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| former Bolivian "cocaine king" Roberto Suárez Goméz died broke and abandoned by multiple wives born on --1932 in Trinidad, Bolivia expired 7-20-2000 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia age 68 cause: cardiac arrest AKS: Gomez Garcia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
tenor John William Sublett portrayed hustler Sportin' Life in original production of Porgy and Bess (1935)
expired 5-18-1986 in New York, New York age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indian minister of Food and Agriculture Chidambaram Subramaniam introduced new wheat strains that made India self- born on 1-30-1910 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India expired 11-7-2000 in Madras, India age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lankan spiritual leader Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami born on 1-5-1927 in Oakland, California expired 11-13-2001 in Kauai, Hawaii age 74 cause: intestinal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpeter Richard Merrill "Dick" Sudhalter born on 12-28-1938 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 9-19-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 69 cause: pneumonia; multiple systems atrophy; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet spymaster (#2 under Beria) Lt.General Pavel A. Sudoplatov headed branch of Stalin's secret police that stole U.S. A-bomb secrets and murdered Leon Trotsky in 1940 born on --1907 in Melitopol, Ukraine expired 9-24-1996 in Moscow, Russia age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music educator Jean François Sudre invented the Solresol language (1817) born on --1787 in Albi, France expired ??-??-1864 age 77 AKS: Francois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Mary Isobel "Molly" Sugden played Mrs. Slocombe on the BBC comedy series Are You Being Served? born on 7-21-1922 in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England expired 7-1-2009 in Guildford, Surrey, England age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Sugerman worked his way up from teenage go-fer to co-manager of The Doors; co-wrote No One Here Gets Out Alive; was husband of Fawn Hall born on 10-11-1954 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-5-2005 in West Hollywood, California age 50 cause: lung cancer
AKS: Sugarman Sugarmen Sugermen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indonesian president (1966-98) Haji Muhammad Bemusu Thojib Suharto one of the most brutal & corrupt dictators of the 20th century born on 6-8-1921 in Kemusu Argamulja, Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies expired 1-27-2008 in Jakarta, Indonesia age 86 cause: respiratory failure; multiple organ failure
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| Indonesian first lady Siti Hartinah Suharto mother of Megawati born on 6-8-1921 in Kemusa, Dutch East Indies expired 4-28-1996 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former 1st baseman August Richard Suhr born on 1-3-1906 in San Francisco, California expired 1-15-2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 98
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| former Indonesian president Ahmed Sukarno overthrown in 1966 born on 6-6-1901 in Surabaya, Java expired 6-21-1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| old-time Cincinnati baseball catcher (1926-31) Clyde LeRoy "Sukey" Sukeforth scout for Branch Rickey that brought Jackie Robinson into the majors born on 11-30-1901 in Washington, Maine expired 9-3-2000 in Waldoboro, Maine age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Margaret Sullavan ex-wife of Henry Fonda born on 5-16-1896 in Norfolk, Virginia expired 1-1-1960 in New Haven, Connecticut age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helen Keller's teacher Anne Sullivan remained with Helen as a companion until her death
expired 10-20-1936 in Forest Hills, New York age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
famed swimmer/diver/actress Annette Kelleman Sullivan did swimming & diving shows; arrested in Boston for wearing a one-piece bathing suit (1907); starred in movies Neptune's Daughter (1914) & Daughter of the Gods (1916)
expired 11-5-1975 in Southport, Queensland, Australia age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operetta composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan half of team Gilbert and Sullivan; wrote music for hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers (lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould) born on 5-14-1842 in London, England expired 11-22-1900 in London, England age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper columnist and showman Edward Vincent Sullivan hosted Toast of the Town, which later became The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS; his biggest attraction --- Topo Gigio born on 9-28-1901 in New York, New York expired 10-13-1974 in New York, New York age 72 cause: cancer of the esophagus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| humorist, newspaper & magazine writer Frank Sullivan created Mr. Arbuthnot; member of the Algonquin Round Table born on 9-22-1892 in Saratoga, New York expired 2-19-1976 in Saratoga Springs, New York age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball catcher Haywood Cooper Sullivan manager/part owner of the Boston Red Sox (1978-93) born on 2-15-1930 in Georgia expired 2-12-2003 in Fort Myers, Florida age 72 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AAU co-founder (1888) & secretary- born on 11-18-1862 in New York, New York expired 9-16-1914 age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia's Zion Baptist Church pastor (1950-88) Rev. Leon Howard Sullivan author of The Sullivan Principles (1977), a code of conduct for companies doing business in South Africa during apartheid born on 10-16-1922 in Charleston, West Virginia expired 4-24-2001 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 78 cause: leaukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Patrick Barry Sullivan born on 8-29-1912 in New York, New York expired 6-6-1994 in Sherman Oaks, California age 81 cause: respiratory infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Frank Sully
expired 12-17-1975 in Woodland Hills, California age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Times publisher (1935-63) Arthur Hays Sulzberger born on 9-12-1891 in New York, New York expired 12-11-1968 in New York, New York age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940s/50s singer Yma Sumac
expired 11-1-2008 in Silver Lake, California age 86 cause: colon cancer
AKS: Ymma Summac Sumack Summack Amy Camus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postmaster General (1953-61) Arthur E. Summerfield born on 3-17-1899 in Pinconning, Michigan expired 4-26-1972 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor George J. "Slim" Summerville an original Keystone Kop; played yokels born on 7-10-1896 in Albuquerque, New Mexico expired 1-5-1946 in Laguna Beach, California age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Batcheller Sumner shared the 1946 Nobel chemistry prizeborn on 11-19-1887 in Canton, Massachusetts expired 8-12-1955 in Buffalo, New York age 67 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Fo only son of Sun Yat-Sen expired 9-13-1973 in Taipei, Taiwan age 81 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Lu first wife of Sun Yat-Sen expired 9-7-1952 in Macao age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Yaoting China's last imperial eunuch; he served in the court of China's last emperor, Pu Yi, for several months in 1911 expired 12-17-1996 age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen "father" of modern China; lead revolution that overthrew the Manchu Dynasty in 1911; co-founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party
expired 3-12-1925 in Peking, China age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Thai prime minister (2008) Samak Sundaravej lasted 8 months before being sacked for taking money to do tv cooking shows born on 6-13-1935 in Bangkok. Thailand expired 11-23-2009 in Bangkok, Thailand age 74 cause: liver cancer
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| Talon Inc. vice president Gideon Sundback perfected the zipper expired 6-21-1954 in Meadville, Pennsylvania age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
illustrator/painter Haddon Hubbard Sundblom drew original Santa illustrations that were incorporated into Coca-born on 6-22-1899 in Michigan expired 3-10-1976 in Chicago, Illinois age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tourist-trapper Sapuran Singh "Spoony" Sundher founded the Hollywood Wax Museum on Hollywood Boulevard (1965) born on 10-20-1922 in Jolandhar, Punjab region, British India expired 10-18-2006 in Malibu, California age 83 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| champion surfer girl Rell Kapolioka`ehukai Sunn born on 7-31-1950 expired 1-2-1998 in Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii age 47 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U Wisconsin-Madison meteorology prof. Verner E. Suomi developed spin-scan camera for weather satellites born on 12-6-1915 expired 7-30-1995 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
consort of a pretender "Queen" Susan I Zog wife of "the Prince of Albania" (big whoop!)
expired 7-17-2004 in Tirana, Albania age 63 cause: heart attack; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 8-20-1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-21-1974 in New York, New York age 53 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikhail Andreevich Suslov born on 11-21-1902 in Shakhouvskol, Russia expired 1-25-1982 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor/singer Steve R. Susskind was the pitchman shilling the Nimbus colony in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) born on 10-3-1942 expired 1-21-2005 in Sunland, California age 62 cause: auto accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
rock musician Edward David Sutch founder (in 1963) of Britain's Official Monster Raving Loony Party (headquartered in the Golden Lion Pub in Devon); has son (Tristan) in Texas (by model Thann Quantrill in 1970s)
expired 6-16-1999 in London, England age 58 cause: suicide; hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Towne "Dick" Sutcliffe created the Davey and Goliath animated kiddie religious show born on 4-18-1918 in Columbia, Pennsylvania expired 5-1-2008 in Dallas, Texas age 90 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Beatles guitarist (1960-61) Stuart Sutcliffe born on 6-23-1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 4-10-1962 in Hamburg, Germany age 21 cause: brain hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 Nobel medicine laureate Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.born on 11-19-1915 in Burlingame, Kansas expired 3-9-1974 in Miami, Florida age 58 cause: complications from surgery; esophageal hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former textile mill worker Crystal Lee Jordan Sutton while working at a J.P. Stevens plant did organizing work for a union; a New York Times reporter (Hank Leiferman) wrote a book about her - Crystal Lee, A Woman of Inheritance (1975); the book was adapted into the movie Norma Rae (1979)
expired 9-11-2009 in Burlington, North Carolina age 68 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Frank Sutton played Sergeant Carter on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. born on 10-23-1923 in Clarksville, Tennessee expired 6-28-1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana age 50 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stride pianist Ralph Earl Sutton had album "Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players" born on 11-4-1922 in Hamburg, Missouri expired 12-30-2001 in Denver, Colorado age 79 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bank robber William Francis "Willie" Sutton Jr. "its where the money is" born on 6-30-1901 in New York, New York expired 11-2-1980 in Spring Hill, Florida age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apartheid foe Helen Suzman as a member of the South African parliament (1952-89) was able to openly ask embarrasing (and humiliating) questions of the prime ministers
expired 1-1-2009 in Houghton, South Africa age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichi Suzuki proponent of his own method of teaching the violin to toddlers born on --1898 expired 1-26-1898 in Matsumoto, Japan age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemical researcher Dr. Michael Sveda discovered the sugar substitute cyclamate (1937; patented 1939); withdrawn from the market by the FDA because junk science experimentalists claimed that impossibly massive quantities of it caused cancer in cancer-prone rodents born on 2-3-1912 in West Ashford, Connecticut expired 8-10-1999 in Stamford, Connecticut age 87 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
nuclear scientist Theodor H.E. Svedberg development of the ultracentrifuge earned him the 1926 Nobel prize in chemistryborn on 8-30-1884 in Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden expired 2-25-1971 in Örebro, Sweden age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| old biddy Laura Hansine Svehaus born on 11-19-1886 in Stadtlandet, Norway expired 3-6-1998 in Bergen, Norway age 111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Andrew E. Svenson partner in the Stratemeyer Syndicate with Harriet Adams; wrote (or co-wrote) over 70 books under numerous pseudonyms: Bobbsey Twins (as Laura Leetrope), Hardy Boys adventures (as Franklin W. Dixon), Honey Bunch and Norman (as Helen Louise Thorndike) born on 5-8-1910 expired 8-21-1975 in Livingston, New Jersey age 65 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov noted interpreter of Borodin's music born on 9-6-1928 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 5-3-2002 in Moscow, Russia age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Czech president (1968-75) Ludvik Svoboda born on 11-25-1895 in Moravia expired 9-20-1979 in Prague, Czechoslovakia age 83 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv director Egbert W. Swackhamer portrayed as a cartoon character in Space Jam born on 1-17-1927 in Middletown, New Jersey expired 12-5-1994 in Berlin, Germany age 67 cause: ruptured aortic aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child actor Buddy Swan played Charles Foster Kane as an 8 year- born on 10-24-1929 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-21-1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado age 63 AKS: Swann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| kangaroo court jurist Curtis M. Swango presided over the "trial" of the murderers of Emmett Till born on 2-2-1908 expired 12-??-1968 in Simpson, Mississippi age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer/comedian Donald Ibrahim Swann partnered with Michael Flanders; performed reviews call At the Drop of a Hat (1956-67) born on 9-30-1923 in Llanelli, Wales expired 3-23-1994 in London, England age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Gloria May Josephine Swanson played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950); "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille." born on 5-27-1897 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-4-1983 in New York, New York age 85
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| Swanson Baking Company co-founder (1936) Harold A. Swanson born on --1904 expired 10-11-1954 in Rochester, Minnesota age 50 cause: complications from heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genentech co-founder (1976) Robert A. Swanson "the father of the biotechnology industry" born on 11-29-1947 expired 12-6-1999 in Hillsborough, California age 52 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swanson Baking Company co-founder (1936) Ruth L. Swanson Venn it later became Archway Cookie Company born on 1-17-1910 in Kendallville, Indiana expired 1-27-2003 in Battle Creek, Michigan age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & former MSU professor (ATL Department) Glendon Frederick Swarthout wrote They Came to Cordura, Where the Boys Are, Bless the Beasts and Children and The Shootist born on 4-8-1918 in Pinckney, Michigan expired 9-23-1992 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former tv newsman & Timex watch pitchman John Cameron Swayze Sr. "it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'" born on 4-4-1906 in Wichita, Kansas expired 8-15-1995 in Sarasota, Florida age 89
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born on 8-18-1952 in Houston, Texas expired 9-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: pancreatic cancer
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| former Army Air Corps major Charles W. "Chuck" Sweeney pilot of Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki born on 12-27-1919 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 7-15-2004 in Boston, Massachusetts age 84 cause: respiratory failure; congestive heart disease; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazareth drummer Darrell Sweet born on 5-16-1947 in Bournemouth, England expired 4-30-1999 in New Albany, Indiana age 51 cause: heart attack AKS: Darrel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| larcenous NFL quarterback Karl Robert Sweetan Jr. in 1972 tried to sell a Rams playbook to New Orleans; got busted, not prosecuted, but never played again in NFL; became Vegas blackjack dealer born on 10-2-1942 in Dallas, Texas expired 7-2-2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 57 cause: complications from vascular surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Munchkin soldier August Clarence Swensen worked as an electronics technician when he grew up born on 12-29-1917 in Austin, Texas expired 2-25-2009 in Plugerville, Texas age 91 AKS: Swenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pro wrassler & actor Robert Alexander "Jeep" Swenson born on 1-5-1957 in San Antonio, Texas expired 8-19-1997 in Los Angeles, California age 40 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoon voice actor Allen Swift has voiced Mighty Mouse & Dinky Duck, and Odie Colognie on King Leonardo, Tooter Turtle on Leonardo & Tennessee Tuxedo and Simon Bar-Sinister on Underdog; in commercials was the voice of Twinkie the Kid for Hostess
expired 4-18-2010 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 86
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Texas death row inmate Christopher Jay Swift
expired 1-30-2007 in Huntsville, Texas age 31 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| movie/tv writer/director David E. Swift co-creator of Mr. Peepers (1952-55), Grindl (1963) & Camp Runamuck(1965) tv series; wrote/directed Pollyanna (1960), The Parent Trap (1961) & Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) movies born on 7-27-1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 12-31-2001 in Santa Monica, California age 82 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers catcher Robert Virgil "Bob" Swift in 1951 caught Bob Cain's four consecutive "balls" to Brown's pinch- born on 3-6-1915 in Salina, Kansas expired 10-17-1966 in Detroit, Michigan age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apollo 13 astronaut John Leonard "Jack" Swigert Jr. elected to congress from Colorado in 1982 but died before being sworn in
expired 12-27-1982 in Washington, District of Columbia age 51 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Nora Swinburne born on 7-24-1902 expired 5-1-2000 age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper cartoonist James Guilford Swinnerton with Hearst newspaper chain (1896-1971); created The Little Bears (1896) & Little Jimmy comic strips born on 11-13-1875 in Eureka, California expired 9-5-1974 in Palm Springs, California age 98 cause: complications from broken leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Gang child actor Carl W. Switzer appeared occasionally on the Roy Rogers tv show in the 1950s; got in an argument over a lost dog, attacked the dog's owner in the owner's house, got shot
expired 1-22-1959 in Simi Valley, California age 32 cause: shot in stomach; bled to death in ambulance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
late 1960s singer William Oliver Swofford had 1969 hits with Good Morning Starshine & Jean
expired 2-15-2000 in Shreveport, Louisiana age 54 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Sydney Carter adapted the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts into the song Lord of the Dance (1963) born on 5-6-1915 in London, England expired 3-13-2004 in London, England age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
pyroclastic flow survivor Louis-Augusté Sylbaris when the Pelée volcano on Martinique erupted (May 8, 1902) he was locked in an almost air-
expired ??-??-1955 in Panama age 78 AKS: Auguste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oscar-winning movie production designer/art director Richard Sylbert did production design for Manchurian Candidate (1962), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), Rosemary's Baby (1968; oscar), Chinatown (1974) & Dick Tracey (1990; oscar), ; twin brother of Paul Sylbert born on 4-16-1928 in New York, New York expired 3-23-2002 in Woodland Hills, California age 73 cause: cancer AKS: Silbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former "sick kid" John Dale Sylvester on 10/6/1926 Babe Ruth hit 3 home runs for him born on 4-5-1915 expired 1-8-1990 in Mineola, New York age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Missouri Senator (1952-77) William Stuart Symington born on 6-26-1901 in Amherst, Massachusetts expired 12-14-1988 in New Canaan, Connecticut age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer Sylvia Syms born on 12-2-1917 in New York, New York expired 5-10-1992 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Oklahoma congressman (1987-94) Michael Lynn "Mike" Synar born on 10-17-1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma expired 1-9-1996 in Arlington, Virginia age 45 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952 Nobel chemistry laureate Dr. Richard Laurence Millington Synge co-developed partition chromatographyborn on 10-28-1914 in Liverpool, England expired 8-18-1994 in Norwich, Norfolk, England age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Orchestra conductor (1946-70) George Szell born on 6-7-1897 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 7-30-1970 in Cleveland, Ohio age 73 cause: heart attack; bone cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt received the 1937 Nobel prize in medicineborn on 9-16-1893 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 10-22-1986 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts age 93 AKS: Gyorgyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
violinist Joseph Szigeti
expired 2-19-1973 in Lucerne, Switzerland age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nuclear physicist Leo Szilard with Enrico Fermi built first "atomic pile" and urged Einstein to write the letter that led FDR to start the Manhattan Project expired 5-30-1964 in La Jolla, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type-setter & classical pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto; co-founder of the Warsaw Piano Quintet; author of The Pianist born on 12-5-1911 in Sosnowiec, Poland expired 7-6-2000 in Warsaw, Poland age 88 AKS: Wladislaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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