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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
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