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bebop saxophonist  Allen Eager born on 1-10-1927 expired 4-13-2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 76   cause: liver cancer

stand-up comedian & character actor  Jack Eagle   during the big band era played a trumpet; portrayed Brother Dominic in a famous 1977 Super Bowl commercial for Xerox born on 1-15-1926 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-10-2008 in New York, New York   age 81

former Bush (the elder) Secretary of State  Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger born on 8-1-1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-4-2011 in Charlottesvillle, Virginia   age 80   cause: pneumonia

one-time Missouri senator  Thomas Francis Eagleton   first McGovern V-P candidate — July 13-31, 1972; withdrew candidacy due to history of "nervous exhaustion" (and a few electro-shock treatments) born on 9-4-1929 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 3-4-2007 in Richmond Heights, Missouri   age 77   cause: cardiopulmonary failure

aviatrix  Mary Amelia Earhart   2nd wife of book publisher George Putnam; disappeared (with navigator Fred Noonan) near Howland Island on Round-the-World flight July 2, 1937; allegedly discovered in 24th century by the Starship Voyager in the Delta quadrant of the galaxy, the victim of a UFO abduction born on 7-24-1898 in Atchison, Kansas expired 7-2-1937 in Gardner Island, Phoenix Islands group, Western Pacific Ocean   age 38   cause: plane crash / starvation ???

electrical engineer & inventor  James M. Early Sr.   while at Bell Labs worked with Shockley on transistor, discovering the effects of space-charge layer widening; later was VP for Research & Development at Fairchild Semiconductor born on 7-25-1922 in Syracuse, New York expired 1-12-2004 in Palo Alto, California   age 81   cause: severe asthma

race car driver  Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. born on 4-29-1951 in Kannapolis, North Carolina expired 2-18-2001 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 49   cause: auto crash

Dodge City (Kansas) Deputy Marshall  Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp   shot it out at the O.K. Coral with brother Virgil born on 3-19-1848 in Monmouth, Illinois expired 1-13-1929 in Los Angeles, California   age 80

former Mississippi senator (1941; 1943-78)  James Oliver Eastland born on 11-28-1904 in Doddsville, Mississippi expired 2-19-1986 in Doddsville, Mississippi   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7%

photography supplies maker  George Eastman   invented roll photographic film; his brand name for his cameras and film, "Kodak" was made up born on 7-12-1854 in Waterville, New York expired 3-14-1932   age 77   cause: suicide; gunshot to heart; spinal stenosis

character actor & dialect coach  Robert Easton   played the Klingon judge that sentenced Kirk & McCoy to "life" on Rurapenthe in Star Trek VII: The Undiscovered Country ¤ born: Robert Easton Burke  born on 11-23-1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 12-16-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 81

World War II pilot  Claude Robert Eatherly   pilot of spotter plane that found the hole in the clouds over Hiroshima & radioed the Enola Gay to drop its bomb; subject of book The Hiroshima Pilot; later flew plane through the mushroom cloud of Bikini Atoll bomb tests born on 10-2-1918 expired 7-1-1978 in Houston, Texas   age 59   cause: cancer

bubble bath inventor  Charles V. "Charlie" Eaton Sr. born on 9-8-1923 in Wildwood, New Jersey expired 5-7-2006 in Cocoa Beach, Florida   age 82   cause: complications from a muscular disease

industrialist  Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr. born on 12-27-1883 in Pugwash, Ohio expired 5-9-1979 in Northfield, Ohio   age 95

Oriental Languages scholar  Abba Eban   Israel's first U.N. Ambassador; former foreign minister ¤ born: Abba Solomon Meir adopted name: Aubrey Solomon Eban  born on 2-2-1915 in Cape Town, South Africa expired 11-17-2002 in Petach Tikva, Israel   age 87

lyricist  Fred Ebb   co-wrote Cabaret (1972), Funny Lady (1975) & Chicago born on 4-8-1928 in New York, New York expired 9-11-2004 in New York, New York   age 76   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2004 RIE 5.6%    Scored 7.4000 solo points

retired Dartmouth professor emeritus  Richard Ghormley Eberhart   succeeded Robert Frost as U.S. Poet Laureate (1959-61); won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry (1966) born on 4-5-1904 in Austin, Minnesota expired 6-9-2005 in Hanover, New Hampshire   age 101

retired Campbell's Soup product developer  Kurt Eberling Sr.   came up with the idea for Spaghetti-Os born on 6-17-1930 in Aachen, Germany expired 3-6-2008 in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania   age 77   cause: cancer

big band singer  Ray Eberly born on 1-19-1919 in Hoosick Falls, New York expired 8-25-1979 in Douglasville, Georgia   age 60   cause: heart attack

big band singer  Robert "Bob" Eberly born on 7-24-1916 in Mechanicsville, New York expired 11-17-1981 in Glen Burnie, Maryland   age 65 AKS: Eberle Eberlie

original Wizard of Oz tin woodsman actor  Christian Rudolph "Buddy" Ebsen Jr.   Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-71); Barnaby Jones (1973-79) born on 4-2-1908 in Belleville, Illinois expired 7-6-2003 in Torrance, California   age 95    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HFS, SB 23.1% 1980 DR, JH, VA 18.8% 2000 BOD, KLS, TEX 43% 2001 BOD, DTM, KLS, NFG, ROTS, TEX 75% 2002 BOD, CMH, DTM, JAC, JL, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 81.8% 2003 ANG, COCO, DTM, KLS, KOHD, MB, OGGI, PCD, RAVN, RR, TAP, TMTX 66.7%    Scored 3.0012 points AKS: Rudolf Epsen

industrial designer  John Wilhelm Ebstein   lead team that designed the Studebaker Avanti automobile (1961) born on 5-14-1912 in Stettin, Germany expired 2-18-2005 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida   age 92   cause: heart attack

physiologist  John Carew Eccles   shared the 1963 Nobel prize in physiology born on 1-27-1903 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 5-2-1997 in Contra, Switzerland   age 94

former Federal Reserve Board chairman (1936-48)  Marriner Stoddard Eccles born on 9-9-1890 in Logan, Utah Territory expired 12-18-1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 87

former Turkish prime minister  Bulent Ecevit   he ordered the Turkish military to invade Cyprus (1974) born on 5-28-1925 in Istanbul, Turkey expired 11-4-2006 in Ankara, Turkey   age 81   cause: circulatory & respiratory failure; coma; stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2003 JL, RAVN 11.1% 2004 RAVN 5.6% 2006 DTM 3.3%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre   was the 1904 Nobel literature co-laureate (shared with Mistral) born on 4-19-1832 in Madrid, Spain expired 9-4-1916 in Madrid, Spain   age 84

350 pound Tonya Harding "bodyguard"  Shawn Eric Eckardt   at Jeff Gillooly's behest arranged to have Nancy Kerrigan's knee whacked by Shane Stant — did 14 months of an 18 month sentence for racketeering (July 1994-September 1995); hoping to "put the incident behind him" changed his name to Brian Sean Griffith but it didn't help — in 2001 was sentenced to 3 years probation for misdemeanor assault born on 6-18-1967 expired 12-12-2007 in Beaverton, Oregon   age 40   cause: «to be determined»    Contest Selectors 2006 TWOS 3.3% AKS: Eckart Eckhart Eckhardt

landscape architect  Garrett Eckbo born on 11-28-1910 in Cooperstown, New York expired 5-15-2000 in Oakland, California   age 89

horticulturalist  Paul Ecke Jr.   popularized the poinsettia as a holiday plant born on 12-14-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-13-2002 in Encinitas, California   age 76   cause: pancreatic cancer

drug store chain founder (1952)  Jack Eckerd born on 5-16-1913 in Wilmington, Delaware expired 5-19-2004 in Clearwater, Florida   age 91 AKS: Ekerd Eckard Ekard Eckert Ekert

ENIAC & UNIVAC co-inventor  John Presper Eckert born on 4-9-1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-3-1995 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania   age 76

former Baseball Commissioner (November 17, 1965 to November 20, 1968)  William Dole Eckert   contract bought out ¤ nickname: "Spike"  born on 1-20-1908 in Freeport, Illinois expired 4-16-1971 in Freeport, Bahamas   age 62   cause: heart attack

German aeronautical engineer  Hugo Eckner   commander of the Graf Zeppelin on its 1929 around-the-world flight; designed the LZ-129 & LZ-130 zeppelins expired 8-14-1954 in Friedrichshafen, Germany   age 86

jazz vocalist  William Clarence "Billy" Eckstine born on 7-8-1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-8-1993   age 78

19th century London prostitute  Catherine Eddowes   fourth victim of Jack the Ripper ¤ aka: Kate Kelly  born on 4-14-1842 in Graisley Green, Wolverhampton, England expired 9-30-1888 in London, England   age 46   cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated

stage and movie crooner  Nelson Eddy   teamed with Jeanette MacDonald in some 1930s films born on 6-29-1901 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 3-6-1967 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 65

bald character actor  Herbert Edelman born on 11-5-1933 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1996 in Woodland Hills, California   age 62   cause: emphysema

movie & tv producer  Louis F. Edelman   produced The Big Valley, Wyatt Earp & The Danny Thomas Show born on 5-18-1900 in New York, New York expired 1-6-1976 in Los Angeles, California   age 75   cause: heart ailment

cardiologist  Marek Edelman   was the last surviving 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt resistance leader born on 1-1-1919 in Homel, Poland (now Belarus) expired 10-2-2009 in Warsaw, Poland   age 90

illustrator/graphic designer  Heinz Edelmann   creator of the Blue Meanies as part of his art direction for Yellow Submarine (1968) born on 6-20-1934 in Usti ned Labem, Czechoslovakia expired 7-21-2009 in Stuttgart, Germany   age 75   cause: kidney failure, heart disease

former prime minister (1955-57) Sir  Anthony Robert Eden   three-time British foreign secretary; in 1956 decided to invade nationalized Suez Canal ¤ Earl of Avon  born on 6-12-1897 in County Durham, England expired 1-14-1977 in Wiltshire, England   age 79   cause: liver ailment

Detroit Free Press gossip columnist  Shirley Eder ¤ Mrs. Edward Slotkin  born on 7-11-1919 in New York, New York expired 5-28-2005 in New York, New York   age 85   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

swimmer  Gertrude Caroline Ederle   first woman to swim the English channel (August 6, 1926) from Cape Griz-Nez, France to Kingsdown, England (21 miles in 14 hours 30 minutes, the record); Florence Chadwick broke the record in 1950 (13 hours 20 minutes) born on 10-23-1906 in New York, New York expired 11-30-2003 in Wyckoff, New Jersey   age 98    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS, RR 29% 2001 KLS, RR 25% 2002 JL, RR 18.2% 2003 COCO, JL, KLS, RR, TAP 27.8%    Scored 2.8563 points AKS: Ederly Ederley Ederlie Ederlee

English King (959-975)  Edgar the Peaceful   son of Edmund I; first king to be formally crowned as King of England (his predecessors had often refered to themselves as the King of all England but were not formally or always acknowledged as such) born on --943 expired ??-??-975   age 28

strobe photo pioneer Dr.  Harold Eugene Edgerton   invented the electronic flash (1931) born on 4-6-1903 in Fremont, Nebraska expired 1-4-1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts   age 86   cause: heart attack

big band & jazz trumpeter  Harry "Sweets" Edison   played with Count Basie's big band (1938-50) ¤ given original nickname "Sweetie Pie" by Lester Young it was soon shortened to "Sweets"  born on 10-10-1915 in Columbus, Ohio expired 7-27-1999 in Columbus, Ohio   age 83   cause: cancer

Mina Edison   widow of Thomas expired 8-24-1947 in New York, New York   age 82

inventor  Theodore M. Edison   son of Thomas born on 7-10-1898 expired 11-24-1992   age 94

inventor, movie producer and director  Thomas Alva Edison   "the Father of the Motion Picture industry"; founded General Electric Corp.; light bulb and phonograph inventor born on 2-11-1847 in Milan, Ohio expired 10-18-1931   age 84

puppeteer & voice-over artist  Walker Edmiston   voiced Wally Walrus in Walter Lantz cartoons & Ernie the Keebler Elf (following the death of Ernie's first voice) born on 2-6-1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 2-15-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 81   cause: complications from cancer

cult film director  Don Edmonds   as an actor appeared in Gidget Goes Hawiian (1961) & Son of Flubber (1963); directed the first two Ilsa flix — She Wolf of the S.S. (1975) & Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) expired 6-??-2009 in North Hollywood, California   age 73   cause: liver cancer

English King (939-946)  Edmund I the Deed-Doer   son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn born on --921 expired ??-??-946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England   age 25   cause: killed in brawl

English King (April 24-November 30, 1016)  Edmund II Ironside   son of EthelredII born on --993 expired 11-30-1016   age 23   cause: battle wounds

character actor  William Edmunds   played the Gyspy Chieftan Fejus in House of Frankenstein (1944) & bar proprietor Mr. Martini in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) born on 1-1-1886 in Italy expired 12-7-1981 in Los Angeles, California   age 95

oscar-winning movie special effects whiz  Alexander Farciot Edouart   parted the Red Sea for The Ten Commandments born on 11-5-1894 in California expired 3-17-1980 in Kenwood, California   age 85

English King (946-955)  Edred   son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn ¤ Old English spelling: Eadred  born on --925 expired ??-??-955   age 30

fourth head of the International Olympic Committee (1946-52)  J. Sigfrid Edström born on 11-21-1870 in Sweden expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 93

English King (899-924)  Edward the Elder   son of Alfred the Great born on --870 expired ??-??-924 in New Minster, Winchester, England   age 54

English King (975-978)  Edward the Martyr   son of Edgar the Peaceful born on --962 expired 3-18-978 in Corfe, Dorset, England   age 16   cause: murdered

English King (1042-1066)  Edward the Confessor   son of Ethelred II born on --1004 in Oxford, England expired 1-5-1066   age 62

English king (1272-1307)  Edward I   son of Henry III; incorporated Wales into his kingdom ¤ aka: Edward Longshanks  born on 6-17-1239 expired 7-7-1307 in Burgh-on-Sands, England   age 68

English king (1307-1327)  Edward II   son of Edward I; first Prince of Wales (1301) born on 4-25-1284 in Canarvon, Wales expired 9-21-1327 in Berkeley Castle, England   age 43   cause: murdered

English king (1327-77)  Edward III   son of Edward II; reigned during the worse years of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) --- 1348/9, 1362 & 1369 born on 11-13-1312 in Windsor, England expired 6-21-1377 in Richmond Castle, England   age 64

English king (1461-1470 and 1471-1483)  Edward IV   first king of the House of York born on 4-28-1442 in Rouen, France expired 4-9-1483 in London, England   age 40

English king (1483)  Edward V   son of Edward IV born on 11-2-1470 in Westminster, England expired 7-1-1483 in London, England   age 12   cause: murdered while held prisoner in the Tower of London

English King (1547-53)  Edward VI   son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour born on 10-12-1537 in Hampton Court, England expired 7-6-1553 in London, England   age 15   cause: tuberculosis

English King (1901-10)  Edward VII   son of Victoria I & Albert; father of George V ¤ House of Saxe-Coburg  born on 11-9-1841 in London, England expired 5-6-1910 in London, England   age 68

Hall-of-Fame Washington Redskins coach  Albert Glenn "Turk" Edwards born on 9-28-1907 expired 1-10-1973 in Kirkland, Washington   age 65

movie producer/director  Blake Edwards   made the Pink Panther movies, S.O.B. (1982) & 10; husband of Julie Andrews; received honorary oscar at 2004 ceremonies ¤ born: William Blake Crump  born on 7-26-1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 12-15-2010 in Santa Monica, California   age 88   cause: pneumonia; chronic fatigue syndrome; depression    Contest Selectors 2008 QKU 3.1% 2009 QKU 3.3% 2010 QKU 3.7%    Scored 6.2000 solo points

Tom Watson caddy  Bruce Edwards born on 11-16-1954 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 4-8-2004 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida   age 49   cause: complications from ALS    Contest Selectors 2004 DTM 5.6%    Scored 10.1000 solo points

Cliff Edwards   film voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940) and Jim Crow in Dumbo (1941); sang oscar-winning song When You Wish Upon a Star; introduced song Singin' In The Rain in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ¤ aka: "Ukulele Ike"  born on 6-14-1895 in Hannibal, Missouri expired 7-17-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 76

Delta bluesman  David "Honeyboy" Edwards born on 6-28-1915 in Shaw, Mississippi expired 8-29-2011 in Chicago, Illinois   age 96   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2007 RR 3.2% 2009 RR 3.3% 2010 RR 3.7%

CBS newsman  Douglas Edwards   anchored first network tv evening news program born on 7-14-1917 in Ada, Oklahoma expired 10-13-1990   age 73

trombonist  Edwin B. "Eddie" Edwards   co-founder of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band born on 5-22-1891 expired 4-9-1963 in New York, New York   age 71

blues guitarist/singer  Frank Edwards born on 3-20-1909 in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia expired 3-22-2002 in Greenville, South Carolina   age 93   cause: heart attack

comic book artist  Joe Edwards   worked on the first issue of Archie (1942); created the character Li'l Jinx born on 12-6-1921 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 2-8-2007 in Central Islip, New York   age 85   cause: heart attack

long-suffereing spouse  Mary Elizabeth Edwards   has had to endure hubby's public lying and cheating on her ¤ née: Anania separated from John Edwards  born on 7-3-1949 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 12-7-2010 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina   age 61   cause: cancer; of the lungs, bones & breasts    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC, GOHI, LMLD, MORB, QKU, RAVN 18.8% 2009 ADWC, ANG, DFFC, GAS, LMLD, MORB, PCD, QKU, RAVN, RIE 33.3% 2010 ANG, GAS, KLS, LMLD, MORB, QKU, RIE 25.9%    Scored 6.4391 points

radio/tv game show creator/host/producer  Ralph Livingstone Edwards   created This Is Your Life, The People's Court, Name That Tune and Truth or Consequences (July 1941 on NBC tv) born on 6-13-1913 in Merino, Colorado expired 11-16-2005 in West Hollywood, California   age 92   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2005 MOT, TBC 8.7%    Scored 4.5500 points

character actor  Sam G. Edwards   portrayed the town banker Mr. Anderson on Little House on the Prairie (1978-83) born on 5-26-1915 expired 7-28-2004 in Durango, Colorado   age 89

jazz tenor saxophonist  Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards born on 4-26-1924 in Jackson, Mississippi expired 4-20-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: prostate cancer

Great Lakes sailor  Thomas E. Edwards   Second Assistant Engineer aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 2-28-1925 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 50   cause: drowned when ship foundered

actor  Vince Edwards   played Dr. Ben Casey ¤ born: Vincent Edward Zoino  born on 7-7-1928 in New York, New York expired 3-11-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: pancreatic cancer

English King (955-959)  Edwy the Fair   son of Edmund I ¤ Old English spelling: Eadwig  born on --943 expired ??-??-959   age 16

Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal   briefly president of the Republic of Somaliland (1960); later prime minister of Somalia (7/1967-10/69); overthrown by Mohamed Siad Barre born on 8-15-1928 in Odweina, Somalia expired 5-3-2002 in Pretoria, South Africa   age 73   cause: internal exsanguination; lacerated colon during colonoscopy

former NYC cop  Eddie Egan   exploits were inspiration for The French Connection ¤ nickname: "Popeye"  born on 1-3-1924 in New York, New York expired 11-4-1995 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida   age 71   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7%

English King (802-839)  Egbert   became King of West Saxons in 802 ¤ Old English spelling: Ecgberht  born on --775 expired ??-??-839   age 64

"troubled youth"  James Dallas Egbert 3rd   campus Tolkien Society member and Dungeons & Dragons freak; disappeared from his MSU dorm 8/15/1979 leading to a campus-wide search of the steam tunnels; he later turned up in Morgan City, Louisiana born on 10-29-1962 expired 8-16-1980 in Dayton, Ohio   age 17   cause: suicide; gunshot to head

1960s T&A "actress  Julie Ege   was 1962 Miss Norway (Miss Universe pageant); was the subject of a May 1967 Penthouse UK pictorial — "The Nudest Miss Norway"; appeared as one of Blofeld's henchwomen in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); did a few more scantily clad roles, culminating in the Hammer Films cavegirl sendup When Heaving Bosoms Ruled the Earth (1972); eventually wound up working as a nurse ¤ born: Julie Dzuli  born on 11-12-1943 in Høyland vet Sandnes i Rogaland, Norge (Norway) expired 4-29-2008 in Oslo, Norway   age 64   cause: breast cancer; lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (two to be exact)

former IRS commissioner (1981-86)  Roscoe Lynn Egger Jr. born on 9-19-1920 in Jackson, Michigan expired 10-14-1999 in Rochester, Minnesota   age 79   cause: complications following angioplasty

early tv "dumb blonde"  Virginia Ruth Egnor   under the name Dagmar appeared on Broadway Open House ¤ stage name: "Jenny Lewis"  born on 11-29-1921 in Huntington, West Virginia expired 10-9-2001 in Ceredo, West Virginia   age 79

Hemmings Motor News editor/publisher  Manfred "Terry" Ehrich III born on 6-26-1941 in New York, New York expired 1-10-2002 in Albany, New York   age 60   cause: heart attack; lung cancer

Dr.  Paul Ehrlich   co-recipient of the 1908 Nobel prize in medicine for his work on immunity; coined the term "chemotherapy" born on 3-14-1854 in Strehlen, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 8-20-1915 in Bad Homburg, Germany   age 61   cause: stroke

Nixon White House aide  John Daniel Ehrlichman   central figure in the Watergate scandal born on 3-20-1925 in Tacoma, Washington expired 2-14-1999 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 73   cause: complications from diabetes

Nazi death camp commandant  Adolph Karl Eichmann   kidnapped from Argentina by Israeli agents (5-11-1960); executed after "trial" ¤ aka: "Ricardo Klement"  born on 3-19-1906 in Solingen, Germany expired 5-31-1962 in Ramle, Israel   age 56   cause: executed; hanged

engineer  Alexandre Gustav Eiffel   built Parisian tower bearing his name (1889); also built the framework for the Statue of Liberty (1885) born on 12-15-1832 in Dijon, France expired 12-28-1923 in Paris, France   age 91

Dr.  Christiaan Eijkman   shared the 1927 Nobel prize in medicine for the "discovery of the antineuritic vitamin" born on 8-11-1858 in Nijkerk, Gelderland, The Netherlands expired 11-5-1930 in Utrecht, The Netherlands   age 72   cause: "a protracted illness"

Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter Jr.   ran an "it's OK to be rich" ministry ¤ aka: "Rev. Ike"  born on 6-1-1935 in Ridgeland, South Carolina expired 7-28-2009 in Los Angeles, California   age 74   cause: complications from stroke

retired Zenith tv engineer (1948-97)  Carl G. Eilers   lead team that developed FM stereo broadcasting (1961), the main channel having L+R audio & employing a 19KHz "pilot" tone to indicate presence of a modulated 38KHz tone carrier of the L-R information, which when combined produces separate Left & Right audio channels — (L+R) + (L-R) = 2L and (L+R) - (L-R) = 2R; was the co-developer of multi-channel sound for NTSC television (stereo audio plus the SAP) born on 3-21-1925 in Fairbury, Illinois expired 6-20-2008 in River Forest, Illinois   age 83   cause: heart attack

mathematician  Albert Einstein   came up with E=mc2 and the Theory of Relativity; 1921 Nobel Physics prize winner; his letter to Roosevelt led to the Manhattan Project and development of the Atomic Bomb born on 3-14-1879 in Ulm, Würtemberg, Germany expired 4-18-1955 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 76   cause: heart failure

UC-Berkely hydraulic engineering professor  Hans Albert Einstein   first son of Albert & Mileva Einstein born on 5-14-1904 in Bern, Switzerland expired 7-26-1973 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts   age 69   cause: heart failure

Greek dialect comedian  Harry Einstein   father of Albert Brooks and Dave Osborne ¤ aka: Parkyakarkus stage name: Harry Parke  born on --1904 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 11-24-1958 in Hollywood, California   age 54

mathematician  Maleva Marić Einstein   first wife of Albert (1903-19) — she used to check his math; mother of their three children: Lieserl (b.1/1902), Hans Albert & Eduard (7/28/1910-10/25/1965); she got Albert's Nobel Prize money in the divorce settlement born on 12-19-1875 in Titel, Vojvodinae, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia) expired 8-4-1948 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 72

Dr.  Willem Einthoven   received the 1924 Nobel prize in physiology for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram born on 5-21-1860 in Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies expired 9-29-1927 in Leiden, The Netherlands   age 67

Apollo 7 astronaut  Donn Fulton Eisele born on 6-23-1930 in Columbus, Ohio expired 12-2-1987 in Tokyo, Japan   age 57   cause: heart attack

former President and Allied Supreme Commander in World War II  Dwight David Eisenhower   brought about cease fire in Korean War; sent military advisors to South Vietnam in mid-1950s after French military disaster at Dien Bien Phu born on 10-14-1890 in Abilene, Kansas expired 3-28-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78

former first lady  Marie Geneva Doud "Mamie" Eisenhower born on 11-14-1896 in Boone, Iowa expired 11-1-1979 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 82   cause: heart failure; complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, HFS, JW, MS, RR 46.2%    Scored 2 points

Dr.  Milton Stover Eisenhower born on 9-15-1899 in Abilene, Kansas expired 5-2-1985   age 85

Sweet 'n' Low inventor  Benjamin Eisenstadt born on 12-27-1906 expired 4-8-1996   age 89

photographer  Alfred Eisenstaedt born on 12-6-1898 in Dirschau, Germany expired 8-23-1995   age 96    Contest Selectors 1980 GP, VA 12.5%

early Russian filmmaker  Sergei Maksimilyanovich Eizenshtein   made only seven films; produced, directed, or wrote Glumov's Diary (1923), Strike (1925), The Battleship Potemkin (1925), October (1927), The General Line (1929), Alexander Nevsky (1939) and Ivan the Terrible (Part I, 1945) born on 1-23-1898 in Riga, Russia (now Latvia) expired 2-10-1948 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 50

actor  Anthony Eisley   high point of his career was playing Tracey Steele on Hawaiian Eye tv series (1959-62) ¤ born: Frederick Glendinning Eisley  born on 1-19-1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 1-29-2003 in Woodland Hills, California   age 78

comic artist  William Erwin Eisner   created The Spirit (1940); once partnered with Jerry Iger (1937 co-founders of "Eisner & Iger" comics production company); also worked for MAD Magazine; author of the first modern "graphic novel" (a term he coined) A Contract with God !978) and the textbooks Comics and Sequential Art (1985) & Graphic Storytelling (1996); received the Reuben Award in 1998; since 1988 namesake of the comics industry's top award — "the Eisners" born on 3-6-1917 in New York, New York expired 1-3-2005 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida   age 87   cause: complications following quadruple bypass surgery    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 CSI, MJ 11.1% 2005 CSI 4.3%    Scored 6.3000 solo points AKS: Will Wil

character actor  Bengt Ekerot   portrayed Death in Det Sjunde inseglot (The Seventh Seal; 1957) born on 2-8-1920 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 11-26-1971 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 51

Hollywood stunt man  James Sherwin "Bud" Ekins   did the "Cooler King's" motorcycle jump in The Great Escape (1963) born on 5-11-1930 in Hollywood, California expired 10-6-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 77 AKS: Elkins

former Hollywood accountant  Jack Elam   character actor — played Jug May (the phony Swift Morgan) in Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) and the Doctor in Cannonball Run (1981) born on 11-13-1920 in Miami, Arizona expired 10-20-2003 in Ashland, Oregon   age 82   cause: congestive heart failure

former University of Michigan music student  Louis Elbel   wrote school's fight song The Victors (1898) born on --1878 expired ??-??-19??   age ??

character actor  Ibson Dana Elcar   played Mr. Foster in Fail Safe (1964), Col. Cathcart in Catch-22 (1973), the Chief in The Nude Bomb (1980), Lt. Shiller on Baretta, Col. Laird ("Lard") on Black Sheep Squadron & Peter Thornton on MacGyver; eventually went blind from glaucoma born on 10-10-1927 in Ferndale, Michigan expired 6-6-2005 in Ventura, California   age 77   cause: complications from pneumonia

former history professor  Abulfaz Elchibey   first president of Azerbaijan (1992-93) after the breakup of the Soviet Union (1991); overthrouwn in military mutiny ¤ born: Albulfaz Aliyev  born on 6-24-1938 in Keleki, Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan, USSR expired 8-22-2000 in Ankara, Turkey   age 62   cause: lung infection; prostate cancer; diabetes

cartoonist  William Elder   was a childhood friend of Bess Myerson; was one of the original cartoonists as MAD Magazine (1952-56); co-creator of Little Annie Fannie (October 1962-88) after the failure of the humor magazine Trump (only two issues were published: January & March 1957) ¤ born: Wolf William Eisenberg  born on 9-22-1921 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 5-15-2008 in Rockleigh, New Jersey   age 86   cause: Parkinson's disease AKS: Will Willie

former railroad executive  Arthur K. Eldred   first Eagle Scout (8/21/1912) as member of Oceanside, Long Island troup born on --1895 in Brooklyn, New York expired 1-4-1951 in Clementon, New Jersey   age 55

royal consort  Eleanor of Aquitane   wife of Henry II; mother of Richard the Lionhearted born on --1122 in Aquitane, France expired 4-1-1204 in Maine-et-Loire, France   age 81

big band leader  Les Elgart   wrote Bandstand Boogie (Dick Clark's theme song) born on 8-3-1918 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 7-29-1995   age 77

Iraqi Baath Party poobah  Barzan Ibrahim el-Hasan al-Tikriti   half-brother of Saddam Hussein; his head was ripped from his body during the execution — some would characterise his hanging as "botched", while others would consider it a complete success (he's dead, ain't he?) born on 2-17-1950 in Al-Awja, Iraq expired 1-15-2007 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 56   cause: executed; hanged    Contest Selectors 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2007 JCM, RAVN, WEP, 4GUE 12.9%    Scored 7.2125 points AKS: al-Hasan Hassan

Big Boy restaurant chain owner  Fred Elias Sr. born on 8-11-1913 expired 6-19-1993   age 79

biochemist  Gertrude Belle Elion   shared the 1988 Nobel prize in medicine born on 1-23-1918 in New York, New York expired 2-21-1999 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina   age 81

cat-loving poet  Thomas Stearns Eliot   the 1948 Nobel literature laureate born on 9-26-1888 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-4-1965 in London, England   age 76   cause: emphysema AKS: T. S. Eliott Elliot Elliott

sculptor & teacher  Frank Eliscu   designed the Heisman Trophy (1935) born on 7-13-1912 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 6-19-1996 in Sarasota, Florida   age 83

English Queen (1558-1603)  Elizabeth I   daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; had Mary, Queen of Scotts executed; last Tudor monarch born on 9-7-1533 in Greenwich, England expired 3-24-1603 in Richmond, England   age 69

Texas death row inmate  Jaime Elizalde Jr. ¤ number 999230  born on 12-12-1971 expired 1-31-2006 in Huntsville, Texas   age 34   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 ADWC, BOD, DTM, OIE, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT, TBC, TWOS 33.3%    Scored 9.1049 points

movie matte painting artist  Peter Ellenshaw   worked on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mary Poppins (1964), The Black Hole (1979) & Dick Tracey (1990); father of movie artist Harrison Ellenshaw born on 5-24-1913 in London, England expired 2-12-2007 in Santa Barbara, California   age 93

character actor & theater director  Robert Ellenstein   played Licht in North By Northwest (1959), the Federation President in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) & Steven Miller in the "Haven" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) born on 6-18-1923 in Newark, New Jersey expired 10-28-2010 in West Los Angeles, California   age 87

pianist and bandleader  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington   jazz composer born on 4-29-1899 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-24-1974 in New York, New York   age 75   cause: pneumonia; lung cancer

"Mama"  Cass Elliot   vocalist in The Mamas and the Papas; did not die choking on a ham sandwich even though the New York Times obituary did attribute to her physician the statement that she probably choked on a sandwich ¤ born: Ellen Naomi Cohen  born on 2-19-1941 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 7-29-1974 in London, England   age 33   cause: heart attack

astronomer  James Ludlow Elliot   discovered the rings of Uranus (1977) and the atmosphere of Pluto (1988) born on 6-19-1943 in Columbus, Ohio expired 3-3-2011 in Wellesley, Massachusetts   age 67   cause: complications from cancer treatment AKS: Elliott Eliot Eliott

actor  William "Wild Bill" Elliot   second actor to play the role of Red Ryder in Republic serials (1945 & 46; also see Don Barry & Allan Lane) ¤ born: Gordon Nance  born on 10-16-1904 in Pattonsburg, Missouri expired 11-26-1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 61   cause: cancer

sportscaster  Win Elliot   zoology major & hockey goaltender at the University of Michigan ¤ real name: Irwin Elliot Shalek  born on 5-7-1915 in Chelsea, Massachusetts expired 9-17-1998 in Norwalk, Connecticut   age 83

punk-rock singer  Marianne Joan Elliot-Said   did her thang with the X-Ray Spex band ¤ aka: "Poly Styrene" not to be confused with: poly-propylene, poly-vinyl chloride, poly-brominated bi-phenyl, polyurethane-polyurea copolymer or Polly wanna cracker?  born on 7-3-1957 in Bromley, Kent, England expired 4-26-2011 in East Sussex, England   age 53   cause: cancers (breast, spinal, lung)

actor  Denholm Mitchell Elliott   best remembered for playing Dr. Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones movies; least remember for starring in Smell-O-Vision bomb Scent of Mystery (1960) born on 5-31-1922 in London, England expired 10-6-1992 in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain   age 70   cause: tuberculosis; AIDS

World War II private  George E. Elliott   as a radar operator at the Opana radar site, Kahuku Point, Ohau, Hawaii, was the first person to see the Japanese Zero attack wave approaching from the north almost 50 minutes before it arrived; his co-operator was Joseph Lockard born on 2-7-1918 expired 12-20-2003 in Port Charlotte, Florida   age 85   cause: complications from stroke

Texas death row inmate  John William Elliot ¤ aka: number 861  born on 3-25-1960 in England expired 2-4-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 42   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 8.9250 points

character actor  Stephen Elliott   played the Police Commissioner in Death Wish (1974), Burt Johnson in Arthur (1981), police chief Hubbard in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) & Scotty Demarest on Dallas (1980s) ¤ born: Elliott Pershing Stitzel  born on 11-27-1918 in New York, New York expired 5-21-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 86   cause: congestive heart failure

baseball pitcher  Dock Phillip Ellis   purportedly pitched a no-hitter while stoned on LSD born on 3-11-1945 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 63   cause: cirrhosis of the liver

trumpeter/bandleader  Don Ellis born on 7-25-1934 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-17-1978 in North Hollywood, California   age 44   cause: heart attack

Usenet co-creator (1979)  James Tice "Jim" Ellis   along with Tom Truscott & Dr. Steven M. Bellovin created the internet bulletin board system born on 5-6-1956 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 6-28-2001 in Harmony, Pennsylvania   age 45   cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma

1984 U.S. Olympic team track coach  Larry Thomas Ellis born on 9-29-1928 in Englewood, New Jersey expired 11-4-1998 in Skillman, New Jersey   age 70   cause: pulmonary embolism

jazz guitarist  Mitchell Herbert Ellis   performed with Oscar Peterson Trio, Jimmy Dorsey & Ella Fitzgerald born on 8-4-1921 in Farmersville, Texas expired 3-28-2010 in Los Angeles, California   age 88   cause: Alzheimer's disease

actor  James Ellison   played Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Johnny Nelson ¤ born: James Ellison Smith  born on 5-4-1910 in Guthrie Center, Iowa expired 12-23-1993 in Montecito, California   age 83   cause: broken neck

female wrassler  Mary Lillian Ellison   started out as "Slavegirl Moolah" (1949) & wrassled into the new millenium ¤ aka: "The Fabulous Moolah"  born on 7-22-1923 in Tookiedoo, South Carolina expired 11-2-2007 in Lexington, South Carolina   age 84   cause: blood clot «or» heart attack; shoulder surgery

writer  Ralph Waldo Ellison born on 3-1-1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 5-16-1994 in New York, New York   age 80

polar explorer  Lincoln Ellsworth born on 5-12-1880 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-26-1951 in New York, New York   age 71

farmer, writer, businessman  Monty J. Ellsworth   author of The Bath School Disaster (1927) detailing the bombing of the village school earlier that year born on 7-10-1887 expired 4-??-1974 in Saint Petersburg, Florida   age 86

jazz trumpeter  "Ziggy" Elman   member of the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands ¤ born: Harry Finkelman  born on 5-26-1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 6-26-1968 in Los Angeles, California   age 54

physicist & chess-player ranking system designer  Arpad Elo born on 8-25-1903 in Papa, Austria-Hungary expired 11-5-1992   age 89

geophysicist Dr.  Walter M. Elsasser born on 3-20-1904 in Mannheim, Germany expired 10-14-1991 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 87

actress  Faye Margaret Emerson born on 7-8-1917 in Elizabeth, Louisiana expired 3-9-1983 in Majorca, Spain   age 65

inventor  Victor Lee Emerson   invented the automobile universal joint and bevel-gear drive expired 5-6-1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 78

Sœur  Emmanuelle   humanitarian nun who worked in the slums of Cairo; founder of the Sandrine de Carlo Association ¤ born: Madeleine Cinquin  born on 11-16-1908 in Brussels, Flanders, Belgium expired 10-20-2008 in Callian, France   age 99    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 5.1000 solo points AKS: Soeur

tv writer  Robert Emmett   wrote for the U.S. production of That Was the Week That Was ¤ born: Robert McMenamin  born on 9-28-1921 in Monterey, California expired 4-8-2000 in New York, New York   age 78   cause: following surgery for acute appendicitis

1920s/30s screen writer  Arthur Guy Empey   father of Playboy playmate Marguerite Empey born on 12-11-1883 in Ogden, Utah expired 2-22-1963 in Wadsworth, Kansas   age 79

Playboy May 1955 & February 1956 Playmate of Month  Diane Marguerite Empey   daughter of Authur G. Empey; founder of an L.A.-area belly dancing troupe (Perfumes of Araby) ¤ legal name: Marguerite Diane Webber aka: Diane M. Webber ex-Mrs. Joe Webber  born on 7-29-1932 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 76   cause: pulmonary embolism; right hemicolectomy; liver, lung, colon cancer; hypertension    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2008 CSI 3.1%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (one to be exact) AKS: Dianne Diana Margurite Margerite Marguereat Weber Empie Empee

former Panamanian president (1989-94)  Guillermo David Endara Galimany   replaced Noriega born on 5-12-1936 in Panama City, Panama expired 9-28-2009 in Panama City, Panama   age 73   cause: heart attack; renal failure; diabetes

microbiologist  John Franklin Enders   shared the 1954 Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery of the method of growing the polio virus in various types of tissues born on 2-10-1897 in West Hartford, Connecticut expired 9-8-1985 in Waterford, Connecticut   age 88

character actor  I. Harry Endo   played crime scene analyst/forensics specialist Che Fong for the entire run of Hawaii Five-O born on 7-20-1922 in Colorado expired 1-9-2009 in Brooklyn, New York, New York   age 86   cause: stroke

former Nazi SS Obersturmbannführer/Intelligence officer  Friedrich Konrad Siegfried Engel   in July of 2002 ordered to serve 7 years for the May 1944 murders of 49 prisoners in Genoa, Italy; his conviction was later overturned but no new trial was permitted ¤ "The Butcher of Genoa"  born on 1-31-1908 in Warnau Havel, Prussia, Germany expired 2-4-2006 in Hamburg, Germany   age 98    Contest Selectors 2003 RR 5.6% 2004 CSI, RR 11.1% 2005 CSI, RR 8.7% 2006 RR 3.3%    Scored 5.2000 solo points

Disney Studios animator  Jules Engel   choregraphed the 1940 Fantasia dance sequences that featured alligators & hippos ("Dance of the Hours"), mushrooms ("Chinese Dance") and thistles ("Russian Dance"); co-founder of the UPA (United Productions of America) animation studio (1944); left UPA to co-found Format Productions (1959) born on 3-9-1909 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 9-6-2003 in Simi Valley, California   age 94 AKS: Engle

broadway conductor  Lehman Aaron Engel born on 9-12-1910 in Jackson, Mississippi expired 8-28-1982   age 71

photojournalist  Morris Engel   with wife made a number of short "independent" films: Little Fugitive (1953), Lovers and Lollipops (1956) & Weddings and Babies (1958); was credited by Truffaut with inspiring the French "New Wave" of filmmaking born on 4-8-1918 in New York, New York expired 3-5-2005 in New York, New York   age 86   cause: cancer

comatose woman  Eluana Jolanda Giulia Englaro   following a 1992 auto accident entered persistent vegetative state; per her wishes the feeding tube was removed Friday February 6th, 2009 born on 11-25-1970 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy expired 2-9-2009 in Udine, Italy   age 38    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 11.2000 solo points

baseball player  Delmer Ennis born on 6-8-1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-9-1996   age 70

game show producer (Concentration, Tic Tac Dough)  Daniel Enright   partnered with Jack Barry; one of the crooked producers in the tv Game Show scandals (21) born on 8-30-1917 expired 5-22-1992   age 74

playwright  Nick Enright   co-wrote screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil (1992) born on 12-22-1950 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia expired 3-30-2003 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   age 52   cause: cancer

actor  René Enríquez born on 11-25-1933 in San Francisco, California expired 3-23-1990 in Tarzana, California   age 56   cause: pancreatic cancer

archetype for the female Eurotrash terrorist  Gudrun Ensslin   real brains behind Germany's "Baader-Meinhof" gang of Marxist thugs; girlfriend of Andreas; died in prison born on 8-??-1940 expired 10-18-1977 in Stammheim, Germany   age 37   cause: suicide

The Who bassist  John Alec Entwistle born on 10-9-1944 in Chiswick, England expired 6-27-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 57   cause: heart attack; cocaine use

frustrated actress  Lillian Millicent "Peg" Entwistle   took a head-first plunge from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign's "H" born on 7-1-1908 in Port Talbot, Wales expired 9-16-1932 in Hollywood, California   age 24   cause: suicide; broken neck AKS: Entwhistle

comedy writer  Phoebe Wolkind Ephron   co-wrote Take Her, She's Mine; wife of Henry; mother of Nora born on 1-26-1914 in New York, New York expired 10-13-1971 in New York, New York   age 57

Beatles manager (1961-67)  Brian Epstein born on 9-19-1934 in Liverpool, England expired 8-27-1967 in London, England   age 32   cause: drowned in swimming pool

UC-San Francisco geneticist Dr.  Charles Joseph Epstein   helped unlock secrets of Down Syndrome; survived a June 1993 mail bomb attack by the Unabomber (lost 3 fingers) born on 9-2-1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-15-2011 in Tiburon, California   age 77   cause: pancreatic cancer

former Heartbreakers bass player  Howie Epstein   booted from band in 2002 born on 7-21-1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 2-23-2003 in Santa Fe, New Mexico   age 47   cause: heroin overdose

screenwriter  Julius J. Epstein   twin brother of Philip; co-wrote screenplayed for Casablanca (with brother Philip & Howard Koch); also co-wrote screenplay for Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) born on 8-22-1909 in New York, New York expired 12-30-2000 in Los Angeles, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 2001 ANG

screenwriter  Philip G. Epstein   twin brother of Julius; co-wrote screenplayed for Casablanca (with brother Philip & Howard Koch); also co-wrote screenplay for Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) born on 8-22-1909 in New York, New York expired 2-7-1952 in Hollywood, California   age 42   cause: cancer

economist/author/convicted bank crasher  Paul Emil Erdman   wrote The Billion Dollar Sure Thing (1973) & The Crash of '79 (1976) born on 5-19-1932 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada expired 4-23-2007 in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California   age 74   cause: cancer

former West German chancellor (1963-1966)  Ludwig Erhard   also West German economics minister (1949-1963) born on 2-4-1897 in Fuerth, Germany expired 5-5-1977 in Bonn, Germany   age 80   cause: heart failure

Charles F. Erhart   co-founded chemical/pharmaceutical firm (1849) expired 12-27-1891 in Brooklyn, New York, New York   age 71

old ex-major league baseball player  Ralph Leif Erickson born on 6-25-1902 in Dubois, Idaho expired 6-27-2002 in Chandler, Arizona   age    Contest Selectors 2003 PCD 2004 PCD 2005 PCD AKS: Ericson

actress  AnnaLisa Ericson born on 9-14-1913 in Kunglinga, Djurgården, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 4-22-2011 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 97 AKS: Erricson Ericsson Ericsen Ericssen

sculptor  Edvard Eriksen   created The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen harbor expired 1-12-1959 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 82

Swedish geezer  Hanna Eriksson born on 2-26-1891 expired 6-26-2001   age 110

former Turkish prime minister (1971-72)  Nihat Erim born on --1912 in Kandira, Kocaeli Province, Turkey expired 7-19-1980 in Kartal, Turkey   age 68   cause: assassinated

Dr.  Joseph Erlanger   shared the 1944 Nobel prize in medicine born on 1-5-1874 in San Francisco, California expired 12-15-1965 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 91

comedian and dancer  Leon Errol   played Knobby Walsh in Joe Palooka movies and Uncle Matt in Mexican Spitfire movies born on 7-3-1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 10-12-1951 in Hollywood, California   age 70   cause: heart attack

movie director  Chester Erskine   made The Egg and I (1947) born on 11-29-1905 in Hudson, New York expired 4-7-1986 in Beverly Hills, California   age 80   cause: pneumonia

author  Laurie York Erskine   wrote 12 volume series of books about (Douglas) Renfew of the Royal Mounted born on 6-23-1894 in England expired 11-30-1976 in New Hope, Pennsylvania   age 82

Ahmet Munir Ertegün   co-founder of Atlantic Records (1947) born on 7-31-1923 in Istanbul, Turkey expired 12-14-2006 in New York, New York   age 83   cause: complications from fall; coma AKS: Ertegun

Nazi photographer  Hans Ertl born on 2-21-1908 in München, Germany expired 10-23-2000 in Chiquitania, Santa Cruz, Bolivia   age 92

former North Carolina Senator  Samuel James Ervin Jr.   chairman of House Impeachment Committee during Watergate scandal born on 9-27-1896 in Morganton, North Carolina expired 4-23-1985 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina   age 88    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, DW, MM, YJ 30.8% 1980 BD, DO, DW, HP, MM 31.3%

US Court of Appeal (4th circuit) judge  Samuel James Ervin III   son of the senator born on 3-2-1926 in Morganton, North Carolina expired 9-18-1999 in Morganton, North Carolina   age 73

character actor  Stuart Erwin born on 2-14-1902 in Squaw Valley, California expired 12-21-1967 in Beverly Hills, California   age 65

character actor  William Lindsey "Bill" Erwin   played Arthur the bellman in Somewhere in Time (1980) & Dr. Dalen Quaice on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Remember Me" (1990) born on 12-2-1914 in Honey Grove, Texas expired 12-29-2010 in Studio City, California   age 96    Contest Selectors 2006 BYE 3.3% 2007 BYE 3.2% 2008 BYE 3.1% 2009 BYE, GOHI 6.7% 2010 BYE 3.7%    Scored 5.4000 solo points AKS: Irwin

retired math teacher  Jaime Escalante   he Stood and Delivered born on 12-31-1930 in La Paz, Bolivia expired 3-30-2010 in Roseville, California   age 79   cause: bladder cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 LMLD 5.6%

Dutch illustrator  Maurits Cornelius Escher   a master of tessellation born on 6-17-1898 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands expired 3-27-1972 in Hilversum, The Netherlands   age 73

retired Bath (MI) Public Schools employee  Raymond W. Eschtruth   survivor of the Bath School Bombing born on 7-26-1917 in Marion, Michigan expired 9-7-2001 in Bath, Michigan   age 84

Medellin drug cartel el-numero uno  Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria born on 1-12-1949 in Medellín, Columbia expired 12-2-1993 in Medellin, Columbia   age 44   cause: bullet wounds; shootout with police

zydeco bandleader  Andrus Espre   formed the Zydeco Hi-Rollers band in 1991 ¤ stage name: Beau Jocque  born on --1954 in Duralde, Louisiana expired 9-10-1999 in Kinder, Louisiana   age 45   cause: heart failure

sniper  Mark James Robert Essex   shot a bunch of white people (he hated them) from the New Orleans downtown Howard Johnson Motor Lodge born on 8-12-1949 in Emporia, Kansas expired 1-9-1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 23   cause: shot by police

theater critic & former BBC radio producer (1940-77)  Martin Julius Esslin   coined phrase "theater of the absurd" in book of same name (1961) ¤ born: Julius Pereszlenyi  born on 6-6-1918 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 2-24-2002 in London, England   age 83   cause: Parkinson's disease

early bodybuilder  Roalnd J. Essmaker   was the first AAU Mr. America (declared on July 4, 1939) born on 3-24-1916 in Richmond, Indiana expired 10-3-2002 in San Marcos, California   age 86

Academy Award-winning screen writer (Cimarron)  Howard Estabrook born on 7-11-1884 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-16-1978 in Woodland Hills, California   age 94

four-time Bolivian president  Víctor Paz Estenssoro born on 10-2-1907 in Tarija, Bolivia expired 6-7-2001 in Tarija, Bolivia   age 93   cause: complications from leg amputation; circulatory failure

former IBM Entry Level Systems manager  Philip Donald Estridge   headed original Boca Raton (Florida) engineering team that developed the IBM PC (1981); on 12/8/2004 IBM announced that it was selling it's PC division to a Chinese company born on 6-23-1937 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 8-2-1985 in Dallas, Texas   age 48   cause: plane crash

English King (858-860)  Ethelbald   son of Ethelwulf ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelbald  born on --820 expired ??-??-860 in Sherborne, Sussex, England   age 40

King of Kent, England (580-618)  Ethelbert   son of Iurminric; granted lands at Canterbury to Augustine after his conversion to Christianity ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelberht  born on --555 expired ??-??-618   age 63

English King (860-865)  Ethelbert I   son of Ethelwulf; first Christian King of Anglo-Saxon England (converted by Saint Augustine) ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelberht  born on --822? expired ??-??-865   age

English King (865-871)  Ethelred I   son of Ethelwulf ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelred  born on --844? expired 3-28-871 in Wimborne, Dorset, England   age 27

English King (978-1016)  Ethelred II the Unready   son of Edgar the Peaceful; inept ruler ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelred II the Unræd  born on --968 expired 4-23-1016 in London, England   age 48

queen & Abbey foundress  Ethelreda   source of the word "tawdry," a corruption of "St. Audrey" --- the Fair of St. Audrey on the Isle of Ely featured gaudy, cheap, tastless lace (St. Audrey's Lace); daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia; married to Efrith, King of Northumbria; became nun at Coldingham (672), then founded monastery on Ely (673); her feast day is June 23rd; ¤ better known as St. Audrey of Ely  born on --642 in Exning (near Newmarket), Suffolk, England expired 6-23-680 in Isle of Ely, England   age 38   cause: neck tumor

English King (839-858)  Ethelwulf   Lord of Kent; son of Egbert ¤ Old English spelling: Æthelwulf  born on --800 expired 1-13-858 in Steyning, Sussex, England   age 58

former Louisville Courier-Journal and Times general manager (1936-63)  Mark Foster Ethridge born on 4-22-1896 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 4-5-1981 in Moncure, North Carolina   age 84

Richard Prentice Ettiner   co-founded Prentice-Hall publishing house born on 9-26-1893 in New York, New York expired 2-24-1971 in Miami, Florida   age 77

Rudolf Christoph Eucken   won the Nobel litarature prize in 1908 born on 1-5-1846 in Aurich, East Friesland, Hanover expired 9-14-1926 in Jena, Germany   age 80

poet & playwright  Euripides born on 9-23-484 BC in Salamis, Greece expired 11-30-406 BC   age 78

author & English language authority  Bergen Baldwin Evans   hosted 1950s tv shows Down you Go and The Last Word born on 9-19-1904 in Franklin, Ohio expired 2-4-1978 in Highland Park, Illinois   age 73

former IBM computer scientist  Bob O. Evans   lead team that developed the System 360 mainframe computers born on 8-19-1927 in Grand Island, Nebraska expired 9-2-2004 in Hillsborough, California   age 77   cause: heart failure

cowgirl actress  Dale Evans   widow of Roy Rogers; wrote Happy Trails (1947) & the gospel song The Bible Tells Me So (1955) ¤ born: Frances Octavia Smith  born on 10-31-1912 in Uvalde, Texas expired 2-7-2001 in Apple Valley, California   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7% 1980 HA 6.3% 2000 KLS, TEX 29% 2001 DTM, KLS, NFG, TEX 50%    Scored 4.0125 points

computer scientist & graphics pioneer  David C. Evans   co-founded Evans & Sutherland; started University of Utah computer science department (1965); some of his notable grad students are: Alan Kay (Xerox PARC), Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics & Netscape), John Warnock (Adobe Systems), Edwin Catmull (Pixar) and Alan Ashton (WordPerfect) born on 2-24-1924 expired 10-3-1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 74   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist (2001-8)  Donald Wayne "Ean" Evans born on 9-16-1960 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 5-6-2009 in New Hope, Lowndes County, Mississippi   age 48   cause: cancer

British stage actress Dame  Edith Mary Booth Evans born on 2-8-1888 in London, England expired 10-14-1976 in Cranbrook, Kent, England   age 88

actor  Gene Evans born on 7-11-1922 in Holbrook, New York expired 4-1-1998 in Jackson, Tennessee   age 75   cause: heart failure

Dr.  Herbert McLean Evans   discovered vitamin E (1935) born on 9-23-1882 in Modesto, California expired 3-6-1971 in Berkeley, California   age 88

lead singer of The Furys  Jerome A. Evans   also with the Coasters & the Drifters born on 3-11-1938 expired 11-30-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: heart attack

former News Corporation executive  John B. Evans   was publisher of the Village Voice born on 1-26-1938 in Ruthin, Wales expired 3-28-2004 in Annandale, New Jersey   age 66   cause: congestive heart failure

actor  John Michael Evans   appeared in Broadway productions of Gigi and My Fair Lady (1956) as well as The Young and the Restless daytime soap opera (1980-95) born on 7-27-1920 in Sittingbourne, England expired 9-4-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 87

3-foot 2-inch soap opera actor  Josh Ryan Evans   played "living doll" Timmy on Passions (1999-2002); his character died in the series the same day he died; suffered from achondroplasia born on 1-10-1982 in Hayward, California expired 8-5-2002 in San Diego, California   age 20   cause: complications from congential heart condition

actor  Maurice Evans   Samantha's father on Bewitched born on 6-3-1901 in Dorchester, England expired 3-12-1989 in Rottingham, East Sussex, England   age 87    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

tv actor/producer  Michael Jonas "Mike" Evans   first actor to play Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family & The Jeffersons; co-creator of Good Times born on 11-3-1949 in Salisbury, North Carolina expired 12-14-2006 in Twnetynine Palms, California   age 57   cause: throat cancer

western actress  Muriel Evans   put some "bounce" in Hopalong's Cassidy born on 7-20-1910 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 10-26-2000 in Woodland Hills, California   age 90   cause: colon cancer

oscar winning songwriter  Raymond Bernard Evans   co-wrote Que Sera Sera (from The Man Who Knew Too Much; 1956), Mona Lisa (from Captain Carey, USA; 1950), Buttons & Bows (from Son of Paleface) and Silver Bells (from The Lemon Drop Kid; 1951), as well as the Bonanza, Bugs Bunny Show and Mr. Ed themes born on 2-4-1915 in Salamanca, New York expired 2-15-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 92   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 BYE, CSI 6.7% 2007 BYE 3.2%    Scored 5.8000 solo points

"down on the farm" restauranteur  Robert "Bob" Evans   open his first diner in Gallipolis, Ohio (1948); started grinding his own sausage in 1953 born on 5-30-1918 in Sugar Ridge, Ohio expired 6-21-2007 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 89   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI, MOT 8.7% 2006 CSI, MOT 6.7% 2007 MOT 3.2%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

Apollo 17 command module pilot  Ronald Ellwin Evans born on 11-10-1933 in Saint Francis, Kansas expired 4-7-1990 in Scottsdale, Arizona   age 56   cause: heart attack

syndicated columnist  Rowland Evans Jr.   co-hosted CNN talkfest born on 4-28-1921 in White Marsh, Pennsylvania expired 3-23-2001 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 79   cause: complications from esophageal cancer

jazz pianist  William John "Bill" Evans born on 8-16-1929 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 9-15-1980 in New York, New York   age 51   cause: bronchial pneumonia; bleeding ulcer; cirrhosis of the liver; perforated liver; hepatitis; cocain use; heroin use

former Iowa football coach (1952-60)  Forest Evashevski Sr.   was quarterback & captain of the 1940 UofM football team born on 2-19-1918 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-30-2009 in Petoskey, Michigan   age 91   cause: liver cancer

R&B singer  Betty Jean Everett   had 1964 hit with The Shoop, Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) born on 11-23-1939 in Greenwood, Mississippi expired 8-18-2001 in Beloit, Wisconsin   age 61   cause: "natural causes"

physicist  Hugh Everett III   proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics; father of musician Mark Oliver Everett born on 11-11-1930 in Washington, District of Coumbia expired 7-19-1982 in McLean, Virginia   age 51   cause: heart failure

character actor  Rex Everhart   played Benjamin Franklin in Broadway production of 1776; was the voice of Maurice in Beauty and the Beast born on 6-13-1920 in Wateska, Illinois expired 3-13-2000 in Branford, Connecticut   age 79   cause: lung cancer

The sub, built in 1918 in Hamburg, Germany, was rediscovered in 1992 by A&T Recovery in 250 feet of water. Aboard the Willmette (formerly S.S. Eastland) were gunner's mates J.O. Sabin (fired 1st U.S. shell in WWI) & A.F. Anderson (fired 1st U.S. torpedo in WWI). Of 13 shells fired 10 hit the target. retired Naval Reserve Rear Admiral  Edward A. Evers   as commander of the U.S.S. Wilmette sank, by naval gunfire, the World War I German mine-laying unterseeboot UC-97 20 miles offshore from Highland Park, Illinois on June 7, 1921 (42° 10' N, 87° 20' W) expired 4-4-1954 in Wadsworth, California   age 76   cause: cancer

Chicago Cubs baseball player  John Joseph "Johnny" Evers   member of famous double-play combination of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance born on 7-21-1881 in Troy, New York expired 3-28-1947 in Albany, New York   age 65   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

civil rights leader  Medgar Wiley Evers   shot to death in his driveway by Byron De La Beckwith less than a month after initiating local lunch counter sit-ins born on 7-19-1925 in Decatur, Mississippi expired 6-12-1963 in Jackson, Mississippi   age 37

film historian  William K. Everson born on 4-8-1929 in Yeovil, Somerset, England expired 4-14-1996 in New York, New York   age 67   cause: prostate cancer

former Outboard Marine Corp. president (1909-34)  Ole Evinrude   built first outboard motor for boats ¤ born: Ole Evenrud  born on 4-19-1877 in Christiana, Norway expired 7-12-1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin   age 67

Outboard Marine Co. president  Ralph Evinrude   son of the company founder born on 9-27-1907 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 5-21-1986 in Stuart, Florida   age 78   cause: chronic pulmonary disease

former East German Minister of Sport (1961-88) & Olympic Committee president  Manfred Ewald   joined the Hitler Youth (1938), the Nazi Party in mid-war; convicted (2000) of being an accessory to intentional bodily harm of athletes for his involvement in the "doping" of competitors born on --1926 expired 10-21-2002 in Damsdorf, Germany   age 76   cause: complications from lung infection

former New York Jets coach  Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank born on 5-6-1907 expired 11-17-1998 in Oxford, Ohio   age 91

actor  Tom Ewell   got The Seven Year Itch from Marilyn Monroe ¤ real name: Yewell Tompkins  born on 4-29-1909 in Owensboro, Kentucky expired 9-12-1994   age 85

Texas supergeezer  Arbella "Bell" Ewing   had been the third oldest person in the world ¤ née: Perkins  born on 3-13-1894 in Freestone County, Texas expired 3-22-2008 in Dallas, Texas   age 114    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC 3.1%    Scored 3.6000 solo points

Earth scientist Dr.  William Maurice Ewing   pioneered mapping the ocean basins born on 5-12-1906 in Lockney, Texas expired 5-4-1974 in Galveston, Texas   age 67   cause: stroke

Catholic monk  Dionysius Exiguus   cause of the Y0K Problem; came up with the idea of the Christian Era (Anno Domini, or A.D.) in 525; two problems: he started too late (Christ was probably born between 6 and 3 BC) and he didn't start numbering with Year Zero (he started with Year One); Bede later came up with the B.C. dating system born on --495 expired ??-??-545   age 50

1960s mob bimbo  Judith Campbell Exner   claims to have been boffing JFK & Sam Giancana at the same time; once married to actor William Campbell (1952-58), then pro golfer Dan Exner ¤ born: Judith Katherine Immoor  born on 1-11-1934 in New York, New York expired 9-24-1999 in Duarte, California   age 65   cause: breast cancer

former Nebraska governor and senator  John James Exon born on 8-9-1921 in Geddes, South Dakota expired 6-10-2005 in Lincoln, Nebraska   age 83    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI, MOT 8.7%    Scored 5.4500 points

long-time Togo president (1967-2005)  Gnassingbé Eyadéma   led two coups (1964, 1967) that eventually put him in power to stay ¤ born: Étienne Eyadéma  born on 12-26-1935 in Piya, Togoland expired 2-5-2005 in Piya, Togo   age 69   cause: heart attack AKS: Gnassingbe Eyadema Etienne

playwright  Tom Eyen born on 8-14-1941 in Cambridge, Ohio expired 5-26-1991 in Palm Beach, Florida   age 49

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