Caskets On Parade ... Book of the Dead ... Obits: "B"

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©2011 C.O.P. Audit Committee - file update generated 12-23-2011 at 07:13 GMT

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bomb-slinging Marxist  Andreas Baader   member of Germany's "Baader-Meinhof" gang of the late 1960s and early 1970s; died in prison born on 5-6-1947 expired 10-18-1977 in Stammheim, Germany   age 30   cause: suicide

actress  Lída Baarová   her marriage to actor Gustav Fröhlich ran concurrent with being Nazi propaganda minister Göbbels' mistress; the marrriage/mistresshood came to an end when Gustav walked in on a tryst and complained to Adolf ¤ born: Ludmilla Babkova  born on 9-7-1910 in Prague, Austria-Hungary expired 10-20-2000 in Salzburg, Austria   age 90

former pro wrassler  Shohei Baba ¤ aka: "Giant Baba"  born on 1-23-1938 in Sanjo Niigata, Japan expired 1-31-1999   age 61   cause: bowel cancer

former carnival owner  Howard W. "Kroger" Babb   producer of the "sexual hygiene" movie Mom and Dad (1945); fought numerous battles with the Legion of Decency born on 12-30-1906 in Lees Creek, Ohio expired 1-28-1980 in Palm Springs, California   age 73

writer  Sanora Babb   widow of cinematographer James Wong Howe; during the Great Depression wrote Whose Names Are Unknown about the dust bowl migrants — Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath made it into print first and her publisher decided not to release the book (it eventually made it into print in 2004) born on 4-21-1907 in Oklahoma expired 12-31-2005 in West Hollywood, California   age 98 AKS: Sandra

mathematician/philosopher/inventor  Charles Babbage   had been Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge (1928-39); designed several mechanical calculating devices born on 12-26-1791 in London, England expired 10-18-1871 in London, England   age 79   cause: renal inadequecy; cystitis

Big Band singer  Harry J. Babbitt   a vocalist with Kay Kyser's band born on 11-2-1913 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 4-9-2004 in Aliso Viejo, California   age 90

avante-garde composer  Milton Byron Babbitt born on 5-10-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-29-2011 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 94    Contest Selectors 2009 GOHI 3.3% AKS: Babbit Babitt Babit

last Canadian World War I military veteran  John Henry Foster "Jack" Babcock   resides in Spokane, Washington born on 7-23-1900 in Holleford, Sount Frontenac, Ontario, Canada expired 2-18-2010 in Spokane, Washington   age 109    Contest Selectors 2008 MORB, RR, 4GUE 9.4% 2009 DFFC, MORB, PCD, RR 13.3% 2010 DFFC, KLS, MORB, PCD, RR, WEP 22.2%    Scored 1.6781 points

Playboy "Men" columnist  Asa Baber born on 6-19-1936 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-16-2003 in Chicago, Illinois   age 66   cause: ALS

noted mountain guide  Babu Chhiri Sherpa   credited by Guinness Book as having spent the longest period of time at the summit of Everest without a breathing apparatus born on 6-22-1965 in Taksindu, Nepal expired 4-29-2001 in Mount Everest, Nepal   age 35   cause: fell into crevasse

musician and Classical composer  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach   a son of Johann Sebastian Bach born on 3-8-1714 in Weimar, Germany expired 12-15-1788 in Hamburg, Germany   age 74

musician and Classical composer  Johann Christian Bach   11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach born on 9-3-1735 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany expired 1-1-1782 in London, England   age 46

last great Baroque-period composer  Johann Sebastian Bach   with his death the "Classical" period of musical composition began; wrote the Brandenberg Concerti and The Well Tempered Clavier; father of C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach, Wilhelm Friedeman Bach and 10 other kids born on 3-21-1685 in Eisenach, Germany expired 7-28-1750   age 65

musician and Classical composer  Wilhelm Friedeman Bach   eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach born on 11-22-1710 in Weimar, Germany expired 7-1-1784 in Berlin, Germany   age 73

actress  Frances Amelia Bachelor   second model for the Columbia Pictures logo (1936); paid $25 for her work born on 2-2-1908 in Springfield, Ohio expired 4-15-2002 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

Manhattan Project physicist Dr.  Robert Fox Bacher   headed the Bomb Physics division (1944-45); later a member of the Atomic Energy Commission born on 8-31-1905 in Loudonville, Ohio expired 11-18-2004 in Montecito, California   age 99

College Hall-of-Fame football coach  Charles William "Charlie" Bachman Jr.   coached at Northwestern (1919), Kansas State (1920-27), the University of Florida (1928-32) & Michigan State College (1933-42 & 1944-46); father of Turing Award-winning mechanical engineer born on 12-1-1892 expired 12-14-1985 in Port Charlotte, Florida   age 93   cause: heart attack

SS Obergruppenführer  Erich von dem Bach-Zelewsky   brutally put down the August 1944 Warsaw uprising born on 3-3-1899 in Lauenberg, Pomerania expired 3-8-1972 in München, Germany   age 73

character actress  Henriette "Henny" Backus   widow of Jim; played Cora Dithers (to Jim's J.C. Dithers) on the Blondie tv series (1962) ¤ born: Henrietta Kaye  born on 3-21-1911 in New York, New York expired 12-9-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 93   cause: strokes

actor  James Gilmore "Jim" Backus   played Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island; provided Quincy's voice for the Mr. Magoo cartoons born on 2-25-1913 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 7-3-1989   age 76   cause: pneumonia; Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 1979 SB 7.7% 1980 DR 6.3%

mathematician  John Warner Backus   while working at IBM invented the FORTRAN computer programming language (1957); co-developed the Backus-Naur form; received the 1977 A.M. Turing Award born on 12-3-1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-17-2007 in Ashland, Oregon   age 82    Contest Selectors 2006 MOT 3.3%

stage & movie actress  Olga Baclanova   played cruel trapeze artist Cleopatra in Freaks (1932) born on 8-19-1899 in Moscow, Russia expired 9-6-1974 in Vevay, Switzerland   age 75

author  Francis Bacon born on 1-22-1561 in London, England expired 4-9-1626 in London, England   age 65   cause: bronchitis

pioneering bodybuilder  Jules S. Bacon   was the AAU Mr. America in 1943 born on 7-8-1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-13-2007 in York, Pennsylvania   age 84

director  Lloyd Bacon   directed Moby Dick (1930), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1937), Knute Rockne, All American (1940) & The Fighting Sullivans (1944) born on 1-16-1890 in San Jose, California expired 11-15-1955 in Burbank, California   age 65   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

ex-jockey  Mary Bacon   appeared in June 1973 Playboy "Women's Work" pictorial; a high school buddy of future playmate Cynthia Myers ¤ born: Mary Steedman  born on 12-28-1948 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-6-1991 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 42   cause: suicide; cancer

character actress  Angela Baddeley   played the cook Mrs. Bridges in Upstairs, Downstairs; sister of Hermione ¤ born: Madeleine Angela Clinto-Baddeley  expired 2-22-1976 in London, England   age 71   cause: influenza & bronchitis

character actress  Hermione Baddeley   sister of Angela; played Mrs. Cratchit in Scrooge (1951), Eulalia Divine on Camp Runamuck tv series (1965-66) & Mrs. Naugatuck on Maude tv series (1974-77) ¤ born: Hermione Clinton-Baddely  born on 11-13-1907 in Broseley, Shropshire, England expired 8-19-1986 in Los Angeles, California   age 78

Sir  Robert Stephenson Smith Baden-Powell   founder of the Boy and Girl Scouts; his widow was chief guide of the World Association of Guides and Girl Scouts Lady ¤ title: First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell  born on 2-22-1857 in London, England expired 1-8-1941 in Nyeri, Kenya   age 83

Brazilian guitarist  Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino   Bossa Nova pioneer born on 8-6-1937 in Varre-e-Sai, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil expired 9-26-2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   age 63   cause: pneumonia; multiple organ failure

science fiction writer  Hilary J. Bader   wrote for Star Trek Next Generation & Voyager; wrote Star Trek: Borg video game (1996) born on 4-27-1952 in New York, New York expired 11-7-2002 in Duarte, California   age 50   cause: breast cancer

tv director/title sequence designer  Reza Sayed Badiyi   directed episodes of Get Smart, Baywatch, The Rockford Files, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Hawaii Five-O (also did the opening titles) & Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (5 episodes) born on 4-17-1930 in Arak, Iran expired 8-20-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 81 AKS: Badayi Badiyee

Leo Hendrik Baekeland   inventor of bakelite plastic born on 11-14-1863 in Saint Martens-Latem, Belgium expired 2-23-1944 in Beacon, New York   age 80

boxer  Maximilian Adelbert "Max" Baer Sr.   father of "Jethro Bodine" born on 2-11-1909 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 11-21-1959 in Hollywood, California   age 50

character actor  Parley E. Baer   played Marshall Dillon's deputy Chester Proudfoot on radio Gunsmoke (1952-61) & next door neighbor Darby on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1955-61), Mayberry Mayor Stoner on the Andy Griffith Show and the original Keebler Cookie Elf (Ernie) in tv commercials born on 8-5-1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 11-22-2002 in Woodland Hills, California   age 88   cause: complications from stroke

Italian Cardinal  Corrado Bafile born on 7-4-1903 in L'Aquila, Italy expired 2-3-2005 in Rome, Italy   age 101   cause: influenza    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6% 2004 KLS 5.6% 2005 KLS, TBC 8.7%    Scored 3.6500 points

former pro wrassler  Vince Bagala ¤ aka: "The Spoiler"  expired 6-20-1998   age 56   cause: heart failure

song writer/performer  Ross Bagdasarian Sr.   wrote the music for "Come On-A My House" (his cousin wrote the lyrics) and "Witch Doctor"; created Alvin and the Chipmunks; his final words: "Ooo Eee Ooo Ah Ah, Ting Tang, Walla Walla Bing Bang ..." ¤ aka: "David Seville"  born on 1-27-1919 in Fresno, California expired 1-16-1973 in Beverly Hills, California   age 53   cause: heart attack

retired Egyptian Air Force officer  Abdel-Latif Baghdadi   helped Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrow Egypt's last sovereign, King Farouk, in 1952 born on 9--1917 in Shawa, Mansoura Province, Egypt expired 1-8-1999   age 81   cause: liver cancer

Texas death row inmate  Dennis Wayne Bagwell   murdered 4 members of his own family while out on parole for a previous murder ¤ aka: number 999209  born on 12-27-1963 in Denver, Colorado expired 2-17-2005 in Huntsville, Texas   age 41   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2005 BOD, DTM, KLS, PCD, QKU, RIE 26.1%    Scored 8.4781 points

"defrocked" Indian prince  Shri Hanwant Singh Bahadur ¤ title: Maharaja of Jodhpur  born on --1923 expired 1-26-1952 in Rajasthan, India   age 28   cause: plane crash

Princeton neutrino astronomer  John Norris Bahcall   his research confirmed Hans Bethe's theories of how the sun works born on 12-30-1934 in Shreveport, Caddo Parrish, Louisiana expired 8-17-2005 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: "a rare blood disorder"

Iranian Ayatollah  Mohammed Baheshti expired 6-28-1981 in Tehran, Iran   age 52   cause: bomb blast    Contest Selectors 1980 DW 6.3%

Dr.  Mohammed Javad Bahonar   briefly prime minister of Iran (August 1981) expired 8-30-1981 in Tehran, Iran   age 47   cause: injuries from bomb blast

Stalin oil commissar  Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov   finally fired by Gorby (1985) born on --1911 in Sabunchi, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire expired 3-31-2008 in Moscow, Russia   age 97   cause: pneumonia

Sister  Barbara Vernon Bailey   created the Bunnykins watercolors (1934) born on 6-28-1910 in Woore, Shropshite, England expired 5-4-2003 in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England   age 92

super-geezer  Daisey Bailey ¤ née: Flowers  born on 3-30-1896 in Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee expired 3-7-2010 in Detroit, Michigan   age 113   cause: complications from dementia

"harmonica wizard"  DeFord Bailey Sr.   joined the WSM Barn Dance in 1925 & was the first, founding performer when it was given the name Grand Ole Opry (1927); despite being the show's first star he was bounced off the program in 1941 and spent the rest of his life shining shoes; is the only original show performer who has not been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame born on 12-14-1899 in Bellwood, Tennessee expired 7-2-1982 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 82   cause: kidney & heart failure; lung congestion

L.A. Kings hockey scout  Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey born on 6-13-1948 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York   age 53   cause: aboard hijacked United Airlines flight 175

Queen For a Day tv gameshow host  Jack Bailey   alternated voicing Goofy for Disney Studios born on 9-15-1907 in Hampton, Iowa expired 2-1-1980 in Santa Monica, California   age 72   cause: pneumonia

botanist  Liberty Hyde Bailey   founder of the 4H movement; longtime MSU faculty member, namesake of Bailey Hall & Bailey Elementary School in East Lansing born on 3-15-1858 in South Haven, Michigan expired 12-25-1954 in Ithaca, New York   age 96

Pearl Mae Bailey born on 3-29-1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-17-1990   age 72    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

Beverly Hillbillies actor  Raymond Bailey   played banker Milburn Drysdale born on 5-6-1904 in San Francisco, California expired 4-22-1980 in Irvine, California   age 75   cause: heart attack

Our Gang child actor  Sherwood Bailey ¤ aka: "Spud"  born on 8-6-1923 in Long Beach, California expired 8-6-1987 in Newport Beach, California   age 64   cause: cancer

Le Comte  Henri de Baillet-LaTour   third head of the International Olympic Committee (1925-42) born on 3-1-1876 in Belgium expired 1-6-1942   age 65

L.A.-area super-geezer  Gertrude Baines   had been the (Guinness-recognized) oldest person in the world ¤ ex-Mrs. Sam Conly  born on 4-6-1894 in Shellman, Georgia, United State of America expired 9-11-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 115   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC, PCD 6.7%    Scored 2.2500 points

actress  Fay Okell Bainter   won 1938 Oscar for her roll in Jezebel born on 12-7-1891 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-16-1968 in Hollywood, California   age 74

puppeteer  Cora Eisenberg Baird ¤ born: Cora Burlar  born on 1-26-1912 in New York, New York expired 12-6-1967 in New York, New York   age 54

inventor  John Logie Baird   early British tv pioneer, sometimes called the "father of television" born on 8-13-1888 in Helensburgh, Scotland expired 6-14-1946 in London, England   age 58

pacifist  Fredrik Bajer   shared the 1908 Nobel peace prize ¤ born: Fredrik Beyer  born on 4-21-1837 in Vester Egede, Denmark expired 1-22-1922 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 84

Daniel F. Bakeman   last Revolutionary War veteran born on 10-10-1759 expired 4-5-1869   age 109

actor/reality show creator  Art Baker   creator & first host of You Asked For It (1950-58); sold rights to the show to Jack Smith ¤ born: Arthur Shank  born on 1-7-1898 in New York, New York expired 8-26-1966 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: heart attack

Piedmont blues guitarist  Etta Lucille Baker ¤ née: Reid  born on 3-31-1913 in Caldwell County, North Carolina expired 9-23-2006 in Fairfax, Virginia   age 93

Frankie Baker   allegedly inspired the song Frankie and Johnny by killing her lover; died in hospital for the insane expired 1-8-1952 in Pendleton, Oregon   age 75

Disney animator & cartoonist  George Baker   created Sad Sack cartoon born on 5-12-1915 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 5-7-1975 in San Gabriel, California   age 59   cause: cancer

actor  George Baker   played Tiberius in I, Claudius born on 4-1-1931 in Varna, Bulgaria expired 10-7-2011 in West Lavington, Wiltshire, England   age 80   cause: pneumonia; stroke

songwriter  Gloria Shayne Baker   widow of William Baker (d.2001); wrote music & lyrics to Goodbye Cruel World, The Men In My Little Girl's Life and the music to Do You Hear What I Hear? (1962; with lyrics by her then-husband) ¤ born: Gloria Adelle Shain  born on 9-4-1923 in Brookline, Massachusetts expired 3-6-2008 in Stamford, Connecticut   age 84   cause: cancer

famed Princeton football & hockey player  Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker   during World War I flew in the Lafayette Esquadrille; a college hockey award is named for him born on 1-15-1892 in Wissahickon, Pennsylvania expired 12-21-1918 in Toul, France   age 26   cause: plane crash

former Tennessee representative (1951-64)  Howard Henry Baker Sr. born on 1-12-1902 in Somerset, Kentucky expired 1-7-1964 in Knoxville, Tennessee   age 61

Folies Bergere star singer & dancer  Josephine Carson Baker   performed the famed Banana Dance (1925); wife of Italian Count Pepito de Albertino (1920s-35), Jean Lyon (1935-40) and bandleader Jo Bouillon born on 6-3-1906 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 4-12-1975 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 68   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

former New York Philharmonic flutist  Julius Baker born on 9-23-1915 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 8-6-2003 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 87

Disney studio musical director  Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker   musical director on the Mickey Mouse Club born on 1-4-1918 in Springfield, Illinois expired 7-19-2002 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 84

retired Cornell University professor of poultry & food science  Robert Carl Baker   served on the faculty from 1949 to 1989; developed chicken nuggets (1950s) born on 12-29-1921 in Newark, New Jersey expired 3-13-2006 in North Lansing, New York   age 84   cause: heart attack

film/tv director  Roy Ward Baker   made A Night to Remember (1958) and The Vampire Lovers (1970) as well as directing episodes of The Saint and The Avengers ¤ born: Roy Horace Baker  born on 12-19-1916 in London, England expired 10-5-2010 in London, England   age 93

explorer Sir  Samuel White Baker   discovered source of the Nile (1864); named it Lake Albert born on 6-8-1821 in London, England expired 12-30-1893 in Sanford Orleigh, England   age 72

advertising executive  Stephen Baker   created the "Let Your Fingers Do The Walking" ads for the AT&T Yellow Pages ¤ born: Steven Bacher  born on 4-17-1921 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-13-2004 in New York, New York   age 83   cause: cancer of the gastrointestinal tract

former Iranian premier  Shahpour Bakhtiar born on --1914 in Tehran, Persia expired 8-6-1991 in Suresnes, France   age 76    Contest Selectors 1979 HA 7.7% 1980 JH, JW 12.5%

murder victim  Bonny Lee Bakley ¤ Mrs. Robert Blake  born on 6-7-1956 in Morristown, New Jersey expired 5-4-2001 in Studio City, California   age 44   cause: murdered; shot to death with Walther PPK

old-time midwest theater chain co-owner  Elmer Balaban   turned down opportunity to succeed his brother as chairman of Paramount pictures (he didn't want to leave Chicago); father of actor Bob born on 5-1-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-2-2001 in Chicago, Illinois   age 92

former leader of the Dominican Republic  Joaquín Balaguer born on 9-1-1906 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic expired 7-14-2002 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic   age 95    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2002 ANG, DTM, RR 27.3%    Scored 3.6250 points

choreographer  George Balanchine ¤ born: Georges Malitonovich Balanchivadze  born on 1-22-1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 4-30-1983   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 VM 7.7% 1980 VA 6.3%

Emily Greene Balch   shared the 1946 Nobel peace prize born on 1-8-1867 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 1-9-1961   age 94

Playboy August 1965 Playmate of Month  Linda K. "Lannie" Balcom   briefly married to Abilene (Texas) bar owner Jack McQueen (July 1965 to December 1966) born on 3-14-1941 in Clarkdale, Arizona expired 4-25-1991   age 50   cause: drug overdose

film producer Sir  Michael Balcon born on 5-19-1896 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 10-16-1977 in Hartfield, Sussex, England   age 81

Reagan Commerce Secretary (1981-87)  Howard Malcolm Baldrige Jr. born on 10-4-1922 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 7-25-1987   age 64   cause: fall from rodeo horse

bluesman "Long"  John William Baldry   helped launch the careers of The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart & Elton John born on 1-12-1941 in Haddon, Derbyshire, England expired 7-21-2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   age 64   cause: chest infection; osteoporosis

author  Faith Baldwin born on 10-1-1893 in New Rochelle, New York expired 3-18-1978 in Norwalk, Connecticut   age 84

super-geezer  Florence Emily "Florrie" Baldwin   had been the oldest person in the United Kingdom & 2nd oldest in the world ¤ née: Davies  born on 3-31-1896 in Hunslet, Leeds, England expired 5-8-2010 in Leeds, England   age 114    Contest Selectors 2010 DFFC 3.7%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (only one in alt.obituaries newsgroup)

author  James Auther Baldwin born on 8-2-1924 in New York, New York expired 11-30-1987   age 65   cause: stomach cancer

Roger Nash Baldwin   co-founder of the ACLU (1920) born on 1-21-1884 in Wellesley, Massachusetts expired 8-26-1981 in Ridgewood, New Jersey   age 97   cause: heart failure

Spanish fashion designer  Cristobal Balenciaga born on 1-21-1895 in Guetaria, Spain expired 3-23-1972 in Valencia, Spain   age 77   cause: heart attack

British prime minister (1902-05) Sir  Arthur Thomas Balfour   wrote the Balfour Declaration (1917) approving establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine at the urging of Theordor Herzl ¤ title: First Earl of Balfour  born on 7-25-1848 in East Lothian, Scotland expired 3-19-1930 in Fisher's Hill, England   age 81

composer  Ernest Ball   co-wrote When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1912) born on 7-22-1878 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-3-1927 in Santa Ana, California   age 48

former Undersecretary of State  George Wildman Ball born on 12-21-1909 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 5-26-1994   age 84

smiley-face creator (1963)  Harvey Ross Ball   created it for State Mutual Life Assurance Cos. (Worcester, MA), it was never copyrighted born on 7-10-1921 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 4-12-2001 in Worcester, Massachusetts   age 79   cause: liver failure

Edgar Award-winning mystery writer  John Dudley Ball Jr.   had been a music critic for the Brooklyn Eagle, then wrote criticism of new LPs for the New York World-Telegram; In the Heat of the Night (1965); a member of the Baker Street Irregulars born on 7-8-1911 in Schenectedy, New York expired 10-15-1988 in Encino, California   age 77   cause: colon cancer

comedienne  Lucille Desiree Ball   sang for Ted Fio Rito's big band born on 8-6-1911 in Jamestown, New York expired 4-26-1989   age 77   cause: ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7% 1980 BB, BD, DO 18.8%

actor & schlocky magician  Carl Ballantine   played Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy (1962-64) ¤ born: Meyer Kessler  born on 9-27-1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United State of America expired 11-3-2009 in Hollywood, California   age 92    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2007 AUDC 3.2% 2008 GAS 3.1% AKS: Ballentine

original Supremes singer  Florence Ballard born on 6-30-1943 in Detroit, Michigan expired 2-22-1976 in Detroit, Michigan   age 32   cause: cardiac arrest

Rock and Roll H.O.F. singer/songwriter  Hank Ballard   leader of the Royals (later Midnighters); wrote/performed The Twist (1958; recorded by Checker the following year) & Finger Poppin' Time ¤ born: John H. Kendricks  born on 11-18-1927 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-2-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 75   cause: throat cancer

Toronto Maple Leafs owner  Harold Ballard born on 7-30-1905 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 4-11-1990   age 86

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

dance instructor-turned-inventor  George Charles Ballas Sr.   came up with the Weed Eater (1971) born on 6-28-1925 in Ruston, Louisiana expired 6-25-2011 in Houston, Texas   age 85

retired pro golfer  Severiano Ballesteros Sota born on 4-9-1957 expired 5-7-2011 in Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain   age 54   cause: oligoastrocytoma    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC, GAS, GOHI, JCM, LMLD, QKU, RAVN, RIE, TBC, WEP 33.3% 2010 ANG, BYE, DFFC, DTM, GAS, JCM, KLS, LMLD, PCD, QKU, RAVN 40.7% AKS: Ballasteros

former New Yorker jazz reviewer (1957-2001)  Whitney Lyon Balliett Sr. born on 4-17-1926 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 2-1-2007 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 80   cause: cancer

Redbook magazine editor (1927-49)  Edwin Balmer   co-wrote When Worlds Collide expired 3-21-1959 in North Tarrytown, New York   age 75

actor  Martin Henry Balsam born on 11-4-1919 in New York, New York expired 2-12-1996 in Rome, Italy   age 76   cause: stroke

Wisconsin geezer  Anna Balsiger born on 2-11-1889 in Mount Pleasant Township, Wisconsin expired 9-14-2001 in Brodhead, Wisconsin   age 112

Texas death row inmate  John Richard Baltazar ¤ aka: number 999257  born on 5-9-1972 expired 1-15-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 30   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 10.1250 points

French romance author  Honoré de Balzac born on 5-20-1799 in Tours, France expired 8-18-1850   age 51

Met opera soprano-turned-mezzo soprano-turned-soprano again  Rose Bampton   widow of conductor Wilfrid Pelletier & mother of Camille & François born on 11-28-1907 in Lakewood, Ohio expired 8-21-2007 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania   age 99

first black Zimbabwean president (1980-87)  Canaan Sodindo Banana   force out by Robert Mugabe; later convicted/jailed for sodomy born on 3-5-1936 in Esiphezini, Essexvale District, Southern Rhodesia expired 11-10-2003 in Harare, Zimbabwe   age 67

actress  Anne Bancroft   played Gittel Mosca in Two for the Seesaw (1958; Tony for Best Supporting Actress), Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker on Broadway (1959; Tony Award) and in the movie (1962; Best Actress oscar) as well as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967) ¤ born: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano Mrs. Mel Brooks aka: "Mrs. Robinson"  born on 9-17-1931 in New York, New York expired 6-6-2005 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: uterine cancer

former Malawi president (1964-94) Dr.  Hastings Kamuzu Banda ¤ born: Ackim Kamkhwala Banda  born on 5-18-1896 in Chiwengo, Malawi expired 11-25-1997 in Johannesburg, South Africa   age 99   cause: respiratory failure AKS: Kamuza

former Sri Lankan prime minister (1960-65, 1970-77, 1993-2000)  Sirimavo Bandaranaike   first female prime minister (in modern times); mother of Chandrika Kumaratunga ¤ born: Sirimavo Ratwatte  born on 4-17-1916 in Horagulla, Ceylon expired 10-10-2000 in Gampaha, Sri Lanka   age 84   cause: heart attack

child prodigy violinist/adult impressario  Enrico Banducci   purchased north beach nightclub the "hungry id" from it's (1949) founder Eric Nord (1951); shortened name to the "hungry i"; booked such notable acts as: Mort Sahl, Phyllis Diller, Dick Gregory, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Jonathan Winters, Shelly Berman, Woody Allen, The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, Professor Irwin Corey, ... early in their careers; the club closed in 1970 ¤ born: Harry Banducci  born on 2-17-1922 in Bakersfield, California expired 10-9-2007 in South San Francisco, California   age 85   cause: kidney & heart failure

retired Army Colonel  Aaron Bank ¤ "father of the Special Forces" (Green Berets)  born on 11-23-1902 in New York, New York expired 4-1-2004 in Dana Point, California   age 101    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6%

geezer  Edward Bankhead   data from turn-of-the-century census records put his year of birth around 1896 or 97 born on 3-11-1897 in Noxubee County, Mississippi expired 11-26-2002 in Corinth, Mississippi   age 105

actress  Tallulah Brockman Bankhead born on 1-31-1902 in Huntsville, Alabama expired 12-12-1968 in New York, New York   age 65

silent film star  Vilma Bánky   acted with Ronald Colman and Rudolph Valentino; married to Rod LaRocque ¤ born: Vilma Lonchit  born on 1-9-1903 in Nagyrodog, Austria-Hungary expired 3-16-1991   age 93

character actor  Ian Bannen   appeared in Flight of the Phoenix (1966; Best Supporting actor Academy Award nomination), Gandhi (1982), Gorky Park (1983), Hope and Glory (1987), Braveheart (1995) and Waking Ned Devine (1998) born on 6-29-1928 in Airdrie, Scotland expired 11-3-1999 in Loch Ness, Scotland   age 71   cause: car wreck

actor  John Banner   played Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes born on 1-28-1910 in Vienna, Austria expired 1-28-1973 in Vienna, Austria   age 63   cause: abdominal hemorrhage

tv producer/director  Robert James "Bob" Banner Jr.   got started in Chicago's WMAQ-tv as a production assistant on the Kukla, Fran & Ollie kiddies show (1948); worked on The Fred Waring Show; The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, Omnibus, The Garry Moore Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Candid Camera, Solid Gold & Showtime at the Apollo; helped save Carnegie Hall from demolition born on 8-15-1921 in Ennis, Texas expired 6-16-2011 in Woodland Hills, California   age 89   cause: Parkinson's disease

author  Helen Bannerman   wrote The Story of Little Black Sambo born on 2-25-1863 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 10-13-1946 in Edinburgh, Scotland   age 83

insulin co-discoverer (1921) Dr.  Frederick Grant Banting   shared 1923 Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery with the guy that rented them the lab space born on 11-14-1891 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada expired 2-21-1941 in Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada   age 49   cause: plane crash

Bolivian president (1997-2001)  Hugo Banzer Suárez born on 5-10-1926 in Concepción, Bolivia expired 5-5-2002 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia   age 75   cause: heart attack; brain & lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 JL, TMTX 18.2%    Scored 6.2500 points 2003 TMTX

Vietnam's last emperor  Bảo Ðại   son of Emperor Khai Dinh and Empress Tu Cung; originally emperor of the French Indochina protectorate Annam from 1925-1945, abdicating under pressure from Ho Chi Minh; he was Vietnamese chief of state from 1949 to 1955 (deposed by Diem) ¤ born: Prince Nguyễn Vĩnh Thụy  born on 10-22-1913 in Hue, Vietnam expired 7-30-1997 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 83 AKS: Nguyen Vinh Thuy Bao Dai

silent film star  Theda Bara ¤ real name: Theodosia Goodman aka: "The Vamp"  born on 7-29-1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 4-13-1955 in Los Angeles, California   age 70   cause: cancer

data packager  Paul Baran   in 1963 & 1964, while working at the Rand Corp., had the idea for distributed adaptive message block switching — we know this concept by the name packet switching (the idea was independently conceived-of by Donald Davies & Leonard Kleinrock) born on 4-29-1926 in Grodno, Poland expired 3-26-2011 in Palo Alto, California   age 84   cause: lung cancer

Robert Bárány   received the 1914 Nobel prize in medicine born on 4-22-1876 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 4-8-1936 in Uppsala, Sweden   age 59 AKS: Barany

Agatha Barbara   former President of Malta (1982-87) born on 3-11-1923 in Zabbar, Malta expired 2-4-2002 in Valletta, Malta   age 78

famous voice  Jane Barbe   voiced hundreds of announcements for the phone companies — such as "We're sorry ... you call can not be completed as dialed." ¤ née: Schneider  born on 7-28-1928 in Florida expired 7-21-2003 in Roswell, Georgia   age 74   cause: complications from cancer AKS: Barbie

mint farmer  Rex T. Barber   as a World War II fighter pilot shot down Admiral Yamamoto's plane born on 5-6-1917 in Culver, Oregon expired 7-26-2001 in Terrebonne, Oregon   age 84

composer  Samuel Barber born on 3-9-1910 in West Chester, Pennsylvania expired 1-23-1981 in New York, New York   age 70    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

broadcaster  Walter Lanier "Red" Barber born on 2-17-1908 in Columbus, Mississippi expired 10-22-1992   age 84

animator  Joseph Roland Barbera   partner of William Hanna born on 3-24-1911 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-18-2006 in Studio City, California   age 95    Contest Selectors 2001 RR 12½% 2002 DTM, JAC 18.2% 2003 CSI, DTM, JEDS, KOHD, PCD 27.8% 2004 ABRA, ANG, CSI, DTM, PCD, RIE, RR 38.9% 2005 ANG, CSI, DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, RR, SLIM, SPAM, TMD 43.5% 2006 ANG, CSI, DTM, MOT, OIE, PCD, QKU, RIE, WEP 30.0%    Scored 3.0098 points 2007 ANG

Catholic Church leader (1623-1644)  Maffeo Barberini   elected 236th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church August 6, 1623 ¤ Pope Urban VIII  born on 4-??-1568 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 7-29-1644 in Rome, Italy   age 76

Nazi war criminal  Klaus Barbie ¤ aka: "The Butcher of Lyon"  born on 10-25-1913 in Bad Godesberg, Germany expired 9-25-1991   age 77

orchestra conductor Sir  John Barbirolli ¤ born: Giovanni Battista-Barbirolli  born on 12-2-1899 in London, England expired 7-29-1970 in London, England   age 70

Catholic Church leader (1464-1471)  Pietro Barbo   elected 212th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church August 30, 1464 ¤ Pope Paul II  born on --1417 in Venice, Italy expired 7-26-1471 in Rome, Italy   age 54

journalist/politician  Alexandre Jose Barbosa Lima Sobrinho ¤ better known as Barbosa Lima  born on 1-22-1897 in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil expired 7-16-2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   age 103   cause: multiple organ failure

physicist  John Bardeen   won two Nobel physics prizes; co-inventor of the transistor (1956) and co-developer of theory of superconductivity (1972) born on 5-23-1908 in Madison, Wisconsin expired 1-30-1991 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 82

lyricist  Marshall Barer   co-wrote book Once Upon a Matress (with Jay Thompson & Dean Fuller); wrote the words to the Mighty Mouse theme ("Here I come to save the day...") born on 2-19-1923 expired 8-25-1998 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 75   cause: cancer

actress  Lynn Bari ¤ born: Marjorie Schuyler Fisher  born on 12-18-1913 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 11-20-1989 in Goleta, California   age 75

actress  Norah Baring   had female lead in Murder (1930); retired from acting in 1934 ¤ born: Norah Baker Mrs. Ronald Simon  born on 1-1-1907 in Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England expired 4-??-1944 in London, England   age 37   cause: automobile accident

clergyman  Sabine Baring-Gould   wrote lyrics to hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers (music by Sir Arthur Sullivan) born on 1-28-1834 in Exeter, England expired 1-2-1924 in Lew-Trenchard, England   age 89

actor  Alexander Chrichlow "Lex" Barker Jr.   succeeded Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in movies born on 5-8-1919 in Rye, New York expired 5-11-1973 in New York, New York   age 53   cause: heart attack

"plumber"  Bernard Leon Barker   did 13 months for his role in the breakin born on 3-17-1917 in Havana, Cuba expired 6-5-2009 in Miami, Florida   age 92   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI, MOT 6.7% 2007 JCM, MOT 6.5% 2008 CSI, JCM, MORB 9.4% 2009 CSI, JCM, MORB 10.0%    Scored 3.9250 solo points

animal imitator  Bradley Barker   original screen "voice" of Leo, the M-G-M lion expired 9-29-1951 in New York, New York   age 68

British tv comedian  Ronald William George "Ronnie" Barker   appeared on The Two Ronnies comedy series (with Ronnie Corbett) born on 9-25-1929 in Bedford, England expired 10-3-2005 in London, England   age 76

Charles Glover Barkla   won the 1917 Nobel prize in physics born on 6-7-1877 in Widnes, Lancashire, England expired 10-23-1944 in Braidwood, Edinburgh, Scotland   age 67

Truman Vice President (1949-53)  Alben William Barkley born on 11-24-1877 in Graves County, Kentucky expired 4-30-1956 in Lexington, Virginia   age 78

cartoonist  Carl Barks   drew Donald Duck comics; created Scrooge McDuck, the Beagle Boys, Gladstone Gander and Gyro Gearloose; the rolling rock sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark was based upon a cartoon sequence in the Uncle Scrooge comic The Seven Cities of Cibola born on 3-27-1901 in Merrill, Oregon expired 8-25-2000 in Grant's Pass, Oregon   age 99

1952 Olympic medalist/ early 1950's Boston Celtic  Donald A. Barksdale born on 3-31-1923 expired 3-8-1993   age 69

baseball Hall of Fame umpire  Albert J. Barlick born on 4-2-1915 expired 12-26-1995   age 80

illustrator  Dorothy Hope Smith Barlow   drew Gerber Baby corporate logo (1928) ¤ Mrs. Perry Barlow  expired 12-16-1955 in Westport, Connecticut   age 60

orchestra conductor  Howard Barlow   did orchestra concerts for Firestone (1943-61) on radio & tv ¤ nickname: the "Voice of Firestone"  born on 5-1-1892 in Plain City, Ohio expired 1-31-1972 in Bethel, Connecticut   age 79   cause: heart attack

world's tallest man  Parimal Chandra Barman born on --1962 in Dacca, East Pakistan expired ??-??-1990 in Dacca, Bangladesh   age 38    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 2003 CSI 2004 CSI

S.African heart transplant pioneer Dr.  Christiaan Neethling Barnard   performed first heart transplant operation December 3rd, 1967 on Louis Washkansky (who made it through to the 21st) born on 11-8-1922 in Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa expired 9-2-2001 in Paphos, Cyprus   age 78   cause: severe asthma attack

dance criticaster  Clive Alexander Barnes   kvetched in print for the Times of London (1961-64), New York Times (1965-77) & New York Post (1978-2008) born on 5-13-1927 in London, England expired 11-19-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 81   cause: complications from cancer

dancer & jazz singer  Edith Mae Barnes   claimed to have introduced The Charleston dance in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild (1923) ¤ born: Edith Mae Stith  born on 1-23-1907 in New York, New York expired 12-13-1996 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 89   cause: cancer

aviatrix  Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes   first female movie stunt pilot (worked in 1929 Hell's Angels) born on 7-29-1901 in Pasadena, California expired 3-27-1975 in Boron, California   age 73

actress  Gitelle Enoyce Gertrude Maude "Binnie" Barnes born on 5-25-1903 in London, England expired 7-27-1998 in Beverly Hills, California   age 95

Texas death row inmate  Odell Barnes Jr. born on 3-22-1968 expired 3-1-2000 in Huntsville, Texas   age 31   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14%    Scored 11.9000 solo points

former Army Air Corps Lt.  Philip Barnes   assistant weapons specialist aboard Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki born on 3-23-1917 expired 8-16-1998 in Wilmington, Delaware   age 81

juke joint bluesman  Roosevelt Barnes ¤ nickname: Booba  born on 9-25-1936 in Longwood, Mississippi expired 4-4-1996 in Chicago, Illinois   age 59   cause: cancer

jazz saxophonist  Charles Daly "Charlie" Barnet born on 10-26-1913 in New York, New York expired 9-4-1991   age 77 AKS: Barnett

former dancer/actress  Etta Moten Barnett   had bit parts in Gold Diggers of 1933 & Flying Down to Rio (1933) born on 11-5-1901 in Weimar, Texas expired 1-2-2004 in Chicago, Illinois   age 102   cause: pancreatic cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1% 2003 COCO, JL 11.1%

master showman  Phineas Taylor Barnum   owner of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, later merged in with the Ringling Brother's circus; he never over-estimated the intelligence of the American public, coining phrase "There's a sucker born every minute" born on 7-5-1810 in Bethel, Connecticut expired 4-7-1891   age 80

comedian  Sanford "Sandy" Baron   performed on the U.S. version of the That Was The Week That Was tv series (1964); narrated Broadway Danny Rose (1984) ¤ born: Sanford Beresofsky  born on 5-5-1936 in New York, New York expired 1-21-2001 in Van Nuys, California   age 64   cause: emphysema

root beer creator  Edward Charles Edmond Barq Sr.   came up with his recipe in 1898 born on --1871 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired ??-??-19??   age ??

root beer recipe keeper  William Adolph Barq   grandson of originator of the brew born on 7-21-1922 expired 6-11-2002 in Biloxi, Mississippi   age 79   cause: congestive heart failure

former Cuban military officer  Ramón M. Barquín López   lead a failed coup against Batista (April 1956); had a falling-out with Castro & left Cuba, never to return (1959) born on 5-12-1914 in Cienfuegos, Las Villas province, Cuba expired 3-3-2008 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico   age 93   cause: complications from leukemia AKS: Ramon Barquin Lopez

1950s stripper  Candy Barr   did one stag film at age 16 — Smart Aleck (1951); had been a "know associate" of Mickey Cohen, Jack Ruby & Hugh Hefner; did three years in a women's prison for posession of less than an ounce of marijuana (she had been sentenced to 15 years — sentenced commuted by the governor); at age 41 posed for the June 1976 issue of oui magazine ¤ born: Juanita Dale Slusher ex-Mrs. Troy Phillips  born on 7-6-1935 in Edna, Texas expired 12-30-2005 in Victoria, Texas   age 70   cause: pneumonia

former French prime minister (1976-81)  Raymond Octave Joseph Barre born on 4-12-1924 in Saint-Denis, La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean expired 8-25-2007 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 83

Pink Floyd co-founder  Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett   gave the band it's name — composed of the first names of two bluesmen: Pink Anderson & Floyd Council born on 1-6-1946 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 7-7-2006 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 60    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6% AKS: Barett Barret

songwriter, former Fabergé fragrances co-owner  George Barrie   created Brut; produced the movies A Touch of Class (1973) born on 2-9-1912 in New York, New York expired 11-23-2002 in Aventura, Florida   age 90

author Sir  James Matthew Barrie   created Peter Pan (1904) born on 5-9-1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland expired 6-19-1937 in London, England   age 77

actress & tv personality  Wendy Barrie   did the Revlon commercials on The $64,000 Question ¤ born: Marguerite Wendy Jenkin  born on 4-18-1912 in London, England expired 2-2-1978 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 65

Della C. Barris   daughter of Chuck & Sasha; appeared as a hostess on the Gong Show as a kid (talk about your child abuse) born on 12-24-1962 expired 7-28-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 35   cause: drug abuse

Sasha Lynn Barris   ex-wife of Chuck Barris & mother of Della Barris ¤ né3: Levy  born on 12-29-1936 in Pennsylvania expired 3-13-2010 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: lung cancer

pioneering electro-acoustic musician  Charlotte May "Bebe" Barron   with then-husband Louis provided the "electronic tonalities" of the Forbidden Planet (1956) & music for Bells of Atlantis (1952); survived by second husband Leonard Neubauer born on 6-16-1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 4-20-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 82 AKS: Baron

movie score composer  Louis F. Barron   with then-wife Bebe provided the "electronic tonalities" for Forbidden Planet (1956) born on 4-23-1920 expired 11-1-1989   age 69 AKS: Baron

actor  Bernard Barrow   played Johnny Ryan on Ryan's Hope soap opera (1975-89) born on 12-30-1927 in New York, New York expired 8-4-1993 in New York, New York   age 65   cause: lung cancer

violent criminal  Clyde Barrow   killed 12 people with Bonnie Parker born on 5-24-1909 in Telice, Texas expired 5-23-1934 in Gibsland, Louisiana   age 25

"actor"  George Barrows   played title role in Robot Monster (1953) born on 2-7-1913 in New York, New York expired 10-17-1994 in Oxnard, California   age 81

Dr.  David W. Barry   co-developer of the AIDS drug AZT expired 1-28-2002 in Durham, North Carolina   age 58   cause: heart attack

movie/tv actor  Don "Red" Barry   first actor to play the Red Ryder in Republic serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940); followed in role by William Elliot & Allan Lane ¤ real name: Donald Barry De Acosta  born on 1-11-1910 in Houston, Texas expired 7-17-1980 in North Hollywood, California   age 70   cause: suicide; gunshot to head

actor  Gene Barry   played Dr. Clayton Forester in War of the Worlds (1953), Bat Masterson on syndicated tv show (1958-61) and Amos Burke on Burke's Law ¤ born: Eugene Klass  born on 6-14-1919 in New York, New York, United State of America expired 12-9-2009 in Woodland Hills, California   age 90   cause: congestive heart failure; Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2009 ADWC 3.3%    Scored 6.0000 solo points

game show producer  Jack Barry   partnered with Dan Enright; up to his eyeballs in the tv Quiz Show scandals; hosted The Joker is Wild & Winky Dink and You ¤ born: Jack Barasch  born on 5-20-1918 expired 5-2-1984   age 65

film composer  John Barry   scored a number of James Bond films; wrote music for the Goldfinger theme (along with Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse's lyrics) + Midnight Cowboy, Born Free, Out of Africa & Dances With Wolves ¤ born: John Barry Prendergast  born on 11-3-1933 in York, England expired 1-30-2011 in New York, New York   age 77   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM 3.2% 2008 JCM 3.1%

movie production designer  John Barry   won oscar for Star Wars IV: A New Hope born on --1935 expired 6-1-1979 in London, England   age 44   cause: meningitis

actress  Ethel Barrymore   sister of Lionel and John ¤ real name: Ethel Blythe  born on 8-15-1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-18-1959 in Beverly Hills, California   age 79

actor  John Barrymore   brother of Ethel and Lionel; grandfather of Drew ¤ real name: John Blythe  born on 2-15-1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 5-29-1942 in Hollywood, California   age 60   cause: myocarditis

actor  John Drew Barrymore Jr. ¤ born: John Blythe Barrymore  born on 6-4-1932 in Beverly Hills, California expired 11-29-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 72

actor  Lionel Barrymore   brother of Ethel and John; played the greedy Mr. Potter in Its a Wonderful Life ¤ real name: Lionel Blythe  born on 4-28-1878 in Philadelphia, California expired 11-15-1954 in Van Nuys, California   age 76

stage supporting actor  Maurice Barrymore   father of Lionel, Ethel and John ¤ born: Herbert Blythe  born on 9-21-1849 expired 3-26-1905   age 55

former Fordham football player  Albert John Bart Sr.   member of the Seven Blocks of Granite (class of '38) ¤ born: Albert John Babartsky  born on 4-19-1915 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania expired 12-29-2002 in Kettering, Ohio   age 87    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI

composer  Lionel Bart   composed music for the stage show/movie Oliver (1963); wrote theme song for From Russia With Love ¤ born: Lionel Begleiter  born on 8-1-1930 in London, England expired 4-3-1999 in London, England   age 68   cause: cancer

Miss America 1943  Jean Bartel   it was her idea to award college scholarships to the winner of the pageant ¤ born: Jean Bartelmeh widow of William J. Hogue  born on 10-26-1923 in Los Angeles, California, United State of America expired 3-6-2011 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United State of America   age 87

actor/writer/director  Paul Bartel   directed Death Race 2000 (1975); wrote/directed/co-starred in Eating Raoul (1982) born on 8-6-1938 in New York, New York expired 5-13-2000 in New York, New York   age 61   cause: heart attack; liver duct cancer

1930s/40s radio announcer/actor  Harry Bartell   also appeared in movies & on tv born on 11-28-1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 2-26-2004 in Ashland, Oregon   age 90

character actor  Eddie Barth   did voice-overs for 1980s Miller Lite beer commercials ¤ born: Edward Michael Bartholetti  born on 9-29-1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 5-28-2010 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: heart failure

sculptor  Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi   created the Statue of Libery as a gift from France to the U.S.; the statue's formal name: "Liberty Enlightening the World" born on 4-2-1834 in Colmar, France expired 10-4-1904 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 70

child actor  Freddie Bartholomew born on 3-28-1924 in Dublin, Ireland expired 1-23-1992   age 67

pioneering computer programmer  Betty Jean Bartik   was the last surviving member of the group of women who programmed the ENIAC computer in the late 1940s; son Timothy is a lobor economist at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research ¤ née: Jennings ex-Mrs. William Bartik (1946-68)  born on 12-27-1924 in Missouri expired 3-23-2011 in Poughkeepsie, New York   age 86   cause: congestive heart disease

Wall Street Journal editorial page editor  Robert LeRoy Bartley born on 10-12-1937 in Marshall, Minnesota expired 12-10-2003 in New York, New York   age 66   cause: cancer

composer  Béla Bartók born on 5-25-1881 in Nagyszentmiklos, Austria-Hungary expired 9-26-1945 in New York, New York   age 64   cause: cancer AKS: Bela Bartok

actress  Eva Bartok ¤ real name: Eva Martha Ivanova Szoke   (name changed by Alexander Korda)  born on 6-18-1926 in Kecskemet, Hungary expired 8-1-1998 in London, England   age 72   cause: heart failure

movie/tv director  Charles T. Barton   movies: Car 99 (1935), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Africa Screams (1949); tv episodes: Amos 'n' Andy, Leave It To Beaver, Dennis the Menace Hazel, McHale's Navy, Grindl, Petticoat Junction, The Munsters, Camp Runamuck, Family Affair, ... born on 5-25-1902 in San Francisco, California expired 12-5-1981 in Burbank, California   age 79   cause: heart attack

Sir  Derek Harold Richard Barton   shared the 1969 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 9-8-1918 in Gravesend, Kent, England expired 3-16-1998 in College Station, Texas   age 79

singer/actress/game show hostess  Eileen Barton   had a 1950 novelty hit with "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"; was Monty Hall's sidekick on Video Village (1960) born on 11-24-1929 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 6-27-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 76

media executive  Peter R. Barton   founding president of Liberty Media Corp. (1991-7) born on 4-6-1951 expired 9-8-2002 in Denver, Colorado   age 51   cause: stomach cancer

pint-sized actor  Billy Barty ¤ real name: William John Bertanzetti  born on 10-25-1924 in Millsboro, Pennsylvania expired 12-23-2000 in Glendale, California   age 76   cause: heart failure; lung infection    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14%    Scored 7.4000 solo; points 2001 ANG

radio voice of The Shadow  Andre Baruch born on 8-20-1908 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 9-15-1991   age 83

financier  Bernard Mannes Baruch born on 8-19-1870 in Camden, South Carolina expired 6-20-1965 in New York, New York   age 94

Belarus geezer  Hanna Barysevich   had never "applied" the Guinness Book for recognition — she'd never heard of it ¤ born: Anna Adanovna Borisevich  born on 5-18-1888 in Buda, Belarus, Russian Empire expired 2-23-2007 in Minsk, Belarus   age 118    Contest Selectors 2005 RIE 4.3% 2006 RIE 3.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact) AKS: b.5/5/1888 old style

World War II Luftwaffe pilot  Rainer Candidus Barzel   went on to be a leader of the German Christian Democratic Party born on 6-20-1924 in Braunsberg, East Prussia expired 8-26-2006 in München, Bavaria, Germany   age 82

terrorist  Shamil Basayev   claimed (ir)responsibility for the September 2004 Beslan School Massacre born on 1-14-1965 in Vedeno, Chechnya expired 7-10-2006 in Yekazhevo, Ingushetia   age 41   cause: munitions detonation; the explosives-laden truck he was riding in blew up

Big Band leader  William James "Count" Basie Jr. born on 8-21-1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey expired 4-26-1984 in Hollywood, Florida   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, DW, HP, JH,MM, VM 46.2% 1980 DO, DR, DW, EB, HP, JW, MM, VA 50.0%

engraver, printer, type designer  John Baskerville born on 1-28-1706 in Wolverley, Worcestershire, England expired 1-8-1775 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   age 68

radio/movie actor  James Baskett   played Gabby Gibson on Amos 'n' Andy radio show; portrayed Uncle Remus in Song of the South (1946); received special oscar for his portrayal of Uncle Remus (first African-American male to receive the award) born on 2-16-1904 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 7-9-1948 in Los Angeles, California   age 44   cause: heart failure AKS: Baskett Baskette

Baskin-Robbins co-founder (1945)  Burton "Butch" Baskin   his partner's brother-in-law born on 12-17-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-??-1967 in California   age 54

former Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser reporter  Inez J. Baskin   covered the civil rights movement starting with the Montgomery Bus Boycott born on 6-18-1916 in Florala, Alabama expired 6-28-2007 in Montgomery, Alabama   age 91   cause: heart failure

physicist Dr.  Nikolay Gennadiyevid Basov   his Nobel prize-winning research led to the development of the laser born on 12-14-1922 in Usman, Russia, SFSR expired 7-1-2001 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 78 AKS: Nikolai

silent film star  Lina Basquette   widow of Samuel Warner; half-sister of Marge Champion ¤ real name: Lena Baskette  born on 4-19-1907 in San Mateo, California expired 9-30-1994   age 87

former Ontario Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health (2004-2006) Dr.  Sheela V. Basrur   dealt with the Toronto SARS outbreak born on 10-17-1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 6-2-2008 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada   age 51   cause: hemangiopericytoma; leiomysarcoma    Contest Selectors 2007 RAVN 3.2% 2008 RAVN 3.1%    Scored 9.9000 solo points AKS: M.I. "V" = Vasanth??

former New Hampshire representative (1955-63)  Perkins Bass born on 10-6-1912 in East Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts expired 10-25-2011 in Peterborough, New Hampshire   age 99

graphic artist and movie title designer  Saul Bass born on 5-8-1920 in New York, New York expired 4-25-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 75   cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma

author  Giorgia Bassani   wrote The Garden of the Finzi-Contini's (1962) born on 3-4-1916 in Bologna, Italy expired 4-13-2000 in Rome, Italy   age 84   cause: heart disease; Parkinson's disease

Gemini astronaut  Charles Arthur Bassett II   originally scheduled to be the Gemini IX pilot; killed in T-38 trainer crash with Elliot See born on 12-30-1931 in Dayton, Ohio expired 2-28-1966 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 34   cause: plane crash

retired German General & Green Party member  Gerd Bastian born on 3-26-1923 in München, Germany expired 9-28-1992 in Bonn, Germany   age 69

Italian Field Marshall  Ettore Bastico   dirigible officer in 1911/12 Italian-Turkish war; Rommel's putative superior officer in North Africa (1941-43) expired 12-1-1972 in Rome, Italy   age 96   cause: heart failure

Chief of West Bengal  Jyoti Basu   was a big-time Marxist-communist (apparently he didn't get the memo — it doesn't work) ¤ born: Jyoti Kiran Baso  born on 7-8-1914 in Calcutta, British India expired 1-17-2010 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India   age 95    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3%

stage/movie actor Sir  Alan Arthur Bates   played Basil in Zorba the Greek (1964), Jos James in Georgy Girl (1966) & Mr. Jennings in Gosford Park (2001) born on 2-17-1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire, England expired 12-27-2003 in London, England   age 69   cause: cancer of the liver & pancreas

one-legged tap dancer  Clayton P. "Peg Leg" Bates born on 10-11-1907 in Fountain Inn, South Carolina expired 12-6-1998 in Fountain Inn, South Carolina   age 91

black civil rights leader  Daisy Lee Bates   widow of L.C. Bates; former president of the Arkansas NAACP; led group that got nine black students admitted to Little Rock Central High School in 1957 against the resistance of governor Orval Faubus ¤ née: Gatson  born on 11-11-1914 in Huttig, Arkansas expired 11-4-1999 in Little Rock, Arkansas   age 84

sci-fi writer/editor  Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III   original editor of "Astounding Stories of Super Science" pulp magazine (1929-33); his story "Farewell to the Master", published in the October 1940 edition of "Astounding Science Fiction" was made into The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) born on 10-9-1900 in New York, New York expired 5-??-1981 in New York, New York   age 80

character actress  Jeanne Bates   appeared as Diana Palmer in The Phantom (1943), as Nurse Wills on the Ben Casey tv series (1962-65) & as Mrs. X in Eraserhead (1977) ¤ widow of Lew X. Lansworth  born on 5-21-1918 in Berkeley, California expired 11-28-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 89    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM 3.2%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

educator, poet  Katherine Lee Bates   in 1893 wrote poem America the Beautiful, first published 7/4/1895 in The Congregationalist; it was later paired with music written by Samuel Ward born on 8-12-1859 in Falmouth, Massachusetts expired 3-28-1929 in Wellesley, Massachusetts   age 69

one-time insurance salesman  Lucius Christopher Bates   husband of Daisy Bates; founded the Arkansas State Press newspaper born on 4-27-1901 in Liberty, Mississippi expired 8-22-1980 in Little Rock, Arkansas   age 79   cause: heart attack

writer  Ralph Bates   a big deal in the 1930s; opposed Franco in Spanish Civil War; taught creative writing at NYU (1948-68) born on 11-3-1899 in Swindon, England expired 11-26-2000 in New York, New York   age 101

ad agency founder  Theodore Lewis "Ted" Bates born on 9-11-1901 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 5-30-1972   age 70

Hungarian countess  Elizabeth Báthory   alleged to have murdered 650 young women & bathed in their blood ¤ aka: the Bloody Countess  born on 8-7-1560 in Ecsed, Hungary expired 8-21-1614 in Castle Cachtice, Hungary   age 44 AKS: Bathory

corrupt Cuban dictator  Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar   overthrew president Soccarras; booted out by Castro born on 1-16-1901 in Banes, Oriente Province, Cuba expired 8-6-1973 in Guadalmina, Spain   age 72   cause: heart attack

punk rocker  Stivian John Bators   lead singer of the Dead Boys born on 10-22-1949 in Youngstown, Ohio expired 6-4-1990 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 40   cause: internal injuries; hit by car AKS: Stiv Bator

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)

quasi-royalty  Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Battenberg   great-grandson of Queen Victoria; boat blown up by IRA ¤ title: Earl Mountbatten of Burma  born on 6-25-1900 in Windsor, England expired 8-27-1979 in Mullaghmore, Ireland   age 79   cause: assassinated; bomb blast

former Twins' all-star catcher  Earl Jesse Battey Jr. born on 1-5-1935 in Los Angeles, California expired 11-15-2003 in Gainesville, Florida   age 68   cause: cancer

bass guitarist, singer, songwriter  Clyde "Skip" Battin   a member of the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers & the New Riders of the Purple Sage born on 2-18-1934 in Galipolis, Ohio expired 7-6-2003 in Silverton, Oregon   age 69   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

pro bowler  Richard "Dick" Battista   had a heart transplant (1975) born on 8-29-1931 in New York, New York expired 12-21-1979 in Queens, New York, New York   age 48    Contest Selectors 1979 JW  7.7%    Scored 8 solo points 1980 JW

former Alabama rep. (1947-55)  Laurie Calvin Battle born on 5-10-1912 in Wilsonville, Alabama expired 5-2-2000 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 87

telegrapher, engineer, inventor  Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot   developed first teleprinter; came up with 5-digit binary code for teleprinters; namesake of unit of signaling, the baud, adopted in 1927 by the ITU born on 9-11-1845 in Magneux, France expired 3-28-1903 in Sceaux, France   age 57 AKS: Emile

Belgian  King Baudouin I ¤ full name: Baudoin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave  born on 9-7-1930 in Brussels, Belgium expired 7-31-1993   age 62

LPGA co-founder (1950)  Alice M. Bauer born on 10-6-1927 in Eureka, South Dakota expired 3-6-2002 in Palm Desert, California   age 74   cause: complications from colon cancer

character actor  David Bauer   played Lt.Gen. Harry Buford in Patton (1970) & mob mortuary operator Morton Slumber in Diamonds Are Forever (1970) born on 3-6-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-13-1973 in London, England   age 55

baseball player/manager  Henry Albert "Hank" Bauer   played for the Yankees; coached the Orioles born on 7-31-1922 in East Saint Louis, Illinois expired 2-9-2007 in Shawnee Mission, Kansas   age 84   cause: lung cancer

Zeiss Corp. employee  Walther Wilhelm Johannes Bauersfeld   co-inventor of the first projection planetarium (1923); constructed the first geodesic dome to display the star field (icosahedron) born on 1-23-1879 in Berlin, German Empire expired 10-28-1959 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany   age 80

former pro football player  Samuel Adrian "Sammy" Baugh   was quarterback & punter for the Washington Redskins (1937-52) ¤ nickname: Slingin' Sammy  born on 3-17-1914 in Temple, Texas expired 12-17-2008 in Rotan, Texas   age 94   cause: pneumonia; kidney failure    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1% 2003 MB, PCD 11.1% 2004 LMLD, PCD 11.1% 2005 PCD 4.3% 2006 LMLD, OIE, PCD 10.0% 2007 DTH, GOHI, OIE, PCD 12.9% 2008 DTM, GOHI, OIE, PCD, RIE 15.6%    Scored 3.2563 points

film actress  Doris Doscher Baum   model for the Standing Liberty quarter, first minted in 1916 born on 1-24-1882 expired 3-6-1970 in Farmingdale, New York   age 88

Apple Computer startup backer  Elmer Baum born on 11-7-1917 expired 1-23-1993   age 75

fantasy author  Lyman Frank Baum   wrote the series of Oz books; produced and/or directed a number of the early Oz movies born on 5-15-1856 in Chittenango, New York expired 5-6-1919 in Hollywood, California   age 62   cause: stroke

Maud Gage Baum   widow of L. Frank Baum; executive producer of the Wizard of Oz (1939) born on 3-27-1861 in Fayetteville, North Carolina expired 3-6-1953 in Los Angeles, California   age 91

former minor league first baseman  Joe Willis Bauman Jr.   set the professional baseball record for most home runs hit in a season — 72 — playing for the 1954 Roswell, New Mexico Rockets of the Class C Longhorn League (the record was finally broken in 2001 by Barry Bonds); his 0.916 slugging percentage from that year still stands as the record born on 4-17-1922 in Welch, Oklahoma expired 9-20-2005 in Roswell, New Mexico   age 83   cause: pneumonia; broken pelvis

retired circus animal trainer  Heinz E. "Charly" Baumann born on 9-14-1928 in Berlin, Germany expired 1-24-2001 in Sarasota, Florida   age 72

Omer L. Baumgartner   invented the Heath Toffee Ice Cream Bar (1951) born on 4-20-1920 in Walnut, Illinois expired 2-8-2011 in Ames, Iowa   age 90

former Ohio congressman  Albert David Baumhart Jr.   served in the House of Representatives from 1941-42 & 1955-60 born on 6-15-1908 in Vermillion, Ohio expired 1-23-2001 in Lorain, Ohio   age 92

retired Procter & Gamble product researcher  Fredric J. Baur   designed the canisters that Pringles potato crisps come in (1970); he was cremated and his ashes interred in one born on 7-14-1918 in Toledo, Ohio expired 5-4-2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 89 AKS: container Frederik Fredrick Frederick Bauer

Decathalon athelete  James "Jim" Bausch   won 1932 Sullivan Award born on 3-29-1906 in Marion Junction, South Dakota expired 7-9-1974   age 68

John Jacob Bausch   co-founded Vulcanite Optical Instrument Co, (1866; the name was later changed) born on 7-25-1830 in Suessen, Germany expired 2-14-1925 in Rochester, New York   age 94

movie director  Mario Bava   directed Diabolik (1968) born on 7-31-1914 in San Remo, Italy expired 4-25-1980 in Rome, Italy   age 65   cause: heart attack

actress  Frances Bavier   Aunt Bea on The Andy Griffith Show born on 1-14-1905 in New York, New York expired 12-6-1989   age 86

composer Sir  Arnold Edward Trevor Bax born on 11-8-1883 in Streatham, England expired 10-3-1953 in Cork, Ireland   age 69

actress  Anne Baxter   played title role in All About Eve (1950) & Lucy in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright born on 5-7-1923 in Michigan City, Indiana expired 12-12-1985   age 62

pioneering woman's body builder  Carrie "Kay" Baxter born on 10-3-1945 in Woodfield, Ohio expired 5-16-1988 in Los Angeles, California   age 42   cause: car crash

film actor  Warner Leroy Baxter   won 1929 Academy Award for playing The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona; had title role in C.B. DeMille's third production of The Squaw Man (1931) born on 5-29-1889 in Columbus, Ohio expired 5-7-1951 in Beverly Hills, California   age 62   cause: pneumonia

character actress  Frances Bay   played the grandmother in Happy Gilmore ¤ widow of Charles Guffman  born on 1-23-1919 in Mannville, Alberta, Canada expired 9-15-2011 in Tarzana, California   age 92   cause: infections    Contest Selectors 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2004 RAVN 5.6% 2006 NFG 3.3% 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG 3.1% 2009 NFG 3.3% 2010 NFG 3.7%

"old school" nightclub comic  Eugene Baylos   a regular at the Friars Club born on 11-16-1906 expired 1-10-2005 in New York, New York   age 98

Iran's first Islamic revolutionary prime minister  Mehdi Bazargan born on 9--1907 in Tehran, Persia expired 1-13-1995 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 87    Contest Selectors 1980 VA 6.3%

racist eugenics proponent  Leon Maurice Nelson Bazile   had been a Virginia assistant attorney general (1923-30); in 1959, as judge of Virginia's 15th Judicial Circuit (1941-65), convicted Richard & Mildred Loving of violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924 (anti-miscegenation) & later vigorously rejected their appeal of the conviction; the U.S. Supreme Court took one look at his writing in the case and slammed him down hard (9-0) in Loving v. Virginia (June 12, 1967) born on 9-9-1890 in Retirement, Hanover County, Virginia expired 3-??-1967 in Ashland, Virginia   age 76

former US Navy submarine captain  Edward Latimer "Ned" Beach Jr.   as commander of the USS Triton set record for submarine circumnaviation of planet (84 days; 1960); wrote Run Silent, Run Deep (1955) born on 4-20-1918 in New York, New York expired 12-1-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 84   cause: cancer

mechanical & electrical engineer  Ralph Hamilton Beach   an associate of Edison; a co-founder of the General Electric Company expired 4-24-1957 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 72

country singer  Molly Gene Beachboard   appeared on Hometown Jamboree & the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show ¤ aka: "Molly Bee"  born on 8-18-1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 2-7-2009 in Oceanside, California   age 69   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Mollie

geneticist  George Wells Beadle   shared the 1958 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-22-1903 in Wahoo, Nebraska expired 6-9-1989 in Pomona, California   age 85   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

Kermit K. Beahan   bombardier on B-29 (Bockscar) that nuked Nagasaki born on 8-9-1918 expired 3-9-1989   age 70

one-time model & aspiring actress  Edith Bouvier Beale   cousin of Jackie O; one of the subjects of documentary Grey Gardens (1975) ¤ nickname: "Little Edie"  born on 11-7-1917 in New York, New York expired 1-9-2002 in Bal Harbour, Florida   age 84   cause: heart attack or stroke

Jackie O's reclusive aunt  Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale   lived in dilapidated mansion full of cats, raccoons & excrement; subject of film Grey Gardens (1975) born on 10-5-1894 expired 2-5-1977 in Southampton, New York   age 82

former NYC mayor (1974-77)  Abraham David "Abe" Beame ¤ born: Abraham David Birnbaum  born on 3-20-1906 in London, England expired 2-9-2001 in New York, New York   age 94   cause: complications following open heart surgery    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS, RR 29% 2001 KLS, RR 25%    Scored 4.3500 points

Texas judge  Roy Bean   known as "The Law West of the Pecos" born on --1825 in Mason County, Kentucky expired 3-16-1903   age 77

investment brokerage co-founder  Alpheus Crosby Beane   left firm before the 1941 brokerage consolidation that formed Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; later his name was replaced in the corporate name by Smith's (1958) born on 10-5-1888 in Augusta, Georgia expired 9-18-1937 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 48   cause: heart attack

gastronome  James Andrews Beard born on 5-5-1903 in Portland, Oregon expired 1-23-1985 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: cardiac arrest

Our Gang child actor  Matthew Beard Jr. ¤ aka: "Stymie"  born on 1-1-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-9-1981   age 56   cause: pneumonia

California death row inmate  Donald Beardslee   convicted of three murders born on 5-13-1943 expired 1-19-2005 in San Quentin, California   age 60   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2005 PCD, RIE 8.7%    Scored 7.6500 points

photographer Sir  Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton   also won costume design oscars for Gigi (1959) & My Fair Lady (1964) born on 1-14-1904 in London, England expired 1-18-1980 in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England   age 76

former UPI president (1972-82)  Roderick Whitney Beaton born on 4-25-1923 in Escalon, California expired 7-2-2002 in Sonoma, California   age 79   cause: heart failure

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director  Mollie H. Beattie born on 4-27-1947 expired 6-27-1996   age 49

former pro bodybuilder  Shelley Anne Beattie   was an original American Gladiatrix (1992-97) & a "grinder" on the America3 America's Cup team ¤ aka: "Siren" ex-Mrs. John Romano  born on 8-24-1967 in Santa Ana, California expired 2-16-2008 in Salem, Oregon   age 40   cause: suicide; hanged; pipolar disorder AKS: Shelly Beatie

wild animal trainer  Clyde Raymond Beatty born on 6-10-1902 expired 7-19-1965 in Ventura, California   age 63

AP & NBC news correspondent  Morgan Beatty born on 9-6-1902 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 7-4-1975 in Saint Johns, Antigua   age 72

actor  Robert Beatty born on 10-9-1909 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada expired 3-3-1992   age 82

pro wrassler  Arthur Lawrence Beauchene ¤ aka: "Leaping Larry Chene"  expired 10-1-1964   age ??   cause: auto accident

movie/tv director  William Beaumont Sr.   directed Mom and Dad (1945), The Adventures Spin & Marty for Disney's Mickey Mouse Club show (1955) and The Further Adventures of Spin & Marty (1957) & The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (1958) born on 1-15-1892 in New York, New York expired 3-18-1970 in Canoga Park, California   age 78

long-ago Olympic cyclist  René "Roger" Beaufrand   won a gold medal in the 1000m sprint at the 1928 games — he is currently the oldest living Olympic gold medalist born on 9-25-1908 in Garenne-Colombes, France expired 3-14-2007 in France   age 99    Contest Selectors 2006 CSI 3.3% AKS: Rene Baufrand

screenwriter  Charles Beamont   wrote screenplay for The Queen of Outer Space (1958) ¤ born: Charles Leroy Nutt  born on 1-2-1929 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-21-1967   age 38

major league outfielder  Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont   first man to bat in a World Series game (1903) born on 7-23-1876 in Rochester, Wisconsin expired 4-10-1956 in Burlington, Wisconsin   age 79

actor  Hugh Beaumont   played Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver born on 2-16-1909 in Lawrence, Kansas expired 5-13-1982   age 72

US Army surgeon Dr.  William Beaumont   first to conduct scientific studies of human digestive process; while stationed at Fort Mackinac he treated fur trapper Alexis St. Martin who was shot in the abdomen (June 6, 1822) with a musket producing a wound that would not completely heal closed around the stomach. Over the next several years Dr. Beaumont was able to observe the digestive process and conduct experiments on St. Martin born on 11-21-1785 in Lebanon, Connecticut expired 4-25-1853 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 67   cause: complications from icy slip-and-fall accident

actress  Louise Beavers born on 3-8-1902 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-26-1962 in Hollywood, California   age 60

French crooner/songwriter  Gilbert Bécaud   wrote Et Maintenant (What Now My Love) ¤ born: François Gilbert Silly  born on 10-24-1927 in Toulon, France expired 12-18-2001 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 74   cause: cancer

comic book artist  Charles Beck   created Captain Marvel (1939) using Fred MacMurray as the model born on 6-8-1910 in Zumbrota, Minnesota expired 11-22-1989   age 79

former Teamsters Union president  Dave Beck born on 6-16-1894 in Stockton, California expired 12-26-1993   age 99

Emily Marshall Morison Beck   edited the 13th, 14th & 15th editions of Bartlett's Quotations (1955, '68 & '80) born on 10-15-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 3-28-2004 in Canton, Massachusetts   age 88   cause: kidney failure AKS: Morrison

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"

familiar voice  Jackson Beck   was the voice of Bluto in over 300 Popeye cartoons; voiced King Leonardo & Biggy Rat; was the opening announcer on the original Superman radio show: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..." (replaced by Bill Kennedy on tv series) born on 7-23-1912 in New York, New York expired 7-28-2004 in New York, New York   age 92

movie producer  John Beck born on 10-24-1909 in Pomona, California expired 7-18-1993 in Woodland Hills, California   age 83

1930s movie actor  Thomas Beck   played Charlie Chan's Number One Son born on 12-29-1909 in New York, New York expired 9-23-1995 in Miami Shores, Florida   age 85

radio announcer, tv show host & cartoon voice  George Sanford "Sandy" Becker born on 2-19-1922 in New York, New York expired 4-9-1996 in Remsenburg, Rhode Island   age 74   cause: heart attack

The Joy of Cooking editor  Marion Rombauer Becker   took over authorship of book after her mother's death (1962) born on 1-2-1903 expired 12-28-1976 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 73   cause: cancer

retired AP photographer  Murray Becker   took famous still photos of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst (5/6/1937) & Lou Gehrig's tearful goodbye speach in Yankee Stadium (7/4/1939) born on 2-6-1909 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 3-13-1986 in North Miami Beach, Florida   age 77   cause: cancer

former contractor  William Walter Becker   with partner Paul Greene founded the Motel 6 chain (1962) born on 5-18-1921 in Pasadena, California expired 4-2-2007 in Kingman, Arizona   age 85   cause: heart attack

novelist  Samuel Barclay Beckett   author of Waiting for Godot (1949); winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature born on 4-13-1906 in Fox Rock, County Dublin, Ireland expired 12-22-1989 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 83   cause: respiratory failure    Contest Selectors 1979 MM, MS 15.4% 1980 MM 6.3%

Our Gang child actor  Scott Hastings Beckett ¤ aka: "Scotty"  born on 10-4-1929 in Oakland, California expired 5-10-1968 in Los Angeles, California   age 38   cause: suicide; intentional barbituate overdose

Dr.  Arnold Orville Beckman   invented first successful electronic ph meter (1934); founder of Beckman Instruments (1935) born on 4-10-1900 in Cullom, Illinois expired 5-18-2004 in La Jolla, California   age 104    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6%    Scored 4.6000 solo points

character actor  Henry How Beckman   played Commander Paul Richards on Flash Gordon (DuMont network series 1954-58), the scientist/creator of My Living Doll (Dr. Carl Miller; 1964), Greg Anderson on Peyton Place (1964-65) & Capt. Roland Clancey on Here Come the Brides (1968-69) born on 11-26-1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada expired 6-17-2008 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain   age 86    Contest Selectors 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 GAS, NFG 6.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

physicist  Antoine-Henri Becquerel   shared the 1903 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity born on 12-15-1852 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 8-25-1908 in Le Croisic, Brittany, France   age 55

theologian  "The Venerable" Bede   wrote Ecclesiastical History of England in 731; invented the B.C. (before Christ; Ante Christum) date system to complement Exiguus' A.D. dating ¤ Old English spelling: Bæda  born on --673 in Wearmouth, Northumbria, England expired 5-25-735 in Jarrow, Durham, England   age 62

McKesson Imports "mixologist"  George John Bednar   played pro football two seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals (1964-66); invented the Harvey Wallbanger (vodka, orange juice & Galliano) born on 3-16-1942 in Kingston, Connecticut expired 12-6-2007 in Roxbury, COnnecticut   age 65

character actor  Alfonso Bedoya   his most memorable role as as Gold Hat, the bandit leader in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), who said "We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges." (not the apocryphal "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges.") born on 4-16-1904 in Vicam, Sonora, Mexico expired 12-15-1957 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 53   cause: complications from alcoholism

one-time New York Herald columnist  Lucius Morris Beebe   also a poet, author, and newspaper publisher; made early note of "ghoul pools" in a column he wrote for the Herald (and appearing in the Washington Post on 11-6-1938); had three articles published in Playboy magazine (two posthumously) — "Those Gilded Galas" (January 1966), "The Big Spenders" (December 1966) & "The Golden Age of Mobile Gastronomy" (May 1967) born on 12-9-1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts expired 2-4-1966 in Hillsborough, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

founder-president of Beech Aircraft  Walter Herschel Beech born on 1-30-1891 in Pulaski, Tennessee expired 11-29-1950 in Wichita, Kansas   age 59

British conductor Sir  Godfrey Thomas Beecham born on 4-29-1879 in Saint Helens, England expired 3-8-1961 in London, England   age 81

WXYZ radio actor  Brace Beemer   first to portray Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on the radio; third to portray The Lone Ranger on radio (1941-54; 1st; 2nd) born on --1902 in Mount Carmel, Illinois expired 2-28-1965 in Lake Orion, Michigan   age 62 AKS: Sargeant

one-time Belgian prime minister  Auguste Marie François Beernaert   shared the 1909 Nobel peace prize born on 7-26-1829 in Ostend, Belgium expired 10-6-1912 in Lucerne, Switzerland   age 83   cause: pneumonia

(left to right) Dallas police detective James Leavelle, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby Photo ©Copyright 1963 Ira J. Beers Dallas Morning News photographer  Ira Jefferson "Jack" Beers   clicked his shutter 0.6 seconds before Bob Jackson, missing a Pulitzer Prize for the Kennedy assassination born on 7-14-1923 in Dallas, Texas expired 2-??-1975   age 51   cause: heart attack

character actor  Noah Beery Sr.   brother of Wallace Beery; played silent screen villians born on 1-17-1884 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 4-1-1946 in Hollywood, California   age 62

actor  Noah Beery Jr. born on 8-10-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-1-1994   age 77

movie actor  Wallace Fitzgerald Beery   brother of Noah Sr.; won 1931 oscar for The Champ born on 4-1-1885 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 4-15-1949 in Beverly Hills, California   age 64   cause: myocardiac ailment

Great Lakes sailor  Frederick J. Beetcher   Porter aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 56   cause: drowned when ship foundered

composer  Ludwig van Beethoven   wrote nine symphonies, five piano concerti, one violin concerto, numerous string quartets + lots of solo piano music born on 12-16-1770 in Bonn, Germany expired 3-26-1827 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary   age 56

check-forging former Columbia Pictures president  David Begelman born on 8-26-1921 in New York, New York expired 8-8-1995   age 73   cause: suicide

Menachem's wife  Aliza Begin expired 11-11-1982   age 62

former Israeli Prime Minister  Menachem Wolfovitch Begin   shared 1978 Nobel Peace prize born on 7-31-1913 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland expired 3-9-1992   age 78    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, HP, JH, RR, VM, YJ 53.8% 1980 BD, DH, DW, EB, EK, RR, VA 43.8%

actor  Edward James Begley Sr.   won a Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1963 for Sweet Bird of Youth born on 3-25-1901 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-28-1970 in Los Angeles, California   age 69   cause: heart attack

Beatrice Behan   Brendan's widow ¤ née: Salkeld  expired 3-10-1993   age 69

Irish playwright  Brendan Francis Behan born on 2-9-1923 in Dublin, Ireland expired 3-20-1964 in Dublin, Ireland   age 41

Sosthenes Behn   co-founder of ITT expired 6-6-1957 in New York, New York   age 75

Airline Pilots Association founder  David L. Behncke expired 4-14-1953 in Chicago, Illinois   age 55

actress  Pati Behrs-Derek-Lindley   grandneice of Leo Tolstoy; first wife of John Derek (1951-57); mother of his two kids: Russell & Sean; widow of Dr. Lucius Lindley born on 2-13-1922 expired 7-4-2004   age 82

jazz cornettist  Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke born on 3-10-1903 in Davenport, Iowa expired 8-6-1931 in Queens, New York, New York   age 28   cause: lobar pneumonia; alcoholism

George C. Beidler   invnetor of the first photocopier, the Rectigraph (1903) expired 7-23-1945 in Rochester, New York   age 67

aviatrix  Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer   widow of Bernd Rosemeyer (1936-8) & Karl Wittman (1946-76) ¤ born: Elly Beinhorn  born on 5-30-1907 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany expired 11-28-2007 in Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany   age 100    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

actress  Barbara Bel Geddes   was the original Broadway "Cat" (Maggie, of Hot Roof fame; 1955) & Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas born on 10-31-1922 in New York, New York expired 8-8-2005 in Northeast Harbor, Maine   age 82   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3%    Scored 6.8000 solo points

theatrical costume designer/producer  Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes born on 8-16-1908 in Brussels, Belgium expired 8-16-2002 in Hudson, New York   age 95

Broadway scenic designer  Norman Bel Geddes   creator of General Motor's Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; father of actress Barbara ¤ born: Norman Melancton Geddes  born on 4-7-1893 in Adrian, Michigan expired 5-8-1958 in New York, New York   age 65

former Baltimore Orioles shortstop (1965-81)  Mark Belanger born on 6-8-1944 expired 10-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 54   cause: pneumonia; cancer

former Peruvian president (1963-68; 1980-85)  Fernando Belaúnde Terry   ousted by coup (1968); restored by ballot (1980) born on 10-7-1912 in Lima, Peru expired 6-4-2002 in Lima, Peru   age 89   cause: complications from stroke

advertising executive  Don Belding Sr.   co-founded Foote, Cone & Belding (1942) born on 1-23-1897 in Grant Pass, Oregon expired 9-16-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: cancer

lawyer & long time Postal Service operative  Frederick Christopher Belen   headed commitee that came up with the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP Code) in 1963 born on 12-25-1913 in Lansing, Michigan expired 10-13-1999 in Arlington, Virginia   age 85   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease AKS: sister Lucile E. Belen (b.12/28/1912 Lansing, MI d.6/2/2010 Lansing, MI) longtime Lansing City Council person

former L.A. Dodger pitcher & drunkard  Robert "Bo" Belinsky   accomplished pool hustler; threw no-hitter (5/2/1962); once engaged to Mamie Van Doren; married/divorced Jo Collins & Janie Weyerhaeuser born on 12-7-1936 in New York, New York expired 11-23-2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 64   cause: heart attack; bladder cancer

comedy writer  Gary Belkin   worked on the Sid Caesar Show, Get Smart, the Carol Burnett Show, Newhart & Sesame Street; earned an Emmy for the PBS sex education program V.D. Blues born on 4-24-1926 in New York, New York expired 7-28-2005 in West Hollywood, California   age 78   cause: emphysema

Scottish inventor  Alexander Graham Bell   inventor of the telephone (not, as some believe, Don Ameche); co-founder of the National Geographic Society born on 3-3-1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 8-2-1922   age 75

former L.A.-area congressman (1961-76)  Alphonzo E. Bell   grandson of James George Bell; his father developed Westwood, Beverly Hills, Pacific Palisades & Bel-Air; widower of Marion McCargo Bell born on 9-19-1914 in Los Angeles, California expired 4-25-2004 in Santa Monica, California   age 89   cause: pneumonia

writer, gay activist  Arthur Irving Bell   a columnist for The Village Voice; author of Kings Don't Mean a Thing; conducted an interview for Playboy magazine born on 11-6-1939 in New York, New York expired 6-2-1984 in New York, New York   age 44   cause: complications from diabetes

former MacDonald's CEO  Charles H. "Charlie" Bell   started out flipping burgers at age 15; diagnosed with cancer just after taking the post born on 11-7-1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 1-17-2005 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 44   cause: colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%    Scored 10.6000 solo points

former Philadelphia Eagles president (1933-40)  DeBonneville "Bert" Bell   insituted pro football draft in 1936; second NFL Commissioner (1946-59); coined saying "On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team." born on 2-25-1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-11-1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 64   cause: heart attack

movie projectionist  Donald J. Bell   co-founder of Bell & Howell Camera Co. (1907) born on --1869 expired ??-??-1934   age 64

noted Celtic harpist  George Derek Fleetwood Bell   longtime member of The Chieftans born on 1-1-1935 in Belfast, Northern Ireland expired 10-15-2002 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 67   cause: hypertensive cardiomyopathy

Taco Bell founder (1962)  Glen William Bell Jr. born on 9-3-1923 in Lynwood, California, United State of America expired 1-17-2010 in Rancho Santa Fe, California   age 86

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

radio manufacturer  Herbert A. Bell   co-founder of Packard-Bell in 1945 born on 7-3-1890 in Rock Valley, Iowa expired 1-30-1970   age 79

General Mills founder and chairman  James Ford Bell expired 5-7-1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 81

Hall-of-Fame  James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell   Negro Leagues outfielder (1922-50) born on 5-17-1903 in Starkville, Mississippi expired 3-7-1991 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 87

pro wrassler  John Bell ¤ aka: "Chief War Eagle"  expired 8-27-1979   age ??   cause: heart attack

Bell Aircraft founder  Lawrence Dale Bell expired 10-20-1956 in Buffalo, New York   age 62

actress  Marian McCargo Bell   mother of actor Billy Moses born on 3-18-1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-7-2004 in Santa Monica, California   age 72   cause: pancreatic cancer

actress  Marion Bell   played Fiona Maclaren in original Broadway production of Brigadoon (1947); married to Alan Jay Lerner (1947-49) born on 11-16-1919 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-14-1997 in Culver City, California   age 78

former conservation officer  Ray Bell   rescued bear cub & nursed it back to health following 1950 forest fire born on 10-3-1911 in Frederick, Oklahoma expired 12-22-2000 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico   age 89   cause: cancer

former WGN tv Bozo  Robert L. "Bob" Bell born on 1-18-1922 expired 12-8-1997   age 75

Reagan Education Secretary (1981-85)  Terrel Howard Bell born on 11-11-1921 in Hot Lava Springs, Idaho expired 6-22-1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 74   cause: pulmonary fibrosis

soap opera writer/creator  William Joseph Bell   created The Bold and the Beautiful & The Young and the Restless born on 3-6-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-29-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

one-time Baptist minister  Francis Bellamy   wrote the Pledge of Allegiance (1892) born on 5-18-1855 in Mount Morris, New York expired 8-28-1931 in Tampa, Florida   age 76

actor  Ralph Bellamy born on 6-17-1904 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-29-1991   age 87    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former football coach  Emory Dillworth Bellard   was head coach at Teas A&M and Mississippi State; as an assistant at the University of Texas invented the "wishbone" offense (1968; but didn't name it) born on 12-17-1927 in Luling, Texas expired 2-10-2011 in Georgetown, Texas   age 83   cause: ALS

flamboyant lawyer  Melvin Mouron Belli   appeared in an original series Star Trek episode as the evil alien Gorgon ¤ nickname: "The King of Torts"  born on 7-29-1907 in Sonora, California expired 7-4-1996 in San Francisco, California   age 88   cause: pancreatic cancer; stroke; pneumonia

author  Samira Bellil   her book "In Gang-Rape Hell" recounted her childhood born on 11-24-1972 in Algiers, Algeria expired 9-3-2004 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 31   cause: stomach cancer

Buffalo NY Anchor Bar co-owner  Teressa Bellissimo   invented Buffalo Wings (October 30, 1964) born on 11-18-1900 expired 11-??-1985 in Buffalo, New York   age 84

writer  Saul C. Bellow   won 1976 Nobel and Pulitzer prizes for literature ¤ born: Solomon Bellows  born on 6-10-1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada expired 4-5-2005 in Brookline, Massachusetts   age 89    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2005 WORM 4.3%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

architect  Pietro Belluschi born on 8-18-1899 in Ancona, Italy expired 2-14-1994 in Portland, Oregon   age 94

comedy writer & producer  Jerry Belson   had a long-time writing partnership with Garry Marshall born on 7-8-1938 in El Centro, California expired 10-10-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: pancreatic cancer

big band/jazz percussionist  Louie Belson ¤ born: Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni  born on 7-6-1924 in Rock Falls, Illinois expired 2-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 84   cause: Parkinson's disease; broken hip; fell

comedian and actor  John Belushi   original SNL comedian; was one of the Blues Brother (with Dan Aykroyd); played John "Bluto" Blutarski in Animal House and Lt. Wild Bill Kelso in 1941 born on 1-24-1949 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-5-1982 in Los Angeles, California   age 33   cause: drug overdose    Contest Selectors 1979 MM 7.7%

Voskhod 2 cosmonaut cosmonaut  Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev   supervised the first space walk born on 6-26-1925 in Chelizshevo, Russia, USSR expired 1-10-1970 in Moscow, Russia, Ussr   age 44   cause: stomach ulcer

former Milwaukee cop  Lawrencia A. "Bambi" Bembenek   went of the lam to Canada after being accused of murdering husband's (Elfred Schultz) ex-wife (Christine Schultz; 5/28/81); briefly worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Lake Geneva hutch; after recapture copped plea and released with time served; in 2002 broke leg so badly her right foot needed to be amputated (trying to escape from Dr. Phil?!) ¤ aka: "Laurie" Bembenek ex-Mrs. Martin Carson  born on 8-15-1958 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 11-20-2010 in Portland, Oregon   age    cause: liver failure; kidney failure; liver cancer; hepatitis C    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3% AKS: Bambie Bambee

former IBM computer scientist  Robert W. Bemer   worked on IBM Stretch project (System 7030); co-inventor of the COBOL computer language; invented the Escape key and "Escape" sequences; known as the "Father of ASCII" born on 2-8-1920 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan expired 6-22-2004 in Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas   age 84   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%

Baruj Benacerraf   shared the 1980 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-29-1920 in Caracas, Venezuela expired 8-2-2011 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 90   cause: pneumonia

actress  Bea Benaderet   appeared on Burns and Allen tv show; Pearl Bodine (Jethro's mom) on Beverly Hillbillies; Kate Bradley on Petticoat Junction; mother of Jack Bannon born on 4-4-1903 in New York, New York expired 10-13-1968 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: cancer

playwright  Jacinto Benavente y Martinez   Nobel literature laureate in 1922 born on 8-12-1866 in Madrid, Spain expired 7-14-1954 in Madrid, Spain   age 87

author  Peter Bradford Benchley   grandson of humorist Robert Benchley; wrote Jaws (1974), The Deep (1976), The Island (1979) & Beast (1991) born on 5-8-1940 in New York, New York expired 2-12-2006 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 65   cause: respiratory failure; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

humorist & actor  Robert Charles Benchley born on 9-15-1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 11-21-1945 in New York, New York   age 56

dentist Dr.  Israel Boris Bender   creator of the root-canal treatment born on 11-4-1905 expired 6-7-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 97   cause: heart failure

4-wheel brake inventor  Vincent Bendix born on 8-12-1882 in Moline, Illinois expired 3-27-1945 in New York, New York   age 62

actor  William Bendix   second actor to play Chester A. Riley on The Life of Riley tv show born on 1-14-1906 in New York, New York expired 12-14-1964   age 58

cartoon character designer  Edward A. Benedict   designed a lot of the Hanna-Barbera stable of stars: Ruff and Reddy, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quickdraw McGraw, Snagglepuss, the Flintstones, ... born on 8-23-1912 expired 8-28-2006 in Auburn, California   age 94

character actor  Paul B. Benedict   had suffered from acromegaly; played the Mad Number Painter on Sesame Street (1969-76), the Chestnut Man in The Might Be Giants (1971), the Zen Buddhist in Cold Turkey (1971), neighbor Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons (1975-85), Tucker "Smitty" Brown in This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Roy Loomis - "NOT Guffman" in Waiting for Guffman (1996) & Martin Berg in A Mighty Wind (2003) born on 9-17-1938 in Silver City, New Mexico expired 12-1-2008 in Chilmark, Martha's Vinyard, Massachusetts   age 70

character actor  William Benedict   played "Whitey" in 1940s and 50s Bowery Boys films born on 4-16-1917 in Haskell, Oklahoma expired 11-25-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 82

tenor sax player, vocalist & band leader  Gordon "Tex" Beneke   sang "Chattanooga Choo Choo" & "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" with Glenn Miller's orchestra born on 2-12-1914 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-30-2000 in Costa Mesa, California   age 86

barrister  Peter James Henry Solomon Benenson   founded the busy-body organization known as Amnesty International (1961) born on 7-31-1921 in London, England expired 2-25-2005 in Oxford, England   age 83   cause: pneumonia; celiac disease

Czech premier (1935-38)  Eduard Benes   resigned/fled after the München Pact dismembered the country; returned as head of government (1946-48) until ousted in Communist coup born on 5-28-1884 in Kozlany, Bohemia expired 9-3-1948 in Usti, Czechoslovakia   age 64

poet, author  Stephen Vincent Benét   wrote The Devil and Daniel Webster born on 7-22-1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania expired 3-13-1943 in New York, New York   age 44

Israel's first Prime Minister  David Ben-Gurion ¤ born: David Green  born on 10-16-1886 in Plonsk, Poland expired 12-1-1973 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 87   cause: brain hemorrhage

former Puerto Rican resident commissioner in congress  Jaime Benitez Rexach born on 10-29-1908 in Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico expired 5-30-2001 in San Juan, Puerto Rico   age 92   cause: pneumonia

CBS News producer  Burton Benjamin   co-producer of The Twentieth Century; produced the CBS Evening News during Walter Cronkite's tenure born on 10-9-1917 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-18-1988 in Scarborough, New York   age 70

geezer  Charlotte Benkner ¤ née: Enterlein  born on 11-16-1889 in Leipzig, Germany expired 5-14-2004 in North Lima, Ohio   age 114    Contest Selectors 2004 ABRA, KLS, PCD, RIE 22.2%    Scored 1.7250 points

Methodist minister Rev.  George Bennard   wrote hymn The Old Rugged Cross (1912) born on --1873 expired 10-10-1958 in Reed City, Michigan   age 85

actress  Barbara Bennett   mother of Morton Downey Jr. born on 8-13-1906 in Palisaides, New Jersey expired 8-9-1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 51   cause: heart attack

early Tarzan actor  Bruce Bennett   was an Olympic shot putter — won silver in the 1928 games; played in the 1926 Rose Bowl for the University of Washington; played Waco Hoyt in Sahara (1943), was the unfaithful husband of the title character in Mildred Pierce (1945) & played James Cody in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) ¤ real name: Harold Herman Brix  born on 5-19-1906 in Tacoma, Washington expired 2-24-2007 in Santa Monica, California   age 100   cause: complications from a broken hip    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2007 DTH 3.2%    Scored 5.0000 solo points AKS: Bennet Benett Benet

screenwriter  Charles Bennett   wrote The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, King Solomon's Mines (1937 original) & Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea born on 8-2-1899 in Shoreham-By-Sea, England expired 6-15-1995   age 95

former Florida congressman (1949-92)  Charles Edward Bennett Sr.   sponsored the legislation that put "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency (1955) & the Americans With Disabilities Act born on 12-2-1910 in Canton, New York expired 9-6-2003 in Jacksonville, Florida   age 92

actress  Constance Campbell Bennett   sister of Joan Bennett born on 10-22-1905 in New York, New York expired 7-24-1965 in Fort Dix, New Jersey   age 59

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

aviator  Floyd Bennett   flew over North Pole with Richard Byrd; former Long Island airfield named for him (Lindbergh left from there for Paris) born on 10-25-1890 in Warrensburg, New York expired 4-25-1928 in Quebec, Canada   age 37   cause: plane crash

actress  Joan Bennett born on 2-27-1910 in Palisaides, New Jersey expired 12-7-1990   age 80

composer  Robert Russell Bennett born on 6-15-1894 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 8-19-1981   age 87

Vietnam War conscientious objector  Thomas William Bennett   as a medical corpsman corporal Bennett braved withering enemy fire to go to the aid of his wounded comrades, ultimately losing his life; his selflessness was recognized with the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor, only the second to ever be given to a conscientious objector born on 4-7-1947 in Mortgantown, Wast Virginia expired 2-11-1969 in Chu Pa Region, Pleiku Province, Republic of Vietnam   age 21   cause: enemy fire

novelist  William E. Bennett   wrote Lilies of the Field born on 11-16-1900 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1987 in Denver, Colorado   age 86

hang gliding proponent  William Edward Norman "Bill" Bennett   introduced the sport to America in the 1960s born on 9-26-1931 in Korumburra, Australia expired 10-7-2004 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona   age 73   cause: crashed

Pharoahs drummer  William Martin Bennett   played on 1960s hits Wooly Bully & Li'l Red Riding Hood with Sam the Sham born on 7-12-1944 in New York, New York expired 10-25-2000 in Sykesville, Maryland   age 56   cause: heart attack

physicist & inventor  William Ralph Bennett Jr.   pioneered the gas laser, receiving numerous patents (1964) born on 1-30-1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 6-29-2008 in Haverford, Pennsylvania   age 78   cause: cancer of the esophagus

comedian  Jack Benny   on radio and tv played a character who was the cheapest man on earth; appeared in 1929 movie Chasing Rainbows (the song Happy Days Are Here Again was introduced in it) ¤ born: Benjamin Kubelsky  born on 2-14-1894 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-26-1974 in Beverly Hills, California   age 80   cause: pancreatic cancer

professional wrassler  Christopher Michael Benoit   had been knocking around all of the circuits: WCW, WCW, WCW & WWE/F; did a murder/suicide on wife & child; seriously into steroids ('roid rage?) born on 5-21-1967 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 6-25-2007 in Fayette County, Georgia (near Fayetteville)   age 40   cause: suicide; hanged

former literary critic  Pierre de Bénouville   formed early German resistance movement in World War II born on 8-8-1914 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 12-5-2001 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 87 AKS: Benouville

Mormon Church elder  Ezra Taft Benson born on 9-3-1899 in Whitney, Idaho expired 5-30-1994   age 94

Nancy Drew author  Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson   also a writer for the Toledo Blade ¤ aka: "Carolyn Keene"  born on 7-10-1905 in Ladora, Iowa expired 5-28-2002 in Toledo, Ohio   age 96    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14% 2001 KLS 12½% 2002 RR 9.1%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

Four Tops vocalist  Renaldo "Obie" Benson   sang baritone in the group born on 6-14-1936 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-1-2005 in Detroit, Michigan   age 69   cause: lung cancer

author  Sally Benson   wrote Meet Me In Saint Louis ¤ pan name: "Esther Everts"  born on 9-3-1900 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-19-1972 in Woodland Hills, California   age 71

Hindenburg survivor  Eugen Bentele   mechanic aboard the Hindenburg born on 10-18-1909 in Friedrichshafen, Germany expired 12-12-2003 in Friedrichshafen, Germany   age 94    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero of the minimum three needed) 2004 CSI AKS: Eugene

philosopher  Jeremy Bentham   knew an ipsedixitist when he saw one born on 2-15-1748 in London, England expired 6-6-1832 in London, England   age 84

original BBC "Goon"  Michael Bentine   appeared with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe on the first season (1952) of the BBC Goon Show born on 1-26-1922 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England expired 11-26-1996 in London, England   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

retired Dallas, TX police detective  Paul Lester Bentley   arrested Lee Harvey Oswald in the Texas Theater 80 minutes after JFK was assassinated & 20 minutes after Oswald had killed officer J D Tippit born on 6-29-1921 in Dallas, Texas expired 7-21-2008 in Dallas, Texas   age 87

automotive designer-builder  Walter Owen Bentley   merged his firm with Rolls-Royce in 1931 expired 8-13-1971 in Woking, England   age 82

MIT professor  Stephen A. Benton   as a Polaroid Co. employee invented the white-light 3-D rainbow-colored hologram (1968), used on credit cards, driver's licenses, etc. born on 12-1-1941 in San Francisco, California expired 11-9-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 61   cause: brain cancer

North Carolina senator (1821-51)  Thomas Hart Benton   lost re-election bid for opposing extension of slavery into new territories born on 5-14-1782 in Hillsboro, North Carolina expired 4-10-1854 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 71

muralist  Thomas Hart Benton born on 4-15-1889 in Neosho, Missouri expired 1-19-1975 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 85   cause: heart disease

Lloyd Millard Bentsen Sr. born on 11-24-1895 expired 1-17-1989   age 93   cause: hit by bus

Bubba's first Treasury Secretary  Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.   a great "friend" of the oil and gas industry (hence the nickname) ¤ aka: "Loophole Lloyd"  born on 2-11-1921 in Mission, Texas expired 5-23-2006 in Houston, Texas   age 85    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2001 TEX 12½% 2002 TMTX 9.1% 2003 TMTX 5.6% 2004 ADWC 5.6% 2005 ADWC, BYE, FA, SLIM, TBC 21.7% 2006 ADWC, BYE, TFM 10.0%    Scored 4.6250 points AKS: Bentson Bensen Benson Bensun

Great Lakes sailor  Thomas D. Bentsen   Oiler aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 23   cause: drowned when ship foundered

screenwriter  Leonardo Benvenuti   wrote screenplays for Once Upon A Time In America and Marriage, Italian Style born on 9-8-1923 in Florence, Italy expired 11-3-2000 in Rome, Italy   age 77   cause: complications after heart bypass surgery

pioneering biodynamicist  Theodore Hannes Benzinger   flight surgeon with the Luftwaffe during World War II; invented the ear thermometer; developed the Planck-Benzinger equation that "modified" the Second Law of Thermondynamics (entropy) born on 4-13-1905 in Stuttgart, Germany expired 10-26-1999 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 94

actor  John Beradino born on 5-1-1917 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-19-1996   age 79

ousted French premier (1992-93)  Pierre Eugene Beregovoy born on 12-23-1925 in Deville-les-Rouen, France expired 5-1-1993   age 67

graphic artist & kiddie book author  Stanley Melvin Berenstain   with wife Jan created the Berenstain Bears (1962) born on 9-29-1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-26-2005 in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania   age 82   cause: lymphoma

small firearms manufacturer  Pietro Beretta   best remembered for his pistols expired 5-2-1957 in Brescia, Italy   age 87

Mad Magazine artist  David "Dave" Berg   known for his Lighter Side of ... strips ¤ aka: "Roger Kaputnik"  born on 6-12-1920 in New York, New York expired 5-16-2002 in Marina del Rey, California   age 81

actress  Gertrude Edelstein Berg   played Molly Goldberg on radio and tv born on 10-3-1899 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1966 in New York, New York   age 66

major league catcher  Morris "Moe" Berg   spoke 10 languages; later was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II born on 5-3-1902 expired 5-29-1972 in Belleville, New Jersey   age 70

LPGA co-founder (1950)  Patricia Jane "Patty" Berg   was the organizations first president (1950-52) born on 2-13-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 9-10-2006 in Fort Myers, Florida   age 88   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

jazz saxophonist  Robert "Bob" Berg born on 4-7-1951 in New York, New York expired 12-5-2002 in Amagansett, New York   age 51   cause: car struck by cement truck during snow storm

AIDS victim  Kimberly Bergalis   victim of Dr. Acer's willful malpractice ¤ aka: "Patient A"  born on 1-9-1968 in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania expired 12-8-1991 in Fort Pierce, Florida   age 23   cause: AIDS

ventriloquist  Edgar John Bergen   father of Candice; first president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ¤ born: Edgar John Bergren  born on 2-16-1903 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-30-1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 75    Contest Selectors 1979 HA

Dr.  Frank Milan Berger   created the first mass-marketed psychiatric (anti-anxiety) drug "Miltown" (meprobamate; 1955) born on 6-25-1913 in Pilsen, West Bohemia, Austri-Hungary expired 3-18-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 94   cause: cardiac arrest; fall

movie director  Ludwig Berger   co-directed Thief of Bagdad (1940) ¤ born: Ludwig Gottfried Heinrich Bamberger  born on 1-6-1892 in Mainz, Germany expired 5-18-1969 in Schlangenbad, Germany   age 77

character actor  Lee Bergere   portrayed Abraham Lincoln on an original series Star Trek episode ("The Savage Curtain"; 1969) born on 4-10-1914 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-31-2007 in Fremont, New Hampshire   age 88

chemistry researcher  Friedrich Bergius   shared the 1931 Nobel prize in chemistry; came up with ways to produce gasoline from coal & sugar from wood born on 10-11-1884 in Goldschmieden, Silesia, Germany expired 3-30-1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 64

film director  Ernst Ingmar Bergman   directed The Seventh Seal (1957) born on 7-14-1918 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 7-30-2007 in Faro Island, Sweden   age 89    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM 5.6% 2004 DTM, EOD 11.1% 2005 DTM 4.3% 2006 DTH, DTM, RIE, 4GUE 13.3% 2007 DTH, GREB, JCM, RIE, WEP, 4GUE 19.4%    Scored 3.6781 points 2009 GREB

actress  Ingrid Bergman   mother of Isabella Rossellini born on 8-29-1915 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 8-29-1982   age 67   cause: cancer

voice actress  Mary Kay Bergman   did voice of Quasimodo's Mother in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Mrs. Cartman & Kenny's mom on South Park ¤ aka: "Shannen Cassidy"  born on 6-5-1961 expired 11-11-1999 in Venice, California   age 38   cause: suicide; shotgun blast to head (Mossberg 12 gauge)

1927 Nobel literature prize winner  Henri Bergson   a philosopher & member of the French Academy born on 10-18-1859 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 1-4-1941 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 81   cause: complications from arthritis

biochemist Dr.  Sune Karl Bergström   shared the 1982 Nobel medicine prize for discoveries in the workings of prostaglandins & related substances born on 1-10-1916 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 8-15-2004 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 88   cause: "a long illness" AKS: Bergstrom

KGB head goon (1938-53)  Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria   Yezhov's successor; one sadistic M.F.; taken out and shot nine months after Stalin's death born on 3-29-1899 in Georgia, Russia expired 12-23-1953 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 54   cause: executed AKS: Levrenti

addled offspring  Gergo Gegechkori   son of Beria; spend his last 45 years trying to exonerate his old man (talk about a futile exercise) ¤ psuedonym: Sergo Gegechkori  born on --1924 expired 10-13-2000 in Kiev, Ukraine   age 75   cause: heart attack

composer  Luciano Berio born on 10-24-1925 in Oneglia, Liguria, Italy expired 5-25-2003 in Rome, Italy   age 77

legendary movie choreographer & director  Busby Berkeley ¤ born: William Berkeley Enos  born on 11-29-1895 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-14-1976 in Palm Desert, California   age 80

screenwriter  Edward O. "Ted" Berkman   co-wrote the story & screenplay for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) born on 1-9-1914 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-12-2006 in Goleta Valley, California   age 92   cause: cancer

comedian  Milton Berle ¤ born: Mendel Berlinger aka: "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television"  born on 7-12-1908 in New York, New York expired 3-27-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 93   cause: colon cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, MS, SB 23.1% 1980 DR, DW, EB, HA 25.0% 2000 ANG, BOD, IVY, KLS 57% 2001 ANG, BOD, KLS, ROTS 50% 2002 ANG, BOD, CMH, DTM, JAC, JL, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 90.9%    Scored 3.2049 points

Milton's older brother  Phil Berle   had the rest of the siblings change their names for better marquee value; handled the business end of the five sibling's vaudeville act; also worked with Rudy Vallee and The Three Stooges ¤ born: Phil Berlinger  born on 1-21-1901 expired 1-2-1999 in Tampa, Florida   age 97

Ruth Berle   wife of Milton ¤ born: Ruth Cosgrove  born on 5-14-1921 expired 4-18-1989   age 67

Irving's wife  Ellin Mackay Berlin born on 3-22-1902 expired 7-29-1988   age 86

songwriter  Irving Berlin   wrote God Bless America born on 5-11-1888 in Temun, Russia expired 9-22-1989   age 101    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, JW, MS 23.1% 1980 DO, JW, RR, VA 25.0%

inventor  Emile Berliner   invented the Grammophone disc player (superceding the Edison cylinder); also invented the "dynamic" microphone born on 5-20-1851 in Hannover, Prussia, Germany expired 8-3-1929   age 78

1932 Olympic decathalon gold medalist  Bernard E. "Barney" Berlinger Sr.   won 1931 Sullivan Award born on 3-13-1908 expired 12-2-2002 in Carversville, Pennsylvania   age 94   cause: heart failure

linguist  Charles Frambach Berlitz   ran the language schools founded by his grandfather; author of Atlantis (1969), Mysteries from Forgotten Worlds (1973) & The Bermuda Triangle (1974) born on 11-22-1913 in New York, New York expired 12-18-2003 in Tamarac, Florida   age 90

concert pianist  Lazar Naumovich Berman born on 2-26-1930 in Leningrad, Russia, USSR expired 2-6-2005 in Florence, Italy   age 74   cause: heart attack

photographer  Morris Berman   as a World War II U.A. Army photographer to picutres of the corpses of Mussolini & his mistress born on 7-15-1909 in Wheeling, West Virginia expired 6-16-2002 in Sun City, Arizona   age 92

movie producer  Pandro Samuel Berman   produced: Top Hat, Morning Glory, The Blackboard Jungle, The Gay Divorcee (1934), Swing Time, Shall We Dance, Of Human Bondage, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Gunga Din, National Velvet, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Butterfield 8 and Father of the Bride (1950) born on 3-28-1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-8-1996   age 91

former Nicaraguan contra leader  Enrique Bermúdez ¤ aka: "Commandante 380"  expired 2-16-1991 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 58   cause: assassinated; a hail of gunfire AKS: Bermudez

actor  Jason Bernard born on 5-17-1938 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-16-1996 in Burbank, California   age 58   cause: heart attack

physician & researcher Dr.  Jean Alfred Bernard   pioneering hematologist; researcher blood diseases, having several syndromes named for him; was a member of the Académie française (seat number 25; 1975-2006, succeeding Marcel Pagnol) born on 5-26-1907 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 4-17-2006 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 98 AKS: hæmatologist

character actor/acting teacher  Joseph Bernard   appeared in Judgement at Nurembuerg (1961); was the Argilian musician Tark on original Star Trek series episode Wolf in the Fold born on 12-12-1923 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 4-3-2006 in New York, New York   age 82

actor  Hershel Bernardi   provided voice for spokestoon Charlie the Tuna born on 10-30-1923 in New York, New York expired 5-9-1986 in Los Angeles, California   age 62

MacDonald's franchisee  Alcide E. Bernardin   invented the Quarter-Pounder hamburger (1971) born on 2-17-1928 expired 12-22-2009 in Fremont, California   age 81   cause: stroke

Chicago prelate  Joseph Cardinal Bernardin ¤ born: Joseph Louis Bernardin  born on 4-2-1928 in Columbia, South Carolina expired 11-14-1996 in Chicago, Illinois   age 68   cause: liver & pancreas cancer

Spanish candymaker  Enric Bernat i Fontlladosa   created Chupa Chups lollipops (1958) born on 10-20-1923 expired 12-27-2003 in Barcelona, Spain   age 80 AKS: Fontlladusa

public relations expert  Edward L. Bernays born on 11-22-1891 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-9-1995   age 103

advertising executive  William Bernbach   a co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency (1949) born on 8-13-1911 in New York, New York expired 10-2-1982 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: leukemia

Hollywood sound engineer & director  Edward L. Bernds Sr.   directed several Bowery Boys movies, The Queen of Outer Space (1958), Return of the Fly (1959) + The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962) and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) born on 7-12-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-20-2000 in Van Nuys, California   age 94

cartoonist  Walter Berndt   created the Smitty strip (1924-73) & the Herby strip (1938-60); received the 1969 Reuben Award born on 11-22-1899 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 8-??-1979 in Port Jefferson, New York   age 79

royal consort  Prince Bernhard   widower of Queen Juliana, father of Queen Beatrix ¤ born: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Lippe-Biesterfeld zu Lippe-Biesterfeld  born on 6-29-1911 in Jena, Germany expired 12-1-2004 in Utrecht, The Netherlands   age 93   cause: lung & colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 ANG

actress  Sarah Bernhardt ¤ real name: Rosine Bernard  born on 10-22-1844 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 3-26-1923   age 78

vaudeville orchestra conductor  Ben Bernie   had catchphrase "Yowzah!"; first to record Sweet Georgia Brown (demanded/got co-author credit for the "privilege") expired 10-20-1943 in Los Angeles, California   age 52

NYC 21 Club co-founder  Charles A. Berns born on 8-8-1901 expired 2-??-1971   age 69

prolific movie music composer  Elmer Bernstein   wrote musical scores for Robot Monster (1953), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Great Escape (1963), True Grit (1969), Animal House (1978), Airplane! (1980), Heavy Metal (1980) & Ghostbusters (1984); won oscar for his musical score for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) born on 4-4-1922 in New York, New York expired 8-18-2004 in Ojai, California   age 82

conductor/composer  Leonard Bernstein   wrote musical score for West Side Story (along with Stephen Sondheim's lyrics) born on 8-25-1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts expired 10-14-1990   age 72    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7% 1980 EK, VA 12.5%

businessman and amateur hypnotist  Morey Bernstein   wrote The Quest for Bridey Murphy in 1956 born on 6-21-1919 expired 4-2-1999 in Pueblo, Colorado   age 79   cause: irregular heartbeat

artist  Theresa Ferber Bernstein   an arist of the Ash Can School ¤ Mrs. William Meyerowitz  born on 3-1-1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-13-2002 in New York, New York   age 111

Alfred C. Berol   president of Eagle Pencil Company (1946-62); name changed to Berol Corp. (1969) born on 10-5-1892 expired 6-14-1974 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 81

former baseball catcher  Raymond Frederick Berres born on 8-31-1907 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 2-1-2007 in Kenosha, Wisconsin   age 99   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2003 JL 5.6%

actor/director  Claude Berri   filmed Jean de Florette (1986) & Manon des Sources (1986) ¤ born: Claude Berel Langemann  born on 7-1-1934 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 1-12-2009 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 74   cause: stroke

plush toy manufacturer  Russell M. Berrie   founded Russ Berrie & Company (1963) born on 3-18-1933 in New York, New York expired 12-25-2002 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 69   cause: heart failure

pacifist  Philip Francis Berrigan   brother of Daniel born on 10-5-1923 in Two Harbors, Minnesota expired 12-6-2002 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 79   cause: liver & kidney cancer

Gil Thorp comic creator  John A. "Jack" Berrill born on 9-22-1923 in New York, New York expired 3-14-1996 in Brookfield, Connecticut   age 72

barrister  Roland Berrill   co-founded Mensa (1946) expired ??-??-1951 in London, England   age ??

tubby actor  Fred Berry   played Fred `Rerun' Stubbs on What's Happening sitcom (1976-9) born on 3-13-1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-22-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 52    Contest Selectors 2003 TAP 5.6%    Scored 9.8000 solo points

songwriter  Richard Berry   Louie, Louie writer (1955); song popularized by The Kingsmen (1963) born on 4-11-1935 in Extension, Louisiana expired 1-23-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: aneuyrism

jack-of-many-trades  William Berry   was a sound engineer for Warner Brothers studios in the 1930s; was a project engineer on Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose — was on board for it's only flight; father of singer Jan Berry born on 12-19-1909 expired 12-19-2004   age 95

singer  William Jan Berry   half of Jan and Dean; had hits with Deadman's Curve and Little Old Lady from Pasadena< born on 4-3-1941 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-26-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age    cause: seizure; complications from 1966 car crash neural damage

jazz trumpeter & bandleader  William Richard "Bill" Berry born on 9-14-1930 in Benton Harbor, Michigan expired 11-13-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: lung cancer

Washington Post editorial cartoonist  Clifford Kennedy Berryman   drew 1902 Washington Evening Star cartoon (titled "Drawing the Line in Mississippi") portraying Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear cub, the inspiration for the creation of the Teddy Bear; won 1944 Pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning; father of James born on 4-2-1869 in Clifton, Kentucky expired 12-11-1949 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80

Washington Evening Star editorial cartoonist (1923-64)  James Thomas Berryman   won 1950 Pulitzer prize for Editorial Cartooning; son of Clifford born on 6-8-1902 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 8-11-1971 in Venice, Florida   age 69

Dr.  Solomon Aaron Berson   co-discoverer of insulin radioimmunoassay (his partner in the discover shared the 1977 Nobel prize in medicine for the work) born on 4-22-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-11-1972 in Atlantic City, New Jersey   age 53   cause: heart attack

Notre Dame quarterback  Angelo Bortolo Bertelli   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1943) ¤ nickname: "accurate Angelo"  born on 6-18-1921 in West Springfield, Massachusetts expired 6-26-1999 in Clifton, New Jersey   age 78   cause: brain cancer

Cardinal  Paolo Bertoli born on 2-1-1908 expired 11-8-2001   age 93

super-geeezer  Julie Winnefred Bertrand   currently the oldest living woman and Canadian; lives in Montreal born on 6-16-1891 in Coaticook, Eastern Township, Quebec, Canada expired 1-18-2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 115    Contest Selectors 2006 KLS 3.3% 2007 KLS, RPRM, WEP 9.7%    Scored 1.6250 solo points

obscure actress  Marcheline Bertrand   best known as the mother of Angelina Jolie & James Haven Voight while married to Jon Voight (1971-78) born on 5-9-1950 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-27-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 56   cause: ovarian cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 LMLD, RAVN 6.5%    Scored 8.1500 points

former University of Chicago running back and quarterback  John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger   only winner of the Downtown Athletic Club (later Heisman) Trophy (1935); first player selected in first NFL draft (by the Philadelphia Eagles - he never played in the league) born on 3-19-1914 in Dubuque, Iowa expired 6-26-2002 in Oak Brook, Illinois   age 88   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 DTM, JAC, RR 27.3%    Scored 4.3250 points

actress  Bibi Besch   played Jim Kirk's ex-flame in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan born on 2-1-1940 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-7-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 56   cause: cancer

former Army Air Corps Lt.  Jacob Beser   only person to fly on both World War II nuclear missions against Japan: responsible for radar countermeasures on Enola Gay & Bockscar born on 5-15-1921 expired 6-17-1992 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 71   cause: cancer

playwright  Rick Besoyan   wrote Little Mary Sunshine born on --1925 in Alameda, California expired 3-13-1970 in Sayville, New York   age 45

That Girl actor  Ted Bessell born on 5-20-1935 in Flushing, New York expired 10-6-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 61   cause: aortic aneurism

former Stooge (1956-58)  Joe Besser born on 8-12-1907 expired 2-29-1988   age 80

Lauren Gail Bessette   sister of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and twin of Lisa Ann born on 11-5-1964 in Greenwich, Connecticut expired 7-16-1999 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts   age 34   cause: plane crash at sea

Hollywood Ten screen writer  Alvah Bessie   wrote movie screenplay for East of Eden; wrote book Inquisition of Eden (1965) about the blacklisting saga born on 6-4-1904 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1985 in Terra Linda, California   age 81

retired college hockey coach  Amo Bessone   coached at Michigan Tech (1948-50) & MSU (1951-79) born on 11-22-1916 in Sagamore, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United State of America expired 1-9-2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 93    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

insulin co-discoverer (1921) Dr.  Charles Herbert Best   also co-developed heparin born on 2-27-1899 in West Pembroke, Maine expired 3-31-1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 79   cause: ruptured abdominal aneurism

former UK soccer player  George Best   played for Manchester United; after undergoing 2002 liver transplant vowed to never drink again — that didn't last long born on 5-22-1946 in Belfast, Norther Ireland expired 11-25-2005 in London, England   age 59   cause: internal bleeding; lung infection    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6%

former Venezuelan president  Rómulo Betancourt   served two terms, 1945-48 & 1959-64 born on 2-22-1908 in Guatire, Venezuela expired 9-28-1981 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Romulo

Cornell University quantum physicist  Hans Albrecht Bethe   first to explain how stars fuse hydrogen into helium in "Engery Production in Stars"(1938); worked on the Manhattan Project; winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics ¤ "The Father of Nuclear Astrophysics"  born on 7-2-1906 in Strasburg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now France) expired 3-6-2005 in Ithaca, New York   age 98    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2002 ANG, RR 18.2% 2003 ANG, COCO, JL, RR 22.2% 2004 ANG, GHG, RR 16.7% 2005 ANG, GHG, RR 13.0%    Scored 3.3250 points 2006 OIE

children's psychoanalyst  Bruno Bettelheim born on 8-28-1903 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-13-1990   age 86    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

controversial politician  André Bettencourt born on 4-21-1919 in Saint Maurice d'Etelan, Seine Inférieure, France expired 11-17-2007   age 88 AKS: Andre

auto racer  Tony Lee Bettenhausen born on 10-30-1951 expired 2-14-2000 in Leesburg, Kentucky   age 48   cause: plane crash

character actor  Lyle Bettger   played lots of villains in the 1950s & 60s born on 2-13-1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-24-2003 in Atascadero, California   age 88

archivist  Otto Ludwig Bettmann   founder of the Bettmann Archive (1936) born on 10-15-1903 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany expired 5-1-1998 in Boca Raton, Florida   age 94   cause: kidney failure

actor  Carl Betz   played Dr. Alex Stone on The Donna Reed Show & was Judd for the Defense (1967-69) born on 3-9-1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-18-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 57   cause: lung cancer

Ohio death row inmate  Michael F. Beuke ¤ number A176128 aka: "the Homicidal Hitchhiker"  born on 2-14-1962 expired 5-13-2010 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 48    Contest Selectors 2010 DFFC, OIE, PCD, RAVN 14.8%    Scored 8.0125 points

former ABC News anchor  William Charles "Bill" Beutel   hosted their morning show before it became Good Morning America born on 12-12-1930 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-18-2006 in Pinehurst, North Carolina   age 75

disgraced Baptist minister  James Luther Bevel   had been an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.; was Lyndon LaRouche's vice-presidential running mate in 1992 on the Wack-Job ticket; was convicted of molesting his daughter born on 10-19-1936 in Itta Bena, Mississippi expired 12-19-2008 in Springfield, Virginia   age 72   cause: pancreatic cancer

namer & co-founder of Hollywood (1887)  Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge   married Philo Judson Beveridge (1894) following the death of her first husband (1891); cared for new husband's father until 1910 born on --1861 in Hicksville, Ohio expired ??-??-1914 in Hollywood, California   age 53

Illinois governor (1873-77)  John Lourie Beveridge   father-in-law of Hollywood co-founder born on 7-6-1824 in Greenwich, New York expired 5-3-1910 in Hollywood, California   age 85

retired Brunswick Corp. shipping supervisor  Joseph Robert Beyrle   in World War II was a 101st Airborne Division parachutist; jumped into Normandy on D-Night (June 5, 1944) & was captured; sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland he escaped in January 1945 & fought with a Soviet Army tank unit until wounded in February; believed to be the only soldier to fight for both powers in the war born on 8-25-1923 in Muskegon, Michigan expired 12-12-2004 in Toccoa, Georgia   age 81   cause: congestive heart failure

novelist & film noir screenwriter  Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides   wrote Kiss Me Deadly, On Dangerous Ground & Thieves Highway; co-created The Big Valley tv western born on 8-9-1908 in Samsun, Turkey expired 1-1-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 98

spiritual leader  Yogi Bhajan ¤ full name: Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji born: Harbhajan Singh Puri  born on 8-26-1929 in Gujrawala, India expired 10-6-2004 in Española, New Mexico   age 75   cause: complications from heart failure

grieving widow  Begum Nusrat Bhutto   widow of Zulfikar; mother of Benazir born on 9-21-1929 in Kurdistan, Iran expired 10-23-2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates   age 82    Contest Selectors 2009 GOHI 3.3% 2010 DGW 3.7%

former Pakistani Prime Minister  Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto   daughter of Zulfikar Ali born on 6-21-1953 in Karachi, Pakistan expired 12-27-2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan   age 54   cause: assassinated; gunshots    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14% 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD 9.1% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD, FA 8.7% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD 3.2%    Scored 9.6000 solo points AKS: Bhuto Butho Booto

1970s Pakistani Prime Minister  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto   overthrown in 1977; father of Benazir born on 1-5-1928 in Larkana, Pakistan expired 4-4-1979 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan   age 51   cause: executed; hanged

pro wrassler  Antonino Biasetton ¤ aka: "Antonino `Argentina' Rocca"  expired 3-15-1977   age 49

NBL Syracuse Nationals founder/owner  Daniel "Danny" Biasone   introduced the 24 second shot clock to the NBA (Fall 1954) born on 2-22-1909 in Miglianico, Chieti, Italy expired 5-25-1992 in Miglianico, Chieti, Italy   age 83

archaeologist  Thomas Geoffrey Bibby   co-discovered remains of Dilmun born on 10-14-1917 in Heversham, England expired 2-6-2001 in Aarhus, Denmark   age 83

actor & tv director  Abner Biberman born on 4-1-1909 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-20-1977 in San Diego, California   age 69

Hollywood Ten screen writer and director  Herbert J. Biberman   directed Salt of the Earth (1954) just before incarceration for "contempt of congress"; husband of Gale Sondergaard born on 3-4-1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-30-1971 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: bone cancer

inventor Baron  Marcel Bich   invented the Bic disposable ball point pen (1953) born on 7-29-1914 in Turin, Italy expired 5-30-1994   age 79 2003 CSI 2004 CSI 2005 CSI 2006 CSI, RIE

former United Press president (1923-35)  Karl A. Bickel born on 1-20-1882 in Genesco, Illinois expired 12-11-1972 in Sarasota, Florida   age 90

actor  Charles Ambrose Bickford born on 1-1-1889 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 11-9-1967 in Hollywood, California   age 78

1940s actress  Phyllis Bickle born on 2-18-1915 in London, England expired 10-8-2002 in London, England   age 87

Catherine Eugenia Finnegan "Jean" Biden   mother of vice-president Joe Biden born on 7-7-1917 in Scranton, Pennsylvania expired 1-8-2010 in Wilmington, Deleware   age 92

very old woman  Mary E. Bidwell born on 5-19-1881 expired 4-25-1996   age 114

tv writer  Joe Bigelow   co-created The Honeymooners born on 1-7-1910 expired 2-20-1976 in Hollywood, California   age 66   cause: coronary seizure

mathematician & electrical engineer  Julian H. Bigelow   working for the Institute for Advanced Study helped design first stored-program computer, the AIS (1946) born on 3-19-1913 expired 2-17-2003 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 89

cardiologist Dr.  William Gordon Bigelow   co-invented the cardiac pacemaker (1950); pioneered the technique of lowering body temperature to perform open-heart surgery born on 6-18-1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada expired 3-27-2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 91   cause: heart failure

author  Earl Derr Biggers   created Honolulu Police Department Sargeant Charlie Chan in book The House Without a Key (1925), inspired by exploits of real-life Honolulu detective Chang Apana born on 8-24-1884 in Warren, Ohio expired 4-5-1933 in Pasadena, California   age 48

organist  Edward George Power Biggs born on 3-29-1906 in Westcliff, England expired 3-10-1977 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 70

actor  Richard James Biggs II   played Dr. Franklin on Babylon 5 (1991-98) & Marcus Hunter on Days of Our Lives born on 3-18-1940 in Columbus, Ohio expired 5-22-2004 in Burbank, California   age 44   cause: torn aorta

Helene Hathaway Robinson Bigsby   first woman to own a major league baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals (1912-18) expired 1-8-1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 71

actor & Iriqouis Indian Chief  John Big Tree   his profile was one of the models for the Buffalo nickel ¤ born: Isaac Johnny John  born on 6-2-1877 expired 7-6-1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, Syracuse, New York   age 90

Ethiopian track star  Abebe Bikila   only person to win the Olympic marathon twice (1960 & 1964); paralyzed in 1969 auto accident expired 10-25-1973 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   age 46   cause: brain hemorrhage

black South African student leader  Stephen Biko born on 12-18-1946 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa expired 9-12-1977 in Praetoria, South Africa   age 30   cause: brain hemorrhage; severe beating

Chicago mayor (1977-1979)  Michael Anthony Bilandic   succeeded hizzoner; lost election to Jane Byrne born on 2-13-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-15-2002 in Chicago, Illinois   age 78   cause: heart rupture

labor union dinosaur  Morris "Moe" Biller   headed the American Postal Workers Union (1980-2001) born on 11-15-1915 in New York, New York expired 9-5-2003 in New York, New York   age 87   cause: heart disease

transplant immunologist Dr.  Rupert Everet Billingham born on 10-15-1921 in Warminster, England expired 11-16-2002 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 81   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

actress  Barbara Billingsley   played June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver ¤ born: Barbara Lillian Combes ex-Mrs. Glenn Billinsley widow of Roy Kellino (1953-56) widow of Dr. William Mortensen (1959-81)  born on 12-22-1915 in Los Angeles, California, United State of America expired 10-16-2010 in Santa Monica, California   age 94   cause: polymyalgia    Contest Selectors 2007 DTH 3.2% 2008 KLS, OED, RPRM 9.4% 2009 ADWC, GOHI, KLS, OED, RPRM 16.7% 2010 RPRM 3.7%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

construction company head  Abdullah Awad bin Laden   Usama's uncle expired 3-21-2002 in Medina, Saudi Arabia   age 75   cause: hypertension; diabetes

noted movie "titles" creator  Maurice Binder   did numerous opening title sequences for James Bond movies in a style originated by Robert Brownjohn in From Russia With Love and Goldfinger born on 12-4-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-9-1991 in London, England   age 72   cause: lung cancer

Great Lakes sailor  Edward Francis Bindon   First Assistant Engineer aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 1-7-1928 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 47   cause: drowned when ship foundered

ex-Met Opera impresario (1950-72) Sir  Rudolph Franz Josef Bing born on 1-9-1902 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-2-1997 in Yonkers, New York   age 95

explorer, U.S. senator  Hiram Bingham   censured by senate in 1929; discovered Machu Picchu in Peruvian Andes born on 11-19-1875 in Honolulu, Hawaii expired 6-6-1956 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80

international terrorist  Usāmah bin Mohammad bin `Awad bin Lāden   head of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization; purported to be mastermind behind the World Trade Center bombing (1993) & destruction (2001) ¤ Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن aka: Osama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن)  born on 3-10-1957 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia expired 5-1-2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan   age 54   cause: shot in head    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2002 ANG, CMH, JAC, JEDS, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 72.7% 2003 ABRA, ANG, PCD, TMTX 22.2% 2004 ABRA, ANG, KLS, PCD, RIE, TAP 33.3% 2005 ANG, BYE, KLS 13.0% 2006 ANG, BONY, BYE, KLS, TWOS, 4GUE 20.0% 2007 ABRA, ANG, DTH, GREB, KLS, PCD, RPRM, RR, SBAP, 4GUE 32.3% 2008 ANG, GREB, KLS, PCD, RPRM, TWOS, 4GUE 21.9% 2009 ANG, CSI, GREB, KLS, RPRM, TWOS 20.0% 2010 ANG, CSI, GREB, KLS, RPRM 18.5% AKS: Usama Usamah Osama bin Laden

Alice Stead Binney   came up with brand name Crayola for husband's new crayons: Cray from the French for "chalk" & ola from oleaginous (oily); her grandson's stepmother was Amelia Earhart born on --1866 in London, England expired 9-8-1960 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut   age 94

carbon-black merchant  Edwin Binney Sr.   with cousin co-founded Binney & Smith (1885); co-inventor of Crayola crayons (1903) born on 11-24-1866 in Scrub Oak, Westchester County, New York expired 12-17-1934 in Gainesville, Florida   age 68   cause: heart attack

actor  Edward Binns born on 9-12-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-4-1990 in Brewster, New York   age 74   cause: heart attack

Hazeltine Co. chairman (1957-59)  John Robinson "Jack" Binns   Marconi wireless operator aboard the White Star Line vessel Republic when ship was struck by the Florida off Nantucket at 5:40 a.m. on 1/23/1909; declined opportunity to be a wireless operator on the Titanic; joined Hazeltine in 1924 born on --1884 in Lincolnshire, England expired 12-8-1957 in New York, New York   age 73

writer, screenwriter & director  Claude Howard Binyon Sr.   while working as a writer for Variety (1925-32) wrote two of the most memorable newspaper headlines: Wall Street Lays an Egg (following the October 1929 stock market crash) and Hix Nix Stix Pix (7/17/1935) born on 10-17-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-14-1978 in Glendale, California   age 72   cause: heart ailment AKS: Sticks Nix Hick Pix

tv assistant director/production manager/producer  Claude Howard Binyon Jr.   son of the movie director/Variety headline scribe; worked on 24 episodes of The Outer Limits, 42 episodes of Get Smart & the last season of the original Star Trek series (1968-69) born on 7-13-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-27-2007 in Bellevue, Washington   age 76

pre-war missionary  John Morrison Birch   was an intelligence officer for the U.S. military during World War II; murdered by Communist Chinese troops born on 5-28-1918 in Landour, India expired 8-25-1945 in Shuzhou, China   age 27   cause: executed; shot AKS: Burch Berch

former football (soccer) midfielder  Paul Birch born on 11-20-1962 in West Bromwich, England expired 2-2-2009 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England   age 46   cause: bone cancer    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 10.4000 solo points

character actress  Billie Bird   late in her career played lots of old biddies; not related to Larry or Tweetie ¤ real name: Bird Berniece Sellen  born on 2-28-1908 in Pocatello, Idaho expired 11-27-2002 in Glendale, California   age 94   cause: Alzheimer's disease

poster child for mush-headed liberalism  Rose Elizabeth Bird   California Supreme Court justice (1977-86), appointed by Gov. Moonbeam & booted from office by voters born on 11-2-1936 in Tucson, Arizona expired 12-4-1999 in Palo Alto, California   age 63   cause: breast cancer

Antiguan independence leader  Vere Cornwall Bird Sr.   was prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1981-94) born on 12-7-1910 expired 6-28-1999 in Saint Johns, Antigua   age 88

frozen food inventor  Clarence Frank Birdseye born on 12-9-1886 in New York, New York expired 10-7-1956 in New York, New York   age 69

Nepalese head of state (1972-2001)  King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev   father of assassin/"king" Dipendra; brother of Regent Gyanendra; son of King Mahendra; grandson of King Tribhuvan born on 12-28-1945 in Katmandu, Nepal expired 6-1-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal   age 55   cause: shot to death by Crown Prince Dipendra

jorunalist/inventor  László Bíró   with brother Jorge invented the modern ball point pen (patented in Paris in 1938 and the U.S. & Argentina in 1943); European rights sold to Marcel Bich (1950) design stolen by Milton Reynolds ¤ born: József Lászlo Bíró aka: Ladislao José Bíró  born on 9-29-1899 in Budapest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary expired 10-24-1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 86 AKS: Lazlo Laszlo Biro Jozsef

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    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH 6.5%

former talk-show host  Joey Bishop   had been the last surviving member of the Sinatra "Rat Pack"; his late-night ABC talk show got clobbered in a three-way ratings race against Carson (on NBC) & Griffin (on CBS) 1967-69 (the announcer on his show was Regis Philbin) ¤ born: Joseph Abraham Gottlieb  born on 2-3-1918 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 10-17-2007 in Newport Beach, California   age 89   cause: "multiple causes"    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14% 2001 BOD, NFG 25% 2002 BOD, CMH, DTM 27.3% 2003 DTM, JEDS 11.1% 2004 ABRA, ADWC, BOD, DTM, NFG 27.8% 2005 ADWC, BOD, DTM, HH, NFG, QKU, SPAM 30.4% 2006 ADWC, BOD, DTM, MOT, NFG, PCD, QKU, RIE, SSH, SPIT, 4GUE 36.7% 2007 ABRA, ADWC, AUDC, BOD, DTH, DTM, GOHI, JCM, MOT, NFG, PCD, PUD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, 4GUE 51.6%    Scored 3.6001 points

Grenada prime minister (1979-83)  Maurice Bishop   overthrew prime minister Eric Gairy born on 5-29-1944 in Aruba expired 10-25-1983 in Fort Rupert, Grenada   age 39   cause: executed

former CIA deputy director  Richard M. Bissell Jr.   principal architect of the Bay of Pigs invasion/disaster born on 9-18-1909 expired 2-7-1994   age 84

one-time Mississippi riverboat pilot turned playwright  Richard Pike Bissell   wrote play 7½ Cents (1951); made into The Pajama Game (1954; co-authored by George Abbott) born on 6-27-1913 in Dubuque, Iowa expired 5-4-1977 in Dubuque, Iowa   age 63   cause: brain tumor

1960s Weatherman radical  Silas Trim Bissell   grandson of carpet sweeper inventor; attempted to bomb the U of Washington R.O.T.C. center (January 1970); got caught, skipped bail, arrested in 1987 ¤ aka: Terrence Peter Jackson  born on 4-27-1942 expired 6-22-2002 in Eugene, Oregon   age 60   cause: brain cancer

Time Tunnel actor  Whitner Bissell   also played Governor Santini in Soylent Green born on 10-25-1906 in New York, New York expired 3-5-1996 in Woodland Hills, California   age 89   cause: Parkinson's disease

editorial cartoonist  Jerry Bittle   also drew Geech strip expired 4-7-2003 in Honduras   age 53   cause: heart attack while scuba diving

actor  Bill Bixby   played Tim O'Hara on My Favorite Martian & Dr. Bruce Banner on Incredible Hulk tv series born on 1-22-1934 in San Francisco, California expired 11-21-1993   age 59   cause: cancer

composer  George Alexander Cé Léopold Bizet   wrote Carmen (1875) and L'Arlésienne Suites (1872) born on 10-25-1838 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 6-3-1875 in Bougival, France   age 36   cause: heart disease

author  Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson   a fellow student with Ibsen in Christiania; Nobel literature laureate for 1903 born on 12-8-1832 in Kvikne, Österdal, Norway expired 4-26-1910 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 77 AKS: Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Supreme Court associate justice  Hugo Lafayette Black   on court from 1937 to his death born on 2-27-1886 in Harlan, Alabama expired 9-25-1971 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 85   cause: stroke

Cafe Society Uptown and Downtown New York press agent  Ivan Black   gave Samuel Mostel his nickname: Zero born on 5-4-1903 expired 3-25-1979 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: respiratory failure

pharmacologist  James Whyte Black   inventor of Beta-blockers propranolol & pronethalol; synthesized cimetidine; shared the 1988 Nobel prize in physiology born on 6-14-1924 in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland expired 3-21-2010   age 85

original drummer in the Mothers of Invention  Jimmy Carl Black   later toured with a Mothers tribute band ¤ born: James Inkanish Jr.  born on 2-1-1938 in El Paso, Texas expired 11-1-2008 in Siegsdorf, German   age 70   cause: lung cancer

former Brooklyn Dodgers/Cincinnati Reds/Washington Senators pitcher  Joseph S. "Joe" Black Sr.   National League rookie of the year (1952) born on 4-29-1923 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 5-17-2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 79   cause: prostate cancer

Baltimore machine shop co-founder (1910)  Samuel Duncan Black Sr.   built up a tidy little electric tool business with his partner born on 8-2-1883 in Whitehall, Maryland expired 4-15-1951 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 67   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

Chock-Full-O-Nuts Coffee Co. president  William Black born on --1904 in New York, New York expired 3-8-1983   age 80

physicist Lord  Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett   won 1948 Nobel physics prize for his studies of comsic rays; confirmed existence of the positron (1933) born on 11-18-1897 in London, England expired 7-13-1974 in London, England   age 76

actor  Sidney Alderman Blackmer   co-founder of Actors Equity Association born on 7-13-1895 in Salisbury, North Carolina expired 10-5-1973 in New York, New York   age 78

actress  Suzanne Kaaren Blackmer   defied Donald Trump's efforts to kick her out of a rent-controlled apartment ¤ Mrs. Sydney Blackmer (1943-73)  born on 3-2-1912 in New York, New York expired 8-27-2004 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 92   cause: complications from pneumonia

retired Supreme Court justice  Harry Andrew Blackmun   1970 Nixon appointee; wrote the Roe v. Wade opinion permitting the casual slaughter of millions of innocent human beings born on 11-12-1908 in Nashville, Illinois expired 3-4-1999 in Arlington, Virginia   age 90   cause: complications from hip replacement surgery    Contest Selectors 1980 JH 6.3%

magician  Harry Blackstone Sr. ¤ born: Henry Boughten aka: Blackstone the Great  born on 9-27-1885 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-16-1965 in Hollywood, California   age 80

magician  Harry Blackstone Jr. born on 6-30-1934 in Colon, Michigan expired 5-14-1997 in Loma Linda, California   age 62   cause: pancreatic cancer

pioneer film producer and Vitagraph Company founder (1896)  James Stuart Blackton   an associate of Thomas Edison born on 1-5-1875 in Sheffield, England expired 8-13-1941 in Hollywood, California   age 66   cause: auto accident

Broadway musical director (Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madame)  Jay S. Blackton born on 3-25-1909 in New York, New York expired 1-8-1994   age 85

jazz drummer  Edward Blackwell born on 10-10-1929 expired 10-7-1992   age 62

gratuitously snarky fashion "critic"  Mr. Blackwell   perpetrator of an annual "Worst Dressed" list ¤ real name: Richard Sylvan Selzer  born on 8-29-1922 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 10-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 86   cause: complications from intestinal infection    Contest Selectors 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 TAP 5.6% 2006 MOT, XXX 6.7% 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW, XXX 6.3%    Scored 5.1500 points

noted songwriter  Otis Blackwell Sr.   wrote Don't Be Cruel, Great Balls of Fire, Handy Man, Return to Sender & All Shook Up born on 2-16-1932 in New York, New York expired 5-6-2002 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 70   cause: heart attack

contract bridge expert  Easley R. Blackwood Sr. born on 6-25-1903 expired 3-27-1992   age 88

gospel singer  James Webre Blackwood   founding member of the Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet (1934) born on 8-4-1919 in Choctaw County, Mississippi expired 2-3-2002 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 82   cause: complications from a stroke

Elizabeth Ann Blaesing   purported illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding & Nan Britton ¤ née: Britton  born on 10-22-1919 in Asbury Park, New York expired 11-17-2005 in Welches, Oregon   age 86    Contest Selectors 2006 RIE

movie & Broadway actress  Vivian Blaine ¤ born: Vivian S. Stapleton  born on 11-21-1921 in Newark, New Jersey expired 12-9-1995   age 74

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 ¤ born: Elizabeth Winifred Boger  born on 12-11-1923 in Cliffside Park, New Jersey expired 3-13-2009   age 85

NBC news anchor  Frank Blair born on 5-30-1915 in Yemassee, South Carolina expired 3-14-1995   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 DW 7.7%

George G. Blaisdell   founder of Zippo Manufacturing Co,, maker of cigarette lighters born on 6-5-1895 expired 10-3-1978 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 83

actress  Amanda Blake   Long Branch saloon proprietress Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke ¤ born: Beverly Louise Neill  born on 2-20-1929 in Buffalo, New York expired 8-16-1989   age 60

former Montreal hockey coach  Hector "Toe" Blake   won eight Stanley Cups born on 8-21-1912 in Victoria Mines, Ontario, Canada expired 5-17-1995 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 82

former Montgomery, Alabama bus driver  James F. Blake   on December 1, 1955 he had Rosa Parks arrested when she refused to give up her seat for a white man; in 1943 she had got on the bus through the front door and paid her fare but was told to exit the bus and re-enter through the rear exit - when she got off Blake sped away. born on 4-14-1912 expired 3-21-2002 in Montgomery, Alabama   age 89   cause: heart attack

ragtime composer  James Hubert "Eubie" Blake born on 2-7-1883 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 2-12-1983   age 100    Contest Selectors 1979 MM, MS 15.4% 1980 DH, DO, DR, DW, EB, JH, MM, RR 50.0%

cartoonist  Julian Watson "Bud" Blake   created the Tiger daily cartoon strip (1965) born on 2-13-1918 in Nutley, New Jersey expired 12-26-2005 in Portland, Maine   age 87

yachtsman Sir  Peter James Blake   won the Americas Cup twice (1995 & 2000) born on 10-1-1948 in Auckland, New Zealand expired 12-6-2001 in Macapa, Brazil   age 53   cause: shot by river pirates

actress  Whitney Blake   played Dorothy Baxter on Hazel (1961-65); co-created One Day at a Time series; mother of Meredith Baxter ¤ born: Nancy Ann Whitney  born on 2-20-1925 in Eagle Rock, California expired 9-28-2002 in Edgartown, Massachusetts   age 76

poet, painter & engraver  William Blake   a line from one of his poems, "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite," was used by Aldous Huxley as the title of one of his books (1954) born on 11-28-1757 in London, England expired 8-12-1827 in London, England   age 69

jazz drummer  Art Blakey born on 10-11-1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-16-1990   age 71

cartoon voicist  Melvin Jerome Blanc   provided the voices of numerous Warner Brothers cartoon characters + Twiki the robot on Buck Rogers tv series (1979); "b-dee, b-dee...that's all folks!" born on 5-30-1908 in San Francisco, California expired 7-10-1989   age 81    Contest Selectors 1980 DR, VA 12.5%

Franciscan nun & super-geezer  Eugénie "Douchy" Blanchard   formerly the confirmed oldest person in the world ¤ aka: "Sister Cyria"  born on 2-16-1896 in Saint Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, France expired 11-4-2010 in Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, France   age 114    Contest Selectors 2010 DFFC 3.7%    Scored 3.6000 solo points AKS: Eugenie

one-time Army fullback (1944-46)  Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard   won 1945 Sullivan Award & Heisman Trophy ¤ nickname: "Mr. Inside"  born on 12-11-1924 in Bishopville, South Carolina, United State of America expired 4-19-2009 in Bulverde, Texas, United State of America   age 84   cause: pneumonia

actress  Mari Blanchard   played Allura in Abbott and Costello Go To Mars (1953); had title role (Kyra Zelas) in She Devil (1957) born on 4-13-1927 in Long Beach, California expired 5-10-1970 in Woodland Hills, California   age 43   cause: cancer

NFL Hall-of-Fame football player  George Frederick Blanda   was both a quarterback and placekicker born on 9-12-1927 in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, United State of America expired 9-27-2010   age 83    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

actress  Clara Blandick   played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939) born on 6-4-1881 in Hong Kong (aboard a ship in the harbor) expired 4-15-1962 in Hollywood, California   age 80   cause: suicide; sleeping pill overdose/plastic bag around head

Admiral  William Henry Purnell Blandy   atomic test commander at Bikini Atoll expired 1-12-1954 in New York, New York   age 63

actress  Sally Blane   sister of Loretta Young ¤ real name: Elizabeth Jane Young  born on 7-11-1910 in Salida, Colorado expired 8-27-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 87

retired mechanical engineer  Julius Blank   was one of eight co-founders of the Fairchild Semiconductor Corp (1957); with Eugene Kleiner built the company's first chip making machines born on 6-2-1925 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 9-17-2011 in Palo Alto, California   age 86

retired carpenter  Edward N. Blankenheim   one of the 13 original Freedom Riders against segregation (1961) born on 3-16-1934 in Lake Benton, Minnesota expired 9-26-2004 in San Francisco, California   age 70

track athlete  Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen   won four gold medals in the 1948 Olympics born on 4-26-1918 in Baarn, The Netherlands expired 1-25-2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands   age 85   cause: heart failure; Alzheimer's disease

former Tennessee governor (1975-79)  Leonard Ray Blanton   resigned from office in the midst of a cash-for-clemency pardon scandal at the end of his term born on 4-10-1930 in Hardin County, Tennessee expired 11-22-1996 in Jackson, Tennessee   age 66   cause: liver failure

fashion designer  William Ralph "Bill" Blass born on 6-22-1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana expired 6-12-2002 in New Preston, Connecticut   age 79   cause: throat cancer

former pro wrassler  Freddie Blassie   coined phrase "pencil-neck geeks" ¤ real name: Fred Blassman  born on 2-8-1918 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 6-2-2003 in Hartsdale, New York   age 85   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 RAVN 5.6%    Scored 6.5000 solo points

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

screenwriter  Raphael David Blau   co-wrote Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) born on 8-11-1912 expired 3-31-1996 in New York, New York   age 83   cause: heart failure

American Oil Company (AMOCO) founder (1910)  Jacob Blaustein born on 9-30-1892 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 11-15-1970 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 78

retired Hawaiian north shore lifeguard  James William "Jimmy" Blears Jr.   son of "Tally Ho" Blears; brother of Laura Blears Ching; was also a champion surfer born on 1-6-1949 in Santa Monica, California expired 2-4-2011 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii   age 62   cause: "died in his sleep"

conductor  Leo Blech born on 4-21-1871 in Aachen, Prussia expired 8-24-1958 in Berlin, Germany   age 87

Twinlab Corp. co-founder  David Blechman born on 9-22-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-7-2000 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: complications from heart bypass surgery

concert, opera, radio and musical comedy baritone  Jules Bledsoe   sang Ol' Man River in original production of Show Boat (1927) born on 12-29-1898 expired 7-14-1943 in Hollywood, California   age 44

former Baltimore Oriole  Curt L. Blefary   1965 American League rookie of the year born on 7-5-1943 in New York, New York expired 1-28-2001 in Pompano Beach, Florida   age 57   cause: pancreatitis

archaeologist  Carl William Blegen   discovered the Palace of Nestor (the Homeric King of Pylos); early excavator of Troy, following up on the work of Heinrich Schliemann born on 1-27-1887 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 8-24-1971 in Athens, Greece   age 84

"Popcorn King"  James Victor Blevins   founded Blevins Popcorn Co. (1945) expired 4-12-1999 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 87

"brutal" 18th century British Navy captain  William Bligh   cast adrift in a 23-foot open boat with 18 others (3,600 miles from Timor) after the April 27, 1789 mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty (led by Fletcher Christian) born on 9-9-1754 in Tyntan, Cornwall, England expired 12-7-1817 in London, England   age 63

science fiction writer  James Benjamin Blish   wrote Fallen Star, Titan's Daughter & Case of Conscience (1958 Hugo Award winner) born on 5-23-1921 in Orange, New Jersey expired 7-30-1975 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England   age 54

British composer Sir  Arthur Bliss   wrote score for movie Things To Come (1936) ¤ Position Title: Master of the Queen's Musick (1953-75)  born on 8-2-1891 in London, England expired 3-27-1975 in London, England   age 83

former CBS correspondent  Edward L. Bliss   one of "Murrow's Boys"; was a professor of broadcast journalism at American University born on 7-30-1912 in Fuzhou, China expired 11-25-2002 in Alexandria, Virginia   age 90

Club Med co-founder  Gerard Blitz born on 8-1-1912 expired 3-3-1990   age 77

hijack victim  Dora Bloch   passenger aboard Air France flight 139 (Athens to Tel Aviv) hijacked to Entebbe, Uganda; hijackers permitted her to be taken to a hospital because of illness; after successful raid by Israeli commandos freed the hostages an irate Idi Amin had her dragged from her hospital bed and executed by his thugs (purportedly Major Farouk Minawa & Captain Nasur Ordoga) expired 7-4-1976 in Kampala, Uganda   age 75   cause: executed; strangled; shot

Feliz Bloch   shared the 1952 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (1946) born on 10-23-1905 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 9-10-1983 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 77

biochemist  Konrad Emil Bloch   shared the 1964 Nobel prize in medicine born on 1-21-1912 in Neisse, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 10-15-2000 in Lexington, Massachusetts   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure

tax preparer  Richard Adolf Bloch   with brother founded H&R Block Inc. born on 2-15-1926 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 7-21-2004 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 78   cause: heart failure AKS: Block

computing pioneer  Richard Milton Bloch   invented error-detection scheme known as parity checking while working on Harvard's Mark I computer born on 6-18-1921 in Rochester, New York expired 5-22-2000 in Framingham, Massachusetts   age 78   cause: cancer

composer  Ernest Block born on 7-24-1880 in Geneva, Switzerland expired 7-15-1959 in Portland, Oregon   age 78

World War II soldier  Harlon Block   one of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi born on --1924 in Yorktown, Texas expired 2-28-1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan   age 20   cause: mortar shell explosion

political cartoonist  Herbert Lawrence Block   coined term McCarthyism ¤ aka: "Herblock"  born on 10-13-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-7-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 91   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14%

writer  Robert Block   wrote Psycho (1959); wrote several original series Star Trek episodes born on 4-5-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-23-1994 in Los Angeles, California   age 77   cause: cancer

actor  Dan Blocker   played Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza born on 12-12-1927 in Bowie, Texas expired 5-13-1972 in Inglewood, California   age 44   cause: pulmonary embolus; complications from gall bladder surgery

actor/screenwriter  Michael K. Blodgett   played Lance Rocke in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); co-wrote the story/screenplay for Turner & Hooch (1989) ¤ aka: "B-list Beefcake" ex-Mr. Meredith Baxter (1995-2000)  born on 9-26-1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 11-14-2007 in Pompton Lakes, California   age 68   cause: heart attack; hepatitis

writer & translator  John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld   a school chum of Ian Fleming (got a James Bond villain named for him); wrote extensively about Zen Buddhism born on 4-2-1913 in London, England expired 6-7-1987 in Bangkok, Thailand   age 74

actress  Rose Joan Blondell born on 8-30-1906 in New York, New York expired 12-25-1979 in Santa Monica, California   age 73   cause: leukemia

author & professor  Allan David Bloom born on 9-14-1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 10-7-1992   age 62

CBS News tv director  Arthur Joseph Bloom   was there at the start of 60 Minutes (1968) — it is his Minerva brand stopwatch the you see under the opening and closing credits; is said to have "trained" Dan Rather to replace Walter Cronkite born on 4-19-1942 in New York, New York expired 1-28-2006 in Grandview-on-Hudson, New York   age 63   cause: lung cancer

early "feminist"  Amelia Jenks Bloomer   became eponym for billowing undergarment she introduced born on 5-27-1818 in Homer, New York expired 12-30-1894 in Council Bluffs, Iowa   age 76

accountant-turned-Broadway producer  Kermit Bloomgarden   produced Death of a Salesman (1949), The Diary of Anne Frank (1955), The Music Man (1957) & Equus (1974) born on 12-15-1904 in New York, New York expired 9-20-1976 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: complications from brain tumor

Diners' Club co-founder (1950)  Alfred S. Bloomingdale   shopped 'till he dropped?? born on 4-15-1916 in N