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1919 Chicago White Sox player  George Davis "Buck" Weaver   despite claims of innocence, banned for life from baseball for "involvement" in Black Sox scandal born on 8-18-1890 in Stowe, Pennsylvania expired 1-31-1956   age 65   cause: heart attack

Jackson Weaver   one of Smokey the Bear's voices born on 9-3-1920 expired 10-20-1992   age 72

roofing contractor  Sylvester Laflin Weaver Sr.   father of Doodles & Pat; grandfather of Sigourney expired 9-12-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 80

former NBC honcho  Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr.   son of Sylvester Sr.; father of Sigourney; created the Today, Tonight and Tomorrow shows for the network born on 12-21-1908 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-15-2002 in Santa Barbara, California   age 93   cause: pneumonia

actor  William Dennis Weaver   played deputy Chester Goode on Gunsmoke (1955-64), Tom Wedloe on Gentle Ben (1966-68) & Sam McCloud on McCloud (1970-77) born on 6-4-1924 in Joplin, Missouri expired 2-24-2006 in Ridgway, Colorado   age 81   cause: complications from cancer

comedian & actor  Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver   played Salty Sam in Kitten with a Whip (1965); brother of Pat; uncle of Sigourney born on 5-11-1911 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-17-1983 in Los Angeles, California   age 71   cause: suicide

Dr. Acer victim  Barbara Webb ¤ aka: "Patient B"  born on 3-3-1926 expired 12-17-1993 in Stuart, Florida   age 68   cause: AIDS

debonaire actor  Clifton Webb   played columnist Waldo Lydecker in Laura (1944) and Mr. Belvedere in three movies ¤ real name: Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck  born on 11-11-1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 10-13-1966 in Beverly Hills, California   age 76

hotel & casino owner  Del Webb   built Sun City, Arizona born on 5-17-1899 in Fresno, California expired 7-4-1974 in Rochester, Minnesota   age 75   cause: complications after surgery for lung cancer

aeronatuical engineer  Everette L. Webb   co-designer of the Boeing 747 born on 9-5-1921 expired 7-2-2002 in Seattle, Washington   age 80   cause: heart failure

discredited journalist  Gary S. Webb   in 1996 while working at the San Jose Mercury newspaper dreamed up a series of articles that claimed that the CIA was involved in the spread of crack cocaine in Los Angeles through Nicaraguan drug dealers born on 8-31-1955 expired 12-9-2004 in Carmichael, California   age 49   cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound

stiff actor  Jack Webb   was married to Julie London 1947-53 born on 4-2-1920 in Santa Monica, California expired 12-23-1982   age 62   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

NASA administrator (1961-68)  James Edwin Webb born on 10-7-1906 in Granville City, North Carolina expired 3-27-1992 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 85

screenwriter  James R. Webb   received 1963 oscar for How The West Was Won; also wrote Cape Fear born on 10-4-1909 in Denver, California expired 9-27-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 64

industrialist  Jervis Bennett Webb   builder of conveyor equipment for mass production businesses (like the auto industry) expired 12-21-1952 in Birmingham, Michigan   age 61

actor  Richard Webb   played Captain Midnight on tv born on 9-9-1915 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 6-10-1993 in Van Nuys, California   age 77   cause: suicide

Cannon Ball Express railroad fireman  Simon Taylor "Sim" Webb   jumped from train just before it plowed into a stalled freight in 1900 (engineer Casey Jones went down with the locomotive) expired 7-13-1957 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 83

actor  Robert Webber born on 10-14-1924 in Santa Ana, California expired 4-19-1989 in Malibu, California   age 64

physicist Dr.  Joseph Weber   did pioneering work in Lasers & gravitational wave detection born on 5-17-1919 in Paterson, New Jersey expired 9-30-2000 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 81   cause: complications from treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma

pro bowler  Richard Anthony "Dick" Weber   father of bowler Pete Weber born on 12-23-1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 2-13-2005 in Florissant, Missouri   age 75 AKS: Webber

actor  Benjamin Webster   husband of Dame May Whitty expired 2-26-1947 in Hollywood, California   age 82   cause: complications following an operation

orator, Massachusetts senator (1826-50), Fillmore Secretary of State (1850-52)  Daniel Webster born on 1-18-1782 in Salisbury, New Hampshire expired 10-24-1852 in Marshfield, Massachusetts   age 70

two-time All-American football player  George Webster   lost a Supreme Court case to have his disability pension increased born on 11-25-1945 in Anderson, South Carolina expired 4-19-2007 in Houston, Texas   age 61   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2003 ANG 5.6% 2004 ANG 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 ANG 3.3%

boogie-woogie pianist & singer  Katie Webster ¤ aka: "Swamp Boogie Queen" born: Kathryn Jewel Thorne  born on 1-11-1936 in Houston, Texas expired 9-5-1999 in League City, Texas   age 63   cause: heart failure

former Steelers hall-of-fame center (1974-88)  Michael L. "Mike" Webster   suffered too many blows to the head born on 3-18-1952 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin expired 9-24-2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 50   cause: heart attack

tv documentary maker  Nicholas Webster   also directed Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) born on 7-24-1912 expired 8-12-2006 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

Baja Marimba Band founder  Julius Wechter   composed Spanish Flea (Dating Game theme song) while with the Tijuana Brass born on 5-10-1935 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-1-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 63   cause: lung cancer AKS: Wechtner

ALS victim  Charles William "Charlie" Wedemeyer   youngest brother of Herman born on 2-19-1946 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Territory expired 6-3-2010 in San Jose, California   age 64   cause: pneumonia; ALS    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2002 ANG, JAC 18.2% 2003 ANG, PCD 11.1% 2004 ANG, PCD 11.1% 2005 ANG, PCD 8.7% 2006 ANG, PCD 6.7% 2007 ANG, PCD 6.5% 2008 PCD, SPIT 6.3% 2009 GOHI, PCD 6.7% 2010 DTM, PCD 7.4%    Scored 7.3500 points

Hawaii 5-0 actor  Herman John Wedemeyer   played Duke Lukela; oldest brother of Charlie Wedemeyer born on 5-20-1924 in Hilo, Hawaii expired 1-25-1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 74   cause: heart attack

Met Opera baritone  Robert Weede   appeared in Broadway musicals including The Most Happy Fellow ¤ real name: Robert Wiedefeld  born on 2-22-1903 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 7-9-1972 in Walnut Creek, California   age 69

Eisenhower Commerce Secretary (1953-58)  Sinclair Weeks born on 6-15-1893 in West Newton, Masachusetts expired 2-7-1972 in Concord, Massachuestts   age 78

Scottsboro Boys defendant  Charlie Weems born on --1911 in Chattanooga, Tennessee expired ??-??-19??   age ??

bandleader  Wilfred Theodore "Ted" Weems expired 5-6-1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma   age 62

geologist & explorer  Alfred Lothar Wegener   expert on Greenland; proposed a now-accepted continental drift theory (1910) born on 11-1-1880 in Berlin, Germany expired 11-??-1930 in 119 miles east of Kamarujuk, Greenland   age 50   cause: hypothermia

former E.R. Squibb president  Lowell Palmer Weicker Sr.   father of former senator born on 10-14-1903 expired 11-25-1978 in New York, New York   age 75

IFBB president  Benjamin Weider   IFBB co-founder born on 2-1-1923 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-17-2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 85

novelist and playwright  Jerome Weidman   wrote book I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1937); co-author of Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway musical Fiorello born on 4-14-1913 in New York, New York expired 10-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 85

Helene Weigel   widow of Bertold Brecht born on 5-12-1900 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 5-6-1971 in Berlin, Germany   age 70

Colorado clothier  Jack Arnold Weil   started Rockmount Ranch Wear (1946); creator of the "Western Shirt" born on 3-28-1901 in Evansville, Indiana expired 8-13-2008 in Denver, Colorado   age 107    Contest Selectors 2007 RIE 3.2% 2008 RIE 3.1%    Scored 4.3000 solo points

Marjorie C. Weil   devised method to mass-produce Melba Toast born on 2-5-1900 expired 4-18-1990   age 90

composer  Kurt Weill   wrote The Three-Penny Opera and Lost in the Stars; composed Mack the Knife on the spur of the moment to give his wife, Lotte Lenya, something to sing at a show born on 3-2-1900 in Dessau, Germany expired 4-3-1950 in New York, New York   age 50   cause: heart attack

stamp collector/dealer  Raymond H. Weill born on 9-29-1913 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 4-21-2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 89   cause: heart failure

U.S. Air FOrce civilian engineer  Albert Lee Weimorts   designed the GBU-28 "bunker buster" bomb for the first Gulf War; designed the 21,000 pound M.O.A.B. bomb (Massive Ordinance Air Burst) bomb for the second Gulf war (aka: "Mother of All Bombs") born on 3-6-1938 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida expired 12-21-2005 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida   age 67   cause: brain cancer

Nixon/Ford H.E.W. Secretary (1973-5) & Reagan Defense Secretary (1981-7)  Caspar Willard Weinberger Sr. born on 8-18-1917 in San Francisco, California expired 3-28-2006 in Bangor, Maine   age 88   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2004 LMLD 5.6% 2005 TBC, TMD 8.7% 2006 OIE 3.3%    Scored 6.2000 solo points

Chicago Seven defense attorney  Leonard Irving Weinglass born on 8-27-1933 in Belleville, New Jersey expired 3-23-2011 in The Bronx, New York, New York   age 77   cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: Weinglas Wienglass Wienglas Wineglass Wineglas

sculptor  Adolph A. Weinman   designed the 1916 dime and half-dollar coins expired 8-8-1952 in Port Chester, New York   age 81   cause: heart attack

character/voice actor  Leonard "Lennie" Weinrib   gave voice to H.R. Pufnstuf (as well as being the head writer for the show) born on 4-29-1935 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 6-28-2006 in Santiago, Chile   age 71   cause: stroke

tv & movie producer  Henry T. Weinstein born on 7-12-1924 in New York, New York expired 9-17-2000 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 76

urologist Dr.  Jack Weinstock   co-wrote How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961); got a Pulitzer Prize for it expired 5-23-1969 in New York, New York   age 62

Robert S. "Bob" Weinstock   founder of the Prestige jazz record label (1949) born on 10-2-1928 in New York, New York expired 1-14-2006 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 77   cause: complications from diabetes

tv director  Don Weis   husband of actress Rebecca Welles; directed The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) born on 5-13-1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 7-26-2000 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 78

former DC Comics editor  Mortimer Weisinger   co-founder of The Time Traveller sci-fi fan magazine (1932; with Julius Schwartz & Forrest J. Ackerman) born on 4-25-1915 expired 5-7-1978 in Great Neck, New York   age

Great Lakes sailor  David Elliot Weiss   (deck) Cadet aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 11-13-1953 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 21   cause: drowned when ship foundered

songwriter  George David Weiss   co-wrote a whole bunch of well-known songs, including: "Wheel of Fortune" (1952) & "Lullaby of Birdland" (both 1952), "Can't Help Falling in Love" & "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (both 1961) and "What A Wonderful World" (1967) born on 4-9-1923 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 8-23-2010 in Oldwick, New Jersey   age 89

poet  Theodore Russell Weiss born on 12-15-1916 in Reading, Pennsylvania expired 4-15-2003 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 86

New York Representative (1976-87)  Theodore A. "Ted" Weiss born on 9-17-1927 in Budapest, Hungary expired 9-14-1992 in New York, New York   age 64

Olympic swimmer  John "Johnny" Weissmuller   most famous Tarzan actor; portrayed Jungle Jim; once married to Lupe Velez ¤ born: Johann Weissmüller  born on 6-2-1904 in Freidorf, Banat, Roumaina expired 1-20-1984 in Acapulco, Mexico   age 79    Contest Selectors 1980 DO, DR, EB, GP, HA, JW, RR 43.8% AKS: Weismuller

actor  Dwight Weist born on 1-16-1910 in Palo Alto, California expired 7-16-1991 in Block Island, Rhode Island   age 81   cause: heart attack

former MIT professor  Joseph Weizenbaum   wrote the controversial "Eliza" interactive computer program (1966) born on 1-8-1923 in Berlin, Germany expired 3-5-2008 in Gröben, Germany   age 85   cause: complications from stomach cancer

former Israeli president  Ezar Weizman   nephew of Israel's first president ¤ born: Ezer Weizmann  born on 6-15-1924 in Tel Aviv, Palestine expired 4-24-2005 in Caesarea, Israel   age 80   cause: pneumonia

organic chemist & first president of Israel  Chaim Weizmann   discovered how to synthesize acetone during World War I expired 11-9-1952 in Rehovoth, Israel   age 77

actress/bikini designer  Marie Therese "Tessa" Welborn   designed the bikini that Ursula Andress was poured into for Dr. No ¤ born: Marie Therese Prendergast  born on 10-17-1928 in Jamaica expired 7-??-2001 in London, England   age 72

cabaret singer  Elisabeth Welch   appeared in Broadway show Runnin' Wild (1923) where she sanng "Singing Charleston" to accompany the new dance born on 2-27-1904 in New York, New York expired 7-15-2003 in London, England   age 99

Harry Foster Welch   provided the voice of Popeye the Sailor (1929-66) born on 11-27-1893 expired 8-16-1973 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina   age 79

attorney  Joseph Nye Welch   during the Army-McCarthy witch-hunts confronted the senator publicly with the plea "... have you no decency?" McCarthy, obviously, had none; appeared in Anatomy of a Murder as the trial judge born on 10-22-1890 in Pringhar, Iowa expired 10-6-1960 in Hyannis, Massachusetts   age 69

1880s & 1890s 300 game winner pitcher  Michael Welch ¤ nickname: "Smiling Mickey"  expired 7-30-1941 in Nashua, New Hampshire   age 82

CIA Greece station chief  Richard S. Welch expired 12-23-1975 in Athens, Greece   age 46   cause: shot to death

Robert Henry Winborne Welch Jr.   founded the John Birch Society (12-1-1958) born on 12-1-1899 in Chavan County, North Carolina expired 1-6-1985 in Winchester, Massachusetts   age 85   cause: complications from stroke

Fern V. Welk   widow of Lawrence born on 8-26-1903 in Saint Anthony, North Dakota expired 2-13-2002 in Santa Monica, California   age 98

bubbly band leader  Lawrence Welk born on 3-11-1903 in Strasburg, North Dakota expired 5-17-1992 in Santa Monica, California   age 89   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, RR 15.4% 1980 DW, EB, JH, MM 25.0%

virologist  Thomas Huckle Weller   shared the 1954 Nobel prize in medicine for his research work on the polio virus born on 6-15-1915 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 8-23-2008 in Needham, Massachusetts   age 93    Contest Selectors 2007 RR 3.2%

actress  Gwen Welles   did November 1972 & May 1975 Playboy pictorials; wife of Harris Yulin born on 3-4-1951 in Chatanooga, Tennessee expired 10-13-1993   age 42   cause: cancer

writer/actor/producer/director/magician/glutton/wino  Orson Welles   co-founder of the Mercury Theater Company — it did the infamous Halloween-eve 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds; co-wrote, directed Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); later, Orson was in San Antonio, Texas --- a man drove up and asked him directions --- it was H.G. Wells, author War of the Worlds; played The Shadow on the radio; once married to Rita Hayworth; ate 18 hotdogs in one sitting at Pink's ¤ born: George Orson Welles nickname: Mahatma Kane Jeeves (given to him by W.C. Fields)  born on 5-6-1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 10-10-1985 in Hollywood, California   age 70   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 MS, YJ 15.4% 1980 DW, EB, HA, HP, MM 31.3% AKS: Wells

Titanic survivor  Mary C. Wellman born on 7-27-1895 in Mount Vernon, New York expired 11-23-1975 in Topsfield, Massachusetts   age 80

movie director  William Augustus Wellman   directed High and Mighty (1954) born on 2-29-1896 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 12-9-1975 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: leukemia

screenwriter  George Wells   won oscar for script of Designing Woman (1957) born on 11-3-1909 in New York, New York expired 11-29-2000 in Newport Beach, California   age 91

aviatrix & journalist  Helen Fay Gillis Wells born on 10-15-1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 12-2-2002 in Fairfax, Virginia   age 94

Wells Fargo co-founder (1852)  Henry Wells born on 12-12-1805 in Thetford, Vermont expired 12-10-1878 in Glasgow, Scotland   age 72

science fiction author  Herbert George Wells   wrote The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau, Things to Come, The Invisible Man (1897), First Men in the Moon and War of the Worlds (1898); advocate of "Free Love"; in his story The World Set Free (1914) he coined the term "atomic bomb"; the plot of 1980s movie Time After Time has H.G. Wells pursuing Jack the Ripper forward in time to San Francisco born on 9-21-1866 in Bromley, England expired 8-13-1946 in London, England   age 79

blues harmonica player  Junior Wells ¤ born: Amos Blackmore  born on 12-9-1934 in West Memphis, Arkansas expired 1-15-1998 in Chicago, Illinois   age 63   cause: coma following heart attack

Motown singer  Mary Wells born on 5-13-1943 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-26-1992 in Los Angeles, California   age 49

soap opera actress  Mary K. Wells born on 12-1-1920 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 8-14-2000 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: colon infection

lyricist & composer  Robert Wells   wrote lyrics for The Christmas Song (to music by Mel Torme) born on 10-15-1922 expired 9-23-1998 in Santa Monica, California   age 75   cause: cancer

frequently-beaned Negro League baseball player  William James Wells   invented the batting helmet born on 8-10-1906 in Austin, Texas expired 1-22-1989 in Austin, Texas   age 82

former Carleton College political science professor (1969-90)  Paul David Wellstone   senator from Minnesota (1991-2002) born on 7-21-1944 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 10-25-2002 in Eveleth, Minnesota   age 58   cause: plane crash

rock keyboardist  Vince Welnick   last keyboard player for the Grateful Dead (1990-95; succeeding Brent Mydland) born on 2-21-1951 in Phoenix, Arizona expired 6-2-2006 in Santa Rosa, California   age 55   cause: suicide; slit own throat with knife

writer  Eudora Welty   awarded 1973 Pulitzer prize; gave name to E-mail program born on 4-13-1909 in Jackson, Mississippi expired 7-23-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi   age 92

1920s Our Gang child actor  George T. Wendelken   played Freckles born on 11-27-1916 expired 1-3-1998 in Toms River, New Jersey   age 81

Letterman announcer  Bill Wendell ¤ born: William Joseph Wenzel Jr.  born on 3-22-1924 in New York, New York expired 4-14-1999 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 75   cause: complications from cancer

actress  Annemarie Wendl-Kleinschmidt born on 12-26-1914 in Trostberg an der Alz, Upper Bavaria, Germany expired 9-3-2006 in München, Bavaria, Germany   age 91   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact) AKS: Wendel

actor's father  George Robert Wendt Sr. born on 1-8-1923 expired 6-15-1993   age 70

New York Time puzzle editor (1968-78)  Will C. Weng born on 2-25-1907 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 5-2-1993 in New York, New York   age 86

former Tonka Toys executive (1961-77)  Russell L. Wenkstern   developed many of the company's favorite toy trucks born on 10-1-1912 in Garber, Iowa expired 1-18-2000 in Spring Park, Minnesota   age 87

songwriter  Percy Wenrich   wrote music for Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet, When You Wore a Tulip and Moonlight Bay expired 3-18-1952 in New York, New York   age 72

former oldest ex-major league baseball player  William Murray "Billy" Werber Sr.   in college he was Duke's first All-American (in basketball); was the last surviving team-mate of Babe Ruth; while playing for Cincinnati became the first baseball player to come to bat on television (at Ebbetts field on August 26, 1939) born on 6-20-1908 in Berwyn Heights, Maryland expired 1-22-2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina   age 100    Contest Selectors 2009 BYE, DTM, PCD 10.0%    Scored 3.1250 points

former New York Jets owner  David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin born on 3-17-1910 in New York, New York expired 11-21-1991 in New York, New York   age 81

Alfred Werner   Nobel chemistry prize winner in 1913 born on 12-12-1966 in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany expired 11-15-1919 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 52

1910s-40s victrola/concert/radio singer  Reinald Werrenrath Sr.   NOT associated with Ding Dong School (but his son was) ¤ aka: "Edward Hamilton"  born on 8-7-1883 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 9-12-1953 in Plattsburgh, New York   age 70

former CBS reporter/writer/producer  Joseph "Joe" Wershba   was Ed Murrow's lead producer on the Milo Radulovich expose of McCarthy's smear tactics; later worked as a 60 Minutes producer; produced a special report - "Gideon's Trumpet" born on 8-19-1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 5-14-2011 in New Hyde Park, Long Island, New York   age 90   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 CSI, DGW, RR 9.4% 2009 DGW, RR 6.7% 2010 CSI, DGW, RR 11.1%

Our Gang child actor  Harold Eugene Wertz Jr.   played "Bouncy", the fat kid predecessor to "Spanky," in three 1930s films born on 8-3-1927 in Denison, Texas expired 11-21-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: complications from stroke

child murder victim  Cynthia Diane Wesley   killed by KKK goons in church bombing born on 4-30-1949 in Birmingham, Alabama expired 9-15-1963 in Birmingham, Alabama   age 14   cause: murdered; bomb explosion

theoretical physicist Dr.  Julius Wess   with Dr. Bruno Zumino published a paper in 1973 that layed out the Theory of Supersymetry — it described two general classes of elemental particles (bosons & fermions) that were described as vibrating strings born on 12-5-1934 in Austria expired 8-8-2007 in Hamburg, Germany   age 72   cause: stroke

country singer  Dorothy Marie "Dottie" West ¤ born: Dorothy Marie Marsh  born on 10-11-1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee expired 9-4-1991 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 58

former burlesque stripper  Evelyn "Treasure Chest" West   appeared in A Night at the Follies (1956) ¤ born: Amy May Coomer Mrs. Al Charles  born on 1-21-1907 in Adair, Kentucky expired 11-11-2004 in Hollywood, Florida   age 97   cause: "natural causes"

horny actress  Mae West born on 8-17-1893 in New York, New York expired 11-22-1980 in Hollywood, California   age 87   cause: "natural causes"    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, DW, HA, MM, MS, SB, VM 53.8% 1980 BD, DO, DR, EB, JH, MM 37.5%    Scored 1.3000 points

author  Morris Langlo West   wrote Children of the Sun and Shoes of the Fisherman born on 4-26-1916 in Saint Kilda, Australia expired 10-2-1999 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 83   cause: heart failure

author (& H.G. Wells' lover) Dame  Rebecca West ¤ born: Cecily Isolbel Fairfield Andrews  born on 12-25-1892 in County Kerry, Ireland expired 3-15-1983 in London, England   age 90

steel-guitarist  Wesley Webb "Speedy" West born on 1-25-1924 in Springfield, Missouri expired 11-15-2003 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma   age 79

retired carillonneur  Wendell James Westcott   had performed on MSU's Beaumont Tower Carillon (1941-2007) born on 1-20-1911 in Jackson, Michigan expired 4-30-2010 in Lansing, Michigan   age 99

Titanic survivor  Barbara Joyce WestDainton born on 5-12-1911 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England expired 10-16-2007 in Cambourne, Cornwall, England   age 96    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 JAC, JL, RR 27.3% 2003 JL, PCD, RR 16.7% 2004 PCD, RR 11.1% 2005 KLS, PCD, RR, SLIM 17.4% 2006 KLS, PCD, RR 10.0% 2007 KLS, PCD, RR 9.7%    Scored 3.5250 points

character actor  James Westerfield   played a policeman in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), pier boss Big Mac in On The Waterfront (1954) & Bug Tussle mayor Amos Wentworth Hogg on The Beverly Hillbillies (1967) born on 3-22-1913 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 9-20-1971 in Woodland Hills, California   age 58   cause: heart attack

David Westheimer   wrote My Sweet Charlie & Von Ryan's Express born on 4-11-1917 in Houston, Texas expired 11-8-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 88   cause: heart failure

businessman  Irvin F. Westheimer   founded the Big Brothers organization (1903) born on 9-19-1879 in Newark, New Jersey expired 12-30-1980 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 101

inventor & industrialist  George Westinghouse Jr.   Civil War veteran; invented the air brake (1868); bought Tesla's AC electric patents back when $1,000,000 was some serious money born on 10-6-1846 in Central Bridge, New York expired 3-12-1914 in New York, New York   age 67

mystery writer  Donald Edwin Edmund Westlake   recipient of 3 Edgar Awards: for Best novel — "God Save the Mark" (1968); for Best Short Story — "Too Many Crooks" (1990); and for Best Screenplay — "The Grifters" (1991; also received an Oscar nomination) born on 7-12-1933 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 12-31-2008 in Mexico   age 75   cause: heart attack

Hollywood makeup man  George Westmore   founded the first studio makeup department; father of makeup artists Bud, Ern, Frank, Monty, Perc & Wally Sr. born on 6-27-1879 in Isle of Wight, England expired 7-12-1931 in Hollywood, California   age 52

head Universal makeup man (1947-71)  George Hamilton Westmore   part of Hollywood makeup dynasty ¤ nickname: "Bud" or "Buddy"  born on 1-13-1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 6-23-1973 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 55   cause: heart attack

Hollywood makeup artist  Percival Westmore born on 10-29-1904 expired 9-30-1970 in North Hollywood, California   age 65   cause: heart attack

Paramount makeup artist  Walter James Westmore Sr.   part of Hollywood makeup dynasty; father of Wally Jr. born on 2-13-1906 expired 7-3-1973 in Hollywood, California   age 67   cause: stroke

retired Army General  William Childs Westmoreland   commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam 1964-68; Army Chief of Staff 1968-72 born on 3-26-1914 in Saxon, South Carolina expired 7-18-2005 in Charleston, South Carolina   age 91    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 MB, RAVN 11.1% 2004 EOD, LMLD 11.1% 2005 BOD, MOT 8.7%    Scored 4.6500 points

actor  Jack Weston ¤ real name: Morris Weinstein  born on 8-21-1925 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-3-1996 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: lymphoma

Kenneth William Weston   shared 2001 Best Sound oscar for Gladiator (2000) born on 5-30-1947 in Finsbury Park, England expired 9-13-2001 in London, England   age 54   cause: kidney cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 TMTX 2003 TMTX

photographer  Theodore Brett Weston born on 12-16-1911 expired 1-22-1993   age 81

record producer/executive  Gerald "Jerry" Wexler   an early partner of Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records; coined term Rhythm and Blues (R&B) born on 1-10-1917 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 8-15-2008 in Sarasota, Florida   age 91   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2008 DGW 3.1%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

Daryl Hannah's stepfather Dr.  Jerrold Wexler born on 6-27-1924 expired 11-??-1992   age 68

manic depressive screenwriter  Norman Wexler   wrote scripts for Serpico (1973, co-written with Waldo Salt), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Mandingo born on 8-16-1926 in New Bedford, Massachusetts expired 8-23-1999 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 73   cause: heart attack

movie director  James Whale   openly homosexual in 1940s and 50s Hollywood; directed Frankenstein (1931) & Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Show Boat (1936) and The Invisible Man (1933); subject of the movie Gods and Monsters (1998) born on 7-22-1889 in Dudley, England expired 5-29-1957 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 67   cause: suicide; drowned in swimming pool

1930s swimming champion  Eleanor H. Holm Whalen   completed in 1928 & 1932 games; won backstroke gold in 1932; expelled from 1936 games by U.S. Olympic dictator Avery Brundage for "carousing" & breaking curfew; appeared in Tarzan's Revenge (1938) ¤ successively: Mrs. Art Jarrett, Billy Rose & Thomas Whalen  born on 12-6-1912 in New York, New York expired 1-31-2004 in Miami, Florida   age 91   cause: kidney failure

diplomat  Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. born on 5-11-1899 expired 4-23-1990   age 90

author  Edith Newbold Wharton   wrote The House of Mirth (1905) & The Age of Innocence (1921; Pulitzer prize winner) ¤ maiden name: Jones  born on 1-24-1862 in New York, New York expired 8-11-1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France   age 75   cause: stroke

World War I doughboy  Dennis F. Whatley born on 11-19-1895 in Higbee, Colorado expired 8-31-2001 in Cypress Gardens, California   age 105

Brooklyn Dodger Hall-of-Fame outfielder 91909-26)  Zachary Davis Wheat born on 5-23-1888 in Hamilton, Missouri expired 3-11-1972 in Sedalia, Missouri   age 83   cause: heart attack

scientist & inventor Sir  Charles Wheatstone   invented the Concertina (1829) & the Wheatstone Bridge (1843; measures electrical resistance) born on 2-6-1802 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England expired 10-19-1875 in Paris, France   age 73

movie comedian  Albert Jerome Wheeler   teamed with Robert Woolsey in numerous films; appeared in Diplomaniacs (1933) born on 4-7-1895 expired 1-18-1968 in New York, New York   age 72

former Montana senator (1922-46)  Burton Kendall Wheeler   was prosecutor in the Teapot Dome scandal; isolationist prior to World War II born on 2-27-1882 in Hudson, Massachusetts expired 1-6-1975 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 92   cause: stroke

former Joint Chiefs of Staff chief (1964-70) General  Earle Gilmore Wheeler born on 1-13-1908 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 12-18-1975 in Frederick, Maryland   age 67

theoretical physicist  John Archibald Wheeler   coined the terms "wormhole" (1957) & "Black Hole" (1967) born on 7-9-1911 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 4-13-2008 in Highstown, New Jersey   age 96   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2008 OED 3.1%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

political scientist/writer  John Harvey Wheeler   co-author of Fail-Safe (1962; based upon his own 1950s article on the same subject) born on 10-17-1918 in Waco, Texas expired 9-6-2004 in Carpenteria, California   age 85   cause: cancer

Sir  John Hieron Wheeler born on 7-22-1905 expired 4-21-2005   age 99

oscar-winning art director  Lyle Wheeler   won five oscars for Gone With The Wind (1939), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), The Robe and The King and I born on 2-12-1905 in Woburn, Massachusetts expired 1-10-1990 in Woodland Hills, California   age 84   cause: pneumonia

terrorist  Thero Wheeler   member of the SLA ¤ SLA name: "Bayo"  born on 1-28-1945 expired 3-2-2009 in San Francisco, California   age 64

Hayes vice president (1877-81)  William Alrnon Wheeler born on 6-30-1819 in Malone, New York expired 6-4-1887 in Malone, New York   age 67

George William Wheelwright III   co-founded Land Wheelwright Laboratories (1932); it changed it's name to Polaroid Corp. in 1937 born on 3-12-1903 in Ware, Massachusetts expired 2-27-2001 in Tiburon, California   age 97

astronomer  Fred Lawrence Whipple   originated theory that comets are "dirty snowballs" (ice with rock mixed in; 1950); during World War II came up with idea for radar-confusing chaff; devised a micrometeorite shield for spacecraft born on 11-5-1906 in Red Oak, Iowa expired 8-30-2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 97

Dr.  George Hoyt Whipple   shared the 1934 Nobel prize in medicine born on 8-28-1878 in Ashland, New Hampshire expired 2-1-1976 in Rochester, New York   age 97

tv character actor  Sampson E. Whipple   played naer-do-well son Terry Feester on Open All Night (1981) & time travel sphere inventor Dr. Ballard on Seven Days tv series born on 9-25-1960 in Venice, California expired 6-3-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 41   cause: cancer

World War II Canadian military hero  William Denis Whitaker born on 2-27-1915 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada expired 5-30-2001 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada   age 86

mellow-voiced Arby's shill  Barry Eugene White   answered 17 questions for a February 1980 Playboy interview born on 9-12-1944 in Galveston, Texas expired 7-4-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 58   cause: kidney failure; hypertension    Contest Selectors 2003 MB, RAVN 11.1%    Scored 7.9500 points

former Supreme Court justice (1962-93)  Byron Raymond White   played pro football with the Detroit Lions ¤ aka: "whizzer"  born on 6-8-1917 in Fort Collins, Colorado expired 4-15-2002 in Denver, Colorado   age 84   cause: complications from pneumonia    Contest Selectors 1980 JH 6.3% 2002 RAVN 9.1%    Scored 6.6000 solo points

Carl White   lead singer of the Rivingtons --- everyone's heard about The Bird expired 1-9-1980   age 48

Guinness Book record geezer  Carrie White born on 11-18-1874 expired 2-14-1991   age 116

actor  Charles White born on 8-29-1917 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey expired 6-25-2005 in Sarasota, Florida   age 87

former San Francisco police officer & supervisor  Daniel James White   assassinated San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk & mayor George Moscone; his psychiatrist claimed that a diet of Twinkies made him do it born on 9-2-1946 expired 10-21-1985 in San Francisco, California   age 39   cause: suicide    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7%

actor  David White born on 4-4-1916 in Denver, Colorado expired 11-27-1990 in North Hollywood, California   age 74   cause: heart attack

light music composer  Edward George. White   composed "Puffin' Billy" (aka: the theme song of the Captain Kangaroo kids tv show; 1955-74) born on --1910 in London, England expired ??-??-1994   age 84

Gemini IV and Apollo 1 astronaut  Edward Higgins White II   died on launching pad during a systems test born on 11-14-1930 in San Antonio, Texas expired 1-27-1967 in Cape Canaveral, Florida   age 36   cause: flash fire in capsule

former Arkansas governor (1981-83)  Frank White   beat Bubba for the job ¤ born: Durward Frank Kyle  born on 6-4-1933 expired 5-21-2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas   age 69   cause: heart attack

master chef  Franklin L. White   claimed that a photograph taken of him in Chicago in 1900 was used as the model for Rastus, the Cream of Wheat chef (1901-25); buried in plot #310 of the Woodlawn Cemetery in Leslie, MI born on --1867 in Barbados expired 2-15-1938 in Leslie, Michigan   age 70

Broadway producer  George White   produced a series of "Scandals" shows in the 1920s and 30s born on 3-12-1892 in New York, New York expired 10-11-1968 in Hollywood, California   age 76

toymaker  Harrie Clinton White   introduced the kiddie kar expired 9-29-1954 in North Bennington, Vermont   age 78

actor  Jesse Marc White   original Maytag Repairman on tv; also appeared in Harvey, Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Death of a Salesman ¤ born: Jesse Marc Weidenfeld  born on 1-3-1919 in Buffalo, New York expired 1-8-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 79

radio's Death Valley Days Lonesome Cowboy singer  John I. White born on 4-12-1902 expired 11-26-1992   age 90

Three Stooges producer  Jules J. White ¤ born: Jules Weiss  born on 9-17-1900 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 4-30-1985 in Van Nuys, California   age 84

hard-luck humor comedian  Melvin "Slappy" White   was a former dance partner with Redd Foxx born on 9-20-1921 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 11-7-1995 in Brigantine, New Jersey   age 74   cause: heart attack

Patrick Victor Martindale White   received the 1973 Nobel prize in literature born on 5-28-1912 in London, England expired 9-30-1990 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 78   cause: complications from asthma

cardiologist Dr.  Paul Dudley White born on 6-6-1886 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-1-1973 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 87   cause: complications from stroke

first CBS News chief  Paul W. White expired 7-9-1955 in San Diego, California   age 53

Perils of Pauline movie serial actress  Pearl Fay White born on 3-4-1889 in Green Ridge, Missouri expired 8-4-1938 in Paris, France   age 49

former NFL defensive end  Reginald Howard "Reggie" White   played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers & Carolina Panthers ¤ aka: "the Minister of Defense"  born on 12-9-1961 in Chattanooga, Tennessee expired 12-26-2004 in Huntersville, North Carolina   age 43   cause: cardiac arrhythmia; sarcoidosis; sleep apnea

retired Air Force major general  Robert Michael White   set four records in the X-15 rocket plane: first to exceed Mach 4 (3/7/1961); first to exceed Mach 5 (6/23/1961); first to exceed Mach 6 (4,094mph; 11/9/1961); and first pilot to earn astronaut wings by flying into space (314,750 ft-59.6 miles on July 17, 1962) born on 7-6-1924 in New York, New York expired 3-17-2010 in Orlando, Florida   age 85

Miracles vocalist  Ronnie White   discovered Stevie Wonder born on 4-5-1939 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-26-1995 in Detroit, Michigan   age 56   cause: leukemia

teenage AIDS victim  Ryan White born on 12-6-1971 in Kokomo, Indiana expired 4-8-1990 in Indianapolis, Indiana   age 18

architect  Stanford White   got caught having an affair with another man's wife & was fatally shot by the cuckolded husband born on 11-9-1853 in New York, New York expired 6-25-1906 in New York, New York   age 52   cause: bullet wounds

vaudeville/stage/movie actress, agent, producer  Thelma White   her most notorious role: Mae Colman the demon weed pusher in Reefer Madness (1936); her most notorious client: Robert Blake ¤ born: Thelma Wolpa  born on 12-4-1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 1-11-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 94   cause: pneumonia

Billboard magazine editor in chief  Timothy White born on 1-25-1952 in Paterson, New Jersey expired 6-27-2002 in New York, New York   age 50   cause: heart attack

Emporia Gazette publisher & editor  William Allen White   won two Pulitzer Prizes (1922 & 1946) born on 2-10-1868 in Emporia, Kansas expired 1-29-1944 in Emporia, Kansas   age 75

Emporia Gazette publisher & editor  William Lindsay White   war correspondent; wrote They Were Expendable born on 6-17-1900 in Emporia, Kansas expired 7-26-1973 in Emporia, Kansas   age 73   cause: cancer

geosynchronous stiff  Clay Thomas "Tom" Whitehead   earned a B.S. in electrical engineering & PhD. in management (1967) from MIT; worked for the RAND Corporation; became the first head of the White House Office on Telecommunications Policy (1970-73), proposed opening up the parking slots to all competitors (busting the monopoly COMSAT had); became the founding president of the Hughes Communications division of Hughes Aircraft where he spearheaded the "Galaxy" satellite project (Galaxy I launeched in 1983); founder of what became SES Astra in Europe born on 11-13-1938 in Neodesha, Kansas expired 7-23-2008 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 69   cause: prostate cancer

AP war correspondent  Donald Ford Whitehead   won 2 Pulitzer prizes for international reporting (1951 & 53) born on 4-8-1908 in Inman, Virginia expired 1-12-1981 in Knoxville, Tennessee   age 72   cause: lung cancer

former Rhodesian prime minister (1957-62) Sir  Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead born on 2-8-1905 in Berlin, Germany expired 9-22-1971 in Newbury, Berkshire, England   age 66

poet & teacher  James Tillotson Whitehead   author of Joiner (1971) born on 3-15-1936 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 8-15-2003 in Fayetteville, Arkansas   age 67   cause: ruptured aortic aneurysm

Broadway producer  Robert Whitehead   cousin of Hume Cronyn born on 3-3-1916 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 6-15-2002 in Pound Ridge, New York   age 86   cause: cancer

World War II naval Commander  Walter Edward Whitehead   former chairman of Schweppes USA Ltd. (1967-71) born on 5-20-1908 in Aldershot, England expired 4-16-1978 in Petersfield, England   age 69

bandleader  Paul "Pops" Whiteman ¤ aka: "The King of Jazz"  born on 3-28-1890 in Denver, Colorado expired 12-29-1967 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania   age 77

Motown songwriter & producer  Norman Jesse Whitfield born on 5-12-1940 in Harlem, New York, New York expired 9-16-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: complications from diabetes

singer  Margaret Eleanor Whiting   was married to a gay porn stud; know for singing "That Old Black Magic", "Moonlight in Vermont", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Far Away Places" & "Baby, Its Cold Outside" born on 7-22-1924 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-10-2011 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 86

composer  Richard A. "Dick" Whiting   wrote music for Hooray for Hollywood (1937; lyrics by Johnny Mercer) born on 11-12-1891 in Peoria, Illinois expired 2-10-1938 in Beverly Hills, California   age 46   cause: heart disease

movie visual effects master  Albert J. Whitlock   received oscars for Earthquake and Hindenburg born on 9-15-1915 in London, England expired 10-26-1999 in Santa Barbara, California   age 84   cause: Parkinson's disease

New York Times obituary writer  Alden Whitman   a prince amongst men born on 10-27-1913 in New Albany, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 9-4-1990 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 76

former Marine sharpshooter  Charles J. Whitman Jr.   killed 18 from atop the University of Texas clock tower before being killed by police (the last victim died in 2001) born on 6-24-1941 expired 8-1-1966 in Austin, Texas   age 25   cause: shot to death

poet  Walter Whitman expired 3-27-1928 in Camden, New Jersey   age 68

actor  James Whitmore Sr.   played police Sgt. Ben Peterson in Them! (1954); former pitchman for Miracle-Gro plant suppositories & Meijer food/merchandise stores born on 10-1-1921 in White Plains, New York expired 2-6-2009 in Malibu, California   age 87   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 DTM, OGGI 11.1% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 BYE, NFG 8.7% 2006 BYE, DTH, NFG, TFM 13.3% 2007 BYE, NFG, PUD, TFM 12.9% 2008 BYE, NFG, TFM 9.4% 2009 BYE, NFG, TFM 10.0%    Scored 4.4250 points

mogul  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney   co-acquired Pan American Airways (1928); horse breeder (of Equipoise) born on 2-20-1899 in Roslyn, New York expired 12-13-1992 in Saratoga Springs, New York   age 93

mystery writer  Phyllis Ayame Whitney born on 9-9-1903 in Yokohama, Japan expired 2-8-2008 in Faber, Virginia   age 104   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2006 DTM 3.3% 2007 DTM, KLS 6.5% 2008 DTM, KLS, RPRM 9.4%    Scored 2.7250 points

Supreme Court justice (1957-62)  Charles Evans Whittaker born on 2-22-1901 in Troy, Kansas expired 11-26-1973 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 72   cause: ruptured abdominal aneurism

former Mississippi congressman (1941-95)  Jamie Lloyd Whitten born on 4-18-1910 in Cascilla, Mississippi expired 9-9-1995 in Oxford, Mississippi   age 85

lawyer  John Wallace Whitten Jr.   brother of Jamie Whitten; part of Bryant & Milam's defense "dream team" at their trial for the murder of Emmett Till born on 2-26-1919 in Cascilla, Mississippi expired 2-18-2003 in Sumner, Mississippi   age 83   cause: Parkinson's disease

British engineer Sir  Frank Whittle   developed the British centrifugal-flow jet engine during World War II (patented in 1932; first prototype made in 1937); Ohain's axial flow design was eventually used by others born on 6-1-1907 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England expired 8-8-1996 in Columbia, Maryland   age 89   cause: lung cancer

actress Dame  May Whitty   started as an actress in 1881; played Miss Froy in The Lady Vanishes (1938); also in Mrs. Miniver (1942), Lassie Come Home (1943) and Gaslight (1944) ¤ born: May Webster  born on 6-19-1865 in Liverpool, England expired 5-29-1948 in Hollywood, California   age 82

movie & tv actor & director  Richard Baker Whorf   he is NOT a Klingon born on 6-4-1906 in Winthrop, Massachusetts expired 12-14-1966 in Santa Monica, California   age 60

award-winning pioneering aviatrix  Edna Gardner Whyte born on 11-3-1902 expired 2-15-1992   age 89

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