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Big Boy restaurant chain founder & inventor of double-decker hamburgers  Robert C. "Bob" Wian born on 6-15-1914 expired 3-31-1992   age 77

chemist Dr.  Otto Wichterle   made first soft contact lenses (1961) using a toy Erector Set to process the HEMA material born on 10-27-1913 in Prostějov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary expired 8-18-1998 in Sdradisko, Czech Republic   age 84

physicist  Gian Carlo Wick born on 10-15-1909 expired 4-19-1992   age 82

actress  Mary Wickes ¤ born: Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser  born on 6-13-1910 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-22-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: renal failure; internal bleeding; sever hypotension; ischemic cardiomyopathy

Ohio death row inmate  William D. Wickline Jr. born on 3-15-1952 expired 3-30-2004 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 52   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 PCD 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact)

Greyhound Bus Lines founder  Carl Eric Wickman born on --1887 in Vamhus, Sweden expired 2-5-1954 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 67

movie director  Bo Widerberg   directed 1967 remake of Elvira Madigan (original filmed in 1943) born on 6-8-1930 in Malmo, Skåne, Sweden expired 5-1-1997 in Malmo, Skåne, Sweden   age 66   cause: cancer

actor  Richard Widmark born on 12-26-1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota expired 3-24-2008 in Roxbury, Connecticut   age 93   cause: complications from fractured vertabra    Contest Selectors 2003 JEDS 5.6% 2004 ADWC 5.6% 2005 ADWC, QKU 8.7% 2006 ADWC, QKU, WEP 10.0% 2007 ADWC, PCD, QKU, WEP 12.9% 2008 ADWC, NFG, PCD, QKU, RPRM, WEP 18.8%    Scored 3.2781 points

Chi-Chi's diner  Dineen M. Wieczorek   on October 6th ate contaminated scallions born on 1-1-1952 expired 11-12-2003 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 53   cause: liver failure; Hepatitis A

botanist Dr.  George R. Wieland   discovered the Petrified Forest (cycads) in the Black Hills (South Dakota) expired 1-18-1953 in New Haven, Connecticut   age 87

chemist  Heinrich Otto Wieland   won the 1927 Nobel prize in chemistry for work on cholic acids & Lobelin born on 6-4-1877 in Pforzheim, Württemberg expired 8-5-1957 in Starnberg, Germany   age 80

lawyer  Lawrence Arthur Wien   real estate investment syndicator; Columbia University trustee (1966-72); chairman of the Committee for a Reasonable World Trade Center that placed 1968 New York Times ad questioning the safety of the yet-to-be-built twin towers born on 5-30-1905 in New York, New York expired 12-10-1988 in Westport, Connecticut   age 83   cause: prostate cancer

physicist  Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien   discovered laws governing the radiation of heat & that there was a positively-charged particle with a mass equal to 1 hydrogen atom (the proton); awarded the 1911 Nobel physics prize born on 1-13-1864 in Gaffken, East Prussia, Germany expired 8-30-1928 in Müchen, Bavaria, Germany   age 64

serologist Dr.  Alexander Solomon Wiener   co-discoverer of the Rh factor of blood born on 3-16-1907 in New York, New York expired 11-6-1976 in New York, New York   age 69   cause: leaukemia

former MIT mathematician  Norbert Wiener   coined term cybernetics (1948) born on 11-26-1894 in Columbia, Missouri expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 69

mathematician  Norbert Wiener   coined term cybernetics ¤ nickname: "the father of automation"  expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 69

Nazi hunter  Simon Wiesenthal ¤ born: Szymon Wiesenthal  born on 12-31-1908 in Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine) expired 9-20-2005 in Vienna, Austria   age 96    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1% 2003 DTM, JEDS, PCD 16.7% 2004 DTM, EOD, PCD 16.7% 2005 DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT, TMD 26.1%    Scored 2.9781 points AKS: Weisenthal Wiesental Weisental

former U.N. ambassador (1968)  James Russel Wiggins   former editor of Ellsworth, Maine weekly newspaper & Washington Post (1961-68) born on 12-4-1904 in Luverne, Minnesota expired 11-19-2000 in Brooklin, Maine   age 95

autistic savant  Thomas Greene Wiggins   piano prodigy born a slave on a plantation near city of birth born on 5-25-1849 in Columbia, Georgia expired 6-13-1908 in Hoboken, New Jersey   age 59   cause: stroke

physicist & Manhattan Project co-inspirer  Eugene Wigner   was a 1963 Nobel physics co-laureate born on 11-17-1902 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 1-1-1995 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 92

judge  Richard Orme Wilberforce ¤ title: Lord Wilberforce  born on 3-11-1907 expired 2-15-2003   age 95

Wilburn Brothers singer  Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn born on 11-30-1931 in Hardy, Arkansas expired 11-24-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 71   cause: Parkinson's disease

Wilburn Brothers singer  Virgil Doyle Wilburn born on 7-7-1930 in Hardy, Arkansas expired 10-16-1984 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 54   cause: cancer

character actress  Collin Wilcox   portrayed Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), the character that falsely accused Tom Robinson of having raped her ¤ Mrs. Scott Paxton  born on 2-4-1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-14-2009 in Highlands, North Carolina   age 74   cause: brain cancer

actor  Frank Wilcox born on 3-13-1907 expired 3-6-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 66

movie director  Fred McLeod Wilcox   directed Forbidden Planet (1956) born on 12-22-1907 in Tazewell, Virginia expired 9-24-1964 in Beverly Hills, California   age 56

wheelchair-bound Kansas prohibitionist & California land developer  Harvey Henderson Wilcox   had polio as a child; plotted out 120 acres in Beachwood Canyon (February 1874); his wife Daeida named their "ranch" Hollywood after a ranch owned by a person she met on the train out to California; the name got applied to the whole development (1887), then town; in 1923 L.A. Times publisher Harry Chandler paid advertising executive John Roche $21,000 to build a big sign on Mount Lee promoting the development — it read HOLLYWOODLAND ("LAND" was removed in 1947) born on --1832 in Lenawee County, Michigan expired ??-??-1891 in Hollywood, California   age 59

movie producer/director  Herbert Wilcox   his films won 4 Academy Awards; made Dawn (1928) & remade it as Nurse Edith Cavell (1939); husband of Dame Anna Neagle expired 5-15-1977 in London, England   age 84

piano virtuoso  Earl Wild born on 11-26-1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-23-2010 in Palm Springs, California   age 94   cause: congestive heart disease

actor  Jack Wild   played the Artful Dodger in the movie musical Oliver! (1968); had lead role on H.R. Pufnstuf for a while until he hit the bottle born on 9-30-1952 in Royton, Lancashire, England expired 3-1-2006 in Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England   age 53   cause: oral cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 RAVN 3.3%    Scored 9.7000 solo points

actor  Cornel Wilde born on 10-13-1915 in New York, New York expired 10-16-1989 in Los Angeles, California   age 74

Titanic Chief officer  Henry Tingle Wilde born on 9-21-1872 in Liverpool, England expired 4-15-1912 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 39   cause: drowned

author  Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde   wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost and The Importance of Being Earnest; coined term "dude" born on 10-16-1856 in Dublin, Ireland expired 11-30-1900 in Paris, France   age 46

art dealer & horse racer  Alex Nathan Wildenstein   dumped plastic surgery-addicted freakish-looking wife after she walked in on him boinking his mistress born on 8-5-1940 in Marseilles, France expired 2-18-2008 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 67   cause: cancer

secretive and controversial art collector & gallery owner  Daniel Wildenstein   grandson of gallery founder Nathan; son of Georges; father of Guy & Alec born on 9-11-1917 in Verrières-le-Buisson, France expired 10-23-2001 in Paris, France   age 84

composer  Alexander Lafayette Chew "Alec" Wilder born on 2-16-1907 in Rochester, New York expired 12-24-1980 in Gainesville, Florida   age 73   cause: lung cancer

director  Billy Samuel Wilder   director of The Lost Weekend (1945; oscar), Double Indemnity (1948; co-wrote script), Sunset Boulevard (1950) & The Apartment (1960; oscar) born on 6-22-1906 in Sucha, Galicia Province, Austria-Hungary expired 3-27-2002 in Beverly Hills, California   age 95   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 DTM, RR 25% 2002 DTM, JAC, JL, RR 36.4%    Scored 3.3125 points

author  Laura Ingalls Wilder   author of Little House... children's books expired 2-10-1957 in Mansfield, Ohio   age 90

playwright & novelist  Thornton Niven Wilder   winner of three Pulitzer prizes for novel Bridge on San Luis Rey (1928) & plays Our Town (1938) and Skin of Our Teeth (1942); a friend of Texas Guinan born on 4-17-1897 in Madison, Wisconsin expired 12-7-1975 in Hamden, Connecticut   age 78   cause: heart attack

actor  Michael Wilding   once married to Elizabeth Taylor born on 7-23-1912 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England expired 7-7-1979 in Chichester, West Sussex, England   age 66   cause: injuries suffered in fall

former New Jersey Attorney General  David Theodore Wilentz   co-prosecuted Bruno Hauptman for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh III born on 12-21-1894 in Lithuania expired 7-6-1988 in Long Branch, New Jersey   age 93

Harvard biologist Dr.  Don C. Wiley born on 10-21-1944 in Akron, Ohio expired 11-16-2001 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 57   cause: drowned in Mississippi River after fall from bridge

consumer product scientist  James Marshall Wiley   developed Fantastik spray cleaner in the 1960s born on 3-29-1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 10-9-2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma   age 75

concertina-squeezing polka king "Whoopee"  John Anthony Wilfahrt Jr. born on 5-11-1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota expired 6-15-1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota   age 68   cause: heart attack AKS: Whoopie Wilfart Willfart Will Fart

cartoonist & blues authority  Francis Wilford-Smith   drew for Punch & Playboy (amongst others) ¤ born: Francis Smith aka: "Smilby"  born on 3-12-1927 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England expired 12-4-2009 in Ledbury, Hertfordshire, England   age 82

Great Lakes sailor  Blaine Howard Wilhelm   Oiler aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 8-12-1923 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 52   cause: drowned when ship foundered

Hall of Fame relief pitcher  James Hoyt Wilhelm Sr. born on 7-26-1922 in Huntersville, North Carolina expired 8-23-2002 in Sarasota, Florida   age 80   cause: heart failure

German  Kaiser Friedrich Victor Albert Wilhelm II   strongly imperialistic ruler from 1888 to 1918; abdicated as part of Armistice deal born on 1-27-1859 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-4-1941 in Doorn, The Netherlands   age 82

Dutch  Queen Wilhelmina   ruled from 1898 to 1948 ¤ full name: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria  expired 11-28-1962 in Het Loo, The Netherlands   age 82

Lynyrd Skynyrd bass guitarist  Leon R. Wilkeson born on 4-2-1952 expired 7-27-2001 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida   age 49   cause: chronic liver & lung disease

1962 Nobel medicine co-laureate  Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins   slipped Watson & Crick the x-ray crystallgraphs they needed to prove that DNA was a double helical molecule (1958) born on 12-15-1916 in Pongaroa, New Zealand expired 10-5-2004 in London, England   age 87

former NAACP leader (1955-77)  Roy Wilkins born on 8-30-1901 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 9-8-1981 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: uremia; heart problems

former University of Oklahoma football coach (1947-63)  Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson born on 4-23-1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-9-1994   age 77    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

Princeton physicist Dr.  David T. Wilkinson   Big Bang researcher born on 5-13-1935 in Hillsdale, Michigan expired 9-5-2002 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 67   cause: cancer

former L.A. housing official  Frank Wilkinson   jailed for refusing the demands of HUAC to testify — again, the Supreme Court went DUH (by a 5-4 vote) so he had to serve the time; made it his life mission to abolish the committee (his National Committee Against Repressive Legislation succeeded on January 14, 1975) born on 8-16-1914 in Charlevoix, Michigan expired 1-2-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 91

Dr.  Geoffrey Wilkinson   shared the laureates for the 1973 Nobel chemistry prize born on 7-13-1921 in Springside, Yorkshire, England expired 9-26-1996   age 75

James Hardy Wilkinson   recipient of the 1970 A.M. Turing Award born on 9-27-1919 in Stroud, England expired 10-5-1986   age 67   cause: heart attack

former Kentucky governor (1987-91)  Wallace G. Wilkinson   dogged by allegations of corruption during his administration born on 12-12-1941 in Casey County, Kentucky expired 7-5-2002 in Lexington, Kentucky   age 60   cause: stroke; lymphoma

cartoonist  Frank H. Willard   created the Moon Mullins comic strip expired 1-12-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 64

chemical engineer  Miles J. Willard   co-developed dehyrated potato flakes while working at the Department of Agriculture; came up with several snack foods: Tato Skins & O'Boises born on 6-10-1924 expired 11-26-2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho   age 80   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Cardinal  Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands born on 9-4-1909 in Boven Karspel, The Netherlands expired 8-1-2006 in Denekamp, The Netherlands   age 96    Contest Selectors 2004 KLS 5.6% 2005 KLS 4.3% 2006 KLS 3.3%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

Norman conqueror and English king (1066-1087)  William I the Conquerer   bastard son of the Duke of Normandy (Robert I) and Arletta; defeated the army of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066); instituted the survey of England (1085-86) that produced the Domesday Book born on --1027 in Falaise, Normandy, France expired 9-9-1087 in Rouen, France   age 60   cause: riding accident

English king (1087-1100)  William II   son of William the Conquerer; brother of Henry I; nephew of Odo of Bayeux ¤ aka: William Rufus  born on --1056 expired 8-2-1100   age 44   cause: "hunting accident" (possibly arranged by his brother)

joint English monarch (1689-1702)  William III   ruled with Mary II (1689-1694) born on 11-4-1650 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 3-8-1702 in London, England   age 51   cause: pneumonia

British king (1830-1837)  William IV   son of George III born on --1765 expired ??-??-1837   age 72

jazz drummer & composer  Anthony "Tony" Williams born on 12-12-1945 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-23-1997 in Daly City, California   age 51   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

Kit Carson actor  Bill Williams   husband of Barbara Hale; father of William Katt ¤ real name: Herman Katt  born on 5-15-1916 in New York, New York expired 9-12-1992 in Burbank, California   age 76   cause: brain tumor

CenturyTel chairman  Clarke M. Williams Sr.   his parents started rural Oak Ridge Telephone Company; later gave it to him; incorporated as Century Telephone and Electronics (1968) it changed name to Century Telephone Enterprises (1971) born on 2-6-1922 expired 6-5-2002 in Monroe, Louisiana   age 80   cause: kidney failure

jazz violinist  Claude Gabriel "fiddler" Williams born on 2-22-1908 in Muskogee, Oklahoma expired 4-25-2004 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 96   cause: pneumonia

Chicago White Sox pitcher  Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams   banned from baseball for his involvement in the 1919 World Series (Black Sox) scandal born on 3-9-1893 in Aurora, Maryland expired 11-4-1959 in Laguna Beach, California   age 66

Gemini astronaut  Clifton C. Williams   killed on training mission in T-38 born on 9-26-1932 in Mobile, Alabama expired 10-5-1967 in Tallahassee, Florida   age 35   cause: plane crash

weapons designer  David M. Williams   worked on the design of the M-1 carbine born on 11-13-1900 expired 1-8-1975 in Raleigh, North Carolina   age 74   cause: bronchial pneumonia

Drowning Pool lead singer  David Wayne Williams born on 2-29-1972 expired 8-14-2002 in Manassas, Virginia   age 30   cause: concentric left ventricular hypertrophy; cardiomyopathy

lawyer & Baltimore Orioles owner  Edward Bennett Williams born on 5-31-1920 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 8-13-1988 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 68

paint company co-founder (1873)  Edward Porter Williams born on 5-10-1843 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-4-1903 in Glenville, Ohio   age 59

historian  Eric Eustace Williams   prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1963-81) expired 3-29-1981 in Saint Anne, Trinidad   age 69

Scottsboro Boys defendant  Eugene Williams born on --1918 expired ??-??-19??   age ??

singer & dancer  Frances Williams   introduced the Charleston dance in Scandals (1920s); appeared in Cocoanuts (1925); introduced As Time Goes By in the Broadway play Everybody's Welcome (1931) ¤ born: Frances Jellinek  born on 11-3-1901 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 1-27-1959 in New York, New York   age 57   cause: cancer

actress  Frances E. Williams   appeared on Frank's Place tv series born on 9-17-1905 expired 1-2-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 89   cause: complications from stroke

stage actress  Frances Williams   appeared in Life Begins at 8:40 (1934), Big Lake, Martine, The Three Sisters, Cradle Song, Casey Jones and The Enchanted (1950) born on --1902 expired 1-27-1959   age 56

illustrator  Garth Williams   did Charlotte's Web, Little House on the Prairie born on 4-16-1912 expired 5-8-1996   age 84

George Emlyn Williams born on 11-26-1905 in Mostyn, Wales expired 9-21-1987 in London, England   age 70

former Michigan governor (1949-61)  Gerhard Mennen Williams   an heir to the Mennen toiletries "fortune" ¤ nickname: "Soapy"  born on 2-23-1911 in Detroit, Michigan expired 2-2-1988   age 76    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7%

actor  Guy Williams   tv Zorro; Prof. John Robinson on Lost In Space ¤ born: Armand Joseph Catelano  born on 1-14-1924 in New York, New York expired 4-29-1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 65   cause: brain aneurysm

former New Jersey senator (1959-70; 1971-82)  Harrison Arlington Williams Jr.   convicted of accepting bribes in the ABSCAM sting born on 12-10-1919 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 11-17-2001 in Denville, New Jersey   age 81   cause: cancer

"hillbilly" singer  Hiram King "Hank" Williams Sr. born on 9-17-1923 in Mount Olive West, Alabama expired 1-1-1953 in Oak Hill, West Virginia   age 29   cause: heart attack

former Southern Christian Leadership Conference executive director  Hosea Williams   with John Lewis lead March 7, 1965 ("Bloody Sunday") voting rights march over Selma's Edmund Pettus bridge born on 1-5-1926 in Attapulgus, Georgia expired 11-16-2000 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 74   cause: cancer

British Lt.Colonel  James Howard Williams   commander of the World War II Burmese Elephant Corps; the ultimate celebrity death match ... Africa Corps vs. Elephant Corps, Rommel vs. Williams! expired 7-30-1958 in Cornwall, England   age 63

voice actress  Jean Hughes Williams   known for shrieking "Hey, Culligan Man" in countless commercials born on 12-9-1914 expired 4-5-1985 in Burbank, California   age 70   cause: cancer

blues singer  Joe Williams   performed with the Count Basie band ¤ born: Joseph Goreed  born on 12-12-1918 in Cordele, Georgia expired 3-29-1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 80

common sense-challenged offspring  John Henry Williams   had his deceased father's head sawed off & put "on ice" born on 8-26-1968 expired 3-6-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 35   cause: acute myelogenous leukemia    Contest Selectors 2004 LMLD, PCD 11.1%    Scored 10.2500 points

1950s Bank of America executive  Joseph P. Williams   created the BankAmericard credit card (it was renamed Visa in 1976) born on 2-12-1915 in Newark, New Jersey expired 11-8-2003 in Atlantis, Florida   age 88

tv announcer  Kenneth "Kenny" Williams   was the announcer on Video Village (1960-62), Hollywood Squares (1966-81), Gambit (1972-81) & High Rollers (1974-80) expired 2-16-1984   age 69

game show announcer  Kenneth "Kenny" Williams   did a lot of the Heatter-Quigley game shows (like Video Village & Hollywood Squares) born on --1913 expired 2-16-1984   age 70

Ohio death row inmate  Lewis Williams Jr.   hauled kicking and screaming to the execution expired 1-14-2004 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 45   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 BOD, PCD 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (one to be exact)

gospel singer  Marion Williams born on 8-29-1927 expired 7-2-1994   age 66

jazz pianist/composer  Mary Lou Williams ¤ born: Mary Elfrieda Scruggs  born on 5-8-1910 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 5-28-1981 in Durham, North Carolina   age 71   cause: cancer

actor  Michael Leonard Williams   played Duc d'Alencon in the BBC production of Elizabeth R (1971) & Brian in Educating Rita (1983); husband of Judi Dench born on 7-9-1935 in Manchester, England expired 1-11-2001 in Surrey, England   age 65   cause: lung cancer

saxophonist/bandleader  Paul Williams   had 1949 hit with The Huckle-buck born on 7-13-1915 in Lewisburg, Tennessee expired 9-14-2002 in New York, New York   age 87

model, singer, actress  Rachela Andrea Williams   did February 1992 Playboy pictorial born on 4-29-1967 in New York, New York expired 1-9-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 33   cause: motorcycle accident

Texas death row inmate  Richard Head Williams ¤ aka: number 999251  born on 7-19-1969 expired 2-25-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 33   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 9.6250 points

tennis champion  Richard Norris Williams 2nd   survior of the Titanic sinking born on 6-2-1891 expired 6-2-1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 77

black "revolutionary"  Robert F. Williams   spent years on-the-lam in Cuba, China and North Korea avoiding arrest on kidnapping charges born on 2-26-1925 in Monroe, North Carolina expired 10-15-1996 in Grand Rapids, Michigan   age 71   cause: Hodgkins disease

the Mickey Mouse Club's "Big Mooseketeer"  Roy Williams   although he had never acted Walt Disney personally added him to the cast; he designed the mouse ears worn by everyone in the "club" born on 7-30-1907 in Coleville, Washington expired 11-7-1976   age 59

former Teamster's Union president (1981-83)  Roy Lee Williams born on 3-22-1915 in Ottumwa, Iowa expired 4-28-1989 in Leeton, Missouri   age 74

actor  Spencer Williams   played Andrew Hogg "Andy" Brown on television Amos 'n' Andy series born on 7-14-1893 in Vidalia, Louisiana expired 12-13-1969   age 76

self-described megalomaniac  Stanley Tookie Williams III   member of the L.A. protection racket gang the Crips; by his own admission he beat, robbed & shot the innocent born on 12-29-1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 12-13-2005 in San Quentin, California   age 51   cause: executed; lethal injection

Playboy April 1965 Playmate of Month  Sue Williams   with Karla Conway was the shortest Playmate (4'11"); typecast as Peanut in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), Robot in Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), Sue in The Ghost inthe Invisible Bikini (1966) & the Farmer's Daughter in Fireball 500 (1966); Playboy had her date of birth as 5-13-1945 ¤ real name: Karen Susan Hamilton  born on 11-14-1945 in Glendale, California expired 9-2-1969 in Hollywood, California   age 23   cause: suicide

Hall-of-Fame baseball player  Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams   last player to bat .400 for a season ¤ nickname: "The Splendid Splinter"  born on 8-30-1918 in San Diego, California expired 7-5-2002 in Crystal River, Florida   age 83   cause: heart attack; congestive heart failure; strokes    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS, JL 18.2%    Scored 5.4500 points

author  Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams born on 3-26-1911 in Columbus, Mississippi expired 2-25-1983 in New York, New York   age 71    Contest Selectors 1980 DR, EK 12.5%

retired steelworker  Wallace Ignatius "Bucky" Williams   played in the Negro Baseball Leagues in the 1930s for the Pittsburgh Crawfords & the Homestead Grays born on 12-15-1906 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 11-16-2009 in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania   age 102    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 4.8000 solo points

Walter Williams   claimed to have been a Civil War veteran born on 11-14-1854 expired 12-19-1959 in Houston, Texas   age 105

former Plasmatics singer  Wendy Orleans Williams   as part of a music video, she stood atop a school bus as it drove through a wall of televisions; played a gameshow contestant in a Gong Show parody in the movie Candy Goes to Hollywood (her "talent" involved ping pong balls); did October 1986 Playboy pictorial born on 5-28-1946 in Rochester, New York expired 4-6-1998 in Storrs, Connecticut   age 51   cause: suicide; cranial gunshot

death row inmate  Willie Ray Williams expired 1-31-1995 in Huntsville, Texas   age 38   cause: executed; lethal injection

Playboy film critic  Bruce S. Williamson born on 12-31-1926 in Cadillac, Michigan expired 10-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: bladder cancer

pioneering undersea photographer  John Ernest Williamson   did special undersea movie photography for the 1916 production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea born on --1882 in Liverpool, England expired 7-15-1966 in Nassau, Bahamas   age 84

science fiction writer  John Steward "Jack" Williamson   his first story, published in 1928 in the Amazing Stories pulp magazine, was The Metal Man; The Ultimate Earth novella (2001) earned both Hugo & Nebula Awards born on 4-29-1908 in Bisbee, Arizona Territory expired 11-10-2006 in Portales, New Mexico   age 98

pianist, organist, composer  Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson   Master of the Queen's Music (1975-2003) born on 11-21-1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 3-2-2003 in London, England   age 71

character actor  Noble Willingham   played C.D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-99) & Texas on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale" (1989) born on 8-31-1931 in Mineola, Texas expired 1-17-2004 in Palm Springs, California   age 72

Playboy July 1970 Playmate of Month  Carol J. Willis born on 4-17-1949 in Bowie County, Texas expired 11-24-1971 in Laguna Beach, California   age 20   cause: automobile accident

1940 Republican candidate for president  Wendell L. Willkie expired 10-4-1944 in New York, New York   age 52

Morro Castle captain  Robert Renison Willmott   died about 8 hours before fatal fire started aboard ship expired 9-7-1934 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 58   cause: heart attack AKS: Wilmott Willmot Wilmot

character actor  Chill Theodore Wills   provided the voice for Francis, the Talking Mule born on 7-18-1902 in Seagoville, Texas expired 12-15-1978 in Encino, California   age 76   cause: cancer

one-time Watergate security guard  Frank Wills   on June 17, 1972 discovered breakin in progress at Democratic National Committee offices and called the cops born on 2-4-1948 expired 9-27-2000 in Augusta, Georgia   age 52   cause: brain tumor

Texas Playboys founder  James "Bob" Wills   worked as a barber until 1929; Country Music Hall-of-Famer; wrote San Antonio Rose born on 3-6-1905 expired 5-13-1975 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 70   cause: bronchial pneumonia

composer  Meredith Willson   wrote The Music Man (1958) born on 5-18-1902 in Mason City, Iowa expired 6-15-1984 in Santa Monica, California   age 82 AKS: Wilson

chemist  Richard Martin Willstätter   1915 Nobel laureate in chemistry for the invention of chromatography born on 8-13-1872 in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany expired 8-3-1942 in Muroalto, Switzerland   age 69   cause: heart attack

auto firm founder (1907)  John North Willys born on 10-25-1873 in Canadaigua, New York expired 8-26-1935 in Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York   age 61   cause: cerebral embolism

Palm Beach socialite  Mollie Wilmot   Rose Kennedy's next door neighbor; best remembered for the Venezuelan freighter (the Mercedes) that went aground in her back yard (Thanksgiving 1984) ¤ born: Mollie Netcher formerly Mrs: Eddie Bragno, Albert Bostwick & Paul Wilmot  born on 5-9-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-17-2002 in New York, New York   age 79

Franklin D. Wilsey   was a ground crewman beneath the Hindenburg when it burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J. born on 2-8-1914 expired 7-4-2006 in Morehead City, North Carolina   age 92

singer  Allen Wilson   had 1974 hit with Show and Tell born on 6-19-1939 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 4-21-2008 in Fontana, California   age 68   cause: kidney failure; prostate cancer AKS: Al Wilson

playwright  August Wilson ¤ born: Frederick August Kittel  born on 4-27-1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-2-2005 in Seattle, Washington   age 60   cause: liver cancer

Mississippi super-geezer  Bettie Antry Wilson ¤ née: Rutherford  born on 9-13-1890 in Benton County, Mississippi expired 2-13-2006 in New Albany, Mississippi   age 115   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2005 KLS, PCD, QKU, RIE, RR 21.7% 2006 KLS, PCD, RIE, RR 13.3%    Scored 1.3125 points

Beach Boys co-founder  Carl Dean Wilson born on 12-2-1946 in Hawthorne, California expired 2-6-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 51   cause: lung cancer

Charles Wilson   part of British gang that committed the 1963 "Great" train robbery expired 4-23-1990 in Costa del Sol   age 58   cause: assassinated; shot to death by hit man

GE president (1940-42 & 1944-50)  Charles Edward Wilson born on 11-18-1886 in New York, New York expired 1-3-1972 in Scarsdale, New York   age 85

Eisenhower Defense Secretary (1953-57)  Charles Erwin Wilson   General Motors president (1941-53) born on 7-18-1890 in Minerva, Ohio expired 9-26-1961 in Norwood, Louisiana   age 71

realtor & motel executive  Charles Kemmons Wilson Jr.   opened first Holiday Inn motel (1952; named for fictional lodging in 1942 Bing Crosby movie) born on 1-5-1913 in Osceola, Arkansas expired 2-12-2003 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 90

former Texas representative (1973-97)  Charles Nesbitt "Charlie" Wilson   subject of 2007 movie; received a heart transplant in September 2007 born on 6-1-1933 in Trinity, Texas expired 2-10-2010 in Lufkin, Texas   age 76   cause: cardio-pulmonary arrest

physicist  Charles Thomson Rees Wilson   shared 1927 Nobel physics prize for invention of the cloud chamber born on 2-14-1869 in Glencourse, Midlothian, Scotland expired 11-15-1959 in Carlops, Pebblesshire, Scotland   age 90

comedian  Clerow "Flip" Wilson   his character Geraldine would say "what you see is what you get" born on 12-8-1933 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 11-25-1998 in Malibu, California   age 64   cause: liver cancer

Beach Boys co-founder  Dennis Wilson   his body was buried at sea born on 12-4-1944 in Hawthorne, California expired 12-28-1983 in Marina del Rey, California   age 39   cause: drowned

BBC writer/producer  Donald Boyd Wilson   adapted The Forsyte Sagafor tv (1967) born on 9-1-1910 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland expired 3-6-2002 in Gloucestershire, England   age 91

Jack Benny's announcer  Donald Harlow Wilson born on 9-1-1900 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 4-25-1982 in Palm Springs, California   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7%

pianist, actor  Dooley Wilson   piano player Sam at Rick's Cafe who sang As Time Goes By in Casablanca (1942) born on 4-3-1894 in Tyler, Texas expired 5-30-1953 in Los Angeles, California   age 59

presidential widow  Edith Bolling Wilson   accused of running the government after her husband had a debilitating stroke expired 12-28-1961 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 89

black actor  Frank H. Wilson   originated role of Porgy in 1927 play of same name expired 2-16-1956 in New York, New York   age 70

electrocardiography pioneer Dr.  Frank Norman Wilson   professor in the University of Michigan Medical School expired 9-11-1952 in Stockbridge, Michigan   age 61

former Detroit Lions coach  George Wilson   led team to their last NFL championship (1957) born on 2-3-1914 expired 11-23-1978 in Detroit, Michigan   age 64   cause: heart attack

publisher  Halsey William Wilson   founded the H.W. Wilson Co., publisher of Reader's Guide and other indicies expired 3-1-1954 in Croton Heights, New York   age 85

Helen Charis Wilson Weston   muse to her photographer husband (Edward Weston) born on 5-5-1914 in San Francisco, California expired 11-20-2009 in Santa Cruz, California   age 95    Contest Selectors 2009 DGW 3.3%    Scored 5.5000 solo points

Grant 2ndt term vice president (1873-75)  Henry Wilson born on 2-16-1812 in Farmington, New York expired 11-10-1875 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 63

British Civil Service head Sir  Horace Wilson   along with Neville Chamberlain thought he could appease Hitler at München expired 5-26-1972 in London, England   age 89

Hugh Robert Wilson   last U.S. Ambassador to Germany before the its entry into World War II expired 12-28-1946 in Bennington, Vermont   age 61

singer  Jackie Wilson   had hit with Higher and Higher ¤ real name: Jack Leroy Wilson  born on 6-9-1934 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-21-1984   age 49   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7% 1980 DR, JW, MM 18.8%

former British Prime Minister (1964-70 & 1974-76) Sir  James Harold Wilson born on 3-11-1916 in Huddersfield, England expired 5-24-1995 in London, England   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 DH 6.3%

former slave  James Walter Wilson ¤ nickname: "Uncle Jim"  expired 12-22-1945 in Vidalia, Georgia   age 120

author  John Anthony Burgess Wilson   wrote A Clockwork Orange ¤ pen name: "Anthony Burgess"  born on 2-25-1917 in Manchester, England expired 11-25-1993   age 76

pro wrassler  John M. "Jack" Wilson   worked under the names Kurt von Braun, Hans von Schupp, The Masked Marvel, The Mystery Man & Mr. Zero (in Japan) born on 6-17-1918 expired 3-13-2001 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 82

Xerox Corp. founder  Joseph C. Wilson   assumed control of family-owned Haloid Co. in 1946 & bought rights to Chester Carlson's xerography process born on 12-13-1909 expired 11-22-1971 in New York, New York   age 61

cajun chef  Justin E. Wilson born on 4-24-1914 in Roseland, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana expired 9-5-2001 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana   age 87

home run slugger  Lewis R. "Hack" Wilson expired 11-23-1948 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 48   cause: internal hemorrhaging from a fall

voice actor  Lionel Wilson   gave voice to Tom Terrific, Mighty Manfred (the Wonder Dog), Crabby Appleton, et. al ¤ born: Lionel Lazarus Salzer  born on 3-22-1924 in New York, New York expired 4-30-2003 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: pneumonia

helium-voiced "dumb blond" actress  Marie Katherine Elizabeth Wilson   played My Friend Irma on radio & tv born on 8-19-1916 in Anaheim, California expired 11-23-1972 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 56   cause: cancer

blacklisted screen writer  Michael Wilson   shared 1952 oscar for A Place in the Sun with Harry Brown; also wrote screenplays for Salt of the Earth (1954), Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) & Planet of the Apes (1968) born on 7-1-1914 in McAlester, Oklahoma expired 4-9-1978 in Beverly Hills, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

former Fabulous Coasters singer  Nathaniel "Buster" Wilson   parts of his dismembered body were dumped near Hoover Dam & in a ravine near Modesto California expired 4-??-1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age ??   cause: shot in head

actor, writer, director  Richard Wilson   co-founded Mercury Theater with Orson Welles born on 12-25-1915 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania expired 8-21-1991 in Santa Monica, California   age 75

character actor  Richard "Dick" Wilson   played Charmin pitchman Mr. Whipple (1964-90) — "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" born on 7-30-1916 in Preston, England expired 11-19-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6%

writer  Richard Lawson Wilson   won 1954 Pulitzer prize for national reporting born on 9-3-1905 in Galesburg, Illinois expired 1-18-1981 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 75   cause: mycosis fungoides

astrophysicist Sir  Robert Wilson   got the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched by NASA (1978) born on 4-16-1927 in County Durham, England expired 9-2-2002 in Chelmsford, England   age 75

author  Robert Anton Wilson   a former associate editor at Playboy (1966-71); wrote The Book of the Breast (1974), The Book of the Sub-Genius (1987), the Schrodinger's Cat trilogy & was co-author of Illuminatus! trilogy ¤ aka: "Pope Bob"  born on 1-18-1932 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-11-2007 in Capitola, California   age 74   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6% 2007 AUDC, RR 6.5%    Scored 6.3500 points

former Boston, Detroit & San Diego pitcher  Robert Earl Wilson   was in the starting rotation for the Tigers' 1968 World Series championship team ¤ born: Earl Lawrence Wilson  born on 10-2-1934 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana expired 4-23-2005 in Southfield, Michigan   age 70   cause: heart attack

Manhattan Project physicist Dr.  Robert Rathbun Wilson   developed the electromechanical method of separating uranium isotopes; designer & director of Fermilab born on 3-4-1914 in Frontier, Wyoming expired 1-16-2000 in Ithaca, New York   age 85

watercolor artist  Rowland Bragg Wilson   known for his wry cartoons that were published in Playboy (since 1967), The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire & The New Yorker born on 8-3-1930 in Dallas, Texas expired 6-28-2005 in Encinitas, California   age 74   cause: heart failure

writer  Sloan Wilson   author of The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1955) & A Summer Place (1958); wrote August 1972 article for Playboy (The Happiest Days) born on 5-8-1920 in Norwalk, Connecticut expired 5-25-2003 in Colonial Beach, Virginia   age 83   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

jazz pianist  Theodore "Teddy" Wilson born on 11-24-1912 in Austin, Texas expired 7-31-1986 in New Britain, Connecticut   age 73

actor  Theodore Roosevelt Wilson born on 12-10-1943 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 47

28th U.S. president  Thomas Woodrow Wilson   won 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for the Versailles Treaty; husband of Edith born on 12-28-1856 in Staunton, Virginia expired 2-3-1924 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 67

former Boeing chairman & CEO (1972-87)  Thornton A. Wilson born on 2-8-1921 in Sikeston, Missouri expired 4-10-1999 in Palm Springs, California   age 78

actor  Trey Wilson ¤ real name: Donald Yearnsley Wilson III  born on 1-21-1948 in Houston, Texas expired 1-16-1989 in New York, New York   age 40   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

Waldon O. Wilson   oscar-winning sound engineer born on 1-20-1907 expired 8-15-1986 in Fullerton, California   age 79

William Griffith Wilson   co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (1935) born on 11-26-1895 in East Dorset, Vermont expired 1-24-1971 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 75   cause: pneumonia; cardiac disease

amateur distance runner  Fred Wilt   won 1950 Sullivan Award born on 12-14-1920 in Pendleton, Indiana expired 9-5-1994   age

advertising executive  Robert W. "Bob" Wilvers   gave us the immortal Alka-Seltzer jingle "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is." born on 4-2-1932 expired 12-10-1997 in New Milford, Connecticut   age 65   cause: lung cancer

Gospel singing family patriarch  David Glenn "Pop" Winans born on 4-20-1934 expired 4-8-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 74   cause: complications from strokes & heart attacks

gospel singer  Ronald Winans born on 7-1-1956 expired 6-17-2005 in Detroit, Michigan   age 48   cause: heart failure

tvwriter/Broadway playwright  Shimon Wincelberg   wrote the Time Tunnel pilot ("Rendezvous with Yesterday"; 1966); for the original Star Trek series wrote Dagger of the Mind (1966) & The Galileo Seven (1967) ¤ aka: S. Bar-David  born on 9-26-1924 in Kiel, Germany expired 9-29-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 80 AKS: Simon

ventriloquist  Paul Winchell   known for his characters Jerry Mahoney and Nucklehead Smiff; inventor of an early artificial heart device (1963); more recently provided voices for Smurf character Gargamel & Disney cartoon Pooh character Tigger ¤ born: Paul Wilchin  born on 12-21-1922 in New York, New York expired 6-24-2005 in Moorpark, California   age 82

Winchell Doughnuts founder (1948)  Verne H. Winchell   sold out to Denny's (1968); took stock; became Denny's chairman (1970) born on 10-30-1915 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 11-26-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 87   cause: cardiac arrest

newspaper columnist  Walter Winchell   narrated The Untouchables tv series born on 4-7-1897 in New York, New York expired 2-20-1972 in Los Angeles, California   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

child actor  Robert Winckler ¤ stage name: Robert Winkler  born on 2-12-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-28-1989 in Woodland Hills, California   age 62

sex hormone researcher  Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus   received the 1928 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 12-25-1876 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-9-1959 in Göttingen, Germany   age 82

big band musician  Kai Chresten Winding born on 5-18-1922 in Aarhus, Denmark expired 5-7-1983 in Yonkers, New York   age 60

Princess Alice Windsor   widow of the Duke of Gloucester; aunt of Elizabeth II ¤ full name: Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott title: Duchess of Gloucester  born on 12-25-1901 in London, England expired 10-29-2004 in London, England   age 102    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG, KLS, RR 43% 2001 DTM, KLS, RR 37½% 2002 DTM, RR 18.2% 2003 COCO, CSI, DTM, JL, KLS, RR 33.3% 2004 CSI, DTM, KLS, RIE, RR 27.8%    Scored 2.4563 points

silent screen actress  Claire Windsor   had one of those squeaky voices that sounded really bad when talkies arrived ¤ born: Clara Viola Cronk  born on 4-14-1892 expired 10-24-1972 in Hollywood, California   age 80   cause: heart attack

ex-Princess  Diana Frances Spencer Windsor   crash injuries exacerbated by subsequent slow transport to hospital born on 7-1-1961 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England expired 8-31-1997 in Paris, France   age 36   cause: auto crash

the  Duchess of Windsor   widow of ex-King Edward VIII (married him in 1937) ¤ born: Bessiewallis Warfield; formerly: Wallace Warfield Spencer, then Wallace Warfield Simpson  born on 6-19-1896 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania expired 4-24-1986 in Paris, France   age 89    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

the  Duke of Windsor   son of George V; 11-month English King (1936); abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson; self-exiled to France ¤ title: King Edward VIII  born on 6-23-1894 in Richmond, England expired 5-28-1972 in Paris, France   age 77   cause: throat cancer

Lady  Elizabeth Angela Marquerite Bowes-Lyon Windsor   widow of King George VI; sister of Princess Alice; mother of British Queen Elizabeth II; last Enpress of India ¤ aka: The Queen Mother  born on 8-4-1900 in Hertfordshire, England expired 3-30-2002 in Windsor, England   age 101    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HFS 15.4% 1980 DO, DW 12.5% 2000 ANG, KLS, RR 43% 2001 ANG, DTM, KLS, NFG, ROTS, RR, TEX 87½% 2002 CMH, DTM, JAC, JEDS, JL, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 81.8%    Scored 2.4098 points

Film Noir actress  Marie Windsor ¤ born: Emily Merie Bertelsen; Mrs. Jack Rodney Hupp  born on 12-11-1914 in Marysvale, Utah expired 12-10-2000 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85

actor  Paul Edward Winfield   played Reliant Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wath of Khan & Dathon in Star Trek: Next Generation episode Darmok (1991) born on 5-22-1941 expired 3-7-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 62   cause: heart attack; diabetes

1930s actress & pinup girl  Martha Virginia "Toby" Wing born on 7-14-1915 in Amelia Court House, Virginia expired 3-23-2001 in Matthews, Virigina   age 85

1932/36 Olympic swimming medalist  Lenore Kight Wingrad born on 9-26-1911 in Frostburg, Maryland expired 2-9-2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 88

noted jockey  James "Jimmy" Winkfield   won 1901 & 1902 Kentucky Derby aboard "His Eminence" and "Alan-a-Dale" (came in second in 1903) ¤ nickname: "Wink"  born on 4-12-1880 in Chilesburg, Kentucky expired 3-23-1974 in Maisons-Laffitte, France   age 93

Sir  Francis Salwey William Winnington born on 6-24-1907 expired 4-26-2003   age 95

machinist union leader  William W. Winpisinger ¤ nickname: "Wimpy"  born on 12-10-1924 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 12-11-1997 in Ellicott City, Maryland   age 73   cause: cancer

author  Kathleen Winsor   wrote Forever Amber (1944); once married to Artie Shaw (1946-48) born on 10-16-1919 in Olivia, Minnesota expired 5-26-2003 in New York, New York   age 83 AKS: Windsor

retired L.A. Metropolitan Transit Authority bus maintenance attendant  Arthur Winston   the U.S. Labor Department believes that he set the record for continuous employment (1/24/1934 to 3/21/2006) born on 3-22-1906 in Oklahoma Territory expired 4-13-2006 in South Los Angeles, California   age 100   cause: congestive heart failure

jeweler  Harry Winston   donated the 44½ carat Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution (1958) after having purchased it from the Evalyn Walsh McLean estate (1949) born on 3-1-1896 in New York, New York expired 12-8-1978 in New York, New York   age 82   cause: heart attack

Star Trek "super fan"  Joan M. Winston   an organizer of the first Star Trek Convention, January 1972, at the Statler Hilton hotel in New York City — they expected 500 to show, but got over 3,000; co-authored Star Trek Lives (1975; with Jacqueline Lichtenberg & Sondra Marshak) born on 6-19-1931 in Washington State expired 9-10-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 77   cause: Alzheimer's disease

movie visual effects whiz  Stanley Winston   won 4 oscars for: Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991: Makeup and Visual Effects) & Jurassic Park (1993) born on 4-7-1946 in Arlington, Virginia expired 6-15-2008 in Malibu, California   age 62   cause: multiple myeloma

character actor  Edward D. Winter   best known for playing the nutty Army intelligence officer Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H tv series born on 6-3-1937 in Ventura, California expired 3-8-2001 in Woodland Hills, California   age 63   cause: Parkinson's disease

lawyer  Elmer Louis Winter   with partner Aaron Scheinfeld (d.1970) started the Manpower Temp agency (1948) born on 3-6-1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-29-2009 in Mequon, Wisconsin   age 97

pop-music conductor/arranger  Hugo Winterhalter born on 8-15-1909 expired 9-17-1973 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 64   cause: cancer

surviving World War I military veteran  Charlotte Louise Winters   had been the oldest female veteran ¤ née: Berry  born on 11-10-1897 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 3-27-2007 in Boonsboro, Maryland   age 109

film editor  Ralph E. Winters   won Editing oscars for King Solomon's Mines (1950) & Ben Hur (1959) born on 6-17-1909 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 2-26-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 94

Charlie Chan tv actor  Roland Winters born on 11-22-1904 expired 10-22-1989   age 84

actress  Shelley Winters   received two Best Supporting Actress oscars: for playing Mrs. Van Dann in Diary of Anne Frank (1959) & Rye-Ann D'Arcy in A Patch of Blue (1965) ¤ born: Shirley Schrift  born on 8-18-1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-14-2006 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 JH, MS 15.4% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 KOHD 5.6% 2005 WORM 4.3% 2006 ADWC, DFFC, DTH, GGG, LMLD, 4GUE 20.0%    Scored 4.0781 points

early auto manufacturer  Alexander Winton born on 6-20-1860 in Grangemouth, Scotland expired 6-21-1932 in Lakewood, Ohio   age 72

German Weimar Republic chancellor (1921-22)  Karl Joseph Wirth expired 1-3-1956 in Freiburg, Germany   age 76

businessman  Joseph Bitner Wirthlin   was also a member of the LDS Quorum of the 12 Apostles born on 6-11-1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 12-1-2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 91    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2008 RPRM 3.1%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

businessman  William Wadsworth "Bill" Wirtz   former owner of the Chicago Black Hawks hockey team (1954-95) born on 10-5-1929 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-26-2007 in Evanston, Illinois   age 77

Henry Wirz   commander of Confederate prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia born on --1822 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 11-10-1865 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 43   cause: hanged

home saleswoman  Brownie Mae Wise   came up with the idea for Tupperware Parties ¤ née: Humphrey  born on --1913 in Buford, Georgia expired 12-??-1992 in Kissimmee, Florida   age 79

movie director  Robert Earl Wise Sr.   was film editor of Citizen Kane (1941) & The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); won directing oscars for West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965); didn't win oscars for directing The Curse of the Cat People (1944), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) or Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) born on 9-10-1914 in Winchester, Indiana expired 9-14-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 91   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6% 2004 RR 5.6%

musician  Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise   co-wrote Orange Blossom Special born on 10-2-1915 in Lake City, Florida expired 1-6-1996 in Bowie, Maryland   age 80

actor  Joseph Wiseman   played James Bond villain Dr. Julius No; uncredited voice of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Thunderball (1965) born on 5-15-1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-19-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 91   cause: complications from aneurysm    Contest Selectors 2007 WEP 3.2% 2008 WEP 3.1% 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

exploitation movie producer/director  Doris Wishman   directed Deadly Weapons (1973) & Double Agent 73 (1974), amongst others born on 4-23-1920 in New York, New York expired 8-10-2002 in Miami, Florida   age 82   cause: complications from lymphoma

civil rights photographer  Ernest C. Withers   in defiance of the judge's order, took the photograph of Moses Wright identifying Milam & Bryant as Emmett Till's kidnappers. born on 8-7-1922 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-15-2007 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 85

blues and jazz singer  Jimmy Witherspoon ¤ nickname: "spoon"  born on 1-13-1923 in Gurdon, Arkansas expired 9-18-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 74

prolific movie/tv director  William Nuelson Witney   directed several Lone Ranger serials (1938/39) & the 1940 Adventures of Red Ryder serial ¤ aka: William Whitney  born on 5-15-1915 in Lawton, Oklahoma expired 3-17-2002 in Pioneer, California   age 86   cause: complications from stroke

chemist Dr.  George Wittig   shared 1979 Nobel chemistry prize born on 6-16-1897 in Berlin, Germany expired 8-26-1987 in Heidelberg, Germany   age 90

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