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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
organic chemist Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer received the 1905 Nobel prize in chemistryborn 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
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| 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, Stockholm län, Sweden expired 3-9-1983 in Stockholm, Stockholm 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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