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| 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
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
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| 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
expired 7-2-1915 in Paris, France age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pro wrassler Michael "Mike" DiBiase
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
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
expired 10-18-1997 in New York, New York age 70 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
poet James Lafayette Dickey wrote Deliveranceborn 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
expired 6-2-2008 in heart failure age 79 cause: Archer, Florida
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
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| 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)
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
expired 5-6-1992 in Paris, France age 90
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| 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-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
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| 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
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
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retired Boston Red Sox player Dominic Paul "Dom" DiMaggio brother of Joe
expired 5-8-2009 in Marion, Massachusetts age 92
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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"
expired 3-8-1999 in Hollywood, Florida age 84 cause: lung cancer
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| 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
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
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
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| 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
expired 1-29-2003 in Huntsville, Texas age 40 cause: executed; lethal injection
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one-time Dinning Sisters singer Jean Dinning with husband Red Surrey wrote "Teen Angel" (1959)
expired 2-22-2011 in Garden Grove, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
heavy metal vocalist/songwriter Ronnie James Dio
expired 5-16-2010 age 67 cause: stomach cancer
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| 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
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| 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, ...)
expired 6-4-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal age 29 cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 healedborn 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
expired 4-18-1881 in London, England age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
operatic tenor Giuseppe di Stefano
expired 3-3-2008 in Santa Maria Hoe, Lombardy, Italy age 86 cause: complications from head injury
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| 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
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psychic/astrologer/crackpot Jeane Dixon she didn't see it coming
expired 1-25-1997 in Washington, District of Columbia age 79 cause: heart failure
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| 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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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