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| former Somali dictator (1969-91) Mohammed Siad Barre born on --1912 in Lugh, Somalia expired 1-2-1995 in Lagos, Nigeria age 83 AKS: Mohamed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finlandia composer John Julius Christian "Jean" Sibelius born on 12-8-1865 in Tavastehus, Finland expired 9-20-1957 in Helsinki, Finland age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| painter Walter Richard Sickert another alleged candidate for Jack the Ripper born on 5-31-1860 in München, Germany expired 1-22-1942 in Bathampton, Somerset, England age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T&A movie director Andrew "Andy" Sidaris worked as a director for ABC Sports; choreographed the football game sequence in M*A*S*H (1970); his mostly direct- born on 2-20-1933 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-7-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertising jingle composer Eric Siday wrote "Pepsi-Cola hits the spot..." jingle; wrote the Maxwell House Coffee bubbling percolator tune expired 9-25-1976 in New York, New York age 71 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Magazine contributing editor Hugh Swanson Sidey born on 9-3-1927 in Greenfield, Iowa expired 11-21-2005 in Paris, France age 78 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| telecommunications executive John William Sidgmore headed UUNet before it was merged with MFS (later acquired by Worldcom); became head of Worldcom after Bernie Ebbers was booted out (2002); lasted about a year (until the bankruptcy) born on 4-9-1951 in Suffern, New York expired 12-11-2003 in Potomac, Maryland age 52 cause: Kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie musical director George Sidney directed Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Anchors Aweigh, Pal Joey, Bye, Bye Birdie & Viva Las Vegas born on 10-4-1916 in Long Island City, New York expired 5-5-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 85 cause: complications from lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Sylvia Sidney played mama Carlson in pilot for WKRP In Cincinnati (replaced by Carol Bruce in series run); was married to Bennett Cerf, Luther Adler and Carlton Alsop; mother of Jacob "Jody" Adler (died 1987 of ALS)
expired 7-1-1999 in New York, New York age 88 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama serial killer Daniel Lee Siebert the pancreatic cancer got him before the lethal injection needle could born on 6-17-1954 expired 4-22-2008 in complications from pancreatic cancer age 53 cause: Atmore, Alabama
AKS: Seibert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn shared the 1981 Nobel prize in physics; son of the 1924 physics laureateborn on 4-20-1918 in Lund, Sweden expired 7-20-2007 in Angelholm, Sweden age 89 cause: heart attack AKS: Borje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pioneering X-Ray spectroscopist Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn winner of the 1924 Nobel prize in physics; father of the 1981 physics co-laureate born on 12-3-1886 in Örebro, Sweden expired 9-26-1978 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murder Inc. founding mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the first big Vegas casino, the Flamingo, named for his mistress born on 2-28-1906 in New York, New York expired 6-20-1947 in Beverly Hills, California age 41 cause: way too many bullet wounds, too little blood plasma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirty Harry director Donald Siegel also directed The Big Steal (1948) born on 10-16-1912 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-20-1991 in Nipomo, California age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superman co-creator (with Joe Shuster) Jerome "Jerry" Siegel
expired 1-28-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 81 AKS: seigel siegal segel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joanne Siegel widow of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel; model for original likeness of Lois Lane character
expired 2-14-2011 in Santa Monica, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| entertainment reporter Joel E. Siegel was the film critic for ABC's Good Moring America (1981-2007) born on 7-7-1943 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-29-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 63 cause: colon cancer
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| better-off-dead 'net miscreant Martha S. Siegel with former husband was responsible for the first big UseNet spam bomb — ; the infamous "Green Card" shill (4/12/1994) born on 4-9-1948 in Englewood, New Jersey expired ??-??-2000 age 52 AKS: Canter & Siegel C&S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired General Food home economist Ruth Mirian Siems credited as the main inventor of Stovetop Stuffing (1972; with Anthony C. Capossela Jr., John T. Halligan & Robert Wyss): patenet number 3,870,803 born on 2-20-1931 in Evansville, Indiana expired 11-13-2005 in Newburgh, Indiana age 74 cause: heart attack AKS: Seims Seems Stove Top | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Nightline executive producer Leroy Edward Sievers born on 6-16-1955 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California expired 8-15-2008 in Maryland age 53 cause: lung & brain cancer; colon cancer
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Texas death row inmate Michael Adam Sigala
expired 3-2-2010 in Huntsville, Texas age 32 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| tunesmith Carl Sigman wrote PEnnsylvania 6-5000 (with Jerry Gray), Ebb Tide and Enjoy Yourself born on 9-24-1909 in New York, New York expired 9-26-2000 in Manhasset, New York age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Sihung Lung appeared in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
expired 5-2-2002 in Taipei, Taiwan age 72 cause: liver failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| helicopter pioneer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky built first practical helicopter, the VS-300 (1939) born on 5-25-1889 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 10-26-1972 in Easton, Connecticut age 83 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French social reformer Etienne de Silhouette known for his profile outlines ... known as silhouettes born on 7-5-1709 expired ??-??-1767 age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant worker Karen G. Silkwood critic of plant safety; subject of movie Silkwood (1983) born on 2-19-1946 expired 11-13-1974 in Crescent, Oklahoma age 28 cause: automobile accident (murder?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frans Eemil Sillanpää the 1939 Nobel prize winner in literature born on 9-16-1888 in Ylä-Satakunta, Hämeenkyrö Parish, Finland expired 6-3-1964 in Helsinki, Finland age 75 AKS: France Franz Emil Sillanpaa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| award winning movie & tv writer Sterling Dale Silliphant wrote screenplays for In the Heat of the Night (1967; oscar), The Poseidan Adventure (1972; based upon Paul Gallico's book) & The Towering Inferno (1974; based upon the books The Tower and The Glass Inferno) born on 1-16-1918 in Detroit, Michigan expired 4-26-1996 in Bangkok, Thailand age 78 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
retired operatic soprano Beverly Sills had served on the board of the Metropolitan Opera Company
expired 7-2-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 78 cause: colon & lung cancer
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| comedy impressario Paul M. Sills co-founder of the Second City Comedy Club in Chicago born on 11-18-1927 expired 6-2-2008 in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin age 80 cause: complications from pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Trinidad Silva born on 1-30-1950 in Mission, Texas expired 7-31-1988 age 38 cause: highway accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drexel Institute of Technology student/faculty member Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952 shared the first patent for bar codes (#2,612,994)born on 9-21-1924 expired 8-28-1963 in North Hills, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania age 38 cause: auto accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| politically active actor Ronald Arthur Silver born on 7-2-1946 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 3-15-2009 in New York, New York age 62 cause: esophageal cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk Indian actor Jay Silverheels played Tonto on Lone Ranger tv show
expired 3-5-1980 in Woodland Hills, California age 67 cause: complications from pneumonia
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comedian Phil Silvers best known as Sgt. Bilko on tv
expired 11-1-1985 in Los Angeles, California age 74
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| cartoonist, poet, lyricist Shelby Silverstein started career as a Playboy cartoonist; wrote children's story A Light in the Attic; wrote lyrics for the Irish Rovers hit The Unicorn (1968) & Johnny Cash's hit A Boy Named Sue born on 9-25-1932 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-8-1999 in Key West, Florida age 66 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horse trainer John Martin Silvertand trainer of Afleet Alex born on 7-16-1944 in England expired 1-7-2007 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 62 cause: liver cancer
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| actor Alastair Sim played Ebenezer Scrooge in Scrooge (British 1951; U.S. title A Christmas Carol) born on 10-9-1900 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 8-19-1976 in London, England age 75 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Georges Simenon born on 2-13-1903 in Liege, Belgium expired 9-4-1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chorale conductor Harry Moses Simeone Jr. had popular hits with The Little Drummer Boy (1958) & Do You Hear What I Hear? (1962) born on 5-9-1911 in Newark, New Jersey expired 2-22-2005 in New York, New York age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Dawn Langley Simmons adopted by Margaret Rutherford; had sex change operation (1968)
expired 9-18-2000 in Charleston, South Carolina age 77 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Jean Merilyn Simmons born on 1-31-1929 in London, England expired 1-22-2010 in Santa Monica, California age 80 cause: lung cancer
AKS: Jeanne Marilyn Simons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor John David Simmons Wheelsman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 60 cause: drowned when ship foundered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard W. Simmons portrayed Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on tv (1955-58); preceeded by Brace Beemer on radio born on 8-19-1913 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 1-11-2003 in Oceanside, California age 89 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shirley Satin Simmons mother of diet freak Richard expired 3-7-1999 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| old pro baseball player Silas Joseph "Si" Simmons Sr. prior to the existance of the Negroe Leagues played baseball for a number of teams including th Pittsburgh-area Homestead Grays & the Germantown Blue Ribbons (1912-1929) born on 10-14-1895 in Middleton, Delaware expired 10-29-2006 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ignorant redneck peckerwood moron cracker William Joseph Simmons leader of the lynch mob (calling itself the "Knights of Mary Phagan") that kidnapped & killed Leo Frank; not wishing to lose the glow of murderous hate that their tiny little brains had embraced, he lead the mob to Stone Mountain where they rechristened themselves the Ku Klux Klan and made him the biggest Kluc of all (Imperial Wizard) expired 5-21-1945 in Atlanta, Georgia age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| longtime CBS announcer (1948-72) Hal Simms born on 6-10-1919 expired 7-2-2002 in Brookline, Massachusetts age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band/jazz saxophonist John Haley "Zoot" Simms born on 10-29-1925 in Inglewood, California expired 3-22-1985 in New York, New York age 59 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Filmways president Al Simon producer of Burns and Allen's tv series born on 11-10-1911 in New York, New York expired 5-19-2000 in Beverly Hills, California age 88 cause: Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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author Claude-Eugène-Henri Simon winner of the 1985 Nobel prize in literature — the committee cited "Les Georgiques" ("The Georgics"; 1981) born on 10-10-1913 in Antananarive, French Colonial Madagascar (now Tananarive) expired 7-6-2005 in Paris, France age 91
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| comedy writer Danny Simon older brother of Neil; wrote for Your Show of Shows born on 12-18-1918 in New York, New York expired 7-26-2005 in Portland, Oregon age 86 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carnegie Melon University researcher Herbert Alexander Simon a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence — winner of the 1975 Turing Award (with Allen Newell); 1978 Nobel economics laureateborn on 6-15-1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 2-9-2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania age 83 cause: complications from surgery; cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comics writer/artist Joseph Henry "Joe" Simon co-creator of the Captain America character (1940); co-founded his father-in-law's MAD knockoff — Sick humor magazine (1960)
expired 12-14-2011 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 98
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| industrialist Norton Winfred Simon third husband of Jennifer Jones born on 2-5-1907 in Portland, Oregon expired 6-2-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 86
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| former Illinois rep. (1975-84) & senator (1985-96) Paul Martin Simon born on 11-29-1928 in Eugene, Oregon expired 12-9-2003 in Springfield, Illinois age 75 cause: complications following heart surgery
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| book publisher Richard Leo Simon Simon and Schuster co-founder (1924); father of singer Carly Simon born on 12--1900 expired 7-29-1960 in Stamford, Connecticut age 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Simone Simon played Diane the Hooker opposite Jimmy Stewart in Seventh Heaven (1937), Séverine Roubaud in La Bête humaine (1938; The Human Beast), Belle/born on 4-23-1911 in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France expired 2-22-2005 in Paris, France age 93
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Nixon/Ford Treasury Secretary (1974-77) William Edward Simon first Energy Boob (Czar): price controls leading to shortages leading to gas lines leading to nothing worthwhileborn on 11-27-1927 in Paterson, New Jersey expired 6-3-2000 in Santa Barbara, California age 72 cause: complications from pulmonary fibrosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jazz singer Nina Simone
expired 4-21-2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aircraft designer Mikhail Petrovich Simonov creator of the Sukhoi fighter jet Su-27 born on 10-19-1929 expired 3-4-2011 in Moscow, Russia age 81 cause: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Washington Post managing editor (1971-84) Howard Simons dubbed Woodward and Bernstein's source Deep Throat (1973) born on 6-3-1929 in Albany, New York expired 6-13-1989 in Jacksonville, Florida age 60 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| frozen potato mogul John Richard "Jack" Simplot was a major stockholder in the defunct Micron Computer Co. born on 1-4-1909 in Dubuque, Iowa expired 5-25-2008 in Boise, Idaho age 99
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| Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun producer Donald C. Simpson born on 10-29-1943 in Seattle, Washington expired 1-19-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 52 cause: chemical abuse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| business executive Ernest Aldrich Simpson divorced by Wallace Warfield Simpson; she took up with somebody else expired 11-30-1958 in London, England age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O.J.'s mom Eunice Durden Simpson born on 10-23-1921 expired 11-9-2001 in San Francisco, California age 80 cause: "natural causes"
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| former bank custodian James "Jimmy" Lee Simpson abandoned his family (1952) born on 1-28-1920 expired 6-??-1986 in San Francisco, California age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson sliced and diced by O.J. born on 5-19-1959 in Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany expired 6-12-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 35 cause: stabbed to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina death row inmate Perrie Dyon Simpson born on 10-30-1962 in Greensboro, North Carolina expired 1-20-2006 in Raleigh, North Carolina age 43 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| naval architect Robert Coffin Simpson designed submarines for Electric Boat Co. expired 8-19-1952 in Groton, Connecticut age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Enquirer obituary writer Gayle Ronan Sims born on 12-20-1947 expired 4-16-2009 in Pennsylvania age 61 cause: multiple organ failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Jaime Lachia Sin former archbishop of Manila born on 8-31-1928 in New Washington, Aldan, Visayan Islands, The Philippines expired 6-21-2005 in Manila, The Philippines age 76 cause: multiple organ failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
crooner Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra Sr. once married to Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow
expired 5-14-1998 age 82
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| Frank's mom Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra born on 12-25-1896 expired 1-6-1977 in Palm Springs, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinclair Oil Co. founder Harry Ford Sinclair involved in the Teapot Dome scandal; later merged his company with Richfield Oil, becoming chairman of the company (it later merged with Atlantic Oil, becoming ARCO) born on 7-6-1876 in Wheeling, West Virginia expired 11-10-1956 in Pasadena, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Madge Sinclair did voice of the Lion Queen in The Lion King
expired 12-20-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv actress Mary Sinclair one-time wife of George Abbott (1946-51)
expired 11-5-2000 in Phoenix, Arizona age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Upton Beall Sinclair wrote The Jungle (1906); received 1943 Pulitzer prize for Dragon's Teeth
expired 11-25-1968 in Bound Brook, New Jersey age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yiddish storyteller Isaac Bashevis Singer won the 1978 Nobel Prize in literature
expired 7-24-1991 in Surfside, Florida age 87 cause: complications from strokes
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| author Loren Adelson Singer Sr. wrote The Parallax View (1970) born on 3-5-1923 in Buffalo, New York expired 12-19-2009 in Valhalla, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sociologist Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer she repeatly convinced herself that she was an expert on brainwashing, over and over again, with singleminded persistence day and night, week after week, year after year, without letup, until she relented and admitted that she was, in fact, an expert on brainwashing — just ask the Moonies, People's Temple cult and Branch Davidians born on 7-29-1921 in Denver, Colorado expired 11-23-2003 in Berkeley, California age 82 cause: respiratory failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indian prime minister (12/1989-11/1990) Vishwanath Pratap Singh born on 6-25-1931 in Allahabad, India expired 11-27-2008 in New Delhi, India age 77 cause: renal failure; blood cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz drummer Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton born on 5-14-1898 in Bunkie, Louisiana expired 7-14-1975 in New York, New York age 77 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Catherine Moylan Singleton appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and silent films born on 7-4-1904 in Dallas, Texas expired 9-9-1969 in Fort Worth, Texas age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas death row inmate Charles Laverne Singleton born on 3-29-1959 expired 1-6-2004 in Varner, Arkansas age 44 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Teledyne Inc. co-founder & president (1960-86) Henry Earl Singleton born on 11-27-1916 in Haslet, Texas expired 8-31-1999 in Los Angeles, California age 82 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida death row inmate Lawrence Singleton in California did only 8 years for kidnapping, raping & hacking off the arms of a 15 year old hitchhiker; in Florida convicted of 1992 murder of Roxanne Hayes born on 7-28-1927 expired 12-28-2001 in Starke, Florida age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucille Powell Singleton born on 10-16-1893 expired 1-8-1992 age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Penny Singleton played Blondie in the movies (1938-50); provided voice of Jane Jetson; older sister of Barney McNulty
expired 11-12-2003 in Sherman Oaks, California age 95 cause: complications from stroke
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| Shelby Sumpter Singleton Jr. bought the assets of the then-defunct Sun Records and relaunched the label (1968) born on 12-16-1931 in Waskom, Texas expired 10-7-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 77 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| minerologist/gemologist/lapidary/author John Sinkankas was rolling stones years before Mick born on 5-15-1915 in Paterson, New Jersey expired 5-17-2002 in San Diego, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia halfback Frank Sinkwich winner of the Heisman Trophy (1942)
expired 10-22-1990 in Athens, Georgia age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former City of Boston Licensing Division chief Richard J. Sinnott one of his duties: City Censor (1960-82; Boston's last) born on 5-5-1926 in Dorchester, Massachusetts expired 4-30-2003 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts age 76 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra/opera conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli born on 11-2-1946 in Venice, Italy expired 4-20-2001 in Berlin, Germany age 54 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
film writer Curt Siodmak wrote novel Donovan's Brain (1943); wrote screenplay for The Wolf Man (1941)
expired 9-2-2000 in Three Rivers, California age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer & director Robert Siodmak brother of Curt born on 8-8-1900 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 3-10-1973 in Locarno, Switzerland age 72 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired banker Frank E. Sipe as a kid threw the first pitch in the first game of the first Little League World Series (6-6-1939), leading Lundy Lumber over Lycoming Dairy 23 to 8 born on 2-16-1928 expired 12-29-2002 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geographer & Antarctic explorer Paul Allman Siple a member of Richard Byrd's 1928 Antarctic Expedition; coined the term wind chill in a 1939 dissertation born on 12-18-1908 in Montpelier, Ohio expired 11-25-1968 in Arlington, Virginia age 59 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam Marine veteran William Oliver Sipple deflected the aim of Sara Jane Moore when she tried to assassinate Gerald Ford (9/22/1975) born on 11-20-1941 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-19-1989 in San Francisco, California age 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Admiral Corp. founder (1934) Ross David Siragusa born on 6-12-1906 expired 3-30-1996 in Chicago, Illinois age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. District Judge John Joseph Sirica presided over much of the Watergate litigation 1973-75 born on 3-19-1909 in Waterbury, Connecticut expired 8-14-1992 in Washington, District of Columbia age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milton Sirotta as a nine year old in 1920 gave a name to his uncle's big number born on 3-8-1911 expired 5-??-1981 in Mount Vernon, New York age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Chicago Tribune film critic Eugene Karl Siskel partnered with Roger Ebert on tvborn on 1-26-1946 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-20-1999 in Evanston, Illinois age 53 cause: complications from brain surgery; cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis Browns baseball star George Harold Sisler Sr. member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; played for U of Michigan coach Branch Rickey; earned B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering born on 3-24-1893 in Nimisila, Ohio expired 3-26-1973 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter and orchestra leader Noble Sissle founded the Negro Actors Guild born on 7-10-1889 expired 12-17-1975 in Tampa, Florida age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mandela mentor Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu with Mandela & Tambo the organizer of the African National Congress youth league born on 5-18-1912 in Engcobo, Transkei, British Protectorate, South Africa expired 5-5-2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhodesian nationalist Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole born on 7-21-1920 in Nyamandhlovu, Matabeleland, Rhodesia expired 12-12-2000 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 80 cause: pulmonary embolism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Emil Sitka foil for the Three Stooges in 70 short subjects; was chosen to replace Larry Fine after he had a stroke, but never appeared due to disbanding of group after Moe's death born on 12-22-1914 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania expired 1-16-1998 in Camarillo, California age 83 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull did in Custer at the Little Big Horn born on --1831 in Grand River, South Dakota Territory expired 12-15-1890 in Grand River, South Dakota Territory age 59 cause: shot in head by tribal police offier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie screenwriter/director David Harald Vilgot Sjöman directed Jag är nyfiken — en film i gult (1967; I Am Curious (Yellow)) & Jag är nyfiken — en film i blått (1968; I Am Curious (Blue)) born on 12-2-1924 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 4-9-2006 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 81 cause: complications from brain hemorrhage AKS: Sjoman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safeway Stores founder Marion B. Skaggs born on 4-5-1888 expired 5-8-1976 in Oakland, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes Carbon Corporation president George Skakel Jr. RFK's brother-in-law expired 9-23-1966 in Riggins, Idaho age 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan Patricia Skakel sister-in-law of Ethel Kennedy expired 5-18-1967 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Papua New Guinea prime minister (1997-99) Sir William Jack Skate resigned just ahead of the no-confidence vote; purported to be connected with the local criminal gangs born on 9-26-1953 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea expired 1-3-2006 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia age 52 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S.' oldest person Margaret S. Skeete born on 10-27-1878 expired 5-7-1994 age 115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skelly Oil founder William Grove Skelly expired 4-11-1957 in Tulsa, Oklahoma age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton Sr. played Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader, Cauliflower McPugg, cross-eyed seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe and the Mean Widdle Kid
born on 7-18-1913 in Vincennes, Indiana expired 9-17-1997 in Rancho Mirage, California age 84
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| Richard Bernard Skelton Jr. son of Red expired 5-10-1958 in Los Angeles, California age 9 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| psychologist Burrhus Frederic Skinner born on 3-20-1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania expired 8-18-1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 86
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| actress Cornelia Otis Skinner born on 5-30-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-9-1979 in New York, New York age 78 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Jacksonville (FL) High School gym teacher, real estate agent & bar owner Forby Leonard Skinner taught at Robert E. Lee High School; namesake of band Lynyrd Skynyrd (the band members corrupted the name to avoid any negative legal entanglments) born on 1-11-1933 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 9-20-2010 in Riverside, Florida age 77 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stage & early movie actress Alison Skipworth started making movies in 1895 (retired in 1942) expired 7-5-1952 in New York, New York age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood newspaper columnist Sidney Skolsky first to use the nickname oscar in print (following the 1934 awards ceremony); had bit parts in a number of movies (including Sunset Boulevard; co-wrote The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) born on 5-2-1905 in New York, New York expired 5-3-1983 in Los Angeles, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Nazi Elite Guard Colonel Otto Skorzeny rescued Mussolini from prison after Italian Facist Party collapsed (9/12/1943) expired 7-5-1975 in Madrid, Spain age 67 cause: bronchial cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired 20th Century Fox president (1942-69) Spyros Panagiotes Skouras born on 3-28-1893 in Skourakhori, Greece expired 8-16-1971 in Mamaroneck, New York age 78 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Kansas congressman (1963-78) Joe Skubitz born on 5-6-1906 in Frontenac, Kansas expired 9-11-2000 in Wichita, Kansas age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gameshow producer/director Ira Skutch worked for Goodson/Todman Productions (1957-83) born on 9-12-1921 in New York, New York expired 3-16-2010 in Silver Lake, California age 88 cause: lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Benjamin Slack played Mr. Ermin on The Wonder Years & K'Tal on the Star Trek: Next Generation episode Redemption, Part I (1991) born on 7-23-1937 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 12-13-2004 in Baltimore, Maryland age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist & orchestra conductor Felix Slatkin father of current St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conductor Leonard Slatkin; commissioned Léo Arnaud to write "The Change Suite" (1958); co-founder of the Hollywood String Quartet born on 12-22-1915 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 2-8-1963 in Los Angeles, California age 47 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia governor (1913-15) John Marshall Slaton commuted death sentence of Mary Phagan's convicted killer Leo Frank on last day of office; this lead to the formation of the "modern" Ku Klux Klan born on 12-25-1866 expired 1-11-1955 in Atlanta, Georgia age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard X. Slattery born on 6-26-1925 in New York, New York expired 1-27-1997 in Woodland Hills, California age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Fame baseball player Enos Bradsher Slaughter born on 4-27-1916 in Roxboro, North Carolina expired 8-12-2002 in Durham, North Carolina age 86 cause: complications from surgery; non-Hodgkins lymphoma
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| physician & writer Frank G. Slaughter Sr. born on 2-25-1908 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-17-2001 in Jacksonville, Florida age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercury and Apollo/Soyuz astronaut Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton born on 3-1-1924 in Sparta, Wisconsin expired 6-13-1993 in League City, Texas age 69 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-in-1 Oil manufacturer J. Noah H. Slee husband of Margaret Sanger expired 6-22-1943 in Tucson, Arizona age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operatic tenor and film comedian Leo Slezak father of Walter; grandfather of Erika born on 8-18-1875 in Schoenberg, Moravia expired 6-1-1946 in Egern, Bavaria, Germany age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Walter Slezak father of Erika; played Professor Hans Neumann in Bedtime For Bonzo born on 5-3-1902 in Vienna, Austria expired 4-21-1983 in Flower Hill, New York age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Lowell Observatory director (1916-52) Dr. Vesto Melvin Slipher supervised the search for Pluto (the planet, not the cartoon dog) born on 11-11-1875 in Mulberry, Indiana expired 11-8-1969 in Flagstaff, Arizona age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Motor chairman Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. co-founded the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Institute born on 5-23-1875 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 2-17-1966 in New York, New York age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Playboy October 1992 Playmate of Month Tiffany Marie Sloanborn on 5-29-1973 in Orange County, California expired 11-1-2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 35 cause: suicide; drug/alcohol overdose; pancreatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Everett Sloane born on 10-1-1909 in New York, New York expired 8-6-1965 in Los Angeles, California age 55 cause: suicide; barbituate poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civil War general Henry Warner Slocum later served in congress; namesake of tragic excursion vessel born on 9-24-1827 in Delphi Falls, Onondaga County, New York expired 4-14-1894 in Brooklyn, New York, New York age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Hygrade Food Products owner (1947-76) Edward James Slotkin maker of Ball Park hot dogs (alleged to plump when you cook them); husband of former Detroit Free Press show biz columnist Shirley Eder born on 10-12-1915 in New York, New York expired 8-21-2003 in Royal Oak, Michigan age 87 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
geezer Elana Proctor Slough
expired 10-5-2003 in Cape May, New Jersey age 115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Munchkin "Herald" & "sleepyhead" Karl Slover
expired 11-15-2011 in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia age 93 cause: cardiopulmonary arrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antoinette Wisniewski Slovik Eddie's widow expired 9-7-1979 in Detroit, Michigan age 66 cause: heart failure; breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| timorous army private Edward Donald "Eddie" Slovik executed for "desertion on the battlefield" born on 2-18-1920 in Hamtramck, Michigan expired 1-31-1945 in Sainte-Marie aux Mines, France age 24 cause: executed; firing squad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South African anti-apartheid fighter Joe Slovo member of the South African Communist Party born on 5-23-1926 in Obelai, Lithuania expired 1-6-1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 68 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman John Gray Smale Sr. was CEO of Procter & Gamble (1981-90) and then CEO of General Motors (1992-95) after the ouster of Robert Stempel born on 8-1-1927 in Listowel, Ontario, Canada expired 11-19-2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio age 84 cause: pulmonary fibrosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv composer Michael Small scored Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974), The Stepford Wives (1975), Marathon Man (1976), Pumping Iron (1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) & Black Widow (1987) born on 5-30-1939 in New York, New York expired 11-25-2003 in New York, New York age 64 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
chemist Richard Errett Smalley shared 1996 Nobel Chemistry prize for the discovery of buckminsterfullerenes; the co-creator of Buckyballs
expired 10-28-2005 in Huston, Texas age 62 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma death row inmate Dion Athanasius Smallwood
expired 1-16-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma age 31 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| concert pianist & composer Leo Smit born on 1-12-1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-12-1999 in Encinitas, California age 78 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Brigadier General Abiel L. Smith served in the Indian campaigns, capturing Geronimo expired 4-24-1946 in New York, New York age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pre-World War II Parisian nightclub owner Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith
expired 1-31-1984 in New York, New York age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Alexis Smith Mrs. Craig Stevens
expired 6-9-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 72 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York governor (1920-21, 1923-28) Alfred Emanuel Smith ran for president against Herbert Hoover in 1928 (and lost) expired 10-4-1944 in New York, New York age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball outfielder Alphonse Eugene Smith mainly known for being drenched by spilled beer in 1959 World Series born on 2-7-1928 in Kirkwood, Missouri expired 1-3-2002 in Hammond, Indiana age 73 cause: cardiac arrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Playboy May 1992 Playmate of Month & 1993 Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith also did February 1994 & February 2000 pictorials; briefly married to J. Howard Marshall 6/27/1994-
expired 2-8-2007 in Hollywood, Florida age 39 cause: accidental chloral hydrate overdose; a whole bunch of other stuff
AKS: additional drugs in her system included: Nordiazapam, Temazapan, Oxazapan, Klonopin, Atavan, Mthadone, Valium, Lorazapam, tamiflu, grow hormone, atropine, topiramate, ciprofoxin, vitamin B12; she also had a bacterial blood infection; abscess in ass from needle injection; influenza; gastroenteritis; congstive hepatomegaly; chronic thyroidistis; she weighted 178 pounds at death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
blues singer Bessie Smith inspiration for Janis Joplin and numerous other blues singers
expired 9-26-1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi age 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
kiddie show host "Buffalo" Bob Smith know for his fecal greetings - "Howdy, Doodie!"; sang in 1950s C&W band with Foster Brooks
expired 7-30-1998 in Flat Rock, North Carolina age 80 cause: cancer
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Univeristy of Minnesota halfback Bruce P. Smith winner of the Heisman Trophy (1941)
expired 8-28-1967 age 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| carbon-black merchant C. Harold Smith with cousin co-founded Binney & Smith (1885); co-inventor of Crayola crayons (1903) expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former All-American football player & Police Academy actor Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith during his years at Michigan State the crowd would roar "Kill, Bubba, Kill!"; now they yell "Dead, Bubba, Dead!" born on 2-28-1945 in Orange, Texas expired 8-3-2011 in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California age 66 cause: phentermine/acute drug intoxication; heart disease
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oldster Charley Smith his wedding vertificate showed he was not 137 (b.1842) at his death
expired 10-5-1979 in Bartow, Florida age 104 cause: chronic heart/kidney failure
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| grade-Z movie actress Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith appeared in Caged Heat (1974), The Pom Pom Girls (1976), Up In Smoke (1978), Melvin and Howard (1980), Nice Dreams (1981), & The Swinging Cheerleaders (1985) born on 6-6-1955 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-25-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 47 cause: complications from hepatitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| boat builder Christopher Columbus Smith founded Chris-Craft (1894) born on 5-20-1861 in Algonac, Michigan expired 9-9-1939 in Mount Clemens, Michigan age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Christopher Sydney Winwood Smith born on 9-20-1906 expired 12-3-2000 age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jazz pianist Clarence Smith wrote Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
expired 3-14-1929 in Chicago, Illinois age 24 cause: "accidentally" murdered; gunshot wound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| guitarist/songwriter Claydes Charles Smith a lead guitarist & co-founder of Kool & the Gang; co-wrote Celebration and Jungle Boogie born on 9-6-1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 6-20-2006 in Maplewood, New Jersey age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Clyde Smith Jr.
expired 2-15-2006 in Huntsville, Texas age 30 cause: executed; lethal injection
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activist Damu Smith Black Voices for Peace group founder
expired 5-5-2006 in Washington, District of Columbia age 54 cause: colon cancer
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| Daniel Wayne Smith son of Anna Nicole Smith born on 1-22-1986 in Limestone County, Texas expired 9-10-2006 in Nassau, Bahamas age 20 cause: cardiac dysrhythmia; lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft & Lexapro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Gang child actor 1937-40) Darwood Kenneth Smith later was an assisting pastor for the La Sierra University church
expired 5-15-2002 in Riverside, California age 72 cause: struck in head by assailant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early radio broadcaster David Frederick Smith a creator of radio's March of Time (1931) born on 3-4-1888 in Clarksburg, Indiana expired 8-14-1976 in New York, New York age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith wrote The Hundred and One Dalamtians (1956) born on 5-3-1896 in Whitefield, England expired 11-24-1990 age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 NYU football player Ed Smith Frank Eliscu's model for the Heisman Trophy statue expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic Captain Edward John Smith went down with the ship born on 1-27-1850 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England expired 4-15-1912 in North Atlantic Ocean age 62 cause: drowned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Tigers manager (1966-70) Edward Mayo Smith led team to World Series victory in 1968 born on 12-6-1914 expired 11-24-1977 in Boynton Beach, Florida age 62 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Elizabeth Wehner "Betty" Smith wrote A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) born on 12-15-1896 in New York, New York expired 1-17-1972 in Shelton, Connecticut age 75 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter Elliot Smith composed Miss Misery for Good Will Hunting; nominated for an oscar (1998)
expired 10-21-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 34 cause: suicide; stabbed in heart with steak knife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Hal Smith played town drunk Otis Campbell on the Andy Griffith Show; alternated voicing born on 8-24-1916 in Petoskey, Michigan expired 1-28-1994 age 77 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chris-Craft executive Harsen Alfred Smith grandson of company founder; on cover of May 18, 1959 Time Magazine born on 4-1-1908 expired 12-7-2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War II Pacific Marine commander General Holland McTeire Smith lead attack on Iwo Jima
expired 1-12-1967 in San Diego, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| golfer Horton Smith first winner of the Masters Golf Tournament; PGA president (1952-54) expired 10-15-1963 in Detroit, Michigan age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newsman Howard Kingsbury Smith worked at CBS and ABC News; moderated 1960 Kennedy/ born on 5-12-1914 in Ferriday, Louisiana expired 2-15-2002 in Bethesda, Maryland age 87 cause: pneumonia; congesive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Southern Rhodesian prime minister (1964-79) Ian Douglas Smith born on 4-8-1919 in Selukwe, Southern Rhodesia expired 11-20-2007 in Capetown, South Africa (nearby) age 88 cause: complications from stroke
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| singer & early reality tv show presenter Jack Ward Smith also hosted the You Asked For It tv series, replacing show creator/host Art Baker (1958-59) born on 11-16-1913 in Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, Washington expired 7-3-2006 in Westlake Village, California age 92 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhodes University chemistry professor James Leonard Brierley Smith became an icthyologist; confirmed the discovery of the coelacanth (1939); wrote The Search Beneath the Sea: The Story of the Coelacanth (1956) born on --1897 in Graaf-Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa expired 1-7-1968 in Grahamstown, South Africa age 70 cause: suicide; cyanide poisoning AKS: JLB J.L.B. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz organist James Oscar "Jimmy" Smith Sr. made beautiful music with the mighty Hammond organ born on 12-8-1928 in Norristown, Pennsylvania expired 2-8-2005 in Phoenix, Arizona age 76 AKS: Jimmie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920s Our Gang kid actor Jay R. Smith murdered
expired 10-1-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 87 cause: murdered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PBS' former Frugal Gourmet (1983-97) Jeff Smith accused of sexual misconduct with youths while a Methodist minister in the 1970s his career evaporated overnight born on 1-22-1929 in Seattle, Washington expired 7-7-2004 in Seattle, Washington age 65 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Smith original guitarist with disco band K.C. and the Sunshine Band born on 6-18-1953 expired 7-28-2000 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 47 cause: crushed to death by bulldozer he was operating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain John Smith founder and leader of Jamestown Virginia colony 1607-09; "saved" by Pocahontas born on 1-??-1580 in Willoughby, England expired 6-21-1631 in London, England age 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith used game theory to study the evolution of sex born on 1-6-1920 in London, England expired 4-19-2004 in Falmer, Sussex, England age 84 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| court musician John Stafford Smith as a member of the London social club Anacreonic Society wrote To Anachreon in Heaven, a drinking song that was eventually used as the melody to accompany The Star Spangled Banner born on 3-30-1750 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England expired 9-21-1836 in London, England age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vaudevillian Joseph "Joe" Smith half of Smith & Dale team
expired 2-22-1981 in Englewood, New Jersey age 97
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| 10th Mormon Church president Joseph Fielding Smith also president of the Council of Apostles; great grand- born on 7-19-1876 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 7-2-1972 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith famous for her rendition of God Bless America
expired 6-17-1986 in Raleigh, North Carolina age 79
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| actor Kevin Smith played Ares on Hercules/ born on 3-16-1963 in Auckland, New Zealand expired 2-16-2002 in Beijing, China age 38 cause: removed from life support; head injuries suffered in Feb. 6th six-story fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Lane Smith played Daily Planet editor Perry White on the Lois & Clark tv series (1993-97) born on 4-29-1936 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 6-13-2005 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: ALS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matchbox Toys creator (1951) Leslie Charles Smith co-founder of Lesney Products (1946) that made the detailed die-cast toys; Lesney went into bankruptcy (1982) & was bought by Universal Toys, who were acquired by Tyco Toys, who merged with Mattel (1997) born on 3-6-1918 in Enfield, Middlesex, England expired 5-26-2005 in North London, England age 87 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith married to Katharine Hepburn (1928-34); apocryphal story has him changing his name so that she wouldn't be called "Kate Smith"
expired 7-??-1979 in New Canaan, Connecticut age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Monticello (MN) Times publisher Lynn R. Smith started "Don't Smoke Day" (January 6, 1974) in Monticello; the Minnesota Lung Association and American Cancer Society promoted it, then went nationwide — it became the Great American Smokeout born on 9-14-1920 expired 7-14-2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 84 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Maine Senator (1948-72) Margaret Chase Smith born on 12-14-1897 in Skowhegan, Maine expired 5-29-1995 in Skowhegan, Maine age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Michael Smith appeared on series as Michael in its first season (1955-56) born on 8-29-1945 expired 12-??-1982 in Burbank, California age 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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biochemist Michael Smith shared the 1993 Nobel chemistry prize for developing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) used to "amplify" DNA samples born on 4-26-1932 in Blackpool, England expired 10-4-2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rock group instrumentalist Michael Smith drummer with Paul Revere and the Raiders born on 3-27-1942 expired 3-6-2001 in Kona, Hawaii age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Clark Five lead singer & keyboardist Michael George "Mike" Smith born on 12-12-1943 in Edmonton, North London, England expired 2-28-2008 in London, England age 64 cause: pneumonia; spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-51--L astronaut Michael John Smith born on 4-30-1945 in Beaufort, North Carolina expired 1-28-1986 in Cape Canaveral, Florida age 40 cause: Shuttle Challenger explosion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L.A. minister Ocie Lee Smith a singer for the Count Basie orchestra (1961-64); on his own had two modest hits with The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp (1968) & Little Green Apples (1968) born on 6-21-1936 in Mansfield, Louisiana expired 11-23-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 65 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former FBI agent Robert B. Smith III the special prosecutor who lead the team that prosecuted J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 born on --1914 expired ??-??-1955 age 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (1935) born on 8-8-1879 in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont expired 11-16-1950 in Akron, Ohio age 71 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
disc jockey Robert Weston Smith heard throught most of U.S. on XERB radio
expired 7-1-1995 in Belvidere, North Carolina age 57 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Head Weasel at General Motors (1981-90) Roger Bonham Smith object of Roger & Meborn on 7-12-1925 in Columbus, Ohio expired 11-29-2007 in Troy, Michigan age 82 cause: cancer
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| quivering mound of blubber Sylvanus "Hambone" Smith III separated at birth from Jabba the Hutt expired 6-14-1995 age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| restauranteur Troy Nuel Smith Sr. started the Top Hat root beer stand (1953) which (with partner Charlie Pappe) became the Sonic Drive-in chain born on 5-26-1922 expired 10-26-2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio death row inmate Vernon Lamont Smith
expired 1-7-2010 in Lucasville, Ohio age 37 cause: executed; lethal injection v2.0
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| Eisenhower's World War II chief of staff General Walter Bedell Smith head of CIA from 1950 to 1953 expired 8-9-1961 in Washington, District of Columbia age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Times sports writer Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith won 1976 Pulitzer prize born on 9-25-1905 in Green Bay, Wisconsin expired 1-15-1982 in Stamford, Connecticut age 76 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II pilot Lt. Colonel William F. Smith Jr. pilot of B-25 bomber that crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building expired 7-28-1945 in New York, New York age 27 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Attorney General William French Smith born on 8-26-1917 in Wilton, New Hampshire expired 10-29-1990 age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
jazz pianist William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Berthloff "Willie" Smith
expired 4-18-1973 in New York, New York age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| brokerage firm honcho Winthrop Hiram Smith managing partner of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane (in 1958 his name replaced Beane's in the partnership's name); started as a clerk in 1916 at Merrill Lynch & Co. expired 1-10-1961 in Litchfield, Connecticut age 93 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| barrister/politician Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers a friend of Ian Fleming (who partly based the James Bond character on him); became a member of parliament born on 12-9-1913 in Yorkshire, England expired 6-8-2006 in Vico Morcote, Switzerland age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah senator (1903-33) Reed Smoot co-author of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff bill of 1929 expired 2-9-1941 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jam/jelly purveyor Jerome Monroe Smucker founder of the J.M. Smucker Company (1897) in Orrville, Ohio born on 12-5-1858 in Vistula, Indiana expired 3-??-1948 in Ohio age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jelly company president Paul H. Smucker grandson of company founder born on 4-21-1917 expired 12-17-1998 in Orrville, Ohio age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South African Boer General (1899-02) Jan Christiaan Smuts South African prime minister 1919-1924 & 1939-48; involved in the creation of the League of Nations, United Nations and British Commonwealth expired 9-11-1950 in Irene, South Africa age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
journailst Richard David "Dick" Smyser retired managing editor of the Oak Ridge, Tennessee newspaper; former president of the AP Managing Editor's Association (1973-74); at a group convention in Orlando, Florida on November 11, 1973 he asked the speaker, President Richard Nixon, the question To what extent do you think this explains possibly how something like Watergate can occur?" Nixon's response — "I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. I am not a crook. I've earned everything I've got."born on 8-19-1923 in York, Pennsylvania expired 3-14-2005 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee age 81 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Toronto Maple LEafs owner (1926-61) Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe namesake of NHL trophy born on 2-1-1895 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 11-18-1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andy Capp creator (1957) Reg Smythe
expired 6-13-1998 in Hartlepool England age 80 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pro golfer Samuel Jackson Snead Sr.
expired 5-23-2002 in Hot Springs, Virginia age 89
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| author Vernon J. Sneider wrote Teahouse of the August Moon born on 10-6-1916 in Monroe, Michigan expired 5-1-1981 in Monroe, Michigan age 64 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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immunologist George Davis Snell shared the 1980 Nobel prize in physiology born on 12-19-1903 in Bradford, Massachusetts expired 6-6-1996 in Bar Harbor, Maine age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont governor (1977-85 & 1990-91) Richard Snelling born on 2-18-1927 in Allentown, Pennsylvania expired 8-13-1991 age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Fame baseball player Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider played for the Brooklyn Dodgers born on 9-19-1926 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-27-2011 in Escondido, California age 84 cause: complications from diabetes
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small-time hustler Paul Leslie Snider married to Dorothy Stratten; cuckolded by Peter Bogdanovich; murdered Dorothy before killing himself born on 4-15-1951 in Canada expired 8-14-1980 in Los Angeles, California age 29 cause: suicide; shotgun AKS: Snyder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Carrie Snodgress ranted & raved in the Diary of a Mad Housewife born on 10-27-1946 in Park Ridge, Illinois expired 4-1-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: heart failure; liver failure AKS: Snodgrass | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Charles Percy Snow scientist & author born on 10-15-1905 in London, England expired 7-1-1980 in Leicester, England age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Ole Opry star Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow
expired 12-20-1999 in Nashville, Tennessee age 85 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist Edgar Snow first western newsman to interview Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai born on 7-19-1905 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 2-15-1972 in Eysins, Switzerland age 66 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former football player Jack Thomas Snow Sr. played for Notre Dame & the L.A. Rams (1965-75); was a Rams broadcaster born on 1-25-1943 in Rock Springs, Wyoming expired 1-9-2006 in Saint Louis, Missouri age 62 cause: staph infection
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singer & songwriter Phoebe Snow
expired 4-26-2011 in Edison, New Jersey age 60 cause: complications from brain hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubya's former press secretary Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow had been a radio talk show host born on 6-1-1955 in Berea, Kentucky expired 7-12-2008 in Georgetown, Maryland age 53 cause: colorectal cancer
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| former NFL player & coach Bob A. Snyder on 3 champion Bears teams in 1940s; assistant coach under Leahy at Notre Dame born on 2-6-1913 expired 1-4-2001 in Toledo, Ohio age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former college football coach Bruce Fletcher Snyder coached at Utah State (1976-82), Cal (1987-91) & ASU (1992-2000) born on 3-14-1940 in Santa Monica, California expired 4-13-2009 in Phoenix, Arizona age 69 cause: skin cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esther Lavelle Snyder co-founded the In-N-Out Burger chain with husband (1948)
expired 8-4-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ex-bookie Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder
expired 4-21-1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 76 cause: coronary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| homeless advocate Mitch Snyder born on 8-14-1943 in New York, New York expired 7-3-1990 in Washington, District of Columbia age 46 cause: hanged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| documentary filmmaker Robert Snyder shared oscar for The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950); son-in-law of Buckminster Fuller born on 1-16-1916 expired 3-21-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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former talk show host Tom Snyder no more colortinis born on 5-12-1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 7-29-2007 in San Francisco, California age 71 cause: chronic lymphocitic leukemia
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