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comedic character actor Jack Oakie played Napolini (Il Duce of Bacteria) in The Great Dictator (1940)
expired 1-23-1978 in Northridge, California age 74 cause: aortic aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Victoria Horne Oakie widow of Jack Oakie; appeared in The Great Dictator (1940) & as Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey (1950) born on 11-1-1911 in New York, New York expired 10-10-2003 in Beverly Hills, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| one-term Michigan congressman (1953-55) Charles Gibb Oakman introduced the legislation that put "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance (1954); President Eisenhower signed it on Flag Day born on 9-4-1903 in Detroit, Michigan expired 10-28-1973 in Dearborn, Michigan age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Texas Rangers manager Johnny Lane "Quaker" Oates born on 1-21-1946 in Sylva, North Carolina expired 12-24-2004 in Richmond, Virginia age 58 cause: brain cancer
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| actor Warren Oates born on 7-5-1928 in Depoy, Kentucky expired 4-3-1982 in Hollywood Hills, California age 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| theologian Dr. Wayne E. Oates coined term workaholic (1971) born on 6-24-1917 in Greenville, South Carolina expired 10-21-1999 in Louisville, Kentucky age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
former Stockbridge, Massachusetts police chief William J. Obanhein arrested Arlo Guthrie for "littering", and immortalized in song Alice's Restaurant
expired 9-11-1994 age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| AIDs victim Steve O'Banion accused of "attempted murderer" after spitting blood at guards born on 6-1-1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 9-??-1993 in Hawaii age 42 cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma; AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Daniel Thomas O'Bannon penned scripts for Dark Star (1974), Alien (1979) & Life Force (1985) born on 9-30-1946 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 12-17-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 63 cause: complications from Crohn's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana governor (1997-2003) Frank Lewis O'Bannon born on 1-30-1930 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-13-2003 in Chicago, Illinois age 73 cause: complications from cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||
one-time MTV game show host Kenneth David Ober hosted the Remote Control show (1987-9); was the Star Search Comedy category champion (1984-5); was a producer of Mind of Mencia (2006-7) & The New Adventures of Old Christine
expired 11-15-2009 in Santa Monica, California age 52 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
actress Merle Oberon
expired 11-23-1979 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: complications from stroke
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| pioneering rocket scientist Hermann Julius Oberth wrote Die Rakete zu den Planeterraumen (1923); a technical advisor on Frau im Mond (1929); invented the "countdown" until rocket launch "... 10 .... 9 .... 8 .... 7 .... 6 .... 5 ...." born on 6-25-1894 in Nagyszeben, Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania) expired 12-29-1989 in Nuremburg, Germany age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Arch Oboler made Bwana Devil (1952) & The Twonky (1953); produced/wrote radio's Lights Out horror program born on 12-7-1907 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-19-1987 in Westlake Village, California age 79 cause: heart failure; stroke AKS: Obler | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ugandan leader Dr. Apollo Milton Obote Ugandan president 1966-71 & 1980-85; overthrown in coup by Idi Amin in 1971 and Okello in 1985; had been living in exile in Lusaka, Zambia born on 12-28-1924 in Akokoro, Uganda expired 10-10-2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 80 cause: kidney failure; strokes
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| actor Edmond O'Brien born on 9-10-1915 in New York, New York expired 5-16-1985 in Inglewood, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes sailor Eugene William O'Brien Wheelsman aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 7-17-1925 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 50 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien Jr. former NBA Commissioner born on 7-7-1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 9-27-1990 in New York, New York age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas Christian University quarterback Robert David "Davey" O'Brien winner of the Heisman Trophy (1938)born on 6-22-1917 in Dallas, Texas expired 11-18-1977 in Fort Worth, Texas age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knute Rockne actor William Joseph Patrick O'Brien born on 11-11-1899 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-15-1983 in Santa Monica, California age 83
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| movie stop-motion special effects wizard Willis Harold O'Brien led teams that created the visual effects for King Kong (1933), Son of Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949); trained a young Ray Harryhausen in his techniques born on 3-2-1886 in Oakland, California expired 11-8-1962 in Hollywood, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Japanese prime minister (1998-99) Keizo Obuchi born on 6-25-1937 in Nakanojo, Gumma Prefecture, Japan expired 5-14-2000 in Tokyo, Japan age 62 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Severo Ochoa shared the 1959 Nobel prize in physiology for discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleaic acid and deoxyribonucleaic acidborn on 9-24-1905 in Luarca, Asturias, Spain expired 11-1-1993 in Madrid, Spain age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chatanooga newspaper publisher Adolph Simon "Punch" Ochs bought the New York Times in 1896; was its publisher until 1935 born on 3-12-1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 4-8-1935 in Chattanooga, Tennessee age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| folk singer Philip David Ochs pacifist; Vietnam War protester born on 12-19-1940 in El Paso, Texas expired 4-9-1976 in Far Rockaway, New York age 35 AKS: Phil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flemish liturgical composer Johannes Ockeghem composed a Missa Caput born on --1410 in Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut Province, Duchy of Burgundy expired 2-6-1497 in Tours, France age 86 AKS: Okeghem, Ogkegum, Ockegham, Okhegem | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Arthur O'Connell born on 3-29-1905 in New York, New York expired 5-18-1981 in Woodland Hills, California age 76 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
actor Carroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker on All in the Familyborn on 8-2-1924 in New York, New York expired 6-21-2001 in Culver City, California age 76 cause: heart attack
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| educator David C. O'Connor founded the school system in the Panama Canal Zone (1905) born on --1859 expired 2-13-1955 in Interlaken, New York age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
hoofer/actor Donald O'Connor played Cosmo Brown in Singin' In The Rain (1952) & Peter Stirling in six Francis the Talking Mule movies (1950-55)
expired 9-27-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 78 cause: heart failure
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| actor Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor adopted son of Carroll born on 4-7-1962 in Rome, Italy expired 3-28-1995 in Pacific Palisades, California age 32 cause: suicide; gunshot to head | ||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer John Jay O'Connor III husband of retired supreme court justice born on 1-10-1930 in San Francisco, California expired 11-11-2009 in Phoenix, Arizona age 79 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease
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| New York Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor born on 1-20-1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 5-3-2000 in New York, New York age 80 cause: cardio-pulmonary failure; brain cancer/tumor
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| short-time Pittsburgh mayor Robert E. O'Connor Jr. only served from January 3 to September 1, 2006 beforehis death born on 12-9-1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-1-2006 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania age 61 cause: primary central nervous system lymphoma
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big band singer Anita O'Day worked with Gene Krupa's band
expired 11-23-2006 in West Los Angeles, California age 87 cause: cardiac arrest; pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease
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| former foreign service officer Robert C. Ode held hostage in Iran (1979-81) born on 12-10-1915 in Plano, Illinois expired 9-8-1995 in Sun City, Arizona age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Burma Vita Corp. president Allan G. Odell developed Burma Shave's roadside rhymes on sequential signs; Here I Lay, Broken-Hearted, Wanted to Live, But now Departed, Burma Shave born on 5-6-1903 expired 1-17-1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Matchbox Toys co-founder John William "Jack" O'dell he's the partner that designed the dinky vehiclesborn on 3-19-1920 in London, England expired 7-7-2007 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| visual jingle writer Leonard C. Odell with older brother wrote the Burma Shave roadside signs born on 10-22-1907 expired 10-4-1991 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
 
"Blessed" Catholic Church leader (1676-1689) Benedetto Odescalchi elected 241st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church September 21, 1676
expired 8-11-1689 in Rome, Italy age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Clifford Odets born on 7-18-1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-15-1963 in Los Angeles, California age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlas Corp. CEO (1923-60) Floyd Bostwick Odlum chairman of RKO Pictures (1937-48) born on 3-30-1892 in Union City, Michigan expired 6-17-1976 in Indio, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| adrenoleukodystrophy victim Lorenzo MichaelMurphy Odone his mom & dad came up with an "oil" that they claimed kept him alive; subject of 1992 movie born on 5-29-1978 expired 5-30-2008 in Fairfax, Virginia age 30 cause: aspiration pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||
| desperate mother Michaela Murphy Odone with husband developed treatment for son's brain disease (adrenoleukodystrophy); basis for movie Lorenzo's Oil (1992) born on 1-10-1939 in Yonkers, New York expired 6-10-2000 in Fairfax, Virginia age 61 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wheel of Fortune announcer Charles John "Charlie" O'Donnell also was the announcer for American Bandstand, The Joker's Wild, Tic-Tac-Dough, Card Sharks, The Gong Show, The Dating Game & The $100,000 Pyramid born on 8-12-1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-31-2010 in Sherman Oaks, California age 78 cause: heart failure AKS: O'Donell O'Donnel O'Donel ODonnell ODonell ODonnel ODonel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Madeline Foy O'Donnell one of The Seven Little Foys born on 9-21-1903 in New York, New York expired 7-5-1988 in Los Angeles, California age 84 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||
writer Peter O'Donnell creator of the Modest Blaise character; the strip ran from 1963 through 2001
expired 5-3-2010 in Brighton, Sussex, England age 90 cause: complications from stroke; Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
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original SNL writer & occasional actor Michael Henry O'Donoghue appeared with Belushi in the very first skit on SNL born on 1-5-1940 expired 11-8-1994 age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
U of Georgia zoology professor Eugene Pleasants Odum author of "Fundamentals of Ecology" (1953)
expired 8-9-2002 in Athens, Georgia age 88 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| environmental sciences professor Howard Thomas Odum with his brother founded the science of ecology born on 9-1-1924 expired 9-11-2002 in Gainesville, Florida age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Nigerian military officer Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu led the breakaway Nigerian province named the Republic of Biafra (1967-70) born on 11-4-1933 in Zungeru, Nigeria expired 11-26-2011 in London, England age 78 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| forme NYC mayor (1946-50) William O'Dwyer Brooklyn District Attorney who put an end to the "Murder, Inc." gang born on 7-11-1890 in Bohola, Ireland expired 11-24-1964 in New York, New York age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| four-time Olympic discus thrower Alfred Adolf Oerter Jr. won gold medals in four successive games (1956, 1960, 1964 & 1968) born on 8-19-1936 in Astoria, Queens, New York, New York expired 10-1-2007 in Fort Myers, Florida age 71 cause: heart attack; cardiovascular disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broadway producer/director Phillip G. Oesterman Jr. had 1970s hit with the raunchy musical Let My People Come; also directed Yoko Ono's "musical" New York Rock (1994) born on 1-19-1938 expired 7-30-2002 in Fort Myers, Florida age 64 cause: heart failure AKS: Philip Osterman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Irish author Sean O'Faolain born on 2-22-1900 in Cork, Ireland expired 4-21-1991 in Dublin, Ireland age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actress Bernadette O'Farrell played Maid Marion on 1950s Adventures of Robin Hood tv series (1955-57) born on 1-30-1924 in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland expired 9-28-1999 in Monte Carlo, Monaco age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "soft sell" advertising executive David MacKenzie Ogilvy Ogilvy & Mather co-founder (1948) born on 6-23-1911 in West Horsley, England expired 7-21-1999 in Bonnes, France age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor Charles Stanton Ogle played the monster in first screen production of Frankenstein (1910) born on 6-5-1865 in Steubenville, Ohio expired 10-11-1940 in Long Beach, California age 75 cause: arteriosclerosis | ||||||||||||||||||
| activist Carl Oglesby former president of SDS (1965-66); run out of the organization because he wasn't Marxist enough born on 7-30-1935 in Akron, Ohio expired 9-13-2011 in Montclair, New Jersey age 76 cause: metastacized lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| chemical engineer Nicholas E. Oglesby co-inventor of the tear gas grenade expired 3-8-1957 in Watervliet, New York age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| heroic priest Father Joseph F. Ognibene on December 1, 1958 rescued children from the burning Our Lady of the Angels School (95 died in blaze) born on 4-17-1926 in Portage Park, Illinois expired 12-19-2003 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois age 77 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
kid actress / adult talent agent Lani O'Grady played Mary Bradford on Eight is Enough tv series; sister of Don Grady; OD'd on Vicodin & Prozac
expired 9-24-2001 in Castaic, California age 46 cause: multiple drug intoxications | ||||||||||||||||||
| axial-flow jet engine designer Dr. Hans Joachim-Pabst von Ohain his plane beat Whittle's into the air on August 17, 1939 born on 12-14-1911 in Dessau, Germany expired 3-13-1998 in Melbourne, Florida age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
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atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair won June 17, 1963 Supreme Court case banning Bible reading in public schools born on 4-13-1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-??-1995 in Camp Wood, Texas age 76 cause: murdered/dismembered/burned | ||||||||||||||||||
| George O'Hanlon voice of George Jetson born on 11-23-1917 in New York, New York expired 2-11-1989 in Los Angeles, California age 71 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
expired 5-13-1971 in Valatie, New York age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| novelist & short story writer John Henry O'Hara wrote BUtterfield 8 born on 1-31-1905 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania expired 4-11-1970 in Princeton, New Jersey age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
World War II medal of honor winner Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare first Navy ace; namesake of Chicago airportborn on 3-13-1914 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 11-27-1943 in Gilbert Islands, Pacific Ocean age 29 cause: shot down during combat mission | ||||||||||||||||||
| film director Åke Ohberg directed original 1943 version of Elvira Madigan, not the more well-known 1967 version born on 7-20-1905 in Väerås, Västmanland, Sweden expired 7-18-1975 age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Daniel Peter O'Herlihy as General Warren "Blackie" Black nuked New York City in Fail Safe (1964); as lizard-being Grig mentored a young Last Starfighter (1984); was the OmniCorp CEO in RoboCop (1987; "Dick, You're Fired!") born on 5-1-1919 in Wexford, Ireland expired 2-17-2005 in Malibu, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former opera singer Norio Ohga had been a former president (1982-95) and chairman (1994-95) of Sony; he supervised their development team that created the compact disc medium (along with N.V. Philips) born on 1-29-1930 in Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan expired 4-23-2011 in Tokyo, Japan age 81 cause: multiple organ failure | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bertil Gotthard Ohlin co-recipient of the 1977 Nobel prize in Economics born on 4-23-1899 in Klippan, Sweden expired 8-3-1979 in Vålädalen, Sweden age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno was no relation to Yoko born on 10-27-1906 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan expired 6-1-2010 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan age 103
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| theater director Tom O'Horgan directed the original runs of Hair (1968) and Jesus Christ, Superstar on Broadway born on 5-3-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-11-2009 in Venice, Florida age 84 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| women's fashion chain founder (1923) Nathan M. Ohrbach born on 8-31-1855 in Vienna, Austria expired 11-19-1972 in New York, New York age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| violinist David Fyodorovich Oistrakh born on 10-30-1908 in Odessa, Ukraine, Russia expired 10-24-1974 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 65 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Caltech astronomer (1958-92) John Beverley Oke associate director of the Hale telescope at the Palomar Observatory on Mount Wilson (1970-78); designer of light analysis equipment for the Hale, Keck & Hubble telescopes born on 3-23-1928 in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario, Canada expired 3-2-2004 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada age 75 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Eugene "Bob" Oke former Washington state senator (1991-2007); battled cancer born on 9-4-1940 in Spokane, Washington expired 5-14-2007 in Port Orchard, Washington age 66 cause: multiple myeloma
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| artist Georgia O'Keeffe wife of Alfred Stieglitz born on 11-15-1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin expired 3-6-1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico age 98
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| Ugandan Lt. General Basilio Olara Okello leader of coup against Obote (1985) expired 1-11-1990 in Khartoum, Sudan age 61 cause: diabetes; malaria | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chippewa Chief Okemos nephew of Chief Pontiac; said to have had four wives born on --1788 in Knagg's Bridge, (Shiawassee County,) Michigan Territory expired 12-5-1858 in DeWitt, Michigan age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Chan actor Warner Oland born on 10-3-1880 in Umea, Sweden expired 8-6-1938 in Stockholm, Sweden age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| drummer & bandleader Michael Babatunde Olatunji had 1959 album Drums of Passion born on 4-7-1927 in Ajido, Nigeria expired 4-6-2003 in Salinas, California age 75 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||
| chief guide of the World Association of Guides and Girl Scouts Lady Baden-Powell Olave widow of the first Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell expired 6-25-1977 in Bramley, England age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norwegian King Olav V born on 7-2-1903 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England expired 1-17-1991 in Oslo, Norway age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabian billionaire Suliman Saleh Olayan born on 11-5-1918 in Unayzah, Arabia expired 7-4-2002 in New York, New York age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Charles Herman Older presided over the Tate-LaBianca murder trial of Charles Manson & followers born on 9-29-1917 in Hanford, California expired 6-17-2006 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: complications from fall | ||||||||||||||||||
| auto racer Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield first person to do 60 miles-per-hour (1903) born on 1-29-1878 in Wauseon, Ohio expired 10-4-1946 in Beverly Hills, California age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former M.I.6 chief Sir Maurice Oldfield one of the literary inspirations for M in James Bond books & George Smiley in le Carré spy books born on 11-6-1915 in Bakewell, England expired 3-10-1981 in Northern Ireland age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| auto pioneer Ransom Eli Olds founded Olds Motor Vehicle Co. (1896); also founded the REO Truck Co. born on 6-3-1864 in Geneva, Ohio expired 8-26-1950 in Lansing, Michigan age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| retired Air Force Brigadier General Robin Olds was a World War II & Vietnam triple ace, flying in the biggest battle over N. Vietnam; in 1985 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (played tackle both ways at West Point); his first wife was actress Ella Raines born on 7-14-1922 in Honolulu, Hawiian Territory expired 6-14-2007 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado age 84 cause: congestive heart failure; prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant worked on atomic bomb; discovered Tritium & Helium 3 born on 10-8-1901 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia expired 7-14-2000 in Canberra, Australia age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
| silversmith Lloyd Oliver one of the original World War II Navajo Code Talkers (next to last) born on 4-23-1923 in Shiprock, New Mexico expired 3-16-2011 in Avondale, Arizona age 87 cause: pancreatitis | ||||||||||||||||||
actress/aviatrix Susan Oliver played Vina (the green Orion babe) in Star Trek pilot The Cage; won 1970 Powder Puff Derby
expired 5-10-1990 in Woodland Hills, California age 53 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Army Air Corps Lt. Frederick J. Olivi 3rd pilot of Bock's Car, the plane that nuked Nagasaki born on 1-16-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-8-2004 in Lemont, Illinois age 82 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier born on 5-22-1907 in Dorking, England expired 7-11-1989 in Amhurst, England age 82
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| former tube-steak vendor Harry Michael Olivieri with brother Pat invented the Philly Cheesesteak sandwich (1933) born on 5-25-1916 expired 7-20-2006 in Pomona, New Jersey age 90 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||
| New York Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted born on 4-27-1822 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 8-28-1903 in Brookline, Massachusetts age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| landscape architect Frederic Law Olmsted co-designer of the current White House grounds expired 12-25-1957 in Malibu, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| vaudeville comedian John Siguard "Ole" Olsen partner in Olsen and Johnson vaudeville team (1914-62) born on 11-6-1892 in Peru, Indiana expired 1-26-1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| game show announcer Johnny Olsen did The Price is Right (1972-85) born on 5-22-1910 expired 10-12-1985 in Los Angeles, California age 75 cause: cerebral aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Digital Equipment Company co-founder (1957) Kenneth Harry Olsen was the company's first CEO born on 2-20-1926 in Bridgeport, Connecticut expired 2-6-2011 in Zionsville, Indiana age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NFL Hall-of-Fame player Merlin Jay Olsen played with the L.A. Rams; also did a spot of acting & pitched FTD flowers born on 9-15-1940 in Logan, Utah expired 3-11-2010 in Duarte, California age 69 cause: mesothelioma | ||||||||||||||||||
| political commentator Barbara Kay Bracher Olson wife of U.S. Solicitor General born on 12-27-1955 in Houston, Texas expired 9-11-2001 in Washington, District of Columbia age 45 cause: aboard hijacked American Airlines flight 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1950's middleweight boxer Carl E. "Bobo" Olson Sr. lost four times to Sugar Ray Robinson born on 6-11-1928 in Honolulu, Hawaii expired 1-16-2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 73 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| attorney Lyndon L. Olson Sr. successfully argued the Avery v. Midland County case that extended the one man, one vote principle to local elections born on 1-22-1925 in Waco, Texas expired 12-20-2005 in Waco, Texas age 80 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roberta R. "Bobbi" Olson wife of Lute born on 2-19-1935 expired 1-1-2001 in Phoenix, Arizona age 65 cause: ovarian cancer
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| actor J. Pat O'Malley born on 3-15-1904 in Burnley, Lancashire, England expired 3-1-1985 in San Juan Capistrano, California age 80
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| former Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers owner Walter Francis O'Malley born on 10-9-1903 in New York, New York expired 8-9-1979 in Rochester, Minnesota age 75 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
mathematician, astronomer & poet Omar Khayyam wrote his Rubáiyát (quatrains)
expired 12-4-1131 in Nishapur, Khurasan, Persia age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
syndicated astrologer Sydney Omarr
expired 1-2-2003 in Santa Monica, California age 76 cause: complications from heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
radical Marxist Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt co-founder of the American Communist Party
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| shipping heir Alexander Onassis only son of Aristotle & Tina born on 4-30-1948 in New York, New York expired 1-23-1973 in Athens, Greece age 24 cause: brain hemorrhage following plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Socrates Onassis was married to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis until his death; father of Alexander and Christina; for a while kept Maria Callas as a mistress born on 9-21-1900 in Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir) expired 3-15-1975 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France age 74 cause: bronchial pneumonia; myasthenia gravis | ||||||||||||||||||
| tubby tycoon Christina Onassis daughter of Aristotle; mother of Athina Roussel, heir to the fortune born on 12-11-1950 in New York, New York expired 11-19-1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina age 37 cause: acute pulmonary edema; heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis sister of Lee Radziwill; mother of Caroline Schlossberg and JFK Jr.; was married to Aristotle Onassis until he died born on 7-28-1929 in Southampton, New York expired 5-19-1994 in New York, New York age 64 cause: cancer
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| character actor Patrick O'Neal born on 9-26-1927 in Ocala, Florida expired 9-9-1994 age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor/director Ronald O'Neal played title role of Youngblood Priest in Superfly (1972) born on 9-1-1937 in Utica, New York expired 1-14-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 66 cause: pancreatic cancer AKS: O'Neil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs baseball player/manager John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil founded the Negro League Baseball Museum born on 11-13-1911 in Carrabelle, Florida expired 10-6-2006 in Kansas City, Missouri age 94 cause: heart failure
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| William Francis O'Neil founder of General Tire & Rubber Co. expired 9-4-1960 in Akron, Ohio age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor Dick O'Neill played Cliff Clavin Sr. on Cheers among many other roles born on 8-29-1928 expired 11-17-1998 in Santa Monica, California age 70 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||
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playwright Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Sr. won 1936 Nobel literature prize + 3 Pultizer prizes; author of The Iceman Cometh (1946) & Long Day's Journey into Night (posthumous; 1956) born on 10-16-1888 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 11-27-1953 in Boston, Massachusetts age 65 cause: pneumonia; cerebellar cortical atrophy | ||||||||||||||||||
| football coach (1902-22) Frank J. "Buck" O'Neill expired 4-21-1958 in Hamilton, New York age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill advocate of space colonization born on 2-6-1927 in New York, New York expired 4-27-1992 in Redwood, California age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Henry F. O'Neill drew Bronco Bill strip (1928-50) expired 3-31-1958 in Yonkers, New York age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Center security chief John Patrick O'Neill former head of FBI counterterrorism divisionborn on 2-6-1952 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York age 49 cause: collapse of World Trade Center south tower | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rose Cecil O'Neill creator of the Kewpie Doll (1909) born on 6-25-1874 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania expired 4-5-1944 in Springfield, Missouri age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| retired House Speaker (1976-87) Thomas Philip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Masssachusetts congressman 1952-87 born on 12-9-1912 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 1-5-1994 in Boston, Massachusetts age 81
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| Shuttle STS-51--C & 51--L astronaut Ellison Shoji Onizuka born on 6-24-1946 in Kealakekua, Hawaii expired 1-28-1986 in Cape Canaveral, Florida age 39 cause: Shuttle Challenger explosion | ||||||||||||||||||
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low temperature physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes first person to liquify Helium (1908); received the 1913 Nobel physics prize for his work examining the properties of matter at low temperatures, leading to superconductivity born on 9-21-1853 in Groningen, The Netherlands expired 2-21-1926 in Leiden, The Netherlands age 72 AKS: Leyden | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lars Onsager 1968 Nobel laureate for chemistry born on 11-27-1903 in Kristiania, Norway (now Oslo) expired 10-5-1976 in Coral Gables, Florida age 72 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
total wacko Oom the Omnipotent mystic cult founder; reaffirmed P.T. Barnum's adage about the frequency-of-birth of "special" citizens
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| Dutch astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort eponymous comet "cloud" describer born on 4-28-1900 in Franeker, Friesland Province, The Netherlands expired 11-5-1992 age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor David Opatoshu born on 1-30-1918 in New York, New York expired 4-29-1996 in Los Angeles, California age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Righteous Gentile Irene Gut Opdyke agreed to serve as a Nazi officer's mistress in order to save Jews from death camps born on 5-5-1918 in Poland expired 5-17-2003 in Yorba Linda, California age 85 cause: complications from fall | ||||||||||||||||||
public dipstick Robert Opel streaked the 1974 oscar ceremony — became the "butt" of a lot of bad jokes; was an avant-garde "performance artist" & freelance photographer for The Advocate (back when it was a newspaper; before it became a magazine); killed during a robbery in his "art gallery"born on 10-23-1939 expired 7-7-1979 in San Francisco, Cailfornia age 39 cause: murdered; shot in head AKS: Opell Opal Oppel Opul Opull | ||||||||||||||||||
18th Asante King (1970-99) Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II
expired 2-26-1999 in Kumasi, Ghana age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South African diamond hoarder Sir Ernest Oppenheimer founded Anglo-American Corp.; took control of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. born on 5-22-1880 in Friedberg, Hesse, Germany expired 11-25-1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former diamond magnate Harry Oppenheimer son of company founder Ernest born on 10-28-1908 in Kimberley, South Africa expired 8-19-2000 in Johannesburg, South Africa age 91
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physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer led Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Lab during World War II
expired 2-18-1967 in Princeton, New Jersey age 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| crystaline carbon mogul Louis Oppenheimer brother of Ernest expired 1-19-1956 in Gerrard's Cross, England age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
SLA murder victim Myrna Lee Opsahl
expired 4-21-1975 in Carmichael, California age 42 cause: exsanguination; shotgun blast wounds | ||||||||||||||||||
balladeer Faustino Oramas one of the last members of the original "Buena Vista Social Club"
expired 3-27-2007 in Holguin, Cuba age 95 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach an original cast member of a number of plays: El GalloThe Fantasticks (1960), Billy Flynn in Chicago & Julian Marsh in 42nd Street born on 10-20-1935 in New York, New York expired 12-28-2004 in New York, New York age 69 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| rock singer Roy Orbison born on 4-23-1936 in Vernon, Texas expired 12-6-1988 in Hendersonville, Tennessee age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
mine union terrorist Harry Orchard assassinated Idaho governor Frank Steineberg (1905) + dozens of other "enemies" on behalf of the Western Federation of Miners
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| corrupt Spanish financier Juan Albert March Ordinas financially back Francisco Franco's coup; got incredibly rich because of it expired 3-10-1962 in Madrid, Spain age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
movie writer/character actor Wyott Ordung penned "screenplay" to Robot Monster (1953)
expired 8-28-2005 in Los Angeles California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| composer Carl Orff his best known work is Carmina Burana born on 7-10-1895 in München, Germany expired 3-29-1982 in München, Germany age 86
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| illustrator Joseph "Joe" Oriolo first illustrated Caspar the Friendly Ghost born on 2-21-1913 in Union City, New Jersey expired 12-25-1985 in Hackensack, New Jersey age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
conductor Eugene Ormandy lead the Philadelphia ORchestra from 1938 to 1985
expired 3-12-1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 85 cause: pneumonia
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| Hollywood Ten screen writer Samuel Ornitz born on 11-15-1890 in New York, New York expired 3-11-1957 in Los Angeles, California age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| piano prodigy Leo Ornstein born on 12-11-1892 in Krementchug, Russia expired 2-24-2002 in Green Bay, Wisconsin age 109 | ||||||||||||||||||
| child actress Heather Michele O'Rourke played Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist movies; had the famous line "They're here." born on 12-27-1975 in San Diego, California expired 2-1-1988 in San Diego, California age 12 cause: cardiopulmonary arrest; intestinal stenosis; Chron's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
Cars bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr
expired 10-3-2000 in Atlanta, Georgia age 53 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
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nutritionist Lord John Boyd Orr first director of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization; received the 1949 Nobel peace prize for his efforts combating famine born on 9-23-1880 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland expired 6-25-1971 in Brechin Angus, Scotland age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Warner's son-in-law William T. Orr bit actor in 1930s; started/headed Warner Brothers tv production department (1955-63), producting such shows as Cheyenne, Colt 45, F-Troop, Hawaiian Eye, Lawman, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip and Surfside Six born on 9-27-1917 expired 12-25-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1724-1730) Pietro Francesco Orsini elected 246th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church May 29, 1724
expired 2-23-1730 age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| prolific radio actor Santos Ortega played grandpa Hughes on As The World Turns radio drama; also originated the radio roles of Inspector Queen on Ellery Queen, Perry Mason & Nero Wolfe born on 6-30-1899 expired 4-10-1976 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Ricardo Ortiz
expired 1-29-2009 in Huntsville, Texas age 46 cause: executed; lethal injection
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former HIT Entertainment executive Peter Charles Orton created the kiddie show Bob the Builder as well as distributed shows like Barneyborn on 6-17-1943 in Portsmouth, England expired 12-5-2007 in Wootten Bassett, Wiltshire, England age 64 cause: throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
author's well known pen name George Orwell fought against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War; wrote 1984 and Animal Farm
expired 1-21-1950 in London, England age 46 cause: tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||
| dixieland jazz trombonist Edward "Kid" Ory wrote Muskrat Ramble (1921) born on 12-25-1886 in LaPlace, Louisiana expired 1-23-1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii age 86 cause: pneumonia; heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan governor (1911-13) and longtime role model for Jerry Lee Lewis, Roman Polanski & Woody Allen Chase Salmon Osborn married his adoptive daughter Stellanova (age 55) on April 9, 1949 born on 6-22-1860 in Huntington County, Indiana expired 4-11-1949 in Poulon, Georgia age 89 cause: too much honeymoon | ||||||||||||||||||
| early PC designer Adam Osborne created the Osborne 1 in 1981 (a 24 pound "portable" unit) born on 3-6-1939 in Bangkok, Thailand expired 3-18-2003 in Kodiakanal, India age 64 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guinness Book hiccup record holder (69 years) Charlie Osborne expired 5-1-1991 age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
| stage actor Edward Francis Michael Patrick Joseph O'Shea husband of Virginia Mayo born on 3-17-1906 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 12-4-1973 in Dallas, Texas age 67 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| actress Tessie O'Shea born on 3-13-1913 in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom expired 4-21-1995 in Leesburg, Florida age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| German Prince Karl Gustav Adolf Oskar last surviving son of Kaiser Wilhelm II; an organizer of the Steel Helmut League, a pre-Nazi super-nationalist group expired 1-27-1958 in München, Germany age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Union public relations director George P. Oslin invented the singing telegram; the first recipient was Rudy Vallee born on 8-5-1899 expired 10-24-1996 age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
Turkish "royal" Ertuğrul Osman V head of the Imperial House of Osman (prentender to the Sultancy of the Ottoman Empire); his wife, Zeynep Tarzi Hanim, was a neice of one of the lasts Kings of Afghanistan
expired 9-23-2009 in Istanbul, Turkey age 97 cause: kidney failure AKS: Ertugrul | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philippines president (1944-46) Sergio Osmeña Nacionalista Party head (1907-33); advocate of Phillipine independence from U.S. expired 10-19-1961 in Manila, The Philippines age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Osmond Family patriarch George Virl Osmond born on 10-13-1917 in Etna, Wyoming expired 11-6-2007 in Provo, Utah age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Humphrey Fortescue Osmond while a psychiatrist at Weyburn Hospital in Saskatchewan gave Aldous Huxley a dose of mescaline (1953); coined term Psychedelic (1957) born on 7-1-1917 in Surrey, England expired 2-6-2004 in Appleton, Wisconsin age 86 cause: cardiac arrhythmia | ||||||||||||||||||
family matriarch Olive May Osmond mother of all those perky singers
expired 5-9-2004 in Provo, Utah age 79 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Columbian president (1946-50) Mariano Ospino Pé born on 11-24-1891 in Medellín, Columbia expired 4-14-1976 in Bogotá, Columbia age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actress Margaret "Bibi" Osterwald born on 2-3-1918 in New Brunswick, New Jersey expired 1-2-2002 in Burbank, California age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| retired Yale vertebrate paleontologist (1961-91) John Harold Ostrom revived Thomas Henry Huxley's theory that birds were descended from dinosaurs & that dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded; an inspiration to Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) born on 2-18-1928 in New York, New York expired 7-16-2005 in Litchfield, Connecticut age 77 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
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1909 Nobel laureate in chemistry Wilhelm Ostwald born on 9-2-1852 in Riga, Russia (now Latvia) expired 4-4-1932 in Leipzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland) age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| actress & Mia's mom Maureen O'Sullivan played LN-18 in Just Imagine (1930) & Jane in Tarzan and his Mate born on 5-17-1911 in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland expired 6-23-1998 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald himself assassinated on national television by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Department; left behind young widow
expired 11-25-1963 in Dallas, Texas age 24 cause: multiple gunshot wounds | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marguerite Frances Oswald Claverie mother of Lee Harvey Oswald born on 7-19-1907 expired 1-17-1981 in Fort Worth, Texas age 73 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
author Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Oszyk-Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis (1896); 1905 Nobel literature laureate
expired 11-15-1916 in Vevay, Switzerland age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering aviatrix Katherine Stinson Otero fourth woman pilot (1912); first skywriter born on 2-14-1891 expired 7-8-1977 in Santa Fe, New Mexico age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska death row inmate Harold Lamont "Willie" Otey expired 9-2-1994 age 43 cause: executed; electrocution | ||||||||||||||||||
| passenger elevator inventor (1857) Elisha Graves Otis born on 4-3-1811 in Halifax, Vermont expired 4-8-1861 in Yonkers, New York age 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former 1912 New York Highlanders baseball player Paul Franklin "Bill" Otis Sr. born on 12-24-1889 in Scituate, Massachusetts expired 12-15-1990 in Duluth, Minnesotta age 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
| hall of fame New York Giants outfielder (1926-47) Melvin Thomas Ott Detroit Tiger baseball broadcaster (before Ernie Harwell) born on 3-2-1909 in Gretna, Louisiana expired 11-21-1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| history huckster Thomas Ray Ottenstein built the (now demolished) tower that overlooked the Gettysburg battlefield born on 12-7-1929 expired 8-2-2000 in Washington, District of Columbia age 70 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Ottinger founder of the U.S. Plywood Corp. expired 12-19-1954 in Scarsdale, New York age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| mail order firm founder Werner Otto born on 8-13-1909 in Seelow, Brandenburg, German Empire expired 12-21-2011 in Berlin, Germany age 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1689-1691) Pietro Ottoboni elected 242nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church October 5, 1689
expired 2-1-1691 in Rome, Italy age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
film director Gérard Oury made La Grande Vadrouille (1966) & Les Adventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973)
expired 7-19-2006 in Saint-Tropez, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France age 87 AKS: Gerard | ||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Maria Ouspenskaya played Maleva in The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), and the Amazon Queen in Tarzan and the Amazons born on 7-29-1876 in Tula, Russia expired 12-3-1949 in Hollywood, California age 73 cause: burns from cigarette-induced bed fire | ||||||||||||||||||
Camarillo (CA) daredevil Robert "firecracker" Overacker fifteenth person to go over Niagara Falls as stunt (October 1, 1995); riding a jet ski he flew over the edge & ignited his rocket-propelled parachute ... it deployed but he had previously failed to check to see whether it was tethered to his body ... oooops!born on 7-4-1956 expired 10-1-1995 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada age 39 cause: drowned | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-5 & 51--B astronaut Robert Franklin Overmyer born on 7-14-1936 in Lorain, Ohio expired 3-22-1996 in Duluth, Minnesota age 59 cause: test aircraft crash | ||||||||||||||||||
| movie actor Frank Overton born on 3-12-1918 expired 4-24-1967 in Pacific Palisades, California age 49 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mary White Ovington a co-founder of the NAACP born on 4-11-1865 in New York, New York expired 7-15-1951 in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| biochemist Joseph Lawrence Owades while working at Rheingold Breweries he invented a process of removing the starch from beer — this new, "Light" beer was first marketed as Gablingers Diet Beer (1967); it flopped, but a friend at Meister Brau picked up on the process; when Meister Brau was purchased by Miller Brewing, they put some money behind the marketing and introduced Miller Lite; he also created the formulas for Samuel Adams, Tuborg, New Ansterdam & Foggy Bottom Beers born on 7-9-1919 in New York, New York expired 12-16-2005 in Sonoma, California age 86 cause: heart failure; stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Arnold Malcolm "Mickey" Owen in game 4 of the 1941 World Series (Oct. 15) what should have been a game-ending strikeout of Tom Hienrich became a passed ball that put Hienrich on base & let more Yankees bat ... they won the game, then the series born on 4-4-1916 in Nixa, Missouri expired 7-13-2005 in Mount Vernon, Missouri age 89 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| actor John Reginald Owen played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1938) born on 8-5-1887 in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England expired 11-5-1972 in Boise, Idaho age 85 cause: heart attack; complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma senator (1907-25) Robert L. Owen expired 7-19-1947 in Washington, District of Columbia age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
New York Giants coach (1933-53) Stephen Joseph "Steve" Owen
expired 5-17-1964 in Oneida, New York age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hee-Haw cohost Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. born on 8-12-1929 in Sherman, Texas expired 3-25-2006 in Bakersfield, California age 76 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||
| track and field star James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens born on 9-12-1913 in Danville, Alabama expired 3-31-1980 in Tucson, Arizona age 66 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Milton "Jack" Owens co-wrote (with Leo Killion & Ted McMichael) the Hut Sut Song (1941) born on 10-17-1912 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 1-26-1982 in Phoenix, Arizona age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Mattie Owens born on --1895 in near Greenville, South Carolina expired 2-6-2003 in Island Park, New York age 107 cause: complications from cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| movie actress Patricia Owens Eileen Webster in Sayonara (1957) & Helene Delambre in The Fly (1958) born on 1-17-1925 in Golden, ,Canada expired 8-31-2000 age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1920s Negro League player William J. Owens born on 11-14-1901 expired 5-5-1999 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 97 cause: diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Japanese MP (1890-1952) Yukio Ozaki in 1909 donated 2,000 cherry trees to Washington, D.C. in gratitude for U.S. mediation in Russo-Japanese war expired 10-6-1954 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turkish Prime Minister (1983-93) Turgut Ozal born on 10-13-1927 in Malatya, Turkey expired 4-16-1993 in Ankara, Turkey age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Muppet puppeteer Eren Ozker born on 7-25-1948 in Ankara, Turkey expired 2-25-1993 in New York, New York age 44 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
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