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| 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
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| 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
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| 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)
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 Awardborn 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
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| 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
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| 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 Kborn 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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)
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
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 & diabetesborn on 3-3-1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 7-20-2005 in Redmond, Washington age 85 cause: pneumonia
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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
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
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
expired 9-5-2010 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California age 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
expired 2-13-2005 in Coimbra, Portugal age 97 cause: heart failure
AKS: Fatima Lucia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
purported super-geezer Sakhan Dosova now living in Brishakhtinsk, Kazakhstan
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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)
expired 8-4-1981 in New York, New York age 80 cause: pneumonia; heart ailment
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former tv talk show host Mike Douglas had minor hit with The Men In My Little Girl's Life
expired 8-11-2006 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida age 81
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| 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
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| 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
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
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| 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 tvborn 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
expired 3-7-2001 in Huntsville, Texas age 55 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| 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)
expired 12-26-2010 in Lansing, Michigan age 86 cause: complications from severe arthritis
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| 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
expired 12-??-1476 in Bucharest, Transylvania age 45 cause: assassinated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Broadway actor Alfred Drake
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 logoborn 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
expired 3-15-2008 in Stamford, Connecticut age 54 cause: brain tumor
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| 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
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
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
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
AKS: Drnovsek Dmovsek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Joanne Dru sister of game show host Peter Marshall
expired 9-10-1996 in Beverly Hills, California age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former magazine publisher Marjorie Drucker widow of World War II Ace of Aces
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-
expired 12-15-1951 in Rogate, England age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British peer John David Drummond Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (1957-62)
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
expired 12-27-2005 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 91
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one-time Jefferson Airplane drummer (1966-70) Spencer Dryden replace Skip Spence
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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