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

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supergeezer  Lucy Victoria D'Abreu born on 5-24-1892 in India expired 12-7-2005 in Stirling, Scotland   age 113

former Central African Republic president (1960-65 & 1979-81)  David Dacko   succeeded his uncle in position; overthrown by his cousin/overthrew his cousin born on 3-24-1930 in Bouchia, Lobaye Province, French Equatorial Africa expired 11-20-2003 in Yaoundé, Cameroon   age 73   cause: respiratory problems; heart condition; asthma    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 7.7000 solo points

first president of Mauritania (1961-78)  Moktar Mohamedoun Ould Daddah   ousted in coup born on 12-25-1924 in Boutilimit, French Mauritania expired 10-14-2003 in Paris, France   age 78

Dr.  Allan Roy Dafoe   doctor who attended the Dionne quintuplets from birth (1934) to 1942 born on 5-29-1883 expired 6-2-1943 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada   age 60

French photographic inventor  Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre   invented the Daguerreotype (1839), following up on the work of Niepce born on 11-18-1787 in Cormeilles en Parisis, France expired 6-21-1851   age 63

computing pioneer  Ole-Johan Dahl   originated object-oriented programming techniques; co-created the SIMULA programming language; co-recipient of the 2001 A.M. Turing Award born on 10-12-1931 in Mandal, Norway expired 6-29-2002   age 70

author  Roald Dahl   wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & James Bond opus You Only Live Twice born on 9-13-1916 in Llandaff, Wales expired 11-23-1990   age 74

venture capitalist & historical footnote  Kenneth Harry Dahlberg   as a fundraiser for the 1972 Nixon re-election campaign passed-along an "anonymous" contribution of $25,000 to Creep ... an investigator later learned that it had been part of the money used to finance the Watergate breakin born on 6-30-1917 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 10-4-2011 in Deephaven, Minnesota   age 94   cause: pneumonia AKS: "Who the hell is Kenneth Dahlberg?"

New York Yankees baseball player  Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren   replaced Lou Gehrig at 1st base May 2nd, 1939 in Detroit born on 6-15-1912 expired 9-4-1996 in Arcadia, California   age 84

aged Minnesottan  Delvina Morrisette Dahlheimer born on 12-31-1888 in Otsego Towhship, Minnesota expired 3-13-2002 in Elk River, Minnesota   age 113

necrophiliac cannibalistic serial killer  Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer ¤ #177252  born on 5-21-1960 in Bath Township, Ohio expired 11-28-1994 in Portage, Wisconsin   age 34   cause: murdered; crushing head injury

voting rights activist  Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr.   his home & business were firebombed by KKK goons to prevent him from registering voters born on 3-10-1908 expired 1-11-1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi   age 57   cause: murdered; respiratory failure; burns suffered in firebombing of home

French World War I veteran  Alexis Daigneau born on 8-4-1890 in Trouars, Deux-Sevres, France expired 4-3-2001 in Trouars, Deux-Sevres, France   age 110

Broadway & Hollywood musical song & dance man  Daniel James Dailey born on 12-14-1915 in New York, New York expired 10-15-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 62   cause: severe anemia

Paul Andrew Daisley   member of British parliament born on 7-20-1957 in London, England expired 6-18-2003 in London, England   age 45   cause: colon cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 RAVN 5.6%    Scored 10.5000 solo points

pre-WWII French premier  Edouard Daladier   signed 1938 München Pact with Neville Chamberlain, Mussolini and Hitler born on 6-18-1884 in Carpentras, France expired 10-10-1970 in Paris, France   age 86

historian baron  John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton   known for the famous quote "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely" ¤ aka: Lord Acton  born on 1-10-1834 in Naples, Italy expired 7-19-1902 in Tegernsee, Bavaria   age 68

1940s/50s singer  Alan Dale   had hits with Heart of My Heart & Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White; had early network tv program (1948-50 on Dumont; 1951 on CBS) ¤ born: Aldo Sigismondi  born on 7-9-1925 in New York, New York expired 4-20-2002 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: cardiac arrest; infection

vaudeville comedian  Charles "Charlie" Dale   half of Smith & Dale team ¤ real name: Charles Marks  born on 9-6-1881 in New York, New York expired 11-16-1971 in Teaneck, New Jersey   age 90

Sir  Henry Hallett Dale   shared the 1936 Nobel prize in physiology for discoveries relating to the chemical transmission of nerve impulses — the role of the chemical acetylcholine in this process; father-in-law (by daughter Alison Sarah) of Lord Todd born on 6-9-1875 in London, England expired 2-23-1968 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 92

physicist  Nils Gustaf Dalén   was the 1912 Nobel physics laureate born on 11-30-1869 in Stenstorp, Skaraborg, Sweden expired 12-9-1937 in Lidingö, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 68 AKS: Dalen

political spouse  Margaret Ann "Maggie" Daley   wife of former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley ¤ née: Corbett  born on 7-21-1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 11-24-2011 in Chicago, Illinois   age 68   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2010 RAVN 3.7%

Chicago mayor (1955-76)  Richard Joseph Daley   "boss" of the Cook County democratic "machine"; his out-of-control police department screwed Hubert Humphrey out of 1968 presidential election at the party convention born on 5-15-1902 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-20-1976 in Chicago, Illinois   age 74   cause: heart attack

Gala Dali   wife of Salvador ¤ born: Elena Diavanoff  born on --1891 in Kazan, Russia expired 6-9-1982   age 91

artist  Salvador Dali born on 5-11-1904 in Figueras, Spain expired 1-23-1989   age 84    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7% 1980 DR, EB, JH, HP 25.0%

character actor  John Dall   specialized in playing weasels: Bart Tare in Gun Crazy (1949), Marcus Publius Glabrus in Spartacus (1960) and Zaren in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) ¤ born: John Jenner Thompson  born on 5-26-1918 in New York, New York expired 1-15-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 52   cause: heart attack

12-tone composer  Luigi Dallapiccola born on 2-3-1904 in Pisino, Istria (now Yugoslavia) expired 2-19-1975 in Florence, Italy   age 71

Polk vice president (1845-49)  George Mifflin Dallas born on 7-10-1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-31-1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 72

philanthropist  Rhoda-May Adamson Dallas   with siblings donated the land that the Pepperdine Malibu campus occupies born on 2-14-1917 in Santa Monica, California expired 10-14-2011 in Studio City, California   age 94

former L'Oréal chief (1957-84)  François Léon Marie-Joseph Dalle   took over management upon the death of the company founder born on 3-18-1918 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France expired 8-9-2005 in Geneva, Switzerland   age 87 AKS: Francois Leon

Judge Parker & Rex Morgan M.D. comic creator Dr.  Nicholas Peter Dallis born on 12-15-1911 in New York, New York expired 7-6-1991   age 79

Nordic Ware founder (1946)  H. David Dahlquist Sr.   created the Bundt Pan (1950) born on 5-25-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 1-2-2005 in Edina, Minnesota   age 86   cause: heart failure AKS: Dahlquist

chemist & physicist  John Dalton   most noted for his Atomic Theory (1803) born on 9-6-1766 in Englesfield, Cumbria, England expired 7-27-1844 in Manchester, England   age 77

Dr.  Katharina Dorothea Dalton   coined term PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) ¤ née: Kuipers  born on 11-11-1916 in London, England expired 9-17-2004 in Poole, Dorset, England   age 87

Cardinal  Cahal Brendan Daly   had been the Archbishop emeritus of Armagh born on 10-1-1917 in Loughgule, County Antrim, Ireland expired 12-31-2009 in Dublin, Ireland   age 92    Contest Selectors 2010 BOD

pro basketball coach  Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly   coached the Detroit Pistons (1983-92) to two NBA championships born on 7-20-1930 in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania expired 5-9-2009 in Jupiter, Florida   age 79   cause: pancreatic cancer

character actor  James Firman Daly   played Flint in original series Star Trek episode; father of Tim, Tyne, Glynn & Mrs. John Valentine born on 10-23-1918 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin expired 7-3-1978 in Nyack, New York   age 59   cause: heart attack

movie producer  John Daly   producer of Platoon (1986) & The Last Emperor (1987); won 13 Best Picture oscars; with David Hemmings formed Hemdale (1967) expired 10-31-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 71   cause: cancer

radio/tv journalist & What's My Line host  John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly Jr. born on 2-20-1914 in Johannesburg, South Africa expired 2-24-1991   age 77

biochemist  Carl Peter Henrik Dam   discovered vitamin K; shared the 1943 Nobel prize in physiology born on 2-21-1895 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 4-17-1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 81

hairdresser-turned-porno director  Gerard Rocco Damiano Sr.   wrote/directed Deep Throat (1972) & The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) born on 8-4-1928 in New York, New York expired 10-25-2008 in Fort Myers, Florida   age 80   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2006 TWOS, XXX 3.3% 2008 TWOS 3.1%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

Wal-Mart seasonal(/disposable) employee  Jdimytai Damour   was trampled to death by moron "shoppers" when he opened the store's doors at 5:00 am on "Black Friday" born on 2-13-1974 expired 11-28-2008 in Mineola, Long Island, New York   age 34   cause: positional asphyxiation; trampled to death

New York Philharmonic conductor  Walter Johannes Damrosch born on --1862 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wroclaw, Poland) expired 12-22-1950 in New York, New York   age 88

formerly-oldest living former NFL player  Sam Dana   played one season with the New York Yankees NFL franchise (1928); while in college (Columbia) played along side Lou Gehrig ¤ born: Sam Salemi nickname: "Smoke"  born on 8-7-1903 expired 10-29-2007 in Kenmore, New York   age 104   cause: complications from infection    Contest Selectors 2004 PCD 5.6% 2005 MOT, PCD 8.7% 2006 MOT, PCD 6.7% 2007 MOT, PCD 6.5%    Scored 3.3500 points

1940s women's baseball league player (1944-50)  Faye Katherine Dancer   portrayed in A League of Their Own (1992) by Madonna ¤ nickname: "All the Way Faye"  born on 4-24-1925 in Santa Monica, California expired 5-22-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 77   cause: complications from (cancerous) organ removal surgery

BBC news reader  Jill Dando born on 11-9-1961 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England expired 4-26-1999 in London, England   age 37   cause: murdered; shot in the head

actress and singer  Dorothy Jean Dandridge   was married to Harold Nicholas (1944-51) and Jack Denison (1959-62); had one daughter, Harolyn "Lynn" Nicholas born on 11-9-1922 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-8-1965 in West Hollywood, California   age 42   cause: overdose of Tofranil (anti-depressant)

Dorothy's mother  Ruby Jean Dandridge   appeared on Judy Canova's radio show (1943-53); played Delia on Father Knows Best tv series (1961-63) born on 3-3-1902 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-17-1987 in Los Angeles, California   age 85

advertising executive  Maxwell Dane   a co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency (1949) born on 6-7-1906 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 8-8-2004 in New York, New York   age 98

tv producer  William P. D'Angelo born on 6-14-1932 expired 6-8-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 69   cause: pancreatic cancer

disrespected comedian  Rodney Dangerfield   won 1980 Grammy for album No Respect; considered having the Realians clone him ¤ real name: Jacob Cohen  born on 11-22-1921 in Babylon, New York expired 10-5-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 82   cause: complications following heart valve surgery    Contest Selectors 2000 SPAM 14% 2001 ROTS 12½% 2002 ANG, CMH, JL, MORB, RAVN, TMTX 54.5% 2003 ABRA, ANG, GHG, JEDS, KOHD, MB, TAP, TMTX 44.4% 2004 ABRA, ANG, EOD, GHG, LMLD, RAVN, TAP 38.9%    Scored 4.3391 points

former New York Times managing editor (1964-69)  Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr.   husband of Margaret Truman Daniel born on 9-19-1912 in Zebulon, North Carolina expired 2-21-2000 in New York, New York   age 87   cause: complications from a stroke; heart disease

writer/presidential daughter  Mary Margaret Truman Daniel   widow of Clifton Daniel; daughter of Harry born on 2-17-1924 in Independence, Missouri expired 1-29-2008 in Chicago, Illinois   age 83    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW 3.1%    Scored 6.7000 solo points AKS: Daniels

acting teacher  Tad Z. Danielewski   also did tv documentaries born on 3-29-1921 in Poland expired 1-6-1993 in Los Angeles, California   age 71   cause: cancer

former journalist  Derik January Daniels   was executive editor of the Detroit Free Press; later did a stint as the President & CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1976-82) who reorganized the company & trained Christie Hefner to take over born on 12-6-1928 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 2-5-2005 in Miami, Florida   age 76   cause: lung cancer AKS: Derek

1925 Miss America  Fay Lanphier Daniels   first Miss America to: represent an entire state; get a divorce; was the 1926 Rose Bowl Queen born on 12-12-1905 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-21-1959 in Oakland, California   age 53   cause: viral pneumonia

Jerry F. Daniels   original member of Ink Spots singing group from 1931 to 1936; sang tenor and played guitar born on 12-14-1915 expired 11-7-1995   age 79

tv director  Marc Daniels born on 1-27-1912 expired 4-23-1989   age 77

1920s Our Gang child actor  Richard Daniels Jr. ¤ aka: "Mickey"  born on 10-11-1914 in Rock Springs, Wyoming expired 8-20-1970 in San Diego, California   age 55   cause: cirrhosis of liver

cable tv pioneer  Robert William "Bill" Daniels born on 7-1-1920 in Greeley, Colorado expired 3-7-2000 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 79   cause: respiratory failure

tv writer/prudcer  Stanley Edwin Daniels   wrote for the Mary Tyler Moore show; co-created the Phyllis spinoff and Taxi (with James L. Brooks & David Davis) born on 7-31-1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 4-6-2007 in Encino, California   age 72   cause: heart failure; frontotemporal dementia

ballet teacher Mdme  Alexandra Danilova born on 11-20-1903 in Peterhof, Russia expired 7-13-1997 in New York, New York   age 93

singer/bass player  Rick Danko   with The Band born on 12-29-1942 in Ontario, Canada expired 12-10-1999   age 56

jazz saxophonist  John Phillip William "Johnny" Dankworth   husband of singer Cleo Laine born on 9-20-1927 in Woodford, Essex, England expired 2-6-2010 in London, England   age 82

writer  Frederic Dannay   co-created the Ellery Queen mystery series with his cousin Manfred Lee in 1929 ¤ born: Daniel Nathan  born on 10-20-1905 in New York, New York expired 9-3-1982   age 76

mechanical engineer  Konrad Dannenberg   was a rocket propulsion expert who worked with Von Braun at Peenemünde designing the V-2; later worked with Von Braun at Huntsville (Alabama) designing the Redstone, Jupiter and Saturn rocket engines born on 8-5-1912 in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany expired 2-16-2009 in Huntsville, Alabama   age 96 AKS: Weissenfels

LPGA co-founder  Bettye Mims White Danoff   once beat Babe Zaharias (as an amateur; 1947) ¤ aka: "Mighty Mite"  born on 5-21-1923 in Grand Prairie?, Texas expired 12-22-2011 in Plano?, Texas   age 88

actor  Cesare Danova   mayor Carmine DiPasto in Animal House ¤ born: Cesare Deitinger  born on 3-1-1926 in Bergamo, Italy expired 3-19-1992 in Los Angeles, California   age 66   cause: heart attack

dancer/playwright  Nicholas Dante   co-wrote A Chorus Line (1974) for which he shared a 1975 Tony & 1976 Pulitzer ¤ real name: Conrado Morales Jr.  born on 11-22-1941 in New York, New York expired 5-21-1991 in New York, New York   age 49   cause: AIDS

actor  Raymond "Ray" Danton born on 9-19-1931 in New York, New York expired 2-11-1992   age 60

mathematician  George Bernard Dantzig   created the discipline of Linear Programming born on 11-8-1914 in Portland, Oregon expired 5-13-2005 in Palo Alto, California   age 90   cause: cardiovascular disease; diabetes

lawyer  Aaron Leon Danzig   argued/lost Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins Supreme Court case (1938) born on 9-9-1913 in Newark, New Jersey expired 9-10-2002 in New York, New York   age 89

former Brooklyn Dodger player (1942)  Clifford Roland Dapper   played only 8 games in the major leagues; was the only player ever traded for a broadcaster (1948; while a player/manager in the Dodger farm system) born on 1-2-1920 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-8-2011 in Fallbrook, California   age 91

World War II Japanese radio broadcaster  Iva Toguri d'Aquino   convicted of treason; pardoned by Ford on his last full day in office (1-19-1977) ¤ born: Iva Ikuko Toguri aka: "Tokyo Rose"  born on 7-4-1916 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-26-2006 in Chicago, Illinois   age 90    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI, MOT, TMD 13.0% 2006 CSI, MOT 6.7%    Scored 4.7500 points

dangerous SUV driver  Richard Alan Daraban   had numerous serious vehicular citations; while driving without a license drove his Ford Bronco off the Mackinac Bridge (2nd person to go airborn in a vehicle off the span) — ruled an intentional act by the fuzz born on 9-10-1971 expired 3-2-1997 in Straits of Mackinac, Michigan   age 25   cause: suicide

Academy-award winning composer  Ken Darby born on 5-13-1909 in Hebron, Nebraska expired 1-24-1992   age 82

former Newsday editorial cartoonist  Tom Darcy   won 1970 Pulitzer prize born on 12-19-1932 in New York, New York expired 12-6-2000 in East Meadows, New York   age 67   cause: emphysema

tuberculosis researcher  Philip Montagu D'Arcy Hart born on 6-25-1900 in London, England expired 7-30-2006 in London, England   age 106    Contest Selectors 2006 SPIT 3.3%    Scored 4.4000 solo points

chemical company heir  Constance Simons du Pont Darden   widow of Colgate W. Darden Jr. born on 3-4-1904 expired 2-7-2002 in Norfolk, Virginia   age 97

former investigator  Martin Francis Dardis   while working for the Dade County (Florida) state's attorney noticed that the crisp new $100 bills in Watergate burglar Bernard Barker's possession came from the Miami Federal Reserve bank; he tracked them back to an account who's one identifiable deposit came from Nixon supporter/fundraiser Kenneth H. Dahlberg; he passed on the tip to Woodward & Bernstein who continued to follow the money trail ... born on 11-25-1922 in Endicott, New York expired 5-16-2006 in Palm City, Florida   age 83   cause: vascular disease

first "New World" child born of English parents  Virginia Dare   disappeared with rest of Roanoke Island colony born on 8-18-1587 in Roanoke Island (North Carolina) expired ??-??-1587 in Roanoke Island (North Carolina)   age 0

Mack The Knife singer  Bobby Darin   ex-husband of Sandra Dee ¤ born: Walden Robert Cassotto  born on 5-14-1936 in New York, New York expired 12-20-1973 in Los Angeles, California   age 37   cause: heart failure after surgery

lyricist  Joe Darion   co-wrote musical Man of La Mancha (1965); wrote The Ho Ho Song born on 1-30-1911 in New York, New York expired 6-16-2001 in Lebanon, New Hampshire   age 90

Persian king (521-486 BC)  Darius I   father of Xerxes; defeated at the Battle of Marathon (Thermopylae pass) by a small force of Greek soldiers in 490 BC ¤ aka: "Darius the Great"  born on --558 BC expired ??-??-486 BC   age 72

familiar voice  Danny Dark   voiced hundreds of commercials; also did cartoon voices; his was the voice that said "Sorry Charlie, ..." to a crestfallen cartoon tuna, "This Bud's for you" to slobbering drunkards & "Raid kills bugs dead" to infested homeowners ¤ real name: Daniel Melville Croskery  born on 12-19-1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 6-13-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: pulmonary hemorrhaging

Oklahoma death row inmate  Tyrone Peter Darks born on 8-26-1964 expired 1-13-2004 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 39   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 BOD, PCD 11.1%    Scored 9.8500 points AKS: Tyron Tyronne Dark

movie actress  Linda Monette Eloyse Darnell born on 10-16-1923 in Dallas, Texas expired 4-10-1965 in Chicago, Illinois   age 41

astronomer  Heinrich Louis d'Arrest   (with galle) was first to observe the planet Neptune (9-23-1846), based upon calculations of LeVerrier born on 7-13-1822 expired 6-14-1875   age 52

actor  Frankie Darro   the voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio (1940); was the actor inside the Robby the Robot costume in Forbidden Planet (1956) ¤ real name: Frank Johnson  born on 12-22-1918 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-25-1976 in Huntington Beach, California   age 58

Charles Brace Darrow   inventor of the Monopoly game born on 8-10-1889 expired 8-29-1967 in Ottsville, Pennsylvania   age 78

lawyer  Clarence Seward Darrow   defense counsel in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) and the Leopold and Loeb murder trial (1924) born on 4-18-1857 in Kinsman, Ohio expired 3-13-1938 in Chicago, Illinois   age 80

Jackpot announcer  Mike Darrow   hosted The Who, What or Where Game (1969-74) born on 1-8-1933 expired 12-7-1996   age 63

New Yorker cartoonist  Whitney Darrow Jr. born on 8-22-1909 in Princeton, New Jersey expired 7-10-1999 in Burlington, Vermont   age 89

Rexall Drug president (1946-75)  Justin Whitlock Dart Sr. born on 8-7-1907 in Evanston, Illinois expired 1-26-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 76   cause: heart ailment

Justin Whitlock Dart Jr.   heir to Rexall Drugstore chain / Dart Industries fortune; driving force behind more extra-constitutional claptrap born on 8-29-1930 expired 6-22-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 71   cause: pneumonia

"actress"  Bella Darvi   "protegé" of Daryl F. Zanuck ¤ born: Bayla Wegier  born on 10-23-1928 in Sosnowiec, Poland expired 9-10-1971 in Monte Carlo, Monaco   age 44   cause: suicide; stuck head in oven & turned on gas; two previous attempts had failed

actress  Jane Darwell   won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Grapes of Wrath ¤ born: Patti Woodward  born on 10-15-1879 in Palmyra, Missouri expired 8-13-1967 in Hollywood, California   age 87

naturalist  Charles Robert Darwin   after his voyage on the Beagle (visiting the Galápagos Islands) he (independently) proposed a theory of evolution through natural selection; wrote Origin of Species (1859); namesake of annual stupidity awards born on 2-12-1809 in Shrewsbury, England expired 4-19-1882 in Downe, England   age 73

attorney  Samuel Dash   former Watergate Senate Select Committee chief council born on 2-27-1925 in Camden, New Jersey expired 5-29-2004 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 79

athlete/actor  Ademar Ferreira da Silva   gold medal winner in the triple jump at the 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games; played the Angel of Death in Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959) born on 9-29-1927 in São Paulo, Brazil expired 1-12-2001 in São Paulo, Brazil   age 73

long-ago Brazilian soccer star  Leonnidas da Sliva   credited with inventing the "bicycle kick" ¤ nicknames: "Rubber Man" & "Black Diamond"  born on 11-11-1910 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 1-24-2004 in São Paulo, Brazil   age 93   cause: Alzheimer's disease

purported super-geezer  Maria Olivia da Silva born on 2-28-1880 in Itapetininga, São Paulo State, Brazil expired 7-8-2010 in Astorga, Paraná State, Brazil   age 130    Contest Selectors 2006 PCD 3.3% 2007 MOT 3.2% AKS: Sao Parana

1950s blacklisted director  Julius "Jules" Dassin   directed The Naked City (1948) & Topkapi (1964); Mr. Melina Mercouri (1966-her death) born on 12-18-1911 in Middletown, Connecticut expired 3-31-2008 in Athens, Greece   age 96    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI, MOT 8.7% 2006 CSI, MOT 6.7% 2007 MOT 3.2% 2008 CSI, MORB 6.3%    Scored 4.1500 points AKS: Dasin

sports shoe manufacturer  Adolph "Adi" Dassler   founded Adidas born on --1901 expired 9-17-1978 in Herzogenaurach, Germany   age 77

professional modelbuilder  Richard C. Datin Jr.   constructed the Enterprise starship for the original tv series, based upon Matt Jeffries' design; went on to be the founding curator of the Nevada State Railroad Museum at Carson City (1979) born on 10-10-1929 in Syracuse, New York expired 1-24-2011 in Reno, Nevada   age 81

Salvadoran military leader & politician  Roberto D'Aubuisson   alleged death squad head born on 8-23-1944 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador expired 2-20-1992   age 47

former Afghan president (1973-78)  Mohammad Daud expired 5-??-1978   age ??   cause: killed in coup

retired Michigan State University football coach  Hugh D. "Duffy" Daugherty   won national championship in 1966 born on 9-8-1915 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania expired 9-25-1987   age 72   cause: heart/kidney problems

immunologist  Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset   shared the 1980 Nobel prize in medicine born on 10-19-1916 in Toulouse, France expired 6-6-2009 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain   age 92

jazz pianist  Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport expired 12-2-1955 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 63

novelist  Gwen Leys Davenport   wrote Belvedere (1947), basis of Sitting Pretty (1948), Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949), Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) & the Mr. Belvedere tv series ¤ born: Gwen Leys Farquharson  born on 10-3-1910 in Colon, Canal Zone, Panama expired 3-23-2002 in Louisville, Kentucky   age 91   cause: congestive heart failure

retired former MIT Radiation Lab physicist  Lee Davenport   was credited as the developer of the SCR-584 semi-trailer mounted radar unit born on 12-31-1915 in Schenectady, New York expired 9-30-2011 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 95   cause: cancer

author  Marcia Davenport   wrote The Valley of Decision (1942); daughter of Alma Gluck; half-sister of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. born on 6-9-1903 in New York, New York expired 1-15-1996 in Monterey, California   age 92

Olympic sprinter/bobsledder  Willie D. Davenport born on 6-8-1943 in Troy, Alabama expired 6-17-2002 in Chicago, Illinois   age 59   cause: heart attack

movie writer/director  Delmer Lawrence Daves   directed Destination Tokyo (1944), Dark Passage (1947), Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) & A Summer Place (1958) born on 7-24-1904 in San Francisco, California expired 8-17-1977 in La Jolla, California   age 73

former welterweightboxer  Charles Pierce "Chuck" Davey   once beat Rocky Graziano; went on to be Michigan boxing commissioner & made millions selling insurance born on 5-3-1925 expired 12-4-2002 in Birmingham, Michigan   age 77

character actor  Thayer David   played mad Count Saknussem in Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), the arsonist Charlie Robbins in Save the Tiger (1973), boxing promoter Jergens in Rocky (1976) ¤ born: David Thayer Hersey  born on 3-4-1927 in Medford, Massachusetts expired 7-17-1978 in New York, New York   age 51   cause: heart attack

"King of Cigars"  Zino Davidoff born on 3-11-1906 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 1-17-1994   age 87

Guardian Industries owner  William Morse Davidson   was principle owner of the Detroit Pistons; also was owner of the NFL Tampa Bay Lightning (until 2008) & the WNBA Detroit Shock born on 12-5-1922 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-13-2009 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan   age 86

computer security expert  Donald Watts Davies   data transmission specialist; coined term "packet switching" (1965) for computer networks such as ARPANet (Internet) born on 6-7-1924 in Treorchy, Wales, United Kingdom expired 5-28-2000 in London, England   age 75   cause: cancer

former State Department diplomat  John Paton Davies Jr.   labeled a "commie" by McCarthy because he "lost" China to Mao; in 1950 he advocated nuking Russia in a pre-emptive strike (sure sounds like a "commie" to us --- NOT) born on 4-6-1908 in Kiating, Sichuan Province, China expired 12-23-1999 in Asheville, North Carolina   age 91

audio engineer  John Ross Twiston Davies   renouned for his restorations of old jazz recordings born on 3-20-1927 in Sussex, England expired 5-25-2004 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England   age 77   cause: cancer

famous "longtime companion" actress  Marion Davies   lover of William Randolph Hearst ¤ born: Marion Cecilia Douras  born on 1-3-1897 in New York, New York expired 9-22-1961 in Hollywood, California   age 64   cause: cancer of the jaw

former Federal judge  Ronald Norwood Davies   forced Little Rock, Arkansas schools to desegregate in 1957 born on 12-11-1904 expired 4-18-1996   age 91

sculptor, painter, scientist  Leonardo da Vinci   did a painting of Francesco del Giocondo's wife Lisa born on 4-15-1442 in Vinci, Tuscany, Italy expired 5-2-1519 in Ambroise, France   age 77

potential record geezer  Alberta Davis born on 12-24-1881 in Hancock County, Georgia expired 1-27-2007 in Thomson, Georgia   age 125    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6%

NFL Oakland Raiders owner (1963-his death)  Allen "Just Win, Baby" Davis born on 7-4-1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts expired 10-8-2011 in Oakland, California   age 82    Contest Selectors 2007 ADWC, OIE 6.5% 2008 OIE 3.1% 2010 OIE 3.7% AKS: Allan

dancer/actress  Altovise Joanne Davis   widow of Sammy Davis Jr. ¤ né3: Gore  born on 8-30-1943 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 3-14-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: stroke

gospel hall-of-fame singer  Anna Carter Gordon Davis   widow of Jimmy Davis born on 2-15-1917 in Shannon, Texas expired 3-5-2004 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 87   cause: acute respiratory failure

jazz double bassist  Arthur D. Davis   was also a clinical psychologist born on 12-5-1933 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania expired 7-29-2007 in Long Beach, California   age 73   cause: heart attack

architect  Arthur Quentin Davis   co-designer of the Louisiana Superdome born on 3-30-1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 11-30-2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 91

ALCOA co-founder, president (1908), chairman (1928)  Arthur Vining Davis   his foundation funds many PBS programs born on 5-30-1867 in Sharon, Massachusetts expired 11-17-1962 in Miami, Florida   age 95

former Air Force general  Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.   during World War II headed the Tuskegee Airmen born on 12-18-1912 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 7-4-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 89   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Ziff-Davis Publishing co-founder  Bernard G. Davis born on 12-11-1906 expired 8-27-1972 in Seoul, South Korea   age 65

actor  Brad Davis born on 11-6-1949 in Tallahassee, Florida expired 9-8-1991 in Studio City, California   age 41

aviation pioneer  David R. Davis   co-founded Davis-Douglas Company (1920) which became Douglas Aircraft Corp. after buyout; invented the "Davis Wing" for the B-24 expired 4-15-1972 in Los Angeles, California   age 78

character actor  Donald Sinclair Davis   played Scully's father on The X-Files and Major General Hammond on Stargate: SG1 & Atlantis tv series born on 8-4-1942 in Aurora, Missouri expired 6-29-2008 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada   age 65   cause: heart attack; diabetes

noted tap dancer  Elvera Sanchez Davis   Sammy Sr./Jr.'s wife/mom ¤ nickname: "Baby Sanchez"  born on 9-1-1905 expired 9-2-2000 in New York, New York   age 95

Syracuse halfback  Ernest R. "Ernie" Davis   first black to win the Heisman Trophy (1961) born on 12-14-1939 in New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania expired 5-18-1963 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 23   cause: leukemia

Sweetwater Triplet  Faith Cardwell Davis   name suggested by Frances (Mrs. Grover) Cleveland; sister of Hope and Charity born on 5-18-1899 in Waco, Texas expired 10-2-1994 in Sweetwater, Texas   age 95

inventor  Francis W. Davis   invented automobile power steering (1926) expired 4-16-1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 91

former Army halfback (1943-46)  Glenn Woodward Davis   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1946); won 1958 Sullivan Award; briefly married to actress Terry Moore (1951-53); retired from working for the Los Angeles Times (1954-87 ¤ nickname: "Mr. Outside"  born on 12-26-1924 in Claremont, California expired 3-9-2005 in La Quinta, California   age 80   cause: complications from prostate cancer

former circus aerialist  Harold Davis   worked without a net ¤ aka: "The Great Alzana"  born on 9-19-1918 in Maltby, Yorkshire, England expired 2-16-2001 in Sarasota, Florida   age 82

gynecologist/obstetrician  Hughes James Davis   developed the Dalkon Shield birth control device born on 1-12-1927 expired 10-23-1996 in Gibson Island, Maryland   age 69

World War I veteran  Jack Davis born on 3-1-1895 in London, England expired 7-19-2003 in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England   age 108

one-term former congressman (1941-43)  Jacob Erastus Davis   was also a former Kroger Co. chairman born on 10-31-1905 in Beaver, Pike County, Ohio expired 2-28-2003 in Naples, Florida   age 97

gospel singer/songwriter  James Bodie Davis   founder of the Dixie Hummingbirds (1928) born on 6-6-1916 in Greenville, South Carolina expired 2-17-2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 90

bluesman  James D. "Thunderbird" Davis born on 10-12-1938 expired 1-24-1992   age 53

James Houston "Jimmie" Davis   co-wrote You Are My Sunshine (1940; with Charles Mitchell); Louisiana governor 1944-48 & 1960-64; was oldest living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame born on 9-10-1899 in Quitman, Louisiana expired 11-5-2000 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana   age 101    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14%    Scored 4.9000 solo points

president of the Confederate States of America  Jefferson Finis Davis born on 6-3-1808 in Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky expired 12-6-1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 81   cause: bronchitis; malaria

character actor  Jim Davis   played clan patriarch Jock Ewing on Dallas born on 8-26-1915 in Edgerton, Missouri expired 4-26-1981 in Northridge, California   age 65   cause: complications from surgery; perforated ulcer; cancer

former U.S. Bureau of Mines chemist (1919-25)  John Williams Davis   invented process of separating Helium from natural gas expired 10-4-1939 in Petersburg, Virginia   age 51

one-time Durham Bulls minor league player  Lawrence C. "Crash" Davis   inspiration for the Kevin Costner role in Bull Durham (1988) born on 7-14-1919 in Canon, Georgia expired 8-31-2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina   age 82   cause: cancer

Leonard Davis   Colonial Penn Insurance Group founder (1963); co-founded AARP (1958) born on 1-28-1924 expired 1-15-2001 in cruise ship in Atlantic Ocean   age 76   cause: congestive heart failure

tv comedy writer  Madelyn Pugh Davis   wrote for I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Alice & The Mothers-in-Law ¤ ex-Mrs. Quinn Martin widow of Dr. Richard Davis  born on 3-15-1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 4-20-2011 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California   age 90

Disney animator  Marc Frasier Davis   created the characters Cinderella, Bambi, Bre'r Fox & Bre'r Bear (for Song of the South; 1948), Alice (for Alice in Wonderland; 1951), Tinker Bell (for Peter Pan; 1953), Briar Rose & Maleficent (for Sleeping Beauty) and Cruella De Vil (for 101 Dalmatians; 1961) born on 3-30-1913 in Bakersfield, California expired 1-12-2000 in Glendale, California   age 86   cause: stroke

former oil mogul  Marvin Davis   cashed out of petroleum and got into entertainment & real estate — once owned the Pebble Beach golf courses as well as the 20th Century Fox studios (1981-85; sold it to Rupert Murdoch) born on 8-31-1925 in Newark, New Jersey expired 9-25-2004 in Beverly Hills, California   age 79   cause: heart ailment; diabetes

jazz trumpeter  Miles Dewey Davis III born on 5-25-1926 in Alton, Illinois expired 9-28-1991   age 65    Contest Selectors 1980 DH, DR 12.5%

actress  Myra Davis   Janet Leigh's stand-in in the Psycho shower scene test reel (1960) ¤ stage name: Myra Jones  expired 7-1-1988 in Los Angeles, California   age 71   cause: murdered; strangled

Camelot Music founder  Paul L. Davis expired 11-7-2002 in Massillon, Ohio   age 79

actor  Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis   delivered the eulogy for Malcolm X; directed Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); played Jack in Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) born on 12-18-1917 in Cogdell, Georgia expired 2-3-2005 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 87

retired University of Pennsylvania professor Dr.  Raymond Davis Jr.   shared the 2002 Nobel physics prize for hunting the "wild" solar neutrino born on 10-14-1914 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-31-2006 in Blue Point, New York   age 91   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

former singer/songwriter  Roquel Billy Davis   wrote a number of songs with Berry Gordy Jr.; became an executive at the McCann-Erickson ad agency where he wrote (or co-wrote) a number of advertising songs including: "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke", "It's the Real Thing" & "Things Go Better With Coke" born on 7-11-1932 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-2-2004 in New Rochelle, New York   age 72

character actor  Rufe Davis   played Charley Pratt, conductor of the C&FW railroad's Hooterville Cannonball on Petticoat Junction ¤ real name: Rufus E. Davidson  born on 12-2-1908 in Vinson, Oklahoma expired 12-13-1974 in Torrance, California   age 66

actress  Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis born on 4-5-1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 10-6-1989   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 MS, YJ 15.4% 1980 DH, EB, HP, VA 25.0%

vaudevillian  Sammy Davis Sr. born on 12-12-1900 in Wilmington, North Carolina expired 5-21-1988 in Beverly Hills, California   age 87

singer & actor  Sammy Davis Jr.   biggest hit The Candyman from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; married to Loray White (1950s), May Britt (1960-68) and Altovise Gore born on 12-8-1925 in New York, New York expired 5-16-1990   age 64    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS, JW 15.4%

country singer  "Skeeter" Davis   took stage name during the 1950s when she was half of the "Davis Sisters" duo (with Betty Jack Davis, killed in 1953 car wreck) ¤ real name: Mary Frances Penick  born on 12-30-1931 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky expired 9-19-2004 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 72   cause: breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 RIE 5.6%    Scored 7.8000 solo points

Sonia Haft Green Lovecraft Davis   widow of H.P. Lovecraft ¤ born: Sonia Haft Shefirkin «or» Shaiferkin Haft  born on 3-16-1883 in Ichnaya, Ukraine, Russia expired 12-24-1972 in Sunland, California   age 89

football player  Thomas E. Davis born on 10-13-1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired ??-??-19??   age ??

aviator  Thomas H. Davis   founded Piedmont Airlines (1947) born on 3-15-1918 expired 4-22-1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina   age 81

soul singer  Tyrone Davis born on 5-4-1938 in Greenville, Mississippi expired 2-9-2005 in Chicago, Illinois   age 66   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact) AKS: Tyronne

soul singer  Tyrone Davis born on 5-4-1938 in Greenville, Mississippi expired 2-9-2005 in Chicago, Illinois   age 66   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact) AKS: Tyronne

one-time Bell Labs researcher  Clinton Joseph Davisson   shared the 1937 Nobel prize in physics born on 10-22-1881 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 2-1-1958 in Charlottesville, Virginia   age 76

Coolidge vice president (1925-29)  Charles Gates Dawes   shared the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize born on 8-27-1865 in Marietta, Ohio expired 4-23-1951 in Evanston, Illinois   age 85   cause: coronary thrombosis

musician/jingle music composer  Thomas Webster Dawes   as a musician performed with The Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball" & "Turn Down Day" (both 1966); came up with a lot of memorable tunes, including: Alka Seltzer's "Plot, Plot, Fizz, Fizz", Vidal Sassoon's "If Yo Don't Look Good, We Don't Look Good" & "Nothing Beats a Great Pair of L'Eggs" born on 7-25-1943 in Albany, New York expired 10-13-2007 in New York, New York   age 64   cause: stroke; carotid artery surgery

Delaware death row inmate  David F. Dawson born on 4-1-1955 expired 4-26-2001 in Delaware   age 46   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (only 2 of the minimum 3 needed)

retired Ford forklift operator (1940-2002)  Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr.   donated over $1.3 million to various schools, charities & non-profit groups born on 1-3-1921 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired 11-2-2002 in Highland Park, Michigan   age 81   cause: heart attack

puppet maker  Velma Dawson   fabricated the Howdy Doody marionette (as well as all of the others designed by the Rose family) for the so-named tv kiddie show born on 5-30-1912 expired 9-26-2007 in Palm Desert, California   age 95

Jack Benny foil tenor  Dennis Day ¤ born: Eugene Dennis McNulty  born on 5-21-1917 in New York, New York expired 6-23-1988   age 71

ad writer  Guy Brian Day   co-founded Chiat/Day agency (1968) born on 7-30-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-16-2010 in Plugerville, Texas   age 79

Kennedy Postmaster General (1961-63)  James Edward Day   introduced the ZIP Code (Zoning Improvement Plan) in 1963 born on 10-11-1914 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 10-29-1996 in Hunt Valley, Maryland   age 82   cause: heart attack

actress  Laraine Day   from 1947 to 1960 was Mrs. Leo Durocher; played Dr. Kildare's fiance nurse Mary Lamont in a number of movies, Dorothy Bryant in Mr. Lucky (1943), the title character in I Married a Communist (1949) & Constance Fletcher on the Murder She Wrote tv series ¤ born: La Raine Johnson Mrs. Michel M. Grilikhes  born on 10-13-1920 in Roosevelt, Utah expired 11-10-2007 in Ivins, Utah   age 87    Contest Selectors 2006 NFG 3.3% 2007 NFG 3.2%    Scored 6.3000 solo points

BBC broadcast interviewer Sir  Robin Day ¤ aka: the "Grand Inquisitor"  born on 10-24-1923 in London, England expired 8-6-2000 in London, England   age 76   cause: "heart problems"

former Israeli Defense Minister  Moshe Dayan born on 5-20-1915 in kibbutz Deganiah Aleph, Palestine, Ottoman Empire expired 10-16-1981 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 66   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, JH 23.1% 1980 DH, DW, EK, HA, RR 25.0% AKS: Dyan

British poet laureate (1968-72)  Cecil Day-Lewis   succeeded Masefield in position ¤ wrote unde the pen name: "Nicholas Blake"  born on 4-22-1904 in Ballintogher, Ireland expired 5-22-1972 in London, England   age 68   cause: cancer

former Dayton Hudson CEO  Kenneth Nelson Dayton   grandson of company founder born on 7-20-1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 7-19-2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota   age 80   cause: refractory anemia

Titanic survivor  Bertram Vere Dean Jr.   along with mom and sister made it into a life boat; died on the 80th anniversary of the sinking expired 4-15-1992   age

last Titanic survivor  Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean   died on the 98th Anniversary of the ship's launching born on 2-2-1912 in London, England expired 5-31-2009 in Woodbourne, Hampshire, England   age 97    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 JL,RR 18.2% 2003 CSI, JL, PCD, RR 22.2% 2004 CSI, LMLD, PCD, RR 22.2% 2005 CSI, KLS, MOT, PCD, RR 21.74% 2006 CSI, KLS, MOT, OIE, PCD, RR 20.0% 2007 AUDC, KLS, MOT, OIE, PCD, RPRM, RR 22.6% 2008 CSI, DFFC, KLS, MORB, OIE, PCD, RIE, RPRM, RR, SBAP, 4GUE 34.4% 2009 CSI, DFFC, KLS, MORB, PCD, RIE, RPRM, RR, TBC 30.0%    Scored 2.8098 points

Rebel Without a Cause actor  James Byron Dean born on 2-8-1931 in Marion, Indiana expired 9-30-1955 in Paso Robles, California   age 24   cause: injuries suffered in car wreck

"Gashouse Gang" pitcher (1930-41)  Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean   brother of Daffy; next-to-last pitcher to win 30 games in single season (1934) born on 1-16-1911 in Lucas, Arkansas expired 7-17-1974 in Reno, Nevada   age 63   cause: heart failure

country singer, actor & former sausage mogul  Jimmy Ray Dean   had early 1960s hits with "P.T. 109" and "Big Bad John"; played reclusive Las Vegas casino mogul Whillard Whyte in Diamonds Are Forever (1971); fired by Sara Lee as spokesman for the sausage brand he created (January 2004) born on 8-10-1928 in Plainview, Texas expired 6-13-2010 in Henrico County, Virginia   age 81    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI, NFG 11.1% 2005 CSI, MOT, NFG 13.0% 2006 DTH, HH, NFG 10.0% 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 CSI, MORB, NFG 9.4% 2009 MORB, NFG 6.7% 2010 CSI, MORB, NFG 11.1%    Scored 5.0250 points AKS: Jimmie

"Gashouse Gang" pitcher (1934-43)  Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean Sr.   brother of Dizzy born on 8-14-1912 in Lucas, Arkansas expired 3-17-1981 in Springdale, Arkansas   age 68   cause: heart attack; diabetes

flash-in-the-pan actress  Quentin Dean   appeared in In the Heat of the Night as Delores Purdy (1967; received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at Golden Globes) ¤ real name: Quintin Corinne "Corky" Margolin  born on 7-27-1944 in California expired 5-8-2003   age 58

disc jockey  Winston Joe "Buddy" Deane   his WJZ-TV "Buddy Deane Show" dance program (1957-64) was the inspiration for the movie & Broadway play Hairspray (1988/2002) born on 8-2-1924 in Saint Charles, Arkansas expired 7-16-2003 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas   age 78   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Dean

former Atlantic City Steel Pier diving horse rider  Josephine K. DeAngelis born on 11-9-1910 expired 9-19-2003 in Pleasantville, New Jersey   age 92

1940s Bebop jazz guitarist  William "Bill" DeArango born on 9-20-1921 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 12-26-2005 in East Cleveland, Ohio   age 84   cause: Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease

Cardinal  John Francis Dearden born on 10-15-1907 in Valley Falls, Rhode Island expired 8-1-1988   age 80    Contest Selectors 1980 EB 6.3%

jazz singer  Blossom Margrete Dearie born on 4-29-1924 in East Durham, New York expired 2-7-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 84    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2002 TMTX 9.1% 2003 TMTX 5.6%

child actor  Glyn Dearman   played Tiny Tim (Cratchit) in Scrooge (1951) born on 12-30-1939 expired 12-??-1998   age 58   cause: fell down stairs

Gipper advisor/pr flack  Michael Keith Deaver   convicted of 3 counts of perjury for fibs to congress & a grand jury born on 4-11-1938 in Bakersfield, California expired 8-18-2007 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 69   cause: pancreatic cancer

heart surgeon  Michael Ellis DeBakey   performed first artificial heart transplant in 1966 born on 9-7-1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana expired 7-11-2008 in Houston, Texas   age 99    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14% 2001 KLS 12½% 2002 DTM, RR 18.2% 2003 ANG, COCO, CSI, DTM, JEDS, KLS, RR 38.9% 2004 CSI, DTM, EOD, KLS, NFG, RR 33.3% 2005 CSI, DTM, KLS, MOT, NFG, PCD, RR, SPIT, TBC, TMD, WORM 47.8% 2006 BOD, CSI, DTM, MOT, NFG, PCD, RIE, RR, SPIT, TFM 33.3% 2007 ABRA, ADWC, ANG, BOD, DTM, JCM, MOT, NFG, PCD, PUD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, RR, SPIT, TFM 51.6% 2008 ADWC, ANG, BOD, DTM, JCM, KLS, MORB, NFG, PCD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, RR, SPIT, TFM 46.9%    Scored 2.6002 points

sire of the family singing group  Robert Louis DeBarge Sr.   was diveroced from the mother of the brood in 1971 born on 7-9-1932 in Illinois expired 8-30-2009 in Detroit, Michigan   age 77

singer  Robert Louis DeBarge Jr. born on 3-5-1956 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-16-1995 in Grand Rapids, Michigan   age 39   cause: complications from AIDS

San Francisco 49ers football team owner  Edward John DeBartolo Sr. born on 5-17-1909 expired 12-19-1994   age 85

former Packard & GM engineer  Pierre Stuart de Beaumont   co-founder of Brookstone, the gadget retailer (1965; named after his farm in the Berkshires); inherited the rights to the Mutt and Jeff comic strip from mother born on 8-1-1915 in New York, New York expired 12-4-2010 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts   age 95

cartoonist  William Morgan "Billy" DeBeck   created the Barney Google comic strip (1919); strip continued by Fred Lasswell (1942-2001); coined the expression "Heebie Jeebies"; originally, the award given for the cartoonist of the year was named for him, but it was renamed for Rube Goldberg in 1954 born on 4-15-1890 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-11-1942 in New York, New York   age 52

Sir  Gilbert Ridley Debenham born on 6-28-1906 in Kensington, Middlesex, England expired 6-3-2001   age 94

poet & dramatist  Cyrano de Bergerac   known for his big honker born on 3-6-1619 in Paris, France expired 7-28-1655 in Sannois, France   age 36   cause: head injury

researcher  Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije   received the 1936 Nobel chemistry prize born on 3-24-1884 in Maastricht, The Netherlands expired 11-12-1966 in Ithaca, New York   age 82 AKS: Peter Debye

former UC-Berkeley economist  Gerard Debreu   recipient of the 1983 Nobel Prize in economics born on 7-4-1921 in Calais, France expired 12-31-2004 in Paris, France   age 83   cause: "natural causes"

movie director  Philippe Claude Alex de Broca   made That Man from Rio (1964) & King of Hearts (1966) born on 3-15-1933 in Paris, France expired 11-26-2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France   age 71

physicist Prince  Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond de Broglie   his discoveries into the wave nature of the electron earned him the 1929 Nobel prize in physics born on 8-15-1892 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France expired 3-19-1987 in Paris, France   age 94

musician  Cécile de Brunhoff   invented the tale of an elephant as bedtime story for her children (1931); her husband illustrated the tale and named the elephant (Babar) born on 10-16-1903 expired 4-7-2003 in Paris, France   age 99   cause: stroke

artist  Jean de Brunhoff   illustrated & named Babar the elephant based upon bedtime story as told by his wife to their children born on 12-9-1899 in Paris, France expired 10-16-1937 in Paris, France   age 37   cause: tuberculosis

U.S. Social Democratic Party co-founder (1897)  Eugene Victor Debs   ran for president five times, in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920; a co-founder of the Wobblies — the International Workers of the World (1905) born on 11-5-1855 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 10-20-1926 in Elmhurst, Illinois   age 70

NBA Hall-of-famer  David Albert "Dave" DeBusschere   played for the Detroit Pistons (player-coach) & N.Y. Knicks; a former ABA Commissioner born on 10-16-1940 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-14-2003 in New York, New York   age 62   cause: heart attack

French impressionist composer  Claude Achille Debussy   notable pieces include Claire de lune and Trois Nocturnes born on 8-22-1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France expired 3-25-1918 in Paris, France   age 55

author & editor  Catherine Crook de Camp   wife of L. Sprague born on 11-6-1907 in New York, New York expired 4-9-2000 in Plano, Texas   age 92

science fiction writer  Lyon Sprague de Camp   widower of Catherine born on 11-27-1907 in New York, New York expired 11-6-2000 in Plano, Texas   age 92

maternal character actress  Rosemary DeCamp   played George M. Cohan's mother Nellie in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mowgli's mother Messua in The Jungle Book (1942), Momma Gershwin in Rhapsody in Blue (1945), Dwayne Hickman's mom Margaret MacDonald on Love That Bob tv series (1955-59), Marlo Thomas' mother Helen Marie on That Girl tv series (1966-70) and Peg Riley in The Life of Riley tv series (1949-50) born on 11-14-1910 in Prescott, Arizona expired 2-20-2001 in Torrance, California   age 90   cause: complications from pneumonia

Archie Comics artist (1957-2000)  Daniel S. DeCarlo   created Josie and the Pussycats & Sabrina the teen-age Witch born on 12-12-1919 in New Rochelle, New York expired 12-18-2001 in New Rochelle, New York   age 82   cause: pneumonia

actress  Yvonne DeCarlo   original Lily Munster of The Munsters fame (1964-66) ¤ born: Peggy Yvonne Middleton  born on 9-1-1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 1-9-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 84   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½% 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 ABRA, ADWC, TAP 16.7% 2005 ADWC, MOT 8.7% 2006 GGG, MOT 6.7% 2007 RPRM 3.2%    Scored 6.6000 solo points

World War I infantry veteran  Louis de Cazenave   survived the Battle of the Somme (1916) & Second Battle of Aisne (1917); was the oldest Frenchman; has refused a state funeral born on 10-16-1897 in Saint-Georges-d'Aurac, Haute-Loire, France expired 1-20-2008 in Brioude, Auvergne region, France   age 110    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC 3.1%    Scored 4.0000 solo points

Baltimore machine shop co-founder (1910)  Alonzo Galloway Decker Sr.   built first electric drill with "pistol" grip & trigger switch (1914) born on 1-16-1884 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 3-18-1956 in Towson, Maryland   age 72

power tool promulgator  Alonzo Galloway Decker Jr.   son of Black & Decker co-founder born on 1-18-1908 in Orangeville, Baltimore County, Maryland expired 3-18-2002 in Earleville, Maryland   age 94   cause: heart failure

Jennie Bell Morrow Decker   grand-daughter of Sam Houston born on 3-2-1871 expired 3-17-1977 in Houston, Texas   age 106

Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant   shared the 1909 Nobel peace prize ¤ title: Baron de Constant de Rebecque  born on 11-22-1852 in La Flèche, Sarthe District, Loire, France expired 5-15-1924 in Paris, France   age 71

former Bonzo and Tonight Show producer  Frederick Timmins DeCordova born on 10-27-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-15-2001 in Woodland Hills, California   age 90    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½%    Scored 6.0000 solo points

Catholic Church leader (1522-1523)  Adrian Dedel   elected 219th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church January 9, 1522 ¤ Pope Adrian VI  born on 3-2-1459 in Utrecht, Holland expired 9-14-1523   age 64

Synanon founder (1958)  Charles Edwin "Chuck" Dederich   in later years the organization degenerated into a violent religious cult born on 3-22-1913 in Toledo, Ohio expired 2-28-1997 in Visalia, California   age 83   cause: cardio-pulmonary failure    Contest Selectors 1980 JH 6.3%

glamour photographer  André de Dienes   photographed several early Playboy playmates born on 12-18-1913 in Austria-Hungary expired 4-11-1985 in West Hollywood, California   age 71    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI AKS: Andre

gag cartoonist  Eldon Lawrence Dedini   cartooned for Esquire, The New Yorker & Playboy (1959-2005) born on 6-29-1921 in King City, California expired 1-12-2006 in Carmel, California   age 84   cause: esophageal cancer

early Playboy contributor  J. Julien Dedman   was a cartoonist & writer in the early editions of the magazine; went into advertising but continued doing cartoons (most notably for the New York Herald Tribune) expired ??-??-1966-to-1990   age ??

former Golden Grain Macaroni Company head  Vincent M. DeDomenico Sr.   co-inventor of Rice-a-Roni (1958) born on 9-29-1915 in San Francisco, California expired 10-18-2007 in Napa, California   age 92

actress  Frances Marion Dee   widow of Joel McCrea; mother of Jody McCrea; played Meg in Little Women (1933) & Mirabel in The Gay Deception (1935) born on 11-26-1907 in South Pasadena, California expired 3-6-2004 in Norwalk, Connecticut   age 96   cause: pneumonia; following a stroke, that caused a fall, that broke her leg, ...    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1% 2003 COCO, JL 11.1%

Klan murder victim  Henry Hezekiah Dee   with friend Charles Moore was kidnapped, beaten, mutilated and dumped in the Mississippi River to die born on 1-8-1945 in Roxie, Mississippi expired 5-2-1964 in Tallulah, Louisiana (near)   age 19   cause: drowned; mutilated; severe beating

actress  Sandra Dee   had roles in Gidget (1959; title role) & A Summer Place (1959); was married to Bobby Darin (1960-67) ¤ born: Alexandra Zuck  born on 4-23-1942 in Bayonne, New Jersey expired 2-20-2005 in Thousand Oaks, California   age 62   cause: pneumonia; kidney disease    Contest Selectors 2004 ADWC 5.6%

journalist  William Francis "Bill" Deedes   was an editor of the Daily Telegraph from 1974-86; also an MP born on 6-1-1913 in London, England expired 8-17-2007 in Aldington, Kent, England   age 94    Contest Selectors 2006 DTM 3.3% 2007 DTM 3.2%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher/2nd basewoman  Mildred Eleanor "Millie" Deegan   played for the Rockford Peaches (1943-52) born on 12-11-1919 in New York, New York expired 7-21-2002 in Port Richey, Florida   age 82   cause: metastatic breast cancer

steel plow inventor (1837)  John Deere   formed his corporation in 1868 born on 2-7-1804 in Rutand, Vermont expired 5-17-1886 in Moline, Illinois   age 82

actor  Don DeFore   appeared on Hazel tv series born on 8-25-1913 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa expired 12-22-1993   age 80

befuddled Letterman stooge  Calvert G. DeForest   nephew of inventor Lee DeForest ¤ aka: Larry "Bud" Melman  born on 7-23-1921 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 3-19-2007 in Babylon, Long Island, New York   age 85   cause: heart attack; pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO, CSI, JEDS 16.7% 2004 ABRA, CSI 11.1% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2007 ABRA 3.2%    Scored 6.5000 solo points

inventor  Lee De Forest   inventor of the Audion Tube; a weak claimant for title of inventor of radio; uncle of Calvert DeForest born on 8-26-1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa expired 6-30-1961 in Hollywood, California   age 87 AKS: DeForest

silent screen actress  Marie De Forest   third wife/widow of Lee De Forest ¤ née: Mosquini  born on 12-3-1896 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-21-1983 in Los Angeles, California   age 86 AKS: DeForest Mosquine

sculptor  Anthony DeFrancisci   designed the World War Two discharge emblem, the so-called "ruptured duck" born on 6-13-1887 expired 10-20-1964 in New York, New York   age 77

terrorist  Donald David DeFreeze   "leader" of the SLA ¤ SLA name: "Field Marshall General Cinque Mtume"  born on 11-16-1943 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-24-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 30   cause: cranial bullet impact

French Fifth Republic president General  Charles Andre Joseph Marie DeGaulle born on 11-22-1890 in Lille, France expired 11-9-1970 in Colombet-les-Deux-Englises, France   age 79

Chuck's widow  Yvonne Charlotte Anne-Marie Vendroux DeGaulle born on 5-22-1900 in Calais, France expired 11-8-1979 in Paris, France   age 79

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes   was the 1991 Nobel physics laureate born on 10-24-1932 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 5-18-2007 in Orsay, Île-de-France, France   age 74

Pocket Books co-founder (1939)  Robert F. de Graff born on 6-9-1895 expired 11-14-1981 in Mill Neck, New York   age 86

religious broadcaster  Richard W. De Haan   created the Day of Discovery program born on 2-21-1923 expired 7-16-2002 in Grand Rapids, Michigan   age 79

former Army Air Corps Sgt.  Albert T. "Pappy" DeHart   tail gunner aboard the B-29 Bockscar born on 8-18-1915 in Plainview, Texas expired 12-??-1976 in Texas   age 61

novelist & playwright  Jan de Hartog   author of The Fourposter (1944) born on 4-22-1914 in Haarlem, The Netherlands expired 9-22-2002 in Houston, Texas   age 88

Sir  Geoffrey DeHavilland   British pioneer aviator & aircraft designer; founded de Havilland Aircraft born on 7-27-1882 in Haslemere, England expired 5-27-1965 in London, England   age 82

Georg Charles de Hevesey   recipient of the 1943 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 8-1-1885 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 7-5-1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany   age 80 AKS: George

actor  John Forkum Dehner   Commodore Wintoon on The Baileys of Balboa tv series born on 11-23-1915 in New York, New York expired 2-4-1992   age 76

jazz alto saxophonist  Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan   revived New Orleans' Olympia Brass Band (1958); the are known for accompanying jazz funeral processions (seen in Live and Let Die; 1973) born on 2-4-1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 7-5-2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 93

Portugese supergeezer  Maria de Jesus dos Santos   had been the (Guinness-recognized) oldest person in the world born on 9-10-1893 in Olival, Ourém, Portugal expired 1-2-2009 in Tomar, Portugal   age 115    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2008 DFFC, RPRM, RR 9.4% 2009 DFFC, PCD, RPRM, RR, WEP 16.7%    Scored 1.1563 points

actor  Albert Dekker   was Dr. Cyclops in the movies (1940) ¤ born: Albert Van Dekker  born on 12-20-1905 in New York, New York expired 5-5-1968 in Hollywood, California   age 62   cause: suicide; hanged AKS: Decker

pop artist  Desmond Dekker   leader of The Aces; his big hit — The Israelites (early 1968) ¤ born: Desmond Adolphus Dacres  born on 7-16-1941 in Kingston, Jamaica expired 5-24-2006 in Surrey, England   age 64   cause: heart attack AKS: Decker

artist  Willem DeKooning born on 4-24-1904 in Rotterdam, Netherlands expired 3-19-1997 in East Hampton, New York   age 92   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

french horn player & conductor  Norman Del Mar born on 7-31-1919 in London, England expired 2-6-1994 in London, England   age 74   cause: cancer

former fertilizer salesman  Byron De La Beckwith   convicted murderer of Medgar Evers born on 11-9-1920 in Colusa, California expired 1-21-2001 in Jackson, Mississippi   age 80   cause: heart disease    Contest Selectors 2001 DTM 12½%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

Dell Publishing founder (1921)  George Thomas Delacorte Jr. born on 6-20-1894 in New York, New York expired 5-4-1991   age 96

former Philadelphia Orchestra principle oboist (1954-77)  John de Lancie Sr.   director of the Curtis Institute of Music (1977-85); Q's father born on 7-26-1921 in Berkeley, California expired 5-17-2002 in Walnut Creek, California   age 80   cause: leukemia

dentist Dr.  A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany   Having Your Say co-author born on 9-3-1891 expired 9-25-1995   age 104

educator  Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany   Having Your Say co-author born on 9-19-1889 in Lynch's Station, Virginia expired 1-25-1999 in Mount Vernon, New York   age 109   cause: old age

classical pianist  Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle born on 5-23-1923 in Barcelona, Spain expired 9-25-2009 in Barcelona, Spain   age 86   cause: complications from broken hip

on-again, off-again bankrupt movie mogul  Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis born on 8-8-1919 in Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy expired 11-10-2010 in Beverly Hills, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 2004 DTM 5.6% 2005 BYE, DTM, TBC 13.0% 2006 BYE 3.3% 2007 BYE 3.2% 2008 ANG, BYE, SPIT 9.4% 2009 ADWC, BOD, BYE 10.0% 2010 ADWC, BOD, BYE, KLS 14.8%    Scored 3.7125 points AKS: DeLaurentis De Laurentiis Laurentis

Max Delbrück   shared the 1969 Nobel prize in medicine born on 9-4-1906 in Berlin, Germany expired 3-9-1981 in Pasadena, California   age 74 AKS: Delbruck

former pro basketball player  Bison Dele   with girlfriend (Serena Karlan) disappeared near Tahiti ¤ born: Brian Williams  born on 4-6-1969 expired 7-7-2002 in Tahiti (nearby)   age 33

French film composer  Georges Delerue born on 3-12-1925 in Rouhaix, France expired 3-20-1992   age 67

movie model maker  Marcel Delgado   constructed the original King Kong models (1933); also worked as a model/minature maker on War of the Worlds (1953), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) & Fantastic Voyage (1966) born on 1-16-1901 in Mexico expired 11-26-1977 in Los Angeles, California   age 76

immortalized trophy wife  Lisa del Giocondo   second wife of Francesco del Giocondo; hubby commisioned a local artist to do a painting of her (now known as the Mona Lisa) ¤ née: Gherardini  born on 5-??-1479 expired 7-15-1542 in Sant'Orsola, Italy   age 63

Texas death row inmate  Monty Allen Delk ¤ number 900  born on 2-24-1967 expired 2-28-2002 in Huntsville, Texas   age 35   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD, DTM, RR, TMTX 36.4%    Scored 9.3125 points

Dead End Kids actor  Gabe Dell ¤ born: Gabriel del Vecchio  born on 10-7-1919 in Barbados expired 7-3-1988 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: leukemia

Catholic Church leader (1914-1922)  Giacomo della Chiesa   elected 259th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church ¤ Pope Benedict XV  born on 11-21-1854 in Genoa, Italy expired 1-22-1922   age 67   cause: influenza

Catholic Church leader (1823-1829)  Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga   elected 253rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1823 ¤ Pope Leo XII  born on 8-22-1760 in Castello della Genga, Spoleto Territory, Italy expired 2-10-1829 in Rome, Italy   age 68

Catholic Church leader (1471-1484)  Francesco della Rovere   elected 213th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1471; built the Sistine Chapel & founded the Vatican Library ¤ Pope Sixtus IV  born on 7-21-1414 in Albisola, Italy expired 8-12-1484   age 70

Catholic Church leader (1503-1513)  Giuliano della Rovere   elected 217th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church October 10, 1503 ¤ Pope Julius II  born on 12-5-1443 in Albisola, Italy expired 2-21-1513 in Rome, Italy   age 69

1-term New Jersey congressman (1957-58)  Vincent John Dellay born on 6-23-1907 in Union City, New Jersey expired 4-16-1999 in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey   age 91

counter-tenor  Alfred Deller born on 5-30-1912 in Margate, England expired 7-16-1979 in Bologna, Italy   age 67

cinematographer  Antonio "Tonino" Delli Colli born on 11-20-1923 in Rome, Italy expired 8-16-2005 in Rome, Italy   age 82   cause: heart attack

activist  David T. Dellinger   World War II draft resister; chairman, National Mobilization Committee to End War in Vietnam (1967-71); one of the Chicago Seven born on 8-22-1915 in Wakefield, Massachusetts expired 5-25-2004 in Montpelier, Vermont   age 88   cause: Alzheimer's disease

composer  Norman Dello Joio ¤ born: Nicodemo DeGioio  born on 1-24-1913 in New York, New York expired 7-24-2008 in East Hampton, New York   age 95

radio/tv character/voice actor  Kenneth Howard "Kenny" Delmar   played Senator Beauregard Claghorn on Fred Allen's radio show (1945-49); the character was parodied in Warner Brothers cartoons born on 9-5-1910 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 7-14-1984 in Stamford, Connecticut   age 73

author/playwright  Viña Delmar   wrote novel & play Bad Girl born on 1-29-1903 expired 1-19-1990 in Beverly Hills, California   age 86 AKS: Vina

former auto manufacturer  John Zachary DeLorean   his gull-winged stainless steel vehicle starred in the Back to the Future trilogy & numerous courtroom dramas born on 1-6-1925 in Detroit, Michigan expired 3-19-2005 in Summit, New Jersey   age 80   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 2004 MJ, SS 11.1% 2005 MOT 4.3%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

soprano  Victoria de los Angeles ¤ born: Victoria Gómez Cima  born on 11-1-1923 in Barcelona, Spain expired 1-15-2005 in Barcelona, Spain   age 81   cause: cardiopulmonary failure

Bradley E. Delp   was the lead singer of the band Boston born on 6-12-1951 in Danvers, Massachusetts expired 3-9-2007 in Atkinson, New Hampshire   age 55   cause: suicide; carbon monoxide poisoning

sci-fi author  Lester Ramon Alvarez del Rey born on 6-2-1915 in Saratoga, Minnesota expired 7-10-1993   age 77

actress  Dolores Del Rio   wife of Cedric Gibbons (1930-41); cousin of Ramon Novarro ¤ real name: Lolita Dolores Martínez Asúnsolo Lopéz Negrette  born on 8-3-1905 in Durango, Mexico expired 4-11-1983 in Newport Beach, California   age 77   cause: liver failure

actress  Evelyn Del Rio   appeared in The Bank Dick, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man and My Little Chickadee ¤ born: Evelyn Bernadette Janer  born on 9-22-1931 in Cantano, Puerto Rico expired 11-26-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: complications from diabetes

Eadie Del Rubio   one of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act ¤ real name: Edith Bolling Boyd  born on 8-23-1921 in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone expired 12-16-1996 in Torrance, California   age 75   cause: cancer

Elena Rolfe Del Rubio   one of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act (triplet Milly survives) ¤ real name: Elena Rolfe Boyd  born on 8-23-1921 in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone expired 3-19-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: cancer

Milly Del Rubio   last survior of the Del Rubio Sisters singing act (Eadie & Elena) ¤ real name: Mildred Stuart Boyd  born on 8-23-1921 in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone expired 7-21-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 89   cause: respiratory failure

St.Louis Browns pinch-runner  James Henry "Jim" Delsing   replaced Eddie Gaedel after his successful leadoff walk in the second game of a double-header on August 19, 1951; he made it as far as third base but didn't score born on 11-13-1925 in Rudolph, Wisconsin expired 5-4-2006 in Chesterfield, Missouri   age 80   cause: complications from cancer

World War I-era veteran  Emiliano Mercado del Toro Sr.   had been the oldest person in the world for only a month before providing our entrants with a modest scoring opportunity born on 8-21-1891 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Spanish Empire expired 1-24-2007 in Isabela, Puerto Rico   age 115    Contest Selectors 2005 KLS 4.3% 2006 KLS, QKU, SPIT 10.0% 2007 DFFC, KLS, PCD, RPRM, RR, SPIT, WEP 22.6%    Scored 1.0391 points

omnivorous actor  Dominick DeLuise   voice of Pizza the Hutt in Spaceballs; as unlikely as it sounds, he scored a perfect "100" on the J-Lo Scale born on 8-1-1933 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-4-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 75   cause: congestive heart failure; prostate cancer    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14% 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD, CMH, JEDS 27.3% 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 BOD, EOD, SS 16.7% 2005 BOD 4.3% 2006 BOD, DTH, 4GUE 10.0% 2007 BOD, PUD, SBAP, 4GUE 12.9% 2008 BOD, GAS, SBAP, 4GUE 12.5% 2009 BOD, GAS, MORB, NFG 13.3%    Scored 5.3125 points

character actor  William Demarest   played Uncle Charlie on My Three Sons (1967-73) born on 2-27-1892 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 12-27-1973 in Palm Springs, California   age 81    Contest Selectors 1980 DO

typsetter, tinkerer & librarian  Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville   inventor of the phonautograph (1853) — a sound recording device similar to a seismograph, making squiggles on a paper drum to record sounds; patented in 1857, he made the first known recording of a human voice on April 9, 1860 (a recording of a French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune") ... is wasn't until March of 2008 that it was "played back" (using a high-tech device developed for the Library of Congress); an apocraphal story has him visiting Abe Lincoln in the White House in 1863 and making a recording of Lincoln reading the Gettysberg Address (with the paper recording strip coming into the private collection of Edison); the invention never made him any money (he never intended for the recordings to be "played back" they were meant only to be viewed) — he lived out his life as a librarian born on 4-25-1817 in France expired 4-26-1879 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 62 AKS: Edouard-Leon

actress  Orane Demazis   played Fanny in original movie productions of Marius (1931), Fanny (1932) & César (1936) ¤ born: Marie-Louise Burgard  born on 9-18-1894 in Oran, Algeria expired 12-25-1991 in Paris, France   age 97

engineer  Georges de Mestral   the inventor of Velcro (1948) born on 6-19-1907 in Nyon, Switzerland expired 2-8-1990 in Commugny, Switzerland   age 82

actress  Irina Demick   played Brigitte/Ingrid/Marlene/Françoise/Yvette/Betty in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) ¤ real name: Yrina Demik aka: Irina Demich  born on 10-16-1936 in Pommeuse, France expired 10-8-2004 in Indianapolis, Indiana   age 67

choreographer  Agnes George DeMille born on 9-12-1905 in New York, New York expired 10-6-1993   age 88    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7% 1980 EB 6.3%

legendary film producer  Cecil Blount De Mille   made (and remade) The Squaw Man three times (1914, 1918 & 1931) born on 8-12-1881 in De Mille Corners, Ashfield, Massachusetts expired 1-21-1959 in Hollywood, California   age 77

Soyuz 15 cosmonaut  Lev Stepanovich Demin   was flight engineer aboard the failed mission to the Salyut 3 space station (8/26-28/1974) born on 1-11-1926 in Moscow, Russia, USSR expired 12-18-1988 in Zvyozdny Gorolok, Russia, USSR   age 62

management consultant  William Edwards Deming born on 10-14-1900 in Sioux City, Iowa expired 12-20-1993   age 93

tv/movie director  Edward "Ted" Demme   directed Beautiful Girls (1996) & Blow (2001); nephew of Jonathan Demme born on 10-26-1964 in New York, New York expired 1-13-2002 in Santa Monica, California   age 37   cause: collapsed while playing basketball

former Notre Dame wide receiver  Peter Kirk Demmerle   blew out his knee as an undergrad so went to law school instead of the NFL born on 9-6-1953 in Syracuse, New York expired 5-24-2007 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 53   cause: ALS    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC 3.3%

Connecticut governor (1961-71)  John Dempsey born on 1-3-1915 in Cahir, Ireland expired 4-2-1982   age 67

Playboy cartoonist (1954-2002)  John H. Dempsey born on 5-15-1919 expired 5-18-2002 in La Jolla, California   age 83   cause: complications from stroke

boxer  William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey   husband of Estelle Taylor ¤ nickname: "The Manassa Mauler"  born on 6-24-1895 in Manassa, Colorado expired 5-31-1983   age 87    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

physicist  Arthur Jeffrey Dempster   in 1935 discovered Uranium-235 isotope, primary fuel in bombs and reactors born on 8-14-1886 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 3-11-1950 in Stuart, Florida   age 63

French mercenary  Robert-Pierre "Bob" Denard   was particularly fond of staging coups in the Comoros Islands ¤ born: Gilbert Bourgeaud aka: "Said Mustaphe Mahdjoub  born on 4-7-1929 in Bordeaux, France expired 10-13-2007 in Grayan-et-l'Hôpital, Médoc, Gironde, Aquitaine, France   age 78   cause: cardiovascular disease; Alzheimer's disease

artist  Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon   collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 74   cause: complications from brain aneurysm

artist  Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon   collaborated with husband Christo Javacheff born on 6-13-1935 in Casablanca, French Morocco expired 11-18-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 74   cause: complications from brain aneurysm

the Last Last Emperor, doddering Chinese poohbah  Deng Xiao-Peng ¤ born: Kan Tse-Kao  born on 8-22-1904 in Paifang, Szechwan, China expired 2-19-1997 in Beijing, China   age 92    Contest Selectors 1979 MM, RR, YJ 23.1% 1980 DH, JH, MM 18.8%

Deng Yingchao   widow of Chou En-lai and mother of Li Peng born on 2-4-1904 in Guanshan County, Henan Province, China expired 7-11-1992 in Beijing, China   age 88

businessman  Arnold Sheldon Denker   a former US Chess champion (1944-1946); NOT the 1967 Cronkite strike replacement born on 2-21-1914 in New York, New York expired 1-2-2005 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida   age 90   cause: brain cancer

former Baylor U basketball player  Patrick James Dennehy born on 1-28-1982 in Oakland, California expired 6-12-2003 in Waco, Texas   age 21   cause: gunshots to head

actor  Richard Denning   played the governor on Hawaii Five-O ¤ real name: Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger  born on 3-27-1913 in Poughkeepsie, New York expired 10-11-1998 in Escondido, California   age 85

pianist/singer/songwriter  Matt Dennis   wrote Angel Eyes born on 2-11-1914 in Seattle, Washington expired 6-21-2002 in Riverside, California   age 88   cause: "natural causes"

author  Patrick Dennis   wrote novel Auntie Mame (1954) ¤ real name: Edward Tanner 3rd  born on 5-18-1921 in Evanston, Illinois expired 11-6-1976 in New York, New York   age 55   cause: cancer

actress  Sandy Dennis born on 4-27-1937 in Hastings, Nebraska expired 3-2-1992   age 54

character actress  Dolores Teachenor "Dodo" Denny   played the mother of Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) born on 5-5-1928 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-20-2005 in Crestline, California   age 77

bandleader  Martin Denny   created the musical genre called "Exotica" — in 1959 he reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with Quiet Village ¤ aka: "King of the Tiki Hut"  born on 4-12-1911 in New York, New York expired 3-2-2005 in Hawai'i Kai, Hawaii   age 93    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

Fairport Convention singer  Sandy Denny   fell down a flight of stairs & hurt head expired 4-26-1978 in London, England   age 30   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

author  Lester Dent   author of 280 Doc Savage books expired 3-11-1959 in La Plata, Missouri   age 54

Rocky Mountain High singer  John Denver ¤ born: Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.  born on 12-31-1943 in Roswell, New Mexico expired 10-12-1997 in Montery Bay, California   age    cause: experimental plane crash    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7% AKS: 53

actor  Robert "Bob" Denver   played Maynard G. Krebs on Dobie Gillis (1959-63) and S.S. Minnow first mate Willy Gilligan on Gilligan's Island (1964-67) born on 1-9-1935 in New Rochelle, New York expired 9-2-2005 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina   age 70   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 SB 7.7% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 TAP 5.6% 2004 TAP 5.6%

former soccer star  Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Olivieria M.D. born on 2-19-1954 in Belém do Pará, Brazil expired 12-4-2011 in São Paulo, Brazil   age 57   cause: septic shock; respiratory failure; renal failure AKS: Socrates

furniture business founder  Dirk Jan De Pree   bought the Michigan Star Furniture Company (1923) & named it for the father-in-law who had loaned him the money — Herman Miller born on 7-31-1891 in Zeeland, Michigan expired 12-10-1990 in Holland, Michigan   age 99

crime/thriller movie director  Jacques Deray   directed La Piscine (1968; The Swimming Pool) ¤ born: Jacques Deray-Desrayaud  born on 2-19-1929 in Lyone, Rhône, Rhône-Alps, France expired 8-9-2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France   age 74

20th-century reincarnation of Priapus  John Harris Derek   had been married to Pati Behrs, Ursula Andress, Linda Evans & Cathy "Bo" Collins; took nekid pictures of the last three for Playboy; his 1949 Knock on Any Door character Nick Romano had one of the best movie lines of all time: "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse" ¤ born: Derek Sullivan Harris (renamed by Humphrey Bogart)  born on 8-12-1926 in Hollywood, California expired 5-22-1998 in Santa Monica, California   age 71   cause: heart failure

former TWA stewardess  Ulrike "Uli" Derickson   kept a bunch of psycho plane hijackers from killing a whole lot of passengers (June 1985) ¤ née: Patzelt  born on 8-8-1944 in Aussig-an-der-Elbe, Czechoslovakia expired 2-18-2005 in Tucson, Arizona   age 60   cause: cancer

pistol inventor  Henry Deringer Jr.   eponymous inventor of small pistol (the derringer; 1825) born on 10-26-1786 in Easton, Pennsylvania expired ??-??-1868   age 81

last of the Stooges  "Curly" Joe DeRita born on 7-12-1909 expired 7-3-1993   age 81

Jose Ruiz De Rivera born on 9-18-1904 in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana expired 3-21-1985 in New York, New York   age 80

Holocaust survivor  Lisa Derman   died while relating her experiences at the Illinois Storytelling Festival born on 12-25-1926 in Poland expired 7-1-2002 in Spring Grove, Illinois   age 75   cause: heart attack

NBC football play-by-play announcer  Albert J. DeRogatis born on 5-5-1927 expired 12-26-1995   age 68

Euro-geezer  Joanna Catharina DeRoover born on 6-3-1890 in Belgium expired 12-6-2002 in Belgium   age 112

When Worlds Collide actor  Richard Derr born on 6-15-1918 in Norristown, Pennsylvania expired 5-8-1992 in Santa Monica, California   age 73   cause: pancreatic cancer

philosopher  Jacques Derrida   "the godfather of Deconstructionism" born on 7-15-1930 in El Biar, Algeria expired 10-8-2004 in Paris, France   age 74   cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: Derida

MIT computer science professor Dr.  Michael Leonidas Dertouzous   a co-founder of the World Wide Web Consortium born on 11-5-1936 in Athens, Greece expired 8-27-2001 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 64

former Indian Prime Minister (1977-79)  Morarji Ranchhodji Desai   liked to drink his own urine (think about it the next time the movie theater offers you "golden flavoring" on your popcorn) born on 2-29-1896 in Bhadeli, Gujarat Province, India expired 4-10-1995 in Bombay, India   age 99    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HFS, HP, MM, RR 38.5% 1980 JH, MM 12.5%

corrupt political hack  Carmine Gerard De Sapio   last boss of Tammany Hall born on 12-10-1908 in New York, New York expired 7-27-2004 in New York, New York   age 95

geologist, cartographer & explorer Dr.  Ardito Desio   led first team to reach the summit of K2 born on 4-18-1897 in Palmanova, Italy expired 12-12-2001 in Rome, Italy   age 104

songwriter, movie producer, Paramount executive  George Gard "Buddy" De Sylva   wrote California, Here I Come (1924) and If You Knew Susie (1925); co-founded Capitol Records born on 1-27-1895 in New York, New York expired 7-11-1950 in Hollywood, California   age 55   cause: heart attack

automaker  Alejandro DeTomaso   his company, DeTomaso Automobili, produced the Pantera (1971-90) born on 7-10-1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 5-21-2003 in Modena, Italy   age 74   cause: heart failure

House of Wax director (1953)  André DeToth ¤ real name: Sásvári Farkasfalvi Tóothfalusi-Tóth Endre Antal Mihály  born on 5-15-1912 in Mako, Hungary expired 10-22-2002 in Burbank, California   age 90   cause: aneurysm    Contest Selectors 2002 RR 9.1%    Scored 6.0000 solo points 2003 COCO

31" actress  Tamara de Treaux   played E.T. ¤ born: Tamara Detro  born on 10-21-1959 expired 11-28-1990   age 41   cause: heart & respiratory problems

bitter & reclusive film collector  Alois Felix Dettlaff Sr.   owned the only known copy of the 1910 Edison production of Frankenstein born on 2-25-1921 expired 6-26-2005 in Cudahy, Wisconsin   age 84 AKS: Detlaf Dettlaf Detlaff Dettloff Detlof Dettlof Detloff

movie composer  Adolph Deutsch   won oscars for Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers & Oklahoma born on 10-20-1897 in London, England expired 1-2-1980 in Palm Desert, California   age 82

Broadway/movie producer  Armand S. Deutsch   as grandson of the Sears Roebuck CEO was an original target of Leopold & Loeb as the victim of their "thrill kill"; a longtime friend of the Gipper born on 1-25-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-13-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 92   cause: complications from pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease

retired MIT physicist (1941-87)  Martin Deutsch   discovered Positronium (1951) born on 1-29-1917 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 8-16-2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 85

former Irish Republic president (1959-73)  Eamon de Valera ¤ born: Edward de Valera  born on 10-14-1882 in New York, New York expired 8-29-1975 in Linden, Ireland   age 92   cause: cardiac failure; bronchial pneumonia

retired Charleston, Mississippi carpenter  Ed Devaney   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on --1881 expired ??-??-1957   age 76

retired Nebraska football coach  Robert Simon "Bob" Devany   assistant coach at MSU 1953-56 born on 4-13-1915 in Saginaw, Michigan expired 5-9-1997 in Lincoln, Nebraska   age 82   cause: cardiac arrest

criminal  William Ray "Billy" Deverell   one of the victims in the Wonderland Murders (1981) born on 2-14-1937 expired 7-1-1981 in Los Angeles, California   age 44   cause: bludgeoned to death with lead pipe

silent movie director  Nat G. Deverich   produced 1922 Perfect Pictures Corp. 5-reeler The Power of Love, the world's first 3-D movie born on 2-20-1893 in New York, New York expired 4-11-1963 in Hollywood, California   age 70

Joseph de Veuster   ministered to the leprosy victims at the Molokai Leper Colony (1873-89) ¤ known worldwide as Father Damien  born on 1-3-1840 in Themeloo, Belgium expired 4-15-1889 in Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii   age 59   cause: Hansen's disease

Indian member of Parliament (1996-2001)  Phoolan Devi   lower-caste heroine that didn't get mad — she got even (big time) ¤ aka: "The Bandit Queen"  born on 8-10-1957 in Gorha Ka Purwa, Uttar Pradesh, India expired 7-25-2001 in New Delhi, India   age 43   cause: assassinated; multiple gunshots to head & chest

punk musician  Willy "Mink" DeVille ¤ born: William Borsey  born on 8-25-1950 in Stamford, Connecticut expired 8-6-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 58   cause: pancreatic cancer

bulky tv and film character actor  Andrew "Andy" Devine   no relation to the 300-pound transvestite ¤ real name: Jeremiah Schwartz  born on 10-7-1905 in Flagstaff, Arizona expired 2-18-1977 in Orange, California   age 71   cause: leukemia

former high school/college/pro football coach  Daniel John Devine Sr.   won 1977 national championship while at Notre Dame (1975-79); also coached Green Bay Packers & East Jordan (MI) High School born on 12-23-1924 in Augusta, Wisconsin expired 5-9-2002 in Tempe, Arizona   age 77   cause: complications from heart surgery

nun Sister  Mary Davidis Devine   rescued 53 of her 8th grade students from fire at the Our Lady of Angels school in Chicago (1958) born on 6-4-1906 in Lincoln, Illinois expired 10-14-2006 in Dubuque, Iowa   age 100

tv theme song composer  Frank DeVol   wrote movie score for The Dirty Dozen (1967); wrote theme songs for The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, Family Affair and dozens of other shows; played Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2-night born on 9-20-1911 in Moundsville, West Virginia expired 10-27-1999 in Lafayette, California   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure

author  Peter DeVries born on 2-27-1910 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-28-1993 in Norwalk, Connecticut   age 83

"moody" actor  Patrick Dewaere   played Stéphane in Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978) ¤ born: Jean-Marie Patrick Bourdeau  born on 1-26-1947 in Saint Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France expired 7-16-1982 in Paris, France   age 35   cause: suicide; gunshot to head

Scottish politician  Donald Campbell Dewar   first minister of first Scottish Parliament in 300 years born on 8-21-1937 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 10-11-2000 in Edinburgh, Scotland   age 63   cause: cerebral hemorrhage; slip and fall on sidewalk

James Dewar   invented the Twinkie (April 6, 1930) born on 2-5-1897 expired 6-30-1985   age 88

former Kmart chairman & CEO (1972-88)  Robert E. Dewar Sr. born on 11-20-1922 expired 9-7-2000 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan   age 77   cause: complications from colon cancer

Thomas Wheeler Dewart   former publisher of the New York Sun (1944-50; it was sold to Scripps-Howard in 1950) born on 10-1-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-2-2001 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 90

sculptor  Felix Weihs de Weldon   designed Iwo Jima Memorial (1954) born on 4-12-1907 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 6-2-2003 in Woodstock, Virginia   age 96   cause: "old age"    Contest Selectors 2001 RR 12½% 2002 RR 9.1% 2003 COCO, RR 11.1%    Scored 4.1500 points

former Transvaal Provincial District judge  Quartus de Wet   presided over 1964 Rivonia trial that sent Nelson Mandela to Robben Island born on 3-10-1899 in Praetoria, South Africa expired 12-18-1980 in Praetoria, South Africa   age 81

former South African justice minister (1913-24)  Nicolaas Jacobus De Wet   also served as interim Governor General (1943-46) born on --1873 expired 3-16-1960 in Praetoria, South Africa   age 86

three-term New York governor  Thomas Edmund Dewey Dr.   ran for president in 1944 and 1948 born on 3-24-1902 in Owosso, Michigan expired 3-16-1971 in Bal Harbour, Florida   age 68   cause: heart attack

actress  Colleen Dewhurst   played Murphy's mom Avery Brown on Murphy Brown tv series born on 6-3-1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 8-22-1991   age 67

child actor  Brandon DeWilde   played Joey Starrett in Shane (1953) born on 4-9-1942 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 7-6-1972 in Denver, Colorado   age 30   cause: injuries suffered in automobile acident

World War II Western Defense Commander  John Lessesne De Witt Sr.   his wildly racist slanders of the Japanese-American residents of the west coast were the basis for Roosevelt's unconstitutional executive order (#9066) to round them up and put them in camps born on 1-9-1880 in Fort Sidney, Nebraska expired 6-20-1962 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 82   cause: heart attack AKS: DeWitt

singer  Lew DeWitt   original member of the Statler Brothers born on 3-12-1938 in Roanoke, Virginia expired 8-15-1990 in Waynesboro, Virginia   age 52   cause: heart & kidney disease; Crohn's disease

comedian & actor  Billy DeWolfe ¤ real name: William Andrew Jones  born on 2-18-1907 in Wollaston, Massachusetts expired 3-5-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: lung cancer

actor  Brad Dexter   played Lt.JG Cartwright in Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) & Harry Luck in The Magnificent Seven (1960) ¤ born: Boris Milanovich  born on 4-9-1917 in Goldfield, Nevada expired 12-12-2002 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 85   cause: emphysema

silent move actor  Elliot Dexter   had title role in C.B. DeMille's second production of The Squaw Man (1918) born on --1870 in Galveston, Texas expired 6-23-1941 in Amityville, New York   age 70

Cardinal  Paolo Dezza born on 12-13-1901 in Parma, Italy expired 12-17-1999 in Rome, Italy   age 98

actor  Khigh Dhiegh   played villan Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-O ¤ real name: Kenneth Dickerson Sr.  born on --1910 in Spring Lake, New Jersey expired 10-25-1991 in Mesa, Arizona   age 81   cause: heart & kidney failure

first Senegalese prime minister (1957-62)  Mamadou Moustapha Dia born on 7-18-1910 in Kombolé, French Senegal expired 1-25-2009 in Dakar, Senegal   age 88

tv writer/producer  William Allen "Bill" Dial   wrote the famous "Turkeys Away" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati (as well as playing engineer Bucky Dornster); also wrote Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Tribunal" & "The Alternate" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode teleplay "Eye of the Needle" (1995) expired 6-2-2008 in Beaufort, South Carolina   age 66   cause: heart attack; congestive heart failure; edema

composer  David Leo Diamond   composed 11 symphonies & 10 string quartets born on 7-9-1915 in Rochester, New York expired 6-13-2005 in Rochester, New York   age 89   cause: congestive heart failure

1920s gangster  John Thomas "Jack" Diamond   got nickname because of his ability to "outrun" the law; rubbed out by rival Dutch Schultz ¤ nickname: "Legs"  born on --1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-18-1931   age 35

tv writer & actress  Selma Diamond   writer for many "golden age" tv comedy shows; played the bailiff Selma on Night Court born on 8-5-1920 in London, Ontario, Canada expired 5-13-1985   age 64   cause: cancer

Nicaraguan president (5/9/1911-12/31/1912 acting, 1/1/1913-1/1/1917 & 11/14/1926-1/1/1929)  Adolfo Diaz born on --1877 expired 1-27-1964 in San José, Costa Rica   age 86

Florida death row inmate  Angel Nieves Diaz born on 8-31-1951 in Puerto Rico expired 12-31-2006 in Starke, Florida   age 55   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 TFM

former Mexican president (1964-70)  Gustavo Díaz Ordaz expired 7-15-1979 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 68

murder victim  José Díiaz   1942 Los Angeles "Sleepy Lagoon" reservoir murder victim born on 12-9-1919 in Durango, Mexico expired 8-12-1942 in Los Angeles, California   age 22   cause: skull fracture; severe concussion

Mexican dictator  Porfirio Diaz   overthrew government and ruled from 1876-1880 and 1884-1910; himself overthrown by Francisco Madero in 1910 ¤ born: Jose de la Cruz Porfirio  born on 9-15-1830 in Oaxaca, Mexico expired 7-2-1915 in Paris, France   age 84

pro wrassler  Michael "Mike" DiBiase ¤ aka: "Iron Mike DiBiase"  born on 12-24-1923 expired 7-2-1969   age 45   cause: heart attack

Betty di Bugnano   second woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated wearing a swimsuit (February 21, 1954 issue); again, the magazine also included a feature on swimwear ¤ born: Betty Metcalf ex-Mrs: Albert Glowe, Carlo di Bugnano & Marten Lamont  born on 9-25-1917 in Seattle, Washington expired 7-11-2010 in West Palm Beach, Florida   age

former CBS News correspondent (1962-81)  David B. Dick   covered the assassination attempt on George Wallace (1972) & the aftermath of the People's Temple cult suicides (1978) born on 2-18-1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 7-16-2010 in Plum Lick, Bourbon County, Kentucky   age 80   cause: prostate cancer

science fiction writer  Philip Kindred Dick   his novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" was the basis of the movie Blade Runner (1982) born on 12-16-1928 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-2-1982 in Santa Ana, California   age 53   cause: heart attack AKS: Phillip

author  Charles John Huffam Dickens   wrote Great Expectations, The Pickwick Papers (1837), A Christmas Carol (1843) and A Tale of Two Cities (1859) born on 2-7-1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England expired 6-9-1870 in Godshill, England   age 58

newswoman  Nancy Dickerson ¤ born: Nancy Conners Hanschman  born on 1-27-1927 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin expired 10-18-1997 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: complications from stroke

poet  James Lafayette Dickey   wrote Deliverance born on 2-2-1923 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 1-19-1997   age 73

former N.Y. Yankee catcher  William Malcolm "Bill" Dickey born on 6-6-1907 in Bastrop, Louisiana expired 11-12-1993   age 86

one term Michigan governor (1939-1940)  Luren Dudley "Scrooge" Dickinson   puritanical foe of liquor, dancing, card playing and "high life" born on 4-15-1859 in Niagra County, New York expired 4-22-1943 in Charlotte, Michigan   age 84

American theater star  Dorothy Dickson born on 7-25-1893 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 9-25-1995 in New Brunswick, New Jersey   age 102

Johnson & Johnson vice president  Earle Ensign Dickson   invented the Band-Aid born on 10-10-1892 in Grandview, Tennessee expired 9-21-1961 in New Brunswick, New Jersey   age 68

science fiction writer  Gordon R. Dickson   won three Hugo Awards for: Soldier, Ask Not (1965), Last Dorsai (1981) & The Cloak and the Staff (1981); also won a 1966 Nebula Award for Call Him Lord born on 11-1-1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada expired 1-31-2001 in Richfield, Minnesota   age 77   cause: complications from severe asthma

former Boston Symphony Orchestra first violinist  Harry Ellis Dickson   associate conductor of the Boston Pops; father of Kitty Dukakis born on 11-1-1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 3-29-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 94

blues guitarist  Bo Diddley ¤ born: Otha Ellas Bates later adopted and renamed Ellas B. McDaniel got stage name as a child  born on 12-30-1928 in McComb, Mississippi expired 6-2-2008 in heart failure   age 79   cause: Archer, Florida    Contest Selectors 1979 VM 7.7% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG, 4GUE 6.7% 2007 4GUE 3.2% 2008 DGW, LMLD, RAVN, 4GUE 12.5%    Scored 4.9125 points AKS: Ellis Didley Didlie Diddlie Diddie

pioneering computer technologist  John Theurer Diebold   author of Automation (1952); his company, Diebold Group, developed an electronic network for the Bowery Savings Bank that linked account records to teller terminals in real time (1961) born on 6-8-1926 in Weehawken, New Jersey expired 12-26-2005 in Bedford Hill, New York   age 79   cause: esophageal cancer

Charles Diederich born on 6-29-1895 expired 8-17-1993   age 98    Contest Selectors 1979 RR, VM 15.4%

Canadian prime minister (1957-63)  John George Diefenbaker born on 9-18-1895 in Neustadt, Grey County, Ontario, Canada expired 8-15-1979 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   age 83   cause: heart attack

Otto Paul Hermann Diels   1950 Nobel chemistry laureate (shared award with his former student Kurt Alder) born on 1-23-1876 in Hamburg, Germany expired 3-7-1954 in Kiel, Germany   age

inventor  Walter E. Diemer   invented Dubble Bubble bubble gum while working as an accountant for Fleer Corp. born on 1-8-1905 expired 1-8-1998 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania   age 93

singer/actress  Joan Diener   played kitchen wench Aldonza (Dulcinea) in original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha (1965) ¤ Mrs. Albert Marre  born on 2-24-1930 in Columbus, Ohio expired 5-13-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 76   cause: complications from cancer

Texas Rep. (1931-45, 1953-59)  Martin Dies Jr.   organized the House Un-American Activities Committee, one of the greatest constitutional abominations in the history of the republic; a pox on all of his constituents for re-electing this turkey over and over born on 11-5-1900 in Colorado, Texas expired 11-13-1972 in Lufkin, Texas   age 72

engine designer  Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel   designed engine to run on low-grade petroleum fuels born on 3-18-1858 in Paris, France expired 9-29-1913   age 55

movie director  William Dieterle   director of The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) and Dark City (1950) born on 7-15-1893 in Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein, Rhein-Palatinate, Germany expired 12-8-1972 in Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany   age 79

actress  Maria Magdalena "Marlene" Dietrich ¤ born: Maria Magdalena von Losch  born on 12-27-1901 in Berlin, Germany expired 5-6-1992 in Paris, France   age 90    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, JW, VM 23.1% 1980 DO, EB, JH, JW 25.0%

Howard Hughes' aide  Noah Dietrich   co-wrote Howard, the Amazing Mr. Hughes born on 2-28-1889 in Batavia, Wisconsin expired 2-15-1982   age 92

disgraced Michigan rep. (1954-80)  Charles Coles Diggs Jr.   convicted of extorting kickbacks from his congressional staff born on 12-2-1922 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-24-1998 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 75   cause: stroke

movie photography tech  Edmund M. DiGiulio   won the Motion Picture Academy's Engineering and Scientific Award; als received the 2001 Gordon Sawyer Award born on 6-13-1927 expired 6-4-2004 in Malibu, California   age 76   cause: congestive heart failure

physicist  Edsger Wybe Dijkstra   known for his shortest-path algorithm for finding the shortest route on a graph or map; co-designer of Algol 60 born on 5-11-1930 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands expired 8-5-2002 in Nuenen, The Netherlands   age 72   cause: cancer

tubby Eddie Nash "bodyguard"  Gregory DeWitt Diles   300-pound martial arts thug; involved in the 1981 Wonderland Murders expired 1-2-1995 in Lagos, Nigeria   age 48 AKS: Dials

songwriter  Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill   wrote "Long Black Veil" (with Marijohn Wilkin) & "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" (1963) born on 9-19-1924 in Clarksburg, Carroll County, Tennessee expired 10-21-2008 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 83    Contest Selectors 2008 RAVN 3.1%    Scored 6.7000 solo points

department store chain founder (1938)  William T. Dillard Sr. born on 9-2-1914 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas expired 2-8-2002 in Little Rock, Arkansas   age 87

"Public Enemy Number One"  John Herbert Dillinger   gunned down in Chicago outside the Biograph Theater, set up by the Woman in Red born on 6-28-1902 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 7-22-1934 in Chicago, Illinois   age 32   cause: multiple bullet wounds

Susan J. Dillingham   first wife of Tom Hanks (1978-85); mother of Colin Hanks ¤ stage name: Samantha Lewes  born on 11-29-1952 expired 3-13-2002   age 49   cause: bone cancer

JFK/Johnson Treasury secretary (1961-65)  Clarence Douglas Dillon born on 8-21-1909 in Geneva, Switzerland expired 1-10-2003 in New York, New York   age 93    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

retired Boston Red Sox player  Dominic Paul "Dom" DiMaggio   brother of Joe ¤ nickname: "The Little Professor"  born on 2-12-1917 in San Francisco, California expired 5-8-2009 in Marion, Massachusetts   age 92    Contest Selectors 2005 BYE, SLIM, TBC 13.0% 2006 BYE 3.3% 2007 BYE 3.2% 2008 BYE, PCD 6.3% 2009 BYE, PCD 6.7%    Scored 4.5500 points

baseball player and Mr. Coffee pitchman  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio Sr.   played for New York Yankees 1936-42,46-51; had Joe Jr. by first wife Dorothy Olson; briefly married to Marilyn Monroe; his last words we "I'll finally get to see Marilyn" ¤ aka: "The Yankee Clipper", "Joltin' Joe" and "Mr. Coffee"  born on 11-24-1914 in Martinez, California expired 3-8-1999 in Hollywood, Florida   age 84   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7%

Joseph Paul DiMaggio Jr.   only child of Joe Sr. (by first wife Dorothy Olson) born on 10-23-1941 in Antioch, California expired 8-6-1999 in Martinez, California   age 57

Serbian General Staff Intelligence Department head Colonel  Dragotin Dimitrijevic   headed the Black Hand secret terrorist organization that started World War I with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand ¤ aka: "Apis"  born on --1877 expired 6-24-1917   age 40   cause: executed; shot at dawn

Eastern Orthodox Patriarch  Dimitrios born on 9-8-1914 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire expired 10-2-1991 in Istanbul, Turkey   age 77

Danish author  Isak Dinesen   author of Out of Africa ¤ aka: Baroness Karen Christentze Blixen-Finecke  born on 4-17-1885 in Rungsted, Denmark expired 9-7-1962 in Rungsted, Denmark   age 77

Michigan representative (1933-55)  John David Dingell Sr.   succeeded by his son born on 2-2-1894 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-19-1955 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 61

1936 Miss America  Rose Veronica Coyle Dingler born on 7-20-1914 expired 2-??-1988 in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania   age 73

actress  Lydia Shum Din-ha   big in Hong Kong flix born on 7-21-1945 in Shanghai, China expired 2-29-2008 in Hong Kong, China   age 62   cause: liver cancer; diabetes; lypertension    Contest Selectors 2008 LMLD 3.1%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact) AKS: Sum

lawyer  Edmund Dinis   in 1969 was District Attorney for Cape Cod and the offshore islands — went into the tank for Teddy after his Chappaquiddick driving episode ... let him plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident (having failed to report it for 10 hours); the penalty: a 2-month suspended sentence and 1-year driving license suspension; when he was up for re-election in 1970 he lost born on 10-4-1924 in Saint Michaels Island, The Azores, Portugal expired 3-14-2010 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts   age 85

Texas death row inmate  Richard Eugene Dinkins   its "lights out" on January 29, 2003 ¤ aka: number 999022  born on 9-29-1962 expired 1-29-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 40   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 9.1250 points

one-time Dinning Sisters singer  Jean Dinning   with husband Red Surrey wrote "Teen Angel" (1959) ¤ born: Eugenia Dinning  born on 3-29-1924 in Grant County, Oklahoma expired 2-22-2011 in Garden Grove, California   age 86

heavy metal vocalist/songwriter  Ronnie James Dio ¤ born: Ronald James Padavona  born on 7-10-1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire expired 5-16-2010   age 67   cause: stomach cancer    Contest Selectors 2010 OIE, RAVN 7.4%    Scored 7.0500 points

Elzine Oina Legros Dionne   mother of the famous quintuplets + nine other children: Ernest (b. 12/23/1926), Rose (b. 4/13/1928), Therese (b. 5/15/1929), Leo (b. 1930; died of pneumonia age 1 month), Daniel (b. 4/22/1932), Pauline (b. 6/29/1933), Oliva Jr. (b. 7/9/1936), Victor (b. 4/4/1938) & Claude born on 5-8-1909 in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada expired 11-22-1986   age 77

quintuplet  Émilie Dionne born on 5-28-1934 in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada expired 8-6-1954 in Sainte Agathe, Canada   age 20   cause: suffocation during epileptic seizure

quintuplet  Marie Dionne born on 5-28-1934 in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada expired 2-27-1970 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 35   cause: blood clot in brain

Oliva Eduoard Dionne   father of the famous quintuplets born on 8-17-1903 expired 11-15-1979 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada   age 76

quintuplet  Yvonne Dionne born on 5-28-1934 in Corbeil, Ontario, Canada expired 6-23-2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 67   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14%

fashion designer  Christian Dior born on 1-21-1905 in Granville, France expired 10-24-1957 in Montacatini, Italy   age 52

cinematographer  Carlo Di Palma   photographed Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) & Blowup (1966) born on 4-17-1925 in Rome, Italy expired 7-9-2004 in Rome, Italy   age 79

brain-dead 2-day Nepalese "head of state"  "King" Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev   the Nepalese state council named him "king" after he assassinated mom & dad and the rest of the royal family; a later story coming out of Katmandu claimed that the incident was a horrible "accident" (with automatic weapons, at dinner, while wearing combat fatigues, ...) ¤ nickname: "Dippy" (no shit!)  born on 6-27-1971 in Katmandu, Nepal expired 6-4-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal   age 29   cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound

mathematician  Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac   shared the 1933 Nobel prize in Physics born on 8-8-1902 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 10-20-1984 in Tallahassee, Florida   age 82

cartoonist  Rudolph Dirks   created the Katzenjammer Kids comic strip (1897) born on 2-26-1877 in Heinde, Germany expired 4-20-1968 in New York, New York   age 91

Illinois Senator  Evertt McKinley Dirksen born on 1-4-1896 in Pekin, Illinois expired 9-7-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 73

Krupp engineer  Oswald Dirmoser   during World War I constructed the Big Bertha cannon used to shell Paris from 76 miles distance expired 2-7-1938 in Baden, Austria   age 63

Walt's widow  Lillian B. Disney born on 2-15-1899 expired 12-16-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 98   cause: stroke

Walt's nephew  Roy Edward Disney   son of Roy O. born on 1-10-1930 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-16-2009 in Newport Beach, California   age 79   cause: stomach cancer

Walt Disney Company co-founder (1923)  Roy Oliver Disney   Walt's younger brother; father of Roy E. born on 6-24-1893 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-20-1971 in Burbank, California   age 78   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

animator, producer, corporate founder  Walter Elias Disney   created Mickey Mouse; built Disneyland with money borrowed from ABC; eventually Disney bought ABC; urban legend has him "on ice" somewhere, awaiting to be thawed out and healed born on 12-5-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-15-1966 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: cancer

British Prime Minister (1868, 1874-80)  Benjamin Disraeli ¤ title: Earl of Beaconsfield nickname: "Dizzy"  born on 12-21-1804 in London, England expired 4-18-1881 in London, England   age 76

operatic tenor  Giuseppe di Stefano ¤ nickname: "Pippo"  born on 7-24-1921 in Motta Sant'Anastasia, Sicily, Italy expired 3-3-2008 in Santa Maria Hoe, Lombardy, Italy   age 86   cause: complications from head injury    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3%

Vivian Dorraine Liberto Cash Distin   first wife of Johnny Cash (he had pledged to remain faithful in the song "I Walk the Line") born on 4-23-1934 in San Antonio, Texas expired 5-24-2005 in Ventura, California   age 71   cause: complications from lung cancer surgery

orchestra conductor  Dean Dixon born on 1-10-1915 in New York, New York expired 11-3-1976 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 61   cause: stroke; heart attaack

Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr.   former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team; paid to keep the "LOVE" sculpture in a local park born on 8-14-1923 in Winter Harbor, Maine expired 8-2-2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 82   cause: melanoma

Confederate States army Lt.  George A. Dixon   commanded C.S.S. Hunley in first successful submarine attack, against the Union vessel Housatonick, sinking it outside Charleston harbor; the vessel was raised in August, 2000 expired 2-17-1864 in Charleston, South Carolina   age ??   cause: drowned when submarine was swamped/damaged by blast wave

actor/tv director  Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III   played Sgt. James Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes (1965-70) born on 4-6-1931 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York expired 3-16-2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina   age 76   cause: hemorrhage; kidney disease    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7%

psychic/astrologer/crackpot  Jeane Dixon   she didn't see it coming ¤ born: Jeane L. Pinckert  born on 1-5-1918 in Medford, Wisconsin expired 1-25-1997 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 79   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, MS 15.4% 1980 DW, JH 12.5%

California rep. (1979-2000)  Julian C. Dixon born on 8-8-1934 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 12-8-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 66   cause: heart attack

former WJIM-tv cooking show maven  Martha Dixon   hosted the Copper Kettle cooking show & The Martha Dixon Show ¤ real name: Madeline F. VerPlanck  born on 1-15-1921 expired 7-9-2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 88   cause: blood cancer

lyracist  Mort Dixon   co-wrote Bye, Bye Blackbird, I'm Lookin' Over A Four Leaf Clover (1927; with Harry Woods) & The Lady in Red (1935) born on 3-2-1892 in New York, New York expired 3-23-1956 in Bronxville, New York   age 64

bluesman "Big"  Willie James Dixon born on 7-1-1915 in Vicksburg, Mississippi expired 1-29-1992   age 76

songwriter  Julius Dixson Sr.   co-wrote Lollipop — recorded by Ronald and Ruby and the Chordettes (1958) born on 5-20-1912 in Barnwell, South Carolina expired 1-30-2004 in New York, New York   age 91 AKS: Dixon

convicted torturer/murderer  Hamida Djandoubi   last person to die by the guillotine expired 9-10-1977 in Marseilles, France   age 28   cause: executed; guillotine

Serbian prime minister  Zoran Djindjic   helped oust Slobodan Milosevic from power born on 8-1-1952 in Bosanski Samac, Bosnia, Yugoslavia expired 3-12-2003 in Belgrade, Serbia   age 50   cause: assassinated; bullet wounds

Hollywood Ten director  Edward Dmytryk   directed The Caine Mutiny (1954) born on 9-4-1908 in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada expired 7-1-1999 in Encino, California   age 90 AKS: Dimytryk Dymytryk Dmitrick

character actor/tv director  Lawrence "Larry" Dobkin   played an army physician in Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) & L.A. city engineer in Them! (1954); directed original Star Trek series episode Charlie X (1966) born on 9-16-1919 in New York, New York expired 10-28-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 83   cause: heart failure

Soyuz 11 cosmonaut  Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolski   died when the cabin depressurized during re-entry born on 6-1-1928 in Odessa, Ukraine, USSR expired 6-30-1971 in Dzherkazgan, USSR   age 43   cause: hypoxia

former Soviet ambassador to U.S. (1962-86)  Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin born on 11-16-1919 in Krasnaya Gorka, Russia expired 4-6-2010 in Moscow, Russia   age 90    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 ANG, CSI, TBC 13.0% 2006 ANG, CSI 6.7% 2007 RR 3.2% 2009 ADWC, CSI 6.7% 2010 ADWC, CSI, RR 11.1%    Scored 4.1250 points

original 1970s "blaxploitation" action star  Tamara Dobson   former model-turned Cleopatra Jones on-screen born on 5-14-1947 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 10-2-2006 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 59   cause: complications from pneumonia; multiple sclerosis

Hall of Fame baseball player  Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby   in 1943 was 1st black player in the American Basketball League (forerunner of the NBA); 1st black player in the American League (1947; Cleveland Indians); managed the Chicago White Sox (1978) born on 12-13-1923 in Camden, South Carolina expired 6-18-2003 in Montclair, New Jersey   age 79   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 KOHD 5.6%    Scored 7.1000 solo points

former Washington D.C. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church pastor Rev.  George MacPherson Docherty   he succeeded Rev. Peter Marshall as pastor of that church (just down the street from the White House); his 1954 sermon prompted legislation that resulted in the inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance born on 5-9-1911 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 11-27-2008 in Alexandria, Pennsylvania   age 97

Mark Trail comic creator  Edward Benton Dodd born on 11-7-1902 in Lafayette, Georgia expired 5-27-1991   age 88

songwriter  Jimmie Dodd   "Head Mouseketeer" of the Mickey Mouse Club tv show; wrote Mickey Mouse Club March born on 3-28-1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 11-10-1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 54   cause: heart attack

"holiday" creator  Sonora Louise Smart Dodd   proposed the celebration of Fathers Day (1909; first observed 1910) ¤ Mrs. John Bruce Dodd  born on 2-18-1882 in Jenny Lind, Arkansas expired 3-22-1978 in Spokane, Washington   age 96

censured (1967) Connecticut senator (1959-70)  Thomas Joseph Dodd   got caught using campaign funds for personal use; prime example of how meaningless Senate censure really is born on 5-15-1907 in Norwich, Connecticut expired 5-24-1971 in Old Lyme, Connecticut   age 64   cause: heart attack

death row inmate  Westley Allan Dodd   was a child molester & serial killer expired 1-5-1993 in executed; hanged   age 31 AKS: Wesley

amateur track star  Gilbert Dodds   won 1943 Sullivan Award born on 6-23-1918 expired 2-??-1977 in West Chicago, Illinois   age 58

Anna Thompson Dodge   widow of Horace born on 8-7-1866 in Dundee, Michigan expired 6-2-1970 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan   age 103

auto pioneer  Horace Elgin Dodge   built first Dodge automobile in November 1914 in Detroit born on 5-17-1868 in Niles, Michigan expired 12-10-1920 in Palm Beach, Florida   age 52

stage singer/dancer/comedian  Jerry Dodge   original Barnaby Tucker in Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! (1964) expired 10-31-1974 in New York, New York   age 37   cause: chemical poisoning

character actor  Jack Dodson   played Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show born on 5-16-1931 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-16-1994 in Los Angeles, California   age 63   cause: heart failure

Liberian military despot (1980-90)  Samuel Kanyon Doe   went from army sergeant to 20th president by murder; went out the same way born on 5-6-1951 in Tuzon, Liberia expired 9-10-1990 in Monrovia, Liberia   age 39   cause: murdered; tortured to death

Hindenburg survivor  Walter Doehner   was 12 years old at the time of the disaster born on ??-??-1925 in Mexico City, Mexico expired ??-??-1957   age 32    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 2004 CSI AKS: Döhner

good-ol'-boy lawman  Harry Hunter Dogan   serial sheriff of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi (held office 1928-32, 1936-40, 1940-48 & 1956-60); while sheriff-elect (to succeed H.C. Strider) helped pick the jury in the Milam-Bryant murder trial & chided the jury to take a Coke break to make if look good born on 8-27-1895 in Cascilla, Mississippi expired ??-??-19??   age ??

R&B keyboardist  William Ballard "Bill" Doggett   composer of Honky Tonk born on 2-16-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 11-13-1996 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2002 TMTX 2003 TMTX

former Mamas and the Papas singer  Dennis Gerrard Stephen "Denny" Doherty   he played the Harbor Master on the CBC children's program Theodore Tugboat born on 11-29-1940 in Halifax, Nova Scotia expired 1-19-2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada   age 66   cause: kidney failure; stomach aneurysm surgery

Dr.  Edward Adelbert Doisy   shared the 1943 Nobel prize in physiology for the chemical nature of vitamin K born on 11-3-1893 in Hume, Illinois expired 10-23-1986 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 92   cause: heart failure

World War I aviator  Charles H. Dolan   last surviving member of the Lafayette Escadrille born on --1895 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-31-1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 86

inventor  Volker Dolch   pioneer in bar code scanning technologies (held UPC patents) & microprocessor design; founded Dolch Computer Systems (1987) born on 3-1-1944 expired 8-21-2003 in Belvedere, California   age 59

former congressman  Isidore Dollinger born on 11-13-1903 expired 1-30-2000   age 96

geologist  Deodat Guy Gratet de Dolomieu   eponymous rock describer (1791) of Calcium/Magnesium Carbonate (dolomite), a primary component of modern cement born on 6-24-1750 in France expired 11-26-1801 in Châteaunuef, France   age 51

Dr.  Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk   received the 1939 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoverie of the antibacterial effects of Sulfonamide Prontosil born on 10-30-1895 in Lagow, Brandenburg, Germany expired 4-24-1964 in Burberg, Germany   age 68

actress  Faith Domergue   appeared in This Island Earth (1954) and It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) born on 6-16-1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 4-4-1999 in Santa Barbara, California   age 73   cause: cancer

California geezer  Adelina Engaragiola Domingues   Guinness Book people had her as oldest person in U.S. born on 2-19-1888 in Brava, Ilhas do Cabo Verde expired 8-21-2002 in Spring Valley, California   age 114

Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant  Christopher S. Domitrovich   aboard the B-25 bomber that crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building expired 7-28-1945 in New York, New York   age 31   cause: plane crash

actor  Troy Donahue   played Sandy Winfield II on Surfside 6 (1960-62) ¤ real name: Merle Johnson Jr.  born on 1-27-1936 in New York, New York expired 9-2-2001 in Santa Monica, California   age 65   cause: heart attack

Woolworth Donahue   heir to Five & Dime fortune; married 3rd wife Mary Hartline (1964) born on 1-9-1913 in New York, New York expired 4-5-1972 in Palm Beach, Florida   age 59   cause: heart attack

songwriter  Walter Donaldson   co-wrote My Blue Heaven and Mammy born on 2-15-1893 in New York, New York expired 7-15-1947 in Santa Monica, California   age 54

actor  Robert Donat   Mr. Chips sez goodbye born on 3-18-1905 in Manchester, England expired 6-9-1958 in London, England   age 53

movie costume designer  Danilo Donati   won oscars for Romeo and Juliet (1968) & Casanova (1976) born on --1926 in Suzzara, Italy expired 12-1-2001 in Rome, Italy   age 75

Skiffle Group leader  Anthony James "Lonnie" Donnegan   had 1950s novelty hit with Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight? born on 4-29-1931 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 11-3-2002 in Peterborough, England   age 71   cause: heart attacks

tv screenwriter & director  Walter J. Doniger born on 7-1-1917 in New York, New York expired 11-24-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 94   cause: Parkinson's disease

Grand Admiral  Karl C. Dönitz   last leader of Nazi Germany; too bad his middle name wasn't Duncan born on 9-16-1891 in Berlin, Germany expired 12-24-1980 in Aumühle-Bilenkamp, Germany   age 89

tough-guy actor  Brian Donlevy   played Professor Quatermass in several 1960's British sci-fi/horror movies; married Bela Lugosi's ex-wife Lillian (1966) born on 2-9-1899 in Portadown, Ireland expired 4-5-1972 in Woodland Hills, California   age 74   cause: cancer

poet  John Donne   wrote that "no man is an island..." born on --1573 in London, England expired 3-31-1631 in London, England   age 57

film director  Clive Donner   directed The Caretaker (1963), Nothing but the Best (1964) & What's New Pussycat (1965) born on 1-21-1926 in London, England expired 9-7-2010 in London, England   age 84   cause: Alzheimer's disease

character actor  Robert Donner   played Exidor — Benevolent Dictator Emeritus on Mork & Mindy born on 4-27-1931 in New York, New York expired 6-8-2006 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 75   cause: heart attack

basketball coach  John P. "Jack" Donohue   Lew Alcindor's coach at Power Academy, then Holy Cross coach (1965-72); lead Canadian national team for 17 years born on 6-4-1931 in New York, New York expired 4-16-2003 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   age 71   cause: pancreatic cancer

former New York Times fashion editor (1955-93)  Carolyn Gertrude Amelia "Carrie" Donovan   appeared in Old Navy tv ads - has BIG framed glasses born on 3-22-1928 in Lake Placid, New York expired 11-12-2001 in New York, New York   age 73   cause: "heart problems"

former New York Knickerbockers general manager (1965-70, 1975-82)  Edward J. "Eddie" Donovan born on 6-2-1922 in Elizabeth, New Jersey expired 1-20-2001 in Bernardsville, New Jersey   age 78   cause: complications from stroke

newspaper reporter  Robert John Donovan   author of the book PT-109 (1961) born on 8-21-1912 in Buffalo, New York expired 8-8-2003 in Saint Petersburg, Florida   age 90

World War I Medal of Honor recipient  William Joseph Donvovan   founder/head of the OSS — the Office of Strategic Services — the forerunner of the CIA ¤ nickname: "Wild Bill"  born on 1-1-1883 in Buffalo, New York expired 2-8-1959 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 76

actor  James Montgomery Doohan   played Scotty on original Star Trek tv series & movies; devised/spoke the original Vulcan & Klingon languages before Marc Okrand formalized them; at time of death was also suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, pulmonary fibrosis & diabetes born on 3-3-1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 7-20-2005 in Redmond, Washington   age 85   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 RR, SPAM 29% 2001 ANG, ROTS 25% 2002 ANG, DTM, RAVN 27.3% 2003 ABRA, ANG, CSI, MJ, OGGI, RAVN, RR 38.9% 2004 ABRA, ANG, CSI, MJ, RR 27.8% 2005 ADWC, ANG, BOD, CSI, DTM, GHG, PCD, RAVN, RR, SPAM, SPIT 47.8%    Scored 4.0024 points

Earl Bernard Doolin   with brother Elmer and parents Charles & Daisy founded the Frito Company (1932) born on 1-13-1906 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 4-1-1992 in Athens, Texas   age 86   cause: heart attack; stroke

retired Air Force General  James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle   famed for leading an April 18, 1942 raid on Tokyo born on 12-14-1896 in Alameda, California expired 9-27-1993   age 96    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

mathematician and physicist  Christian Johann Doppler   described the principle of motion-induced frequency shifting known as the Doppler Effect born on 11-30-1803 in Salzburg, Austria expired 3-17-1853 in Venice, Italy   age 49

character actor  Robert DoQui   played Detroit Police officer Warren Reed in the first three RoboCop movies (1987, 1990 & 1993) & Noggra in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Sons of Mogh (1996) born on 4-20-1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma expired 2-9-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 73 AKS: Do Qui

Charles E. "Gus" Dorais   with Knute Rockne originated the Forward Pass when they were Notre Dame players in 1913; later became football coach at the University of Detroit and the Detroit Lions expired 1-3-1954 in Birmingham, Michigan   age 62

character actress  Ann Doran   played James Dean's mom in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) born on 7-28-1911 in Amarillo, Texas expired 9-19-2000 in Carmichael, California   age 89

conductor  Antal Dorati born on 4-9-1906 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 11-13-1988   age 82

Sheldon Dorf   a co-founder of the San Diego Golden State Comic-Con (1970) which morphed into the Comic-Con International born on 7-5-1933 in Detroit, Michigan expired 11-3-2009   age 76

Jeopardy! head writer (1984-2004)  Steven Edward Dorfman born on 10-24-1955 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-4-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 48   cause: complications from colon cancer

Italian naval hero  Andrea Doria   drove the French from Genoa (1528); namesake passenger liner sank after being t-boned in foggy 1956 collision with The Stockholm born on 11-30-1466 in Oneglia, Italy expired 11-25-1560 in Genoa, Italy   age 93

relief pitcher  Harry "Fritz" Dorish   lead American League in saves (1952); last pitcher to steal home plate (6/2/1950 against Washington Senators) born on 7-13-1921 expired 12-31-2000 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania   age 79

Bhutttanese  King Dorji   on throne 1952-72 ¤ full name: Jigme Dorji Wangchuk  expired 7-21-1972 in Nairobi, Kenya   age 45   cause: heart attack

actress  François Dorleac   sister of Catherine Denueve born on 3-21-1942 in Paris, France expired 6-26-1967 in Nice, France   age 25   cause: auto wreck

actor  Philip Dorn ¤ born: Hein van der Niet  born on 9-30-1901 in Scheveningen, The Netherlands expired 5-9-1975 in Woodland Hills, California   age 75   cause: heart attack; incapacity from head injury

Nazi rocket expert  Walter Robert Dornberger born on 9-6-1895 in Giessen, Germany expired 6-27-1980   age 84

old man  Hermann Dörnemann born on 5-27-1893 in Essen, Germany expired 3-2-2005 in Dusseldorf, Germany   age 111   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2005 PCD, QKU, RIE 13.0%    Scored 2.0250 points AKS: Herman Dorneman Dornemann Dornaman Dornamann Doernemann Doerneman

former MSU football All-American  Albert Richard Dorow   played quarterback on MSU's 1951 National Championship team; went on to a 9-year career in the NFL with the Washington Redskins & New York Titans; he coached at Hillsdale College and as an assistant to Duffy Daugherty born on 11-15-1929 in Imlay City, Michigan expired 12-7-2009 in Okemos, Michigan   age 80

1950s sexpot  Diana Dors ¤ born: Diana Fluck  born on 10-23-1931 in Swindon, England expired 5-4-1984 in New Windsor, England   age 52

frozen waffle inventor  Frank J. Dorsa   co-founded Eggo Food Products (1932) born on 8-11-1907 expired 1-17-1996 in San Jose, California   age 88

Thomas Andrew Dorsey   composer of popular religious music; coined term "gospel music" born on 7-1-1900 in Villa Rica, Georgia expired 1-23-1993 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 92

trombone player  Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey   dance band leader born on 11-19-1905 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania expired 11-26-1956   age 51

tv producer  David Solomon Dortort   created the Bonanza & High Chapparal tv westerns ¤ born: David Soloman Katz  born on 10-23-1916 in New York, New York expired 9-5-2010 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California   age 93

Lúcia, Francisco & Jacinta (July 13, 1917) Fátima witness Sister  Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos   on the 13th of May, June, July, August, September & October, 1917 saw visions with her cousins Francisco & Jacinta; had lived as a nun since 1928 ¤ born: Lucia de Jesus Santa Maria Lucia of the Immaculate Heart  born on 3-22-1907 in Aljustrel, Fatima Parish, Portugal expired 2-13-2005 in Coimbra, Portugal   age 97   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 ANG, COCO 11.1% 2005 ANG, RR 8.7%    Scored 4.0500 points AKS: Fatima Lucia

purported super-geezer  Sakhan Dosova   now living in Brishakhtinsk, Kazakhstan ¤ Сахан Досова  born on 3-27-1879 in Aul, Karagand, Kazkhstan expired 5-9-2009 in Aul, Karagand, Kazkhstan   age 130 AKS: Sahan Dossova

novelist  John Roderigo Dos Passos born on 1-14-1896 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-28-1970 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 74

heroic World War II conscientious objector  Desmond Thomas Doss Sr.   as an unarmed medical corpsman on Okinawa was credited with saving dozens of lives while under direct enemy fire; his bravery was recognized with the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first of only two to ever be given to a conscientious objector born on 2-7-1919 in Lynchburg, Virginia expired 3-23-2006 in Piedmont, Alabama   age 87

Czech Republic culture minister  Pavel Dostal born on 2-25-1942 in Olomouc, North Moravia, Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia expired 7-24-2005 in Brno, Czech Republic   age 63   cause: pancreatic cancer    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC

author  Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky   works include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov born on 11-11-1821 in Moscow, Russia expired 2-9-1881   age 59

Mafia & underworld chief  Giuseppe Antonio Doto ¤ aka: Joe Adonis  expired 11-26-1971 in Ancona, Italy   age 69

comedy record writer/producer  Earle Doud   produced The First Family (1962); a writer on the U.S. production of That Was The Week That Was born on 2-14-1927 expired 10-19-1998 in Studio City, California   age 71 AKS: Erl Earl Dowd

former L.A. police detective  James E. Dougherty   was married to Norma Jeane Baker (6-19-1942 to 9-13-1946) born on 4-12-1921 expired 8-15-2005 in San Rafael, California   age 84   cause: complications from leukemia    Contest Selectors 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3%    Scored 6.6000 solo points

aviation pioneer  Donald Willis Douglas Sr   co-founded Davis-Douglas Company (1920); built the DC-3 (1936) born on 4-6-1892 in New York, New York expired 2-1-1981 in Palm Springs, California   age 88

film director  Gordon Douglas   directed Them! (1954), Call Me Bwana (1963) & In Like Flint (1967) born on 12-15-1907 in New York, New York expired 9-29-1993 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: cancer

one-time actress  Helen Gahagan Douglas   California rep. (1945-50); lost 1950 senate race to Nixon born on 11-25-1900 in Boonton, New Jersey expired 6-28-1980 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: cancer

clergyman  Lloyd Cassel Douglas   wrote Magnificent Obsession (1929) & The Robe (1942) born on 8-27-1877 in Columbia City, Indiana expired 2-13-1951 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

Florida environmentalist  Marjorie Stoneman Douglas born on 4-7-1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 5-14-1998 in Miami, Florida   age 108

actor  Melvyn Douglas   won two Best Supporting actor oscars for Hud (1963) & Being There (1979) ¤ real name: Melvin Edouard Hesselberg  born on 4-5-1901 in Macon, Georgia expired 8-4-1981 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: pneumonia; heart ailment    Contest Selectors 1980 EB 6.3%

former tv talk show host  Mike Douglas   had minor hit with The Men In My Little Girl's Life ¤ real name: Michael Delaney Dowd Jr.  born on 8-11-1925 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-11-2006 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida   age 81    Contest Selectors 2004 MJ 5.6% 2006 BONY 3.3%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

actor  Paul Douglas born on 11-4-1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-11-1959 in Hollywood, California   age 51

former Illinois senator (1949-66)  Paul Howard Douglass born on 3-26-1892 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 9-24-1976 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 84

Dominica prime minister  Roosevelt Bernard "Rosie" Douglas born on 10-15-1941 in Portsmouth, Dominica expired 10-1-2000 in Portsmouth, Dominica   age 58

former Supreme Court Associate Justice (1939-75)  William Orville Douglas born on 10-16-1898 in Maine, Minnesota expired 1-19-1980 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 81   cause: pneumonia; kidney failure    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HA, MS 23.1% 1980 DH, DO, DR, GP, JW 31.3%    Scored 1.9000 points

former CBS sound engineer  Charles Rolland "Charlie" Douglass   inventor of the "Laff Box" that was used to provide a laugh track (whether it was warranted or not); received a technical Emmy (1992) born on 1-2-1910 expired 4-8-2003 in Templeton, California   age 93   cause: pneumonia AKS: Douglas

silent movie actress  Billie Dove ¤ real name: Lillian Bohny  born on 5-14-1903 in New York, New York expired 12-31-1997 in Woodland Hills, California   age 94   cause: pneumonia

CBS newsman  Harold Dow   helped create the "48 hours" crime documentary series (1990-2010) born on 9-28-1947 in Hackensack, New Jersey expired 8-21-2010 in Hackensack, New Jersey   age 62

chemical company founder  Herbert Henry Dow I born on 2-26-1866 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada expired 10-15-1930 in Rochester, Minnesota   age 64

business executive  Herbert Henry Dow II born on 8-6-1927 expired 1-27-1996 in Houston, Texas   age 68   cause: complications from heart surgery

former congressman  John Goodchild Dow born on 5-6-1905 in New York, New York expired 5-11-2003 in Suffern, Rockland County, New York   age 98

former Hooters calendar model  Kelly Jo Dowd   was a waitress at the original Clearwater, Florida restaurant; mother of golf prodigy Dakoda Dowd born on 3-10-1965 expired 5-24-2007 in Palm Harbor, Florida   age 42   cause: metastatic cancer; bone, liver & breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2007 RAVN 3.2%    Scored 10.8000 solo points

6-time Nauru president  Bernard Dowiyogo   leader of the island nation whose economy was based on bird guano; the poop's gone - they're shit outta luck born on 2-14-1946 in Nauru expired 3-9-2003 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 57   cause: heart failure; diabetes

actress  Constance Dowling   wife of Ivan Tors born on 7-24-1920 in New York, New York expired 10-28-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 49   cause: cardiac arrest

actress  Doris Dowling   sister of Constance Dowling; had notable role in The Lost Weekend (1945) born on 5-15-1923 in Detroit, Michigan expired 6-18-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 81

World War II bomber squadron leader  Eric "Digger" Dowling   shot down & put into Stalag Luft III; digger in tunnels "Tom", :Dick" & "Harry" for The Great Escape (3/24/1944) — he hated the movie born on 7-22-1915 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England expired 7-21-2008 in Stoke, Bishop, Bristol, England   age 92

television photographer  Alan Downes   took photo of naked & burned 9-year old Kim Phuc fleeing 1972 napalm attack in South Vietnam expired 10-9-1996   age 68

musicologist Dr.  Edward Olin Davenport Downes   replaced father as Times music critic (1955-57); Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio quizmaster (1958-96) born on 8-12-1911 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts expired 12-26-2001 in New York, New York   age 90

New York Times music critic (1924-55)  Edwin Olin Downes born on 1-27-1886 in Evanston, Illinois expired 8-22-1955 in New York, New York   age 69   cause: heart attack

former RTNDA executive secretary  Burleigh Robbins Downey Jr.   won a 1957 Peabody Award for "You are the Jury" radio series; former WKAR-AM/FM news director born on 8-31-1917 expired 3-1-2000 in East Lansing, Michigan   age 82

military historian  Fairfax Davis Downey born on 11-28-1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 5-31-1990   age 96

Irish tenor  Sean Morton Downey Sr. born on 11-14-1901 in Wallingford, Connecticut expired 10-25-1985 in Palm Beach, Florida   age 83

obnoxious loudmouth tv host  Sean Morton Downey Jr.   son of Barbara Bennett & Sr.; a co-founder of the American Basketbal Association; the godfather of trash tv born on 12-9-1933 expired 3-12-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: pneumonia; lung cancer

1920s Our Gang child actor  Johnny Downs born on 10-10-1913 expired 6-6-1994   age 80   cause: cancer

former CBS correspondent (1942-62)  William Randall "Bill" Downs Jr.   one of "Murrow's Boys" born on 8-17-1914 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 5-3-1978 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 63   cause: cancer

Texas death row inmate  Dennis Thurl Dowthitt   raped/slit throat of 16 year old Grace Purnhagen; his scumbag son Delton strangled her 9 year old sister Tiffany ¤ aka: number 999047  born on 6-20-1945 expired 3-7-2001 in Huntsville, Texas   age 55   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 BOD, DTM, RR, TEX 50%    Scored 7.3125 solo points

author Sir  Arthur Conan Doyle   wrote The Lost World and a whole series of Sherlock Holmes detective novels born on 5-22-1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 7-7-1930 in Windlesham, Sussex, England   age 71

actor  David Fitzgerald Doyle   Bosley on Charlie's Angels born on 12-1-1929 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 2-26-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: heart attack

Geraldine Hoff Doyle   was the model for the World War II "We Can Do It" poster (1942); subject of the Wednesday November 23rd, 2011 Final Jeopardy answer (all three contestants got the right question) ¤ nickname: "Babe" widow of Leo Harry Doyle DDS  born on 7-31-1924 in Inkster, Michigan expired 12-26-2010 in Lansing, Michigan   age 86   cause: complications from severe arthritis    Contest Selectors 2006 MOT 3.3%

advertising executive  James Edwin "Ned" Doyle   a co-founder of the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency (1949) born on 10-23-1902 expired 3-5-1989 in New York, New York   age 86   cause: emphysema

tv producer  William Dozier   produced/announced Batman (1966-68) & Green Hornet (1966-67) tv series born on 2-13-1908 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 4-23-1991 in Santa Monica, California   age 83   cause: stroke

murderous Transylvanian prince  Vlad Dracula   son of Vlad Dracul; one possible source of the Dracula legend ¤ aka: Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler)  born on 11--1431 in Sighisoara, Roumania expired 12-??-1476 in Bucharest, Transylvania   age 45   cause: assassinated

Broadway actor  Alfred Drake ¤ real name: Alfred Capurro  born on 10-7-1914 in New York, New York expired 7-25-1992   age 77

actor-turned-realtor  Christian Drake I   had two memorable roles: as James Whitmore's partner Trooper Ed Blackburn in Them! (1954) & as Bob, the white hunter on Sheena, Queen of the Jungle tv show (1955-56) born on 12-11-1923 in Elmont, Virginia expired 7-9-2006 in Williamsburg, Virginia   age 82

illustrator  Theodore "Ted" Drake   designed Notre Dame's leprechaun logo (1964) & Chicago Bull's logo born on 9-2-1907 expired 5-25-2000 in Elkhart, Indiana   age 92   cause: complications from stroke

country singer  Farrell H. "Rusty" Draper born on 1-25-1923 expired 3-28-2003 in Bellevue, Washington   age 80   cause: pneumonia AKS: Ferrell

Mikey Dread   reggae singer, tv host, disc jockey, record producer for The Clash ¤ real name: Michael Campbell  born on 1-1-1954 in Port Antonio, Jamaica expired 3-15-2008 in Stamford, Connecticut   age 54   cause: brain tumor    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 9.6000 solo points

former ABC & NBC radio reporter  Alexander Dreier   won 7 Emmys born on 6-26-1916 in Honolulu, Hawaiian Territory expired 3-12-2000 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 83

novelist  Theodore Dreiser   wrote Sister Carrie (1900) & An American Tregedy (1925) born on 8-27-1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 12-28-1945 in Hollywood, California   age 74

baseball manager  Charles Walter "Charlie" Dressen born on 9-20-1898 in Decatur, Illinois expired 8-10-1966 in Detroit, Michigan   age 67

Elmer Leonard "Len" Dresslar Jr.   provided the "voice" of such advertising icons as The Jolly Green Giant ("Ho, ho ho!"), Snap (Rice Krispies spokestoon) & Dig'em (Sugar Smacks spokesfrog) born on 3-25-1925 in Saint Francis, Kansas expired 10-16-2005 in Palm Springs, California   age 80   cause: cancer

original Tugboat Annie actress  Marie Dressler ¤ born: Leila Marie Koerber  born on 11-9-1869 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada expired 7-23-1934 in Woodland Hills, California   age 64

folk singer  Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew born on 9-16-1934 in Dün Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland expired 8-16-2008 in Dublin, Ireland   age 73   cause: throat cancer

3M chemical engineer  Richard Gurley Drew   invented Scotch Tape (1930) born on 6-22-1899 expired 12-14-1980 in Santa Barbara, California   age 81

death row inmate  Robert Nelson Drew Sr. expired 8-2-1994 in Huntsville, Texas   age 35   cause: executed; lethal injection

Anton Drexler   co-founder of the German Workers Party which was later revamped & renamed the Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party by Hitler born on 6-13-1884 in München, Bavaria, Germany expired 2-24-1942 in München, Bavaria, Germany   age 57

Lt. Colonel  Alfred Dreyfus   thrice convicted of "High Treason" by corrupt & racist French General staff using fabricated evidence, innuendo and anonymous "witnesses"; imprisoned on Devils Island (of Cayenne, French Guiana) for four years; ultimately exonerated born on 10-9-1859 in Muelhausen, Upper Alsace, France expired 7-12-1935 in Paris, France   age 75   cause: uremia

eponymously-named mutual founder  John J. "Jack" Dreyfus Jr.   created his fund in 1951 born on 8-28-1913 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 3-27-2009 in New York, New York   age 95

singer  Jimmy C. Driftwood   wrote & first recorded The Battle of New Orleans (1957); Johnny Horton had a hit with it the following year ¤ born: James Corbett Morris  born on 6-20-1907 expired 7-12-1998 in Fayetteville, Arkansas   age 91

Jesuit priest Father  Robert Frederick Drinan   was a Massachusetts congressman from 1971 to 1981 born on 11-15-1920 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 1-28-2007 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 86   cause: pneumonia; congestive heart failure

respiratory specialist Dr.  Philip Drinker   co-inventor of the Drinker Respirator, forerunner of the Iron Lung born on 12-12-1894 in Haverford, Pennsylvania expired 10-19-1972 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire   age 77

kid actor  Robert Cletus "Bobby" Driscoll   played Johnny in Song of the South (1946); fell into drug use born on 3-3-1937 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa expired 3-30-1968 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 31   cause: heart failure; hepatitis

AIDS victim  Richard L. Driskill   another patient of Dr. Acer ¤ aka: "Patient C"  born on 1-29-1960 expired 6-26-1993 in Indiantown, Florida   age 33   cause: AIDS

Balkan politician  Janez Drnovšek   had been the president of Yugoslavia (1989) then prime minister of Slovenia (1992-2002), then president of Slovenia (2002-07); sheparded Slovenia into the European Union born on 5-17-1950 in Celje, Yugoslavia expired 2-23-2008 in Zaplana, Vrhnika, Slovenia   age 57   cause: kidney cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 3.2% 2008 DTM, GREB 6.3%    Scored 8.0500 points AKS: Drnovsek Dmovsek

actress  Joanne Dru   sister of game show host Peter Marshall ¤ born: Letitia Joanne LaCock later changed last name to Marshall  born on 1-31-1922 in Logan, West Virginia expired 9-10-1996 in Beverly Hills, California   age 74

former magazine publisher  Marjorie Drucker   widow of World War II Ace of Aces ¤ née: Vattendahl  born on 10-25-1923 expired 9-27-2003 in Superior, Wisconsin   age 79   cause: cancer

management "guru"  Peter Ferdinand Drucker born on 11-19-1909 in Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 11-11-2005 in Claremont, California   age 95

London school teacher  Montague John Druitt   suspect in Whitechapel prostitute murders; murders started days after he was fired & ended a month before his death expired 12-4-1888 in London, England   age ??   cause: drowned in Thames River (pockets full of rocks: suicide or murder?)

Sir  James Eric Drummond   first secretary-general of the League of Nations (1919-33) ¤ title: (16th) Earl of Perth  born on 8-17-1876 expired 12-15-1951 in Rogate, England   age 75

British peer  John David Drummond   Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (1957-62) ¤ titles: (17th) Earl of Perth; Lord Drummond of Cargill  born on 5-13-1907 in London, England expired 11-25-2002 in Perth, Scotland   age 95

political author  Allen Stuart Drury   wrote Advise and Consent (1959) born on 9-2-1918 in Houston, Texas expired 9-2-1998 in San Francisco, California   age 80   cause: cardiac arrest

Grand Ole Opry singer  Roy Drusky born on 6-22-1930 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 9-23-2004 in Portland, Tennessee   age 74   cause: emphysema

former Fordham football player (right end)  John F. "Johnny" Druze   he was also the team's place kicker; he was the last living member of the Seven Blocks of Granite (class of '38); Captain of 1937 team ¤ nickname: "Tarzan"  born on 7-3-1914 in Irvington, New Jersey expired 12-27-2005 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 91    Contest Selectors 2005 RR 4.3%    Scored 5.9000 solo points 2006 RR

one-time Jefferson Airplane drummer (1966-70)  Spencer Dryden   replace Skip Spence ¤ born: Spencer Dryden Wheeler  born on 4-7-1943 in New York, New York expired 1-10-2005 in Petaluma, California   age 61   cause: stomach cancer

baseball Hall of Fame pitcher  Donald Scott Drysdale born on 7-23-1936 in Van Nuys, California expired 7-3-1993   age 56

former Salvadoran president (1981-82, 1984-89)  José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes born on 11-23-1926 in San Salvador, El Salvador expired 2-23-1990   age 63   cause: pancreatic cancer

actor  Donald Gene Dubbins born on 6-28-1928 in New York, New York expired 8-17-1991 in Greenville, North Carolina   age 63

former Czech Communist Party leader (1968-69)  Alexander Dubcek   removed from power by Russian tanks, ending the "Prague Spring" of 1968 born on 11-27-1921 in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia expired 11-7-1992 in Prague, Czechoslovakia   age 70

lyricist  Al Dubin   co-wrote Tip-Toe Through the Tulips (1929) and We're In The Money; partner of Harry Warren writing for Busby Berkeley movie musicals - 42nd Street (1933); wrote lyrics to Shuffle off to Bufalo, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Serenade in Blue, I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo, I Only Have Eyes for You, Jeepers, Creepers & That's Amore born on 6-10-1891 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 2-11-1945 in New York, New York   age 53

David Dubinsky born on 2-22-1892 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland expired 9-17-1982   age 90

bodybuilder-turned-minister  Richard F. Dubois   won 1954 AAU Mr. America & 1957 AAU Mr. USA contests; appeared in Athena (1954) as Bill Nichols; was part of Mae West's beefcake brigade in her "act"; became a minister at the Gospel Lighthouse in West Los Angeles ¤ aka: "Richard Sabre"  born on 3-4-1933 expired 9-26-2007 in Santa Monica, California   age 74

black rights pioneer & author  William Edward Burghardt DuBois   a co-founder of the NAACP in 1909 born on 2-23-1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts expired 8-27-1963 in Accra, Ghana   age 95

actress  Paulette Dubost   had been one of the last surviving cast members of La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game; 1939); she played chamber maid Lisette ¤ born: Paulette Marie Emma Deplanque ex-Mrs. André Ostertag (1936-44)  born on 10-8-1910 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 9-21-2011 in Longjuneau, Île-de-France, France   age 100    Contest Selectors 2007 RR 3.2% 2008 RR 3.1% 2009 CSI, RR 6.7% 2010 CSI, RR 7.4%

Quiet Riot lead singer  Kevin Mark DuBrow born on 10-29-1955 expired 11-18-2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 52   cause: cocaine overdose

pianist & orchestra leader  Edwin Frank "Eddy" Duchin born on 4-1-1909 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 2-9-1951 in New York, New York   age 41   cause: leukemia

writer/editor  Élie Ducommun   shared the second Nobel peace prize (1902) born on 2-19-1833 in Geneva, Switzerland expired 12-7-1906 in Bern, Switzerland   age 73   cause: disease of the heart and lungs

Chechnayan separatist leader  Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev born on 2-15-1944 in Yalkhori, Pervomay Skoe, Chechnaya, USSR expired 4-21-1996 in Gekhi-Chu, Grozny, CHechnya   age 52   cause: assassinated AKS: Dzhokar

country singer  Dave Dudley ¤ born: David Darwin Pedruska  born on 5-3-1928 in Spencer, Wisconsin expired 12-22-2003 in Danbury, Wisconsin   age 75   cause: heart attack

architect  George Austin Dudley   was secretary of the committee that designed the United Nations Building in New York City; was the first Dean of the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning born on 12-24-1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-6-2005 in Renssalaerville, New York   age 88

Texas death row inmate  Marion Butler Dudley   he refused to leave his cell for the execution — he had to be "carried" (kicking and screaming?) to the execution chamber ¤ number 999136  born on 5-13-1972 expired 1-25-2006 in Huntsville, Texas   age 33   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 ADWC, BOD, DTM, KLS, OIE, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT, TWOS 33.3%    Scored 9.2049 points

tv actor  Peter Duel ¤ real name: Peter Deuel  born on 2-24-1940 in Rochester, New York expired 12-31-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 31   cause: suicide

August S. Duesenberg   build race cars and luxury cars in the 1920s and 30s born on --1879 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 1-18-1955 in Indianapolis, Indiana   age 75 AKS: Deusenberg Duesenburg Deusenburg

car designer  Denny D. Duesenberg   in 1930 helped his dad build a car that won three Indianapolis 500 races born on 2-27-1914 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 4-5-2005 in Lewisville, Indiana   age 91

auto pioneer  Frederick S. Duesenberg   brother of August born on 12-6-1876 in Lippe, Germany expired 7-26-1932 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania   age 55   cause: pneumonia; injuries suffered in car wreck July 2nd

actor  Howard Duff born on 11-24-1917 in Bremerton, Washington expired 7-9-1990   age 72

author  John W. Duffield   wrote first 20 Bomba, the Jungle Boy (under the pen name of "Roy Rockwood") for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (1920-25) expired ??-??-19??   age ??

soap opera actor  Albert Valery Dufour   appeared on The Edge of Night (1965-66), Another World (1967-72) and Search for Tomorrow (1972-79); also did some Broadway parts born on 2-5-1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 7-27-2000 in New York, New York   age 73

N.Y. Post reporter/editor, UAW organizer & author  William F. Dufty   co-wrote Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues (1956); last husband of Gloria Swanson (1976-83) born on 2-2-1916 in Merrill, Michigan expired 6-28-2002 in Birmingham, Michigan   age 86   cause: complications from cancer

New York Yankees third baseman  Joseph Anthony "Joe" Dugan   batted seventh in Murderers' Row born on 5-12-1897 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania expired 7-7-1982 in Norwood, Pennsylvania   age 85

bit part actor  Michael J. Dugan   as Rigel VII warrior Kalar attacked Captain Pike in original Star Trek tv pilot The Cage (1964) born on 9-26-1912 expired 11-6-2002 in Palm Desert, California   age 90   cause: pneumonia; complications from stroke

Roger Martin du Gard   recipent of the 1937 Nobel prize in literature born on 3-23-1881 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France expired 8-22-1958 in Bellême, France   age 77

flight attendant  Gaetan Dugas   major source of the early spread of AIDS in the U.S. ¤ aka: "Patient Zero"  born on --1953 expired 3-30-1984   age 30   cause: Kaposi's Sarcoma; AIDS

actor  Andrew Duggan born on 12-28-1923 in Franklin, Indiana expired 5-17-1988   age 64

cajun accordionist  Edwin Duhon   co-founder of the Hackberry Ramblers musical group (1933) born on 6-11-1910 in Youngsville, Lousiana expired 2-26-2006 in Westlake, Louisiana   age 95

economist  Willem Frederik Duisenberg   first president of the European Central Bank — oversaw the introduction of the Euro; wore Shatneresque toupes born on 7-9-1935 in Herrenveen, The Netherlands expired 7-31-2005 in Faucon, France   age 70   cause: drowned; cardiac arrest

Mike's mom (& Olympia's aunt)  Euterpe Boukis Dukakis   widow of Panos born on 9-4-1903 in Larissa, Thessaly, Greece expired 4-2-2003 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts   age 99    Contest Selectors 2002 RR 9.1% 2003 COCO, CSI, RR 16.7%    Scored 3.2250 points

physician  Panos Dukakis   father of Mike born on 1-15-1896 in Greece expired 11-??-1979 in Massachusetts   age 83

Daryl Duke   directed The Thorn Birds mini-series (1983) born on 3-8-1929 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 10-21-2006 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   age 77   cause: pulmonary fibrosis

heiress  Doris Duke born on 11-22-1912 in New York, New York expired 10-28-1993   age 80

talking head  Paul Welden Duke   was moderator of Washington Week in Review (1974-1994) born on 10-16-1926 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania expired 7-18-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78   cause: acute leukemia

Russian-born Broadway composer  Vernon Duke   co-wrote Cabin in the Sky (1940) ¤ born: Vladimir Dukelsky  born on 10-10-1903 in Pskov, Russia expired 1-17-1969 in Santa Monica, California   age 65

actor  David Dukes   played Lambert, Edith Bunker's rapist on All In The Family tv series (1977) born on 6-6-1945 in San Francisco, California expired 10-9-2000 in Lakewood, Washington   age 55

CIA director (1953-1961)  Allen Welsh Dulles   resigned after the Bay of Pigs fiasco; a member of the Warren Commission born on 4-7-1893 in Watertown, New York expired 1-29-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 75

Eisenhower Secretary of State (1953-1959)  John Foster Dulles   Washington D.C. airport named after him born on 2-25-1888 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-24-1958 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 70

author Dame  Daphne du Maurier born on 5-13-1907 in London, England expired 4-19-1989 in Par, England   age 81

character actor  Douglass Dumbrille born on 10-13-1889 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada expired 4-2-1974 in Woodland Hills, California   age 84   cause: heart attack

electrical engineer  Allen Balcom DuMont   pioneered in the design and fabrication of television-sized CRTs; founded the DuMont Television Network in the late 1940's born on 1-29-1901 in New York, New York expired 11-15-1965 in New York, New York   age 64

Groucho's favorite foil actress  Margaret DuMont ¤ born: Margaret Baker  born on 10-20-1889 in New York, New York expired 3-6-1965 in Hollywood, California   age 75   cause: heart attack

Jean Henry Dunant   originator of the first Geneva Convention (1984); a co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross; shared the first Nobel peace prize in 1901 born on 5-8-1828 in Geneva, Switzerland expired 10-30-1910 in Heiden, Switzerland   age 82

toy company founder  Donald Franklin Duncan   popularized the Yo-Yo (1929); also made parking meters born on 6-8-1891 expired 5-15-1971 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: complications from stroke

Tennessee rep. (1965-88)  John James Duncan born on 3-24-1919 in Huntsville, Tennessee expired 6-21-1988 in Knoxville, Tennessee   age 69

schlock-movie actress  Pamela Duncan   had female lead (Martha Hunter) in Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) born on 12-28-1932 in New York, New York expired 11-11-2005 in Englewood, New Jersey   age 72   cause: stroke

bass-baritone  Robert Todd Duncan   original actor in many famous roles, including: Porgy in Porgy and Bess (1935), the Lord's General in Cabin in the Sky and Stephen Kumalo in Lost in the Stars born on 2-12-1903 in Danville, Kentucky expired 2-28-1998 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 95   cause: heart ailment

American dance legend  Katherine Dunham   a dancer, choreographer & teacher; widow of John Thomas Pratt born on 6-22-1909 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois expired 5-21-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 96    Contest Selectors 2006 MOT 3.3%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

prolific movie & tv composer  George Duning   musical director for 1930s Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge; wrote movies scores for: Picnic, From Here to Eternity, Houseboat, That Touch of Mink, Bell, Book and Candle, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, The Devil at 4 O'Clock, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The World of Suzi Wong, The Giant Claw (1957); wrote music for tv shows: The Big Valley, Naked City, Time Tunnel, Dennis the Menace and original series Star Trek born on 2-25-1908 in Richmond, Indiana expired 2-27-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 92   cause: heart disease AKS: Dunning

Ford Labor secretary (1975-76)  John Thomas Dunlop born on 7-5-1914 in Placerville, California expired 10-2-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 89 AKS: Dunlap

comedian  Victor Aloyisius Dunlop Jr.   a frequent guest on Make Me Laugh tv series born on 11-6-1948 in New York, New York expired 8-13-2011 in Glendale, California   age 62   cause: complications from diabetes

Texas death row inmate  Henry Earl Dunn Jr. born on 7-29-1974 expired 2-6-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 28   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD 9.1%

actor  James Howard Dunn   won Academy Award for his role in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn born on 11-2-1905 in New York, New York expired 9-3-1967 in Santa Monica, California   age 61

diminutive actor  Michael Dunn   3-foot 10-inches tall; had recurring role on tv's Wild, Wild, West ¤ real name: Gary Neil Miller  born on 10-20-1934 in Shattuck, Oklahoma expired 8-29-1973 in London, England   age 38   cause: suicide

former Hewlett-Packard board chair  Patricia Cecile Dunn   pulled a Nixon ... her "plumbers unit" got caught spying on the board of directors ¤ married surname: Dunn-Jahnke  born on 3-27-1953 in Burbank, California expired 12-4-2011 in Orinda, California   age 58   cause: ovarian cancer; melanomma; breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, MOT 6.5% 2008 DFFC, DGW, MORB, QKU 12.5% 2009 ANG, DFFC, DGW, DTM, MORB, QKU 20.0% 2010 ANG, DFFC, DGW, DTM, LMLD, MORB, QKU 22.2% 2012 ANG AKS: Dunn-Jahnke

Raymond F. Dunn Jr.   disabled boy who could only eat Gerber's meat-based formula born on 7-17-1974 expired 1-20-1995   age 20

cartoonist  Robert "Bob" Dunn   succeeded Jimmy Hatlo doing the They'll Do It Every Time strip (1939) & Little Iodine strip; received the Reuben Award for 1975 born on 3-5-1908 expired 1-31-1989 in Short Hills, New Jersey   age 80

Robert William Dunn   co-founder of the ACLU (1920) born on 6-1-1895 in Huntingdon, New York expired 1-21-1977 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: cancer

tv/movie producer & writer  Dominick John Dunne   father of Dominique & Griffin; a columnist for Vanity Fair magazine; we supposed that he'd do an expose on the seedy underbelly of the internet deadpool information trade born on 10-29-1925 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 8-26-2009 in New York, New York   age 83   cause: bladder cancer    Contest Selectors 2009 QKU, WEP 6.7%    Scored 5.4500 points

actress  Dominique Ellen Dunne   daughter of Dominick; sister of Griffin; murdered by ex-boyfriend born on 11-23-1959 in Santa Monica, California expired 11-4-1982 in Los Angeles, Calilifornia   age 22   cause: murdered; strangled

actress  Irene Marie Dunne born on 12-20-1898 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-4-1990   age 91

journalist/screenwriter/novelist  John Gregory Dunne   husband of Joan Didion; brother of Dominick Dunne; author of The Studio (1969) born on 5-25-1932 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 12-30-2003 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: heart attack