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| nurse Li Shuxian second wife of China's last emperor (married in 1962) born on --1925 expired 6-9-1997 in Beijing, China age 72 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 Nobel chemistry laureate Dr. Willard Frank Libby lead team that developed the carbon 14 dating technique for archaeological specimensborn on 12-17-1908 in Grand Valley, Colorado expired 9-8-1980 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: lung ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
flamboyant pianist Liberace he'd like to thank his brother George (we have no idea why)
expired 2-4-1987 in Palm Springs, California age 67 cause: cardiac arrest; congestive heart failure; AIDS- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| celebrity brother George Liberace born on 7-31-1911 in Menasha, Wisconsin expired 10-16-1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 72 cause: leukemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pop artist Roy Lichtenstein born on 10-27-1923 in New York, New York expired 9-28-1997 in New York, New York age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
computer scientist Joseph. Carl Robnett Licklider he foresaw networks of inter-connected computers
expired 6-26-1990 in Arlington, Massachusetts age 75 cause: asthma attack AKS: J.C.R. J. C. R. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alice Pleasance Liddell inspiration for Lewis Carroll's books Alice In Wonderland (1865) and it's sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1971)
expired 11-15-1934 in Cuffnells, Hampshire, England age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
athlete and missionary Eric Liddell in 1924 Olympics he refused to run a 100m qualifying heat on a Sunday; later won a gold medal in the 400m; subject of the movie Chariots of Fire (1980); became a missionary to China
expired 2-21-1945 in Weifang, China age 45 cause: brain tumor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gemologist Richard Thomas Liddicoat Jr. developed the standard for diamond grading born on 3-2-1918 in Kearsarge, Michigan expired 7-23-2002 age 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former N.Y. Giants pitcher Donald E. Liddle threw pitch, hit by Vic Wertz, that became Willie Mays' famous catch born on 5-25-1925 in Mount Carmel, Illinois expired 6-15-2000 in Mount Carmel, Illinois age 75 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N.Y. Yankees pitcher Cory Fulton Lidle crashed his small plane into an uptown high-rise born on 3-22-1971 in Hollywood, California expired 10-11-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 35 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Norwegian diplomat Trygve Halvdan Lie first secretary general of the United Nations (1946-53)born on 7-16-1896 in Oslo, Norway expired 12-30-1968 in Geilo, Norway age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coffee klutz Stella Liebeck spilled MacDonald's coffee in her lap; OUCH - its HOT!; sued and won born on 12-14-1912 expired 8-5-2004 in Santa Fe, New Mexico age 91 AKS: Leibeck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Columbia Records president (1956-71 & 1973-75) Goddard Lieberson introduced Long Playing records; husband of Vera Zorina born on 4-5-1911 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England expired 5-29-1977 in New York, New York age 66 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DC Comics co-founder (1937) Jacob S. "Jack" Liebowitz DC started Detective Comics (March, 1937) that eventually introduced Batman (May, 1939); started Action Comics (June, 1938) that introduced Superman; bought out partner Donefeld; later sold concern to Warner Communications born on 10-10-1900 in Proskurov, Ukraine expired 12-11-2000 in Great Neck, New York age 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oilman John Hugh Liedtke Sr. a former business associate of George H. W. Bush in Zapata Petrolum Corp.; took over the South Penn Oil Company (1960s), renaming it Pennzoil after one of their products born on 2-10-1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 3-28-2003 in Houston, Texas age 81 cause: "several maladies" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Györgi Sándor Ligeti born on 5-28-1923 in Dicsöszentmárton, Transylvania, Romania expired 6-12-2006 in Vienna, Austria age 83 AKS: Gyorgi Sandor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| big band leader Enoch Light did early stereo recordings born on 8-18-1907 in Canton, Ohio expired 7-31-1978 in New York, New York age 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic second officer Charles Herbert Lightoller born on 3-30-1874 in Chorley, England expired 12-8-1952 in Twickenham, England age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
geezer Maria Teresa Ligorio
expired 5-14-2003 age 113
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| aged Lithuanian police officer accused of Nazi war crimes Aleksandras Lileikis born on 6-10-1907 expired 9-26-2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania age 93 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former TVA chairman David Eli Lilienthal born on 7-8-1899 in Morton, Illinois expired 1-15-1981 in New York, New York age 81 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian Queen (1891-1893) Liliuokalani last Hawaiian sovereign; overthrown by Dole Pineapple Co.
expired 11-11-1917 in Honolulu, Hawaiian Territory age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Beatrice Gladys Lillie born on 5-29-1894 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 1-20-1989 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wild West showman Major Gordon William Lillie one-time partner with Buffalo Bill Cody
expired 2-3-1942 in Pawnee, Oklahoma age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| drug company heiress Ruth E. Lilly made big splashy philanthropic gifts born on 8-2-1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 12-30-2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 94 cause: complications from old age; dementia
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| mother of the conservative phenomena Mildred C. "Millie" Limbaugh born on 10-13-1925 expired 3-2-2000 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri age 74 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| grandpa of the windbag... Rush Hudson Limbaugh I born on 9-27-1891 in Segewickville, Missouri expired 4-8-1996 age 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| father of the windbag, lawyer Rush Hudson Limbaugh II born on 2-26-1918 expired 12-8-1990 age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Defense Minister (1959-71) Lin Piao Red Guards alleged that he tried to assassinate Mao; more likely, he ran like hell one step ahead of a lethal purge born on 12-5-1907 in Huangang, China expired 12-13-1971 in Mongolia age 64 cause: plane crash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16th U.S. president Abraham Lincoln president during U.S. Civil War (1861-1865); issued Emancipation Proclamation; most famous speech: The Gettysberg Address; assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Boothborn on 2-12-1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky expired 4-14-1865 in Washington, District of Columbia age 56 cause: bullet to brain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie actor Elmo Lincoln first movie Tarzan (1918)
expired 6-27-1952 in Hollywood, California age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JFK secretary Evelyn Maurine Lincoln
expired 5-11-1995 in Georgetown, Maryland age 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| industrialist John Cromwell Lincoln founded Lincoln Electric Co. in 1895; founded Reliance Electric Manufacturing Co. in 1904; developer of the variable-speed electric motor expired 5-24-1959 in Phoenix, Arizona age 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| presidential widow Mary Todd Lincoln was institutionalized for madness in her later years born on 12-13-1818 in Lexington, Kentucky expired 7-16-1882 in Springfield, Illinois age 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| presidential son Robert Todd Lincoln Garfield/Arthur Secretary of War (1881-85) born on 8-1-1843 in Springfield, Illinois expired 7-26-1926 in Manchester, New Hampshire age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
biker/small time crook David C. Lind part of gang that robbed L.A. hoodlum Eddie Nash; was away from the house where he was staying when Nash retaliated; later claimed that John Holmes set up the murdersborn on 10-24-1938 expired 11-16-1995 in Eureka, California age 57 cause: heroin overdose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zulu musician, composer, singer Solomon Popoli Linda composer of the song "Mbube" (1939), a recording of which reached Alan Lomax, who passed it along to friend Pete Seeger, who arranged it for his group, The Weavers under the title of "Wimoweh" (1952), then later re-worded by George David Weiss and again retitled "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" & recorded by The Tokens (1961), which found it's way into the Disney stage musical "The Lion King"; by South
African law the copyright reverted back to his family 25 years after his death (1987), which started a whole new round of legal wrangling over royalities & licensing born on --1909 in Pomeroy, Zululand, South Africa expired 10-8-1962 in Johannesberg, South Africa age 53 cause: renal failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former World War II Marine corporal Charles Willard "Chuck" Lindberg was the last living survivor of the first group of soldiers that raised the U.S. flag atop Iwo Jima's Mt. Suribachi (February 23, 1945) born on 6-26-1920 in Grand Forks, North Dakota expired 6-24-2007 in Edina, Minnesota age 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| widow of Charles Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh infant son kidnapped and murdered by Bruno Hauptmann in 1932 born on 6-22-1906 in Englewood, New Jersey expired 2-7-2001 in Passumpsic, Vermont age 94
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| pioneering aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. made first solo flight across Atlantic in 1927, winning the $25,000 Orteiga Prize; infant son was kidnapped & murdered in 1932; opposed U.S. participation in World War II born on 2-4-1902 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-26-1974 in Kipahulu, Hawaii age 72 cause: lymphatic cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
infant son of Lucky Lindy Charles Augustus Lindbergh III kidnapped and murdered by Bruno Hauptmannborn on 6-22-1930 in Hopewell, New Jersey expired 3-1-1932 in Hopewell, New Jersey age 1 cause: murdered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Viveca Lindfors
expired 10-25-1995 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden age 74 cause: complications from rheumatoid arthritis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) creator Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren married Mr. Sture Lindgren (1931); created character for her daughter (who named it)
expired 1-28-2002 in Stockholm, Sweden age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swedish Foreign Minister (1998-2003) Anna Maria Lindh born on 6-19-1957 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 9-11-2003 in Stockholm, Sweden age 46 cause: injuries sustained in stabbing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Audra Lindley played Mrs. Roper on Three's Company born on 9-24-1918 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-16-1997 in Los Angeles, California age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former NYC mayor (1966-74) John Vliet Lindsay 103rd mayor of the Big Appleborn on 11-24-1921 in New York, New York expired 12-19-2000 in Hilton Head, South Carolina age 79 cause: pneumonia; complications from heart attack & strokes; Parkinson's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball Hall-of-Fame third baseman Fred Charles Linstrom Sr. born on 11-21-1905 in Chicago, Illinois expired 10-4-1981 in Chicago, Illinois age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dentist-turned-neurosurgeon Dr. Poeter A. Lindstrom first husband of Ingrid Bergman (1937-50); cuckolded by Roberto Rosellini
expired 5-24-2000 in Sonoma, California age 93 AKS: Peter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Restaurants Unlimited CEO (1979-96) Raymond W. Lindstrom helped create the Cinnabon store concept born on 5-23-1943 in Honolulu, Hawiian Territory expired 8-15-2006 in Bellevue, Washington age 63 cause: early-onset Alzheimer's disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| corporate hustler James Joseph Ling cobbled together the shaky comglomerate LTV (Ling-Temco-Vought) then lost control to the bankers that loaned him the money to build it born on 12-31-1922 in Hugo, Oklahoma expired 12-17-2004 in Dallas, Texas age 81 cause: esophageal cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former SS officer Heinz Linge was Hitler's valet; got to cremate Der Fuhrer after the suicide born on 3-23-1913 in Bremen, German expired 3-9-1980 in Bremen, Germany age 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anglican priest Rev. Walter Lini former prime minister of Vanuatu (1980-91) expired 2-21-1999 age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| flight simulator inventor (1929) Edwin Albert Link born on 7-26-1904 in Huntington, Indiana expired 9-7-1981 in Binghampton, New York age 77 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
contour chair shill Arthur Gordon Linkletter hosted radio/tv shows People Are Funny & House Party
expired 5-26-2010 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California age 97
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| tv actress Diane Linkletter daughter of Art; last person to see her alive: Edward Durston expired 10-4-1969 in West Hollywood, California age 19 cause: fatal "fall" from a 6th floor window/balcony while on LSD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Xerox chairman (1960-66) Sol Myron Linowitz with Ellsworth Bunker negotiated the treaty that gave away the Panama Canal born on 12-7-1913 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 3-18-2005 in Washington, District of Columbia age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speed Fastener Corporation founder (1925) Jack Linsky his company later became Swingline born on 1-1-1897 in Russia expired 6-3-1980 in West Palm Beach, Florida age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
advertising icon Margaret "Peg" Linstroth her dad founded the Creamettes Macaroni Company & put her picture on the box
expired 11-7-2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Larry Lavon Linville played Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H tv series
expired 4-10-2000 in New York, New York age 60 cause: pneumonia; cancer
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Fritz Albert Lipmann shared the 1953 Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery of co-enzyme A & it's importance for intermediary metabolism born on 6-12-1899 in Königsberg, Germany expired 7-24-1986 in Poughkeepsie, New York age 87 AKS: Lipman Lippmann Lippman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight Watchers co-founder Albert Lippert born on 4-23-1925 in New York, New York expired 2-28-1998 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 72 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight Watchers co-founder (1963) Felice Marks Lippert born on 2-9-1930 in New York, New York expired 2-22-2003 in Manhasset, New York age 73 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| design consultant Joshua Gordon Lippincott helped design: the Tucker automobile, the interior of the Nautilus submarine, the Campbell's Soup label, the FTD (Mercury) logo, the Betty Crocker "spoon" logo, the General Mills "G" logo, the Coca- born on 3-28-1909 expired 4-29-1998 in North Haven, Connecticut age 89 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aircraft designer Alexander Martin Lippisch developed the ME 163B rocket- born on 11-2-1894 in München, Germany expired 2-11-1976 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa age 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| political journalist Walter Lippman winner of two Pulitzer prizes born on 9-23-1889 in New York, New York expired 12-14-1974 in New York, New York age 85 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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physicist Gabriel Jonas Lippman recieved the 1908 Nobel prize in physics for reproducing colors photographically using the phenomenon of interference born on 8-16-1845 in Hollerich, Luxembourg expired 7-13-1921 in North Atlantic Ocean age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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researcher William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. received the 1976 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 12-9-1919 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 4-14-2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts age 91 cause: pneumonia; complications from fall
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| sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset born on 3-18-1922 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 12-31-2006 in Arlington, Virginia age 84 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tv personality Luba Lisa
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| Chicago Daily News D.C. bureau chief (1959-76) Peter Irvin Lisagor made numerous appearances on Meet the Press born on 8-5-1915 in Keystone, West Virginia expired 12-10-1976 in Arlington, Virginia age 61 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| music historian Robert Lissauer author of the "Encyclopedia of Popular Music of America" (1991) born on 5-1-1917 in New York, New York expired 10-14-2004 in New York, New York age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German Field Marshall Sigmund Wilhelm Walther List perfected the "blitzkrieg"; he "broke" the Maginot Line" (May, 1940); relieved by Hitler after refusing to squander troops at the Russian front expired 8-17-1971 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heavyweight boxer Charles "Sonny" Liston lost his title to Muhammad Ali in a two-minute bout born on 5-8-1926 in Saint Francis County, Arkansas expired 12-31-1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 44 cause: heart attack AKS: Sonnie Suny Sunnie Sunny Listen Listun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pianist & composer Franz Liszt father of Cosima
expired 7-31-1886 in Bayreuth, Germany age 74 cause: pneumonia; heart disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor John Litel born on 12-30-1892 expired 2-3-1972 in Woodland Hills, California age 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Foreign Minister (1929-39) Maxim Maximovich Litinov expired 12-31-1951 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blazing Saddles actor Cleavon Jake Little born on 6-1-1939 in Chickasha, Oklahoma expired 10-22-1992 in Sherman Oaks, California age 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baptist minister Earl Little married to Daisy Mason (3 kids) and Louise Little and father of Mary, Earl, Ella Collins, Wilfred, Malcolm X, Philbert, Hilda, Yvonne, Wesley, and Reginald; organizer for Marcus Garvey's organization: thrown under Lansing-to-East Lansing electric trolley at Detroit Street on East Michigan Avenue (at the time east of the city limits) — torso nearly bisected by
trolley's wheels born on --1894 in Reynolds, Georgia expired 9-28-1931 in Lansing, Michigan age 37 cause: murdered | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
housewife Louise Langdon Little second wife of Earl Little; mother of seven children including Wilfred, Malcolm X, Philbert, Hilda, Yvonne, Wesley & Reginald; was institutionalized in the Kalamazoo State Hospital from 1939 to 1963
expired ??-??-1991 age 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm X's little brother Reginald Little born on 8-23-1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 7-13-2001 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| social worker Robert Langdon Little related to Malcolm X born on 8-31-1938 in Lansing, Michigan expired 11-23-1999 in Lansing, Michigan age cause: complications from lymphoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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noted golfer W. Lawson Little won 1935 Sullivan Award; won 1940 U.S. Open born on 6-23-1910 in Newport, Rhode Island expired 2-1-1968 age 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm X's older brother Wilfred Little introduced him to the Nation of Islam born on 2-20-1920 in Lansing, Michigan expired 5-19-1998 in Detroit, Michigan age 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| early tv news executive Francis Newton "Fritz" Littlejohn was an AP news editor (1937-45), then a news writer/supervisor for NBC radio (1945-52); moving to CBS-TV News was a managing editor (1952-54) then on to ABC News where he was Director of News and Special Events (1954-69) — in that capacity he had the network air the all 36 days of the Army-McCarthy Hearings live (along with the DuMont Network); ended his career at the Voice of America (1967-73) born on 7-20-1908 in Paculet, South Carolina expired 11-24-2005 in New York, New York age 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author/producer/director Joan Maud Littlewood wrote Oh What a Lovely War born on 10-6-1914 in London, England expired 9-20-2002 in London, England age 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Litton Industries founder (1932) Charles Litton started out manufacturing microwave tubes (magnetrons) born on 3-13-1904 expired 11-14-1972 in Carson City, Nevada age 69 cause: heart ailment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former KGB spy Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko became a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin; at time of death had been investigating the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya; presumed to have been poisoned by the FSB (KGB successor) born on 8-30-1962 in Voronezh, Russia, USSR expired 11-23-2006 in London, England age 44 cause: poisoned; radiation from Polonium 210 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former major league outfielder Daniel Webster "Danny" Litwhiler played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1940-3), St. Louis Cardinals (1943-6), Boston Braves (1946-8) & Cincinnati Reds (1048-51); coached college baseball at Florida State (1955-63) & Michigan State University; first to use radar gun to clock a pitcher's ball speed born on 8-31-1916 in Ringtown, Pennsylvania expired 9-23-2011 in Clearwater, Florida age 95
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| former Chinese Chief of State (1959-66) Liu Shao-chi purged during the Cultural Revolution born on --1898 in Ningsiang County, Hunan Province, China expired 11-13-1969 in Kaifeng, China age 71 cause: cancer of the nose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit housewife Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo went to Alabama to participate in a voting rights march; subject of the documentary Home of the Brave (2003) born on 4-11-1925 in California, Pennsylvania expired 3-25-1965 in US-80, Lowndes County, Alabama (1 mile from Lowndesboro) age 39 cause: murdered; shot to death by Klansmen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Capitol Records executive Alan Wendell Livingston brother of movie composer Jay Livingston; created the Bozo the Clown character for a book/record that his firm was going to release (1946); convinced EMI executives that The Beatles could sell records in the U.S. born on 10-15-1917 in McDonald, Pennsylvania expired 3-13-2009 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California age 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3-time oscar winning composer Jay Livingston co-wrote Que Sera Sera (from The Man Who Knew Too Much; 1956), Mona Lisa (from Captain Carey, USA; 1950), Buttons & Bows (from The Paleface; 1948) and Silver Bells (from The Lemon Drop
Kid; 1951), as well as the Bonanza, Bugs Bunny Show and Mr. Ed themes born on 3-28-1915 in McDonald, Pennsylvania expired 10-17-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 86 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Benny's wife Mary Livingstone
expired 6-30-1983 in Holmby Hills, California age 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chinese president (1983-88) Li Xiannian born on 6-23-1909 in Hubei Province, China expired 6-21-1992 in Beijing, China age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last of the Imperial Chinese concubines Li Yuquin briefly spent time with Emperor Pu Yi as Empress of the Manchukuo puppet regime until she was dumped at the end of World War II expired 4-20-2001 in Changchun, China age 73 cause: cirrhosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mao's doctor Li Zhisui expired 2-13-1995 age 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Columbian president (1945-46 & 1958-62) Alberto Lleras Camargo first Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948-54) born on 7-3-1906 in Bogatá, Columbia expired 1-4-1990 in Bogotá, Columbia age 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Richard David Vyvyan Llewellyn wrote How Green Was My Valley (1940)
expired 11-30-1983 in Dublin, Ireland age 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Desmond Llewelyn known for playing Q (Major Quentin Boothroyd) in the James Bond films born on 9-12-1914 in South Wales, United Kingdom expired 12-19-1999 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England age 85 cause: injuries sustained in head-on car crash after possible heart attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv writer David Gibbs Lloyd most famously wrote the Chuckles Bites the Dust episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) born on 7-7-1934 in Bronxville, New York expired 11-10-2009 in Beverly Hills, California age 75 cause: prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film director Frank Lloyd directed Mutiny on the Bounty 1935); co-founder of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; won oscars for The Devine Lady (1929) & Cavalcade (1933) born on 2-2-1888 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 8-10-1960 in Santa Monica, California age 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent screen star Harold Clayton Lloyd performed many "impossible" movie stunts born on 4-20-1893 in Burchard, Nebraska expired 3-8-1971 in Hollywood, California age 77 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War I British prime minister David Lloyd George 54-year member of Parliament
expired 3-26-1945 in Llanystumdwy, Wales age 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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