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| Remington Shaver fan Victor Kermit Kiam II he liked them so much he bought the company! born on 12-7-1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 5-27-2001 in Stamford, Connecticut age 74 cause: heart condition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Guy Bridges Kibbee played Captain January opposite Shirley Temple born on 3-6-1882 in El Paso, Texas expired 5-24-1956 in East Islip, New York age 74 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| choreographer Michael Kidd winner of 5 Tony Awards for choreography: Finian's Rainbow Guys and Dolls, Destry Rides Again, L'il Abner & Can Can born on 8-12-1915 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 12-23-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 92 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Catholic priest (1954-74) William Xavier Kienzle author of The Rosary Murders (1979) & Death Wears a Red Hat born on 9-11-1928 in Detroit, Michigan expired 12-28-2001 in West Bloomfield, Michigan age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Engelhard Industries chemist Carl Donald Kieth co-inventor of the 3-way catalytic converter used in most of the world's automobiles born on 5-29-1920 in Stewart Creek, West Virginia expired 11-9-2008 in New Bern, North Carolina age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC newsman Douglas Kiker born on 1-7-1930 in Griffin, Georgia expired 8-14-1991 age 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysian anti-colonial fighter (against the British in late 19th century) Mat Kilau expired 8-16-1970 in Palau Tawar, Malaysia age 122 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Percy Kilbride Pa Kettle in The Egg and I (1947) and numerous Ma and Pa Kettle films born on 7-16-1888 in San Francisco, California expired 12-11-1964 in Los Angeles, California age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack St. Clair Kilby invented the Germanium Integrated Circuit (microchip) while working for Texas Instruments (1958); he shared the 2000 Nobel physics prize for itborn on 11-8-1923 in Jefferson City, Missouri expired 6-20-2005 in Dallas, Texas age 81 cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| personal computing pioneer Gary Kildall created Control Program/Monitor (CP/M) PC operating system (1973); founder of (Intergalactic) Digital Research (1974; DR- born on 5-19-1942 in Seattle, Washington expired 7-11-1994 in Monterey, California age 52 cause: head injuries suffered in biker brawl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway and film actor Richard Kiley original Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha; no expense was spared to make him the narrator of Jurassic Park's movie- born on 3-31-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-5-1999 in Middletown, New York age 76 cause: blood disorder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv personality Dorothy Mae Kilgallen wife of Dick Kollmer born on 7-3-1913 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-8-1965 in New York, New York age 52 cause: fatal mix of booze & pills | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Kilgallen born on 7-11-1888 expired 12-2-1982 age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| songwriter/singer/character actor Wyatt Merle Kilgore performed on tour with Elvis in the mid-1950s; wrote Johnny Reb (1959) & Wolverton Mountain (1962); co-wrote Ring of File (1963); at time fo death was undergoing "experimental" treatments for his cancer born on 8-9-1934 in Chickasaw, Oklahoma expired 2-6-2005 in Mexico age 70 cause: congestive heart failure; lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Gridley Kilgour founded the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) in 1967 (name changed to Online Computer Library Center in 1981) born on 1-6-1914 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 7-31-2006 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina age 92 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago television pioneer Fred Kilian creator of Super Circus & The Mary Hartline Show born on 1-4-1911 expired 4-25-1994 age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| syndicated Chicago Tribune columnist Michael Kilian son of Chicago tv personality Fred Kilian; wrote the Dick Tracy comic strip (1993-2005; drawn by Dick Locher); wrote about a New York Dead Pools contest (1985) born on 7-16-1939 in Toledo, Ohio expired 10-26-2005 in Chicago, Illinois age 66 cause: liver failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Victor Kilian played the Fernwood Flasher on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman tv series born on 3-6-1891 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 3-11-1979 in Hollywood, California age 88 cause: beaten to death during robbery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Fame baseball player Harmon Clayton Killebrew born on 6-29-1936 in Payette, Idaho expired 5-17-2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 74 cause: esophageal cancer AKS: Kilebrew Killabrew Kilabrew | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Art executive (1955-78) William Casley Killgallon acquired rights to the DoodleMaster Magic Screen; renamed it the Etch-A-Sketch born on 1-9-1913 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania expired 6-8-2000 in Charlottesville, Virginia age 87 cause: heart attack; stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| labor lawyer Leo V. Killion co-wrote (with Ted McMichael & Jack Owens) the Hut Sut Song (1941), a spoof of Swedish folk songs, that was recorded by Dinah Shore & the Andrews Sisters born on 5-1-1908 in Towner, North Dakota expired 10-24-2000 in Mill Valley, California age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| journalist & poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer wrote "Trees" (1913) born on 12-6-1886 in New Brunswick, New Jersey expired 7-30-1918 in Seringes, France age 31 cause: combat casualty; sniper fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer James Jackson Kilpatrick did Point-Counterpoint commentary on 60 Minutes (1971-79) opposite Shana Alexander: he never said "Jane, You Ignorant Slut" (Dan Aykroyd said it) born on 11-1-1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 8-15-2010 in Washington, District of Columbia age 89 cause: congestive heart failure
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| character actor Lincoln Kilpatrick played Father Paul, the priest, in Soylent Green (1973) born on 2-12-1932 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 5-18-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 72 cause: complications from lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
born on 3-6-1923 in Pforzheim, Germany expired 8-8-2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired mail carrier Narvin Kimball the last founding member of the New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band (1961) — he played banjo and did vocals born on 3-2-1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 3-17-2006 in Charleston, South Carolina age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mormon elder Spencer Woolley Kimball born on 3-28-1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 11-5-1985 age 90
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| Disney animator Ward Kimball created Jiminy Cricket born on 3-4-1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 7-8-2002 in Arcadia, California age 88
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| paper company president (1872-1928) John Alfred Kimberly co-founded Kimberly-Clark & Company with Charles Clark, Havilah Babcock & Franklyn C. Shattuck (1872); introduced Kleenex in 1920 born on 1--1838 in Troy, New York expired 1-22-1928 in Redlands, California age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| scientific equipment maker Kimble Glass Co. founder Evan Ewan Kimble his company makes test tubes, beakers, flasks, etc. expired 3-15-1956 in Ventnor, New Jersey age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Emily Kimbrough born on 10-23-1899 in Muncie, Indiana expired 2-11-1989 in New York, New York age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| familiar character actor Kim Chan played Mr. Kim in The Fifth Element born on 12-28-1917 in Canton Province, China (now Guangdong Province) expired 10-5-2008 in Brooklyn, New York, New York age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former South Korean president (1998-2003) Kim Dae-jung was the 2000 Nobel peace prize recipientborn on 12-3-1925 in Hacuido, Cholla Province, Korea expired 8-18-2009 in Seoul, South Korea age 83 cause: heart failure; pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Korean dictator (1948-94) Kim Il Sung started the Korean War born on 4-15-1912 in Mangyongdae, Korea expired 7-9-1994 in Pyongyang, North Korea age 82
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| former S.Korean C.I.A. head Kim Jae-Kyu assassinated Park Chung Hee born on 3-6-1926 expired 5-24-1980 age 54 cause: executed
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North Korean drama queen/dictator (1994-2011) Kim Jong Il a lynchpin in the Axis of Evil
expired 12-17-2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea age 70 cause: heart attack; exhaustion (freakishly-clenched sphincters); strokes; heart disease; diabetes; liquid diarrhea farts; priapism; hypotrophic scrotum; psoriasis; chaffed cloaca; halitosis; impacted nipples; dandruff; navel lint; uncontrolled slobbering; paranoia
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| Rear Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet at time of Pearl Harbor attack born on 2-26-1882 in Henderson, Kentucky expired 5-14-1968 in Groton, Connecticut age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian geezer Ito Kono Kinase
expired 1-24-2003 in Kaneohe, Hawaii age 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960s 'Beach' movie character actor Aron Kincaid played Warren Dawson on Batchelor Father tv series (1962) and appeared in The Girls on the Beach (1965), Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) & The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966); later in life did commercial voice-overs and provided voices for cartoons ("Smurfs", "Jonny Quest" & "The Transformers")
expired 1-6-2011 in Los Angeles, California age 70 cause: cardiac-related complications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Korean War ace & test pilot Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. on 9/7/1956 piloted the Bell X-2 to 126,200 feet, becoming the first "spaceman"; gave name to former Michigan Air Force base born on 7-2-1928 in Detroit, Michigan expired 7-26-1958 in Rosamond Dry Lake, California age 30 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Kevin Christopher Kincy
expired 3-29-2006 in Huntsville, Texas age 38 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| harpsichord performer/instructor Silvia Kind born on 8-15-1907 in Chur, Switzerland expired 5-30-2002 in Port Angeles, Washington age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
standup comedian Alan King was Abbot of the New York Friar's Club, attending all of their "roasts"
expired 5-9-2004 in New York, New York age 76 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberta Christine Williams King wife of Martin Luther Sr.; mother of Martin Luther Jr. born on 9-13-1903 expired 6-30-1974 in Atlanta, Georgia age 70 cause: shot to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil rights movement pioneer Alfred Daniel Williams King brother of Martin Luther King Jr. born on 7-3-1930 expired 7-21-1969 in Atlanta, Georgia age 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida death row inmate Amos L. King
expired 2-26-2003 in Starke, Florida age 48 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| MLK's widow Coretta Scott King born on 4-27-1927 in Marion, Alabama expired 1-30-2006 in Rosarito Beach, Mexico age 78 cause: ovarian cancer; heart attack; stroke
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blues guitarist Earl King
expired 4-17-2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 69 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
song writer Frank Anthony "Pee Wee" King co-wrote The Tennessee Waltz (1948)
expired 3-7-2000 in Louisville, Kentucky age 86 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist Frank Oscar King created the Gasoline Alley comic strip; was the 1958 Reuben Award winner as best cartoonist of the yearborn on 4-9-1883 in Cashton, Wisconsin expired 6-24-1969 in Winter Park, Florida age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Henry King one of the 36 founders of AMPAS; directed Stella Dallas (1925), State Fair (1933), Seventh Heaven (1937), The Song of Bernadette (1943), Captain from Castile (1947), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) & Carousel (1956) born on 1-24-1886 in Christiansburg, Virginia expired 6-29-1982 in Toluca Lake, California age 96 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Hewlett-Packard microwave technician Howard King discovered Santa Cruz Mountains Big Basin redwood stand (1958); designed/built many of the trails in the park born on 6-1-1906 in Otisco, New York expired 6-29-2003 in Boulder Creek, California age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Mabel King played Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West in the stage (1975) & movie (1978) production of The Wiz; also played Mrs. Thomas (mama) on What's Happening tv series (1976-79) born on 12-25-1932 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 11-9-1999 in Woodland Hills, California age 66 cause: complications from diabetes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. born on 12-19-1899 in Stockbridge, Georgia expired 11-11-1984 in Atlanta, Georgia age 84
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Nobel Peace Prize-winning civil rights advocate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by James Earl Rayborn on 1-15-1929 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 4-4-1968 in Memphis, Tennessee age 39 cause: gunshot wounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| riverboat captain Richard King founded King Ranch (1853) born on 7-10-1824 in Orange County, New York expired 4-14-1885 in Corpus Christi, Texas age 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv syndication executive Roger M. King took over father's Charles' company (King World) in 1964, running it with brother Michael; syndicated Oprah, Dr. Phil, Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! as well as creator of Inside Edition; in 2007 merged company into CBS & became it's head of distribution born on 8-22-1944 in New Jersey expired 12-8-2007 in Boca Raton, Florida age 63 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| biologist Dr. Thomas J. King devised microsurgical techniques of transplanting cell nuclei (1952) born on 6-4-1921 expired 10-25-2000 in Baltimore, Maryland age 79 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Waltz King" Wayne King born on 2-16-1901 in Savanna, Illinois expired 5-16-1985 in Phoenix, Arizona age 84
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| Pierce vice president (1853) William Rufus de Vane King took oath of office in Cuba while searching for a cure for his tuberculosis born on 4-7-1786 in Sampson County, North Carolina expired 4-18-1853 in Cahaba, Alabama age 67 cause: tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| motivational speaker Yolanda Denise King daughter of Martin Luther King II & Coretta Scott King born on 11-17-1955 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 5-15-2007 in Santa Monica, California age 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Sidney Kingsley wrote Dead End (1935)
expired 3-20-1995 in Oakland, New Jersey age 88 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| children's literature author Ronald Gordon "Dick" King-Smith created the Babe pig character in "The Sheep-pig" (1983) born on 3-27-1922 in Bitton, Gloucestershire, England expired 1-4-2011 in Bath, Somerset, England age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Samuel Burl Kinison born on 12-8-1953 in Yakima, Washington expired 4-10-1992 in Needles, California age 38 cause: car crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
geezer Kin Narita at time of death one of world's oldest twins
expired 1-23-2000 in Nagoya, Japan age 107 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish geezer Agnes Kinnear born on 11-5-1891 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 6-2-2001 in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland age 109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oscar-winning Disney animator John "Jack" Kinney born on 3-29-1909 expired 2-9-1992 age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University of Iowa halfback & quarterback (1937-39) Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. winner of the Heisman Trophy (1939); in World War II was a U.S. Navy pilotborn on 7-9-1918 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 6-2-1943 in Gulf of Paria (off Venezuela) age 24 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japanese film director Keisuke Kinoshita born on 12-5-1912 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan expired 12-30-1998 in Tokyo, Japan age 86 cause: stroke AKS: Keisuku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| attorney Arthur Kinoy worked on the Chicago Seven trial & appeals with William Kuntsler & Leonard Weinglass born on 9-29-1920 in New York, New York expired 9-19-2003 in Montclair, New Jersey age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| entomologist Dr. Alfred Charles Kinsey zoology professor at Indiana University; author of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female born on 6-23-1894 in Hoboken, New Jersey expired 8-25-1956 in Bloomington, Indiana age 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues guitarist Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey born on 3-18-1927 expired 4-3-2001 in Gary, Indiana age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Klaus Kinski father of model/actress Nastassja
expired 11-23-1991 in Lagunitas, California age 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Casablanca actor Leonid Kinsky played Sascha, the bartender born on 4-18-1903 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 9-8-1998 in Fountain Hills, California age 95 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former tv network executive Robert E. Kintner born on 9-12-1909 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania expired 12-20-1980 in Washington, District of Columbia age 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former University of Michigan football coach Harry Kipke lead team from 1929 to 1937; responsible for the Wolverine's distinctive helmet design born on 3-26-1899 expired 9-14-1972 in Port Huron, Michigan age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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author Joseph Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, The Man Who Would Be King, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Gunga Din and Wee Willie Winkie; recipient of the 1907 Nobel Prize in literature born on 12-30-1865 in Bombay, British India expired 1-18-1936 in Burwash, Sussex, England age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagnerian basso profundo Alexander Kipnis born on 2-1-1891 in Schitomir, Ukraine expired 5-14-1978 in Westport, Connecticut age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| harpsichord virtuoso Igor Kipnis son of Alexander Kipnis born on 9-27-1930 in Berlin, Germany expired 1-23-2002 in Fairfield County, Connecticut age 71 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "revolutionary" Hungarian general Béla Kalman Király was under death sentence by Stalin when the Hungarian prime minister tried to reform the government; he was released from prison and put in charge of the armed forces ... just before the Russian tanks rolled in; fled the country, became a U.S. citizen (1965), but returned and joined the government once the commies were gone born on 4-14-1912 in Kaposvár, Hungary expired 7-4-2009 in Budapest, Hungary age 97 AKS: Bela Kiraly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dobro/guitar/banjo player Beecher Pete Kirby performed with the Smokey Mountain Boys band (1936-1992)
expired 10-17-2002 in Nashville, Tennessee age 90 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Kirby Jr. born on 4-28-1949 in New York, New York expired 8-14-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: complications from leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
radio & tv announcer Durward Kirby side-kick of Gary Moore; namesake of the Curwood Derby
expired 3-15-2000 in Fort Myers, Florida age 87 cause: congestive heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian & impressionist George Kirby born on 6-8-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-30-1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 72
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comic book artist Jack Kirby co-creator of the Silver Surfer & Captain America characters
expired 2-6-1994 in Thousand Oaks, California age 76 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Johanna D. Kirby born on 1-26-1973 expired 12-29-1992 age 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ski resort owner Everett Kircher owned Boyne Mountain (Michigan), Big Sky (Montana), Crystal Mountain (Washington) & Cypress Mountain (British Columbia) ski resorts born on 7-15-1916 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-16-2002 in Petoskey, Michigan age 85 cause: complications from kidney dialysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Super Circus ringmaster Claude Kirchner born on 2-11-1916 expired 3-8-1993 in Hawthorne, New York age 77 cause: lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Austrian president (1974-86) Rudolf Kirchschläger born on 3-28-1915 in Niederkappel, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 3-30-2000 in Vienna, Austria age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vaudeville comic Joseph "Joe" Kirk played Mr. Bacciagalupe on the Abbott and Costello tv show born on 10-1-1903 expired 4-16-1975 in Hollywood, California age 71 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Phyllis Kirk was stalked by Vincent Price in House of Wax (1953) and engaged in snappy banter opposite Peter Lawford on the Thin Man tv series
expired 10-19-2006 in Woodland Hills, California age 77 cause: post cerebral aneurysm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conservative author Russell Amos Kirk born on 10-19-1918 in Plymouth, Michigan expired 4-29-1994 in Mecosta, Michigan age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| special education pioneer Samuel A. Kirk born on 9-1-1904 expired 7-21-1996 in Tucson, Arizona age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| civil rights pioneer Irene Morgan Kirkalde in July of 1944 she refused to surrender her seat on a Greyhound Bus to a white couple; the bus driver had her arrested — in addition to being charged with violating Virginia's segregation laws she was charged with resisting arrest (a kick to a cop's nads!); she plead guilty to the reisting charge & paid a $100 fine but rplead innocent to the segregation charge and refused to pay the $10 fine when convicted; the case worked it's way up to the U.S. Supreme Court (Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia 328 U.S. 373 (1946)) where Thurgood Marshall argued her case; the thrust of his argument was that the local segregation laws violated the interstate commerce clauses of the Constitution when applied to modes of transportation that cross state lines; by a 6-1 vote the justices agreed, voiding the application of the local laws (and starting the process of unraveling the precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson); the first "Freedom Ride" was conducted in 1947 to test whether the ruling would be observed (numerous arrests later it was proven to be universally ignored in the South); it took another 16 years for the Feds to get serious about enforcing the ruling born on 4-9-1917 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 8-10-2007 in Gloucester, Virigina age 90 cause: Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former AFL-CIO president (1979-95) Joseph Lane Kirkland born on 3-12-1922 in Camden, South Carolina expired 8-14-1999 in Washington, District of Columbia age 77 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time college professor Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick was Reagan's first U.N. envoy (1981-85) born on 11-19-1926 in Duncan, Oklahoma expired 12-7-2006 in Bethesda, Maryland age 80 cause: heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist/actor/playwright James Kirkwood Jr. wrote P.S. Your Cat is Dead (1972); co-wrote A Chorus Line (1974) for which he shared a 1975 Tony & 1976 Pulitzer born on 8-22-1925 in Hollywood, California expired 4-21-1989 in New York, New York age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H. William "Bill" Kirschner Sr. invented the first commercially practical fiberglass ski; founded the K2 Corporation born on 5-16-1918 in Seattle, Washington expired 4-22-2006 in Seattle, Washington age 87 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music manager/promoter Donald Kirshner created The Archies bubblegum band born on 4-17-1934 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 1-17-2011 in Boca Raton, Florida age 77 cause: heart failure
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| New York City ballet impresario Lincoln Edward Kirstein born on 5-4-1907 in Rochester, New York expired 1-5-1996 in New York, New York age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Met Opera lyric soprano Dorothy Kirsten born on 7-6-1910 in Montclair, New Jersey expired 11-18-1992 in Los Angeles, California age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist Sir Archibald Laurence Patrick Kirwan did planning and arranged financing for the 1953 Mount Everest Expedition born on --1907 in Cregg, County Galway, Ireland expired 4-16-1999 in London, England age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University of Michigan statistician/polster Leslie Kish co-founder of the Institute for Social Research (1947) born on 7-27-1910 in Poprad, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary expired 10-7-2000 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pharmacist Max Kiss developed Ex-Lax in 1906; he's been on the run ever since expired 6-22-1967 in Atlantic Beach, New York age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
calypso musician "Lord" Kitchener got nickname in 1944 from calyspo artist Growling Tiger
expired 2-11-2000 in Port of Spain, Barbados age 77 cause: severe infection; organ failure; blood disorder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate William Joseph Kitchens born on 4-27-1963 expired 5-9-2000 in Huntsville, Texas age 37 cause: executed; lethal injection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress/singer Eartha Mae Kitt
expired 12-25-2008 in New York, New York age 81 cause: colon cancer
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| former Thai field marshall Thanom Kittikachorn was the country's prime minister for a number of years born on 8-11-1911 in Tak, Tak Province, Siam expired 6-16-2004 in Bangkok, Thailand age 92 cause: complications from aneurysm AKS: Kitikachorn Kittakachorn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer David Klaffer born on 8-6-1891 expired 6-22-2001 in Henderson, Kentucky age 109 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| businessman Jules J. Klapman former owner of Dad's Root Beer born on 5-4-1918 expired 10-9-2002 in Skokie, Illinois age 84 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electrical engineer Philip Julian Klass worked as an aviation journalist; coined the term avionics; a debunker of UFO stories; he is NOT the sci-fi author of the same name who publishes under the name "William Tenn" born on 11-18-1919 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 8-9-2005 in Cocoa, Florida age 85 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nudie/bondage photographer Irving Klaw with sister Paula helped to "develop" Bettie Page's career; driven out of the business by congressional/Justice Department harassment born on 11-9-1907 in New York, New York expired 9-3-1966 in New York, New York age 58 cause: peritonitis; complications from appendicitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bettie Page photographer Paula Klaw with brother Irving ran Movie Star News selling glossies of actors/actresses & other models
expired 6-6-1996 age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Ranch owner Robert Justus Kleberg Jr. son of Sr. & ranch founder's daughter Alice King Kleberg; owned Kentucky Derby winners Assault (1946; won triple Crown) & Middleground (1950; also won the Preakness) born on 5-29-1896 in Corpus Christi, Texas expired 10-13-1974 in Houston, Texas age 78 cause: stomach cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Carlos Kleiber son of Erich Kleiber; buried in Konjšica, Zasavje region, Slovenia born on 7-3-1930 in Berlin, Germany expired 7-13-2004 in «unknown» age 74 cause: "a long illness" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
fashion designer Anne Klein
expired 3-19-1974 in New York, New York age 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Marvin Adolph Klein the father of Barbi Benton born on 8-1-1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-12-2009 in Carmichael, California age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpeter Oscar Klein born on 1-5-1930 in Graz, Austria expired 12-12-2006 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Bulls founder (1965) Richard Oland "Dick" Klein owned team for six years born on 9-16-1920 expired 10-10-2000 in Greenville, South Carolina age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Nixon Attorney General (1972-73) Richard Gordon Kleindienst convicted of a misdemeanor in the ITT scandal born on 8-5-1923 in Winslow, Arizona expired 2-3-2000 in Prescott, Arizona age 76 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| venture capitalist Eugene Kleiner left Shockley Labs to co-found Fairchild Semiconductor (1957); launched Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byer (1972); they contributed to the startup of such firms as Tandem Computer, Genentech, Amazon.com, Sun Microsystems, Compaq Computer & America Online born on 5-12-1923 in Austria expired 11-20-2003 in Los Altos Hills, California age 80 cause: heart problems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Harry Kleiner penned the screenplays for Carmen Jones (1954), Fantastic Voyage (1966) & Bullitt (1968) born on 9-10-1915 in Tiflis, Russian (now Tbilissi, Georgia) expired 10-17-2007 in Northbrook, Illinois age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| documentary/public affairs tv producer Isaac I. Kleinerman produced the 1960 condensed version of Victory at Sea; co-produced CBS' The 20th Century series (with Burton Benjamin) born on 7-21-1916 in New York, New York expired 3-7-2004 in Bucerias, Mexico age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician & stop motion animator "Sneaky" Peter E. Kleinow a steel guitarist; played with the Flying Burrito Brothers; his stop motion special effects photography was seen in The Terminator, Robocop II, Starship Troopers & The Empire Strikes Back, as well as the The Outer Limits and Gumby tv shows and the original Pillsbury Poppin' Fresh doughboy commercials born on 8-20-1934 in South Bend, Indiana expired 1-6-2007 in Petaluma, California age 72 cause: Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge married to Thea von Harbou (1914-21); played the mad scientist Rotwang in Metropolis (1927) born on 11-24-1885 in Köln, Germany expired 5-30-1955 in Graz, Austria age 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Edward E. Kleinschmidt created the high speed teletype machine (1914), stock market ticker tape and automatic fishing reel; his company eventually became a subsidiary of Smith-Corona-Marchand born on 9-9-1875 in Bremen, Germany expired 8-9-1977 in Canaan, Connecticut age 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sleep researcher Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman co-discoverer of REM sleep; wrote Sleep and Wakefulness (1939, revised 1963 & 1987); now researching Dirt Naps born on 4-26-1895 in Kishinev, Russia expired 8-13-1999 in Beverly Hills, California age 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Otto Klemperer fled Nazi Germany; father of Werner (Col. Klink) Klemperer born on 5-14-1885 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) expired 7-6-1973 in Zürich, Switzerland age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Werner Klemperer Hogan's Heroes commandant Col. Klink (1965-71) born on 3-22-1920 in Köln, Germany expired 12-6-2000 in New York, New York age 80 cause: throat cancer
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| former North Dakota congressman (1967-71) Thomas Savis "Tom" Kleppe served as Ford's Interior Secretary (October 1975 - January 1977) born on 7-1-1919 in Kintyre, North Dakota expired 3-2-2007 in Bethesda, Maryland age 87 cause: complications from Parkinson's & Alzheimer's diseases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austrian president (1992-2004) Thomas Klestil succeeded Kurt Waldheim in the position born on 11-4-1932 in Vienna, Austria expired 7-6-2004 in Vienna, Austria age 71 cause: heart failure; multiple organ failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Bernard "Hap" Kliban drew cats, cats & more cats born on 1-1-1935 in Norwalk, Connecticut expired 8-12-1990 age 55 cause: choked on hairball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| math professor & author Morris Kline wrote Why Johnny Can't Add born on 5-1-1908 in New York, New York expired 6-10-1992 in New York, New York age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wheelchair-bound tourist Leon Klinghoffer was aboard the Achille Lauro cruise ship when it was hijacked in 1985 born on 9-24-1916 expired 10-8-1985 in Port Said, Egypt age 69 cause: murdered; shot; body dumped overboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| loudspeaker manufacturer Paul Wilbur Klipsch founded Klipsch and Associates in Hope, Arkansas (1946) born on 3-9-1904 in Elkhart, Indiana expired 5-5-2002 in Hope, Arkansas age 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| audio equipment engineer/deisgner Henry E. Kloss co-founder of Acoustic Research, co-founder of KLH, Kloss Video Corp. (Novatron projection systems), Cambridge Soundworks & Tivolia Audio born on 2-21-1929 in Altoona, Pennsylvania expired 1-31-2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 71 cause: subdural hematoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
artist Balthasar Klossowski
expired 2-18-2001 in Rossinière, Switzerland age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shimson Klueger last surviving Jew of Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland expired 5-??-2000 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| media poohbah John Werner Kluge formed Metromedia from the tv station group that had been the DuMont Network; later sold the stations to Rupert Murdoch to form the nucleus of the Fox tv network born on 9-21-1914 in Chemnitz, Germany expired 9-7-2010 in Charlottesville, Virginia (nearby) age 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-baseball player Theodore Bernard "Ted" Kluszewski born on 9-10-1924 in Argo, Illinois expired 3-29-1988 in Chicago, Illinois age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| animator Herbert D. Klynn co-created Gerald McBoing- born on 11-11-1917 expired 2-3-1999 in Tarzana, California age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aviation pioneer Roy Knabenshue flew first blimp in U.S.; general manager for the Wright Brothers expired 3-6-1960 in Los Angeles, California age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floral City Furniture Co. co-founder (1927) Edward M. Knabusch with his cousin co-invented the reclining lounge chair (the La-Z-Boy, patented in 1929) born on 1-7-1900 in Monroe, Michigan expired 2-25-1988 in Monroe, Michigan age 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one-time yeast salesman Clinton B. "Bill" Knapp co-founded the now-defunct Bill Knapp's restaurant chain (1948) born on 3-13-1907 expired 10-15-1974 in Battle Creek, Michigan age 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| centenarian Sarah Clark Knauss born on 9-24-1880 in Hollywood, Pennsylvania expired 12-30-1999 in Allentown, Pennsylvania age 119 cause: "natural causes"
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| tv/movie writer Thomas Nigel Kneale scripted the original BBC productions of The Quatermass Experiment 1953; also did screenplay for First Men in the Moon (1964) born on 4-28-1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England expired 10-29-2006 in London, England age 84 cause: complications from strokes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| columnist & author Fletcher Knebel wrote Seven Days in May born on 10-1-1911 in Dayton, Ohio expired 2-26-1993 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Hildegard Frieda Albertina Knef born on 12-28-1925 in Ulm, Würtemberg, Germany expired 2-1-2002 in Berlin, Germany age 76 cause: lung infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baker College (Owosso) associate Dean of Education Toni M. Kneiding born on 11-5-1973 expired 9-7-2008 in Straits of Mackinac, Michigan age 34 cause: suicide; jumped from Mackinac Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trombonist James Minter "Jimmy" Knepper born on 11-22-1927 in Los Angeles, California expired 6-14-2003 in Triadelphia, West Virginia age 75 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wham-O co-founder (1948) Richard P. Knerr born on 6-30-1925 in San Gabriel, California expired 1-14-2008 in Arcadia, California age 82 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former daredevil Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel Sr. born on 10-17-1938 in Butte, Montana expired 11-30-2007 in Clearwater, Florida age 69 cause: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; diabetes
AKS: Evil Kneivel Knieval Kneival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film historian & author Arthur Knight co-author of Playboy's The History of Sex in Cinema series (starting in 1965) born on 9-3-1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-25-1991 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia age 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| science fiction writer/editor Damon Knight wrote short story To Serve Man (1950) which later became a popular episode of The Twilight Zone (1962); Kate Wilhelm was second wife born on 9-19-1922 in Baker, Oregon expired 4-15-2002 in Eugene, Oregon age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1940s & 50s singer Evelyn Knight retired from singing at age 36
expired 9-28-2007 in San Jose, California age 89 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor James Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight played Pvt. Fuzzy Knight on Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion tv series (1955-7) born on 5-9-1901 in Fairmont, West Virginia expired 2-23-1976 in Hollywood, California age 74 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper publisher James L. Knight born on 7-21-1909 in Akron, Ohio expired 2-5-1991 age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horse breeder-turned-Ramtha-channeler's ex-husband (1984-89) Jeffrey M. Knight it turns out that he was bisexual, got HIV, was advised that Ramtha would cure him so took no drugs, ... had a messy divorce & even messier death (but partner Geoff was there at the end) born on 8-25-1956 in California expired 7-18-1994 in Olympia, Washington age 37 cause: AIDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| neswapaper chain founder John Shively Knight I won 1968 Pulitzer prize for his column born on 10-26-1894 in Bluefield, West Virginia expired 6-16-1981 in Akron, Ohio age 86 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army First Lt. John Shively Knight Jr. awarded the Bronze Star for his conduct in the December 1944 battle of the Ardennes bulge born on --1923 expired 3-29-1945 in Münster, Germany age 22 cause: ambushed during military operation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper publishing heir John Shively Knight III born 5 days after his father's death born on 4-3-1945 in Columbus, Georgia expired 12-7-1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 30 cause: stabbed to death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| trumpet player Pedro Knight Caraballo widower of Celia Cruz born on 9-30-1921 expired 2-3-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 85 cause: complications from strokes; diabetes
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| weasel county prosecutor Thomas E. Knight Jr. railroaded the Scottsboro Boys through three bogus sets of trials born on --1898 in Greensboro, Alabama expired 5-??-1937 age 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former military X-15 test pilot William J. "Pete" Knight as a California state senator wrote the state's Defense of Marriage Act (2000) born on 11-18-1929 in Noblesville, Indiana expired 5-7-2004 in Duarte, California age 74 cause: acture myelogenous leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publisher Alfred Abraham Knopf born on 9-12-1892 in New York, New York expired 8-11-1984 in Purchase, New York age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| book publisher Alfred A. Knopf Jr. left the firm his father founded to co-found Atheneum Publishers (1959) born on 6-17-1918 in White Plains, New York expired 2-14-2009 in New York, New York age 90 cause: complications from a fall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| widow of publisher Alfred writer Helen Knopf born on 10-28-1902 expired 1-14-1995 age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Frederick Major Paull Knott wrote Dial M for Murder (1952) & Wait Until Dark (1966) born on 8-28-1916 in Hankow, China expired 12-17-2002 in New York, New York age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| berry farm co-founder Walter Knott started the operation with wife Cordelia (d.1974) born on 12-11-1889 in San Bernardino, California expired 12-3-1981 in Buena Park, California age 91 cause: Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former pro wrassler Herbert Glen Knotts
expired 1-3-1970 age 55 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedian Jesse Donald Knotts Deputy Barney Fife on Andy Griffith Show/ born on 7-21-1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia expired 2-24-2006 in Beverly Hills, California age 81 cause: pulmonary & respiratory complications; lung cancer
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| author John Knowles author of A Separate Peace (1960) born on 9-16-1926 in Fairmont, West Virginia expired 11-29-2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Alexander Knox born on 1-16-1907 in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada expired 4-25-1995 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England age 88 cause: bone cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| late-1970s to early-1980s fashion model Bitten Knudsen did February 1987 Playboy pictorial; a "best buddy" of (trainwreck) model Gia Carangi expired 3-22-2008 in Denmark age 50s cause: "died in her sleep" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doobie Brothers drummer Keith Knudsen born on 2-18-1948 in LeMars, Iowa expired 2-8-2005 in San Francisco, California age 56 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morris Hans Knudsen co-founder of Morrison-Knudsen construction firm (1912) expired 11-15-1943 in San Diego, California age 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto executive Semon Emil "Bunkie" Knudsen born on 10-2-1912 in Buffalo, New York expired 7-6-1998 in Royal Oak, Michigan age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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