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last governor of South Rhodesia (1979-80)  Arthur Christopher John Soames   son-in-law of Winston Churchill ¤ title: Baron of Fletching  born on 10-12-1920 in Penn, England expired 9-16-1987 in London, England   age 66    Contest Selectors 1980 EK 6.3%

Joseph George Sobek   invented the game of Racquetball (1950) born on 4-5-1918 in Greenwich, Connecticut expired 3-27-1998 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 79   cause: congestive heart failure

bikini model  Linda Elaine Sobek   appeared in July 1991 Playboy Grapevine section; murdered by Charles Rathbun born on 7-9-1968 expired 11-16-1995 in Los Angeles County   age 27   cause: homicide; strangulation

Swaziland's  King Sobhuza II   reigned from 1921 until his death born on 7-22-1899 in Mbabane, Swaziland expired 8-21-1982 in Mbabane, Swaziland   age 83

South African black nationalist leader  Robert Mangalisco Sobukwe   co-founded the Pan African Congress born on 12-5-1924 in Graaf-Reinet, South Africa expired 2-27-1978 in Kimberly, South Africa   age 53   cause: lung cancer

last constitutionally-elected Cuba president (1948-52)  Carlos Prio Soccarras   overthrown by Batista in 1952 expired 4-4-1977 in Miami, Florida   age 74

atomic disintegration theorist  Frederick Soddy   was the 1921 Nobel prize winner in chemistry born on 9-2-1877 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England expired 9-22-1956 in Brighton, Sussex, England   age 79

Nazi actress  Kristina Söderbaum   billed as the "Ideal Aryan Woman"; appeared in anti-semitic propaganda films like Jud Süé (1940) born on 9-5-1912 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 2-12-2001 in Hitzacker, Lower Saxony, Germany   age 88 AKS: Soderbaum

theologian  Lars Olaf Jonathan "Nathan" Söderblom   1930 Nobel peace prize recipient born on 1-15-1866 in Trönö, Hälsingland, Sweden expired 7-12-1931 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden   age 65 AKS: Soderblom

biologist Dr.  Gerald Alan Soffen   chief scientist for 1976 Viking Mars missions born on 2-7-1926 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 11-22-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 74   cause: heart ailment

clam digger  Thomas Soffron   created clam strips (made from the "foot" of hard-shelled sea clams) born on 12-10-1907 expired 2-21-2004 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 96

cartoonist  Otto Soglow   created/drew The Little King strip (1934-75); received the 1966 Reuben Award born on 12-23-1900 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 4-3-1975 in New York, New York   age 74

tv/science fiction writer  Gerald Allan "Jerry" Sohl Sr.   for original Star Trek series wrote The Corbomite Maneuver & provided story for Whom Gods Destroy ¤ pseudonyms: Nathan Butler, Sean Mei Sullivan, Roberta Jean Mountjoy  born on 12-2-1913 in Los Angeles, California expired 11-4-2002 in Thousand Oaks, California   age 88

clinically insane radical testicle-hater  Valerie Jean Solanas   founder of S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men); shot Andy Warhol (6-3-1968) born on 4-9-1936 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 4-25-1988 in San Francisco, California   age 52   cause: pneumonia; emphysema AKS: Solanis

Ping Golf owner  Karsten Solheim born on 9-15-1911 in Bergen, Norway expired 2-16-2000 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 88   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

Biblical Hebrew ruler  King Solomon born on --973 BC expired ??-??-933 BC   age 40

Vanguard Records co-founder (1950)  Seymour Solomon born on 5-23-1922 in New York, New York expired 7-18-2002 in Lennox, Massachusetts   age 80

Nicaraguan president (1/1/1925-3/14/1926) General  Carlos José Solórzano Diaz   nephew of Adolfo Diaz born on --1860 expired 10-20-1946 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 86

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Sir  Georg Solti born on 10-21-1912 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 9-5-1997 in Antibes, France   age 84   cause: heart attack

addled urban terrorist  Patricia Michelle "Mizmoon" Soltysik   member of the SLA ¤ SLA name: "Zoya"  born on 5-??-1950 expired 5-24-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 24   cause: self-immolation; burned to death in house during shootout with police

author  Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn   1970 Nobel Literature Prize recipient born on 12-11-1918 in Kislovodsk, Stavropol, Russia expired 8-3-2008 in Moscow, Russia (nearby)   age 89   cause: heart failure or stroke    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2005 WORM 4.3% 2006 SPIT, WEP, 4GUE 10.0% 2007 SPIT, WEP, 4GUE 9.7% 2008 DTM, SPIT, WEP, 4GUE 12.5%    Scored 3.9125 points AKS: Alexander

former Match Game panelist  Brett Somers   at one time married to Jack Klugman (separated in 1974; divorce completed in 1977) ¤ born: Audrey Johnston  born on 7-11-1924 in New Brunswick, Canada expired 9-15-2007 in Westport, Connecticut   age 83   cause: stomach & colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½% 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 LMLD 5.6% 2005 BYE 4.3% 2006 BYE, DTH, LMLD 10.0% 2007 BYE 3.2%    Scored 6.7000 solo points AKS: bret sommers summers sumers brett

tv writer/producer  Jay Sommers   wrote for The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet and The Great Gildersleeve; created Green Acres (1965) born on 1-3-1917 in New York, New York expired 9-25-1985 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: heart ailment

Nicaraguan president/dictator (1/1/1937-5/1/1947 & 5/5/1950-9/29/1956) General  Anastasio Somoza Garcia   didn't like policies of his duly-elected replacement, so he had him "removed" from office born on 2-1-1896 in San Marcos, Nicaragua expired 9-29-1956 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 60   cause: assassinated

former Nicaraguan dictator/president (5/1/1967-5/1/1972 & 12/1/1974-7/17/1979)  Anastasio Tachito Somoza de Bayle   son of former "president" born on 12-5-1925 in León, Niaragua expired 9-17-1980 in Ascuncion, Paraguay   age 54   cause: assassinated; machine gun & bazooka attack by Sandanista agents    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS, RR, YJ 23.1% 1980 BD, JH 12.5%    Scored 4.5000 points

Nicaraguan "president" (9/29/1956-5/1/63)  Luis Anastasio Somoza de Bayle   son of Anastasio; brother of Anastasio born on 11-18-1922 expired 4-13-1967 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 45   cause: heart attack

Thai entrepeneur  Somporn Saekow   founded Thailand's first monkey training school, pioneering in using monkeys to do commercial cocoanut picking born on --1940 in Surat Thani Province, Thailand expired 8-20-2002 in Surat Thani Province, Thailand   age 62   cause: heart attack

actress  Gail Edith Holm   wife of Herbert Biberman; blacklisted in 1940s & 50s born on 2-15-1899 in Litchfield, Minnesota expired 8-4-1985 in Woodland Hills, California   age 86

former Cambodian prime minister (1967-68)  Son Sann born on 10-5-1911 in Tram Vinh Province, Vietnam expired 12-19-2000 in Paris, France   age 89

Khmer Rouge butcher  Son Sen   once Pol Pot's deputy; eventually betrayed by him ¤ aka: "Comrade Khieu" «or» "Brother 89"  born on 6-12-1930 in Tra Vinh Province, Annam expired 6-10-1997 in Anlong Veng, Cambodia   age 66   cause: executed

junk-intellect essayist  Susan Sontag   it's all our fault ... we deserve what we're getting ... the whole white race is responsible .... ¤ born: Susan Rosenblatt  born on 1-16-1933 in New York, New York expired 12-28-2004 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: leukemia

actor  Jack Soo   appeared on Barney Miller tv series as detective Nick Yemana (1975-79); World War II internee ¤ born: Goro Suzuki  born on 10-28-1915 in Oakland, California expired 1-11-1979 in Los Angeles, California   age 63   cause: cancer of the esophagus

widow of Sun Yat-sen  Soong Ching-ling   sister of Madame Chiang Kai-shek born on 1-27-1893 in Shanghai, China expired 5-29-1981 in Beijing, China   age 88   cause: leukemia

Nationalist Chinese financier  T. V. Soong   a colleague of Dr. Sun Yat-sen ¤ first name: Tzu-wen  expired 4-25-1971 in San Francisco, California   age 76

civil/sanitary engineer Dr.  George Albert Soper   discovered that Typhoid Mary was a significant cause of New York City's 1904 typhoid fever outbreak expired 6-17-1948 in Southampton, New York   age 78

royal consort  Countess Sophia Chotek von Chotkova   assassinated with husband ¤ title: Duchess von Hohenberg  born on 3-1-1868 in Stuttgart, Germany expired 6-28-1914 in Sarejevo, Serbia, Austria-Hungary   age 46   cause: assassinated; shot

aviation pioneer Sir  Thomas O.M. Sopwith born on 1-18-1888 in Winchester, England expired 1-26-1989   age 101

Princess  Soraya Esfandiari Bakhitari   second wife of the Shah of Iran (1951-58) born on 6-22-1932 expired 10-25-2001 in Paris, France   age 69

actor  Alberto Sordi born on 6-15-1920 in Rome, Italy expired 2-24-2003 in Rome, Italy   age 82   cause: heart attack

Master Lock Co. founder  Harry E. Soreff   invented the laminated padlock expired 3-1-1957 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 70

auto executive  Charles E. Sorenson   co-designed the first Jeep expired 8-13-1968 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 86

opera expert & record executive  Dario Soria   co-founded Angel Records with wife (1953) born on 5-21-1912 in Rome, Italy expired 3-28-1980 in New York, New York   age 67   cause: heart attack

Dorle Jarmel Soria   co-founded Angel Records with husband (1953) born on 12-14-1900 expired 7-7-2002 in New York, New York   age 101

retired tile setter  Nelson Sorise   smoker whose lungs got filled with asbestos from the Kent "micronite" filters; sued Lorillard Inc. (cigarette maker) & Hollingsworth & Vose (filter maker) born on 9-1-1929 expired 1-20-1996   age 66   cause: mesothelioma    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 2001 DTM

actress  Ann Sothern   voice of the talking 1928 Porter on My Mother the Car tv series; wife of Robert Sterling (1943-49); mother of Tisha Sterling ¤ born: Harriette Lake  born on 1-22-1909 in Valley City, North Dakota expired 3-15-2001 in Ketchum, Idaho   age 92   cause: heart failure

professional stuntman  Karel Soucek   eigth person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt (July 3, 1984), in a barrel; he died six months later in the Astrodome; on 1-19-1985 he attempted to demonstrate how he did it; the demonstration went awry, fatally injuring him (the barrel hit the rim of the water tank instead of the middle) born on 4-19-1947 in Czechoslovakia expired 1-20-1985 in Houston, Texas   age 37   cause: massive trauma

Olympic gold medal diver  Aileen Riggin Soule   medaled in the 1920 (Antwerp) & 1924 (Paris) games; only woman to medal in both swiming & diving (silver in springboard, bronze in 100-meter breaststroke) born on 5-2-1906 in Newport, Rhode Island expired 10-17-2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 96

Pathet Lao leader  Prince Souphanouvong   Laotian president 1975-86 born on 7-12-1908 in Luang Prabang, Laos expired 1-9-1995 in Laos   age 86

march king  John Philip Sousa   wrote The Washington Post and The Stars and Stripes Forever marches born on 11-6-1854 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 3-6-1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania   age 77

World War II soldier  Franklin Sousley   on of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi born on 9-19-1925 in Hilltop, Kentucky expired 3-21-1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan   age 19   cause: bullet wounds

pioneer aviatrix  Neta Snook Southern   Amelia Earhart's flight instructor born on 2-14-1896 expired 3-23-1991   age 95

Dr. Strangelove author  Terry Southern   also co-wrote spoof novel Candy (1958) born on 5-1-1924 in Alvarado, Texas expired 10-29-1995   age 71

former Laotian prime minister (1951-75)  Prince Souvanna Phouma born on 10-7-1901 in Luang Prabang, Laos expired 1-10-1984 in Vientiane, Laos   age 82

baritone  Gérard Marcel Souzay ¤ real name: Gérard Marcel Tisserand  born on 12-8-1918 in Angers, France expired 8-17-2004 in Cap d'Antibes, France   age 85 AKS: Gerard

country singer  Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine   had hit with Teddy Bear born on 7-17-1918 in Charleston, West Virginia expired 4-4-1980 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 61   cause: heart attack; injuries from car crash

screenwriter  Jack B. Sowards   wrote the story for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) & Star Trek: TNG episode Where Silence Has Lease (1988) born on 3-18-1929 in Texarkana, Arkansas expired 7-8-2007 in Valley Village, California   age 78   cause: complications from ALS

organist & composer  Leo Sowerby born on 5-1-1895 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 7-7-1968 in Port Clinton, Ohio   age 73

screen writer  Charles Spaak   co-wrote Le Grande Illusion (1937); brother of Paul-Henri born on --1903 in Belgium expired 3-4-1975 in Nice, France   age 71   cause: complications following operation

politician  Paul-Henri Spaak   3-time Belgian premier; NATO Secretary-General (1957-61); father of actress Catherine born on 1-25-1899 in Schaerbeeck, Belgium expired 7-31-1972 in Brussels, Belgium   age 73

General  Carl Andrew Spaatz   one of first 25 to receive their "wings" as a member of the Army's first Aero Squadron (1916); first Air Force Chief of Staff (1947-48) born on 6-28-1891 in Boyertown, Pennsylvania expired 7-14-1974 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 83   cause: congestive heart failure

movie ranch owner  George C. Spahn   provided a refuge for the Manson Family before the big murder spree born on 2-11-1889 expired 9-22-1974   age 85

Hall of Fame pitcher  Warren Edward Spahn born on 4-23-1921 in Buffalo, New York expired 11-24-2003 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma   age 82

presidential sister  Gloria Carter Spann   mother of William Carter Spann born on 10-22-1926 expired 3-5-1990   age 63

naer-do-well presidential nephew  William Carter Spann expired 2-2-1997 in Oakland, California   age 51   cause: died on the street in a drunken stupor

Catholic Church leader (1555)  Marcello Cervini Degli Spannochi   elected 223rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 4, 1555; only lasted 22 days ¤ Pope Marcellus II  born on 5-6-1501 in Monte Pulciano, Tuscany expired 5-6-1555 in Rome, Italy   age 54

novelist  Muriel Sarah Spark   wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1962); a devout Catholic, she died on Good Friday ¤ née: Camberg  born on 2-1-1918 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 4-14-2006 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy   age 88    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

former Alabama Senator (1947-79)  John Sparkman born on 12-20-1899 in Morgan County, Alabama expired 11-16-1985 in Huntsville, Alabama   age 85    Contest Selectors 1979 HA 7.7% 1980 HA 6.3%

Bell Labs physicist  Morgan Sparks   worked on the development of second generation transistors (1948-51); former president of Sandia National Laboratory (1972-81) born on 7-6-1916 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado expired 5-3-2008 in Fullerton, California   age 91   cause: congestive heart failure

World War II British marine  William Edward "Bill" Sparks   last surviving "Cockleshell Hero" born on 9-5-1922 in London, England expired 11-30-2002 in Alfriston, England   age 80

chemist Dr.  William J. Sparks   co-inventor of synthetic butyl rubber born on 2-26-1904 in Wilkinson, Indiana expired 10-23-1976 in Coral Gables, Florida   age 72

Boston Red Sox (1908-15) & Cleveland Indians (1916-26) hall of fame center fielder  Tris Speaker expired 12-8-1958 in Whitney, Texas   age 70

songwriter  Oley Speaks   wrote On the Road to Mandalay expired 8-27-1948 in New York, New York   age 74

bandleader  Sammy Shapiro Spear   Jackie Gleason's bandleader on tv shows after Ray Block born on 5-31-1909 in New York, New York expired 3-11-1975 in Miami Lakes, Florida   age 65   cause: heart attack

Alma Smith Carthan Gaines Spearman   mother of Mamie Till; grandmother of murder victim Emmett Till born on 1-24-1902 expired 11-??-1981 in Chicago, Illinois   age 79

former Lorillard Tobacco CEO  Alexander Spears III   It is his sworn testimony that "it has not been scientifically proven that smoking cases illness in human beings." As Chief Operating Officer of Lorillard in 1994 testified before congress that he didn't believe that nicotine was addictive or caused disease. A master of the SWM Defense. expired 1-29-2001 in Durham, North Carolina   age 68   cause: mesothelioma

mass-murderer  Richard Franklin Speck born on 12-6-1941 in Kirkwood, Illinois expired 12-5-1991 in Joliet, Illinois   age 49   cause: heart attack

author  Auguste Comte Spectorsky   wrote The Exurbanites (1955); associate publisher & editorial director of Playboy magazine; buried at sea born on 8-13-1910 in Paris, France expired 1-17-1972 in Saint Croix, Virgin Islands   age 61   cause: stroke

British spymaster Sir  David Roland Spedding   former head of M.I.6. (1994-99) ¤ aka: "C"  born on 3-7-1943 expired 6-13-2001 in London, England   age 58   cause: lung cancer

ex-Nazi architect/war criminal  Albert Speer   managed much of Germany industry during World War II as Reich's Minister of Armaments & War Production (replacing Fritz Todt after 1942 plane crash); released from Spandau Prison 10/1/1966 born on 3-19-1905 in Mannheim, Germany expired 9-1-1981 in London, England   age 76   cause: cerebral hemorrhage    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS, RR 15.4%

U.S. Navy pilot Lt.Commander  Michael Scott Speicher   downed over Iraq in the opening hours of the first Gulf War; body discovered in June of 2009 born on 7-12-1957 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 1-17-1991 in Wadi Thumayal, al-Anbar Province, Iraq   age 33   cause: crash landing

schlock tv producer  Aaron Spelling   has brought us Johnny Ringo, Charlie's Angels (co-creator), The Love Boat, Fantasy Island (co-creator), Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place born on 4-22-1923 in Dallas, Texas expired 6-23-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 83   cause: complications from stroke; Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 EOD, LMLD, NFG 16.7% 2005 GHG, NFG 8.7% 2006 DTH, LMLD, NFG, RIE, TFM 16.7%    Scored 4.3563 points

New York Cardinal  Francis Joseph Spellman born on 5-4-1889 expired 12-2-1967 in New York, New York   age 78

Hans Spemann   received the 1935 Nobel prize in medicine born on 6-27-1869 in Stuttgart, Germany expired 9-9-1941 in Frieburg, Germany   age 72

guitarist  Alexander "Skip" Spence   co-founder of Moby Grape (1966) and Jefferson Airplane (1966; played drums in the band); suffered from severe mental illness born on 4-18-1946 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada expired 4-16-1999 in Santa Cruz, California   age 52   cause: lung cancer

South Carolina congressman (1971-2001)  Floyd Davidson Spence born on 4-9-1928 in Columbia, South Carolina expired 8-16-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi   age 73   cause: complications from brain surgery; Ramsay Hunt syndrome

writer  Hartzell Spence   founder/executive editor of Yank; popularized the term "pinup" born on 2-15-1908 in Clarion, Iowa expired 5-9-2001 in Essex, Connecticut   age 93

mathematician Dr.  Donald Clayton Spencer   co-developer of Theory of Deformation of Complex Structures; mentor to Dr. John F. Nash born on 4-25-1912 in Boulder, Colorado expired 12-23-2001 in Durango, Colorado   age 89

character actor  Douglas Spencer   played the reporter "Scotty" in The Thing From Another World (1951; he spoke the movie's final dialog "Watch the skies ... everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!") and the Monitor (ruler) of Metaluna in This Island Earth (1955) ¤ born: William Henry Mesenkop  born on 2-10-1910 in Illinois expired 10-6-1960   age 50

U.S. Navy commander  Earl Winfield Spencer   first husband of the Duchess of Windsor; naval aviation pioneer expired 5-29-1950 in San Diego, California   age 61

Edward John Spencer   father of Princess Di ¤ title: The Eighth Earl of Spencer  born on 1-24-1924 in London, England expired 3-29-1992 in London, England   age 68

philosopher & sociologist  Herbert Spencer   first to popularize the term "evolution"; coined the phrase "survival of the fittest" (1852) born on 4-27-1820 in Derby, Derbyshire, England expired 12-8-1903 in Brighton, Sussex, England   age 83

typographer  Herbert Spencer   an editor/contributor to the defunct graphic design journal Typographica (1949-63) born on 6-22-1924 in London, England expired 3-11-2002 in Falmouth, England   age 77   cause: bronchial pneumonia

actor  John Spencer   played Leo McGarry on The West Wing ¤ born: John Speshock  born on 12-20-1946 in New York, New York expired 12-16-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 58   cause: heart attack

electronics researcher  Percy LeBaron Spencer   invented the microwave oven (1946); the first thing made in the oven: popcorn! born on 7-9-1894 in Howland, Maine expired 9-7-1970 in Newton, Massachusetts   age 76

Winston's widow  Clementine Ogilvy Hozier Spencer-Churchill ¤ title: Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell  expired 12-12-1977 in London, England   age 92

Great Lakes sailor  William J. Spengler   Watchman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 9-11-1916 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 59   cause: drowned when ship foundered

character actress  Wendie Jo Sperber born on 9-15-1958 in Northridge, California expired 11-29-2005 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 47   cause: breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 ANG, LMLD, NFG, RIE 22.2% 2005 ADWC, ANG, DTM, NFG, QKU, RIE 26.1%    Scored 7.8781 points AKS: Wendy Wendi

former L.A. County Marshal (1971-74)  Timothy Sperl   aspiring actor with parts in: Paris After Midnight (1951), Glen or Glenda (as the psychiatrist Dr. Alton; 1953), Jail Bait (as Vic Brady; 1954) & Girl Gang (1954) ¤ born: Harry Sperl Jr. stage name: Timothy Farrell  born on 6-26-1922 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-9-1989 in Santa Monica, California   age 66   cause: heart attack

Roger Wolcott Sperry   shared the 1981 Nobel prize in medicine born on 8-20-1913 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-17-1994 in Pasadena, California   age 80

Thomas A. Sperry   co-founded company that created the S&H Green Stamps with Shelly Hutchinson (1896) born on --1864 expired 9-2-1913 in New York, New York   age 49   cause: ptomaine poisoning

Preparation H inventor  George Speri Sperti born on 1-17-1900 in Covington, Kentucky expired 4-29-1991   age 91

Broadway comedy writer  Samuel Spewack   wrote Kiss Me, Kate (1949) with wife Bela born on 9-16-1899 in Ukraine expired 10-14-1971 in New York, New York   age 72   cause: blood cancer

Chaike Belchatowska Spiegel   one of the last surviving Warsaw Ghetto ZOB combatants born on 11-11-1920 in Warsaw, Poland expired 3-26-2002 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 81

geophysicist, meteorologist, futurist  Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus   did pioneering work in remote data acquisition/sensing; one of his high-altitude sensor balloons crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, setting off years of UFO hysteria and providing fodder for numerous tv series & movies born on 11-25-1911 in Cape Town, South Africa expired 3-30-1998 in Middleburg, Virginia   age 86

detective story author  Frank Morrison "Mickey" Spillane   created detective Mike Hammer born on 3-9-1918 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-17-2006 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina   age 88    Contest Selectors 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG, WORM 8.7% 2006 ADWC, NFG, 4GUE 10.0%    Scored 4.3250 points

pathologist Sir  Bernard Spilsbury   authority on homicide expired 12-17-1947 in London, England   age 70   cause: suicide; filled his lab with lethal gas

NAACP president (1940-66)  Arthur B. Spingarn expired 12-1-1971 in New York, New York   age 93

philosopher  Baruch Benedictus de Spinoza   wrote Ethics Demonstrated with Geometrical Order (1674) born on 11-24-1632 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 2-20-1677 in The Hague, The Netherlands   age 44

Spiratone photo accessories business founder (1941)  Fred Spira   a photography historian and collector of photo gadgets; helped the industry standardize accesories across manufacturer's lines ¤ born: Sigfried Franz Spira  born on 8-7-1924 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-2-2007 in Queens, New York, New York   age 83   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler   the Nobel literature laureate for 1919 born on 4-24-1845 in Liestal, Canton of Baselland, Switzerland expired 12-29-1924 in Lucerne, Switzerland   age 79

Abe M. Spitzer   radio operator aboard the B-29 Bockscar born on 3-20-1912 in New York, New York expired 5-25-1984 in White Plains, New York   age 72   cause: traffic accident

Charlie Spivak born on 2-17-1906 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 3-1-1982 in Greenville, South Carolina   age 76

Meet the Press co-creator  Lawrence Edmund Spivak   second moderator of program born on 6-11-1900 in New York, New York expired 3-9-1994 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 93

child psychologist Dr.  Benjamin McLane Spock   not the Vulcan; ran for president in 1972 under the banner of a full diaper load; won 1924 Olympic gold medal for crew born on 5-2-1903 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 3-15-1998 in San Diego, California   age 94    Contest Selectors 1979 VM 7.7% 1980 DR, VA 12.5%

inventor  Earl I. Sponable   co-developer of Thalofide infrared photo-electric cell & Movietone sound-on-film process (1926) born on 9-18-1895 in Burlington Flats, New York expired 11-16-1977 in Champlain, New York   age 82   cause: cancer

Catholic Church leader (1590-1591)  Niccolò Spondrati   elected 230th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church December 15, 1590; he issued an edited threatening to excommunicate people caught wagering on his death (the earliest recorded incidence of a Dead Pool contest) — he lasted all of 10 months in the Papacy! ¤ Pope Gregory XIV  born on 2-11-1535 in Somma, Italy expired 10-15-1591 in Rome, Italy   age 56

educator  William Archibald Spooner   became known for his verbal transpositions (spoonerisms) born on 7-22-1844 in London, England expired ??-??-1930   age 85

movie pioneer  George K. Spoor   co-founded Chicago's Essanay Film Co. (1897; "S. and A."); briefly employed Ben Turpin & Charlie Chaplin; studio closed in 1916; blew his fortune developing a 3-D film process in the 1920s & 30s (released Danger Lights in 1930) expired 11-24-1953 in Chicago, Illinois   age 81

Chi-Chi's restaurant patron  John C. Spratt   on October 5th ate contaminated scallions born on 2-25-1957 expired 11-14-2003 in Oakland, Pennsylvania   age 46   cause: liver failure; Hepatitis A

sugar heir  Adolph Bernard Spreckels Sr. expired 6-28-1924 in San Francisco, California   age 67

art patroness  Alma Emma Charlotte Corday le Normand de Bretteville Spreckels   widow of sugar heir Adolph Spreckels ¤ maiden name:de Bretteville  born on 3-24-1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-7-1968 in San Francisco, California   age 87

west coast sugar magnate  Claus Spreckels born on 7-9-1828 in Lamstedt, Germany expired 1-10-1908 in San Francisco, California   age 79

charlatan "preacher"  Curtis Howe Springer   in 1944 founded the Zzyzx Spa at Soda Springs in California's Mojave Desert — of course, you get there via Zzyzx Road; eventually his mineral claim was voided by the BLM & the site was reclaimed born on 12-2-1896 expired 8-??-1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 88

singer  Dusty Springfield   had 1964 hit with Wishin' and Hopin' ¤ born: Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien  born on 4-16-1939 in Hampstead, London, England expired 3-2-1999 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England   age 59   cause: breast cancer

Go-Go dancer  Nancy Spungen expired 10-12-1978 in New York, New York   age 20   cause: stabbed to death

former U.S. Army Major General  George Owen Squier   chief of Army Air Service (1916-18) & Signal Office (1917-23); invented "Wired Radio" (1922) that became Muzak expired 3-24-1934 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 69   cause: pneumonia

actor  Robert Stack   Anne Frank's favorite actor; played Elliot Ness on The Untouchables tv series ¤ born: Robert Modini  born on 1-13-1919 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-14-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO, RAVN, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 4.7250 points

former Michigan congressman (1963-64)  Neil Oliver Staebler   treasurer for JFK's 1960 presidential campaign; ran for Michigan governor (1964; lost to Romney) born on 7-11-1905 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 12-8-2000 in Ann Arbor, Michigan   age 95   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

pop singer  Jo Elizabeth Stafford   sang with the Tommy Dorsey Band (1939-42); won the Best Comedy Album Grammy (1960) with 2nd husband Paul Weston (for "Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris") born on 11-12-1917 in Coalinga, California expired 7-13-2008 in Century City, California   age 90   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2007 TFM 3.2% 2008 TFM 3.1%    Scored 6.0000 solo points

Playboy March 1956 Playmate of Month & cover model  Marian Stafford   Playboy's first 3-page foldout (centerfold); was on of Jan Murray's assistants on the Treasure Hunt tv game show on November 11, 2006 a note was posted on the Yahoo PML1 group stating that her granddaughter had confirmed that Marian had died "a while ago"; the date-of-death posted here is probably off by a substantial amount of time: weeks, months, possibly years; not knowing her surname at death prevents us from ascertaining her actual dates of birth & death through the SSDI; the date of birth posted at Wikipedia (2-7-33) is most likely in error born on 2-7-1933 in Houston, Texas expired 11-??-2006   age 73

legendary University of Chicago football coach  Amos Alonzo Stagg   helped pioneer the forward pass and T-formation; has an obscure connection to the first A-Bomb born on 8-16-1862 in West Orange, New Jersey expired 3-17-1965 in Stockton, California   age 102

former West Virginia congressman (1949-81)  Harley Orrin Staggers born on 8-3-1907 in Keyser, Washington expired 8-20-1991 in Cumberland, Maryland   age 84

first President of Finland (1919-25)  Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg expired 9-22-1952 in Helsinki, Finland   age 87

A.E. Staley founder  Augustus Eugene Staley Sr.   famous for his syrup expired 12-26-1940 in Miami, Florida   age 73

Alice in Chains lead singer  Layne Thomas Staley born on 8-22-1967 in Kirkland, Washington expired 4-5-2002 in Seattle, Washington   age 34   cause: cocaine & heroin overdose

brutal, paranoid, Soviet commie dictator  Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin   ruled Soviet Union with a lead hand from 1924 until his death; millions died from his blunders, edicts, whims and paranoia; purged much of the Soviet Army officer corps before World War II born on 12-21-1879 in Gori, Russia expired 3-5-1953 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 73   cause: stroke

prolific Warner Brothers cartoon composer (1936-58)  Carl S. Stalling   his work ranged from Looney Tunes to Merry Melodies; he got his start with Walt Disney scoring the music for the 2nd & 3rd Mickey Mouse cartoons born on 11-10-1891 in Lexington, Missouri expired 11-29-1972 in Hollywood, California   age 81

hairdresser & bluegrass fiddler  Art Stamper born on 11-1-1933 in Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky (near) expired 1-23-2005 in Louisville, Kentucky   age 71   cause: throat cancer

Methodist minister Rev.  Shirley Bulah Stamps   in 1951 her parents sued on her behalf to permit her to attend a nearby "white" school aboard a "restricted" school bus; the presiding judge ruled in her favor; subsequent appeals were eventually bundled together before the Supreme Court (in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, 5/17/1954) born on 1-30-1944 expired 5-28-2003 in Wilmington, Delaware   age 59   cause: heart attack

blacklisted character actor  Lionel Jay Stander   played Max on Hart to Hart born on 1-11-1909 in New York, New York expired 11-30-1994   age 86

Progressive Conservative Party politician  Robert Lorne Stanfield   former premier of Nova Scotia born on 4-11-1914 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 12-16-2003 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   age 89   cause: "a long illness"

whiny-voiced comic  Arnold Stang   provided the voice of the tv cartoon character Top Cat; was the spokesperson for Chunky chocolate chunk candy born on 9-28-1918 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-20-2009 in Newton, Massachusetts   age 91   cause: pneumonia

war criminal  Franz Stangl   Treblinka and Sobobor concentration camp commander (1942-43) expired 6-28-1971 in Düsseldorf, Germany   age 63

baseball 2nd baseman  Edward Raymond "Eddie" Stanky   coached the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers (for one game) born on 9-3-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-6-1999 in Fairhope, Arkansas   age 82   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1980 JW 6.3%

hat fancier  Edward Stanley   popularized a style of male headgear ¤ title: 12th Earl of Derby  born on 9-12-1752 expired 10-21-1834   age 82

character actress  Florence Stanley   portrayed Det. Fish's wife Bernice on Barney Miller tv series born on 7-1-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-3-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: complications from stroke

Canadian Governor-general (1888-93)  Frederick Arthur Stanley Earl of Derby   donated a cup to champion amateur hockey teams (1893-1912); eventually that cup then started to be awarded to champion professional teams (starting in 1913); the cup's name? the Stanley Cup ¤ later Lord Stanley of Preston  born on 1-15-1841 in London, England expired 6-14-1908 in Kent, England   age 67

L.A.-area sculptor  George M. Stanley   sculpted & fabricated the Motion Picture Academy's first oscar statuettes from Cedric Gibbons' design born on 4-26-1903 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana expired 5-??-1970 in Los Angeles, California   age 67

radio astronomer  Gordon J. Stanley born on 7-1-1921 in Cambridge, New Zealand expired 12-17-2001 in Monterey, California   age 80   cause: complications from progressive supranuclear palsey

actress  Kim Stanley   was The Goddess (1958); was the offscreen narrator (the adult Scout Finch) of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); played Big Momma in tv production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985) ¤ born: Patricia Kimberley Reid  born on 2-11-1925 in Tularosa, New Mexico expired 8-20-2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 76   cause: uterine cancer

biochemist  Wendell Meredith Stanley Jr.   shared the 1946 Nobel chemistry prize born on 8-16-1904 in Ridgeville, Indiana expired 6-15-1971 in Salamanca, Spain   age 66

Nixon Commerce Secretary (1969-72)  Maurice Hubert Stans   as head of CREEP he raised a lot of "hush" money to pay for and pay off the Watergate "plumbers"; got a bunch from crooked financier Robert Vesco born on 3-22-1908 in Shakopee, Minnesota expired 4-14-1998 in Pasadena, California   age 90   cause: heart failure

Vivian Anthony Stanshall   former leader of rock group Bonzo Dog Band ¤ monicker: "Ginger Geezer"  born on 3-21-1943 in Shillingford, England (or maybe London) expired 3-5-1995 in London, England   age 51   cause: smoke inhalation (apartment fire)

longtime Volkswagon World-Wide chairman  Arthur Stanton   husband of actress Joan A. Stanton born on 1-17-1918 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-20-1987 in Maui, Hawaii   age 69   cause: heart faliure

erotic illustrator  Eric Stanton   drew Bettie Page in the 1950s ¤ born: Ernest A. Stanzoni  born on 9-30-1926 in New York, New York expired 3-17-1999 in West Haven, Connecticut   age 72   cause: complications from strokes

former CBS president (1946-71) Dr.  Frank Nicholas Stanton born on 3-20-1908 in Muskegon, Michigan expired 12-24-2006 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 98    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 RR 6.3% 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 RR 9.1% 2003 COCO, RR 11.1% 2004 RR 5.6% 2005 RR 4.3% 2006 RR 3.3%    Scored 5.2000 solo points

Playboy June 1978 Playmate of Month  Gail Stanton   first Playboy appearance - April 1977 "Girls of the New South" pictorial ¤ real name: Brenda Gail Stone  born on 11-19-1954 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 11-21-1996 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 42   cause: intestinal blockage & kidney failure

retired Broadway/radio actress  Joan Alexander Stanton   mother of novelist Joan Stanton Hitchcock; portrayed Lois Lane in the 1940s radio Adventures of Superman (replaced by Phyllis Coates on tv); was also first to portray Della Street on the Perry Mason radio series; had filed suit against her business manager claiming that she had been defrauded of tens of millions of dollars that her late husband had left to her ¤ born: Louise Abras ex-Mrs. John Sylvester White ex-Mrs. Robert Crowley widow of Arthur Stanton  born on 4-16-1915 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 5-21-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 94   cause: intestinal blockage

Stanton Magnetics founder  Walter O. Stanton   invented slide-in phonograph stylus (1940s) born on 9-29-1914 in Canton, Ohio expired 4-16-2001 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida   age 86

Double Indemnity actress  Barbara Stanwyck   played matriarch Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley tv series ¤ born: Ruby Stevens  born on 7-16-1907 in New York, New York expired 1-20-1990 in Santa Monica, California   age 82   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS 7.7%

White Star line crewperson  Sarah Agnes Stap   transferred from the Olympic to the Titanic (employed as a "matron"); eventually worked on the Britanic born on --18?? in aboard her father's ship expired ??-??-1938   age ??

Staples Singers patriarch  Roebuck "Pops" Staples born on 12-28-1914 in Winona, Mississippi expired 12-19-2000 in Dolton, Illinois   age 85   cause: heart attack

Denver mayor (1923-31, 1935-47)  Benjamin F. Stapleton   the Denver airport is named after him expired 5-22-1950 in Denver, Colorado   age 80   cause: heart attack

actress  Lois Maureen Stapleton   won the Best Supporting Actress oscar for portraying anarchist Emma Goldman in Reds (1981) born on 6-21-1925 in Troy, New York expired 3-13-2006 in Lenox, Massachusetts   age 80   cause: chronic pulmonary disease    Contest Selectors 2005 SPAM 4.3% 2006 4GUE 3.3%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

aerospace pioneer Dr.  John Paul Stapp   Air Force Colonel; for years was Mr. Rocket Sled, testing various ejection seats, harnesses and belts to be worn by pilots and astronauts; first victim of the notorious Murphy's Law born on 7-11-1910 in Bahia, Brazil expired 11-13-1999 in Alamagordo, New Mexico   age 89

Hall of Fame Pittsburg Pirates baseball player (1962-82)  Wilver Dornel "Willie" Stargell   died on opening day ¤ aka: "Pops"  born on 3-6-1940 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma expired 4-9-2001 in Wilmington, North Carolina   age 61   cause: stroke

retired Admiral  Harold Raynsford Stark   chief of naval operations at time of Pearl Harbor attack; relieved of that post after the attack born on 11-12-1880 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania expired 8-20-1972 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 91   cause: heart attack

physicist  Johannes Stark   received the 1919 Nobel prize in physics; was a really big fan of Hitler & the Nazis, earning him a 4-year "de-Nazifiction" prison sentence following World War II born on 4-15-1874 in Schickenhof, Bavaria, Germany expired 10-4-1959 in Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany   age 85

agent-turned-producer  Ray Stark   received 1980 Irving Thalberg Award born on 10-3-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-17-2004 in West Hollywood, California   age 89   cause: heart failure

1958 serial killer  Charles Starkweather born on 11-24-1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 6-24-1959 in Lincoln, Nebraska   age 20   cause: executed

1952/56 Olympic track star  Aeriwentha Mae Faggs Starr   mentor of Wilma Rudolph born on 4-10-1932 in Mays Landing, New Jersey expired 1-27-2000 in Woodlawn, Ohio   age 67   cause: cancer

soul singer  Edwin Starr   wrote Oh How Happy; his biggest hit - War (1970) ¤ born: Charles Edwin Hatcher  born on 1-21-1942 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 4-2-2003 in Nottingham, England   age 61   cause: heart attack

social reformer  Ellen Gates Starr   co-founder of Hull House (1889) born on --1859 in Laona, Illinois expired 2-10-1940 in Suffern, New York   age 80

Floyd Starr   founded Michigan boys home Starr Commonwealth; inspired Father Flanagan to found Boy's Town born on 5-1-1883 expired 8-27-1980   age 97

architect & contractor  Paul Starrett   built the Empire State Building & Lincoln Memorial born on 11-25-1866 in Lawrence, Kansas expired 7-5-1957 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 90

Chicago newspaperman  Vincent Starrett   a co-founder of the Baker Street Irregulars (1934) born on 10-26-1886 expired 1-5-1974 in Chicago, Illinois   age 87

former Greek president (1974-5)  Michalis Dimitriou Stasinopoulos born on 7-27-1903 in Kalamata, Messinia, Greece expired 10-31-2002 in Athens, Greece   age 99

Minnesota governor (1938-45)  Harold Edward Stassen   nine-time Republican presidential candidate (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1988); a signer of the United Nations Charter (1945) born on 4-13-1907 in West Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 3-4-2001 in Bloomington, Minnesota   age 93   cause: "natural causes"    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 DW, HA 12.5% 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG, ROTS 25%    Scored 4.4500 points

chef  George L. Stathakis   fifth person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt, in a barrel (a big, air-tight, wooden 10-footer that he had built special, on July 4, 1930); the sealed barrel got trapped behind the waterfall for 12-22+ hours — he ran out of air born on --1884 in Greece expired 7-4-1930 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada   age 46   cause: suffocated AKS: Stakathis Strathakis

Dr.  Herman Staudinger   winner of the 1953 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 3-23-1881 in Worms, Germany expired 9-8-1965 in Freiburg in Breishau, Germany   age 84

former kidnap victim  Steven Stayner   brother of killer Cary born on 4-18-1965 expired 9-16-1989   age 24   cause: hit and run motorcycle accident

airplane designer  Lloyd Stearman   first president of Lockheed Aircraft Corp. (1930-35) born on 10-26-1898 in Wellsford, Kansas expired 4-3-1975 in Northridge, California   age 76   cause: cancer

tv sitcom pioneer  John A. "Johnny" Stearns   with wife Mary Key starred on Dumont/NBC/CBS network sitcom (1947-50); one of the original producers of the Tonight Show born on 10-23-1916 in Billerica, Massachusetts expired 12-1-2001 in Newport Beach, California   age 85   cause: complications from fall

oscar winning movie special effects artist & gadgeteer  John Stears   created model of the Titanic for A Night to Remember (1958), James Bond's weapons-studded Astin Martin (Goldfinger), the Jedi Knight Light Sabre, the 'droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, the land speeder & the Death Star for Star Wars born on 8-25-1934 in Uxbridge, England expired 6-28-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 64   cause: stroke

Bath School bombing survivor  Eva Babcock Stebleton born on 9-5-1912 expired 4-13-2002 in Lansing, Michigan   age 89

retired machine shop die sinker  Floyd L. Stebleton Sr.   one of the last Bath School bombing survivors born on 5-13-1910 in Bath, Michigan expired 5-31-2006 in Lansing, Michigan   age 96 AKS: Stebelton

cult cinema drech-meister  Raymond Dennis Steckler   gave the word The Thrill Killers (1964), The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became mixed-up Zombies (1964), Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966) & Debbie Does Las Vegas (1981) ¤ aka: "Cash Flagg", "Cindy Lou Sutters", "Sven Hellstrom", "Wolfgang Schmidt", ....  born on 1-25-1938 in Reading, Pennsylvania expired 1-7-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 70   cause: heart failure

U.S. Social Democratic Party co-founder (1897)  Seymour Stedman   vice presidential candidate in 1920 (with Debs) expired 7-9-1948 in Chicago, Illinois   age 76

movie actor  Anthony Maitland Steel   Sir Stephen in The Story of O (1975) ¤ aka: Mr. Anita Ekberg (1956-59)  born on 5-21-1920 in London, England expired 3-21-2001 in Northwood, Middlesex, England   age 80

former Columbia Pictures studio head (1987-91)  Dawn Steel born on 8-19-1946 in New York, New York expired 12-20-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 51   cause: brain tumor

Pepsi-Cola head  Alfred N. Steele   husband of Joan Crawford expired 4-19-1959 in New York, New York   age 57

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame disk jockey  Allison Steele ¤ nickname: "The Night Bird"  expired 9-27-1995   age 58   cause: lung cancer AKS: Alison Steel

1960s KHJ Rock & Roll dj "The Real"  Don Steele born on 4-1-1936 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-5-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: lung cancer

book illustrator  Frederick D. Steele   did artwork for books by Kipling, Twain, Doyle and Conrad expired 7-5-1944 in New York, New York   age 70

actress  Simonetta Stefanelli   played Michael Corleone's blownup bride Appolonia in The Godfather (1972); did March 1974 Playboy pictorial born on 11-30-1954 in Rome, Italy expired 7-23-2006 in Rome, Italy   age 51   cause: cancer

tv writer/producer  Joseph William Stefano   wrote the screenplay for Psycho (1960); a co-creator/writer/producer of the original ABC series The Outer Limits (1963-65) & consultant on the more recent syndicated series; wrote the Skin of Evil episode for Star Trek: The Next Generation born on 5-5-1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-25-2006 in Thousand Oaks, California   age 84   cause: complications from fall

character actor  Edgar Stehli   played Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace born on 7-12-1884 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alps, France expired 7-25-1973 in Upper Montclair, New York   age 89

photographer  Edward Jean Steichen ¤ born: Edouard Jean Steichen  born on 3-27-1879 in Luxembourg expired 3-25-1973 in West Redding, Connecticut   age 93

author, artist, New Yorker cartoonist (1930-2003)  William Steig   wrote picture book Shrek (1990; made into 2002 movie) born on 11-14-1907 in New York, New York expired 10-3-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 95   cause: natural causes    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6%    Scored 5.5000 solo points

actor  Rodney Stephen Steiger   played Marty in 1953 tv broadcast; won oscar for playing police chief Bill Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967) born on 4-14-1925 in Westhampton, New York expired 7-9-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 77   cause: pneumonia; kidney failure    Contest Selectors 1980 DR, HP 12.5%

author  Gertrude Stein   "longtime companion" of Alice B. Toklas expired 7-27-1946 in Paris, France   age 72

Nixon Council of Economic Advisors chairman  Herbert Stein   father of Ben Stein born on 8-27-1916 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-8-1999 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 83   cause: heart failure

opthamologist Dr.  Julian Caesar "Jules" Stein   founded talent & music licensing agency Music Corporation of America - MCA (1924) born on 4-26-1896 in South Bend, Indiana expired 4-29-1981 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: heart attack

biochemist  William HOward Stein   shared the 1972 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 6-25-1911 in New York, New York expired 2-2-1980 in New York, New York   age 68

author's widow  Elaine Anderson Steinbeck   her first husband was actor Zachary Scott born on 8-14-1914 in Austin, Texas expired 4-27-2003 in New York, New York   age 88

novelist  John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.   won 1940 Pulitzer Prize and 1962 Nobel literature prize; wrote Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Cannery Row (1945), East of Eden 1952 and The Winter of Our Discontent born on 2-27-1902 in Salinas, California expired 12-20-1968 in New York, New York   age 66

John Ernst Steinbeck III   son of the noted author born on 6-12-1946 expired 2-7-1991   age 44

Detroit radio personality  Martha Jean "The Queen" Steinberg   owned WQBH-AM; partner in MGM Grand Casino in Detroit born on 9-9-1930 expired 1-29-2000 in Detroit, Michigan   age 69

former N.Y. Jets General Manager  Richard C. "Dick" Steinberg born on 8-9-1935 expired 9-26-1995   age 60

orchestra conductor  William Steinberg ¤ born: Hans Wilhelm Steinberg  born on 8-1-1899 in Köln, Germany expired 5-16-1978 in New York, New York   age 78    Contest Selectors 1980 BD 6.3%

crusty boxing trainer  Howard "Howie" Steindler   Rocky's trainer Mickey was based on him born on 6-23-1904 expired 3-??-1977 in Encino, California   age 72   cause: smothered; beaten during robbery

Kenner co-founder  Joseph Lowenbach Steiner   with brothers Philip & Albert + nephew Robert launched toy company (1946) born on 2-16-1907 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 5-11-2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 95

3-time Academy Award winning movie composer  Maximilian Raoul Steiner   won Best Musical Score oscar for The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942) & Since You Went Away (1944); also scored King Kong (1931), Gone With the Wind (1939) and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) born on 5-10-1888 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 12-28-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 83

1920s & 30s pro wrassler  Hans Steinke   2 ¤ nickname: "The German Oak"  expired 6-28-1971 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78   cause: lung cancer

bridge designer  David Barnard Steinman   designed the Sydney Harbor Bridge (Australia), Tagus River Bridge (Portugal) and Mackinac Straits Bridge (Mackinaw City, Michigan) expired 8-21-1960 in New York, New York   age 73

engineer & inventor  Charles Proteus Steinmetz   with GE since its founding ¤ born: Karl August Rudolf Steinmetz  born on 4-9-1865 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland) expired 10-26-1923 in Schenectady, New York   age 58

retired piano maker  Harry Ziegler Steinway   great-grandson of company founder Heinrich Engelhard Steinway; last family member to head the firm (sold it to CBS) born on 8-23-1915 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-18-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 93

Hall of Fame manager  Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel born on 7-30-1890 expired 9-30-1975 in Glendale, California   age 85

retired Mississippi Senator (1947-89)  John Cornelius Stennis born on 8-3-1901 in Kemper County, Mississippi expired 4-23-1995   age 93    Contest Selectors 1979 HA 7.7% 1980 HA 6.3%

English king (1135-1141, 1141-1154)  Stephen I   grandson of William the Conquerer; nephew of Henry I; briefly replaced by Matilda; last Norman ruler of England ¤ aka: "Stephen of Boulogne"  born on --1100 expired ??-??-1154   age 54

Bristol (England) barber  Charles G. Stephens   third person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt (in a barrel on July 11, 1920); tied himself to the inside of the barrel & to the anvil that he used for ballast; when the barrel hit the water the anvil kept going — the only thing that was found was his arm (still lashed to the barrel) expired 7-11-1920 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada   age 58   cause: drowned; blood loss from severed arm AKS: Stevens

journalist & explorer  John Lloyd Stephens   re-discovered Mayan City of Cópan in Honduras (1839) born on 11-28-1805 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey expired 10-12-1852 in New York, New York   age 46

horse trainer  Woodford C. "Woody" Stephens born on 9-1-1913 in Stanton, Kentucky expired 8-22-1998 in Miami Lakes, Florida   age 84   cause: complications from emphysema

comedian  Charles Frederick "Skip" Stephenson   co-host of Real People tv series born on 4-18-1948 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 5-18-1992   age 44

gynecologist Dr.  Patrick Christopher Steptoe   test tube baby pioneer born on 6-9-1913 in Oxford, England expired 3-21-1988 in Canterbury, Kent, England   age 74

1940s/50s film noir fem fatale  Jan Sterling   widow of actor Paul Douglas; "longtime companion" of actor Sam Wanamaker ¤ born: Jane Sterling Adriance  born on 4-3-1921 in New York, New York expired 3-26-2004 in Woodland Hills, California   age 82   cause: complications from strokes & a broken hip AKS: Stirling

Broadway, movie and tv actor  Philip Sterling born on 10-9-1922 expired 11-30-1998 in Woodland Hills, California   age 76   cause: complications from myelofibrosis

actor  Robert Sterling   played Captain Lee Crane in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; husband of Ann Sothern (1943-49) & Anne Jeffreys (1951-death) ¤ born: William Sterling Hart  born on 11-13-1917 in New Castle, Pennsylvania expired 5-30-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 88   cause: shingles    Contest Selectors 2006 NFG 3.3%    Scored 6.2000 solo points

Humble Oil Co. co-founder  Ross S. Sterling   Texas governor (1931-33) expired 3-25-1949 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 74   cause: heart ailment

former newspaper publisher  David Stern III   wrote novel Francis the Talking Mule ¤ pseudonym: Peter Stirling  born on 9-2-1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-22-2003 in San Francisco, California   age 94

violinist  Isaac Stern born on 7-21-1920 in Kreminiecz, Ukraine, USSR expired 9-22-2001 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: heart failure

physicist  Otto Stern   discovered the magnetic moment of the proton; received the 1943 Nobel prize in physics born on 2-17-1888 in Sorau, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 8-17-1969 in Berkeley, California   age 81

writer  Richard Martin Stern   author of The Tower (co-inspiration for 1974 movie The Towering Inferno) born on 3-17-1915 in Fresno, California expired 10-31-2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 86

druggie/SDS/Weatherman "writer"  Susan Stern   member of the Seattle Seven (1970) ¤ born: Susan Tanenbaum  born on 1-31-1943 in New York, New York expired 7-31-1976 in Seattle, Washington   age 33   cause: complications following heart seizure

radio sportscaster  William "Bill" Stern born on 7-1-1907 in Rochester, New York expired 11-19-1971 in Rye, New York   age 64   cause: heart attack

mellowed-out chemist  Leo Henryk Sternbach   invented Valium born on 5-7-1908 in Abbazia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) expired 9-28-2005 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina   age 97

former Nonesuch Records director & producer (1965-79)  Teresa Sterne born on 3-29-1927 in New York, New York expired 12-10-2000 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: ALS

supergeezer  Helen Caroline Stetter born on 11-18-1893 in Chadron, Nebraska expired 6-1-2007 in Valentine, Nebraska   age 113    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

transportation designer  Brooks Stevens   designed the Oscar Mayer wienermobile born on 6-7-1911 expired 1-4-1995   age 83

actor  Craig Stevens   played Peter Gunn in 1950s tv series; married to Alexis Smith (1944-93) ¤ born: Gail Shikles Jr.  born on 7-8-1918 in Liberty, Missouri expired 5-10-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 81   cause: cancer

graphic artist  David Lee "Dave" Stevens   created The Rocketeer graphic novel (1982); the Rocketeer's (Cliff Secord) girfriend Jenny Blake was based upon Bettie Page; was briefly married to Brinke Stevens (1980-81) born on 7-29-1955 in Lynwood, California expired 3-10-2008 in Turlock, California   age 53   cause: complications from leukemia

movie director  George Stevens   received oscars for Place in the Sun (1951; based upon An American Tragedy) & Giant (1956); also made Shane (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) born on 12-8-1904 in Oakland, California expired 3-8-1975 in Lancaster, California   age 70   cause: heart attack

"hot" but troubled actress  Inger Stevens   made numerous suicide attempts before she got it right born on 10-18-1934 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 4-30-1970 in Hollywood, California   age 35   cause: suicide; barbituate overdose

former Daystar Productions head  Leslie A. Stevens III   creator of The Outer Limits tv series (1963); wrote/directed Incubus (1965) born on 2-3-1924 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 4-24-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 74   cause: complications following emergency angioplasty; blod clot

1946 Miss America  Marilyn Buferd Stevens born on 1-30-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-27-1990 in Austin, Texas   age 65   cause: pancreatic cancer

character actor  Onslow Stevens ¤ born: Onslow Ford Stevenson  born on 3-29-1906 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-5-1977 in Van Nuys, California   age 70

Cleveland 2nd term vice president (1893-97)  Adlai Ewing Stevenson Sr. born on 10-23-1835 in Christian County, Kentucky expired 6-14-1914 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78

politician  Adlai Ewing Stevenson Jr.   Democratic candidate for president in 1952 & 1956, lost both times to Eisenhower; UN ambassador 1961-65 born on 2-5-1900 in Los Angeles, California expired 7-14-1965 in London, England   age 65

former American Theater Wing president (1965-98)  Isabelle Stevenson ¤ née: Lubow  born on 5-15-1913 in Vineland, New Jersey expired 12-27-2003 in New York, New York   age 90

actor  McLean Stevenson   played Col. Henry Blake on tv's M*A*S*H; starred in Hello, Larry (1979); was a cousin of Adlai Stevenson; note the proximity of his death to Roger Bowen's born on 11-14-1929 in Normal, Illinois expired 2-15-1996 in Tarzana, California   age 66   cause: heart attack

movie director  Robert Stevnson   made I Married a Communist (1949) & Mary Poppins (1964) born on 3-31-1905 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England expired 11-4-1986 in Santa Barbara, California   age 81

author  Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson   wrote Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island & The Wrong Box (1889) born on 11-13-1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 12-3-1894 in Vailima, Samoa   age 44   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

epidemiologist Dr.  Alice Mary Stewart   proved the link between exposure to radiation and cancer ¤ née: Naish  born on 10-4-1906 in Sheffield, England expired 6-23-1995   age 88    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 2005 ANG

Tennessee senator (1938-48)  Arthur T. Stewart   chief prosecutor in the Scopes "monkey trial" expired 10-11-1972 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 73

humorist  Donald Ogden Stewart   member of the Algonquin Round Table born on 11-30-1894 in Columbus, Ohio expired 8-2-1980 in London, England   age 85

Jimmy's wife  Gloria Hatrick McLean Stewart born on 3-10-1918 expired 2-16-1994   age 75   cause: cancer

Country Music Hall of Fame inductee(1972)  Henry Ellis "Redd" Stewart   wrote lyrics to Tennessee Waltz (to Pee Wee King's music; 1948) born on 5-27-1921 in Ashland City, Tennessee expired 8-2-2003 in Saint Matthews, Kentucky   age 82   cause: complications from head injuries sustained in fall

beloved actor  James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart   as his friend Harvey would attest he had a Wonderful Life for a Man Who Knew Too Much although he did suffer from Vertigo in The Spirit of Saint Louis born on 5-20-1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania expired 7-2-1997 in Beverly Hills, California   age 89   cause: blood clot in lungs    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7% 1980 BB, EB, EK, HP, VA 31.3%

game show announcer  Jay Stewart born on 9-6-1918 in Summitville, Indiana expired 9-17-1989 in Hollywood, California   age 71   cause: suicide; gunshot to head; cancer

singer/songwriter  John Stewart   performed with the Kingston Trio (1961-67 replacing co-founder Dave Guard); wrote Daydream Believer for the Monkees born on 9-5-1939 in San Diego, California expired 1-19-2008 in San Diego, California   age 68   cause: brain aneurysm AKS: stroke

"Secret Santa"  Larry D. Stewart   gave away lots of $100 bills at Christmastime born on 4-1-1948 in Bruce, Mississippi expired 1-12-2007 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 58   cause: esophageal cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 RAVN 3.2%    Scored 9.2000 solo points

epidemiologist  Mary Alice Stewart   proved the link between exposure to radiation and cancer ¤ née: Naish  born on 10-4-1906 in Shefield, England expired 6-23-2002   age 95    Contest Selectors 2002 ANG

playwright  Michael Stewart   wrote Bye Bye Birdie ¤ born: Michael Rubin  born on 8-1-1929 in New York, New York expired 9-20-1987   age 58

character actor  Milton "Mel" Stewart   played Henry Jefferson (George's brother) on All in the Family & Dr. Graves in Bride of Re-Animator (1990); also an accomplished jazz saxophonist born on 9-19-1929 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 2-24-2002 in Pacifica, California   age 72   cause: Alzheimer's disease

thespian  Nicodemus "Nick" Stewart   voice of Br'er Bear in Song of the South (1946); played janitor Lightnin' on Amos 'n' Andy tv series (1951-53) ¤ born: Horace Winfred Stewart  born on 3-15-1910 in New York, New York expired 12-18-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 90

professional golfer  Payne Stewart born on 1-30-1957 in Springfield, Missouri expired 10-25-1999 in Mina, South Dakota   age 42   cause: hypoxia/asphyxiation/Lear Jet crash

former Supreme Court Associate Justice (1958-81)  Potter Stewart born on 1-13-1915 in Jackson, Michigan expired 12-7-1985 in Hanover, New Hampshire   age 70    Contest Selectors 1980 JH 6.3%

pediatrician & epidemiologist Dr.  William Huffman Stewart   was Lyndon Johnson's Surgeon General (1965-69); put the first health warning on packs of cigarettes (1966) — Warning: Smoking may be hazardous to your health (Duh!) born on 5-19-1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 4-23-2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 86

1939 Oz Munchkin  Donna Jean Stewart-Hardaway ¤ née: Johnson  born on --1933 expired 12-4-2008 in Pinch, West Virginia   age 75

research mathematician  George Robert Stibitz   a "father" of the modern digital computer born on 4-30-1904 expired 1-31-1995   age 90

former Army Air Corps bomber crewman Sgt.  Joseph S. Stiborik   radar operator on the Enola Gay born on 12-21-1914 expired 6-30-1984 in Rockdale, Illinois   age 69   cause: heart attack

actress  Dorothy Stickney born on 6-21-1897 in Dickinson, North Dakota expired 6-2-1998 in New York, New York   age 101

photographer  Alfred Stieglitz   husband of Georgia O'Keeffe expired 7-13-1946 in New York, New York   age 72

University of Chicago economist  George Joseph Stigler   received the 1982 Nobel prize in economics born on 1-17-1911 in Renton, Washington expired 12-1-1991   age 80

former St. Louis Browns pitcher  Rolland Mays "Rollie" Stiles   he once pitched to Babe Ruth ¤ nickname: "Lena"  born on 11-17-1906 in Ratcliff, Arkansas expired 7-22-2007 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 100    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6% 2007 KLS 3.2%    Scored 5.0000 solo points

classical composer  William Grant Still   wrote Afro-American Symphony (1931) born on 5-11-1895 in Woodville, Mississippi expired 12-3-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 83

lyricist  Al Stillman   co-wrote Chances Are & Home for the Holidays born on 6-26-1906 in New York, New York expired 2-17-1979 in New York, New York   age 72

Monitor Records co-founder (1956)  Michael Stillman   donated the label's recordings to the Smithsonian in 1999 ¤ born: Mikhail "Mischa" Stillman  born on 11-1-1915 in Saratov, Russia expired 4-15-2003 in Somers, New York   age 87

General  Joseph W. Stilwell ¤ nickname: "Vinegar Joe"  expired 10-12-1946 in San Francisco, California   age 63

Hoover Secretary of State  Henry Lewis Stimson   Secretary of War under Taft, Roosevelt and Truman expired 10-20-1950 in Huntington, New York   age 83   cause: heart attack

chemical engineer  Norman H. Stingley   invented the Superball (1965) born on 1-29-1920 expired 10-24-2006 in Orange, California   age 86

pioneering aviatrix  Marjorie Stinson   issued license number 9 (1914) born on 7-5-1894 expired 4-15-1975 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80

Edward "Sonny" Stitt born on 2-2-1924 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-22-1982   age 58

retired Tremco Manufacturing Corp. salesman  Robert J. Stock   was the tail gunner aboard the "Great Artiste" B-29 bomber (observation/support) when the "Bockscar" B-29 dropped the Fat Man bomb on Nagasaki (the crews of the two planes switched for this mission — Stock was usually tail gunner on the "Bockscar") born on 11-6-1923 in Fort Wayne, Indiana expired 8-25-2007 in Fort Wayne, Indiana   age 83

former vice-presidential candidate & retired vice admiral  James Bond Stockdale Sr.   "Why am I here?" ¤ mother's maiden name: "Bond"  born on 12-23-1923 in Abingdon, Illinois expired 7-5-2005 in Coronado, California   age 81   cause: Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2004 TAP 5.6% 2005 RAVN, TBC 8.7%    Scored 5.6500 points

computer science researcher/professor  Thomas Greenway Stockham Jr.   co-founded Soundstream (1975); received 1998 Motion Picture Academy Science & Technology plaque ¤ "the father of digital recording"  born on 12-22-1933 in Passaic, New Jersey expired 1-6-2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 70   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

"modern" composer  Karlheinz Stockhausen born on 8-22-1928 in Mödrath, Germany expired 12-5-2007 in Kürten, Germany   age 79    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3% AKS: Moedrath Kuerten

1940s woman's body builder  Abbye W. "Pudgy" Stockton   she wrote columns for women in Health and Fitness magazine ¤ née: Eville  born on 8-11-1917 in Santa Monica, California expired 6-26-2006 in Santa Monica, California   age 88   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2006 CSI 3.3%    Scored 6.2000 solo points

forgetable actor  Guy Stockwell   brother of Dean born on 11-16-1934 in New York, New York expired 2-6-2002 in Prescott, Arizona   age 69

inventor  Charles Fuller Stoddard   invented the pneumatic mail tube and Ampico player piano expired 4-29-1958 in New York, New York   age 81

Paul J. Stojanovich   creator/executive producer of World's Wildest Police Videos; also worked on the COPS series born on 2-13-1956 expired 3-15-2003 in Treasures Cove, Oregon   age 47   cause: fell off 300 foot cliff into Pacific Ocean surf

Irish author  Abraham "Bram" Stoker   wrote Lair of the White Worm, Dracula (1897); its sequel, Dracula's Guest, was published posthumously in 1937; manager for actor Henry S. Irving (1890-1912) born on 11-8-1847 in Dublin, Ireland expired 4-20-1912 in London, England   age 64

former Cleveland mayor (1968-71)  Carl B. Stokes born on 6-21-1927 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 4-3-1996   age 68   cause: cancer

game show producer/host  Michael "Mike" Stokey Sr.   gave us Pantomime Quiz (1948-70); it was renamed Stump the Stars in the 1960s; the show appeared on all 4 early networks (CBS, Dumont, NBC & ABC); at first Emmy awards (1949) lost for Most Outstanding Personality (to a ventriloquist) but won for producing the Most Popular Program born on 9-14-1918 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired 9-7-2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 84   cause: complications from liver disease

Gallaudet University linguistics professor  William C. Stokoe Jr.   established American Sign Language as a legitimate language in its own right; wrote Sign Language Structure (1960) & co-wrote A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles (1964) born on 7-21-1919 expired 4-4-2000 in Chevy Chase, Maryland   age 80

conductor  Leopold Anthony Stokowski   conducted the music for and appeared in Fantasia (1940) born on 4-18-1882 in London, England expired 9-13-1977 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England   age 95   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 HA

film writer/producer/director  Andrew L. Stone   made Stormy Weather (1943) & Song of Norway (1970) born on 7-16-1902 in Oakland, California expired 6-9-1999   age 96

actor  Christopher Stone born on 10-4-1942 in Manchester, New Hampshire expired 10-29-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 53   cause: heart attack

actor & director  Ezra Chaim Stone   radio's Henry Aldrich born on 12-2-1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts expired 3-3-1994   age 76

Supreme Court chief justice  Harlan Fiske Stone expired 4-22-1946 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 73

character actor  Harold J. Stone ¤ born: Harold Hochstein  born on 3-3-1913 in New York, New York expired 11-18-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 92

actor  Hugh Milburn Stone   played "Doc" Galen Adams on Gunsmoke tv series born on 7-5-1904 in Burrton, Kansas expired 6-12-1980 in La Jolla, California   age 75   cause: heart failure

author  Irving Stone born on 7-14-1903 in San Francisco, California expired 8-26-1989   age 86

greeting card executive  Irving I. Stone   took over father's business, Saperstein Greeting Card Co. (1918); changed it's name to American Greetings Corp. born on 4-5-1909 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 1-17-2000 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 90

publisher  Isidor Feinstein Stone born on 12-24-1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-18-1989   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7% 1980 BD 6.3%

music writer, arranger and producer (for Atlantic records)  Jesse Stone   wrote Shake, Rattle and Roll born on 11-16-1901 in Atchison, Kansas expired 4-1-1999 in Altamonte Springs, Florida   age 97

Sir  John Richard Nicholas Stone   1984 Nobel laureate in economics born on 8-30-1913 in London, England expired 12-6-1991 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 78

Judge Hardy movie actor  Lewis Stone expired 9-12-1953 in Hollywood, California   age 73

Martin Stone   produced the Howdy Doody kiddies show (1940s and 50s) born on 5-26-1915 expired 6-7-1998 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 83   cause: heart attack

former U.S. News & World Report editor (1976-85)  Marvin L. Stone born on 2-26-1924 expired 5-1-2000 in Falls Church, Virginia   age 76   cause: cancer

playwright/scenarist  Peter H. Stone   wrote screenplays to Charade (1963) & Father Goose (1964; original screenplay oscar); won an Emmy for an episode of The Defenders (1062); wrote play 1776; adapted the musical Sweet Charity for the screen ¤ pen name: Pierre Marton  born on 2-27-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-26-2003 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: pulmonary fibrosis

cartoon music composer  Richard Stone   graduate of the Carl Stalling School of Looney Tunesmiths; composed for Animaniacs & Freakazoid! born on 11-27-1953 expired 3-9-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 47   cause: pancreatic cancer

insurance mogul  William Clement Stone   founded Combined International Corp. (now Aon Corp.) born on 5-4-1902 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-3-2002 in Evanston, Illinois   age 100   cause: pneumonia

surviving World War I veteran  William Frederick Stone   served in the British Royal Navy born on 9-23-1900 in Lidstone, Devonshire, England expired 1-10-2009 in Sindlesham, Berkshire, England   age 108    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC 3.3%    Scored 4.2000 solo points

former Giants baseball team owner (1936-76)  Horace C. Stoneham   moved team from New York City to San Francisco after 1957 season born on 7-10-1903 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 1-7-1990 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 86

weapons expert  Eugene Morrison Stoner   designed the M-16 combat rifle born on 11-22-1922 in Gasport, Indiana expired 4-24-1997 in Palm City, Florida   age 74   cause: cancer

white supremacist  Jesse Benjamin Stoner Jr.   (adult) lifetime member of the KKK; convict of involvement in the 1958 bombing of Bethel Church in Birmingham, Alabama born on 4-13-1924 in Walker County, Georgia expired 4-23-2005 in La Fayette, Georgia   age 81   cause: complications from pneumonia

character actor  Kevin Stoney   played Thrsyllus, Tiberius' quack astrologer in the I, Claudius mini-series (1976) & Tyron in a number of Dr. Who episodes (most notably "Geisel Hears From Who") born on 7-25-1921 in London, England expired 1-20-2008 in Cheswick, London, England   age 86   cause: skin cancer

over-reaching mediocrity  Willi Stoph   started as a Nazi corporal; advance to Communist General; wound up as East German premier; the Peter Principle run amok born on 7-9-1914 in Berlin, Germany expired 4-13-1999 in Berlin, Germany   age 84

Norma Storch   wife of Larry; subject of 1996 PBS documentary Secret Daughter (June Cross) ¤ born: Norma Greve  born on 4-6-1922 in Pocatello, Idaho expired 8-28-2003 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: cancer

former broadcast executive  George B. Storer born on 11-10-1899 in Champaign, Illinois expired 11-4-1975 in Miami, Florida   age 75

My Little Margie actress  Gale Storm   no relation to Tempest Storm ¤ born: Josephine Owaissa Cottle  born on 4-5-1922 in Bloomington, Texas expired 6-27-2009 in Danville, California   age 87    Contest Selectors 2006 NFG 3.3% 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG 3.1% 2009 NFG 3.3%    Scored 6.3000 solo points

tv broadcaster  Ralph S. Story   was the second host of the tv game show The $64,000 Challenge (1956-58) ¤ born: Ralph Bernard Snyder  born on 8-19-1920 in Kalamazoo, Michigan expired 9-26-2006 in Santa Ynez, California   age 86   cause: emphysema

film music composer  Herbert Stothart   won an Academy Award for his work on The Wizard of Oz (1939) expired 2-1-1949 in Los Angeles, California   age 64

oil company clerk  Carl E. Stotz   founder of Little League baseball (1939) born on 2-20-1910 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania expired 6-4-1992 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania   age 82

restauranteur & hotelier  Vernon B. Stouffer   former owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team (1966-72) born on 8-22-1901 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 7-26-1974 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 72   cause: heart attack

crime novelist  Rex Todhunter Stout   created detective Nero Wolfe (1934) born on 12-1-1886 in Noblesville, Indiana expired 10-27-1975 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 88

author  Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe   wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) ¤ Mrs. Calvin Ellis Stowe  born on 6-14-1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut expired 7-1-1896 in Hartford, Connecticut   age 85

Playboy February 1977 Playmate of Month  "Star" Stowe ¤ birth name: Ellen Louise Stowe ex-Mrs. Peter Maligo  born on 3-19-1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 3-15-1997 in Coral Springs, Florida   age 40   cause: murdered by serial killer

Iowa farmer  Alvin R. Straight   subject of 1999 movie: he drove a 1966 John Deere riding lawn mower 240 miles from Lauren, Iowa to Mount Zion, Wisconsin to see his ailing brother born on 10-17-1920 expired 11-9-1996 in Sioux City, Iowa   age 76   cause: heart attack

character actress  Beatrice Whitney Straight   won Supporting Actress oscar for playing William Holden's wife in Network (1976); played the Queen Mother on Wonder Woman tv series (1977); also won a Tony & Emmy born on 8-2-1915 in Old Westbury, New York expired 4-7-2001 in Northridge, California   age 86

former football coach  Henry Louis "Hank" Stram ¤ born: Henry L. Wilczek  born on 1-3-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-4-2005 in Covington, Louisiana   age 82   cause: complications from diabetes    Contest Selectors 2004 LMLD, MJ 11.1% 2005 ANG, DTM 8.7%    Scored 5.5500 points AKS: Stramm

Champion Spark Plug founder  Robert Allen Stranahan   company president 1910-54 expired 2-9-1962 in Toledo, Ohio   age 75

character actor  Glenn Strange   played the (Frankenstein) Monster in House of Frankenstein (1944) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); also played Sam the bartender at the Long Branch Saloon on Gunsmoke (1961-73) born on 8-16-1899 in Weed, New Mexico expired 9-20-1973 in Los Angeles, California   age 74   cause: lung cancer

World War II Marine Sgt.  Mike Strank   one of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi born on --1919 in Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia expired 3-1-1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan   age 25   cause: mortar shell explosion

acting coach  Lee Strasberg ¤ born: Israel Strassberg  born on 11-17-1901 in Budzanov, Austria-Hungary expired 2-17-1982   age 80    Contest Selectors 1980 EB, HP 12.5%

stage actress  Susan Elizabeth Strasberg   daughter of Lee; originated the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank born on 5-22-1938 in New York, New York expired 1-21-1999 in New York, New York   age 60   cause: cancer

one-time Nazi theoretician  Otto Strasser   broke with Hitler; got booted out of the Nazi Party (poor baby); founded rival party, the Black Front (stupid move); escaped from Germany one step ahead of the Gestapo expired 8-27-1974 in München, Germany   age 76

writing syndicate founder  Edward L. Stratemeyer   used ghost writers to churn out various book series under fictional authorship: Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys adventures, Honey Bunch and Norman, etc.; his daughter continued the syndicate after him born on 10-4-1862 in Elizabeth, New Jersey expired 5-10-1930 in Newark, New Jersey   age 67

Playboy August 1979 Playmate of Month & 1980 Playmate of the Year  Dorothy Jo Stratten   first appeared in the January 1979 "The Great Playmate Hunt" feature; had affair with Peter Bogdanovich while married to Paul Snider; subject of movies Star 80 (1983) and Death of a Centerfold (1981) ¤ born: Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten  born on 2-28-1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 8-14-1980 in Los Angeles, California   age 20   cause: homicide; shotgun blast to head at close range AKS: Straten Stratton Straten Hoogstratten Hoogstratton Hoogstraton

ceramicist  Mary Chase Perry Stratton   co-founded Detroit's Pewabic Pottery studio (1903-69) ¤ Mrs. William Buck Stratton  born on 3-15-1867 in Hancock, Michigan expired 3-16-1961 in Detroit, Michigan   age 94

former Oregon governor (1975-9)  Robert William Straub born on 5-6-1920 in San Francisco, California expired 11-27-2002 in Springfield, Oregon   age 82   cause: Alzheimer's disease

R.H. Macy Co. co-owner (1896-1912)  Isador Straus   went down with the Titanic born on 2-6-1845 in Otterberg, Germany expired 4-15-1912 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 67   cause: drowned

former West German Defense Minister  Franz Strauss born on 9-6-1915 in München, Germany expired 10-3-1988 in München, Germany   age 73

Franz Strauss   son of Richard expired 2-20-1980   age 83

Viennese waltz composer  Johann Strauß Sr.   father of Jr.; "Father of the Waltz" born on 3-14-1804 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 9-25-1849 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary   age 45

Viennese waltz composer  Johann Strauß Jr.   wrote On the Beautiful Blue Danube; son of Sr. born on 10-25-1825 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 6-3-1899 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary   age 73

early movie cinematographer  Karl Strauss   photographed Ben Hur (1925) & Sunrise (1927; cinematography oscar) born on 11-30-1886 in New York, New York expired 12-16-1981 in Santa Monica, California   age 95   cause: heart failure

composer  Richard Strauss expired 9-8-1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany   age 85   cause: uremia

character actor  Robert Strauss   played Stosh in play (1951) & movie (1953) of Stalag 17 born on 11-8-1913 in New York, New York expired 2-20-1975 in New York, New York   age 61

composer  Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky   wrote The Firebird (1911), Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913) born on 6-17-1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia expired 4-6-1971 in New York, New York   age 88   cause: heart failure

former CBS News reporter (1952-86)  Neil Edward Strawser   anchored CBS Radio' coverage of the assassination of JFK born on 8-16-1927 in Rittman, Ohio expired 12-31-2005 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 78   cause: heart attack

jazz pianist and composer  William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn   worked with Duke Ellington expired 5-31-1967 in New York, New York   age 51

Nazi party war criminal  Julius Streicher   wrote most of their anti-Semitic claptrap born on 2-12-1885 in Fleinhausen bei Augsberg, Germany expired 10-16-1946 in Nuremburg, Germany   age 61   cause: hanged

former Reichs-Kanzler  Gustav Stresemann   part-originator of the Locarno Pact; shared the 1926 Nobel peace prize born on 5-10-1878 in Berlin, Germany expired 10-3-1929 in Berlin, Germany   age 51   cause: stroke

movie effects guy  Kenneth Strickfaden   responsible for the special electrical effects seen in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) & Young Frankenstein (1974) born on 5-23-1896 expired 2-??-1984 in Inglewood, California   age 87

actor  David Gordon Strickland Jr.   played Todd on Suddenly Susan born on 10-14-1970 in Glen Cove, New York expired 3-22-1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 28   cause: suicide; hanged at Oasis Motel

actor/publicist  Raymond L. Stricklyn born on 10-8-1928 in Houston, Texas expired 5-14-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: chronic emphysema

19th century London prostitute  Elizabeth Stride   third victim of Jack the Ripper ¤ born: Elisabeth Gustafsdotter; aka: Long Liz  born on 11-27-1843 in Torslander Parrish (near Gothenburg), Sweden expired 9-30-1888 in London, England   age 44   cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated

good-old-boy Tallahatchie County sheriff (1951-55)  Henry Clarence Strider Sr.   conducted the inept "investigation" into the murder of Emmett Till born on 6-27-1904 expired 12-??-1970 in Issaqueno County, Mississippi   age 66   cause: heart attack

WXYZ radio drama scriptwriter  Francis Hamilton Striker Sr.   created series & wrote scripts for The Lone Ranger and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon radio serials born on 8-19-1903 in Buffalo, New York expired 9-4-1962 in East Aurora, New York   age 59   cause: head-on car crash AKS: Sargeant Sergeant

Olympic sprinter/hurdler  Shirley Barbara Strickland-de la Hunty   in the 1948, 1952 & 1956 games won 7 medals: 3 gold, 1 silver & 3 bronze born on 7-18-1925 in Guildford, Western Australia, Australia expired 2-17-2004 in Perth, Australia   age 78

novelist  Arthur Stringer   author of the Perils of Pauline movie serial expired 9-14-1950 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey   age 76

tv producer & B-movie director  Herbert L. Strock   made such gems as Gog (1954), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Blood of Dracula (1957), How to Make a Monster (1958) & The Crawling Hand (1963) born on 1-13-1918 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-30-2005 in Moreno Valley, California   age 87   cause: heart failure; auto accident

L.A. Ram & actor  Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode   played the gladiator that fought Spartacus in the movie of the same name (1960) born on 7-28-1914 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-31-1994 in Glendora, California   age 80   cause: lung cancer

former Paraguayan dictator (1954-89)  Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda   overthrew Federico Chávez born on 11-13-1912 in Encarnación, Paraguay expired 8-16-2006 in Brasilia, Brazil   age 93   cause: pneumonia; stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2000 ANG 14% 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 ANG, RR 11.1% 2004 ANG, RR 11.1% 2005 RR 4.3% 2006 RR 3.3%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

former brewery executive  Peter W. Stroh born on 12-18-1927 expired 9-17-2002 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan   age 74   cause: brain cancer

former NBA referee  Earl Strom born on 12-15-1927 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania expired 7-10-1994   age 66 AKS: Stromm

movie producer  Hunt Stromberg   made oscar-winning The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Thin Man movies and a number of Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald musicals born on 7-12-1894 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 8-22-1968 in Santa Monica, California   age 74

astronomy researcher  John D. Strong born on 1-15-1905 expired 3-28-1992   age 87

actor  Michael Strong   played Dr. Roger Korby in original Star Trek episode What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1966) born on 8-8-1918 in New York, New York expired 9-16-1980 in Los Angeles, California   age 62   cause: cancer

avian disease authority  Robert Stroud   doing life in the slammer for murder ¤ aka: "The Bird Man of Alcatraz"  expired 11-21-1963 in Springfield, Missouri   age 73

dentist Dr.  Charles H. Strub   built Santa Anita racetrack; introduced photo-finishes end electric timing of races expired 3-28-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

retired Kroger Co. executive  John L. Strubbe   he guided development of the Universal Product Code (UPC) & scanner system born on 6-27-1921 expired 12-14-1996   age 75

inventor Dr.  Odo J. Struger   invented the Programmable Logic Controller (1957), described in this doctoral thesis "The Process for Quantitative Handling of Positioning Errors on Numerical Control Machines"; lead team at Allen-Bradley that built first device born on 3-4-1931 in Austria expired 12-8-1998 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 67   cause: thyroid cancer

former Dead Sea Scrolls scholar  John Strugnell   Oxford & Harvard professor; dismissed as chief editor of the project (1984-90) after intemperate remarks to an Israeli newspaper born on 5-25-1930 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England expired 11-30-2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 77   cause: infection; cancer

Marxist MIT math professor Dr.  Dirk Jan Struik   wrote Concise History of Mathematics (1948) born on 9-30-1894 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands expired 10-21-2000 in Belmont, Massachusetts   age 106

punk rocker  Joe Strummer   singer/guitarist for The Clash ¤ real name: John Graham Mellor  born on 8-24-1952 in Ankara, Turkey expired 12-22-2002 in Broomfield, Somerset, England   age 50   cause: heart attack

Laugh-In humorist  Jud Strunk   had minor hit with Daisy a Day; ran for Maine State Senate seat (1970) & lost by 1 vote born on 6-11-1933 expired 10-5-1981   age 47   cause: plane crash

poet  Jan Struther   wrote Mrs. Miniver expired 7-20-1953 in New York, New York   age 52   cause: cancer

scientist  John William Strutt   did work involving gas densities; discoverer of the noble gas Argon; 1904 Nobel physics laureate ¤ title: 3rd Baron Rayleigh also known in the lab as: Lord Rayleigh  born on 11-12-1842 in Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England expired 6-30-1919 in Terling Place, Witham, Essex, England   age 76

Carnation Milk Co. founder  Elbridge Amos Stuart expired 1-14-1944 in Los Angeles, California   age 86

daring Confederate cavalry officer  James Ewell Brown Stuart   one of Lee's most effective commanders born on 2-6-1833 in Patrick County, Virginia expired 5-12-1864 in Richmond, Virginia   age 31

journalist-turned-publisher  Lyle Stuart   published The Sensuous Woman (1969), Naked Came the Stranger (the parody pot-boiler; also 1969) & The Anarchist Cookbook (1970) ¤ born: Lionel Simon  born on 8-11-1922 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 6-24-2006 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 83   cause: heart attack

soap opera actress  Mary Stuart   appeared on Search for Tomorrow & Guiding Light ¤ born: Mary Stuart Houchins  born on 7-4-1926 in Miami, Florida expired 2-28-2002 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: complications from stroke

former baseball infielder  Richard Lee "Dick" Stuart Sr. ¤ aka: "Dr. Strangeglove"  born on 11-7-1932 in San Francisco, California expired 12-15-2002 in Redwood City, California   age 70   cause: cancer

geezer  Audrey Stubbart   columnist/proofreader for the Independence Examiner born on 6-9-1895 expired 11-13-2000 in Independence, Missouri   age 105

inventor  Nathan B. Stubblefield   alleged inventor of the wireless telephone (radio) born on 11-22-1860 in Murray, Kentucky expired 3-28-1928 in Murray, Kentucky   age 67   cause: starvation

retired Milton Academy teacher  Harry Clement Stubbs   wrote science fiction stories like Mission of Gravity ¤ pen name: Hal Clement  born on 5-30-1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts expired 10-29-2003 in Milton, Massachusetts   age 81

former Four Tops lead singer  Levi Stubbs   voiced Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors (1986) ¤ born: Levi Stubbles Jr.  born on 6-6-1936 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-17-2008 in Detroit, Michigan   age 72   cause: complications from stroke; cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 AUDC, DGW 6.5% 2008 DGW 3.1%    Scored 7.8000 solo points

cult character actor  Stephen Stucker   appeared in Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) & both Airplane movies (1980 & 1982) born on 7-2-1947 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 4-13-1986 in Hollywood, California   age 38   cause: cardiopulmonary arrest; metastatic Karposi's sarcoma; AIDS

pecan shop/restaurant chain founder (1938)  Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Sr.   also did a stint in the Georgia legislature expired 1-6-1977 in Eastman, Georgia   age 67

1922-24 Notre Dame "Four Horsemen" quarterback  Harry A. Stuhldreher born on 10-14-1901 in Massilon, Ohio expired 1-22-1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 63

actor-turned local tv anchorman  Dean Stuhlmueller   under the name "Dean Miller" played Matt Henshaw on December Bride tv series (1954-61) born on 11-1-1924 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada expired 1-13-2004 in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan   age 79   cause: cancer

former Olympic gymnast  Leon Stukelj   won 2 gold medals at Paris games (1924), 1 gold and 2 bronze at Amsterdam games (1928) and 1 silver at Berlin games (1936) born on 11-12-1898 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia expired 11-8-1999 in Ljubljana, Slovenia   age 100   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2001 DTM

Elmer's Glue-All inventor  Ashworth N. Stull born on 1-7-1917 expired 11-7-1991   age 74

biographer  Alvin J. Stump   his book was basis of 1994 movie Cobb born on 10-20-1916 expired 12-14-1995   age 79

retired Pacific Fleet Admiral  Felix B. Stump   commander of the Lexington during the battle of Leyte Gulf born on 12-15-1894 expired 6-13-1972 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 77

former Arizona congressman (1977-2002)  Robert Lee "Bob" Stump   on June 5, 1998 raised his public profile by (erroneously) announcing Bob Hope's death from the floor of the House — the AP had inadvertantly moved their archived obituary onto the 'net (Bob lived another 5 years) born on 4-4-1927 in Phoenix, Arizona expired 6-20-2003 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 76

ergonomic seating pioneer  William Eugene "Bill" Stumpf   working for the Herman Miller company designed the Ergon chair (1976), the Equa chair (1984) & the Aeron chair (1994; with Don Chadwick) born on 3-1-1936 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 8-30-2006 in Rochester, Minnesota   age 70   cause: complications from abdominal surgery

flambouyant Las Vegas casino owner  Robert E. "Bob" Stupak   owned "Vegas World" & "The Stratopshere" tower before going bust born on 4-6-1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-25-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 67   cause: leukemia

science fiction writer  Theodore Hamilton Sturgeon   wrote Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as well as original Star Trek episodes Shore Leave & Amok Time ¤ born: Edward Hamilton Waldo  born on 2-26-1918 in Staten Island, New York expired 5-12-1985 in Eugene, Oregon   age 67

director  John Elliott Sturges   directed Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), The Old Man and the Sea (1958), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and The Great Escape (1963) born on 1-3-1911 in Oak Park, Ilinois expired 8-18-1992 in San Luis Obispo, California   age 81   cause: heart attack; emphysema

movie producer/writer/director  Preston Sturges   wrote/directed The Great McGinty (1940; oscar for script) ¤ born: Edmund Preston Biden  born on 8-29-1898 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-6-1959 in New York, New York   age 60

"plumber"  Frank Anthony Sturgis   during Cuban Revolution against Batista fought at Castro's side but later broke with him over Communism; did 13 months for his role in breakin (wiretapping, conspiracy & burglary) ¤ born Frank Anthony Fiorini  born on 12-9-1924 in Cuba expired 12-5-1993 in Miami, Florida   age 68   cause: lung & kidney cancer

writer & illustrator  Alexander McCormick Sturm   co-founded Sturm-Ruger & Company (1949) born on 1-??-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-13-1951 in Norwalk, Connecticut   age 28   cause: "an illness of several weeks"

song writer  Jule Styne ¤ born: Julius Kerwin Stein  born on 12-31-1905 in London, England expired 9-20-1994 in New York, New York   age 88   cause: heart failure

author  William Clark Styron Jr.   wrote Lie Down in Darkness (1951), The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) & Sophie's Choice (1979) born on 6-11-1925 in Newport News, Virginia expired 11-1-2006 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts   age 81   cause: pneumonia

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