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| character actor Christian Rub provided the artist's likeness for and voice of Geppetto in Pinocchio (1940) born on 4-13-1887 in Austria expired 4-14-1956 in Germany age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| onetime Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell turned an old Manhattan tv studio at 254 West 54th Street into the Studio 54 nightclub; did 13 months in the Federal pen for tax evasion born on 12-6-1943 in New York, New York expired 7-25-1989 in New York, New York age 45 cause: complications from AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer/director/producer Aaron J. Ruben produced the Andy Griffith Show (1960-65); created Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C born on 3-1-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-30-2010 in Beverly Hills, California age 95 cause: pneumonia AKS: Rubin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Rubicam Philadelphia ad agency co-founder (1923; Young & Rubicam) born on 6-16-1892 in New York, New York expired 5-8-1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 85 cause: heart condition | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewish Defense League leader Irving D. Rubin born on 4-12-1945 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 11-13-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: suicide; slashed neck with razor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer & futurist Jerome Sanford Rubin guided the development of the Lexis legal database (1973) as well as the Nexis news database; joined MIT's Media Lab (1992); co-founded E Ink (1997); predicted that the book would become obsolete (1989); predicted electronic newspapers (2000) born on 3-9-1925 in New York, New York expired 1-9-2012 in New York, New York age 86 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yippies co-founder Jerry Rubin on of the Chicago Seven born on 7-14-1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 11-28-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Artur Rubinstein born on 1-28-1887 in Łódź, Poland expired 12-20-1982 in Geneva, Switzerland age 95
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| cosmetics maker Helena Rubinstein expired 4-1-1965 in New York, New York age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| medical lab technician-turned-character actress Zelda M. Rubinstein played Tangina in Poltergeist I, II & III born on 5-28-1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-27-2010 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: multiple organ failure
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| playboy Porfirio Rubirosa had been married to Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton expired 7-5-1965 in Paris, France age 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Harry Ruby collaborated with lyricist Bert Kalmar; composed Hooray for Captain Spaulding for Cocoanuts born on 1-27-1895 in New York, New York expired 2-23-1974 in Woodland Hills, California age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
expired 1-3-1967 in Dallas, Texas age 55 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS news correspondent Hughes Day Rudd born on 9-14-1921 in Wichita, Kansas expired 10-13-1992 in Toulouse, France age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MIT electrical engineering professor Reinhold Rudenberg inventor of the electron microscope expired 12-25-1961 in Boston, Massachusetts age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| astrologer & composer Dane Rudhyar "the father of karmic astrology" born on 3-23-1895 in Paris, France expired 9-13-1985 age 90
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tv personality Edna Marie Rudisill the Tonight Show fruitcake lady; aunt of Truman Capote who helped to raise him
expired 11-3-2006 in Hudson, Florida age 95
AKS: Rudisell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Fogarty Rudkin founded Pepperidge Farms bakeries born on 9-14-1897 expired 6-1-1967 in New Haven, Connecticut age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Herbert Rudley played Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law tv sitcom (1967-69) born on 3-22-1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-9-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 95 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturn rocket developer (under Wernher Von Braun) Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph born on 11-9-1906 in Stepfershausen, Meiningen, Germany expired 12-31-1995 in Hamburg, Germany age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA referee Marvin "Mendy" Rudolph born on 3-8-1926 expired 7-5-1979 in New York, New York age 53 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krispy Kreme founder (1937) Vernon Carter Rudolph Sr. bought original donut recipe from "Joe LeBeau" (1933) born on 7-30-1915 in Marshall County, Kentucky expired 8-16-1973 age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 
sprinter Wilma Glodean Rudolph won 1961 Sullivan Awardborn on 6-23-1940 in Clarksville, Tennessee expired 11-12-1994 in Nashville, Tennessee age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| sleazebag beltway lawyer Charles Frederick Carson Ruff Clinton's legal pitbull during impeachment & Lewinski smear campaign born on 8-1-1939 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 11-19-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia age 61 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-Temptations lead singer David Eli Ruffin born on 1-18-1941 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 6-1-1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 50 cause: drug overdose | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor & wine cooler shill David Joseph Rufkahr played Frank Bartles in tv commercials (opposite with "Ed Jaymes") born on 9-1-1934 expired 4-23-1996 age 61 cause: heart attack AKS: Rufkhar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former M.I.T. engineering professor Arthur Claude Ruge invented SR-4 electronic strain gauge (1938) born on 7-28-1905 in Tomah, Wisconsin expired 4-3-2000 in Lexington, Massachusetts age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| firearm company co-founder William Batterman Ruger Sr. co-founded Sturm, Ruger & Company (1949) born on 6-21-1916 in New York, New York expired 7-6-2002 in Prescott, Arizona age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Desilu/Paramaount special effects artist Jim Rugg worked on original Star Trek series (1966-69) born on 1-29-1919 in Lidgerwood, North Dakota expired 2-13-2004 in Vista, California age 85 cause: Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer of dissonant drech Carl Ruggles the least odious of his "works" was called Sun Treader born on 3-11-1876 in Marion, Massachusetts expired 10-24-1971 in Bennington, Vermont age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Charles "Charlie" Ruggles born on 2-8-1886 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-23-1970 in Santa Monica, California age 84 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie actor/director Wesley Ruggles brother of Charlie; former Keystone Kop; won 1931 Best Director oscar for Cimarron born on 6-11-1889 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-8-1972 in Santa Monica, California age 82 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise born on 6-13-1908 in Finchingfield, Essex, England expired 2-20-2007 in Finchingfield, Essex, England age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo born on 12-2-1944 in Cerrce, Kosovo expired 1-20-2006 in Pristina, Kosovo, Servia-Montenegro age 61 cause: lung cancer
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| former Cincinnati pitching coach Vernon Gerald Ruhle born on 1-25-1951 in Coleman, Michigan expired 1-20-2007 in Houston, Texas age 55 cause: multiple myeloma
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| former Mexican president (1952-58) Adolfo Ruiz Cortines born on 12-30-1890 in Veracruz, Mexico expired 12-3-1973 in Mexico City, Mexico age 82 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| cosmonaut Nikolai Nikolaevich Rukavishnikov flew aboard Soyuz 10, 16 & 33 born on 9-19-1932 in Tomsk, Siberia expired 10-19-2002 age 70 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 
former PBS Wall Street Week host Louis Richard Rukeyser intemperate remarks got him booted off the air; cancer kept him offborn on 1-30-1933 in New York, New York expired 5-2-2006 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 73 cause: multiple myeloma; extreme "bear" life futures market
AKS: Rukyser | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-ABC network chief Elton H. Rule born on 6-13-1917 expired 5-5-1990 in Beverly Hills, California age 72 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| lesbian writer/"role model" Jane Vance Rule penned Desert of the Heart (1961) that was made into the movie Desert Hearts (1986) born on 3-28-1931 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 11-27-2007 in Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada age 76 cause: complications from liver cancer; arthritis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former actress Janice Rule appeared in Bell, Book and Candle (1958) & The Ambushers (1967); after retiring from acting became a psychoanalyst born on 8-15-1931 in Norwood, Ohio expired 10-17-2003 in New York, New York age 72 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Sig Ruman
expired 2-14-1967 in Julian, California age 82 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| economist Beardsley Ruml came up with the idea of withholding tax deductions from paychecks (1942); New York Federal Reserve Bank president (1941-47); R.H. Macy & Co. president (1945-49) expired 4-18-1960 in Danbury, Connecticut age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former archbishop of Canterbury Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie born on 10-2-1921 in Liverpool, England expired 7-11-2000 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England age 78 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Steven Runciman born on 7-7-1903 expired 11-1-2000 age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former American League umpire (1954-70) Edward Paul Runge born on 5-12-1915 in Buffalo, New York expired 7-26-2002 in San Diego, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro golfer Paul Runyan two-time winner of PGA championship (1934 & 1938); played in first Masters Golf Tournament (1934)
expired 3-17-2002 in Palm Springs, California age 93 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| graphic designer Robert Miles Runyan designed 1984 L.A. Olympic Games logo born on 4-18-1925 in Falls City, Nebraska expired 7-27-2001 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico age 76 cause: Shy-Drager syndrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaperman & short story writer Alfred Damon Runyon wrote Guys and Dolls (1932), Little Miss Marker, Pocket Full of Miracles and The Lemon Drop Kid born on 10-4-1884 in Manhattan, Kansas expired 12-10-1946 in New York, New York age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio dj/performer James "Jim" Runyon provided the narration for the Chicken Man serial while at WCFL in Chicago; father of actress Jennifer Runyon born on 1-8-1931 expired 4-13-1973 in Cleveland. Ohio age 42 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Postmaster General (1992-98) Marvin Travis Runyon spent 37 years at Ford Motor Company born on 9-16-1924 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-3-2004 in Nashville, Tennessee age 79 cause: pulmonary fibrosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| college basketball coach Adolph Frederick Rupp spent 42 years as coach of the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team (1931-72) born on 9-2-1901 in Halstead, Kansas expired 12-10-1977 in Lexington, Kentucky age 76 cause: cancer of spine; diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Peace Corps head (1981-89) Loret Miller Ruppe heiress to the Miller Brewery fortune born on 1-3-1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 8-6-1996 in Bethesda, Maryland age 60 cause: ovarian cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Montgomery, Alabama police chief Goodwyn Jones Ruppenthal following bus driver complaint had Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger born on 5-16-1908 expired 4-8-2002 age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boyd Rush recipient of a chimpanzee heart in the first (experimental) heart transplant procedure born on 7-5-1895 expired 1-23-1964 age 69 cause: transplanted heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
purported super-geezer Sarkhat Ibrahimovna Rushidovaborn on --1875 in Verkhny Zidian, Dagestan, Russian Empire expired 1-15-2007 in Verkhny Zidian, Dagestan Province, Degestan, Russian age 131 AKS: Sarkat Rashidova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer Jimmy Rushing born on 8-26-1903 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 6-8-1972 in New York, New York age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennedy/Johnson Secretary of State (1961-69) David Dean Rusk born on 2-9-1909 in Cherokee County, Georgia expired 12-20-1994 in Athens, Georgia age 85
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Ernst August Freidrich Ruska designed the first electron microscope; shared the 1986 Nobel prize in physicsborn on 12-25-1906 in Heidelberg, German expired 5-25-1988 in Berlin, Germany age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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way-too self-important philosopher Earl Bertrand Arthur William Russell won 1950 Nobel prize for Literature born on 5-18-1872 in Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales expired 2-2-1970 in Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire, Wales age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Bobby Russell wrote Little Green Apples, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia & Honey born on 4-19-1941 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 11-19-1997 in Nicholasville, Kentucky age 56 cause: coronary artery disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Taze Russell founded Russellites (1878) ... they became the Jehovah's Witnesses (1931) born on 2-16-1852 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-31-1916 in Pampa, Texas age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| death row inmate Clifton Russell expired 1-31-1995 in Huntsville, Texas age 33 cause: executed; lethal injection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Edith Russell survived the Titanic sinking; was a fashion writer and World War I correspondent expired 4-3-1975 in London, England age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| horror movie actress Elizabeth Russell the original "cat woman" in Cat People (1942) & Barbara Ferrin in the sequel, The Curse of the Cat People (1944) born on 8-12-1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 5-4-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie & tv actress Gail Russell had severe alcohol problem; married to Guy Madison (1949-54) born on 9-21-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-26-1961 in Los Angeles, California age 36 cause: heart attack (alcohol-induced) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar-winning actor Harold Russell the best years of his life were before 1942 (lost his hands in stateside training accident) born on 1-14-1914 in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 1-29-2002 in Needham, Massachusetts age 88 cause: heart attack
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| director Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell unleashed Lisztomania (1975), Tommy (1976) & Lair of the White Worm (1988) on an unsuspecting public born on 7-3-1927 in Southampton, Hampshire, England expired 11-27-2011 in Lymington, Hampshire, England age 84 cause: strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| tea-totaler Howard Hyde Russell founder of the Anti-Saloon League expired 6-30-1946 in Westerville, Ohio age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 Kent State University graduate James Dennis Russell a survivor of the May 4, 1970 shootings at KSU born on 3-27-1947 in New Jersey expired 6-23-2007 in Deer Island, Oregon age 60 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Jane Russell was the titular star of the breast western of 1943 — The Outlaw; also appeared in The Paleface (1948), Son of Paleface (1952) & Gentlemen Prefere Blonds (1953); during the 1970s & 80s was the celebrity spokesperson for Playtex bras
expired 2-28-2011 in Santa Maria, California age 89 cause: respiratory illness
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| Boston Celtics first coach John "Honey" Russell also coached at Seaton Hall born on 5-31-1902 expired 11-15-1973 in Livingston, New Jersey age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician/songwriter John Bright "Johnny" Russell wrote Act Naturally; appeared on Hee-Haw tv series born on 1-23-1940 in Moorhead, Mississippi expired 7-3-2001 age 61 cause: complications from diabetes; leukemia
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| Yo-yo purveyor Luther Jackson "Jack" Russell sold over a half-billion of them over his career born on 8-30-1920 in Kentucky expired 3-17-2004 in Stuart, Florida age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Nipsey Russell described as "the poet laureate of television"; played Officer Anderson on Car 54, Where Are You? tv series & the Tin Woodsman in The Wiz (1978) born on 10-13-1923 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 10-2-2005 in New York, New York age 81 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Playboy executive editor turned horror writer Ray Russell wrote novellette Sardonicus (published in January 1961 Playboy) which was made into the film Mr. Sardonicus (1961); also wrote screenplays for Zotz (1962) & X (1963) born on 9-4-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-15-1999 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia senator (1933-71) Richard Brevard Russell member of the Warren Commission born on 11-2-1897 expired 1-21-1971 in Washington, District of Columbia age 73 cause: respiratory failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer, songwriter, tv producer Robert "Bob" Russell help create Name that Tune; host of the Miss America Pageant (1940-54); when it was first televised (1954) he rejected the song There She Is... in favor of several of his own; recommended his replacement; later hosted the Miss Universe pageant for six years born on 1-1-1908 expired 1-24-1998 in Sarasota, Florida age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage & movie actress Rosalind Russell born on 6-4-1911 in Waterbury, Connecticut expired 11-28-1976 in Beverly Hills, California age 65 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC political yakker Timothy John Russert Jr. moderator of Meet the Press (1991-2008) born on 5-7-1950 in Buffalo, New York expired 6-13-2008 in Washington, District of Columbia age 58 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| aeronatical engineer Anthony J. Russo the "shaggy-haired policy wonk" who photocopied the Pentagon Papers with Daniel Ellsberg; the charges againsthim (and Ellsberg) were dropped by Judge William M. Byrne when he learned of government misconduct against them — the burglarization of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, the possiblity of illegal FBI wiretaps (the records were destroyed) and a ham-handed bribe attempt of the judge (How'd ya like to be FBI director if you play ball ...) born on 10-14-1936 in Suffolk, Virginia expired 8-6-2008 in Suffolk, Virginia age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor John Daniel Rust invented the mechanical cotton picker expired 1-20-1954 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil rights activist Bayard Rustin co-founded CORE (1942) born on 3-17-1910 in West Chester, Pennsylvania expired 8-24-1987 in New York, New York age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
baseball great George Herman "Babe" Ruth batted third in Murderers' Row
expired 8-16-1948 in New York, New York age 53 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watergate attorney Henry Swartley Ruth Jr. was an assistant to Archibald Cox when he was fired born on 4-16-1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-16-2012 in Tucson, Arizona age 80 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida death row inmate Arthur D. Rutherford
expired 10-18-2006 in Starke, Florida age 57 cause: executed; lethal injection
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chemist Ernest Rutherford recipient of the 1908 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 8-30-1871 in Nelson, New Zealand expired 10-19-1937 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford appeared in numerous stage and screen productions of Agatha Christie mysteries born on 5-11-1882 in London, England expired 5-22-1972 in Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, England age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maude Russell Rutherford claimed to have introduced The Charleston dance in the Broadway show Liza (1923) as leader of the show's chorus girls born on 1-30-1902 in Texas expired 3-8-2001 in Atlantic City, New Jersey age 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court justice (1943-49) Wiley Blout Rutledge expired 9-10-1949 in Tork, Maine age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Louis, Missouri Gazette editorial writer Chris L. Rutt co-invented Aunt Jemima pancake mix (1889; with flour milling expert Charles G. Underwood); based name upon song sung by vaudeville team Baker & Farrell expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leopold Stephen Ruzicka shared the 1939 Nobel chemistry prize born on 9-3-1887 in Vukovar, Croatia, Austria-Hungary expired 9-26-1976 in Zürich, Switzerland age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician-songwriter Charles Ryan wrote Hot Rod Lincoln (1955); in Rockabilly Hall of Fame born on 12-19-1915 in Graceville, Minnesota expired 2-16-2008 in Spokane, Washington age 92 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Quebec Liberal Party leader Claude Ryan born on 1-26-1925 expired 2-9-2004 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 79 cause: stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D-Day war correspondent & novelist Cornelius John Ryan wrote The Longest Day (1959) & A Bridge To Far (1974) born on 6-5-1920 in Dublin, Ireland expired 11-23-1974 in New York, New York age 54 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| tennis pro Elizabeth Ryan won 19 Wimbledon titles (1914-34) born on 2-5-1891 in Los Angeles, California expired 7-6-1979 in London, England age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Fran Ryan played Doris Ziffel on Green Acres (1969-71) born on 11-26-1926 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-16-2000 in Burbank, California age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former Nazi death camp guard Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan deported to Germany after it was discovered that she had lied about her conviction for two deaths in the Maidanek Camp in Poland (she had whipped women to death, hanged children & stomped old women to death); later convicted of assassination, infanticide & manslaughter for her actions at the Ravensbrück Women's Camp in 1941 & 1942 — that conviction earned her life inprisonment
expired 4-19-1999 age 79 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Irene Noblette Ryan played Daisy Moses (granny) on The Beverly Hillbillies born on 10-17-1903 in El Paso, Texas expired 4-26-1973 in Santa Monica, California age 69 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barbie Doll inventor John W. "Jack" Ryan fwiw Barbie's last name is "Roberts" born on 11-12-1926 expired 8-13-1991 age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| California congressman (1973-78) Leo Joseph Ryan ambushed by People's Temple thugs after leaving the cult compound with disaffected cult members born on 5-5-1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 11-18-1978 in Port Kaituma, Guyana age 53 cause: gunshot wounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
political spouse Lura Lynn Ryan former 1st lady of Illinois (wife of George Ryan)
expired 6-27-2011 in Kankakee, Illinois age 76 cause: respirator removed; pulmonary fibrosis; lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ultimate method acting devotee, radio actress Patricia Ryan was playing the role of a woman with severe head pains in a radio drama when she died
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| actor Robert Ryan appeared in Berlin Express born on 11-11-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-11-1973 in New York, New York age 63 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
author Terry E. Ryan wrote "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" (2001)
expired 5-16-2007 in San Francisco, California age 60 cause: brain cancer; lung cancer
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| Mackinac Island fudge magnate Harry Ryba born on 6-19-1907 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-4-1996 in Warren, Michigan age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Alfred Ryder played Professor Robert Crater on first original series Star Trek episode ever broadcast (The Man Trap)
expired 4-16-1995 age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryder Trucking Co. co-founder (1933) Ralph Bennett Ryder born on 3-17-1910 expired 12-28-2000 in Coral Gables, Florida age 90 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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radio astronomer Sir Martin Ryle devised aperature synthesis along the way to co-discovering pulsars; it earned him half of the 1974 Nobel physics prize born on 9-27-1918 in Brighton, Sussex, England expired 10-14-1984 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polish Resistance fighter Stanislaw Ryniak was first registered Jewish inmate of Auschwitz Death Camp (June 14, 1940); tattooed with number 31 (30 German criminals were numbers 1-30) born on 11-21-1915 in Sanok, Poland expired 2-??-2004 in Wroclaw, Poland age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II German seaman Bruno Rzonca one of the few remaining living surviving crew members of the battleship Bismarck (sunk 5-27-1941); a retired Blaw-Knox machinist born on 5-19-1918 in Marienwerder, East Prussia, Germany expired 7-23-2004 in Schererville, Indiana age 86 cause: cancer AKS: Bismark | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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