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| jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden expired 1-15-1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Texas rep. (1944-76) Olin Earl Teague born on 4-6-1910 in Wordward, Oklahoma expired 1-23-1981 in Bethesda, Maryland age 70 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague Jr. did much of the design on the Marmon 16 automobile (1927) born on 7-2-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-16-2004 in Carbondale, Colorado age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War II combat photographer William Ellis "Bill" Teas star of Russ Meyer's The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959)born on 10-17-1914 expired 11-25-1994 in San Francisco, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| operatic soprano Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi born on 2-1-1922 in Pesaro, Italy expired 12-19-2004 in San Marino age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball player, manager, scout George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts born on 11-10-1912 in Burlington, Vermont expired 3-24-1999 in Bradenton, Florida age 86 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv executive David William Tebet was married to Nanette Fabray (1947-51); recruited Johnny Carson for The Tonight Show as Paar's replacement (1962); became a vice president of Carson's production company born on 12-27-1913 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 6-7-2005 in Coronado, California age 91 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pollster Robert M. Teeter it was his idea to have Dan Quayle be George Herbet Walker Bush's vp born on 2-5-1939 in Battle Creek, Michigan expired 6-13-2004 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 65 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| automotive engineer Ralph R. Teetor invented cruise control born on 8-17-1890 expired 2-??-1982 in Hagerstown, Indiana age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| duo-pianist Louis Milton Teicher formerly partnered with Arthur Ferrante; lived outside Sarasota, Florida (Siesta Key; Ferrante lived nearby on Longboat Key) born on 8-24-1924 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania expired 8-3-2008 in Highlands, North Carolina age 83 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Manhattan Project scientist Dr. Edward Teller Hydrogen Bomb developerborn on 1-15-1908 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 9-9-2003 in Palo Alto, California age 95 cause: complications from stroke
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virologist Howard Martin Temin shared the 1975 Nobel prize in medicineborn on 12-10-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-9-1994 in Madison, Wisconsin age 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South African mega-geezer Moloko Temo claimed to have been the oldest person in the world (the Guinness Book didn't buy it) born on 7-4-1874 expired 6-2-2009 in Bochum, Lompopo Province, South Africa age 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mutual fund investor Sir John Marks Templeton Sr. made a pile of dough, moved to the Bahamas, gave up his U.S. citizenship, gave some of the dough away, got knighted, died; created the Templeton Prize (1st recipient: Mother Teresa) born on 11-29-1912 in Winchester, Tennessee expired 7-8-2008 in Nassau, The Bahamas age 95 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Leo Burnett Co. ad man Donald G. Tennant created Tony the Tiger (1952), the Jolly Green Giant, the Keebler Elves & the Marlboro Man (1955); coined phrases "Nothin' Say Lovin' Like Something From the Oven" for Pillsbury & "Fly the Friendly Skies" for United Airlines. born on 11-23-1922 in Sterling, Illinois expired 12-8-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 79 cause: heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| polar chef George W. Tennant catered Admiral Byrd's North & South Pole expeditions expired 2-15-1953 in Manistee, Michigan age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| illustrator & political cartoonist for Punch magazine Sir John Tenniel did illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) and it's sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871); he used Mary Hillton Badcocks as the model for the character of Alice instead of Alice Liddell born on 2-28-1820 in London, England expired 2-25-1914 in London, England age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Klaus Tennstedt born on 6-6-1926 in Merseburg, Germany expired 1-11-1998 in Kiel, Germany age 71 cause: throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horror/T&A movie producer Samuel Anthony "Tony" Tenser gifted the world with Naked as nature Intended (1961), London in the Raw (1964), Hannie Calder (1971) & The Creeping Flesh (1973); coined term "sex kitten" to describe Brigitte Bardot born on 8-10-1920 in London, England expired 12-5-2007 in Manchester, Lancashire, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Sumo wrestler John "Earthquake" Tenta bounced around between the WWF, WCW, WWE, EIEIO, ...
expired 6-7-2006 in Florida age 42 cause: bladder cancer
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Sherpa mountain guide Tenzing Norgay second man to reach summit of Mount Everest (1953), after Hillary
expired 5-9-1986 in Darjeeling, India age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Letterman tv stooge Leonard Tepper the fat bald guy that kept showing up in skits (1996-2001) born on 7-3-1939 in New York, New York expired 6-7-2001 age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1979 Nobel Peace prize recipient; beatified in October 2003
expired 9-5-1997 in Calcutta, India age 87 cause: cardiac arrest; malaria
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| short-tenured Ford Press Secretary Jerald Franklin ter Horst quit after 30 days in 1974, resigning after Ford pardoned Nixon born on 7-11-1922 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 3-31-2010 in Asheville, North Carolina age 87 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Louis "Studs" Terkel won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War" born on 5-16-1912 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 10-31-2008 in Chicago, Illinois age 96
AKS: Turkel Terkle Turkle Terds Stukel Turds Stekel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford University psychology prof. (1910-32) Lewis Madison Terman co-developed the Stanford-Binet IQ Test and Terman Group Tests expired 12-21-1956 in Palo Alto, California age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soviet spy Dr. Lev Sergeivitch Termin inventor of electronic instrument that bears his name
expired 11-3-1993 in Moscow, Russia age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first president & co-founder of the NAACP Mary Church Terrell expired 7-24-1954 in Annapolis, Maryland age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
rhythm and blues singer Tammi Terrell teamed with Marvin Gaye at Motown
expired 3-16-1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| purported World War I veteran Douglas Edward Terrey claimed to have enlisted in 1917 and served as a bicycle messenger born on 6-23-1903 expired 6-26-2010 in Southampton, Hampshire, England age 107
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| Terrytoons founder & animator Paul Houghton Terry created Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog (the last two seen on original Captain Kangaroo tv series) born on 2-9-1887 in San Francisco, California expired 10-25-1971 in New York, New York age 84 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer & harmonica player Saunders "Sonny" Terry partner of Brownie McGhee born on 10-24-1911 in Greensboro, Georgia expired 3-11-1986 in Mineola, New York age 74
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comic actor Terry-Thomas
expired 1-8-1990 in Godalming, Surrey, England age 78 cause: Parkinson's disease
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| pioneering electrical engineer, scientist, inventor and Edison rival Nikola Tesla invented AC power distribution system, the Tesla Coil (transformer), fluorescent lighting and many other common household electrical appliances (sold his AC patents to Westinghouse); discovered cosmic rays born on 7-9-1856 in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia, Austria-Hungary expired 1-7-1943 in New York, New York age 86 AKS: Nicola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former TWA pilot John L. Testrake born on 12-2-1927 expired 2-6-1996 age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini had numerous food dishes named after her (Turkey Tetrazzini; Chicken Tetrazzini; Spam Tetrazzini; etc.) born on 6-29-1874 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 8-28-1940 in Milan, Italy age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Ohio University professor Walter Tevis wrote The Hustler (1959), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963) and The Color of Money born on 2-28-1928 in San Francisco, California expired 8-9-1984 in New York, New York age 56 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| legendary movie producer Irving Grant Thalberg started at Universal, became #2 man at MGM under Louis B. Mayer; husband of Norma Shearer; a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); namesake of the AMPAS award for Excellence in Motion Picture Production; F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon character Monroe Stahr was based upon him born on 5-30-1899 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1936 in Santa Monica, California age 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cold war physicist Dr. William John Thaler ran the 1950s project TeePee ("Thaler's Project") to build a radar surveillance system that could "see" over the horizon — it lead to over-the-horizon radar systems born on 12-4-1925 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 6-5-2005 in Centreville, Virginia age 79 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annam Emperor Than Thai deposed by French in 1906 having ruled since 1889 expired 3-20-1954 in Siagon, Vietnam age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
supergeezer Julia Theresa Tharnish her 85-year-old daughter, living in the same extended care facility, died hours afterward
expired 12-13-2007 in Creighton, Nebraska age 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Denis Thatcher husband of former British prime minister born on 5-10-1915 expired 6-26-2003 in London, England age 88 AKS: Dennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comic strip artist Robert Lee "Bob" Thaves created the "Frank and Ernest" strip (1972) born on 10-5-1924 in Burt, Iowa expired 8-1-2006 in Torrance, California age 81 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cuckolded husband Harry Kendall Thaw killed his wife's lover in jealous rage; judged insane born on 2-1-1871 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-22-1947 in Miami Beach, Florida age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Edward Thaw played Chief Inspector Morse on tv (1987-2000) born on 1-3-1942 in Manchester, England expired 2-21-2002 in Wiltshire, England age 60 cause: throat cancer
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| Kentucky geezer Grace Menges Thaxton born on 6-19-1891 in Downsville, New York expired 7-6-2005 in Winchester, Kentucky age 114 cause: infection
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| 1960s L.A.-based teen dance show host Lloyd Thaxton also started the magazine "Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat" (1965; now shortened to just "Tiger Beat"); produced/directed Fight Back! with David Horowitz (1978-92) born on 5-31-1927 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-5-2008 in Studio City, California age 81 cause: multiple myeloma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Ernest Lawrence Thayer wrote poem Casey at the Bat (1888)
expired 8-21-1940 in Santa Barbara, California age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actress Lorna Thayer best remembered as the waitress in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
expired 6-4-2005 in Woodland Hills, California age 86 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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virologist & 1949 Lasker Award-winner Max Theiler also received the 1951 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries concerning yellow fever & how to combat it born on 1-30-1899 in Praetoria, South Africa expired 8-22-1973 in New Haven, Connecticut age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time CIA hitman Paris Theodore was the nephew of Cyd Charisse; had been an Army Special Ops Lt.Col. in Vietnam; after leaving the agency formed ASP (Armaments Ssystems Procedures Corp.), makers of such delights as: the ultra-small ASP 9mm Pistol, a hostage negotiator clipboard capable of firing 12 shots (in case negotiations "failed"), a 3-round 22 caliber cigarette lighter (dubbed the "Zappo") & the ever popular Uzi-in-a-briefcase born on 1-9-1943 in New York, New York expired 11-16-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 63 cause: complications from multiple sclerosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell awarded the 1955 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries of the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes born on 7-6-1903 in Linköping, Sweden expired 8-15-1982 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cryptanalyst Frederic Russell Theriault helped break the Japanese Naval Code during World War II born on 6-22-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 9-1-2004 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma age 89 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Paris Match editor (1976-99) Roger Therond born on 10-24-1924 in Sète, France expired 6-23-2001 in Paris, France age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger played Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Emperor Tiberius in The Robe (1953) and the Mr. Stretch (the undertaker) in Scrooge (1951) born on 1-15-1879 in London, England expired 1-14-1961 in London, England age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930s/40s explorer Wilfred Patrick Thesiger Hooray for Wilfred Thesiger, the African explorer (did someone call him snorer?), hooray hooray hooray!; author of Arabian Sands (1959) & Marsh Arabs (1964) born on 6-3-1910 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia expired 8-24-2003 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greek actor & poet Thespis "inventor" of the theatrical tragedy; name synonymous with "actor" born on --540 BC in Attica, Greece expired ??-??-500 BC in Athens, Greece age 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former pro wrassler Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz born on 4-24-1916 in Banat, Michigan expired 4-28-2002 in Orlando, Florida age 86 cause: complications following heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacques Anatole François Thibault wrote under the pen name Anatole France; received the 1921 Nobel Literature prize born on 4-16-1844 in Paris, France expired 10-12-1924 in Tours, France age 80 AKS: Francois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Ursula Thiess the widow of Robert Taylor & Marshall Schacker
expired 6-19-2010 in Burbank, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz/bebop drummer Edmund Leonard Thigpen performed with Oscar Peterson & Billy Taylor born on 12-28-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-13-2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 79 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Lynne Thigpen The Chief on Carmen Sandiego tv series (1991-96) & Ella Farmer on The District (2000-3) born on 12-22-1948 in Joliet, Illinois expired 3-12-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Helene Thimig widow of Max Reinhardt expired 11-7-1974 in Vienna, Austria age 85 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician & topologist René Frédéric Thom inventor of catastrophe theory; author of "Structural Stability and Morphogenesis" born on 9-2-1923 in Montbéliard, France expired 10-25-2002 in Bures-sur-Yvette, France age 79 cause: severe arterial inflamation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Bessie Thomas born on 3-10-1888 expired 4-15-2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian & hospital founder Danny Thomas father of Marlo
expired 2-6-1991 in Los Angeles, California age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas born on 1-1-1967 in Miami, Florida expired 2-8-2000 in Miami, Florida age 33 cause: pulmonary embolus-induced cardio-respiratory arrest (following car crash) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet Dylan Thomas expired 11-9-1953 in New York, New York age 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Frank M. "Frankie" Thomas Jr. head lead role on early tv outer space show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950-55)born on 4-9-1921 in New York, New York expired 5-11-2006 in Sherman Oaks, California age 85 cause: respiratory failure; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disney animator Franklin Thomas worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Bambi (1942), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955) and 101 Dalmatians (1961) born on 9-5-1912 in Santa Monica, California expired 9-8-2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired M.I.T. mathematics professor George Brinton Thomas Jr. in 1952 wrote a famous calculus textbook that is still in print: "Calculus and Analytic Geometry" (Ross Lee Finney III joined him in the 1970s to make revisions); he co-wrote "Probability and Statistics" (1961) with Frederick Mosteller & R.E.K. Rourke born on 1-11-1914 in Boise, Idaho expired 10-31-2006 in State College, Pennsylvania age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former C.A. Swanson & Sons salesman/B.S. slinger Gerry Thomas bogus claimant to be inventor of the TV Dinner — the first frozen dinner was created by the W.L. Maxson Co. (1944) & the first frozen dinner to be placed in an aluminum tray was by FrigiDinner Co. (1947) born on 2-17-1922 in Seward, Nebraska expired 7-18-2005 in Phoenix, Arizona age 83 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired accountant Jefferson Allison Thomas Sr. as a high school student was a member of the Little Rock Nine born on 9-19-1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 9-5-2010 in Columbus, Ohio age 67 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
crooked scumbag New Jersey Rep. John Parnell Thomas chairman of U.S. House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) that persecuted the Hollywood Ten, violated their oaths of office, and fully lived down to their committee's name in their incredibly Unamerican disregard for every word, sentence and nuance of the U.S. Constitution. In asking "are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party" he embraced the very evil that he sought to purge, rendering the First Amendment meaningless and elevating "thought crimes" to the level of serious felony. Never indicted, tried, convicted or executed for
the high treason against the constitution and people of the United States of America that he and his fellow committee members committed. Was later convicted of petty corruption (padding his congressional payroll & taking kickbacks) and did 9 months in Danbury Connecticut for that before being pardoned by Truman. In this instance we can wish that he was a Klingon so that his monumental disgrace could extend over seven generations. Rot in hell for all time. In voting the contempt of congress citations against the Hollywood Ten, all members of that congress embraced this worthless sack of excrement, soiling their own character and reputation for all time. In failing to overturn their convictions the United States Supreme Court
again demonstrated the lack of backbone necessary to ensure the safety of the Republic. Their timidity on this issue later permitted Joseph McCarthy's reign of terror.
expired 11-19-1970 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 75 cause: not nearly painful enough to meet the minimal standards of justice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| explorer/newscaster Lowell Jackson Thomas Sr. wrote With Lawrence of Arabia (1924); narrated 1940s Fox Movietone newsreels; ended broadcasts with "So long until tomorrow." born on 4-6-1892 in Woodington, Ohio expired 8-29-1981 in Pawling, New York age 89 cause: heart attack
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| Great Lakes sailor Mark Andrew Thomas Deckhand aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 21 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv actress Michelle Thomas appeared on Family Matters, The Cosby Show and The Young and the Restless born on 9-23-1969 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-23-1998 in New York, New York age 29 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
  
Playboy March 1977 Playmate of Month Nicki Thomas
expired 9-2-2009 in Edgewood, Kentucky age 55 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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vocal socialist Norman Matoon Thomas strident advocate of more spending, bigger government, more welfare, more state control...; co-founder of the ACLU (1920) born on 11-20-1884 in Marion, Ohio expired 12-19-1968 in Huntingdon, New York age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
super-geezer Olivia Patricia Thomas
expired 11-16-2009 in Williamsville, New York age 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1914 Indianapolis 500 winner Rene Thomas drove a Delage averaging 82.47 mph
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| Wendy's hamburger founder Rex David "Dave" Thomas born on 7-2-1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 1-8-2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 69 cause: heart attack; liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Times obituary writer (1995-99) Robert McGill Thomas Jr. prior to his assignment to the obituary pages had been a reporter at the Times (1959-95) born on 5-9-1939 in Shelbyville, Tennessee expired 1-6-2000 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware age 60 cause: abdominal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAW president (1939-46) Rolland Jay Thomas born on 6-9-1900 expired 4-18-1967 in Muskegon, Michigan age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danny's widow Rose Marie Thomas mother Marlo, Terre & Tony
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| musician Rufus Thomas Jr. did the Funky Chicken for the Stax label born on 3-26-1917 in Cayce, Mississippi expired 12-15-2001 in Memphis, Tennessee age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| juvenile AIDS victim Ryan Thomas born on 10-20-1981 expired 11-28-1991 age 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WGN tv movie host William Frasier Thomas was also one of their Bozos born on 6-13-1918 expired 4-3-1985 in Chicago, Illinois age 66 cause: complications from stroke AKS: Frasier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Gang child actor William "Billy" Thomas Jr.
expired 10-10-1980 in Los Angeles, California age 49 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Hugh Edward "Hughie" Thomasson Jr. born on 8-13-1952 in Tampa, Florida expired 9-9-2007 in Brooksville, FLorida age 55 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowell, Massachusetts Dr. Augustin Thompson invented "Moxie Nerve Food" (1876); later renamed just "Moxie" born on 11-25-1835 in Union, Maine expired 6-8-1903 age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dixie Hummingbird tenor Beachey T. Thompson born on 10-12-1915 in Newberry, South Carolina expired 6-28-1994 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 78 AKS: Beechie Beechy Beachy Beachie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall-of-Fame baseball broadcaster Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson born on 6-10-1921 expired 3-6-2005 in Towson, Maryland age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| documentary filmmaker Ebenezer Francis Thompson received a 1965 Best Documentary Short oscar for To Be Alive? (1964); he liked to shoot super- born on 1-3-1908 in Titusville, Pennsylvania expired 12-26-2003 in New York, New York age 95 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist Eli "Lucky" Thompson Jr. dropped out of the music scene, then out of sight in the mid-1970s, becoming a homeless wanderer born on 6-16-1924 in Columbia, South Carolina expired 7-30-2005 in Seattle, Washington age 81 cause: complications from stroke; dementia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| corrupt New Jersey congressman (1955-80) Frank Thompson Jr. threw away his congressional career accepting bribes from phony arabs in the Abscam sting born on 7-26-1918 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 7-22-1989 in Bethesda, Maryland age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Henry William "Hank" Thompson born on 9-3-1925 in Waco, Texas expired 11-6-2007 in Keller, Texas age 82 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam War helicopter pilot Hugh C. Thompson Jr. cited by the Pentagon for his bravery: on March 16, 1968 he came upon the My Lai massacre, in progress; he landed his chopper & confronted Lt. William Calley & his platoon sargeant; he flew a number of intended victims to safety born on 4-15-1943 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 1-6-2006 in Alexandria, Louisiana age 62 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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counter-culture writer Hunter Stockton Thompson the original "gonzo" journalist; was the model for Doonesbury's Uncle Duke born on 7-18-1937 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 2-20-2005 in Woody Creek, Colorado age 67 cause: suicide; gunshot to head
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| Daktari actor (1966-69) James Marshall Thompson born on 11-27-1926 in Peoria, Illinois expired 5-18-1992 in Royal Oak, Michigan age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director John Lee Thompson made Guns of Navarone (1961) and King Solomon's Mines (1985) born on 8-1-1914 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 8-30-2002 in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada age 88 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former 7-Eleven president (1961-91) John Philip Thompson Sr. son of Southland Corp. co-founder Joseph C. Thompson Sr. (the convenience store chain started under the name of Tote'm and were renamed in 1946) born on 11-2-1925 in Dallas, Texas expired 1-28-2003 in Dallas, Texas age 77 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former U.S. ambassador to USSR (1957-62 & 1967-69) Llewellyn E. Thompson born on 8-24-1904 in Las Animals, Colorado expired 2-6-1972 in Bethesda, Maryland age 67 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oldest person in U.S. Mary Thompson born of slaves, with no birth certificate; Social Security Admin traced her existence back to before 3/27/1876 born on 3-27-1876 in United States expired 8-3-1996 in Orlando, Florida age 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary Thompson not recognize by the Guinness Records people as Earth's oldest person due to lack of birth certificate (lost in fire)
expired 10-8-2001 in DeWitt, Arkansas age 119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Valentine's Day massacre weapons supplier Russell Frank Thompson ended life as a Bible salesman
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actress Sada Carolyn Thompson
expired 5-4-2011 in Danbury, Connecticut age 83 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| disco drummer Tony Thompson played with Chic & Power Station born on 11-15-1954 in New York, New York expired 11-12-2003 in Encino, California age 48 cause: renal cell failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| voice actor William H. "Bill" Thompson played Wallace Wimple on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show; provided voice of the White Rabbit in Disney's Alice in Wonderland; was the voice of Droopy Dog in MGM cartoons born on 7-8-1913 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 7-15-1971 in Los Angeles, California age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| three-term Chicago mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson threatened King George V with "a punch in the snoot" expired 3-19-1944 in Chicago, Illinois age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Scottish National Orchestra conductor Bryden Thomson born on 7-16-1928 in Ayr, Scotland expired 11-14-1991 in Dublin, Ireland age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| prolific inventor Elihu Thomson invented electric welding born on 3-29-1853 in Manchester, England expired 3-13-1937 in Swampscott, Massachusetts age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1937 Nobel physics co-laureate Sir George Paget Thomson son of Sir Joseph Thomson born on 5-3-1892 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 9-10-1975 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist John Joseph Thomson won the 1906 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of conduction of electricity by gases; father of 1937 Nobel physics laureate born on 12-18-1856 in Cheetham Hill, England expired 8-30-1940 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| canadian media mogul Kenneth Roy Thomson born on 9-1-1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 6-12-2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 82 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former New Hampshire governor (1973-79) Meldrim Ernest Thomson Jr. born on 3-8-1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-19-2001 in Orford, New Hampshire age 89 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease; heart attacks & strokes
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| PBS' Victory Garden host Robert B. "Bob" Thomson born on 11-15-1928 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 10-2-2003 in Danvers, Massachusetts age 74 AKS: Thompson Thomsen Thompsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former pro baseball player Robert Brown "Bobby" Thomson from 1946 to 1960 played for the Giants, Braves, Cubs, Red Sox and Orioles; hit the samous "shot heard 'round the world" (9th inning 3-run homer) born on 10-25-1923 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 8-16-2010 in Savannah, Georgia age 86 cause: complications from fall
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| composer Virgil Garnett Thomson born on 11-25-1896 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 9-30-1989 in New York, New York age 92
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"model"/"actress" Marjorie Lee Thoreson was the 1975 Penthouse Pet of the Month; played Messalina in the 1997 porn epic Caligula; won a $4,000,000 judgement against Guccione (1990) but later had it reduced to zilch by an appeals court; nude body found 1/4/2011 washed up on the beach
expired 1-2-2011 in Camp Pendleton, California age 58 cause: broken neck; broken back; paranoia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Russell Thorndike brother of Sybil expired 11-7-1972 in London, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Dame Sybil Thorndike career spanned 72 years; sister of Russell born on 10-24-1882 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England expired 6-9-1976 in London, England age 93 cause: complications from heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space Shuttle program trainee Stephen D. Thorne born on 2-11-1953 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 5-24-1986 in Alta Loma, Texas age 33 cause: private plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MI Senate sargeant at arms Charles Edward "Charlie" Thornhill a middle linebacker on the MSU football team (1964-66)
expired 12-21-2006 in Lansing, Michigan age 62 cause: heart failure; fatally low potassium levels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II air corps aviator Francis D. Thornhill navigator of the Straight Flush, one of the planes that accompanied the Enola Gay to Hiroshima born on 6-21-1920 in Poplarville, Mississippi expired 3-11-2004 in Ukiah, California age 83 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| found on the Wed. before 7/28 (7/25); died day before (7/24)
blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton first to record Hound Dog born on 12-11-1926 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 7-24-1984 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: heart attack
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| crime novel author Roderick Thorp II wrote Nothing Lasts Forever (in 1979) which became Die Hard (in 1988) born on 9-1-1936 in New York, New York expired 4-25-1999 in Oxnard, California age 62 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "native american" athlete James Francis "Jim" Thorpe Olympic medalist who had his awards withdrawn (by the fully-professional management hacks of the corrupt professional Olympic establisment) because he had played semi-pro baseball before the games born on 5-28-1888 in Prague, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) expired 3-28-1953 in Lomita, California age 64 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie director Richard Thorpe directed Athena (1954)
expired 5-1-1991 in Palm Springs, California age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retail employment trendsetter Inez June Threet first employee hired by Sam Walton (1950) as a clerk in his new store; retired in 1975 born on 12-15-1918 expired 11-17-2003 in Centerton, Arkansas age 84 cause: heart ailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Marvelous" Marvin Eugene Throneberry one of the original Miller Lite beer pitchmen born on 9-12-1933 in Collierville, Tennessee expired 6-24-1994 age 60 AKS: Thornberry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering black quarterback Willie Lawrence Thrower first black quarterback in Big Ten Conference & member of 1952 National Championship Michigan State team; first (modern era) black quarterback in NFL (1 game: October 18, 1953), playing for da Bears against San Francisco at Soldier Field (he didn't start, but replaced George Blanda) born on 3-22-1930 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania expired 2-20-2002 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania age 71 cause: heart attack; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese Cardinal-in-exile François Xavier Nguyen van Thuan nephew of Ngo Dinh Diem born on 4-17-1928 in Vietnam expired 9-16-2002 in Rome, Italy age 74 cause: cancer AKS: Francois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "aloof" actress Ingrid Thulin appeared in a number of Bergman films (including Wild Strawberries; 1957) born on 1-27-1926 in Solleftea. Sweden expired 1-7-2004 in Stockholm, Sweden age 77 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winnebago tribal chief Albert Yellow Thunder Spanish-American War verteran expired 10-4-1951 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blind New Yorker magazine contributor James Grover Thurber created the Walter Mitty character born on 12--1894 expired 11-2-1961 in New York, New York age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South Carolina senator (1955-2002) James Strom Thurmond Sr. ran for president as a Dixiecrat in 1948; holds record for longest filibuster - 24 hours (1957) born on 12-5-1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina expired 6-26-2003 in Edgefield, South Carolina age 100
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| German Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis headed house that owned the German Postal System for 350 years expired 1-22-1952 in Regensburg, Germany age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zanzibar ruler (1911-1960) Seyyid Sir Khalifa bin Harub bin Thwain
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| German industrialist Fritz Thyssen helped finance Hitler's early activities (including the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch); fled Germany in 1939, captured & returned to spend the war in a concentration camp expired 2-8-1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza nephew of Fritz Thyssen born on 4-13-1921 in Holland expired 4-27-2002 in Madrid, Spain age 81 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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