Caskets On Parade
2009 Contest
List of "Big Misses"
©2011 C.O.P. Audit Committee - file update generated 7-15-2011 at 21:56 GMT
Mercury Records co-founder Berle Adams co-founded label with Irving Green, Ray Greenberg & Art Talmadge
expired 8-25-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Donald Gordon Addis drew editorial for the "Evening Independent" & "St. Petersburg Times"; creator of the "Bent Offerings" strip (1988-1997); contributed cartoons to Playboy magazine (1959-99) — created their "Symbolic Sex" feature born on 9-13-1935 in Hollywood, California expired 11-29-2009 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 74 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yitzhak Ahronovitch was the captain of the Exodus 1947 vessel that attempted to transport Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine born on --1923 in Poland expired 12-23-2009 in Israel age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wrassler "Captain" Louis Vincent Albano also "managed" in the WWF born on 7-29-1933 in Mount Vernon, New York expired 10-14-2009 in Carmel, New York age 76
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Four Aces singer & group co-founder Al Alberts the group sang two Academy Award-winning songs: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954; from the movie of the same title) & Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955; also from the movie of the same name)
expired 11-27-2009 in Arcadia, Florida age 87 cause: complications from kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Army Air Corps captain Charles Donald "Don" Albury co-pilot of Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki; he also piloted The Great Artiste, one of the observation planes, when Hiroshima was nuked born on --1920 in Miami, Florida expired 5-23-2009 in Orlando, Florida age 88 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Frank Aletter was once marrried to Lee Meriwether; played the husband on the Cara Williams Show (1964-5) born on 1-14-1925 in Queens, New York, New York expired 5-13-2009 in Tarzana, California age 83 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Argentine president (1983-89) Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes born on 3-12-1927 in Chascomús, Argentina expired 3-31-2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 82 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. restauranteur Mahaboob Ben Ali founded Ben's Chili Bowl Diner (1958) on U Street, NW born on 6-13-1927 in San Juan, Trinidad expired 10-7-2009 in Washington, District of Columbia age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv/movie sound editor Wayne Allwine was the third person to voice Mickey Mouse (1976-2007; following Walt & James Macdonald) born on 2-7-1947 in Glendale, California expired 5-18-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 62 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Sudanese strongman (1969-85) Gaafar Mohammed al-Nimeiry in by coup/out by coup born on 1-1-1930 in Omdurman, Sudan expired 5-30-2009 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
architect Alexandre Altberg
expired 8-15-2009 in Marília, Brazil age 101
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| artist & illustrator Franz Altschuler drew for the early editions of Playboy ... Hefner couldn't pay him that much so he got stock instead born on 10-2-1923 in Mannheim, Germany expired 12-12-2009 in Chicago, Illinois age 86 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
playwright Robert Woodruff Anderson penned Tea and Sympathy & I Never Sang for My Father; wrote the screenplay for The Sand Pebbles (1966)
expired 2-9-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 91 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
socialite Leonore Annenberg niece of Harry "Columbia Pictures" Cohn; widow of Walter Annenberg
expired 3-12-2009 in Rancho Mirage, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| role playing game pioneer David Lance "Dave" Arneson was co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons game (1974) born on 10-1-1947 in Minnesota expired 4-7-2009 in Saint Paul, Minnesota age 61 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oldster Arne Armas "Arska" Arvonen last surviving Finnish Civil War veteran (1918); worked on the fortifications of St. Petersburg, Russia born on 8-4-1897 in Helsinki, Finland expired 1-1-2009 in Järvenpää, Finland age 111
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| punck band guitarist Ronald Franklin Asheton Jr. with Iggy Pop a co-founder of The Stooges (his brother was the drummer) born on 7-17-1948 expired 1-4-2009 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 60 cause: heart attack? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tough-guy character actor Val Avery
expired 12-12-2009 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor & schlocky magician Carl Ballantine played Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy (1962-64)
expired 11-3-2009 in Hollywood, California age 92
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| author James Graham Ballard wrote "Crash", "High-Rise", "Empire of the Sun" & "The Atrocity Exhibition" (1970) born on 11-15-1930 in Shanghai, China expired 4-19-2009 age 78 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Landmark Communications chairman Frank Batten Sr. had been board chairman of the Associated Press (1982-87); co-founder of the Weather Channel born on 2-11-1927 in Norfolk, Virginia expired 9-10-2009 in Norfolk, Virginia age 82 cause: "a prolonged illness"; (recurrent cancer) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
country singer Molly Gene Beachboard appeared on Hometown Jamboree & the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
expired 2-7-2009 in Oceanside, California age 69 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hans Beck creator of the Playmobil toys born on 5-6-1929 in Thuringia, Germany expired 1-30-2009 in Markdorf am Bodensee, Germany age 79 cause: "a severe illiness" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carter attorney general (1977-79) Griffin Boyette Bell born on 10-31-1918 in Americus, Georgia expired 1-5-2009 in Atlanta, Georgia age 90 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
big band/jazz percussionist Louie Belson
expired 2-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: Parkinson's disease; broken hip; fell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnettes singer Estelle Bennett older sister of band member Ronnie Spector & cousin of band member Nedra Talley born on 7-22-1941 expired 2-9-2009 in Englewood, New Jersey age 67 cause: colon cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MacDonald's franchisee Al Bernardin invented the Quarter-Pounder hamburger (1971) expired 12-22-2009 in Fremont, California age 81 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor/director Claude Berri filmed Jean de Florette (1986) & remade Manon des Sources (1986)
expired 1-12-2009 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 74 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio death row inmate Kenneth Biros convicted of the murder/mutilation of Tami Engstrom born on 9-24-1958 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United State of America expired 12-8-2009 in Lucasville, Ohio age 51 cause: executed; lethal injection v2.0
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blacklisted actress Betsey Blair nominated for best supporting actress for her performance as Clara Snyder in Marty (1955); had been married to Gene Kelly (1940-57) & Karel Reisz (1963-his death
expired 3-13-2009 age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milton Eric Blau had been a children's tv producer & editor of a Communist Literary Magazine; co-creator of the musical review Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (opened at the Village Gate in 1968); his wife was a co-star of the show born on 6-1-1921 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 2-17-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 87 cause: pneumonia; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter & performer Richard Blue was a member of The Association ("Windy", "Stormy")
expired 5-16-2009 in Burlingame, California age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Ventures co-founder & lead guitarist Robert Lenrd "Bob" Bogle had hits with Walk, Don't Run (1960 & 64) and the Theme from Hawaii Five-O tv series born on 6-16-1934 in Wagoner, Oklahoma expired 6-14-2009 in Vancouver, Washington age 74 cause: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabon president (1967-2009) Albert-Bernard Omar Bongo
expired 6-6-2009 in Barcelona, Spain age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer & child actor Jimmy Boyd had hit with I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1952); played Howard Meechim on the Bachelor Father tv series; was briefly married to Bat Girl (1960-62) born on 1-9-1939 in McComb, Mississippi expired 3-7-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 70 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Wardell "Tom" Braden II a former official with the CIA; was the author of Eight is Enough (1975); spent much of the 1980s yapping on CNN's Crossfire insult-fest born on 2-22-1917 in Greene, Iowa expired 4-3-2009 in Denver, Colorado age 92 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & Parade Magazine columnist James Winston Brady born on 11-15-1928 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-26-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NCAA president Myles David Brand born on 5-17-1942 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United State of America expired 9-16-2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 67 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Union Oil COmpany executive Clause S. Brinegar appointed by Nixon as the third Secretary of Transportation (72-74); we was a BIG supporter of the nationwide 55mph speed limit born on 12-16-1926 in Rockport, California expired 3-13-2009 in Palo Alto, California age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| purveyor of foods Norman Eugene Brinker inventor of the salad bar (1960s); founded a number of restaurant chains: Steak & Ale (1966; now defunct); Bennigans (the original fern bar; 1982); Chilis; for a while was chairman & CEO of Burger King; first wife was tennis pro Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly; his thir wife (Nancy Goodman Brinker) founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation following the death of her sister born on 6-3-1931 in Denver, Colorado expired 6-9-2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado age 78 cause: aspiration pneumonia; throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
soprano Anne Wiggins Brown was the original Bess in Porgy and Bess (1935); became a Norwegian citizen in 1948
expired 3-13-2009 in Oslo, Norway age 96
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| author Courtlandt Dixon Branes Bryan wrote Friendly Fire (1976) born on 4-22-1936 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-15-2009 in Guilford, Connecticut age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Paul Burke played detective Adam Flint on The Naked City tv police drama (1960-63) born on 7-21-1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United State of America expired 9-12-2009 in Palm Springs, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tenor saxophonist Sam Butera born on 8-17-1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 6-3-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 81 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Kathleen Elizabeth Byron starred in Black Narcissus as Sister Ruth (1947) & played Private Ryan's mother in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
expired 1-18-2009 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA astronaut Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro never made it into space born on 6-12-1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 10-3-2009 in Galveston, Texas age 51 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Venezuelan president Rafael Antonio Caldera born on --1916 in Yaracuy State, Venezuela expired 12-24-2009 in Caracas, Venezuela age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Hortense Calisher
expired 1-13-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II Brazilian Field Marshall Waldemar Levy Cardozo born on 12-4-1900 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil expired 5-13-2009 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil age 108
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| character actor Richard Carlyle played Rezin Bowie in The Iron Mistress (1952) & Lt. Karl Jaeger in the original Star Trek series episode The Squire of Gothos (1967) born on 3-20-1914 in Saint Catherines, Ontario, Canada expired 11-15-2009 age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kung Fu actor David Carradine was the son of John Carradine; changed his name in the 1950s
expired 6-3-2009 in Bangkok, Thailand age 72 cause: auto-erotic asphyxiation; whacking-off in the closet
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| junkie, punk musician, poet James Dennis "Jim" Carroll wrote The Basketball Diaries (1978) born on 8-1-1950 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-11-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor John Edward Cater had numerous roles in British films (I, Claudius, The Abominable Dr. Phibes) born on 1-17-1932 expired 3-21-2009 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
porn actress Marilyn Chambers as a 17-year old the portrayed the "mother" of the Ivory Snow baby in ads; star of Behind the Green Door (1972); did April 1974 Playboy pictorial; was living in a trailer at the time of death (found by daughter)
expired 4-12-2009 in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California age 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock Hudson's "companion" Marc Christian won millions from the estate for "intentional infliction of emotional distress"
expired 6-2-2009 in Burbank, California age 55 cause: pulmonary failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| folk singer William "Liam" Clancy last surviving member of the Irish folk group (Clancy Brothers) born on 9-2-1935 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland expired 12-4-2009 in Cork, Ireland age 74 cause: pulmonary fibrosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Lions head coach (1978-84) Monte Dale Clark born on 1-24-1937 in Filmore, California expired 9-16-2009 in Detroit, Michigan age 72 cause: bone marrow maglignancy; lung & liver disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Dennis Cole born on 7-19-1940 in Detroit, Michigan expired 11-15-2009 in Fort lauderdale, Florida age 69 cause: renal failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Russ Conway played Rev. Bethany in War of the Worlds (1953), Elvis' buddy Ed Galt in Love Me Tender (1956) & "American General" in Our Man Flint (1965) born on 4-25-1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada expired 1-12-2009 in Laguna Hills, California age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
super-geezer Beatrice M. Cooper lives in Harbor Beach, MI
expired 5-4-2009 in Harbor Beach, Michigan age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| restauranteur Arthur Richard Cores co-founded the Newtonville, Massachusetts "Boston Chicken" restaurant that became the "Boston Market" chain (1985) born on 8-11-1957 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-16-2009 in Miami Beach, Florida age 52 cause: esophgeal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| talent agent & tv producer Pierre Maurice Joseph Cossette brought the Grammy Awards to the boob tube (1971-2005) born on 12-15-1923 in Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada expired 9-11-2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 85 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Edward "Ward" Costello in 1988 appeared twice on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Admiral Gregory Quinn (episodes "Conspiracy" & "Coming of Age") born on 7-5-1919 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 6-4-2009 in Redlands, California age 89 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| truck driver John Evander Couey in February 2005 kidnapped, raped (repeately), & murdered Jessica Lunsford born on 9-19-1958 in Florida expired 9-30-2009 in Jacksonville, Florida age 51 cause: "natural causes
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| nuclear physicist & aerospace scientist John H. "Jack" Cover Jr. 1960s inventor of the TASER stun gun (an acronym standing for Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle) born on 4-6-1920 in New York, New York expired 2-7-2009 in Mission Viejo, California age 88 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist Bennie Ross "Hank" Crawford Jr. born on 12-21-1934 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 1-19-2009 in Memphis, Tennessee age 74 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly had been the Archbishop emeritus of Armagh born on 10-1-1917 in Loughgule, County Antrim, Ireland expired 12-31-2009 age 92
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| pro basketball coach Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly coached the Detroit Pistons (1983-92) to two NBA championships born on 7-20-1930 in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania expired 5-9-2009 in Jupiter, Florida age 79 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mechanical engineer Konrad Dannenberg was a rocket propulsion expert who worked with Von Braun at Peenemünde designing the V-2; later worked with Von Braun at Huntsville (Alabama) designing the Redstone, Jupiter and Saturn rocket engines born on 8-5-1912 in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany expired 2-16-2009 in Huntsville, Alabama age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| immunologist Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset shared the 1980 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-19-1916 in Toulouse, France expired 6-6-2009 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guardian Industries owner William Morse Davidson was principle owner of the Detroit Pistons; also was owner of the NFL Tampa Bay Lightning (until 2008) & the WNBA Detroit Shock born on 12-5-1922 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-13-2009 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dancer/actress Altovise Joanne Davis widow of Sammy Davis Jr.
expired 3-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 65 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical pianist Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle born on 5-23-1923 in Barcelona, Spain expired 9-25-2009 in Barcelona, Spain age 86 cause: complications from broken hip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 74 cause: complications from brain aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 74 cause: complications from brain aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
punk musician Willy "Mink" DeVille
expired 8-6-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 58 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first Senegalese prime minister (1957-62) Mamadou Moustapha Dia born on 7-18-1910 in Kombolé, French Senegal expired 1-25-2009 in Dakar, Senegal age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walt's nephew Roy Edward Disney son of Roy O. born on 1-10-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-16-2009 in Newport Beach, California age 79 cause: stomach cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former WJIM-tv cooking show maven Martha Dixon hosted the Copper Kettle cooking show & The Martha Dixon Show
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| Sheldon Dorf a co-founder of the San Diego Golden State Comic-Con (1970) which morphed into the Comic-Con International born on 7-5-1933 in Detroit, Michigan expired 11-3-2009 age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former MSU football All-American Albert Richard Dorow played quarterback on MSU's 1951 National Championship team; went on to a 9-year career in the NFL with the Washington Redskins & New York Titans; he coached at Hillsdale College and as an assistant to Duffy Daugherty born on 11-15-1929 in Imlay City, Michigan expired 12-7-2009 in Okemos, Michigan age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
purported super-geezer Sakhan Dosova now living in Brishakhtinsk, Kazakhstan
expired 5-9-2009 in Aul, Karagand, Kazkhstan age 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| eponymously-named mutual founder John "Jack" Dreyfus Sr. created his fund in 1951 born on 8-28-1913 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 3-27-2009 in New York, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cardiologist Marek Edelman was the last surviving 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt resistance leader born on 1-1-1919 in Homel, Poland (now Belarus) expired 10-2-2009 in Warsaw, Poland age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| illustrator/graphic designer Heinz Edelmann creator of the Blue Meanies as part of his art direction for Yellow Submarine (1968) born on 6-20-1934 in Usti ned Labem, Czechoslovakia expired 7-21-2009 in Stuttgart, Germany age 75 cause: kidney failure, heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cult film director Don Edmonds as an actor appeared in Gidget Goes Hawiian (1961) & Son of Flubber (1963); directed the first two Ilsa flix — She Wolf of the S.S. (1975) & Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) expired 6-??-2009 in North Hollywood, California age 73 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter Jr. ran an "it's OK to be rich" ministry
expired 7-28-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Panamanian president (1989-94) Guillermo David Endara Galimany replaced Noriega born on 5-12-1936 in Panama City, Panama expired 9-28-2009 in Panama City, Panama age 73 cause: heart attack; renal failure; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Harry Endo played crime scene analyst/forensics specialist Che Fong for the entire run of Hawaii Five-O born on --1921 in Colorado expired 1-9-2009 in Brooklyn, New York, New York age 87 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist (2001-8) Donald "Ean" Evans expired 5-6-2009 in New Hope, Lowndes County, Mississippi age 48 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Iowa football coach (1952-60) Forest Evashevski Sr. was quarterback & captain of the 1940 UofM football team born on --1918 expired 10-30-2009 in Petoskey, Michigan age 91 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sci-fi/fantasy author Philip José Farmer authored Venus on the Half Shell under the psuedonym Kilgore Trout (1975) born on 1-26-1918 in North Terre Haute, Indiana expired 2-25-2009 in North Peoria, Illinois age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Tigers pitcher (1976-80) Mark Steven Fidrych liked to "talk" to the ball before throwing it born on 8-14-1954 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 4-13-2009 in Northborough, Massachusetts age 54 cause: crushed beneath dumptruck
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pianist/conductor/composer Lukas Foss
expired 2-1-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 86 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| economist Rose Director Friedman widow of Milton Friedman born on 12-25-1910 in Charterosk, Ukraine, Russian Empire expired 8-18-2009 in Davis, California age 98
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| former lawyer Millard Dean Fuller after law school co-founded big bux marketing firm with Morris Dees; with wife Linda (b.1941) co-founded Habitat for Humanity (1976); was booted out of it for harrassing the females born on 1-3-1935 in Lanett, Alabama expired 2-3-2009 in Americus, Georgia age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pharmacologist Robert Francis Furchgott shared the 1998 Nobel prize in medicine for his work with the gas nitric oxide (not the same as nitrous oxide) born on 6-4-1916 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 5-19-2009 in Seattle, Washington age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Gertrud Anna Fussenegger grande dame of Austrian literature
expired 3-19-2009 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria age 96
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economist Yegor Timurovich Gaidar former acting Russian prime minister under Yeltsin (June 15 - December 14, 1992); a Putin critic; at the end of November 2006 was poisoned in Ireland; he slowly recovered but it looks like they finally "got" him
expired 12-16-2009 in Odintsovo raison, Moscow oblast, Russia age 53 cause: "blood clot" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor & motivational speaker Donald Galloway appeared as Kip Rysdale on The Secret Storm (1962-63), officer Ed Brown on Ironside (1967-75) & Richard Bowins in The Big Chill (1983) born on 7-27-1937 in Brooksville, Kentucky expired 1-8-2009 in Reno, Nevada age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter & tv producer Larry Simon Gelbart co-wrote Tootsie & The Wrong Box (1966); co-produced M*A*S*H tv series born on 2-25-1928 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-11-2009 in Beverly Hills, California age 81 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comedian/character actor Henry Gibson given his stage name by friend Jon Voight, with whom he had a short-lived comedy routine; appeared on Laugh-In; on F Troupe as Wrongo Starr, in Nashville (1975) as Haven Hamilton & on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Nilva in the episode Profit and Lace (1998)
expired 9-14-2009 in Malibu, California age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv actor/director Robert Withrop Ginty played Lt. T.J. Wiley on Baa Baa Black SHeep (1976-78), Thomas Craig Anderson on The Paper Chase tv series (1978-9) & appeared in Coming Home (1978) born on 11-14-1948 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 9-21-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 Nobel physics co-laureate Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg born on 10-4-1916 in Moscow, Russia expired 11-8-2009 in Moscow, Russia age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Marie Glory
expired 1-24-2009 in Cannes, France age 103
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| hapless baseball club manager Pedro W. "Preston" Gómez Martinez was the first manager of the San Diego Padres born on 4-20-1923 in Central Preston, Oriente Province, Cuba expired 1-13-2009 in Fullerton, California age 85 cause: complications from being run over by truck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
statistician Dr. Jack Good during World War II was a code breaker at Bletchley Park, working with Alan Turing; did developmental work in Bayesian statistics; advised Stanley Kubrick about computer sentience for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
expired 4-5-2009 age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Vern Gosdin born on 8-5-1934 in Woodland, Alabama expired 4-28-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 74 cause: complications from stroke; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 Nobel economics co-laureate Clive William John Granger born on 9-4-1934 in Swansea, Wales expired 5-27-2009 in La Jolla, California age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rite-Aid founder (1962) Alexander Grass started company as Thrif-D-Discount Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania (name changed in 1968) born on 8-3-1927 expired 8-27-2009 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania age 82 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter/record producer Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich with ex-husband co-wrote many rock hits, including "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Chapel of Love" & "Be My Baby" born on 10-23-1940 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 8-26-2009 in New York, New York age 68 cause: heart attack; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B-movie "singing cowboy" Monty Hale with Gene Autry & others co-founded the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
expired 3-29-2009 in Studio City, California age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cop-turned-rocker David Harman leader of the band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
expired 1-9-2009 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England age 65 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris born on 7-23-1906 expired 8-26-2009 in Whitby, Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zeeland age 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miss America 1939 Patricia Mary Donnelly Harris was a throat cancer survivor
expired 10-25-2009 in Naples, Florida age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obscure tv actor John Hart replaced Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger for 54 episodes (1950-53); was also Narbo on Rawhide (1959-65) born on 12-13-1917 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-20-2009 in Rosarito Beach, Mexico age 91 cause: complications from dementia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes daughter of John Lomax & sister of Alan Lomax; a founding member of the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger); with Jacqueline Steiner wrote "The Ballad of the MTA"; was the first director of the Folk and Traditional Arts program at the National Endowement for the Humanities (1977-96) born on 1-21-1921 in Austin, Texas expired 11-27-2009 age 88 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
one term Florida senator (1981-87) Paula Hawkins
expired 12-4-2009 in Orlando, Florida age 82 cause: complications from fall; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Connie Hines played Wilbur's wife Carol Post on Mr. Ed (1961-66); widow of Lee Savin born on 3-24-1931 in Dedham, Massachusetts expired 12-18-2009 in Beverly Hills, California age 78 cause: complications from heart problems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Martin Patterson Hingle played Commissioner Gordon in four Batman movies born on 7-19-1924 in Denver, Colorado expired 1-3-2009 in Carolina Beach, North Carolina age 84 cause: myelodysplasia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Eugene Hogan his marriage to Virgie Mae Tabers produced the greatest gold-digger of the late 20th century born on 7-12-1947 expired 9-??-2009 age 62 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor John Joseph Houghtaling came up with the idea for the "Magic Fingers" vibrating bed (1958) born on 11-14-1916 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 6-17-2009 in Fort Pierce, Florida age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director John Wilden Hughes Jr. directed Weird Science (1985), Sixteen Candles & Home Alone; started his career writing articles and doing interviews for Playboy magazine born on 2-18-1950 in Lansing, Michigan expired 8-6-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 59 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| surviving World War I veteran Netherwood Hughes born on 6-12-1900 in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England expired 4-4-2009 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England age 108
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| film composer Maurice-Alexis Jarre wrote song Stormy Weather (1943; from movie of same name); composed score for Doctor Zhivago born on 9-13-1924 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alps, France expired 3-28-2009 in Malibu, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Drexel Burnham Lambert CEO Frederick Harold Joseph his not-so-hands-on supervision of Michael Milken cost the firm big-time: felony convictions & fines approximating $650,000,000.00, chapter 11 bankruptcy + loss of being a CEO or chairman at a securities firm for 10 years born on 4-22-1937 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-27-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 72 cause: complications from multiple myeloma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Judd played journalist Peter Stenning in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Arnold Bedford in First Men In The Moon )1964) & was in Island of Terror (1966) born on 10-4-1932 in Shanghai, China expired 2-24-2009 in Mitcham, England age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanley H. Kaplan founded the test preparation firm that bears his name (1938) born on 5-24-1919 in New York, New York expired 8-23-2009 in New York, New York age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Millard Kaufman wrote screenplay for Bad Day at Blackrock (1955) & Raintree County; co-created Mr. Magoo in his screenplay for the cartoon Ragtime Bear (1949; partially modeled after his uncle) born on 3-12-1917 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 3-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 92 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| waitress/"scorned woman" Sahel Kazemi had been the mistress of Steve McNair — who just was in no hurry to divorce his wife; killed him while he slept (in their Nashville love nest), then put the gun to her temple ... expired 7-4-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 20 cause: suicide; gunshot to temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jock/politician Jack French Kemp Jr. played as a quarterback in the NFL (1957-69); was G.H.W. Bush's Housing & Urban Development secretary (1989-93); was Bob Dole's V-P running mate (1996) born on 7-13-1935 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-2-2009 in Bethesda, Maryland age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| graphic artist Gunther Kilsheimer designed the Toys-Я-Us logo (with the backwards "R") and Geoffrey the Giraffe character born on --1922 in Pforzheim, Germany expired 8-8-2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South Korean president (1998-2003) Kim Dae-jung was the 2000 Nobel peace prize recipient born on 12-3-1925 in Hacuido, Cholla Province, Korea expired 8-18-2009 in Seoul, South Korea age 83 cause: heart failure; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "revolutionary" Hungarian general Béla Kalman Király was under death sentence by Stalin when the Hungarian prime minister tried to reform the government; he was released from prison and put in charge of the armed forces ... just before the Russian tanks rolled in; fled the country, became a U.S. citizen (1965), but returned and joined the government once the commies were gone born on 4-14-1912 in Kaposvár, Hungary expired 7-4-2009 in Budapest, Hungary age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Marvin Adolph Klein the father of Barbi Benton born on 8-1-1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-12-2009 in Carmichael, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| book publisher Alfred A. Knopf Jr. left the firm his father founded to co-found Atheneum Publishers (1959) born on 6-17-1918 in White Plains, New York expired 2-14-2009 in New York, New York age 90 cause: complications from a fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| forner NFL quarterback William "Jeff" Komlo had played for the Lions (1979-81), Falcons (1982) & Buccaneers (1983); had absconded to Greece ahead of a bunch of warrants for his arrest (DUI, arson, ...) born on 7-30-1956 in Cheverly, Maryland expired 3-14-2009 in Athens, Greece age 52 cause: automobile accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| professional tennis player John Albert "Jack" Kramer twice won the U.S. singles championship (1947 & 47) and Wimbledon (1947); had a popular line of tennis rackets in the 1950s born on 8-1-1921 in Las Vegas, Nevada expired 9-12-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: soft tissue cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biochemist Edwin Gerhard Krebs shared the 1992 Nobel prize in medicine born on 6-6-1918 in Lansing, Iowa expired 12-21-2009 in Seattle, Washington age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Science Fiction aficionado Ken Krueger attended the first World Science Fiction Conference (1939); was chairman of the first Golden State Comic Con (1970) — it morphed into the Comic Con International exposition expired 11-21-2009 age 80+ cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Pops orchestra conductor (1977-2009) Erich Kunzel Jr. born on 3-21-1935 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-1-2009 in Bar Harbor, Maine age 74 cause: liver, colon & pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael N. Kuryla Jr a survivor of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (July 1945) born on --1925 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-3-2009 in Bartlett, Illinois age 84 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Bob Hope gag writer Morton Lachman he went on to produce tv shows like All in the Family and Kate & Allie born on 3-20-1918 in Seattle, Washington expired 3-17-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 90 cause: heart attack; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| super-geezer Hattie Lafayette born on 3-30-1897 expired 9-10-2009 in Detroit, Michigan age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer, composer, producer Edward J. Lakso co-wrote The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959); for the original Star Trek series wrote the And the Children Shall Lead episode (1968); also wrote for Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, Mission Impossible, The Big Valley, The Wild, Wild
West, ... and others expired 5-23-2009 in Beverly Hills, California age 76 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
anti-smoking activist Alan Landers was once the "Winston Man" in commercials
expired 2-27-2009 in Lauderhill, Florida age 68 cause: lung & throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musicologist Howard Chandler Robbins Landon was a scholar of Mozart & Haydn born on 3-6-1926 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-20-2009 in Rabastens, France age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter Jack Lawrence
expired 3-15-2009 in Danbury, Connecticut age 96 cause: complications from fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| longtime head of Lutheran Church communications Robert Edward Alexander Lee was the executive producer of the documentary A Time For Burning (1966) born on 11-9-1921 in Spring Grove, Minnesota expired 2-27-2009 in Baldwin, New York age 87 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired NBC newsman Irving Raskin Levine born on 8-26-1922 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island expired 3-26-2009 in Boca Raton, Florida age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Capitol Records executive Alan Wendell Livingston brother of movie composer Jay Livingston; created the Bozo the Clown character for a book/record that his firm was going to release (1946); convinced EMI executives that The Beatles could sell records in the U.S. born on 10-15-1917 in McDonald, Pennsylvania expired 3-13-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer David Gibbs Lloyd most famously wrote the Chuckles Bites the Dust episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) born on 7-7-1934 in Bronxville, New York expired 11-10-2009 in Beverly Hills, California age 75 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Lawrence Hankins "Hank" Locklin born on 2-15-1918 in McLellan, Florida expired 3-8-2009 in Brewton, Alabama age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz guitarist Huey Long for nine months was a member of the Ink Spots (1944-45) born on 4-25-1904 in Sealy, Texas expired 6-10-2009 in Houston, Texas age 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buena Vista Social Club bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopéz born on --1933 in Havana, Cuba expired 2-9-2009 in Havana, Cuba age 76 cause: complications from prostate surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Zena Moyra Marshall played Miss Taro in Dr. No (1962) & Countess Sophia Ponticelli in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) born on 1-1-1926 in Nairobi, Kenya expired 7-10-2009 in London, England age 83 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Pasadena (CA) orthodontist James Carlyle Marsters co-developer of the deaf teletype (TTY) service (1964) born on 4-5-1924 in Norwich, New York expired 7-28-2009 in Oakland, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer Al Martino played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather Parts I & III (1972/1990)
expired 10-13-2009 in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor-in-a-can Bob May grandson of Chic Johnson (of Olsen & Johnson vaudeville act); was inside of the Environmental Control Robot on Lost In Space tv show, flapping his arms about (voice provided by Dick Tufeld) born on ??-??-1939 in New York, New York expired 1-18-2009 in Lancaster, California age 69 cause: congestive heart failure; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv informercial huckster William D. "Billie" Mays Jr. sold crap like Oxyclean, Chloroclen, Bromoclean, Plutonioclean, ... ; co-hosted a Discovery Channel show - Pitchman born on 7-20-1958 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania expired 6-28-2009 in Tampa, Florida age 50 cause: epidural hematoma ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired school teacher Francis "Frank" McCourt wrote Angela's Ashes born on 8-19-1930 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-19-2009 in New York, New York age 78 cause: meningitis; metastatic melanoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor-turned-cattle rancher Joel Dee "Jody" McCrea son of Joel McCrea & Francis Dee; did a whole bunch of "bikini beach" movies, playing such characters as Deadhead, Big Lunk or Bonehead: Operation Bikini (1963), Beach Party (1963), Muscle Beach Party (1964), Bikini
Beach (1964), Pajama Party (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) & How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) born on 9-6-1934 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-4-2009 in Roswell, New Mexico age 74 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Patrick Joseph McGoohan best known for The Prisoner (Number 6) born on 3-19-1928 in Astoria, Queens, New York, New York expired 1-13-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| architect & graphic designer Donal McLaughlin principal designer of the United Nations Emblem (1945) — it started out as just a lapel pin for the founding conference & was eventually adopted as the organizations logo (1946) born on 7-26-1907 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-27-2009 in Garrett Park, Maryland age 102 cause: esophageal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired NFL quarterback Steve LaTreal McNair killed by mistress (presumably when she learned that he had no intention of dumping wifey for her) born on 2-14-1973 in Mount Olive, Mississippi expired 7-4-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 36 cause: murdered; gunshots to head (both temples) & chest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former kid actor Shirley Jean Rickert Measures appeared in five Our Gang comedies (1931) then did five Mickey McGuire comedies (1933-34) as Tomboy Taylor; after the movies she became a burlesque stripper in the 1950s (as "Gilda" & "Her Crowning Glory") and then went into industrial hardware sales born on 3-25-1926 in Seattle, Washington expired 2-6-2009 in Saratoga Springs, New York age 82 cause: cardiovascular disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| greedy financier Adolf Merckle short-sold a bunch of VW stock but it went up in value, so he lost a bundle, leaving his business in shambles born on 3-18-1934 in Dresden, Germany expired 1-5-2009 in Blaubeuren, Germany age 74 cause: suicide; stepped in front of a train | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D.C.-area tv sports yakker George Michael was the host of the Sports Machine clip show (1984-2007)
expired 11-24-2009 in Washington, District of Columbia age 70 cause: lymphocytic leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stalin/Putin stooge Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov co-wrote lyrics to Soviet/current Russian national anthem; persecuted musicians that Stalin didn't like; a real old-style commie ass-kiss born on 3-18-1913 in Moscow, Russian Empire expired 8-27-2009 in Moscow, Russian Empire age 96 cause: hypotrophic epididymal infarction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
used car dealer Lawrence Horne 'Larry H." Miller was the owner of the Utah (formerly New Orleans) Jazz NBA basketball team
expired 2-20-2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 64 cause: complications from Type II diabetes; calciphylaxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv composer Vic Mizzy started his career on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour; wrote theme songs for The Addams Family & Green Acres (also sang them) born on 1-9-1916 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 10-16-2009 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California age 93 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Del Monroe played seaman Kowski in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea movie & seaman Kowalski in the subsequent tv series born on 4-7-1936 in Santa Barbara, California expired 6-5-2009 in Oceanside, California age 73 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Iatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri expired 12-20-2009 in Qom, Iran age 87 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Kenneth Wayne Morris
expired 3-4-2009 in Huntsville, Texas age 38 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| character actress Anna Karen Morrow widow of ; played housekeeper nak on Payton Place tv series (1960s) & "Sarpidon woman" on original series Star Trek episode All Our Yesterdays (1969) born on 9-20-1914 in New Jersey expired 7-1-2009 in Woodland Hills, California age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| barrister/playwright Sir John Clifford Mortimer created the Rumpole of the Bailey character born on 4-21-1923 in Hampstead, London, England expired 1-16-2009 in Turville Heath, Buckinghamshire, England age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford University computer science professor Rajeev Motwani mentored graduate students Brin & Page in database search algorithms, but didn't invest in their little startup venture (Google) born on --1962 in Jammu, India expired 6-5-2009 in Atherton, California age 47 cause: drown in his swimming pool; he couldn't swim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
convicted 2002 D.C.-area serial sniper/killer John Allen Muhammad alleged to have killed or been involved in the killing of James Martin (10/2), James Buchanan (10/3), Prem Walekar (10/3), Sarah Ramos (10/3), Lori Ann Lewis-
expired 11-10-2009 in Jarratt, Greensville County, Virginia age cause: lethal injection
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actress Brittany Anne Murphy appeared as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Daisy Randone in Girl Interrupted (1999), Alex in 8 Mile (2002), Shellie in Sin City (2005), Gloria the penguin in Happy Feet (2006) and as Luanne Platter on King of the Hill tv cartoon (1999-2009)
expired 12-20-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 32 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Marty Murphy his worked appeared in Playboy (July 1963-June 2009); also did production design on Wait 'til Your Father Gets Home (1972-74) & Hong Kong Fooey (1974) expired 8-26-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman Jr. born on 2-24-1933 in Corsicana, Texas expired 1-20-2009 in Kingston, New York age 75 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ngawang Jigme Ngabo former Panchen Lama who signed away Tibetan soverignty despite lacking the authority to do so (1950) born on 2-??-1910 in Lhasa, Tibet expired 12-23-2009 in Peking, China age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen Fitzgerald while stationed at the South Pole, during winter, developed breast cancer and had to treat herself born on 3-1-1952 in Youngstown, Ohio expired 6-23-2009 in Southwick, Massachusetts age 57 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman Theodore David Nierenberg with wife Martha founded Dansk International Designs, maker of cookware, flatware & dinnerware born on 5-20-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-31-2009 in Armonk, New York age 86 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Daniel Thomas O'Bannon penned scripts for Dark Star (1974), Alien (1979) & Life Force (1985) born on 9-30-1946 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-17-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 63 cause: complications from Crohn's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time MTV game show host Ken Ober hosted the Remote Control show (1987-9); was the Star Search Comedy category champion (1984-5); was a producer of Mind of Mencia (2006-7) & The New Adventures of Old Christine born on 7-3-1957 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 11-15-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 52 cause: to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time MTV game show host Ken Ober hosted the Remote Control show (1987-9); was the Star Search Comedy category champion (1984-5); was a producer of Mind of Mencia (2006-7) & The New Adventures of Old Christine born on 7-3-1957 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 11-15-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 52 cause: to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| theater director Tom O'Horgan directed the original runs of Hair (1968) and Jesus Christ, Superstar on Broadway born on 5-3-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-11-2009 in Venice, Florida age 84 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkish "royal" Ertuğrul Osman V head of the Imperial House of Osman (prentender to the Sultancy of the Ottoman Empire); his wife, Zeynep Tarzi Hanim, was a neice of one of the lasts Kings of Afghanistan born on 8-18-1912 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire expired 9-23-2009 in Istanbul, Turkey age 97 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Moultrie Patten played Walt Kupfer on the Northern Exposure tv series born on 6-10-1919 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-18-2009 in Beaverton, Oregon age 89 cause: pneumonia
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| "mega-savant" Kim Peek an inspiration for the creation of the Rain Man character born on 11-11-1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 12-19-2009 in Murray, Utah age 58 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time (Dallas, TX) Parkland Hospital E.R. medic Dr. Malcolm Oliver Perry 2nd performed a futile tracheotomy on JFK when he was brought in born on 9-3-1929 in Allen, Texas expired 12-5-2009 in Tyler, Texas age 80 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
retired Epsom, Surry, school teacher Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair on March 14, 1930, while breakfasting with her grandfather (Falconer Madan), suggested the name "Pluto" for the newly-discovered un-named ninth planet (in 2006 had a new name for the astronomers that downgraded Pluto to "dwarf" status); her great-uncle (Henry Madan, Falconer's brother) had suggested the names for Mars' moons — Phobos & Deimos (1878); in 2008 she regained a measure of respect when the Planet formerly Known As Pluto was re-re-classified as a
"Plutoid"
expired 4-30-2009 in Epson, Surry, England age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ruthless commie General Nicolae Plesita was head of the Roumanian Secret Police for Nicolae Ceausescu; employed Carlos the Jackal to assassinate people; violently put the "dictate" in dictatorship born on 4-16-1929 expired 9-28-2009 in Bucharest, Roumania age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| peckerwood numbnuts Billy Wayne Posey part of the Klan goon gang that murdered Chaney, Goodman & Schwerner expired 8-13-2009 age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carter press secretary Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell was mainly a public relations flack born on 9-30-1943 in Cardele, Georgia expired 9-14-2009 in Cambridge, Maryland age 65 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player William Norris "Billy" Powell born on 6-3-1952 in Corpus Christi, Texas expired 1-28-2009 in Orange Park, Florida age 56 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| terrorist gang leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran founder of the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil (Eelam; aka: "Tamil Tigers"); had carried out numerous political assassinations, including Rajiv Gandhi; hopefully the civil war in Sri Lanka will now end born on 11-26-1954 in Velvettithurai, Sri Lanka expired 5-18-2009 in Nanthikadal lagoon, Mullaitivo, Sri Lanka age 54 cause: gunfire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playboy July 1968 Playmate of Month Melodye Prentiss
expired 3-3-2009 age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer & actor George Harvey "Harve" Presnell appeared in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) and Paint Your Wagon (1969) movies; played Mr. Parker on The Pretender tv series; played patriarch Albert Soady in Escanaba in da Moonlight (2000) born on 9-14-1933 in Modesto, California expired 6-30-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 75 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering big-box retailer Sol Price co-founder of Fed-Mart (1954) & Price Club (1976; merged with Costco in 1993) born on 1-23-1916 in New York, New York expired 12-14-2009 in La Jolla, California age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
obscure anti-pope Earl P. "Lucian" Pulvermacher elected pontiff of the Montana-based "true Catholica Church" in 1998
expired 11-30-2009 in Springdale, Washington age 91
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| hyperrealist illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz studied under Burne Hogarth; did the film poster for the first Star Wars movie (1977); drew the cover art for Asmiov's "Foundation" trilogy and Harlan Ellison's "Dangerous Visions" anthology; also did work for National Geographic, National Lampoon, Rolling Stone, Esquire & Playboy born on 9-8-1936 in Hillside, New Jersey expired 10-22-2009 in Arlington, Texas age 73 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom his main claim to fame was for dumping wife Anita Phillips for actress Linda Christian (1962; it lasted barely a year) born on 12-19-1924 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England expired 1-1-2009 in Rome, Italy age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
horror-punk band co-founder Erick Lee Purkhiser co-founder/front man for The Cramps
expired 2-4-2009 in Glendale, California age 60 cause: heart condition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Robert Walter Quarry appeared in Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), The Return of Count Yorga (1971) & Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) born on 11-3-1925 in Santa Rosa, California expired 2-21-2009 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two-time Olympic medalist Godfrey Lionel Rampling as part of the British 4x400m relay team won silver medal in L.A. (1932) & gold medal in Berlin (1936); he was the last living gold medalist from the 1936 games; father of actress Charlotte Rampling born on 5-14-1909 in Blackheath, London, England expired 6-20-2009 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England age 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Alaina Reed-Amini widow of Kevin Peter Hall; played Olivia on Sesame Street (1976-88) & Rose Holloway on 227 (1985-90)
expired 12-17-2009 age 63 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Allstate Insurance pitchman Edwin Warren Reimers did a bit of acting — played Admiral Fitzpatrick in original Star Trek episode The Trouble With Tribbles (1968) .. "You're in good hands with Tribbles" born on 10-26-1912 in Moline, Illinois expired 8-16-2009 in Saratoga Springs, New York age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
widow Marguerite Reuter list member of the family that founded the international news agency (her husband Oliver, the 4th Baron de Reuter, was the grandson of Paul Julius Reuter); the title (and family name) died with her - she had no children
expired 1-25-2009 in southern France, near Monaco age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Natasha Richardson wife of Liam Neeson; daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave; granddaughter of Michael Redgrave & Rachel Kempson; suffered a catastrophic brain injury while skiing at Mont Tremblant, Quebec (mid-March, 2009) born on 5-11-1963 in London, England expired 3-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 45 cause: epidural hematoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| puppeteer Mark Ritts played Lester the Lab Rat on Beakman's World, a kid's science show that ran on the Learning Channel, then CBS, from 1992 to 1998 born on 6-16-1946 in West Chester, Pennsylvania expired 12-7-2009 in La Cañada Flintridge, California age 63 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Michael A. Rosales born on 1-11-1974 expired 4-15-2009 in Huntsville, Texas age 35 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| comic book letterer Joe Rosen started his career at Harvey Comics born on 12-25-1920 expired 10-12-2009 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemist Barnett Rosenberg discovered that platinum-based compounds could arrest cancer growth (cisplatin & carboplatin) born on 11-16-1926 in New York, New York expired 8-8-2009 in Lansing, Michigan age 82 cause: "a long illness: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former NFL coach Louis Henry Saban may be a second cousin of Nick Saban born on 10-13-1921 in Brookfield, Illinois expired 3-29-2009 in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina age 87
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New York Times columnist (1973-2009) William Lewis Safire former Nixon speech writer; coined phrase "nattering nabobs of negativism" for Spiro Agnew
expired 9-27-2009 in Rockville, Maryland age 79 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Darrell Sandeen played a KKK goon in Blazing Saddles (1974) & rogue cop Buzz Meeks (the one decomposing under Susan Loeffert's mother's porch) in L.A. Confidential (1997) born on 7-13-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-22-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: cerebral hemorrhage; fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sailor Nicholas Salvatore "Nick" Scadone won the gold medal a the 2008 para-Olympics in Beijing born on 3-4-1966 in Santa Ana, California expired 1-2-2009 in Fountain Valley, California age 42 cause: respiratory failure; ALS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie producer Charles H. Schneer collaborated extensively with Ray Harryhausen on such fantasy/sci-fi flix as: It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Hellcats of the Navy (1957),The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), Mysterious Island (1961), Jason and the
Argonauts (1963), First Men in the Moon (1964), The Valley of Gwangi (1969) & Clash of the Titans (1981) born on 5-5-1920 in Norfolk, Virginia expired 1-21-2009 in Boca Raton, Florida age 88 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright/screenwriter Budd Wilson Schulberg wrote What Makes Sammy Run? (1941), On The Waterfront (1954) & A Face in the Crowd (1957) born on 3-27-1914 in New York, New York expired 8-5-2009 in Westhampton Beach, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
food editor Sylvia Schur through her company (Creative Food Services) developed Clamato, Cran-Apple juice & Metrecal
expired 9-9-2009 in Chicago, Illinois age 92 cause: respiratory failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biochemist & embryologist Sheldon Jerome Segal led the team that developed the Norplant contraceptive device (1991) born on --1926 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 10-17-2009 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts age 83 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| opera singer & spy Shi Pei Pu was the inspriation for M. Butterfly (play-1988; film-1993); convicted of espionage in France (1986); his "lover", Bernard Boursicot, became a laughing stock expired 6-30-2009 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former National Institute of Justice chemist Lester Donald Shubin was the co-developer of Kevlar bulletproof vest/body armor (1970s) born on 9-27-1925 expired 11-20-2009 in Fairfax, Virginia age 84 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| politically active actor Ronald Arthur Silver born on 7-2-1946 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 3-15-2009 in New York, New York age 62 cause: esophageal cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Enquirer obituary writer Gayle Ronan Sims born on 12-20-1947 expired 4-16-2009 in Pennsylvania age 61 cause: multiple organ failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Loren Adelson Singer Sr. wrote The Parallax View (1970) born on 3-5-1923 in Buffalo, New York expired 12-19-2009 in Valhalla, New York age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shelby Sumpter Singleton Jr. bought the assets of the then-defunct Sun Records and relaunched the label (1968) born on 12-16-1931 in Waskom, Texas expired 10-7-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee age 77 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| restauranteur Troy N. Smith Sr. started the Top Hat root beer stand (1953) which (with partner Charlie Pappe) became the Sonic Drive-in chain born on --1922 expired 10-26-2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former college football coach Bruce Fletcher Snyder coached at Utah State (1976-82), Cal (1987-91) & ASU (1992-2000) born on 3-14-1940 in Santa Monica, California expired 4-13-2009 in Phoenix, Arizona age 69 cause: skin cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| whiny-voiced comic Arnold Stang provided the voice of the tv cartoon character Top Cat; was the spokesperson for Chunky chocolate chunk candy born on 9-28-1918 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-20-2009 in Newton, Massachusetts age 91 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
retired Broadway/radio actress Joan Alexander Stanton mother of novelist Joan Stanton Hitchcock; portrayed Lois Lane in the 1940s radio Adventures of Superman (replaced by Phyllis Coates on tv); was also first to portray Della Street on the Perry Mason radio series; had filed suit against her business manager claiming that she had been defrauded of tens of millions of dollars that her late husband had left to her
expired 5-21-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 94 cause: intestinal blockage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cult cinema drech-meister Ray Dennis Steckler gave the word The Thrill Killers (1964), The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became mixed-up Zombies (1964), Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966) & Debbie Does Las Vegas (1981)
expired 1-7-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| flamouyant Las Vegas casino owner Bob Stupak owned "Vegas World" & "The Stratopshere" tower born on 4-6-1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-25-2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 67 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Mary Isobel "Molly" Sugden played Mrs. Slocombe on the BBC comedy series Are You Being Served? born on 7-21-1922 in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England expired 7-1-2009 in Guildford, Surrey, England age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former textile mill worker Crystal Lee Jordan Sutton while working at a J.P. Stevens plant did organizing work for a union; a New York Times reporter (Hank Leiferman) wrote a book about her - Crystal Lee, A Woman of Inheritance (1975); the book was adapted into the movie Norma Rae (1979) born on --1941 expired 9-11-2009 in Burlington, North Carolina age 68 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apartheid foe Helen Suzman as a member of the South African parliament (1952-89) was able to openly ask embarrasing (and humiliating) questions of the prime ministers
expired 1-1-2009 in Houghton, South Africa age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Munchkin soldier August Clarence Swensen worked as an electronics technician when he grew up born on 12-29-1917 in Austin, Texas expired 2-25-2009 in Plugerville, Texas age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
women's clothing store co-founder Nancy Talbot with husband Rudolf founded the Talbot's chain
expired 8-30-2009 in Boulder, Colorado age 89 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940s/50s bodybuilder Armand Tanny brother of Vic; father of Mandy; won the 1949 Pro Mr. America & 1950 Pro Mr. USA; one of the 9 original bodybuilders who were Mae West's on-stage stud brigade
expired 4-4-2009 in Westlake Village, California age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
blues singer KoKo Taylor recorded Wang Dang Doodle in 1964 — it was a big hit!
expired 6-3-2009 in Chicago, Illinois age 80 cause: complications from surgery
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| South African mega-geezer Moloko Temo claimed to have been the oldest person in the world (the Guinness Book didn't buy it) born on 7-4-1874 expired 6-2-2009 in Bochum, Lompopo Province, South Africa age 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playboy March 1977 Playmate of Month Nicki Thomas born on 3-22-1954 in Berwyn, Illinois expired 9-2-2009 in Edgewood, Kentucky age 55 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
super-geezer Olivia Patricia Thomas
expired 11-16-2009 in Williamsville, New York age 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz musician Wayman Lawrence Tisdale had played basketball in the NBA (12 years) born on 6-9-1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 5-15-2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma age 44 cause: osteosarcoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Richard Todd portrayed Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955); Ian Fleming wished for him to play James Bond
expired 12-3-2009 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England age 90 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida death row inmate Wayne Tompkins
expired 2-11-2009 in Starke, Florida age 51 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| one-time advertising executive "Buffalo" George Toomer Sr. claims to have created the Frito Bandito expired 7-20-2009 in Dallas, Texas age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeanette Scola Trapani a survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake born on 4-21-1902 in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California expired 12-28-2009 in El Dorado Hills, California age 107 cause: neumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| impressionist Frederick Albert Travalena III born on 10-2-1942 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 6-28-2009 in Encino, California age 66 cause: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter, Paul and Mary singer Mary Allin Travers born on 11-9-1936 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-16-2009 in Danbury, Connecticut age 72 cause: complications from chemotherapy; leukemia
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| one-term Louisiana governor (1980-83) David C. Treen Sr. first Republican governor of Louisiana since reconstruction; lost re-election bid to Edwin Edwards born on 7-16-1928 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana expired 10-29-2009 in Metairie, Louisiana age 81 cause: complications from respiratory illness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comic book artist Irving "Budd" Tripp drew lots of Little Lulu; also drew Clyde Crashcup born on 6-5-1921 in Poughkeepsie, New York expired 11-27-2009 in Lakeland, Florida age 88 cause: complications from cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
comic book artist George Tuska worked on Captain America & Iron Man
expired 10-15-2009 in Manchester, New Jersey age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| photographer Hubert "Hugh" Van Es took famous photo of CIA helicopter (Air America) atop apartment building boarding people fleeing the fall of Saigon (4/29/1975) born on 7-6-1941 in Hilversum, The Netherlands expired 5-15-2009 in Hong Kong, China age 67 cause: cerebral aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| hard line Stalinist army general Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov directed Soviet forces in Afghanistan (strike one); one of the coup plotters that tried to overthrow Gorbachev (strike two, although tried for treason and acquitted); a big fan of Putin (strike three) born on 12-15-1923 in Russia expired 5-6-2009 in Moscow, Russia age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer Sandy Veith won court judgement to be credited as creator of the Northern Exposure series expired 1-4-2009 in Miami, Florida age 60 cause: kidney & liver problems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guinea-Bissau president João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira born on 4-27-1939 in Bissau, Portugese Guinea expired 3-2-2009 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissua age 69 cause: assassinated; shot to death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucy Vodden a childhood friend of Julian Lennon — one day he went home with a picture that he had drawn of her ... he called it "Lucy, in the sky, with diamonds"
expired 9-22-2009 in London, England age 46 cause: lupus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired University of Wisconsin music professor Donald Joseph Voegeli composed the musical theme for the NPR news program All Things Considered (1971) born on 2-8-1920 expired 11-21-2009 in Madison, Wisconsin age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Karl Michael Vogler played Captain Rumpelstoss in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) & General Irwin Rommel in Patton (1970) born on 8-28-1928 in Remscheid, Germany expired 6-9-2009 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pro wrassler Waldo von Erich no relation to the other von Erichs
expired 7-5-2009 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Alabama 1st lady Cornelia Ellis Snively Wallace George's second wife (1971-78) born on 1-28-1939 in Alba, Alabama expired 1-8-2009 in Sebring, Florida age 69 cause: cancer
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| Gordon Waller half of the 1960s singing duo Peter and Gordon born on 6-4-1945 in Braemar, Scotland expired 7-16-2009 in Connecticut age 64 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "expendable" character actor Bruce Watson was the nephew of Gene Lockhart and cousin of June Lockhart; played crewman Green in original Star Trek epsiode The Man Trap (1966; first episode to air) — he "died" even though he wasn't wearing a red shirt born on 7-27-1940 expired 6-11-2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico age 68 cause: suicide; gunshot; mental illness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actress Collin Wilcox portrayed Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), the character that falsely accused Tom Robinson of having raped her
expired 10-14-2009 in Highlands, North Carolina age 74 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist & blues authority Francis Wilford-Smith drew for Punch & Playboy (amongst others)
expired 12-4-2009 in Ledbury, Hertfordshire, England age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tennis Hall of Fame member Sydney Burr Beardsley Wood Jr. inducted into the Hall in 1964; winner of the 1931 Wimbledon men's singles championship - the final match (against friend Frank Shields) was uncontested due to Sheild's knee injury born on 11-1-1911 in Black Rock, Connecticut expired 1-10-2009 in Palm Beach, Florida age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Albert Arthur Woodward played Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man (1973), the title character in Breaker Morant (1980) & Robert McCall (title role) in The Equalizer tv series (1985-9) born on 6-1-1930 in Croydon, Surrey, England expired 11-16-2009 in Truro, Cornwall, England age 79 cause: pneumonia; circulatory disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Albert Arthur Woodward played Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man (1973), the title character in Breaker Morant (1980) & Robert McCall (title role) in The Equalizer tv series (1985-9) born on 6-1-1930 in Croydon, Surrey, England expired 11-16-2009 in Truro, Cornwall, England age 79 cause: pneumonia; circulatory disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician Eric Norman Woolfson a co-founder of the Alan Parsons Project born on 3-18-1945 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 12-1-2009 in London, England age 64 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970s gay porn stud Jack Wrangler eventually got into "straight" porn (The Devil in Miss Jones II & Debbie Does Dallas 2); still later got into musical theater as a performer & producer; had been married to singer Margaret Whiting (1994-his death)
expired 4-7-2009 in New York, New York age 62 cause: lung disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former CalTech rocket scientist Qian Xuesen helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; in 1955 was deported as a suspected commie; the father of China's space program
expired 10-31-2009 in Beijing, China age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| commercial & movie director Howard B. Zieff directed Slither (1973), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), The Dream Team (1989) & My Girl (1991); also was the director of the "Mamma Mia. That's a Spicy Meatball." Alka-Seltzer commercial (1970) born on 10-21-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-21-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||