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| former Roumanian Secret Police thug Lt. General Ilie Andruta Ceauseşcu brother of Nicolae; did 5 of 15 years in prison expired 12-14-2000 in Bucharest, Roumania age 76 cause: cancer AKS: Ceausescu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of Romania (1974-89) Nicolae Ceauseşcu born on 1-26-1918 in Scornicesti-Olt, Roumania expired 12-25-1989 in Bucharest, Roumania age 71 cause: firing squad AKS: Ceausescu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicu Ceauseşcu playboy son of tyrant Nicolae born on 9-1-1951 expired 9-26-1996 in Vienna, Austria age 45 cause: cirrhosis of the liver AKS: Ceausescu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
writer Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil helped in the founding of the League of Nations; stayed with it from beginning to end; winner of the 1937 Nobel prize in peace
expired 11-24-1958 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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writer Don Camilo José Cela y Trulock 1989 Nobel literature laureate born on 5-11-1916 in Iria Flavia, La Coruña Province, Spain expired 1-17-2002 in Madrid, Spain age 85 cause: heart failure AKS: Jose | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennedy/Johnson H.E.W. Secretary (1962-65) Anthony J. Celebrezze born on 9-4-1910 expired 10-29-1998 in Cleveland, Ohio age 88 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired New York Rep. (1923-72) Emanuel Celler born on 5-6-1888 in Brooklyn, New York expired 1-15-1981 in New York, New York age 92
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| astronomer Anders Celsius invented the centigrade temperature scale in 1742 born on 11-27-1701 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 4-25-1744 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden age 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| publisher, founder of Random House Bennett Alfred Cerf regular panelist on What's My Line; first husband of Sylvia Sidney (1935-36) born on 5-25-1892 in New York, New York expired 8-27-1971 in New York, New York age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago mayor (1931-33) Anton Joseph Cermak assassinated with bullet meant for FDR born on 5-9-1873 in Prague, Bohemia expired 3-6-1933 in Miami, Florida age 59 cause: bullet wound | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Czech Interior Minister jailed by Nazis Dr. Josef Cerny born on 2-28-1885 in Nepolisy, Bohemia expired 12-7-1971 in New York, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra wrote Don Quixote (1605) born on 9-29-1547 in Alcala de Henares, Spain expired 4-23-1616 in Madrid, Spain age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Yucatán State governor Víctor Cervera Pacheco served from 1984 to 1988, then again from 1995 until 2001 born on 4-23-1936 in Mérida, Yucatán State, Mexico expired 8-18-2004 in Mérida, Yucatán State, Mexico age 68 cause: heart attack AKS: Victor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering aviator & airplane builder Clyde Vernon Cessna born on 12-5-1879 in Hawthorne, Iowa expired 11-20-1954 age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former French prime minister (1969-72) Jacques-Pierre-Michel Chaban-Delmas former mayor of Bordeaux (1947-95)
expired 11-10-2000 in Paris, France age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "new wave" film actor/director Claude Chabrol born on 6-24-1930 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 9-12-2010 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 80 cause: severe anemia
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| stock broker Florence May Chadwick first woman to swim the English Channel both ways; broke Gertrude Ederle's record born on 11-9-1917 in San Diego, California expired 3-15-1995 in San Diego, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Sir James Chadwick won 1935 Nobel Prize in physics for discovery of the neutron (1932) born on 10-20-1891 in Manchester, England expired 7-24-1974 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island senator (1977-99) John Hubbard Chaffee Nixon Navy secretary (1969-72); blocked the court martial of Lloyd Bucher born on 10-22-1922 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 10-24-1999 in Bethesda, Maryland age 77 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former pro tennis player Nancy Chaffee divorced from Ralph Kiner; married to Jack Whitaker born on 3-6-1929 in Ventura, California expired 8-11-2002 in Coronado, California age 73 cause: complications from cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Bruce Chaffee died on launching pad during a systems test born on 2-15-1935 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 1-27-1967 in Cape Canaveral, Florida age 31 cause: flash fire in capsule | |||||||||||||||||||||||
modern artist Marc Chagall
expired 3-28-1985 in Vence, France age 97
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| former president of International Ladies Garment Workers Union Sol Chick Chaikin born on 1-9-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-1-1991 age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Ernst Boris Chain shared the 1945 Nobel prize in medicine for the isolation of penicillin (1939) born on 6-19-1906 in Berlin, Germany expired 8-12-1979 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland age 73 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Feodor Ivanovitch Chaliapin Jr. born on --1907 in Moscow, Russia expired 9-17-1992 in Rome, Italy age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| fantasy/sci-fi author Jack Laurence Chalker born on 12-17-1944 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 2-11-2005 in Baltimore, Maryland age 60 cause: kidney, lung, heart failure AKS: Laurance Laurunce Lawrence Lawrance Lawrunce Lorence Lorance Lorunce | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time French Air Force General Maurice Challe lead unsuccessful 1961 Algerian coup against Charles De Gaulle expired 1-18-1979 in Paris, France age 73 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain a half-brother of Neville; part-originator of the Locarno Pact; shared the 1925 Nobel peace prize born on 10-16-1863 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England expired 3-17-1937 in London, England age 73 cause: apoplexy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Karl Eugene Chamberlain
expired 6-11-2008 in Huntsville, Texas age 37 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| cluelessly naïve British prime minister Neville Arthur Chamberlain got suckered by Hitler in München; "Peace in our time!" born on 3-18-1869 in Edgbaston, England expired 11-9-1940 in Odiham, England age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1959 Nobel physics co-laureate Owen Chamberlain co-discoverer of the antiproton (1955) born on 7-10-1920 in San Francisco, California expired 2-28-2006 in Berkeley, California age 85 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former NBA star Wilton Norman Chamberlain the hardwood satyr (over 20,000 served)
expired 10-12-1999 in Bel Air, California age 63 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| pilot Clarence D. Chamberlin flew first trans- born on 11-11-1893 in Denison, Iowa expired 10-30-1976 in Shelton, Connecticut age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| confessed Communist spy David Jay Whittaker Chambers testified against Alger Hiss born on 4-1-1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-9-1961 in Westminster, Maryland age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II dental technician John Chambers after the war he created facial prosthetic devices for disfigured veterans; starting as a makeup man in 1953 he went on to create Mr. Spock's ears for the original Star Trek tv series (1965) & the simian masks for Planet of the Apes (1968; awarded an honorary oscar for his work in
1969) born on 9-12-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-25-2001 in Woodland Hills, California age 78 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| country singer Lester J. Chambers born on 7-8-1926 expired 8-30-1992 age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
porn actress Marilyn Chambers as a 17-year old the portrayed the "mother" of the Ivory Snow baby in ads; star of Behind the Green Door (1972); did April 1974 Playboy pictorial; was living in a trailer at the time of death (found by daughter)
expired 4-12-2009 in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California age 56 cause: ruptured cerebral berry aneurysm; hypertrophic heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
dumb-ass truck driver Robert Edward Chambliss killer of four girls in the basement of a church that he bombed (1963); convicted of the crime in 1977
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French composer Cecile Chaminade
expired 4-18-1944 in Monte Carlo, Monaco age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired General & Nicaraguan president (1/1/1917-1/1/1921 & 3/14/1926-11/11/1926) Emiliano Chamorro Vargas born on --1871 expired 2-26-1966 in Managua, Nicaragua age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper owner/editor Pedro Joaquín Chamorro published La Prensa, the Managua Nicaragua daily newspaper expired 12-8-1952 in Managua, Nicaragua age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper owner/editor Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal published La Prensa, the Managua Nicaragua daily newspaper; vocal Somoza opponent; husband of Violeta expired 1-10-1978 in Managua, Nicaragua age 53 cause: shot to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Oliver J. "Buck" Champeau Third Assistant Engineer aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 9-4-1934 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 41 cause: drowned when ship foundered | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer Gower Champion original director of Broadway show 42nd Street (died the night before opened); once married to Marge born on 6-22-1919 in Geneva, Illinois expired 8-25-1980 in New York, New York age 61 cause: Waldenström's macroglobulinemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia geezer Jesse Champion born on 8-15-1887 expired 1-13-2000 age 112
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| Chicago Cubs first baseman Frank Leroy Chance final leg of the famous double-play combination of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance (1906-1910) born on 9-9-1877 in Fresno, California expired 9-14-1924 age 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired NBC newsman John William Chancellor born on 7-14-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-12-1996 in Princeton, New Jersey age 68 cause: stomach cancer
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former Kentucky governor Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Baseball Commissioner April 24, 1945 to July 15, 1951born on 7-14-1898 in Corydon, Kentucky expired 6-15-1991 age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Chick Chandler his big role: Soldier of Fortune (1950) born on 1-18-1905 in Kingston, New York expired 9-30-1988 in Laguna Beach, Florida age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
publishing heiress & arts patron Dorothy Mae Chandler The Music Center of Los Angeles County's main auditorium is named for her — the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
expired 7-6-1997 in Hollywood, California age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Times-Mirror Co. chairman Harry Chandler publisher of the L.A. Times; in 1923 he paid John Roche $21,000 to build a big sign on Mount Lee promoting a housing development — it read HOLLYWOODLAND expired 9-23-1944 in Los Angeles, California age 80 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Jeff Chandler
expired 6-17-1961 in Culver City, California age 42 cause: blood poisoning following spinal surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Los Angeles Times publisher (1945-60) Norman Chandler husband of Dorothy; father of Otis born on 9-14-1899 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-20-1973 in Los Angeles, California age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Los Angeles Times publisher (1960-80) Otis P. Chandler son of Norman & Dorothy born on 11-23-1927 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-27-2006 in Ojai, California age 78 cause: Lewy Body disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| detective story author Raymond Thorton Chandler co-wrote screenplay of Double Indemnity (1944) born on 7-23-1888 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-26-1959 in La Jolla, California age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Yankees pitcher Spurgeon "Spud" Chandler born on 9-12-1907 in Commerce, Georgia expired 1-9-1990 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| hall-of-fame athlete Lynn Everett Chandnois played football for MSU (1946-49) & the Pittsburgh Steelers (1950-56 special teams) born on 2-24-1923 in Fayette, Delta County, Michigan expired 4-19-2011 in Flint, Michigan age 88 AKS: Chadnois Chandois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nobel prize winning astro-physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar nephew of physics laureate C.V. Raman born on 10-19-1910 in Lahore, British India expired 8-21-1995 in Chicago, Illinois age 84 AKS: Subramanyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| coutouier & perfumier Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel born on 8-19-1883 in Issoire, Auvergne, France expired 1-10-1971 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Webb Chaney led Chemstrand team that developed the artificial grass known as Astroturf born on 12-19-1915 expired 7-4-2004 in Raleigh, North Carolina age 88 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired bakery worker/domestic worker Fannie Lee Chaney mother of murdered civil rights worker James Chaney; in 2005 was able to testify at the trial of Edgar Ray Killen born on 9-4-1921 in Mississippi expired 5-22-2007 in Willingboro, New Jersey age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 CORE Freedom Summer campaigner James Earl Chaney murdered by Klan thugs along with Andrew Goodman & Michael Schwerner born on 5-30-1943 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 6-21-1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi age 21 cause: murdered; shot | |||||||||||||||||||||||
silent film star Lon Chaney Sr. his most memorable roles were as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1923) and The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
expired 8-26-1930 age 47 cause: bronchial cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
horror movie actor Lon Chaney Jr. played Lawrence Talbot (the Wolf Man) in The Wolf Man (1941) and Abbott and Costello Meet in Frankenstein (1948); played the Monster in Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
expired 7-12-1973 in San Clemente, California age 67 cause: beriberi & liver failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1920s Our Gang child actor Norman Chaney
expired 5-30-1936 age 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist Iris Shun-Ru Chang chronicler of the Rape of Nanking (1937) — read the book to get a sense of how justified the nuking of Hiroshima & Nagasaki were born on 3-28-1968 in Princeton, New Jersey expired 11-9-2004 in Los Gatos, California age 36 cause: suicide; gunshot wound | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese army general Chang Kuo-hua led takeover of Tibet (October 1950); stayed on as brutal overlord for 15 years expired 2-21-1972 in Chengtu, Szechwan Province, China age 58 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| last Chinese Communist Party founder (7/1/1921) Chang Kuo-tao split with Mao in 1938 born on 11-26-1897 in Jiang Xi, Province expired 12-3-1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie special effects master Chang Wah Ming worked on The Time Machine (1960) but got shafted on the oscar it won (they screwed up the credits so that the other effects guys got the award); co-founder (with Gene Warren Sr. & Tim Barr) of Projects Unlimited (1956) — built original models of Star Trek props: phaser, tricorder & communicator born on 8-2-1917 in Honolulu, Hawaiian Territory expired 12-22-2003 in Carmel Valley, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former Manchurian warlord Chang Hsueh-liang was military governor of Manchuria (1928-31); once kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek (December 1936)
expired 10-14-2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 103 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Alphonse Chapanis 1940s ergonomics pioneer; developer of the touch tone telephone keypad born on 3-17-1917 in Meriden, Connecticut expired 10-4-2002 in Baltimore, Maryland age 85 cause: complications following knee surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer/songwriter Harry Foster Chapin had hits with Taxi (1972) & Cat's in the Cradle born on 12-7-1942 in New York, New York expired 7-16-1981 in Jericho, New York age 38 cause: rear-ended by semi on Long Island Expressway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman Roy Dikeman Chapin Sr. co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Co. (1900); Hoover Commerce Secretary (1932-33) born on 2-23-1880 in Lansing, Michigan expired 2-16-1936 in Detroit, Michigan age 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former American Motors Company head (1967-77) Roy Dikeman Chapin Jr. bought Jeep from Kaiser Industries (1970) born on 9-21-1915 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-5-2001 in Nantucket, Massachusetts age 85 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| legendary silent screen actor Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin played The Little Tramp; co-founder of United Artists studio; wrote, directed & played Hynkel (Fuhrer of Ptomania) in The Great Dictator (1940) born on 4-16-1889 in London, England expired 12-25-1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19th century London prostitute Annie Chapman second victim of Jack the Ripper
expired 9-11-1888 in London, England age 46 cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
retired real estate salesman Benjamin F. Chapman Jr. in 1954 all 6' 5" of him was The Creature From The Black Lagoon (at least, above water; below water it was Ricou Browning)born on 10-29-1928 in Oakland, California expired 2-21-2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 79 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monty Python member Graham Chapman born on 1-8-1941 in Leicester, England expired 10-4-1989 age 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
planter of trees John Chapman
expired 3-9-1845 in Allen County, Indiana age 70 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Marine Commandant (1968-72) General Leonard F. Chapman Jr. born on 11-3-1913 in Key West, Florida expired 1-6-2000 in Fairfax, Virginia age 86 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Marguerite Chapman born on 3-9-1918 in Chatham, New York expired 8-30-1999 in Burbank, California age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| medieval literature scholar Tobert Lundquist Chapman editor of the fifth edition of Roget's Thesaurus (1992) born on 12-28-1920 in Huntington, West Virginia expired 2-2-2002 in Morristown, New Jersey age 81 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia-area auto dealer Roy V. Chapman owner of 2004 Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner Smarty Jones born on 5-4-1926 expired 2-17-2006 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania age 79 cause: emphysema
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| Michael Chappelle expired 5-14-1982 age 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
well-traveled papoose Jean Baptiste Charbonneau son of Toussaint Charbonneau & Sacagawea; educated by William Clark as adolescent; toured Europe & lived in California as a "mountain man"; his image appears on the new U.S. $1 coin
expired 5-16-1866 in Danner, Oregon age 61 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. William Maxwell Chardack with Greatbatch & Gage was a co-developer of one of the first implantable heart pacemakers (1960) born on 7-27-1914 expired 5-28-2006 age cause: 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French General Charles Charet organized "taxicab army" that delivered reserves to the front, saving Paris in World War I expired 9-14-1950 in Dijon, France age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| biochemist Dr. Erwin Chargaff did pioneering studies of DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine & thymine) born on 8-11-1905 in Czernnowitz, Austria-Hungary expired 6-20-2002 in New York, New York age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
dancer, actress Cyd Charisse
expired 6-17-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 86 cause: heart attack
AKS: Charrise Charrisse | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Roman Emperor King Charlemagne monarch of the Franks expired 1-28-814 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (1625-1649) Charles I son of James I; his reign came to an end with the loss of a civil war born on 11-19-1600 in Dunfermline, Scotland expired 1-30-1649 in London, England age 48 cause: beheaded in the Tower of London | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English King (1660-1685) Charles II son of Charles I born on 5-29-1630 in London, England expired 2-6-1685 in London, England age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51) Ezzard Charles born on 7-7-1921 in Lawrenceville, Georgia expired 5-28-1975 in Chicago, Illinois age 53 cause: ALS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Dominica prime minister (1980-85) Mary Eugenia Charles invited Reagan to invade Grenada (1983) born on 5-15-1919 in Pointe Michel, Grenada expired 9-7-2005 in Martinique age 86 cause: complications from broken hip | |||||||||||||||||||||||
taxi driver-turned-sports broadcaster Nick Charles was one of the original CNN broadcasters (sports from 1980 to 2001)
expired 3-25-2011 in Santa Fe, New Mexico age 64 cause: bladder cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominica prime minister Pierre Charles born on 6-30-1954 in Grand Bay, Dominica, West Indies expired 1-6-2004 in Roseau, Dominica, West Indies age 49 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
musician Ray Charles 10-time Grammy winner
expired 6-10-2004 in Beverly Hills, California age 73 cause: complications from liver disease
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| actor Ian Charleson born on 8-11-1949 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 1-5-1990 age 40 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1992 Nobel physics laureate Georges Charpak recognized for his work in the development of particle detectors born on 3-8-1924 in Dąbrowica, Poland expired 9-25-2010 in Paris, Île-de-France, France age 86 AKS: Dabrovica | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Ferdinand Charpin played Honoré Panisse in Pagnol's productions of Marius (play: 1929; movie: 1931), Fanny (1931) & César (1936) born on 6-1-1887 in Marseilles, France expired 11-6-1944 in Paris, France age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former safe cracker Henri Charrière convicted of murder (1931) & sentenced to Cayenne, French Guyana prison; after several escapes he was sent to Devil's Island; wrote Papillon (1969) born on 11-6-1906 in Ardeche, France expired 7-28-1973 in Madrid, Spain age 66 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
mystery writer Leslie Charteris created the Saint
expired 4-14-1993 age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
movie comedian and director Charley Chase
expired 6-20-1940 age 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress/author Ilka Chase played Mrs. Restes in Ocean's Eleven (1960) born on 4-8-1905 in New York, New York expired 2-15-1987 in Mexico City, Mexico age 72 cause: internal hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter Lincoln R. Chase co-wrote "The Name Game" (1964) born on 6-29-1926 expired 10-6-1980 in Atlanta, Georgia age 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| dramatist Mary Coyle Chase wrote Harvey (1944); wrote movie screenplay (1950) born on 2-25-1907 in Denver, Colorado expired 10-20-1981 in Denver, Colorado age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| whaler Essex First Mate Owen Chase his chronicle of the sinking of the Essex (11/20/1820) by a blue whale was the insipiration for Moby Dick (19851) born on --1796 in Nantucket Island, Massachusetts expired ??-??-1869 in Nantucket Island, Massachusetts age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Republican Party co-founder & Lincoln Treasury Secretary Salmon Portland Chase also Supreme Court Chief Justice; he presided over the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson in 1858; his portrait is on the $10,000 billborn on 1-13-1808 in Cornish, New Hampshire expired 5-7-1873 in New York, New York age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood restauranteur David Chasen ex-vaudevillian born on 7-18-1898 in Odessa, Ukraine expired 6-16-1973 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former restauranteur (1942-95) Maude K. Chasen widow of David
expired 12-8-2001 in Century City, California age 97 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tallahatchie County, Mississippi District Attorney (1942-56) Gerald Chatham part of the team that prosecuted J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 born on 2-17-1906 expired 10-9-1956 in Sumner, Mississippi age 50 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| poet Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales born on 4-6-1339 expired 10-25-1400 age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian author Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri born on 11-23-1897 in Kishorganj, India expired 8-1-1999 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England age 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Chauncey founder/first president of Educational Testing Service --- the SAT people born on 2-9-1905 in New York, New York expired 12-3-2002 in Shelburne, Vermont age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| French army soldier Nicolas Chauvin excessively "devoted" to Napoleon and military life; name became eponymous with excessive advocacy of any position (chauvanist) born on ??-??-17?? expired ??-??-18?? age ?? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marc A. Chavannes the co-inventor of Bubble Wrap born on 3-2-1896 expired 4-6-1994 in Sarasota, Florida age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor/composer Carlos Chávez expired 8-2-1978 in Mexico City, Mexico age 79 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Farm Workers organizer Cesar Estrada Chavez born on 3-31-1927 in Yuma, Arizona expired 4-23-1993 age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Juan Rodriguez Chavez
expired 4-22-2003 in Huntsville, Texas age 34 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| quack M.D. Patrick Chavis his 1973 admission to the UC Davis' Medical School prompted Allan Bakke's affirmative action lawsuit born on 5-8-1952 expired 7-23-2002 in Hawthorne, California age 50 cause: shot to death during attempted carjacking | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| zydeco accordionist/bandleader Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis born on 10-24-1930 in Church Point, Louisiana expired 5-5-2001 in Austin, Texas age 70 cause: complications from heart attack & stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Standard (Harare) editor & publisher Mark Gova Angus Chavunduka arrested & tortured by the Zimbabwean government born on 11-28-1965 in Salisbury, Rhodesia expired 11-11-2002 in Harare, Zimbabwe age 36 cause: complications from severe dehydration & torture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-87 & 107 astronaut Kalpana Chawla born on 7-1-1961 in Karnal, India expired 2-1-2003 in over north-central Texas age 41 cause: disintegration of Shuttle Columbia during re-entry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Sidney "Paddy" Chayefsky wrote story & screenplays for Marty (1953), The Hospital (1971) & Network (1976) ... received 3 oscars for them born on 1-29-1923 in New York, New York expired 8-1-1981 in New York, New York age 58 cause: cancer AKS: Chaefsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Maury Alan Chaykin played Jim Sting in War Games (1983), Major Farnbrough in Dances with Wolves (1990), Alexander Falko in Mouse Hunt (1997) & Nerus on the Stargate: SG1 syndicated tv series (2005-6) born on 7-27-1949 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-27-2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpeter Adolphus Anthony "Doc" Cheatham born on 6-13-1905 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 6-2-1997 in Washington, District of Columbia age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trombonist James R. "Jimmy" Cheatham for a number of years was a professor teaching at UC San Diego born on 6-18-1924 in Birmingham, Alabama expired 1-12-2007 in La Jolla, California age 82 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia-Pacific Corp. founder (1927) Owen Robertson Cheatham expired 10-24-1970 in Eugene, Oregon age 67 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former K.G.B. head (1982-88) Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov used spy Aldrich Ames to obtain lists of operatives in USSR & had them executed born on 4-27-1923 in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR expired 7-1-1999 in Moscow, Russia age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| original Toronto Blue Jays radio announcer Tom Cheek called the play-by-play from 4/7/1977 to 6/3/2004 born on 6-13-1939 in Pensacola, Florida expired 10-9-2005 in Oldsmar, Florida age 66 cause: brain cancer
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| John Cheever born on 5-27-1912 in Quincy, Massachusetts expired 6-18-1982 age 70
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| Russian playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Uncle Vanya author born on 1-17-1860 in Teganrog, Russia expired 7-15-1904 age 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mao secretary (1937-40) Chen Boda Red Flag party journal editor (1958-70); disappeared 1970-81; tried & imprisioned (1981-88) for being part of Jiang Qing's clique born on --1904 in Hui'an, Fujian Province, China expired 9-20-1989 in Beijing, China age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PBS cook Joyce Chen born on 9-14-1917 expired 8-23-1994 age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| aging Chinese official Chen Yun a rival of Deng Xiao Peng born on --1905 in Qingpu, China expired 4-10-1995 age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio programming consultant Lester Eugene "Gene" Chanult with partner Bill Drake developed the "boss sound" of 1960s radio (he did marketing & syndication while Drake did the programming) born on 6-12-1919 in Eldorado, Oklahoma expired 2-23-2010 in Tarzana, California age 90 cause: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Washington Senators pitcher Thomas E. "Tom" Cheney during 16 inning game set major league strikeout record (21) against Baltimore (9/12/1962) born on 10-14-1934 in Morgan, Georgia expired 11-1-2001 in Rome, Georgia age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| zydeco accordionist Clifton Chenier born on 6-25-1925 in Opelousas, Louisiana expired 12-12-1987 in Lafayette, Louisiana age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flying Tigers commander Lt.General Claire Lee Chennault born on 9-6-1890 in Commerce, Texas expired 7-27-1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| murder victim Michael Chenoweth his July 1952 killing by Lt. Coleman Peterson & the subsequent trial was the basis for the book Anatomy of a Murder expired 7-??-1952 in Big Bay, Michigan age 48 cause: murder; shot to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov shared the 1958 Nobel prize in physics for discovering the now eponymously-named radition phenomenon born on 7-28-1904 in Nizhniaya Chigla, Voronezh Oblast, Russia expired 1-6-1990 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical pianist Shura Cherkassky born on 10-11-1909 in Odessa, Russia expired 12-27-1995 age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician Dr. Shiing-Shen Chern specialized in differential geometry born on 10-26-1911 in Jiaxing, China expired 12-3-2004 in Tianjin, China age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Premier Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko headed the USSR for 13 months (February 1984 to March 1985) born on 9-24-1911 in Bolshaya Tes, Yenisei River Valley, Siberia, Russia expired 3-10-1985 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Russian prime minister (1992-98) Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was the founder and first chairman of Gazprom (1989) born on 4-9-1938 in Chernyi Otrog, Chkalov Oblast, Russia, USSR expired 11-3-2010 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| child actress Virginia Cherrill played the blind flower girl in City Lights (1931) born on 4-12-1908 in Carthage, Illinois expired 11-14-1996 in Santa Barbara, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| el-stinko vaudeville act member Addie Rose Alma Cherry with her sisters, part of the Cherry Sisters vaudeville act, judged by critics to be so bad that it was funny expired 10-26-1942 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| KKK goon Bobby Frank Cherry one of those responsible for the murder of four young girls; (finally) convicted in 2002 born on 6-20-1930 expired 11-18-2004 in Montgomery, Alabama age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Worst Act in Vaudeville" member Effie Cherry with her sisters performed behind a wire screen for protection from the shower of vegetables hurled their way expired 8-5-1944 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benton & Bowles ad executive John Chervokas came up with the "Please Don't Squeeze the Charmin" ad campaign (1964; creator of the Mr. Whipple pitch-person) born on 11-14-1936 in Norwood, Massachusetts expired 7-23-2011 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 74 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||
convicted murderer Caryl Whittier Chessman
expired 5-2-1960 in San Quentin, California age 38 cause: executed; potassium cyanide | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil rights attorney J. L. Chestnut Jr. involved in many of the groundbreaking legal actions in Alabama to end segregation & the Jim Crow laws born on 12-16-1930 in Selma, Alabama expired 9-30-2008 in Birmingham, Alabama age 77 cause: kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer/actor Leslie Cheung played an opera singer in Farewell, My Concubine (1993) born on 9-12-1956 in Hong Kong expired 4-1-2003 in Hong Kong, China age 46 cause: suicide; fall from 24th floor hotel balcony | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| entertainer Maurice Auguste Chevalier played Honoré Panisse in Fanny (1961); sang "Thank heaven, for little girls..." (Roman Polanski's personal anthem) born on 9-12-1888 in Paris, France expired 1-1-1972 in Paris, France age 83 cause: heart failure; kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto company co-founder Arthur Chevrolet born on --1884 expired 4-16-1946 in Slidell, Louisiana age 61 cause: suicide; hanged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frontenac auto comapny co-founder Gaston Chevrolet brother of Louis & Arthur; winner of the 1920 Indianapolis 500 race born on 10-26-1892 in Beaune, Cote-d'Or, France expired 11-25-1920 in Beverly Hills, California age 28 cause: race car crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||
automobile designer & company co-founder (June 1911) Louis Joseph Chevrolet had a falling-out with GM head William Durant and left company (1912); with brothers founded the Frontenac Motor Company (1914)born on 12-25-1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland expired 6-6-1941 in Detroit, Michigan age 62 cause: complications from surgery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chiang Mei-ling widow of the Generalisimo
expired 10-23-2003 in New York, New York age 105
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| Nationalist Chinese General Chiang Wego a son of Chiang Kai-shek born on 10-6-1916 expired 9-22-1997 age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Taiwanese president (1978-88) Chiang Ching-Kuo son of Chiang Kai-shek; not the son of Mei-Ling Soong born on 3-18-1906 in Fenghua, Chekiang Province, China expired 1-13-1988 age 81
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| Chinese nationalist leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek married the sister- born on 10-31-1886 in Fenghua, Chekiang Province, China expired 4-5-1975 in Taipei, Taiwan age 88 cause: heart attack
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Catholic Church leader (1800-1823) Barnaba Chiaramonti elected 252nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church March 14, 1800, in Venice
expired 8-20-1823 in Rome, Italy age 83 cause: complications from a broken leg & hip | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| next-to-last Italian World War I veteran Francesco Demenico Chiarello born on 11-5-1898 expired 6-27-2008 in Calabria, Italy age 109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chiat/Day ad agency co-founder (1968) Morton Jay Chiat created Apple's Orwellian 1984 ad that ran twice, once during Super Bowl XVIII (1-22-1984) & at once at signoff (1:00 am) on KMVT (Twin Falls, Idaho; 12-15-1983) born on 10-25-1931 in New York, New York expired 4-22-2002 in Marina del Rey, California age 70 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Castro ally Raúl Chibas born on 4-25-1916 in Santiago de Cuba expired 8-25-2002 in Miami, Florida age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II veteran Charles Chibitty last of the Comanche Code Talkers; saw service inthe European theater of operation born on 11-20-1921 in Medicine Park, Oklahoma expired 7-20-2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & adventurer Sir Francis Chichester made 1966/67 round-the-world trip in ketch Gypsy Moth IV expired 8-26-1972 in Plymouth, England age 70 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1655-1667) Fabio Chigi elected 238th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 7, 1655
expired 5-22-1667 in Rome, Italy age 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russian serial killer Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo born on 10-16-1936 expired 2-14-1994 age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PBS' French Chef Julia Carolyn Child
expired 8-13-2004 in Montecito, California age 91 cause: kidney failure
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| actor Alvin Childress played Amos Jones on television Amos 'n' Andy tv series (1951-53) born on 9-10-1907 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 4-19-1986 in Inglewood, California age 78 cause: Parkinson's disease; diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisa Landry Childress daughter of Tom Landry born on 3-4-1958 expired 5-28-1995 age 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Senator (1970-88) & governor (1991-98) Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. born on 4-3-1930 in Lakeland, Florida expired 12-12-1998 in Tallahassee, Florida age 68 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| mercurial The Box Tops vocalist William Alexander Chilton his first hit was "The Letter" (1967) born on 12-28-1950 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 3-17-2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 59 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||
V.P. record label co-founder (1993) Vincent G. Chin opened Randy's Records (1958), then Studio 17, then Randy's Record label; recorded reggae performers like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Gregory Isaacs
expired 2-2-2003 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 65 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| reclusive super-geezer Kama Chinen had been the oldest person in the world born on 5-10-1895 in Okinawa, Japan expired 5-2-2010 in Nanjo, Okinawa, Japan age 114
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Depression-era pulp fiction illustrator Ernest Darcy Chiriacka
expired 4-26-2010 in Great Neck, New York age 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv golf producer/innovator Frank Chirkinian Sr. winner of 4 Emmys & 2 Peabody Awards born on 6-3-1926 in Pennsylvania expired 3-4-2011 in North Palm Beach, Florida age 84 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Rep. (1969-83) Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm first black woman elected to congress (1968) born on 11-30-1924 in New York, New York expired 1-1-2005 in Ormond Beach, Florida age 80 cause: complications from strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway/movie writer Jerome Chodorov co-author of the book of Wonderful Town; co-wrote My Sister Eileen born on 8-10-1911 in New York, New York expired 9-12-2004 in Nyack, New York age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Stanford University physics professor Marvin Chodorow working with Edward Ginzton managed to increase the power of the Klystron Tube a million-fold born on 7-16-1913 in Buffalo, New York expired 10-17-2005 in Stanford, California age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South Korean army general Choi Hong Hi founded Tae Kwon Do martial art (1955); Tae (to kick with foot) Kwon (to strike with fist) Do (art) born on 11-9-1918 in Myong Chun district, Korea expired 6-15-2002 in Pyongyang, North Korea age 83 cause: stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former South Korean president (1979-80) Choi Kyu-hah succeeded the assassinated Park Chung-hee; overthrown by General Chun Doo-Hwan born on 7-16-1918 expired 10-22-2006 in Seoul, South Korea age 88 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| brain-dead flyweight boxer Choi Yo-sam plug pulled after he went into coma following successful title fight born on 3-1-1972 in Jeongeup, Jeollabukdo, Korea expired 1-2-2008 age 35 cause: cerebral hemorrhages; blows to the head
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| 1960s pro wrassler Edward "Moose" Cholak born on 3-17-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-31-2002 in Chicago, Illinois age 72 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| crime victim Marita Choquette a victim of serial killer Donald Miller born on 12-10-1950 in Fremont, Michigan expired 6-6-1978 in Holt, Michigan age 27 cause: murdered; strangulation; raped | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nixon political mentor Murry M. Chotiner born on 10-4-1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-30-1974 in Washington, District of Columbia age 64 cause: pulmonary embolus; complications from auto accident | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| People's Republic of China premier (1949-76) Chou En-Lai born on 1-??-1898 in Hwaian, Kiangsu Province, China expired 1-8-1976 in Beijing, China age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Conrad "Jeff" Chouinard younger brother of Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia founder), whom he worked for back when it was still Chouinard Equipment Company; worked as a private investigator for Howard Hughes (1950-68) born on 9-23-1923 in Lisbon, Maine expired 6-19-2008 in Thousand Oaks, California age 84 cause: heart & kidney failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| last World War I combat veteran Claude Stanley Choules last witness to the scuttling of the German Navy at Scapa Flow, Scotland born on 3-3-1901 in Pershore, Worcestershire, England expired 5-5-2011 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia age 110
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| optical scientist Henri Chretien developed the anamorphic lense used in widescreen processes like CinemaScope born on 2-1-1879 in Paris, France expired 2-6-1956 in Washington, District of Columbia age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norwegian theater builder Gerda Ring Christensen born on 5-11-1891 expired 1-12-1999 age 107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco ballet founder William Christensen born on 8-27-1902 expired 10-14-2001 age 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro wrassler A. J. Christenson
AKS: Christensen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| H.M.S. Bounty first mate Fletcher Christian led the mutiny against Captain Bligh April 26, 1789; arrived at Pitcairn Island January 23, 1790 (1,350 miles SE of Tahiti); sired first child to be born on Pitcairn island (son Thursday October Christian) born on 9-25-1764 in Moorland Close, Cumberland, England expired 10-3-1793 in Pitcairn Island age 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerda Christian one of Adolph Hitler's personal secretaries born on --1913 in Berlin, Germany expired 7-12-1997 in Düsseldorf, Germany age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Linda Christian was the first Bond girl in the 1954 tv production of Casino Royale; mother of actresses Taryn & Romina Power (by Tyrone Power Jr.); lured Edmund Purdom away from his wife (1962)
expired 7-27-2011 in Palm Springs, California age 87 cause: colon cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rock Hudson's "companion" Marc Christian won millions from the estate for "intentional infliction of emotional distress"
expired 6-2-2009 in Burbank, California age 55 cause: "pulmonary problems"; heavy smoking | |||||||||||||||||||||||
California geezer Mary Dorothy Christian
expired 4-20-2003 in San Pablo, California age 113 cause: pneumonia
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| LEGO founder (1932) Ole Kirk Christiansen made up company name from the Danish words "Leg" & "GOdt" (meaning "play well") born on --1891 expired ??-??-1958 age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| British mystery writer Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christie created Jane Marple & Hercule Poirot; Mrs. Max Mallowan born on 9-15-1890 in Torquay, England expired 1-12-1976 in Wallingford, England age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Virginia Christine played Mrs. Olson in Folgers commercials
expired 7-24-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Eric Cuthbert Christmas born on 3-19-1916 in London, England expired 7-22-2000 in Camarillo, California age 84 cause: heart failure; prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| physician Dr. William Whitney Christmas aeronatical pioneer; third American to fly a plane, after the Wright brothers; built first plane with ailerons in 1908 expired 4-14-1960 in New York, New York age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Christodoulos prelate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece
expired 1-28-2008 in Athens, Greece age 69 cause: cancer of the liver, colon & peritoneum
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former San Francisco mayor (1956-64) George Christopher lured the Giants baseball team to S.F. after the 1957 season
expired 9-14-2000 in San Francisco, California age 93 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Clinton Secretary of State (1993-97) Warren Minor Christopher born on 10-27-1925 in Scranton, North Dakota expired 3-18-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: kidney & bladder cancer
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| former CBS reporter Sam Chu Lin born on 3-3-1939 in Greenville, Mississippi expired 3-5-2006 in Burbank, California age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russian writer Lidiya Korneevna Chukovskaya first recipient of the Sakharov Prize (1990) born on 3-24-1907 expired 2-8-1996 age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Babz Chula
expired 5-7-2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age 64 cause: cancer
AKS: Babs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ellery J. Chun created the original Aloha® Hawaiian shirt (1931) born on 4-17-1909 in Hawaii expired 5-16-2000 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Korean business leader Chung Ju Yung founded Hyundai Business Group born on 11-25-1915 in Tong Chon, Kangwǒn Province, Korea expired 3-21-2001 in Seoul, South Korea age 85 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist Chung Se-Yung co-founder of the Hyundai Motor Company (1967) born on 8-6-1928 in Kangwon Province, Korean (nor N.Korea) expired 5-21-2005 in Seoul, South Korea age 76 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "intellectual" Zhang Chunqiao one of the "Gang of Four," instigators of China's disasterous Cultural Revolution born on --1917 in Juye County, Shandong Province, China expired 4-21-2005 in Shanghai, China age 88 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 2-22-1839 in Rochester, New York expired 4-11-1906 in New York, New York age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Idaho senator (1957-80) Frank Forrester Church born on 7-25-1924 in Boise, Idaho expired 4-7-1984 in Bethesda, Maryland age
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| restauranteur George W. Church founded Church's Fried Chicken To Go (1952) in San Antonio born on --1887 in Texas expired ??-??-1956 age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Nolan Frank Church Porter aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 7-13-1920 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 55 cause: drowned when ship foundered | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Frank Churchill wrote Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf expired 5-14-1942 age 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| disease victim Stephen Churchill first confirmed death in Britain from BSE-induced variant Creutzfeld- expired 5-21-1995 in Wiltshire, England age 19 cause: variant Creutzfeldt- | |||||||||||||||||||||||
former British prime minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill World War II leader; husband of Clementine; 1953 Nobel Literature prize winner
expired 1-24-1965 in London, England age 90 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Communist Party Army Chief Chu Teh won civil war against Nationalists (1949) born on --1886 in Ilung, Szechwan Province, China expired 7-6-1976 in Beijing, China age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| umpire Nester Chylak 1999 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee born on 5-11-1922 in Olyphant, Pennsylvania expired 2-22-1982 age 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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