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| jazz bassist Warren W. Vaché Sr. father of jazz cornetist Warren Vaché Jr. & clarinetist Allan Vaché born on 11-27-1914 expired 2-4-2005 in Rahway, New Jersey age 90 cause: pneumonia; prostate cancer AKS: Vache | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Galyani Vadhana eldest sister of Rama IX born on 5-6-1923 in London, England expired 1-2-2008 in Bangkok, Thailand age 84 cause: abdominal cancer
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movie director Roger Vadim directed Barbarella (1968) and Pretty Maids All in a Row
expired 2-11-2000 in Paris, France age 72 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedienne Vera Vague appeared on Bob Hope's radio & tv shows in 1940s & 50s
expired 9-14-1974 in Santa Barbara, California age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor/equipment manufacturer Alfred Lewis Vail manufactured first telegraphy set; received first (test) message, sent between Washington, D.C. & Baltimore (1844): "What hath God Wrought!" born on 9-25-1807 in Morristown, New Jersey expired 1-18-1859 in Morristown, New Jersey age 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Bobby Vail expired 1-26-1957 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Highway Department chief engineer (1930-45) Charles E. Vail the Gore Valley was renamed in his honor; the famous ski resort was named for him expired 1-8-1945 in Denver, Colorado age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mobster Joseph Michael Valachi broke code of silence (omerta) & sang like a canary born on 9-22-1903 in New York, New York expired 4-3-1971 in El Paso, Texas age 67 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Sigrid Valdis played Anna in Our Man Flint (1965) & Col. Klink's secretary Hilda on Hogan's Heroes (1965-71); married to Bob Crane at the time of his murder (1970-78)
expired 10-14-2007 in Anaheim, California age 72 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Michael Vale appeared in thousands of commercials; in some he portrayed Sam Breakstone; his most memorable character was Dunkin Donuts' Fred the Baker ("It's time to make the donuts."; 1981-97)born on 6-28-1922 in Brookly, New York, New York expired 12-24-2005 in New York, New York age 83 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Columbian president (1962-66) Dr. Guillermo Leon Valencia born on --1909 in Popayan, Columbia expired 11-4-1971 in New York, New York age 62 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
early rock and roll singer Richie Valens had hit with La Bamba (1958); died in crash of Beechcraft Bonanza (registration N3794P, aka "Miss American Pie") with The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly
expired 2-3-1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa age 17 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
formerly-snarling asshole Jack Joseph Valenti now just a decomposing asshole; minor JFK stooge; was 3rd head of the MPAA (1966-2004)born on 9-5-1921 in Houston, Texas expired 4-26-2007 in Washington, District of Columbia age 85 cause: stroke
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| Guinness-certified oldster Maria Gomes Valentim was the ldest person in the world ... for about a month ... born on 7-9-1896 in Carangola, Brazil expired 6-21-2011 in Carangola, Brazil age 114 cause: multiple organ failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chicago cop Elmer Aaron Valentine co-founded the Whisky a Go Go bar on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood (1964); its where the Go Go dancer craze started born on 6-16-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-3-2008 in Studio City, California age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
silent screen actor Rudolph Valentino noted for playing The Sheik (before professional wrestling was in vogue); was married to Jean Acker and Natacha Rambova
expired 8-23-1926 in New York, New York age 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
crooner Hubert Prior "Rudy" Vallee recorded As Time Goes By in 1931
expired 7-3-1986 in Hollywood, California age 84
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actress Alida Valli played Anna Schmidt, Harry Lime's mistress in The Third Man (1949)
expired 4-22-2006 in Rome, Italy age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie production designer John C. Vallone oscar-nominated art director of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) born on 6-23-1953 expired 3-14-2004 in Park City, Utah age 50 cause: drowned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Raffaele Vallone played Cardinal Lamberto in The Godfather III born on 2-17-1916 in Tropea, Calabria, Italy expired 10-31-2002 in Rome, Italy age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ballerina Dame Ninette de Valois founded The Academy of Choreographic Art (1926) that eventually became the Royal Ballet
expired 3-8-2001 in London, England age 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former basketball coach James Thomas "Jim" Valvano born on 3-10-1946 in New York, New York expired 4-28-1993 in Durham, North Carolina age 47 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
game show host Bobby Van husband of Elaine Joyce
expired 7-31-1980 in Los Angeles, California age 49 cause: brain cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
radiation physicist Dr. James Alfred Van Allen eponymous radiation belt discovererborn on 9-7-1914 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa expired 8-9-2006 in Iowa City, Iowa age 91 cause: heart failure
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| Amway co-founder Jay Van Andel born on 6-23-1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 12-7-2004 in Ada. Michigan age 80 cause: heart failure; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| supergeezer Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper born on 6-29-1890 in Smilde, The Netherlands expired 8-30-2005 in Hoogereen, The Netherlands age 115
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| conductor Eduard Van Beinum expired 4-13-1959 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "volatile" basketball coach Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff coached at Lafayette (1951-55), Hofstra (1955-62), Princeton (1962-67), Los Angeles Lakers (1967-69), Detroit Pistons (1969-72), Phoenix Suns (1972-73), Memphis Titans (1973-74 in the ABA), New Orleans Jazz (1974-77), Univeristy of New Orleans (1977-79), New Orleans Pride (1979-81 women's team), Picayune (Mississippi) Memorial High School (1982-84), Lafayette again (1984-88) & Hofstra again (1988-94) born on 10-28-1922 in Montclair, New Jersey expired 8-22-2007 in Spokane, Washington age 84 cause: pneumonia; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Andrew Jackson's second Vice President (1833-1837); 8th U.S. president (1837-1841) Martin Van Burenborn on 12-5-1782 in Kinderhook, New York expired 7-24-1862 in Kinderhook, New York age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rev. Paul M. van Buren lead 1960s God Is Dead movement born on 4-20-1924 expired 6-18-1998 in Blue Hill, Maine age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carter Secretary of State (1977-80) Cyrus Roberts Vance resigned after the Iranian hostage rescue debacle born on 3-27-1917 in Clarksburg, West Virginia expired 1-12-2002 in New York, New York age 84 cause: pneumonia; complications from Alzheimer's disease
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| former SNL comedien (1985-6) Danitra Vance born on 7-13-1954 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-21-1994 in Markham, Illinois age 40 cause: breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Vivan Roberta Vance played Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy tv series (1951-59)
expired 8-17-1979 in Belvedere, California age 69 cause: breast & bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch diamond cutter Alfred van Cleef co-founded Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry business expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Lee Van Cleef born on 1-9-1925 in Somerville, New Jersey expired 12-16-1989 in Oxnard, California age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Catherina Angenieta "Kaatje" Van Dam-Groeneveld born on 11-20-1887 in Leiden, The Netherlands expired 2-16-2001 in Leiden, The Netherlands age 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Dr. Robert Jamison Van de Graaff inventor of the famous particle "generator" (with one "f") that geek shows & high school physics classes use to produce huge sparks and cause hair to stand on end born on 12-20-1901 expired 1-16-1967 in Boston, Massachusetts age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg expired 4-18-1951 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 67 cause: lung & spine condition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force chief of staff (1948-53) General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg the California military base is named after him expired 4-2-1954 in Washington, District of Columbia age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horse racing official Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. born on 9-22-1912 in London, England expired 11-12-1999 in Mills Neck, New York age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| syndicated etiquette columnist Amy Vanderbilt direct descendant of 1650 Long Island settler Jan Aoertsen van der Bilt born on 7-22-1908 in Staten Island, New York expired 12-27-1974 in New York, New York age 66 cause: fell/jumped from second story window
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| former MI congressman (1966-93) Guy Adrian Vander Jagt he spent so much time fundraising for the GOP he lost touch with his district and was bounced from the ticket in the 1992 primary born on 8-26-1931 in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan expired 6-22-2007 in Washington, District of Columbia age 75 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati pitcher John S. "Johnny" Vander Meer only pitcher to throw no-hitters in two consecutive outings (June 11 & 15, 1938) born on 11-2-1914 expired 10-6-1997 in Tampa, Florida age 82 cause: abdominal aneurysm AKS: Van der meer Vandermeer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former C.E.R.N. physicist (1955-90) Simon van der Meer shared the 1984 Nobel prize in physics for the concept of stochastic cooling in collidersborn on 11-24-1925 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 3-4-2011 in Geneva, Switzerland age 85 AKS: CERN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| voice of Wilma Flintstone Jean Vander Pyl also voiced Rosie the robot maid, Mrs. Spacely & George's mother- born on 10-11-1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 4-10-1999 in Dana Point, California age 79 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former newsreel photographer Willard Van der Veer photographer on Richard Byrd's 1920s South Pole expeditions; shared 1929/30 cinematography oscar for Byrd at the South Pole (1930) born on 8-23-1894 expired 6-16-1963 in Encino, California age 68 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Diana M. van der Vlis played Dr. Nell Beaulac on Ryan's Hope (1975) born on 6-9-1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 10-21-2001 in Missoula, Montana age 66 cause: respiratory failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals awarded the 1910 Nobel prize in physics for hs state equiations for gases and liquids born on 11-23-1837 in Leyden, The Netherlands expired 3-8-1923 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
retired platform diver Janna Wendy Van Der Woude won 10-meter gold at 1982 World championships & bronze at 1984 Olympics
expired 9-27-2003 in Webster, New York age 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former WOR Radio newscaster Fred Van Deventer originate 20 Questions quiz show on Mutual Radio (1946) & Dumont & ABC TV networks born on 12-5-1903 in Tipton, Indiana expired 12-2-1971 in Colonial Heights, Virginia age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Titos Vandis born on 11-7-1917 in Salonika, Greece (now Thessaloniki) expired 2-23-2003 in Athens, Greece age 85 cause: cancer AKS: Tito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former segregationist Georgia governor (1959-63) Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. while campaigning for office vowed "no, not one" black child would enter a white classroom born on 7-3-1918 in Franklin County. Georgia expired 2-21-2005 in Lavonia, Georgia age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren father of Charles born on 6-13-1894 in Hope, Illinois expired 12-10-1972 in Torrington, Connecticut age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R&B singer Luther Ronzoni Vandross born on 4-20-1951 in New York, New York expired 7-1-2005 in Edison, New Jersey age 54 cause: complications from stroke; diabetes
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| playwright & stage director John William Van Druten wrote plays I am a Camera, Bell, Book and Candle (based upon Kathryn Forbes' book), I Remember Mama (1944) and screenplay for Gaslight (1944) born on 6-1-1901 in London, England expired 12-19-1957 in Indio, California age 56 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dance hall girl during the 1900 Yukon gold rush Kate Rockwell Waner Matson Van Duren famous for staking prospectors
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| poet Mona Jane Van Duyn was U.S. Poet Laureate (1992-93); won Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1991) born on 5-9-1921 in Waterloo, Iowa expired 12-1-2004 in University City, Missouri age 83 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance daughter of Jerry Van Dyke; wife of Jack Nance
expired 11-18-1991 in North Hollywood, California age 33 cause: suicide; hanged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cinematographer/director Willard Van Dyke former director of the Mueum of Modern Art's film department born on 12-5-1906 in Denver, Colorado expired 1-23-1986 in Jackson, Tennessee age 79 cause: heart attack
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pharmacologist Dr. John Robert Vane received the 1977 Lasker Award; shared the 1982 Nobel medicine prize for discoveries in the workings of prostaglandins & related substances born on 3-29-1927 in Tardebigg, Worcestershire, England expired 11-19-2004 in Farnborough, Kent, England age 77 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shell Oil Co. founder J. C. van Patheleon Van Eck expired 2-16-1965 in Santa Barbara, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
photographer Hubert "Hugh" Van Es took famous photo of CIA helicopter (Air America) atop apartment building boarding people fleeing the fall of Saigon (4/29/1975)born on 7-6-1941 in Hilversum, The Netherlands expired 5-15-2009 in Hong Kong, China age 67 cause: cerebral aneurysm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired 4-star general James Alward Van Fleet born on 3-19-1892 in Coytesville, New Jersey expired 9-24-1992 in Polk City, Florida age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Jo Van Fleet born on 12-30-1919 in Oakland, California expired 6-10-1996 in New York, New York age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| filmmaker Theo Van Gogh great nephew of painter; his criticism of Islam got him killed born on 7-23-1957 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands expired 11-2-2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 47 cause: knife & gunshot wounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| painter Vincent Willem Van Gogh botched suicide attempt on July 27th (gunshot to chest) born on 3-30-1853 in Groot Zundert, The Netherlands expired 7-29-1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France age 37 cause: infection from gunshot wound | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John A. van Hengel set up the U.S.' first food bank, St. Mary's, in Phoenix (1967); also started Second Harvest to spread the concept nationally (1972) born on 2-21-1923 in Waupun, Wisconsin expired 10-5-2005 in Phoenix, Arizona age 82 cause: cancer; strokes; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
composer James "Jimmy" Van Heusen
expired 2-6-1990 in Rancho Mirage, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| investment banker Robert Van Kampen founded the Scriptorium, a Grand Haven, Michigan Bible research library and museum born on 12-16-1938 in Evergreen Park, Illinois expired 10-29-1999 in Chicago, Illinois age 60 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AID advisor to South Vietnam Lt.Colonel John Paul Vann born on 7-2-1924 in Norfolk, Virginia expired 6-9-1972 in Plei Ro Uay, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam age 47 cause: helicopter crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired L.A. police detective Philip Lewis Vannatter was the lead investigator in the Polanski rape case (1977) & Brown-Simpson/Goldman murders (1991) born on 4-18-1941 in Griffisthville, West Virginia expired 1-20-2012 in Santa Claria, California age 70 cause: complications from cancer AKS: Phillip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Rik Van Nutter played Felix Leiter in Thunderball (1965); once married to Anita Ekberg (1963-75)
expired 10-15-2005 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| theater & tv producer Nick Vanoff born on 10-25-1929 expired 3-20-1991 age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. James F. Van Pelt Jr. during World War II was navigator of the plane that nuked Nagasakiborn on 7-7-1918 expired 12-10-1994 in Corona, California age 76 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pediatrician Dr. Hart Edward Van Riper former medical director of the March of Dimes; worked on both Salk & Sabin vaccines born on 12-9-1904 in Kirkwood, Illinois expired 11-4-2000 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
folk singer Dave Van Ronk mentor of Bob Dylan; went Romping Through the Swamp with the Hudson Dusters (1968)
expired 2-10-2002 in New York, New York age 65 cause: cardio-pulmonary failure; colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| costume designer Theadora Van Runkle born on 3-27-1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 11-9-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 83 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| captain William Henry van Schaick master of the New York excursion boat General Slocum on June 15, 1904; convicted of: not holding fire drills; not properly training his crew; not maintaining the vesel's fire apparatus; served 3½ years of a 10 year sentence; pardoned by President Taft born on 12-7-1837 in Van Schaik Island, Cohoes, New York expired 12-8-1927 in Utica, New York age 90 AKS: von schaick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer/producer Robert Elseworth van Scoyk Sr. produced/wrote Murder, She Wrote episodes born on 1-13-1928 in Dayton, Ohio expired 8-23-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff was the first recipient of the Nobel prize in chemistry (1901) born on 8-30-1852 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands expired 3-1-1911 in Steglitz, Germany age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic survivor Winnifred Vera Quick Van Tongerloo born on 1-23-1904 in Plymouth, Devon, England expired 7-4-2002 in Lansing, Michigan age 98 cause: congestive heart failure
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John Hasbrouck van Vleck shared the 1977 Nobel prize in physics born on 3-13-1899 in Middletown, Connecticut expired 10-27-1980 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
reclusive former rocker Don Van Vliet many years ago, on October 31st, would amble about town wearing a replica of a trout mask
expired 12-17-2010 in Trinidad, California age 69 cause: complications from multiple sclerosis
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science fiction writer Alfred Elton van Vogt
expired 1-26-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 87 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first CBS TV network head John L. Van Volkenburg expired 6-11-1963 in Brainerd, Minnesota age 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio announcer Cornelius Westbrook Van Voorhis also narrated newsreels born on 9-21-1903 expired 7-13-1968 in New Milford, Connecticut age 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronald "Ronnie" Van Zant born on 1-15-1948 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 10-20-1977 in McComb, Mississippi age 29 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| political terrorist Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed for murder during a robbery born on 6-11-1888 in Villafalletto, Italy expired 8-23-1927 in Charlestown, Massachusetts age 39 cause: executed; electric chair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hard line Stalinist army general Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov directed Soviet forces in Afghanistan (strike one); one of the coup plotters that tried to overthrow Gorbachev (strike two, although tried for treason and acquitted); a big fan of Putin (strike three) born on 12-15-1923 in Russia expired 5-6-2009 in Moscow, Russia age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| avante-garde electronic music composer Edgar Varèse surprisingly, he didn't compose the Varèse Sarabande born on 12-22-1883 in Paris, France expired 11-6-1965 in New York, New York age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pinup artist Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chavez his work was featured in Playboy magazine born on 2-9-1895 in Arequipa, Peru expired 12-30-1982 in Los Angeles, California age 88   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra creator of the Memín Pingüín comic character (1947); a controversy arose when the Mexican postal system released a Memín stamp series (2005)born on 7-18-1925 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 8-8-1999 age 74 cause: pulmonary embolism AKS: Dulche Memin Pinguin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| economist Luis Andres Vargas-Gomez ont-time Cuban U.N. Ambassador; had falling out with Castro; a planner of the Bay of Pigs invasion; was captured & spend years in jail born on 5-14-1915 expired 1-13-2003 in Coral Gables, Florida age 87 cause: kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Klystron co-inventor (1937) Russell Harrison Varian founded Varian Associates (1948) expired 7-28-1959 in Juneau, Alaska age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electronics inventor Sigurd F. Varian co-developed the Klystron high frequency tube for radar, the progenitor of other frequency-multiplying devices (like the Magnetron, found in microwave ovens) expired 10-20-1961 in Guadalajara, Mexico age 60 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor James "Jim" Varney played Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies movie
expired 2-10-2000 in White House, Tennessee age 50 cause: lung cancer
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| actress Diane Varsi received oscar for Peyton Place (1957) born on 2-23-1938 in San Francisco, California expired 11-19-1992 in Los Angeles, California age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Victor Vasarely born on 4-9-1908 in Pecs, Austria-Hungary expired 3-15-1997 in Paris, France age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former AP photographer Paul Vathis won a Pulitzer Prize for 1961 picture of Eisenhower & Kennedy at Camp David born on 10-18-1925 in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (now Jim Thorpe, PA) expired 12-10-2002 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Frankie Vaughan had hit with Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
expired 9-17-1999 in London, England age 71 cause: heart problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antarctic explorer Norman Dane Vaughnborn on 12-19-1905 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 12-23-2005 in Anchorage, Alaska age 100
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| singer Sarah Lois Vaughn born on 3-27-1924 in Newark, New Jersey expired 4-3-1990 in Hidden Hills, California age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn born on 10-3-1954 in Dallas, Texas expired 9-27-1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin age 35 cause: helicopter crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Ralph Vaughn Williams expired 8-26-1958 in London, England age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Ron Vawter appeared in Philadelphia born on 12-9-1948 in Latham, New York expired 4-16-1994 in North Atlantic Ocean age 45 cause: heart attack on plane; AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-39 & 52 astronaut Charles Lacy Veach born on 9-18-1944 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-3-1995 in Houston, Texas age 51 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball team owner William Louis "Bill" Veeck the P.T. Barnum of baseball; once sent a midget to the plate as a pinch- born on 2-9-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-2-1986 in Chicago, Illinois age 71
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| violinist and conductor Sandor Vegh leader/founder of Vegh Quartet born on 5-17-1905 in Cluj-Napoca, Roumania expired 1-6-1997 in Freilassing, Germany age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Conrad Veidt expired 4-3-1943 in Hollywood, California age 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer Sandy Veith won court judgement to be credited as creator of the Northern Exposure series expired 1-4-2009 in Miami, Florida age 60 cause: kidney & liver problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| on-again-off-again Equadorian president José María Velasco Ibarra 5-time occupant of the office (usually being ousted by the military before the end of his term): 1934, 1944-47, 1952-56, 1960-61 & 1968-72 expired 3-30-1979 in Quito, Equador age 86 cause: intestinal & pulmonary infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Consuelo Velázquez her biggest hit was with "Bésame Mucho" (1941) born on 8-29-1916 in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico expired 1-22-2005 in Mexico City, Mexico age 88 cause: respiratory failure AKS: Velazquez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexican labor union leader Fidel Velázquez Sánchez born on 5-12-1900 in San Pedro Azcapotzaltongo, Mexico (now Villa Nicólaus Romero) expired 6-21-1997 in Mexico City, Mexico age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I Prussian zeppelin ace Gerhardus Otto Fabricatatous Vel Chraugh in order to escape the post-war Silesian broccoli famine he shepherded over 100 refugees aboard his airship, undertaking a treacherous mid-winter flight from Moravia-to-Batavia-to-Lakehurst (New Jersey; his zeppelin's xenon-filled gas chambers nearly ignited while overflying the Mt. Etna volcano); the harrowing ordeal received minimal international attention, coming as it did only three days after the Tunguska, Siberia metropolitan area was leveled by a 100 kiloton mid-air comet explosion; he discover the "sticking" secret of wild burrs while on a hiking vacation in upper Michigan (1924) & went into business (financed by Henry Ford) to produce a fabric that exploited that characteristic & permitting the wood panels on the sides of Ford's station wagons to be easily swapped-out; the
eponymously-named discovery eventually became corrupted into the now universally known product called Velcro born on 11-30-1888 in Tihsllub, Aloparc, Germany expired 3-27-1943 in Wonemknulf, Hiawatha County, Michigan age 54 cause: asphyxiation; choked to death eating ham sandwich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
diminutive (5') Mexican actress Lupe Velez played character Carmelita Lindsay on-screen; had a short (5-year) marriage to Johnny Weissmuller; pregnant at the time of her death, her suicide note wrecked the career of her paramour
expired 12-13-1944 in Beverly Hills, California age 36 cause: suicide; took 75 Seconal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emmanuel Velikovsky expired 11-18-1979 age 84
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| master surfboard maker Dale Warren Velzy helped popularize surfing in California following World War II; bankrolled the surf documentary Slippery When Wet (1958) born on 9-23-1927 in Oakland, California expired 5-26-2005 in Mission Viejo, California age 77 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Evelyn Venable voice of the The Blue Fairy who granted Geppetto's wish in Pinocchio (1940); third model for Columbia Picture's movie logoborn on 10-18-1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 11-15-1993 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho age 80 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th Indian president (1987-92) Ramaswamy Venkataraman born on 12-4-1910 in Rajamadam, India expired 1-27-2009 in New Delhi, India age 98
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| tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura born on 12-2-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-17-1992 in Pleasantville, New Jersey age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz violinist Joseph "Joe" Venuti born on 9-16-1903 expired 8-14-1978 in Seattle, Washington age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dancer/actress Vera-Ellen
expired 8-30-1981 in Los Angeles, California age 55 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
geologist & mining engineer Rogier Diederik Marius Verbeek his investigations & reports on the August 1883 eruption of Krakatau volcano brought world-born on 4-7-1845 in Doorn, The Netherlands expired 4-9-1926 age 81 cause: stroke AKS: Deiderek Dederik Dederek Derek Verbeeck Verbeck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian opera composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi wrote Aida born on 10-10-1813 in Le Roncole, Italy expired 1-27-1901 in Milan, Italy age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon played Lola in Broadway production of Damn Yankees (1955; "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."); Mrs. Bob Fosse (1960-87) born on 1-16-1925 in Culver City, California expired 10-18-2000 in Woodstock, Vermont age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering science fiction author Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Mysterious Island and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) born on 2-8-1828 in Nantes, France expired 3-24-1905 in Amiens, France age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Jackie Vernon had comedy album A Man and his (pet) Watermelon; voice of Frosty the Snowman in 1969 animate holiday special born on 3-29-1924 in New York, New York expired 11-10-1987 in Hollywood, California age 63 cause: heart attack
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character actor John Vernon had the title role in the short 20-episode CBC crime drama Wojeck, centered around Toronto coroner Steve Wojeck, long before Quincy or CSI (1966); played Dean Vernon Wormer in Animal House; father of actress Kate
expired 2-1-2005 in Van Nuys, California age 72 cause: complications from heart surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
druggist James Vernor Sr. in Union Army company that captured Jefferson Davis; created a well-born on 4-11-1843 in Albany, New York expired 10-29-1927 in Grosse Ile, Michigan age 84 cause: bronchial pneumonia; influenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| explorer Giovannida Verrazano discovered mouth of Hudson River born on --1485 in Val di Greve, Italy expired 11-??-1528 in Puerto del Pico, Spain age 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fashion designer Gianni Versace born on 12-2-1946 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy expired 7-15-1997 in Miami Beach, Florida age 50 cause: murdered; shot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Met Opera tenor Richard L. Versalle born on 12-3-1932 expired 1-5-1996 age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| assassinated South African prime minister (1958-66) Hendrick F. Verwoerd chief architect of apartheid born on 9-8-1901 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 9-6-1966 in Capetown, South Africa age 64 cause: stabbed to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
crooked financier Robert Lee Vesco used illegal funds to gain control of companies; funneled loot to Watergate conspirators; fled to Costa Rica, then Cuba, to avoid prosecution; got his ass thrown in prison after he ripped-off both Donald Nixon & Raúl Castro (doing 13 years)
expired 11-23-2007 in Havana, Cuba age 71 cause: lung cancer
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Italian navigator & explorer Amerigo Vespucci discovered the mouth of the Rio de la Plate river; had several continents named after him
expired 2-22-1512 in Seville, Spain age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Oklahoma halfback Billy Vessels winner of the Heisman Trophy (1952)
expired 11-17-2001 in Coral Gables, Florida age 70 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Bubble Boy" David Joseph Vetter suffered from Severe Combine Immunodeficiency born on 9-21-1971 expired 2-22-1984 age 12 cause: Burkitt's lymphoma
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| harpsichordist & J.P. Rampal accompanist Robert Veyron-Lacroix born on 12-13-1922 expired 4-2-1991 age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sex Pistols electric bassist Sid Vicious died 13 hours after being released on bail after arrest for stabbing death of Go-
expired 2-2-1979 in New York, New York age 21 cause: heroin overdose
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Playboy July 1959 Playmate of Month Yvette Vickers appeared in Attack of the 50-Foot Woman (1958) & Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) She was found, mummified, in her home on 4/27/2011; she was last seen in late April of 2010 following her return from a trip "out East" ... she may have been dead for up to a year — we're using that as the basis for our age-at-death calculations; the L.A. Coroner's Office was unable to determine a date of death
expired 4-27-2010+ in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California age 81+ cause: heart failure; mummification; arterial sclerotic cardiovascular disease; hardening of the arteries AKS: Lola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Columbia University economist William Spencer Vickrey shared the 1996 Nobel prize in economics born on 6-21-1914 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada expired 10-11-1996 in Harrison, New York age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electric washing machine inventor Alexander F. Victor also invented non-flammable safety film for movies expired 3-29-1961 in Carmel, California age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teresa A. Victor longtime assistant to Leonard Nimoy; had a number of minor roles in the early Star Trek movies, most notably as the Enterprise NCC-1701 computer voice that counted down the auto-destruct sequence that ended the voyages of the original starship (it would be replaced by Enterprises NCC-1701-A, -B, -C, and -D) born on --1943 in New York, New York expired 12-29-2005 in Santa Monica, California age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Queen Victoria grand-daughter of George III; daughter of William IV; wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-
expired 1-22-1901 in Isle of Wight, England age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Charles Vidor made The Joker is Wild (1957) born on 7-27-1900 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 6-4-1959 in Vienna, Austria age 58 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film maker King Wallis Vidor survived the great 1900 Hurricane; went on to be a top Hollywood director born on 2-8-1894 in Galveston, Texas expired 11-1-1982 in Paso Robles, California age 88
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| Guinea-Bissau president João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira born on 4-27-1939 in Bissau, Portugese Guinea expired 3-2-2009 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissua age 69 cause: assassinated; shot to death AKS: Joao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician Leopold Vietoris born on 6-4-1891 expired 4-9-2002 age 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Demetrius Vikélas first head of the International Olympic Committee (1894-96) born on 2-15-1835 in Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece expired 7-20-1908 in Athens, Greece age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mexican bandito Francisco "Poncho" Villa fought against dictator Porfirio Diaz & on behalf of Francisco Madera
expired 7-23-1923 in Parral, Mexico age 45 cause: gunshot wounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luz Corral de Villa widow of Pancho born on --1892 in Chihuahua, Mexico expired 7-6-1981 in Chihuahua, Mexico age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
composer Heitor Villa-Lobos
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| former Stanford University electrical engineering professor Oswald Garrison Villard Jr. developer of over- born on 9-17-1916 in Dobbs Ferry, New York expired 1-7-2004 in Palo Alto, California age 87 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Thomas Louis Villard following his Spring Break played Prylar Bek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode The Collaborator (1994) born on 11-19-1953 in Waipahua Ewa, Hawaii expired 11-14-1994 in Los Angeles, California age 40 cause: pneumonia; AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| explorer Orlando Villas-Boas with his brothers explored the interior of Brazil's rain forest (1940s); they advocated protected the indiginous peoples from exploitation born on 1-12-1914 in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, Brazil expired 12-12-2002 in São Paulo, Brazil age 88 cause: multiple organ failure; intestinal infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acoustic Research co-founder (1951) Edgar Marion Villchur came up with the acoustic suspension loudspeaker (1954); sold company & left to form the Foundation for Hearing Aid Research where he developed the multi-channel compression hearing aid (1967) born on 5-28-1917 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 10-17-2011 in Woodstock, New York age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| diminutive actor Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize Tatoo on Fantasy Island ("look boss, da plane, da plane"); Nick Nack in The Man With The Golden Gun born on 4-23-1943 in Paris, France expired 9-4-1993 in North Hollywood, California age 50 cause: suicide; gunshot to head
AKS: Herve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Honduran president (1957-63) Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales expired 10-8-1971 in New York, New York age 62 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Jean Villot Vatican secretary of state born on 10-11-1905 in Saint-Amant-Tallende, France expired 3-9-1979 in Rome, Italy age 73 cause: bronchial pneumonia
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| sound archivist G. Robert Vincent created sound/voice library at Michigan State University born on 7-17-1898 expired 11-13-1985 age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oceanographer Allyn Collins Vine was an engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (1940-his death); was the inspiration for the name of the first deep submersible — the Alvin (Allyn Vine) born on 6-1-1914 in Garretsville, Ohio expired 1-4-1996 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Georgia representative (1914-64) Carl Vinson born on 11-18-1883 in Milledgeville, Georgia expired 6-1-1981 in Milledgeville, Georgia age 97 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Justice (1946-58) Frederick Moore Vinson Truman Sec. of Treasury (1945-46) expired 9-8-1958 in Washington, District of Columbia age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Finland prime minister (1964-66) Johannes Virolainen born on 1-31-1914 in Vyborg, Karelia, Finland expired 12-11-2000 in Lohja, Finland age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen winner of the 1945 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 1-15-1895 in Helsinki, Finland expired 11-11-1973 in Helsinki, Finland age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biologist & photographer Roman Vishniac born on 8-19-1897 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 1-22-1990 in New York, New York age 92 cause: colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Playboy July 1974 Playmate of Month Carol Ann Marie Vitale also did February 1997 pictorialborn on 11-14-1946 in Elizabeth, New Jersey expired 7-23-2008 in Aventura, Florida age 61 cause: complications from lupus, scleroderma & osteoporosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Joe Vitarelli played Jelly in Analyze This (1999) & Analyze That (2002) born on 3-10-1937 in New York, New York expired 1-29-2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 66 cause: stomach hemorrhage during heart surgery AKS: Vitarelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor Frank Vittor taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology; designed the Gettysburg Commemorative half dollar (1936); his nude sculpture "America Venus" got the 1935 Miss America "fired" born on 1-6-1888 in Mozzato, Italy expired 1-??-1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania age | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Italian King Victor Emmanuel III husband of Queen Ioanna
expired 12-28-1947 in Alexandria, Egypt age 78 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
classical composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons
expired 7-27-1741 in Vienna, Austria age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucy Vodden a childhood friend of Julian Lennon — one day he went home with a picture that he had drawn of her ... he called it "Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds"
expired 9-22-2009 in London, England age 46 cause: lupus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired University of Wisconsin music professor Donald Joseph Voegeli composed the musical theme for the NPR news program All Things Considered (1971) born on 2-8-1920 expired 11-21-2009 in Madison, Wisconsin age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
expired 3-18-1991 in Ishpeming, Michigan age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Karl Michael Vogler played Captain Rumpelstoss in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) & General Irwin Rommel in Patton (1970) born on 8-28-1928 in Remscheid, Germany expired 6-9-2009 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-Soviet General Dmitri Antonovich Volkogonov became archivist of KGB files in his later years which he used to write "accurate" biographies of Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin born on 3-22-1928 expired 12-6-1995 in Moscow, Russia age 67 cause: stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soyuz 11 cosmonaut Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov died when the cabin depressurized during re-entry born on 11-23-1935 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 6-30-1971 in Dzherkazgan, USSR age 35 cause: hypoxia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Minnesota representative (1903-23) Andrew John Volstead author of the 1919 Alcohol Prohibition Act — local voters took a dim view of his forced-temperance law & booted him from office born on 10-31-1860 in Kenyon, Minnesota (near) expired 1-20-1947 in Granite Falls, Minnesota age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| philosopher Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire wrote Candide (1759) born on 11-21-1694 in Paris, France expired 5-30-1778 in Paris, France age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Nedra Volz born on 6-18-1908 in Montrose, Iowa expired 1-20-2003 in Mesa, Arizona age 94 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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organic chemist Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer received the 1905 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 10-31-1835 in Berlin, Germany expired 8-20-1917 in Starnberger See, Germany age 81 cause: "seizure" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Emil Adolf von Behring received the first Nobel prize in medicine for his discovery of the diptheria antitoxin and vaccine
expired 3-31-1917 in Marburg, Germany age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georg von Békésy won the 1961 Nobel prize in physiology for discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea born on 6-3-1899 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 6-13-1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 73 AKS: Bekesy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II S.S. Majpr Wernher Von Braun as chief designer of the V-2 rocket (Vergeltungswaffe Zwei) for Germany during World War II used slave labor in it's production; developer of the Saturn V rocket for NASA's moon project born on 3-23-1912 in Wirsitz, East Prussia, Germany expired 6-16-1977 in Alexandria, Virginia age 65 cause: cancer AKS: Werner von Brown Brawn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comic book advertiser Harold von Braunhut purveyor of "Sea Monkeys" (actually brine shrimp) & X-Ray Specs; purported to be a member of the KKK & Aryan Nations
expired 11-28-2003 in Indian Head, Maryland age 71 cause: complications from fall (hit head) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neo-Nazi James Wenneker von Brunn shot-up the U.S. Holocaust Museum in D.C., killing a guard born on 7-11-1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-6-2010 in Butner, North Carolina age 89 cause: congestive heart failure; sepsis; bullet wounds
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| comatose socialite Martha Sharp Crawford "Sunny" Von Bülow ex-wife of Claus von B; was in a permanent diabetic coma for 28 years born on 9-1-1932 in Manassas, Virgina expired 12-6-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 76 cause: cardiopulmonary arrest
AKS: Bulow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| innkeeper Hyatt Robert von Dehn established a hotel at Los Angeles International airport (1953); sold it to Jay Pritzker in 1957 born on 5-25-1915 in Buffalo, New York expired 7-28-1973 in Pebble Beach, California age 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electrical engineer Bernard V. Vonderschmidtt lead the development of RCA's NTSC color system (1953); led the development team that created the CMOS (complimentary metal- born on 10-14-1923 in Indiana expired 6-9-2004 in Jasper, Indiana age 80 cause: complications from stroke AKS: Vonderschmit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist & composer Ernst Von Dohnanyi born on 7-27-1877 expired 2-9-1960 in New York, New York age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pro wrassler Waldo von Erich no relation to the other von Erichs
expired 7-5-2009 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin shared the 1929 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 2-15-1873 in Augsburg, Germany expired 11-6-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Ulf Svante von Euler-Chelpin shared the 1970 Nobel Physiology prize born on 2-7-1905 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 3-9-1983 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Heinz von Foerster founder of he Biological Computer Laboratory (1958); did early work on parallel computing - built the Numa-Rete for the Office of Naval Research born on 11-13-1911 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 10-2-2002 in Pescadero, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karl von Frisch shared the 1973 Nobel prize in medicine born on 11-20-1886 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 6-12-1982 in München, Bavaria, Germany age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "prince of high fashion" Egon Edvard von Fürstenberg nephew of Giovanni Agnelli; ex-husband of Diane von Fürstenberg born on 6-29-1946 in Lausanne, Switzerland expired 6-10-2004 in Rome, Italy age 58 cause: liver cancer
AKS: Furstenberg Furstenburg Firstenberg Firstenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laotian King (1905-59) Sisavang Vong expired 10-29-1959 in Luang Prabang, Laos age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screen writer Thea Von Harbou wrote screenplay for Metropolis and M; wife of Fritz Lang, who abandoned her when Hitler made an offer that Fritz needed to refuse; she stayed in German to write screenplays for Hitler's propaganda flix, including Kolberg, the "to hell with the war, we've got movies to make" 1944 Josef Göbbels opus that had 187,000 German combat troops doing a movie instead of fighting on the Russian front; alleged to be a Göbbels mistress born on 12-27-1888 in Touperlitz, Germany expired 7-1-1954 in Berlin, Germany age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1974 Nobel Economics laureate Friedrich August von Hayek free market economic theorist; debunker of "social justice" rationalizations for socialism, communism, Maoism, Marxism, etc.; anti-Keynesian collegue of Keynes born on 5-8-1899 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 3-23-1992 in Freiburg, Austria age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl Gustav Verner von Heidenstam the 1916 Nobel literature laureate born on 7-6-1859 in Ölshammar, Sweden expired 5-20-1940 in Övralid, Sweden age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aeronautical engineer Theodore von Kármán co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1944) born on 5-11-1881 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 5-7-1963 in Aachen, Germany age 81 AKS: Karman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II German Field Marshall Paul Ludwig Ewald Von Kleist led the blitzkrieg through Belgium & France in 1940 and into the Ukraine in 1941 expired 11-5-1954 in Berlin, Germany age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
slimy public relations flack Edward von Kloberg III his slogan: "Shame is for sissies."; his client list was a who's who of late 20th Century scumbags: Saddam Hussein, Samuel Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, Mobutu & his successor Laurent Kabila, the Burmese military junta, et. al.
expired 5-1-2005 in Rome, Italy age 63 cause: suicide; leap from a castle parapet; cancer; diabetes; Meniere's syndrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pioneering physicist Max Theodor Felix von Laue his discovery of X-Ray diffraction in crystals earned him the 1914 Nobel physics prize born on 10-9-1879 in Pfaffendorf, Germany expired 4-24-1960 in Berlin, Germany age 80 cause: injuries sustained in automobile accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Philip Eduard Anton von Lenard received the 1905 Nobel prize in physics wor his work in cathode rays born on 6-7-1862 in Pressbrug, Austria-Hungary expired 5-20-1947 in Messelhausen, Germany age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Walther Von Lüttwitz military leader of Wolfgang von Kapp's failed Berlin putsch (1920) expired 9-22-1942 in Breslau, Germany age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blitzkrieg tactician Marshall Erich Von Manstein dismissed by Hitler in 1944 expired 6-11-1973 in Irschenhausen, Germany age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German army general Hasso Von Manteuffel commanded German troops in the Battle of the Bulge expired 9-24-1978 in Reith, Austria age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ultrasound pioneer Dr. Lajos I. von Micsky born on 5-12-1918 expired 8-6-1976 in New Rochelle, New York age 58 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| long-forgotten economist Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises wrote "Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufsmittel" (1912; "The Theory of Money and Credit") born on 9-29-1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary expired 10-10-1973 in New York, New York age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr.born on 11-11-1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 4-11-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 84 cause: complications from fall
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mathematician John Louis von Neumann developed many of the basic principles underlying the electronic computer
expired 2-8-1957 in Washington, District of Columbia age 53 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first Nazi foreign minister Baron Constantin Von Neurath convicted of being a war criminal at Nuremburg expired 8-14-1956 in Enzweihingen, Germany age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nazi auto manufacturer Wilhelm Von Opel his company is now owned by General Motors expired 5-2-1948 in Wiesbaden, Germany age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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pacifist/anti-Nazi journalist Carl von Ossietzky was arrested the morning after the Reichstag fire (February 28, 1933), imprisoned & tortured, then sent to concentration camps; world-wide outrage at his treatment caused the Nobel peace prize committee to award him the prize for 1935 in November of 1936 (they originally were going to sit on the money, banking it for later); he was released from prison but prevented from going to the award ceremony; he lived out his life in a tuberculosis sanitarium; his lawyer was convicted of embezzeling his Nobel award money born on 10-3-1889 in Hamburg, Germany expired 5-4-1938 in Berlin, Germany age 48 cause: tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932 German chancellor Franz Von Papen aided Hitler's rise to power expired 5-2-1969 in Obersasbach, Germany age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German foreign minister (1938-45)/war criminal Joachim Von Ribbentrop negotiate infamous "non-aggression" treaty with Molotov that carved up Poland between Germany and Russia born on 4-30-1893 in Wesel, Germany expired 10-16-1946 in Nuremburg, Germany age 53 cause: hanged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Field Marshall Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Runstedt expired 2-24-1953 in Hannover, Prussia, Germany age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hitler Youth head (1933-40) Baldur Von Schirach did 20 years in Spandau (1946-66) for his part in the deportation and execution of 50,000 Austrian Jews during World War II expired 8-8-1974 in Kroev, Germany age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German industrialist Carl Friedrich Von Siemens headed electrical equipment firm founded by his father expired 7-10-1941 in Berlin, Germany age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German military officer Lt. Col. Claus Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg leader in plot to kill Hitler; his wife died in 2006 born on 11-15-1907 in Upper Franconia, Germany expired 7-20-1944 in Berlin, Germany age 36 cause: executed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie director Josef Von Sternberg "discovered" Marlene Dietrich
expired 12-22-1969 in Hollywood, California age 75 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director & actor Erich Von Stroheim played Captain von Rauffenstein in Le Grande Illusion (1937) & Norma Desmond's manservant in Sunset Boulevard (1950) expired 5-12-1957 in Paris, France age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv sound editor Josef Erich von Stroheim II son of movie director; worked on The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) & So Fine (1981) born on 9-18-1922 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-22-2002 in Van Nuys, California age 79 cause: complications from lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner ardent pacifist; she briefly worked for Alfred Nobel as his secretary & housekeeper (1876); it is speculated that her correspondence with Nobel led to his inclusion of the Peace Prize in his will (she was awarded the prize in 1905)
expired 6-21-1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary age 71 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tin pan alley composer Albert von Tilzer wrote the music to "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" (lyrics by Jack Norworth; 1908); didn't actually attend his first baseball game until 1928
expired 10-1-1956 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agathe Joanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp another one of the singing siblings born on 3-12-1913 in Pola, Istria, Austria-Hungary expired 12-28-2010 in Towson, Maryland age 97 cause: congestive heart failure
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| head of family of singers Baron Georg Von Trapp his family's story is the basis for The Sound of Music; he was a World War I U-Boat commander expired 5-30-1947 in Stowe, Vermont age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former nun Maria Augusta von Trapp second wife of Georg; survived by son Johannes, daughters Eleanore Campbell & Rosmarie Trapp, stepsons Rupert & Werner von Trapp and stepdaughters Maria F. Trapp, Agathe & Johanna von Trapp
expired 3-28-1987 in Morrisville, Vermont age 82 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former singing youth Werner von Trapp part of the family that escaped the Nazis and came to the U.S. resulting in a big Broadway & movie musical born on 12-21-1915 in Zell am See, Austria-Hungary expired 10-11-2007 in Waitsfield, Vermont age 91
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| Nazi nuclear physicist Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker worked on their A-bomb program; after the war became just one more peace-lovin' "philosopher"; brother of the former German president born on 6-28-1912 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany expired 4-28-2007 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany age 94
AKS: Weizsacker Weizsaecker Wiseacre Wiseaker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burns and Allen's announcer Harry Von Zell once introduced president Herbert Hoover as "Hoober Heaver"; narrated Warner-Pathé newsreels in 1940s born on 7-11-1906 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 11-21-1981 in Calabasas, California age 75
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Our Gang child actress M. Lucille Vore
expired 4-8-1999 in San Diego, California age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Bernard Vorhaus directed Way Down South (1939) born on 12-25-1904 in New York, New York expired 11-23-2000 in London, England age 95 cause: "natural causes" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| apartheid proponent Balthazar Johannes Vorster South African prime minister (1966-78) & president (1978-79) born on 12-13-1915 in Jamestown, South Africa expired 9-10-1983 in Capetown, South Africa age 67
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| long-time National Geographic employee Frederick George "Ted" Vosburgh started with the organization in 1933; ended his career as editor of the magazine (1967-70) born on 9-16-1904 in Johnstown, New York expired 2-16-2005 age 100 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-57, 63, 83, 94 & 99 astronaut Janice Elaine Voss born on 10-8-1956 in South Bend, Indiana expired 2-6-2012 in Scottsdale, arizona age 55 cause: breast cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Andréas Voutsinas played Roger DeBris' manservant Carmen Giya in The Producers (1968); in the early 1960s dated Jane Fonda born on 8-22-1931 in Khartoum, Sudan expired 6-8-2010 in Athens, Greece age 78 AKS: Andreas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Ethel Lillian Voynich wrote book The Gadfly (1897); it was made into a movie and an opera expired 7-27-1960 in New York, New York age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fashion maven Diana Dalziel Vreeland born on 7-29-1903 in Paris, France expired 8-22-1989 in New York, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
silent film actress Eva von BErne appeared in the lost silent film The Masks of the Devil (1928)
expired 11-9-2010 in Hedevar, Hungary age 100 cause: "a short illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vu Ky personal secretary to Ho Chi Minh (1945-69)
expired 4-16-2005 in Hanoi, Vietnam age 84 cause: organ failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last South Vietnamese prime minister Vu Van Mau appointed days before the fall of Saigon; captured by the North Vietnamese and forced to endure "re-education" (torture) camps expired 8-20-1998 in Paris, France age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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