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"living national treasure" Iolani Luahine performer of the sacred hula ceremony
expired 12-11-1978 in Island of Hawaii, Hawaii age 63 | |||||||||||||||
| movie director Arthur Lubin made Phantom of the Opera (1943) born on 7-25-1899 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-11-1995 in Glendale, California age 95 | |||||||||||||||
| baker Charles W. Lubin founded Sara Lee cakes & pies (1949), naming the company after his daughter born on 11-16-1903 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-15-1988 in Chicago, Illinois age 84 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| songwriter Joe Lubin co-wrote Tutti Fruiti (1955) born on 6-7-1917 in London, England expired 10-9-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||
Tillie Lubin widow of Charles; mother of cake & pie company namesake
expired 8-30-2006 in Chicago, Illinois age 98 | |||||||||||||||
| film comedy director Ernst Lubitsch directed original version of Heavan Can Wait, To Be or Not To Be and Ninotchka born on 1-28-1892 in Berlin, Germany expired 11-30-1947 in Bel Air, California age 55 | |||||||||||||||
| second West German president (1959-68) Heinrich Lübke born on 10-14-1894 in Enkhausen, Germany expired 4-6-1972 in Bonn, Germany age 77 cause: complications from operation; arteriosclerosis | |||||||||||||||
| cafeteria chain founder Robert M. Luby born on 7-14-1910 in Mansfield, Ohio expired 8-13-1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado age 88 | |||||||||||||||
| admitted murderer Henry Lee Lucas born on 8-23-1936 expired 3-12-2001 in Huntsville, Texas age 64 cause: heart failure
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| movie/tv writer/director/producer John Meredyth Lucas adopted stepson of Michael Curtiz; (movie) writer of Dark City (1950); write & directed several original series Star Trek episodes (including 1968's Patterns of Force) born on 5-1-1919 expired 10-19-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 83 cause: leukemia AKS: Meredith | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Linton Lucas two-time front man for the band Canned Heat born on 7-25-1962 expired 11-23-2008 in Long Beach, California age 46 cause: drug overdose | |||||||||||||||
| Claire Boothe Luce second wife and widow of Henry born on 3-10-1903 in New York, New York expired 10-9-1987 in Washington, District of Columbia age 84 | |||||||||||||||
| publisher Henry Robinson Luce editor and founder of Time, Life and Fortune magazines; married twice: to Lila Hotz & Claire Boothe born on 4-3-1898 in Shantung, China expired 2-28-1967 in Phoenix, Arizona age 68 | |||||||||||||||
the Singing Nun Sister Luc-Gabrielle had pop hit with Dominique (1963)
expired 3-30-1985 in Wavre, Belgium age 51 cause: suicide; sedative overdose | |||||||||||||||
 
Catholic Church leader (1978) Albino Luciani elected 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in August 1978; spent only 34 days as Pope
expired 9-28-1978 in Rome, Italy age 65 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| former baseball umpire Ronald Michael Luciano wrote The Umpire Strikes Back (1982) born on 6-28-1937 in Binghampton, New York expired 1-15-1995 in Endicott, New York age 57 | |||||||||||||||
narcotics and prostitution racketeer Charles "Lucky" Luciano
expired 1-26-1962 in Naples, Italy age 64 | |||||||||||||||
| 1940s Chicago Bears quarterback Sidney Luckman born on 11-12-1916 in New York, New York expired 7-5-1998 in Aventura, Florida age 81 | |||||||||||||||
| game show host Allen Ellsworth Ludden host of G.E. College Bowl & Password; husband of Betty White born on 10-5-1918 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin expired 6-9-1981 in Los Angeles, California age 62 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||
| William H. Luden menthol cough drop inventor born on --1859 expired 5-8-1949 in Atlantic City, New Jersey age 90 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| suspense novel author Robert Ludlum wrote The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971) & The Bourne Identity born on 5-25-1927 in New York, New York expired 3-12-2001 in Naples, Florida age 73 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1621-1623) Alessandro Ludovisi elected 235th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church February 9, 1621
expired 7-8-1623 in Rome, Italy age 69 | |||||||||||||||
| reclusive financier Daniel Keith Ludwig lost much of his fortune in failed 1970s Amazon basin project (Jari Florestal e Agropecuária) born on 6-24-1897 in South Haven, Michigan expired 8-27-1992 in New York, New York age 95
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| Hollywood agent Michael Sidney Luft third husband of Judy Garland (1952-65); father of Lorna Luft born on 11-2-1915 in New York, New York expired 9-14-2005 in Santa Monica, California age 89 cause: heart attack
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horror actor Béla Lugosi had title role in 1931 Dracula; also played Dracula in Abbott and Costello Meet in Frankenstein (1948); played Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); played the monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); appeared briefly in Plan 9 From Outer Space
expired 8-10-1956 in Los Angeles, California age 73 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| Angelo Enrico G. "Hank" Luisetti as a Stanford basketball player in the 1930s revolutionized game by employing the one-hand jump shot born on 6-16-1916 in San Francisco, California expired 12-17-2002 in San Mateo, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||
| actor James Luisi played Lt. Chapman on The Rockford Files born on 11-11-1928 in New York, New York expired 6-7-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 73 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||
oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas played Kurt Mueller in Watch on the Rhine (1943 Best Actor) and Professor Aranax in Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
expired 8-15-1971 in Tangiers, Morocco age 76 cause: heart failure | |||||||||||||||
| actor Keye Luke born on 6-8-1904 in Canton, China expired 1-12-1991 in Whittier, California age 86 | |||||||||||||||
| Ugandan leader Yusuf K. Lule replaced Idi Amin (April 1979); succeeded by Godfrey Binaisa born on --1912 expired 1-21-1985 in London, England age 72 cause: heart attack; kidney failure | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Court of Appeals judge Joseph Edward Lumbard born on 8-18-1901 in New York, New York expired 6-3-1999 in Fairfield, Connecticut age 97 | |||||||||||||||
| Dr. Auguste Lumière physicist, biologist, physician and co-inventor (according to France) of the movie camera and projector in 1895 born on 10-19-1862 in Besancon, France expired 4-10-1954 in Lyon, France age 91 | |||||||||||||||
| movie pioneer Louis Lumière credited (by France) as co-inventor of movie camera and projector (the cinematographe); quit movie making in 1900 because he didn't see any future in it beyond the "novelty" born on 10-19-1862 in Besancon, France expired 6-6-1948 in Bandol, France age 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Belgian Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba born on 7-2-1925 in Pualua, Belgian Congo expired 1-18-1961 in Elisabethville, Zaïre age 35 cause: murdered; tortured to death by agents of Moise Tshombe AKS: Zaire | |||||||||||||||
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Hawaiian King (1873-1874) William Lunalilo born on 12-11-1830 expired 2-3-1874 age 43 | |||||||||||||||
| singer & actor Arthur Earl Lund Jr. born on 4-1-1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 5-31-1990 in Holliday, Utah age 75 | |||||||||||||||
| stock car racer DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund born on --1929 in Harlan, Iowa expired 8-17-1975 in Talladega, Alabama age 45 cause: crushed to death in 6-car crash | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Lund was Howard Hughes' co-pilot on his July 1938 round- born on 1-6-1906 in Kalispell, Montana expired 11-20-1988 in Newport Beach, California age 82 | |||||||||||||||
| actor John Lund born on 2-6-1911 in Rochester, New York expired 5-10-1992 in Los Angeles, California age 81 | |||||||||||||||
| state-level politician Mary Adelaide Lundby an Iowa state senator (1995-2009) born on 2-2-1948 in Carroll, Iowa expired 1-17-2009 in Des Moines, Iowa age 60 cause: cervical cancer
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| domestic terrorism victim Ottilie W. Lundgren born on 7-10-1907 expired 11-21-2001 in Derby, Connecticut age 94 cause: inhalation anthrax | |||||||||||||||
| movie and tv actor William Lundigan born on 6-12-1914 in Syracuse, New York expired 12-21-1975 in Duarte, California age 61 | |||||||||||||||
| juvenile crime victim Jessica Marie Lunsford was kidnapped from her home, repeatedly raped, put into garbage bags (while still alive) and buried in a shallow grave; namesake of a Federal law concerning sex offender registration born on 10-6-1995 in Gastonia, North Carolina expired 2-27-2005 in Homosassa, Florida age 9 cause: murdered; suffocation AKS: Lundsford | |||||||||||||||
| legendary stage actor Alfred Lunt husband of Lynn Fontanne born on 8-19-1892 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 8-3-1977 in Chicago, Illinois age 84 cause: bladder cancer | |||||||||||||||
| actress & director Ida Lupino born on 2-4-1918 in London, England expired 8-3-1995 in Burbank, California age 77
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biologist Salvador Edward Luria shared the 1969 Nobel prize in medicineborn on 8-13-1912 in Torino, Italy expired 2-6-1991 in Lexington, Massachusetts age 78 | |||||||||||||||
| Morning Pro Musica announcer Robert J. Lurtsema born on 11-14-1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 6-12-2000 in Boston, Massachusetts age 68 cause: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | |||||||||||||||
| machinist "smiling" Joseph Albert Jean Lussier fourth person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt (inside a giant "rubber ball,"; July 4, 1928) born on 10-27-1891 in Concord, New Hampshire expired 6-??-1971 in Niagra Falls, New York age 79 | |||||||||||||||
| last U.S. naval "sky sailor" John Anthony Lust had served aboard the U.S.S. Los Angeles & Akron (missed it's fatal plunge into the Atlantic Ocean) born on 2-4-1912 in Cuba expired 12-29-2006 in Butler, New Jersey age 94 | |||||||||||||||
| geezer Hazel Houghton Penniman Luther attended Julliard in early 1910s born on 12-11-1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 1-31-2003 in Daytona Beach, Florida age 113 cause: head cold; fever
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| Father Martin Luther lead the Protestant Reformation (1517) born on 11-10-1483 in Eisleben, Germany expired 2-18-1546 in Eisleben, Germany age 62 | |||||||||||||||
| composer Witold Lutoslawski born on 1-25-1913 in Warsaw, Poland expired 2-7-1994 in Warsaw, Poland age 81 | |||||||||||||||
"deposed" Zulu chieftan Albert John Mvumbi Lutuli banished by South African government for his anti-apartheid activities; won 1960 Nobel Peace Prize
expired 7-21-1967 in Groutville, South Africa age 69 cause: struck by freight train AKS: Luthuli | |||||||||||||||
| Nazi Storm trooper chief of staff (1934-43) Viktor Lutze born on 12-28-1890 in Bevergern, Westphalia expired 5-2-1943 in Potsdam, Germany age 52 cause: injuries from car wreck | |||||||||||||||
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microbiologist André Michel Lwoff shared the 1965 Nobel prize in medicine born on 5-8-1902 in Ainay-le-Châateau, France expired 9-30-1994 in Paris, France age 92 AKS: Andre | |||||||||||||||
| mechanical engineer Eustace Arden Lycett a 1937 CalTech graduate; went to work for Walt Disney in 1937 — his first project was to work on the multi-planar camera (earned him an Academy Scientific-Technical award); also won special visual effects oscars for Mary Poppins (1964) & Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); also did visual effects for Song of the
South (1946), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Love Bug (1969) & The Black Hole (1979) born on 12-21-1914 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England expired 11-16-2006 in Fullerton, California age 91 | |||||||||||||||
| surgeon Dr. John Elliot Lyday served in Korean War with Dr. Richard Horngerger at the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; the basis for the M*A*S*H character Trapper John expired 12-20-1999 in Greensboro, North Carolina age 78 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||
musician Arthur H. Lyman his biggest hit: Yellow Bird
expired 2-24-2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 70 cause: throat cancer | |||||||||||||||
| Platters second tenor David Lynch born on --1930 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-2-1981 in Long Beach, California age 50 | |||||||||||||||
| brokerage firm co-founder Edmund Calvert Lynch co-founded Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane expired 5-12-1938 in London, England age 52 | |||||||||||||||
| character actor James Harold "Hal" Lynch on original Star Trek series played a U.S. Air Force security guard in the episode Tomorrow is Yeasterday born on 11-13-1927 in Birmingham, Alabama expired 10-5-2006 in Opp, Alabama age 78 cause: suicide; gunshot to head | |||||||||||||||
John Mary "Jack" Lynch former Irish Taoiseach (prime minister; 1966-73 & 1977-79)
expired 10-20-1999 in Dublin, Ireland age 82 | |||||||||||||||
| "actor" Paul Edward Lynde played Uncle Arthur on the Bewitched tv sitcom; longtime Hollywood Squares center-square born on 6-13-1926 in Mount Vernon, Ohio expired 1-9-1982 in Beverly Hills, California age 55 cause: heart attack
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biochemist Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen shared the 1964 Nobel prize in medicine born on 4-6-1922 in München, Bavaria, Germany expired 8-6-1979 in München, Bavaria, Germany age 57 cause: complications from aneurysm operation | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Reagan Agriculture secretary (1986-89) Richard Edmund Lyng born on 6-29-1918 in San Francisco, California expired 2-1-2003 in Modesto, California age 84 | |||||||||||||||
former coal miner & moonshiner O. V. Lynn Jr. husband of Loretta
expired 8-22-1996 in Tennessee age 69 cause: heart failure; diabetes | |||||||||||||||
| Federal Judge Seybourn Harris Lynne ruled that George Wallace could not bar black students from the University of Alabama (1963) born on 7-25-1907 in Decatur, Alabama expired 9-10-2000 in Birmingham, Alabama age 93 | |||||||||||||||
| nanny-turned-photographer Jennifer Jane Lyon was a contestant on Survivor: Palau (2005) born on 2-27-1972 in Boulder City, Nevada expired 1-19-2010 in The Dalles, Oregon age 37 cause: bone cancer; breast cancer
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| automobile manufacturer Sir William Lyons founder of Jaguar Cars Limited (1935) born on 9-4-1901 in Blackpool. England expired 2-8-1985 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England age 83 | |||||||||||||||
| nutty Soviet "geneticist" Trofim D. Lysenko favored by Stalin born on 9-29-1898 in Karlovka, Ukraine, Russia expired 11-20-1976 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 78 | |||||||||||||||
| author, critic, teacher Andrew Lytle born on 12-26-1902 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee expired 12-12-1995 in Monteagle, Tennessee age 92 | |||||||||||||||
| former AP Honolulu correspondent & army reserve officer Hugh W. Lytle awakened by Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; sent out first news wire teletype report of event, then reported for duty born on 2-23-1902 expired 8-16-2002 in Novato, California age 100 | |||||||||||||||
| jazz musician & broadcast presenter Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton born on 5-23-1921 in Eton, Berkshire, England expired 4-25-2008 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England age 86 cause: comlications following surgery; aortic aneurysm AKS: Lyttleton Littelton Littleton | |||||||||||||||
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