim Barbara Lee Richardson girlfriend of David Lind; one of the fatalities of the Wonderland Murders (1981) born on 10-17-1958 expired 7-1-1981 in Los Angeles, California age 22 cause: bludgeoned to death with lead pipe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| short-lived Nixon Attorney General (1973) Elliot Lee Richardson refused to fire Special Prosecutor & was fired (during the Watergate "Saturday Night Massacre" 10/20/73); also served as Nixon HEW Secretary (1970-72) & Defense Secretary (1973) before being AG, then Ford Commerce Secretary (1974-76) born on 7-20-1920 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-31-1999 in Boston, Massachusetts age 79 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Ian William Richardson born on 4-7-1934 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 2-9-2007 in London, England age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz flutist/saxophonist Jerome Richardson born on 12-25-1920 in Oakland, California expired 6-23-2000 in Englewood, New Jersey age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
early rock radio disc jockey Jiles Perry Richardson had hit with Chantilly Lace (1958); killed in crash of Beechcraft Bonanza (registration N3794P, aka "Miss American Pie") with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens)
expired 2-3-1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa age 28 cause: plane crash AKS: J. P. J P | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| phyisicist/meteorologist/mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson his conjectures & research into the lengths of coastlines & borders was an inspiration to Benoît Mandelbrot, who read one of his papers and later wrote his own tome (on the length of the coastling of Great Britan) born on 10-11-1881 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England expired 9-30-1953 in Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie art director Lucinda Jane "Lucy" Richardson was the art director on Elizabeth (1998), Chocolat (2000) & The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); NOT the Lucy in Sky With Diamonds that her family had claimed born on --1957 in Weybridge, Surrey, England expired 6-1-2005 age 47 cause: breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Natasha Richardson wife of Liam Neeson; daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave; granddaughter of Michael Redgrave & Rachel Kempson; suffered a catastrophic brain injury while skiing at Mont Tremblant, Quebec (mid-March, 2009) born on 5-11-1963 in London, England expired 3-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 45 cause: epidural hematoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Owen Willans Richardson 1928 Nobel physics laureate for defining the motion of electrons born on 4-26-1879 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England expired 2-15-1959 in Alton, Hampshire, England age 79 AKS: Willians Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Sir Ralph David Richardson appeared in Dragonslayer, Time Bandits, Dr. Zhivago, Exodus and Things to Come born on 12-19-1902 in Cheltenham, England expired 10-9-1983 in London, England age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Richardson 1963 Best Directing oscar-winning director (for Tom Jones); father of Natasha Richardson born on 6-5-1928 in Shipley, England expired 11-14-1991 in Los Angeles, California age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Donald Randall Richberg co-author of the railway Labor Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act expired 11-27-1960 in Charlottesville, Virginia age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Charles Robert Richet received the 1913 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on anaphylaxis born on 8-25-1850 in Paris, France expired 12-4-1935 in Paris, France age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| noted World War II aviatrix Helen Richey expired 1-7-1947 in New York, New York age 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Mordecai Richler wrote The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) born on 1-27-1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 7-3-2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 70 cause: complications from kidney cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
dapper singer, dancer, actor Harry Richman appeared in Puttin' on the Ritz (1930) and The Playboy (1938; English title: Kicking the Moon Around)
expired 11-3-1972 in Burbank, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960s civil rights demonstrator David Leinail Richmond a member of the Greensboro Four born on --1941 in Greensboro, North Carolina expired 12-7-1990 in Greensboro, North Carolina age 49 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| folk musician John B. "Fritz" Richmond Jr. master of the Jug & Washtub Bass; played with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band; suggested the band name for The Lovin' Spoonful born on 7-10-1939 in Newton, Massachusetts expired 11-20-2005 in Portland, Oregon age 66 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time pro wrassler Kenneth Richmond won a bronze medal in real wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic games; was the 4th (and final) gong-striker seen at the beginning of the J. Arthur Rank Studios movies (the "gong" he "struck" was actually made of paper maché — he never made contact with the mallet lest the "gong" be destroyed in a single blow; the sound was dubbed in later) born on 7-10-1926 in London, England expired 8-3-2006 in Christchurch, England age 80 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| stock car racer Timothy L. Richmond born on 6-7-1955 expired 8-13-1989 age 34 cause: complications from AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CalTech geophysicist Dr. Charles Francis Richter invented eponymous logarithmic earthquake scale (1935) born on 4-26-1900 in Hamilton, Ohio expired 9-30-1985 in Pasadena, California age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Karl Richter born on 10-15-1926 in Plauen, Germany expired 2-17-1981 in München, Germany age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| TWA co-founder Paul E. Richter formerly head of TACA Airways expired 5-15-1949 in Berkeley, California age 53 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical pianist Svyatoslav Theofilovich Richter born on 3-20-1915 in Zhitomir, Russia expired 8-1-1997 in Moscow, Russia age 82 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World War I German air ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen
expired 4-21-1918 in Somme sector, France age 25 cause: shot down | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I flying ace Edward Vernon "Eddie" Rickenbacker one-time owner of Eastern Airlines (1938-53) expired 7-23-1973 in Zürich, Switzerland age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn Dodgers manager & part owner (1942-50) Branch Wesley Rickey baseball coach at the University of Michigan (went to St.Louis in 1913); hired Jackie Robinson as first black major league player in modern era (1946)
expired 12-9-1965 in Columbus, Missouri age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Admiral Hyman George Rickover "father of the nuclear submarine" born on 1-27-1900 in Makov, Russia expired 7-8-1986 in Arlington, Virginia age 86
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| comic book artist Donato Rico II wrote and/or illustrated The Claw, Captain America, Captain Marvel, the Human Torch & Daredevil born on 9-26-1912 in New York, New York expired 3-27-1985 in Hollywood, California age 72 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Granville Riddle
expired 1-30-2003 in Huntsville, Texas age 33 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| composer/arranger/conductor Nelson Smock Riddle wrote theme song for Route 66 tv series born on 6-1-1921 in Oradell, New Jersey expired 10-7-1985 in Los Angeles, California age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| racehorse owner Samuel D. Riddle owned Man o' War and War Admiral expired 1-8-1951 in Media, Pennsylvania age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Americal Division helicopter pilot Ronald L. Ridenhour reported the My Lai massacre (March 16, 1968) after leaving service (1969) born on 4-6-1946 in Oakland, California expired 5-10-1998 in Metairie, Louisiana age 52 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Robert Ridgely played the game show host in Melvin and Howard (1980) and the hangman Boris in Blazing Saddles and Robin Hood: Men in Tights born on 12-24-1931 expired 2-8-1997 in Toluca Lake, California age 65 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired General Matthew Ridgway born on 3-3-1895 in Fort Monroe, Virginia expired 7-26-1993 in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian Orthodox Church patriarch (1990-2008) Alexiy Ridiger
expired 12-5-2008 in Peredelkino, Russia age 79 cause: heart failure AKS: Alexi Alexy Alexei Alexius Ruediger Rüdiger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley director of Singapore's Botanic Garden (1888); smuggled rubber tree seeds from South America, starting the Malaysian industry; discovered how to extract latex from the trees without injuring them expired 10-24-1956 in London, England age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spanish poet Dionisio Ridruejo co-founder of Falange Party in 1930s and Social Democratic Party; opponent of Francisco Franco expired 6-29-1975 in Madrid, Spain age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nazi filmmaker Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl producer/director of Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1936)born on 8-22-1902 in Berlin, Germany expired 9-8-2003 in Pöcking am Starnberger, Bavaria, Germany age 101
AKS: Reifenstahl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| wrong-way runner Roy M. Riegels born on 4-4-1908 expired 3-26-1993 age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering "surfer girl" Mary Kerwin Riehl won the women's division of the 1939 Pacific Coast Surfing Championship born on 3-25-1912 in Hermosa Beach, California expired 3-16-2004 in Santa Maria, California age 91 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
screenwriter & "script doctor" Dean Franklin Riesner wrote Coogan's Bluff (1968) & The Enforcer (1976); co-wrote Play Misty For Me & Dirty Harry (1971; with Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink, "Harry's creators); first husband of Vampira (coined her name for a 1954 KABC-TV horror film hosting gig)
expired 8-18-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| University of Cincinnati professor emeritus George B. Rieveschl Jr. was the inventor of the antihistamine Benadryl (beta-dimethylaminoethylbenzhydryl ether hydrochloride) born on 1-9-1916 in Arlington Heights, Ohio expired 9-27-2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio age 91 cause: pneumonia AKS: Reiveschl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
geezer Harriet Azzie Riggins-McGee of Albany, Georgia
expired 11-6-2002 in Albany, Georgia age 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Tulsa police officer Clinton E. Riggs invented the "Yield" sign born on 7-15-1910 expired 5-22-1997 in Tulsa, Oklahoma age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Lynn Riggs wrote Green Grown the Lilacs, adapted by Rogers and Hammerstein as Oklahoma expired 6-30-1954 in New York, New York age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Marlon T. Riggs born on 2-3-1957 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 4-5-1994 in Dallas, Texas age 37 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| tennis player Robert L. "Bobby" Riggs lost famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against Billie Jean King born on 2-25-1918 expired 10-25-1995 age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini born on 2-22-1906 expired 10-4-2000 age | |||||||||||||||||||||||
fantasy writer James Oliver Rigney Jr. wrote Wheel of Time series
expired 9-16-2007 in Charleston, South Carolina age 58 cause: cardiomyopathy; other complications from primary amyloidosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former N.Y./S.F. Giants manager (1956-60 William J. "Bill" Rigney Sr. born on 1-29-1918 in Alameda, California expired 2-20-2001 in Walnut Creek, California age 83 cause: pneumonia; heart problems; lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Paul M. Riippa Deckhand aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 22 cause: drowned when ship foundered | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trombonist Adolphus "Snooks" Riley born on 7-29-1925 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-3-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia age 77 cause: hypertension | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley wrote poems Little Orphan Annie and The Raggedy Man born on 10-7-1849 in Greenfield, Indiana expired 7-22-1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former NASA spokesman John E. Riley commentator on the first moon landing born on 2-8-1925 in Trenton, Missouri expired 4-17-2003 in Laporte, Texas age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Knots Landing actor Larry Riley born on 6-20-1953 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 6-6-1992 in Burbank, California age 38 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Robert Henry Rimmer wrote 1966 soft- born on 3-14-1917 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 8-1-2001 in Quincy, Massachusetts age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former kennel worker Victoria Rimmer first confirmed case of BSE-induced vCJD (diagnosed August 1993); went into permanent coma shortly thereafter born on --1977 expired 11-??-1997 in Connah's Quay, Clwyd, Wales age 20 cause: complications from vCJD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flight of the Bumble Bee composer Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov born on 3-18-1844 in Tikhvin, Russia expired 6-21-1908 in Saint Petersburg, Russia age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertising executive Hal Patrick Riney created the "It's morning in America" ads for Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign, the Bartles & Jaymes wine cooler ads for Gallo and the Swedish Bikini Team ads for Old Milwaukee beer born on 7-17-1932 in Seattle, Washington expired 3-24-2008 in San Francisco, California age 75 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus chairman Edith Conway Ringling widow of circus co-founder Charles Ringling expired 9-23-1953 in Sarasota, Florida age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| circus family member Jean Fowler Ringling born on 12-2-1906 expired 1-3-1994 age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
radio/tv/theater organist Elizabeth "Rosa" Rio
expired 5-13-2010 in Sun City Center, FLorida age 107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
698 pound rapper Christopher L. Rios
expired 2-7-2000 age 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Minnie Riperton born on 11-8-1947 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-12-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 31 cause: breast cancer
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| former Baltimore Orioles manager Calvin Edwin Ripken Sr. father of Cal Jr. born on 12-17-1935 in Aberdeen, Maryland expired 3-25-1999 in Baltimore, Maryland age 63 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
romance novelist Alexandra Ripley penned "Gone With The Wind" sequel Scarlett (1991)
expired 1-10-2004 in Richmond, Virginia age 67 cause: "natural causes" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Robert LeRoy Ripley created the Believe It or Not cartoon strip expired 5-27-1949 in New York, New York age 55 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Smithsonian director (1964-84) S. Dillon Ripley a biologist by training born on 9-20-1913 in New York, New York expired 3-12-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago White Sox player (1917-20) Charles "Swede" Risberg one of eight accused of throwing the 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) born on 10-13-1894 expired 10-13-1975 in Red Bluff, California age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| children's book publisher Ole C. Risom vice president & art director for (Little) Golden Books (1952-72) born on 10-3-1919 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 8-19-2000 in Manhasset, New York age 80 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Cyril Ritchard noted for playing Captain Hook in stage & tv productions of Peter Pan; won 1954 Tony for role
expired 12-18-1977 in Chicago, Illinois age 79 cause: cardiac arrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Unix co-developer Dennis MacAlister Ritchie also co-developed the C programming language; shared the 1983 A.M. Turing Award; had retired from Bell Labs/Lucent Technologiesborn on 9-9-1941 in Bronxville, New York expired 10-8-2011 in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey age 70 cause: tbd; prostate cancer; heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Michael Ritchie directed Downhill Racer, The Candidate, Smile, The Bad News Bears, Semi- born on 11-28-1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin expired 4-16-2001 in New York, New York age 62 cause: complications of prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950s blacklisted movie director Martin Ritt directed Hud (1963), The Great White Hope (1970), Norma Rae (1979) & Cross Creek (1983) born on 3-2-1914 in New York, New York expired 12-8-1990 in Santa Monica, California age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dorothy Alice Fay Southworth Ritter Tex's widow; Jon's mother born on 4-4-1915 in Prescott, Arizona expired 11-5-2003 in Woodland Hills, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Johnathan Southworth Ritter son of Tex & Dorothy Ritter; played Jack Tripper on Three's Company (1977-84) & Paul Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules ... tv sitcoms born on 9-17-1948 in Burbank, California expired 9-11-2003 in Burbank, California age 54 cause: circulatory failure; dissection of the aorta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NYU finance professor Lawrence Stanley Ritter compiler/writer of the oral history The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who pLayed It (1968) born on 5-23-1922 in New York, New York expired 2-15-2004 in New York, New York age 81 cause: complications from strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
pro wrassler Sylvester Ritter
expired 6-1-1998 in I-20, Central Mississippi age 45 cause: auto accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Thelma Ritter born on 2-14-1905 in New York, New York expired 2-5-1969 in New York, New York age 63 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| singing cowboy actor Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter father of Thomas & actor Jon Ritter; wrote (I've Got Spurs that) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle born on 1-12-1905 in Murvaul, Texas expired 1-2-1974 in Nashville, Tennessee age 68 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| celebrity photographer Herbert Ritts shot a number of Playboy covers born on 8-13-1952 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-26-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 50 cause: complications from pneumonia; AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
puppeteer Mark Ritts played Lester the Lab Rat on Beakman's World, a kid's science show that ran on the Learning Channel, then CBS, from 1992 to 1998born on 6-16-1946 in West Chester, Pennsylvania expired 12-7-2009 in La Cañada Flintridge, California age 63 cause: kidney cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| hotel chain founder César Ritz his super-fancy hotel earned him the eponym ritzy born on 2-23-1848 in Niederwald, Switzerland expired 11-1-1918 in Lucerne, Switzerland age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hotelier Charles Ritz son of César; Nabisco licensed his name for a brand of crackers born on 8-1-1891 in Switzerland expired 7-11-1976 in Paris, France age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired cobbler Joan Riudavets Moll at time of death was World's oldest man born on 12-15-1889 in Es Migjoran Gran, Minorca, Spain expired 3-5-2004 in Es Migjoran Gran, Minorca, Spain age 114 cause: old age
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University of Phoenix financial advisor Robert Blair River at 575 pounds brought credibility to his 2nd job as a restaurant spokesperson — proved that the restaurant that he was promoting was aptly-named (Chandler, Arizona's Heart Attack Grill)born on 3-17-1981 expired 3-1-2011 in Mesa, Arizona age 29 cause: pneumonia; influenza; chili-cheese fries; mega-cheeseburgers; triple-thick shakes; deep-fried lard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| muralist Diego Rivera an ardent communist supporter expired 11-24-1957 in Mexico City, Mexico age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former El Salvador president (1962-67) Julio Rivera expired 7-29-1973 in San Jose Guayabal, El Salvador age 52 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
"edgy" artist Larry Rivers
expired 8-14-2002 in Southampton, New York age 78 cause: liver cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina Rep. (1941-70) Lucius Mendel Rivers born on 9-28-1905 in Gumville, South Carolina expired 12-28-1970 in Birmingham, Alabama age 65 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues composer/instrumentalist Samuel Carthorne Rivers II performed on the saxophone, flute, clarinet, harmonica & piano born on 9-25-1923 in El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma expired 12-26-2011 in Orlando, Florida age 88 cause: pneumonia
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| former Philadelphia mayor Frank Lazzaro Rizzo born on 10-23-1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-16-1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinatra buddy "Jilly" Rizzo born on 5-6-1917 expired 5-7-1992 age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Fame baseball player Philip Francis Rizzuto played for the Yankees
expired 8-13-2007 in West Orange, New Jersey age 89 cause: pneumonia
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