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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; retired from heading 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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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals awarded the 1910 Nobel prize in physics for hs state equiations for gases and liquidsborn 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 --1862 expired 11-10-1941 in Leonia, New Jersey age 79 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 Vera Winnifred Quick Van Tongerloo born on 1-23-1904 in Plymouth, Devon, England expired 7-4-2002 in Lansing, Michigan age 98
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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