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| original human cannonball Hugo Zacchini member of the family act - first to be shot out of the cannon (1922) born on 10-20-1898 expired 10-20-1975 in San Bernardino, California age 77 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| circus act inventor Ildebrando Zacchini came up with the "Human Cannonball" act idea & built first "cannon" in 1922 on Malta; fired his son (Hugo) out of it expired 7-17-1948 in Tampa, Florida age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| human cannonball Mario A. Zacchini spent most of his life in the circus, being shot out of a cannon; also an excellent rope twirler; last of the sons of Ildebrando Zacchini who invented the act in 1922 on Malta born on 4-6-1911 expired 1-28-1999 in Tampa, Florida age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington Senators pitcher Tom Zachary threw the pitch that became Babe Ruth's 60th home run in 1927 expired 1-24-1969 in Graham, North Carolina age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| all-around athlete Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias won Javelin Throw and 80-meter Hurdles in 1932 Olympics; was world's leading woman's golfer born on 6-26-1914 in Port Arthur, Texas expired 9-27-1956 in Galveston, Texas age 42 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former King of Afghanistan (1933-73) Mohammad Zahir Shah deposed in 1968; abdicated in 1973; after his return in 2002 he began operating a small fresh fruit kiosk outside the palace, known to the locals as the Afghanistan Bananastand born on 10-30-1914 in Kabul, Afghanistan expired 7-23-2007 in Kabul, Afghanistan age 92
AKS: Mohammed Zaher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pharmaceutical business founder Louis Zahn born on 9-24-1909 in Konigsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) expired 8-21-1977 in Chicago, Illinois age 67 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jewelry chain founder Morris Bernard Zale born on 9-5-1901 expired 3-8-1995 age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Frank J. Zamboni inventor of ice resurfacing machine born on 1-16-1900 in Eureka, Utah expired 7-28-1988 in Long Beach, California age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
opthamologist Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof creator of the Esperanto artificial language (1887)
expired 4-14-1917 in Warsaw, Poland age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Symphony Orchetra organist Berj Zamkochian born on 4-20-1929 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-23-2004 in Methuen, Massachusetts age 74 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spanish artist José Vela Zanetti created mural "Mankind's Struggle for Peace" at the U.N. Headquarters born on 5-27-1913 in Milagros, Spain expired 1-4-1999 in Burgos, Spain age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| assassin Guiseppe Zangara killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak while attempting to kill president-elect Franklin Roosevelt February 15, 1933 in Miami, Florida born on --1900 in Italy expired 3-21-1933 age 32 cause: executed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italian World War I hero Tito Zaniboni did 18 years for attempting to assassinate Mussolini in 1927 expired 12-26-1960 in Rome, Italy age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| producer & studio head Darryl Francis Zanuck co-founded 20th Century Company (1933; merged with Fox studio in 1935); had an overworked casting couch born on 9-5-1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska expired 12-22-1979 in Palm Springs, California age 77 cause: pneumonia
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| Mexican revolutionary guerilla leader Emiliano Zapata lead the Aqarian Movement born on 8-8-1879 in Anenecuilco, Mexico expired 4-10-1919 in Chinameca, Mexico age 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Zapp inventor of the Minox camera (1935) born on 9-4-1905 in Riga, Latvia expired 7-17-2003 in Binningen, Switzerland age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
wacked-out rock musician Francis Vincent "Frank" Zappa Jr. father of Ahmet, Diva, Dweezil and Moon Unitborn on 12-21-1940 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 12-4-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 52 cause: cancer
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| Fellini screenwriter Bernardino Zapponi wrote screenplays for Casanova, Satyricon and City of Women born on --1927 in Rome, Italy expired 2-11-2000 in Rome, Italy age 72 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
amateur movie photographer Abraham Zapruder took famous movie of Kennedy assassinationborn on 5-15-1905 in Kovel, Russia expired 8-30-1970 in Dallas, Texas age 65 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
tin pan alley lyricist Hy Zaret wrote the lyrics to Unchained Melody to Alex North's music for the forgotten movie Unchained (1955)
expired 7-2-2007 in Westport, Connecticut age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Lloyd Zaslow did the Ann Landers column after Eppie Lederer; co-authored "The Last Lecture" with Randy Pausch born on 10-6-1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-10-2012 in Elmira, Michigan age 53 cause: auto accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Michael Zaslow first red-shirt victim on Star Trek; Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light born on 11-1-1944 in Inglewood, California expired 12-6-1998 in New York, New York age 54 cause: heart attack; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic runner Emil Zátopek only person to win the Olympic marathon twice born on 9-19-1922 in Koprivnice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia expired 11-22-2000 in Prague, Czech Republic age 78 cause: complications from stroke AKS: Zatopek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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