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writer & theatrical director  George Tabori ¤ born: Gyórgy Tábori  born on 5-24-1914 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 7-23-2007 in Berlin, Germany   age 93    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

19th century London prostitute  Martha Tabram   once thought to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper ¤ born: Martha White  born on 5-10-1849 in London, England expired 8-7-1888 in London, England   age 39   cause: murdered; throat slit; body mutilated

Abyssinian feudal lord  Ras Hailu Taclehaimenot   led a revolt against Haile Selassie in 1917; his father was the last King of Gojjam (now an Ethiopian province) expired 5-12-1951 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   age 99

presidential widow  Helen Herron Taft   mother of Illinois senator Robert expired 5-22-1943 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 81

Ohio senator (1939-53)  Robert Alphonso Taft   co-author of the Taft-Hartley Act; son of William Howard & Helen H.; lost 1952 Republican presidential nomination to Eisenhower born on 9-8-1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 7-31-1953 in New York, New York   age 63

27th U.S. president (1909-13)  William Howard Taft   also served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1921-1930); husband of Helen H.; father of Illinois senator Robert born on 9-15-1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 3-8-1930 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 72

Ducati motorcycle designer  Fabio Taglioni born on 9-10-1920 in Lugo di Romagna, Italy expired 7-18-2001 in Bologna, Italy   age 80

poet & playwrite  Radindrath Tagore   recipient of the 1913 Nobel literature prize born on 5-6-1861 in Calcutta, British India expired 8-7-1941 in Calcutta, British India   age 80 AKS: Rabindrath

French composer  Germaine Tailleferre   only female member of Les Six born on 4-19-1892 in Pau-St. Maur, France expired 11-7-1983 in Paris, France   age 91

Vincent T. Tajiri   was the first photo editor of Playboy magazine born on 5-15-1919 expired 2-7-1993 in Van Nuys, California   age 73

composer  Jenö Takács born on 9-25-1902 in Siegendorf, Hungary expired 11-14-2005 in Eisenstadt, Austria   age 103    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC AKS: Jeno Takacs Takacz

cartoon animator  Iwao Takamoto   while working for Hanna-Barbera created the characters of Scooby-Doo, Penelope Pitstop, Atom Ant & George Jetson's dog Tralfaz (better known as Astro) born on 4-29-1925 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-8-2007 in Los Angeles, California   age 81   cause: heart attack

former Nissan president (1977-85)  Takashi Ishihara born on 3-3-1912 expired 12-31-2003 in Tokyo, Japan   age 91   cause: heart failure

World War II interment camp detainee  Fumiko Emily Takei   mother of actor George born on 9-29-1912 in Florin, California expired 5-25-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 89

Japanese composer  Toru Takemitsu born on 10-8-1930 in Tokyo, Japan expired 2-20-1996 in Tokyo, Japan   age 65   cause: cancer

scandal-plagued former Japanese prime minister (1987-89)  Noboru Takeshita born on 2-26-1924 in Kakeya, Japan expired 6-19-2000 in Tokyo, Japan   age 76

Jordanian monarch (1951-52)  King Talal I   son of Abdullah; father of Hussein I; abdicated in favor of son after being declared unfit as a result of mental illness (schizophrenia) expired 7-8-1972 in Istanbul, Turkey   age 63

Detroit Free Press columnist (1968-99)  Robert Beveridge "Bob" Talbert born on 5-28-1936 in Spartanburg, South Carolina expired 11-19-1999 in Royal Oak, Michigan   age 63   cause: complications from burst duodenal ulcer

actor  Lyle Talbot   played Ozzie Nelson's best friend Joe Randolph on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (his mother's surname was Hollywood) ¤ born: Lyle Henderson  born on 2-8-1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 3-3-1996 in San Francisco, California   age 94

women's clothing store co-founder  Nancy Orr Talbot   with husband Rudolf founded the Talbot's chain born on 8-17-1920 in Charlevoix, Michigan expired 8-30-2009 in Boulder, Colorado   age 89   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

father of photography  William Henry Fox Talbot born on 2-11-1800 in Lacock Abbey, England expired 9-17-1877 in Lacock Abbey, England   age 77

silent movie actress  Constance Talmadge   sister of Natalie & Norma; another squeaky-voiced actress that didn't make the cut to talkies born on 4-19-1900 in New York, New York expired 11-23-1973 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

politician  Herman Eugene Talmadge   Georgia governor (1948-55) & senator (1957-80) born on 8-9-1913 in McRae, Georgia expired 3-21-2002 in Hampton, Georgia   age 88    Contest Selectors 1980 VA 6.3%

silent movie actress  Natalie Talmadge   sister of Constance & Norma born on 4-29-1899 in New York, New York expired 6-19-1969 in Santa Monica, California   age 70

silent movie actress  Norma Talmadge   sister of Constance & Natalie expired 12-24-1957 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 60

actor  William Talman   played District Attorney Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason television series born on 2-4-1917 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-30-1968 in Encino, California   age 51   cause: lung cancer

African National Congress leader  Oliver Tambo born on 10-27-1917 in Transkei, South Africa expired 4-24-1993   age 75

movie character actor  Akim Tamiroff born on 10-29-1901 in Baku, Russia expired 9-17-1972 in Palm Springs, California   age 70

1958 Nobel physics laureate  Igor Tamm born on 7-8-1895 in Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia expired 4-12-1971 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 75 AKS: b.6/26/1895 old style

Japanese geezer  Sadayoshi Tanabe born on 10-20-1888 expired 1-18-2000   age 111

super-geezer  Tomoji Tanabe   had been the Guinness-certified oldest man in the world born on 9-18-1895 expired 6-19-2009 in Miyakonijo City, Miyazaki, Japan   age 113    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC, PCD, RR, 4GUE 12.5% 2009 DFFC, PCD, RR 10.0%    Scored 1.8250 points AKS: Tanabie

disgraced former Japanese Prime Minister (1972-74)  Kakuei Tanaka born on 5-4-1918 in Kariwa, Japan expired 12-16-1993   age 75

film producer  Tomoyuki Tanaka   produced 22 Godzilla movies for Toho studios; produced Kagemusha with director Akira Kurosawa born on 4-26-1910 in Osaka, Japan expired 4-2-1997 in Tokyo, Japan   age 86

MIT biophysicist & polymer chemist Dr.  Toyoichi Tanaka   invented `smart' gels born on 1-4-1946 in Nagaoka, Japan expired 5-20-2000 in Wellesley, Massachusetts   age 54

industrialist  Charles David Tandy   transformed his family's leather business into the conglomerate that owns Radio Shack born on 5-15-1918 expired 11-4-1978 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 60   cause: heart attack

actress  Jessica Tandy   had title role in Driving Miss Daisy; wife of Hume Cronyn born on 6-7-1909 in London, England expired 9-11-1994 in Easton, Connecticut   age 85   cause: ovarian cancer    Contest Selectors 1980 EB 6.3%

Japanese oldster  Tane Ikai born on 1-18-1879 expired 7-12-1995   age 116

vaudeville & musical comedy singer  Eva Tanguay   had hit with I Don't Care expired 1-11-1947 in Hollywood, California   age 68   cause: stroke

1940s/50s bodybuilder  Armand Tanny   brother of Vic; father of Mandy; won the 1949 Pro Mr. America & 1950 Pro Mr. USA; one of the 9 original bodybuilders who were Mae West's on-stage stud brigade ¤ born: Armando Tannidinardo  born on 3-5-1919 in Rochester, New York expired 4-4-2009 in Westlake Village, California   age 90

fitness guru  Victor Tanny ¤ real name: Victor A. Tannidinardo  born on 2-18-1912 in Rochester, New York expired 6-11-1985 in Tampa, Florida   age 73 AKS: Iannidinardo

Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon   last surviving individual that was a full-blooded Mohegan Pequot; a Mohegan tribal elder; a descendant of Uncas born on 6-15-1899 expired 11-1-2005 in Uncasville, Connecticut   age 106    Contest Selectors 2005 KLS 4.3%    Scored 4.4000 solo points

"moderate" Islamic cleric  Mohammed Sayed Tantawi   had headed the Al Azhar Sunni Muslim school born on 10-28-1928 in Sohaq, Egypt expired 3-10-2010 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   age 81   cause: heart attack

Samoan head of state (1962-2007)  Mālietoa Tanumafili II   had been King of Western Samoa born on 1-4-1913 in Apia, Samoa expired 5-11-2007 in Apia, Samoa   age 94    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2%    Scored 5.6000 solo points AKS: Malietoa

Nicaraguan president (1/1/1929-1/1/1933)  José Mariá Moncada Tapia born on --1868 expired 2-23-1945 in Managua, Nicaragua   age 76

ukelele virtuoso  William "Uncle Bill" Tapia born on 1-1-1908 in Liliha, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Territory expired 12-2-2011 in Westminster, California   age 103

actor  Horst Tappert   played Oberinspektor Stephen Derrick on "Derrick" tv series born on 5-26-1923 in Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (now Wuppertal) expired 12-13-2008 in München, Bavaria, Germany   age 85    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2%

lawyer/screenwriter  Daniel Taradash   wrote screenplays for Golden Boy (1939), From Here to Eternity (1953; won screenplay oscar), Picnic (1955), Bell, Book & Candle (1958) and Hawaii (1966); a former president of the Motion Picture Academy (1970-73) born on 1-29-1913 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 2-22-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 90   cause: pancreatic cancer

"muckraker"  Ida Minerva Tarbell   wrote exposé on the Standard Oil "Trust"; biographer of Abraham Lincoln born on 11-5-1857 in Erie County, Pennsylvania expired 1-6-1944 in Bridgeport, Connecticut   age 86

male model & nightclub doorman  Michael Ames Tardio   with buddy Chris Monson got caught up with a court claw-back of property; was killed for it? born on 11-17-1966 expired 9-2-2002 in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California   age 35   cause: shot

novelist & playwright  Newton Booth Tarkington   winner of two Pulitzer prizes; wrote novel The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) born on 7-29-1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 5-19-1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana   age 76

blacklisted oscar winning movie and tv writer  Frank Tarloff   co-wrote screenplay for Father Goose (1964); also wrote A Guide for the Married Man and for Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show and The Jeffersons born on 2-4-1916 in New York, New York expired 6-25-1999 in Beverly Hills, California   age 83   cause: lung cancer

Scarsdale Diet Dr.  Herman Tarnower   victim of Jean Harris born on 3-18-1910 in New York, New York expired 3-10-1980 in Purchase, New York   age 69   cause: shot to death

former NBC programming chief  Brandon Tartikoff   introduced The A-Team to the world born on 1-13-1949 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-27-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 48

Philippine Hakbalahap guerrilla leader  Pedro Taruc expired 10-16-1970 in Angeles City, Philippines   age 66   cause: shot to death

noted cartoon director  Franklin Tashlin   also directed Son of Paleface (1952) ¤ aka: Frank Tash  born on 2-19-1913 expired 5-5-1972   age 59

jazz saxophonist  George Holmes "Buddy" Tate born on 2-22-1912 in Sherman, Texas expired 2-10-2001 in Chandler, Arizona   age 88

retired Rear Admiral  Jackson Rogers Tate   unknowingly fathered a daughter by Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova while stationed in Moscow during WWII; Zoya was immediately shipped to Siberia by Stalin when he found out about the affair; he finally succeeded in arranging his daughter's release from the Soviet Union in 1975 born on 10-15-1898 in Tate's Island, Florida expired 7-19-1978 in Orange Park, Florida   age 79   cause: cancer

retired army intelligence officer  Paul James Tate   father of murdered actress Sharon Tate born on 6-23-1922 in Houston, Texas expired 5-18-2005 in Couperville, Washington   age 82   cause: congestive heart failure

actress  Sharon Marie Tate   wife of Roman Polanski; appeared in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) as Sarah, Don't Make Waves as Malibu (1967 the inspiration for the Malibu Barbie), Valley of the Dolls (1967), The Wrecking Crew as Freya Carleson (1969; the "shagadelic" inspiration for Felicity Shagwell in 2nd Austin Powers movie) and The Beverly Hillbillies (as Milburn Drysdale's secretary Janet Trego); did March 1967 Playboy pictorial; brutally murdered by Charles Manson's gang of thugs at her home in Bel Air (10050 Cielo Drive) in what became known as the Helter Skelter murders; she was >8 months pregnant at the time born on 1-24-1943 in Dallas, Texas expired 8-9-1969 in Los Angeles, California   age 26   cause: murdered; stabbed to death

near-blind jazz pianist  Art Tatum expired 11-5-1956 in Los Angeles, California   age 46

geneticist  Edward Lawrie Tatum   shared the 1958 Nobel prize in medicine born on 12-14-1909 in Boulder, Colorado expired 11-5-1975 in New York, New York   age 65   cause: heart failure; emphysema

former football player  John David "Jack" Tatum   put the "hit" on Darryl Stingley that broke his neck (8/12/1978) born on 11-18-1948 in Cherryville, North Carolina expired 7-27-2010 in Oakland, California   age 61   cause: heart attack; kidney failure; diabetes    Contest Selectors 2004 LMLD 5.6% 2006 OIE 3.3% 2008 OIE 3.1%

former Harlem Globetrotter  Reece "Goose" Tatum born on 5-3-1921 expired 1-18-1967 in El Paso, Texas   age 45

chemist  Henry Taube   was the 1983 Nobel chemistry laureate born on 11-30-1915 in Neudorf, Saskatchewan, Canada expired 11-16-2005 in Stanford, California   age 89

Tonga Islands  King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV   son of Queen Salote Tupou III; on throne since 1965 born on 7-4-1918 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga expired 9-10-2006 in Auckland, New Zealand   age 88    Contest Selectors 2002 RR 9.1% 2003 RR 5.6% 2004 ANG, RR 11.1% 2005 RR 4.3% 2006 ANG, RR, WEP 10.0%    Scored 4.3250 points

director  Norman Taurog   won oscar for Skippy (1931); made The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1937), Boys Town (1938), Young Tom Edison (1940), Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965); uncle of Jackie Cooper born on 2-23-1899 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-7-1981 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 82

French merchant  Jean Baptiste Tavernier   during a 1668 visit to India "acquired" a 112 carat blue diamond (the Tavernier Blue) that he sold to Louis XIV (who had it cut down to 67 carats) born on --1605 in Paris, France expired ??-??-1689   age 84

actor  Victor Tayback   played diner owner Mel in Alice tv series ¤ real name: Victor Tabback  born on 1-6-1929 in New York, New York expired 5-25-1990 in Glendale, California   age 60

former Bay City, Michigan school teacher  Anna Edson Taylor   widow; first person to go over Niagara Falls as a stunt, in a barrel (October 24, 1901) born on 10-24-1838 in Auburn, New York expired 4-29-1921 in Lockport, New York   age 82

jazz drummer and bandleader  Arthur Taylor born on 4-6-1929 expired 2-6-1995   age 65

dancer  Burton Taylor born on 8-19-1943 expired 2-13-1991   age 47

Charles H. Taylor   founder of the Boston Globe expired 8-18-1941 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 73

music critic  Deems Taylor born on 12-22-1885 expired 7-3-1966 in New York, New York   age 80

actor and director  Don Taylor   directed Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); husband of actress Hazel Court born on 12-13-1920 in Freeport, Pennsylvania expired 12-29-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 78   cause: heart failure

actress Dame  Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor   married a slew of times (to Michael Wilding, Nickie Hilton, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton (twice), John Warner and Larry Fortensky) born on 2-27-1932 in Hampstead, London, England expired 3-23-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7% 2000 IVY, SPAM 29% 2001 DTM, ROTS 25% 2002 JEDS 9.1% 2003 ABRA, ANG, GHG, KOHD, MB, TAP 33.3% 2004 ABRA, DTM, EOD, GHG, LMLD, TAP 33.3% 2005 ADWC, DTM, FA, GHG, HH, NFG, RAVN, RIE, RR, TBC, TMD, WORM 52.2% 2006 ADWC, BOD, DFFC, LMLD, NFG, OIE, RAVN, RIE, TFM 30.0% 2007 ADWC, BOD, DFFC, JCM, MOT, NFG, RPRM, TFM 25.8% 2008 ADWC, BOD, DFFC, GOHI, JCM, NFG, OED, SBAP, TFM, 4GUE 31.3% 2009 BOD, DFFC, GOHI, JCM, MORB, NFG, OED, RPRM, SBAP, WEP 33.3% 2010 ANG, BOD, GAS, JCM, MORB, NFG, REPR, RPRM 29.6%

Texas death row inmate  Elkie Lee Taylor ¤ aka: number 999112 alias: Ronnie Lee Watkins  born on 12-14-1961 expired 11-6-2008 in Huntsville, Texas   age 46   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%

former Ohio State basketball coach  Fred R. Taylor   won 1960 NCAA basketball championship born on 12-3-1924 in Zanesville, Ohio expired 1-6-2002 in Hilliard, Ohio   age 77

comedian  Frederick Chase Taylor   played Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle on the radio expired 5-29-1950 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 52

Broadway & movie actress  Ida Estelle Taylor   wife of Jack Dempsey expired 4-15-1958 in Hollywood, California   age 58

Utah death row inmate  John Albert Taylor expired 1-27-1996   age 36   cause: executed; firing squad

singer  Johnnie Harrison Taylor   had hits with Who's Making Love (1968) and Disco Lady (1976) born on 5-5-1938 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas expired 5-31-2000 in Dallas, Texas   age 62   cause: heart attack

choreographer  June Taylor   created the chorus line for Jackie Gleason's tv show; her sister Marilyn is Jackie Gleason's widow ¤ Mrs. Sol LErner  born on 12-14-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-16-2004 in Miami, Florida   age

blues singer  KoKo Taylor   recorded Wang Dang Doodle in 1964 — it was a big hit! ¤ born: Coral Walton Mrs. Hays Harris  born on 9-28-1928 in Shelby Township, Tennessee expired 6-3-2009 in Chicago, Illinois   age 80   cause: complications from surgery    Contest Selectors 2005 TMD 4.3%

model  Kristen E. "Krissy" Taylor born on 5-15-1978 expired 7-2-1995   age 17

Ventures drummer  Mel Taylor born on 9-24-1933 expired 8-11-1996 in Tarzana, California   age 62   cause: lung cancer

movie actor  Robert Taylor ¤ real name: Spangler Arlington Brugh  born on 8-5-1911 in Filley, Nebraska expired 6-8-1969 in Santa Monica, California   age 57   cause: lung cancer

blues singer  Ronald E. Taylor   voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy on The Simpsons born on 1-9-1953 in Galveston, Texas expired 1-15-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 49   cause: heart failure

playwright  Samuel Albert Taylor   wrote The Pleasure of His Company, Sabrina Fair (1953) and screenplay for Vertigo (1958) born on 6-13-1912 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-26-2000 in Blue Hill, Maine   age 87

Liz's mom  Sara Sothern Taylor expired 9-11-1994   age 99

Sha-Na-Na lead guitarist  Vinnie Taylor expired 4-20-1974 in Charlottesville, Virginia   age 25

character actor  Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor II   invented process of high-speed tape duplication ("dubbing"); subject of 1980s tv miniseries Lonesome Dub ¤ childhood nickname: "W" later phonetically shortened to: "Dub"  born on 2-26-1907 in Richmond, Virginia expired 10-3-1994 in Westlake Village, California   age 86   cause: congestive heart failure

former Boston Globe publisher (1955-77)  William Davis Taylor   grandson of newspaper founder born on 4-2-1908 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-19-2002 in Brookline, Massachusetts   age 93

director  William Desmond Taylor   friend of Fatty Arbuckle; his murder became another big Hollywood scandal ¤ real name: William Cunningham Deane-Tanner  born on 4-26-1872 in Carlow, Ireland expired 2-1-1922 in Los Angeles, California   age 49   cause: shot to death

jazz pianist/composer/teacher Dr.  William Edward "Billy" Taylor Jr., Ph.D.   was the first host of NPR's "Jazz Alive" program born on 7-21-1921 in Greenville, North Carolina expired 12-28-2010 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 89   cause: heart failure

12th U.S. president (1849-50)  Zachary Taylor   U.S.-Mexican War hero ¤ aka: "Old Rough and Ready"  born on 11-24-1784 in Orange County, Virginia expired 7-9-1850 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 63

composer  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   works include Swan Lake and The Nutcracker ballets born on 5-7-1840 in Votiwsk, Russia expired 11-6-1893 in Saint Petersburg, Russia   age 53

composer  Alexander Tcherepnin expired 9-29-1977 in Paris, France   age 78

ballerina  Ludmilla Tcherina   appeared in the film The Red Shoes (1948) ¤ born: Monika Tchemerzine  born on 10-10-1924 in Paris, France expired 3-21-2004 in Paris, France   age 79

jazz trombonist  Jack Teagarden expired 1-15-1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana   age 58

former Texas rep. (1944-76)  Olin Earl Teague born on 4-6-1910 in Wordward, Oklahoma expired 1-23-1981 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 70   cause: complications from diabetes

industrial designer  Walter Dorwin Teague Jr.   did much of the design on the Marmon 16 automobile (1927) born on 7-2-1910 in New York, New York expired 9-16-2004 in Carbondale, Colorado   age 94

World War II combat photographer  William Ellis "Bill" Teas   star of Russ Meyer's The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) born on 10-17-1914 expired 11-25-1994 in San Francisco, California   age 80

operatic soprano  Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi born on 2-1-1922 in Pesaro, Italy expired 12-19-2004 in San Marino   age 82

baseball player, manager, scout  George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts born on 11-10-1912 in Burlington, Vermont expired 3-24-1999 in Bradenton, Florida   age 86   cause: congestive heart failure

tv executive  David William Tebet   was married to Nanette Fabray (1947-51); recruited Johnny Carson for The Tonight Show as Paar's replacement (1962); became a vice president of Carson's production company born on 12-27-1913 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 6-7-2005 in Coronado, California   age 91   cause: complications from stroke

pollster  Robert M. Teeter   it was his idea to have Dan Quayle be George Herbet Walker Bush's vp born on 2-5-1939 in Battle Creek, Michigan expired 6-13-2004 in Ann Arbor, Michigan   age 65   cause: cancer

automotive engineer  Ralph R. Teetor   invented cruise control born on 8-17-1890 expired 2-??-1982 in Hagerstown, Indiana   age 91

duo-pianist  Louis Milton Teicher   formerly partnered with Arthur Ferrante; lived outside Sarasota, Florida (Siesta Key; Ferrante lived nearby on Longboat Key) born on 8-24-1924 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania expired 8-3-2008 in Highlands, North Carolina   age 83   cause: heart attack

Manhattan Project scientist Dr.  Edward Teller   Hydrogen Bomb developer born on 1-15-1908 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 9-9-2003 in Palo Alto, California   age 95   cause: complications from stroke    Contest Selectors 1980 GP, MM, RR 18.8% 2000 BOD, RR 29% 2001 ANG, BOD, RR 37½% 2002 ANG, BOD, JAC, MORB, RR 36.4% 2003 COCO, OGGI, PCD, RR 22.2%    Scored 3.3125 points

virologist  Howard Martin Temin   shared the 1975 Nobel prize in medicine born on 12-10-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-9-1994 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 59

South African mega-geezer  Moloko Temo   claimed to have been the oldest person in the world (the Guinness Book didn't buy it) born on 7-4-1874 expired 6-2-2009 in Bochum, Lompopo Province, South Africa   age 134

mutual fund investor Sir  John Marks Templeton Sr.   made a pile of dough, moved to the Bahamas, gave up his U.S. citizenship, gave some of the dough away, got knighted, died; created the Templeton Prize (1st recipient: Mother Teresa) born on 11-29-1912 in Winchester, Tennessee expired 7-8-2008 in Nassau, The Bahamas   age 95   cause: pneumonia

former Leo Burnett Co. ad man  Donald G. Tennant   created Tony the Tiger (1952), the Jolly Green Giant, the Keebler Elves & the Marlboro Man (1955); coined phrases "Nothin' Say Lovin' Like Something From the Oven" for Pillsbury & "Fly the Friendly Skies" for United Airlines. born on 11-23-1922 in Sterling, Illinois expired 12-8-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: heart disease

polar chef  George W. Tennant   catered Admiral Byrd's North & South Pole expeditions expired 2-15-1953 in Manistee, Michigan   age 70

illustrator & political cartoonist for Punch magazine Sir  John Tenniel   did illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland (1865) and it's sequel Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871); he used Mary Hillton Badcocks as the model for the character of Alice instead of Alice Liddell born on 2-28-1820 in London, England expired 2-25-1914 in London, England   age 93

conductor  Klaus Tennstedt born on 6-6-1926 in Merseburg, Germany expired 1-11-1998 in Kiel, Germany   age 71   cause: throat cancer

horror/T&A movie producer  Samuel Anthony "Tony" Tenser   gifted the world with Naked as nature Intended (1961), London in the Raw (1964), Hannie Calder (1971) & The Creeping Flesh (1973); coined term "sex kitten" to describe Brigitte Bardot born on 8-10-1920 in London, England expired 12-5-2007 in Manchester, Lancashire, England   age 87

former Sumo wrestler  John "Earthquake" Tenta   bounced around between the WWF, WCW, WWE, EIEIO, ... ¤ nickname: Kototenzan  born on 6-22-1963 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada expired 6-7-2006 in Florida   age 42   cause: bladder cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 LMLD, RAVN, TBC 10.0%    Scored 8.9250 points

Sherpa mountain guide  Tenzing Norgay   second man to reach summit of Mount Everest (1953), after Hillary ¤ aka: Namgyal Wangdi  born on 5-15-1914 in Solo Khumbu, Nepal expired 5-9-1986 in Darjeeling, India   age 71

Letterman tv stooge  Leonard Tepper   the fat bald guy that kept showing up in skits (1996-2001) born on 7-3-1939 in New York, New York expired 6-7-2001   age 61

Blessed  Mother Teresa of Calcutta   1979 Nobel Peace prize recipient; beatified in October 2003 ¤ born: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu  born on 8-27-1910 in Uskup, Ottoman Turkey (now Skopje, Macedonia) expired 9-5-1997 in Calcutta, India   age 87   cause: cardiac arrest; malaria    Contest Selectors 1980 EB 6.3%

short-tenured Ford Press Secretary  Jerald Franklin ter Horst   quit after 30 days in 1974, resigning after Ford pardoned Nixon born on 7-11-1922 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 3-31-2010 in Asheville, North Carolina   age 87   cause: congestive heart failure

author  Louis "Studs" Terkel   won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War" born on 5-16-1912 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 10-31-2008 in Chicago, Illinois   age 96    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2004 DTM 5.6% 2005 TMD 4.3% 2006 DFFC, KLS, MOT 10.0% 2007 BOD, GREB, KLS, MOT, QKU 16.1% 2008 ANG, BOD, GREB, KLS, MORB, OED, QKU, TFM 25.0%    Scored 2.9195 points AKS: Turkel Terkle Turkle Terds Stukel Turds Stekel

Stanford University psychology prof. (1910-32)  Lewis Madison Terman   co-developed the Stanford-Binet IQ Test and Terman Group Tests expired 12-21-1956 in Palo Alto, California   age 79

Soviet spy Dr.  Lev Sergeivitch Termin   inventor of electronic instrument that bears his name ¤ better known as Leon Theremin  born on 8-15-1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 11-3-1993 in Moscow, Russia   age 97

first president & co-founder of the NAACP  Mary Church Terrell expired 7-24-1954 in Annapolis, Maryland   age 90

rhythm and blues singer  Tammi Terrell   teamed with Marvin Gaye at Motown ¤ born: Tammy Montgomery  born on 4-29-1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-16-1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 24

purported World War I veteran  Douglas Edward Terrey   claimed to have enlisted in 1917 and served as a bicycle messenger born on 6-23-1903 expired 6-26-2010 in Southampton, Hampshire, England   age 107    Contest Selectors 2010 DFFC 3.7%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations ( zero ) AKS: Terry

Terrytoons founder & animator  Paul Houghton Terry   created Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog (the last two seen on original Captain Kangaroo tv series) born on 2-9-1887 in San Francisco, California expired 10-25-1971 in New York, New York   age 84   cause: cancer

blues singer & harmonica player  Saunders "Sonny" Terry   partner of Brownie McGhee born on 10-24-1911 in Greensboro, Georgia expired 3-11-1986 in Mineola, New York   age 74    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

comic actor  Terry-Thomas ¤ born: Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens  born on 7-14-1911 in London, England expired 1-8-1990 in Godalming, Surrey, England   age 78   cause: Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 1980 RR 6.3%

pioneering electrical engineer, scientist, inventor and Edison rival  Nikola Tesla   invented AC power distribution system, the Tesla Coil (transformer), fluorescent lighting and many other common household electrical appliances (sold his AC patents to Westinghouse); discovered cosmic rays born on 7-9-1856 in Smiljan, Lika, Croatia, Austria-Hungary expired 1-7-1943 in New York, New York   age 86 AKS: Nicola

former TWA pilot  John L. Testrake born on 12-2-1927 expired 2-6-1996   age 68

opera singer  Luisa Tetrazzini   had numerous food dishes named after her (Turkey Tetrazzini; Chicken Tetrazzini; Spam Tetrazzini; etc.) born on 6-29-1874 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 8-28-1940 in Milan, Italy   age 66

former Ohio University professor  Walter Tevis   wrote The Hustler (1959), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963) and The Color of Money born on 2-28-1928 in San Francisco, California expired 8-9-1984 in New York, New York   age 56   cause: cancer

legendary movie producer  Irving Grant Thalberg   started at Universal, became #2 man at MGM under Louis B. Mayer; husband of Norma Shearer; a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS); namesake of the AMPAS award for Excellence in Motion Picture Production; F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon character Monroe Stahr was based upon him born on 5-30-1899 in New York, New York expired 9-14-1936 in Santa Monica, California   age 37

cold war physicist Dr.  William John Thaler   ran the 1950s project TeePee ("Thaler's Project") to build a radar surveillance system that could "see" over the horizon — it lead to over-the-horizon radar systems born on 12-4-1925 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 6-5-2005 in Centreville, Virginia   age 79   cause: complications from stroke

Annam  Emperor Than Thai   deposed by French in 1906 having ruled since 1889 expired 3-20-1954 in Siagon, Vietnam   age 76

supergeezer  Julia Theresa Tharnish   her 85-year-old daughter, living in the same extended care facility, died hours afterward ¤ née: Huigens  born on 6-6-1897 in Knox County, Nebraska expired 12-13-2007 in Creighton, Nebraska   age 110

Sir  Denis Thatcher   husband of former British prime minister born on 5-10-1915 expired 6-26-2003 in London, England   age 88 AKS: Dennis

comic strip artist  Robert Lee "Bob" Thaves   created the "Frank and Ernest" strip (1972) born on 10-5-1924 in Burt, Iowa expired 8-1-2006 in Torrance, California   age 81   cause: respiratory failure

cuckolded husband  Harry Kendall Thaw   killed his wife's lover in jealous rage; judged insane born on 2-1-1871 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 2-22-1947 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 76

actor  John Edward Thaw   played Chief Inspector Morse on tv (1987-2000) born on 1-3-1942 in Manchester, England expired 2-21-2002 in Wiltshire, England   age 60   cause: throat cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1%    Scored 9.0000 solo points

Kentucky geezer  Grace Menges Thaxton born on 6-19-1891 in Downsville, New York expired 7-6-2005 in Winchester, Kentucky   age 114   cause: infection    Contest Selectors 2005 KLS 4.3%    Scored 3.6000 solo points

1960s L.A.-based teen dance show host  Lloyd Thaxton   also started the magazine "Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat" (1965; now shortened to just "Tiger Beat"); produced/directed Fight Back! with David Horowitz (1978-92) born on 5-31-1927 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-5-2008 in Studio City, California   age 81   cause: multiple myeloma

author  Ernest Lawrence Thayer   wrote poem Casey at the Bat (1888) ¤ pen name: "Phin"  born on 8-14-1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts expired 8-21-1940 in Santa Barbara, California   age 73

character actress  Lorna Thayer   best remembered as the waitress in Five Easy Pieces (1970) ¤ Mrs. Arthur Dowling  born on 3-10-1919 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 6-4-2005 in Woodland Hills, California   age 86   cause: Alzheimer's disease

virologist & 1949 Lasker Award-winner  Max Theiler   also received the 1951 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries concerning yellow fever & how to combat it born on 1-30-1899 in Praetoria, South Africa expired 8-22-1973 in New Haven, Connecticut   age 74

one-time CIA hitman  Paris Theodore   was the nephew of Cyd Charisse; had been an Army Special Ops Lt.Col. in Vietnam; after leaving the agency formed ASP (Armaments Ssystems Procedures Corp.), makers of such delights as: the ultra-small ASP 9mm Pistol, a hostage negotiator clipboard capable of firing 12 shots (in case negotiations "failed"), a 3-round 22 caliber cigarette lighter (dubbed the "Zappo") & the ever popular Uzi-in-a-briefcase born on 1-9-1943 in New York, New York expired 11-16-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 63   cause: complications from multiple sclerosis

Dr.  Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell   awarded the 1955 Nobel prize in medicine for his discoveries of the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes born on 7-6-1903 in Linköping, Sweden expired 8-15-1982 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 79

cryptanalyst  Frederic Russell Theriault   helped break the Japanese Naval Code during World War II born on 6-22-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 9-1-2004 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 89   cause: heart attack

former Paris Match editor (1976-99)  Roger Therond born on 10-24-1924 in Sète, France expired 6-23-2001 in Paris, France   age 76

character actor  Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger   played Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Emperor Tiberius in The Robe (1953) and the Mr. Stretch (the undertaker) in Scrooge (1951) born on 1-15-1879 in London, England expired 1-14-1961 in London, England   age 81

1930s/40s explorer  Wilfred Patrick Thesiger   Hooray for Wilfred Thesiger, the African explorer (did someone call him snorer?), hooray hooray hooray!; author of Arabian Sands (1959) & Marsh Arabs (1964) born on 6-3-1910 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia expired 8-24-2003 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England   age 93

Greek actor & poet  Thespis   "inventor" of the theatrical tragedy; name synonymous with "actor" born on --540 BC in Attica, Greece expired ??-??-500 BC in Athens, Greece   age 40

former pro wrassler  Aloysius Martin "Lou" Thesz born on 4-24-1916 in Banat, Michigan expired 4-28-2002 in Orlando, Florida   age 86   cause: complications following heart surgery

Jacques Anatole François Thibault   wrote under the pen name Anatole France; received the 1921 Nobel Literature prize born on 4-16-1844 in Paris, France expired 10-12-1924 in Tours, France   age 80 AKS: Francois

actress  Ursula Thiess   the widow of Robert Taylor & Marshall Schacker ¤ née: Schmidt  born on 5-15-1924 in Hamburg, Germany expired 6-19-2010 in Burbank, California   age 86

jazz/bebop drummer  Edmund Leonard Thigpen   performed with Oscar Peterson & Billy Taylor born on 12-28-1930 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-13-2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 79   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

actress  Lynne Thigpen   The Chief on Carmen Sandiego tv series (1991-96) & Ella Farmer on The District (2000-3) born on 12-22-1948 in Joliet, Illinois expired 3-12-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 54

actress  Helene Thimig   widow of Max Reinhardt expired 11-7-1974 in Vienna, Austria   age 85   cause: heart failure

mathematician & topologist  René Frédéric Thom   inventor of catastrophe theory; author of "Structural Stability and Morphogenesis" born on 9-2-1923 in Montbéliard, France expired 10-25-2002 in Bures-sur-Yvette, France   age 79   cause: severe arterial inflamation

geezer  Bessie Thomas born on 3-10-1888 expired 4-15-2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 112

comedian & hospital founder  Danny Thomas   father of Marlo ¤ born: Muzyad Yahkoob later: Amos Jacobs  born on 1-16-1914 in Deerfield, Michigan expired 2-6-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 77

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker  Derrick Thomas born on 1-1-1967 in Miami, Florida expired 2-8-2000 in Miami, Florida   age 33   cause: pulmonary embolus-induced cardio-respiratory arrest (following car crash)

poet  Dylan Thomas expired 11-9-1953 in New York, New York   age 39

actor  Frank M. "Frankie" Thomas Jr.   head lead role on early tv outer space show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950-55) born on 4-9-1921 in New York, New York expired 5-11-2006 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 85   cause: respiratory failure; stroke

Disney animator  Franklin Thomas   worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Bambi (1942), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955) and 101 Dalmatians (1961) born on 9-5-1912 in Santa Monica, California expired 9-8-2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California   age 92

retired M.I.T. mathematics professor  George Brinton Thomas Jr.   in 1952 wrote a famous calculus textbook that is still in print: "Calculus and Analytic Geometry" (Ross Lee Finney III joined him in the 1970s to make revisions); he co-wrote "Probability and Statistics" (1961) with Frederick Mosteller & R.E.K. Rourke born on 1-11-1914 in Boise, Idaho expired 10-31-2006 in State College, Pennsylvania   age 92

former C.A. Swanson & Sons salesman/B.S. slinger  Gerry Thomas   bogus claimant to be inventor of the TV Dinner — the first frozen dinner was created by the W.L. Maxson Co. (1944) & the first frozen dinner to be placed in an aluminum tray was by FrigiDinner Co. (1947) born on 2-17-1922 in Seward, Nebraska expired 7-18-2005 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 83   cause: liver cancer

retired accountant  Jefferson Allison Thomas Sr.   as a high school student was a member of the Little Rock Nine born on 9-19-1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 9-5-2010 in Columbus, Ohio   age 67   cause: pancreatic cancer

crooked scumbag New Jersey Rep.  John Parnell Thomas   chairman of U.S. House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) that persecuted the Hollywood Ten, violated their oaths of office, and fully lived down to their committee's name in their incredibly Unamerican disregard for every word, sentence and nuance of the U.S. Constitution. In asking "are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party" he embraced the very evil that he sought to purge, rendering the First Amendment meaningless and elevating "thought crimes" to the level of serious felony. Never indicted, tried, convicted or executed for the high treason against the constitution and people of the United States of America that he and his fellow committee members committed. Was later convicted of petty corruption (padding his congressional payroll & taking kickbacks) and did 9 months in Danbury Connecticut for that before being pardoned by Truman. In this instance we can wish that he was a Klingon so that his monumental disgrace could extend over seven generations. Rot in hell for all time. In voting the contempt of congress citations against the Hollywood Ten, all members of that congress embraced this worthless sack of excrement, soiling their own character and reputation for all time. In failing to overturn their convictions the United States Supreme Court again demonstrated the lack of backbone necessary to ensure the safety of the Republic. Their timidity on this issue later permitted Joseph McCarthy's reign of terror. ¤ born: John Parnell Feeney Jr.  born on 1-16-1895 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 11-19-1970 in Saint Petersburg, Florida   age 75   cause: not nearly painful enough to meet the minimal standards of justice

explorer/newscaster  Lowell Jackson Thomas Sr.   wrote With Lawrence of Arabia (1924); narrated 1940s Fox Movietone newsreels; ended broadcasts with "So long until tomorrow." born on 4-6-1892 in Woodington, Ohio expired 8-29-1981 in Pawling, New York   age 89   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, JW, MM, RR 30.8% 1980 DH, DO, DR, EB, HP, JW, MM, RR 50.0%

Great Lakes sailor  Mark Andrew Thomas   Deckhand aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 21   cause: drowned when ship foundered

tv actress  Michelle Thomas   appeared on Family Matters, The Cosby Show and The Young and the Restless born on 9-23-1969 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 12-23-1998 in New York, New York   age 29   cause: cancer

Playboy March 1977 Playmate of Month  Nicki Thomas ¤ born: Nancy E. Tritt married surname: Rossine  born on 3-22-1954 in Berwyn, Illinois expired 9-2-2009 in Edgewood, Kentucky   age 55   cause: breast cancer

vocal socialist  Norman Matoon Thomas   strident advocate of more spending, bigger government, more welfare, more state control...; co-founder of the ACLU (1920) born on 11-20-1884 in Marion, Ohio expired 12-19-1968 in Huntingdon, New York   age 84

super-geezer  Olivia Patricia Thomas ¤ née: Trevellyan  born on 6-29-1895 expired 11-16-2009 in Williamsville, New York   age 114

1914 Indianapolis 500 winner  Rene Thomas   drove a Delage averaging 82.47 mph ¤ nickname: "Trompe la Mort"  expired 9-23-1975 in Paris, France   age 89

Wendy's hamburger founder  Rex David "Dave" Thomas born on 7-2-1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey expired 1-8-2002 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida   age 69   cause: heart attack; liver cancer

New York Times obituary writer (1995-99)  Robert McGill Thomas Jr.   prior to his assignment to the obituary pages had been a reporter at the Times (1959-95) born on 5-9-1939 in Shelbyville, Tennessee expired 1-6-2000 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware   age 60   cause: abdominal cancer

UAW president (1939-46)  Rolland Jay Thomas born on 6-9-1900 expired 4-18-1967 in Muskegon, Michigan   age 66

Danny's widow  Rose Marie Thomas   mother Marlo, Terre & Tony ¤ born: Rose Marie Cassaniti  expired 7-12-2000 in Beverly Hills, California   age 86

musician  Rufus Thomas Jr.   did the Funky Chicken for the Stax label born on 3-26-1917 in Cayce, Mississippi expired 12-15-2001 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 84

juvenile AIDS victim  Ryan Thomas born on 10-20-1981 expired 11-28-1991   age 10

WGN tv movie host  William Frasier Thomas   was also one of their Bozos born on 6-13-1918 expired 4-3-1985 in Chicago, Illinois   age 66   cause: complications from stroke AKS: Frasier

Our Gang child actor  William "Billy" Thomas Jr. ¤ aka: "Buckwheat"  born on 3-12-1931 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-10-1980 in Los Angeles, California   age 49   cause: heart attack

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist  Hugh Edward "Hughie" Thomasson Jr. born on 8-13-1952 in Tampa, Florida expired 9-9-2007 in Brooksville, FLorida   age 55   cause: heart attack

Lowell, Massachusetts Dr.  Augustin Thompson   invented "Moxie Nerve Food" (1876); later renamed just "Moxie" born on 11-25-1835 in Union, Maine expired 6-8-1903   age 67

Dixie Hummingbird tenor  Beachey T. Thompson born on 10-12-1915 in Newberry, South Carolina expired 6-28-1994 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 78 AKS: Beechie Beechy Beachy Beachie

Hall-of-Fame baseball broadcaster  Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson born on 6-10-1921 expired 3-6-2005 in Towson, Maryland   age 83

documentary filmmaker  Ebenezer Francis Thompson   received a 1965 Best Documentary Short oscar for To Be Alive? (1964); he liked to shoot super-wide screen movies (requiring up to 3 adjacent screens); his work was the inspiration for the IMAX movie process (he directed several IMAX features) born on 1-3-1908 in Titusville, Pennsylvania expired 12-26-2003 in New York, New York   age 95   cause: pneumonia

jazz saxophonist  Eli "Lucky" Thompson Jr.   dropped out of the music scene, then out of sight in the mid-1970s, becoming a homeless wanderer born on 6-16-1924 in Columbia, South Carolina expired 7-30-2005 in Seattle, Washington   age 81   cause: complications from stroke; dementia

corrupt New Jersey congressman (1955-80)  Frank Thompson Jr.   threw away his congressional career accepting bribes from phony arabs in the Abscam sting born on 7-26-1918 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 7-22-1989 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 70

country singer  Henry William "Hank" Thompson born on 9-3-1925 in Waco, Texas expired 11-6-2007 in Keller, Texas   age 82   cause: lung cancer

Vietnam War helicopter pilot  Hugh C. Thompson Jr.   cited by the Pentagon for his bravery: on March 16, 1968 he came upon the My Lai massacre, in progress; he landed his chopper & confronted Lt. William Calley & his platoon sargeant; he flew a number of intended victims to safety born on 4-15-1943 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 1-6-2006 in Alexandria, Louisiana   age 62   cause: cancer

counter-culture writer  Hunter Stockton Thompson   the original "gonzo" journalist; was the model for Doonesbury's Uncle Duke born on 7-18-1937 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 2-20-2005 in Woody Creek, Colorado   age 67   cause: suicide; gunshot to head    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS, HP, JW 23.1%

Daktari actor (1966-69)  James Marshall Thompson born on 11-27-1926 in Peoria, Illinois expired 5-18-1992 in Royal Oak, Michigan   age 66

film director  John Lee Thompson   made Guns of Navarone (1961) and King Solomon's Mines (1985) born on 8-1-1914 in Bristol, Avon, England expired 8-30-2002 in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada   age 88   cause: congestive heart failure

former 7-Eleven president (1961-91)  John Philip Thompson Sr.   son of Southland Corp. co-founder Joseph C. Thompson Sr. (the convenience store chain started under the name of Tote'm and were renamed in 1946) born on 11-2-1925 in Dallas, Texas expired 1-28-2003 in Dallas, Texas   age 77   cause: brain cancer

former U.S. ambassador to USSR (1957-62 & 1967-69)  Llewellyn E. Thompson born on 8-24-1904 in Las Animals, Colorado expired 2-6-1972 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 67   cause: cancer

oldest person in U.S.  Mary Thompson   born of slaves, with no birth certificate; Social Security Admin traced her existence back to before 3/27/1876 born on 3-27-1876 in United States expired 8-3-1996 in Orlando, Florida   age 120

Mary Thompson   not recognize by the Guinness Records people as Earth's oldest person due to lack of birth certificate (lost in fire) ¤ born: Mary Johnson  born on 8-2-1882 in Shelby, Mississippi expired 10-8-2001 in DeWitt, Arkansas   age 119

St. Valentine's Day massacre weapons supplier  Russell Frank Thompson   ended life as a Bible salesman ¤ aka: "Machine Gun Frank"  expired 5-2-1953 in Elgin, Illinois   age 64   cause: shot to death

actress  Sada Carolyn Thompson ¤ Mrs. Donald Stewart  born on 9-27-1927 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 5-4-2011 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 83   cause: lung cancer

disco drummer  Tony Thompson   played with Chic & Power Station born on 11-15-1954 in New York, New York expired 11-12-2003 in Encino, California   age 48   cause: renal cell failure

voice actor  William H. "Bill" Thompson   played Wallace Wimple on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show; provided voice of the White Rabbit in Disney's Alice in Wonderland; was the voice of Droopy Dog in MGM cartoons born on 7-8-1913 in Terre Haute, Indiana expired 7-15-1971 in Los Angeles, California   age 58

three-term Chicago mayor  William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson   threatened King George V with "a punch in the snoot" expired 3-19-1944 in Chicago, Illinois   age 74

former Scottish National Orchestra conductor  Bryden Thomson born on 7-16-1928 in Ayr, Scotland expired 11-14-1991 in Dublin, Ireland   age 63

prolific inventor  Elihu Thomson   invented electric welding born on 3-29-1853 in Manchester, England expired 3-13-1937 in Swampscott, Massachusetts   age 83

1937 Nobel physics co-laureate Sir  George Paget Thomson   son of Sir Joseph Thomson born on 5-3-1892 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 9-10-1975 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 83

physicist  John Joseph Thomson   won the 1906 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of conduction of electricity by gases; father of 1937 Nobel physics laureate born on 12-18-1856 in Cheetham Hill, England expired 8-30-1940 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 83

canadian media mogul  Kenneth Roy Thomson born on 9-1-1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 6-12-2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 82   cause: heart attack

former New Hampshire governor (1973-79)  Meldrim Ernest Thomson Jr. born on 3-8-1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 4-19-2001 in Orford, New Hampshire   age 89   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease; heart attacks & strokes    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS 7.7% 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½%    Scored 6.1000 solo points

PBS' Victory Garden host  Robert B. "Bob" Thomson born on 11-15-1928 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 10-2-2003 in Danvers, Massachusetts   age 74 AKS: Thompson Thomsen Thompsen

former pro baseball player  Robert Brown "Bobby" Thomson   from 1946 to 1960 played for the Giants, Braves, Cubs, Red Sox and Orioles; hit the samous "shot heard 'round the world" (9th inning 3-run homer) born on 10-25-1923 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 8-16-2010 in Savannah, Georgia   age 86   cause: complications from fall    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 4GUE 3.3% 2007 ANG, 4GUE 6.5% 2008 SPIT, 4GUE 6.3%

composer  Virgil Garnett Thomson born on 11-25-1896 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 9-30-1989 in New York, New York   age 92    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

"model"/"actress"  Marjorie Lee Thoreson   was the 1975 Penthouse Pet of the Month; played Messalina in the 1997 porn epic Caligula; won a $4,000,000 judgement against Guccione (1990) but later had it reduced to zilch by an appeals court; nude body found 1/4/2011 washed up on the beach ¤ aka: "Anneka Vasta" & "Anneka Di Lorenzo"  born on 7-??-1952 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 1-2-2011 in Camp Pendleton, California   age 58   cause: broken neck; broken back; paranoia

actor  Russell Thorndike   brother of Sybil expired 11-7-1972 in London, England   age 87

actress Dame  Sybil Thorndike   career spanned 72 years; sister of Russell born on 10-24-1882 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England expired 6-9-1976 in London, England   age 93   cause: complications from heart attack

Space Shuttle program trainee  Stephen D. Thorne born on 2-11-1953 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 5-24-1986 in Alta Loma, Texas   age 33   cause: private plane crash

MI Senate sargeant at arms  Charles Edward "Charlie" Thornhill   a middle linebacker on the MSU football team (1964-66) ¤ nickname: "Mad Dog"  born on 4-1-1944 in Virginia expired 12-21-2006 in Lansing, Michigan   age 62   cause: heart failure; fatally low potassium levels

World War II air corps aviator  Francis D. Thornhill   navigator of the Straight Flush, one of the planes that accompanied the Enola Gay to Hiroshima born on 6-21-1920 in Poplarville, Mississippi expired 3-11-2004 in Ukiah, California   age 83   cause: complications from stroke

found on the Wed. before 7/28 (7/25); died day before (7/24) blues singer  Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton   first to record Hound Dog born on 12-11-1926 in Montgomery, Alabama expired 7-24-1984 in Los Angeles, California   age 57   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1980 JW 6.3%

crime novel author  Roderick Thorp II   wrote Nothing Lasts Forever (in 1979) which became Die Hard (in 1988) born on 9-1-1936 in New York, New York expired 4-25-1999 in Oxnard, California   age 62   cause: heart attack

"native american" athlete  James Francis "Jim" Thorpe   Olympic medalist who had his awards withdrawn (by the fully-professional management hacks of the corrupt professional Olympic establisment) because he had played semi-pro baseball before the games born on 5-28-1888 in Prague, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) expired 3-28-1953 in Lomita, California   age 64   cause: heart attack

movie director  Richard Thorpe   directed Athena (1954) ¤ born: Rollo Smolt Thorpe  born on 2-24-1896 in Hutchinson, Kansas expired 5-1-1991 in Palm Springs, California   age 95

retail employment trendsetter  Inez June Threet   first employee hired by Sam Walton (1950) as a clerk in his new store; retired in 1975 born on 12-15-1918 expired 11-17-2003 in Centerton, Arkansas   age 84   cause: heart ailment

"Marvelous"  Marvin Eugene Throneberry   one of the original Miller Lite beer pitchmen born on 9-12-1933 in Collierville, Tennessee expired 6-24-1994   age 60 AKS: Thornberry

pioneering black quarterback  Willie Lawrence Thrower   first black quarterback in Big Ten Conference & member of 1952 National Championship Michigan State team; first (modern era) black quarterback in NFL (1 game: October 18, 1953), playing for da Bears against San Francisco at Soldier Field (he didn't start, but replaced George Blanda) born on 3-22-1930 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania expired 2-20-2002 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania   age 71   cause: heart attack; diabetes

Vietnamese Cardinal-in-exile  François Xavier Nguyen van Thuan   nephew of Ngo Dinh Diem born on 4-17-1928 in Vietnam expired 9-16-2002 in Rome, Italy   age 74   cause: cancer AKS: Francois

"aloof" actress  Ingrid Thulin   appeared in a number of Bergman films (including Wild Strawberries; 1957) born on 1-27-1926 in Solleftea. Sweden expired 1-7-2004 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 77   cause: cancer

Winnebago tribal chief  Albert Yellow Thunder   Spanish-American War verteran expired 10-4-1951 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin   age 73

blind New Yorker magazine contributor  James Grover Thurber   created the Walter Mitty character born on 12--1894 expired 11-2-1961 in New York, New York   age 66

former South Carolina senator (1955-2002)  James Strom Thurmond Sr.   ran for president as a Dixiecrat in 1948; holds record for longest filibuster - 24 hours (1957) born on 12-5-1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina expired 6-26-2003 in Edgefield, South Carolina   age 100    Contest Selectors 1979 HA, HP, JH, MM, MS 38.5% 1980 EB, EK, MM, VA 25.0% 2000 RR, TEX 29% 2001 ANG, DTM, ROTS, RR, TEX 62½% 2002 ANG, BOD, CMH, DTM, JAC, JEDS, JL, RAVN, RR, TMTX 90.9% 2003 ABRA, ANG, DTM, GHG, JEDS, JL, KLS, KOHD, OGGI, PCD, RAVN, RR, TAP, TMTX 77.8%    Scored 2.5003 points

German Prince  Albert von Thurn und Taxis   headed house that owned the German Postal System for 350 years expired 1-22-1952 in Regensburg, Germany   age 84

Zanzibar ruler (1911-1960)  Seyyid Sir Khalifa bin Harub bin Thwain ¤ the Sultan of Zanzibar  expired 10-9-1960 in Zanzibar   age 81

German industrialist  Fritz Thyssen   helped finance Hitler's early activities (including the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch); fled Germany in 1939, captured & returned to spend the war in a concentration camp expired 2-8-1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 77

industrialist Baron  Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza   nephew of Fritz Thyssen born on 4-13-1921 in Holland expired 4-27-2002 in Madrid, Spain   age 81   cause: heart attack

nuclear weapon delivery system namesake  Enola Gay Tibbets   mother of B-29 pilot that nuked Hiroshima ¤ née: Haggard  expired ??-??-19??   age 89

bomber pilot parent  Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. born on 8-1-1889 expired 1-??-1968 in Orlando, Florida   age 78

Enola Gay pilot  Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.   World War II pilot of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima born on 2-23-1915 in Quincy, Illinois expired 11-1-2007 in Columbus, Ohio   age 92   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 LMLD, MJ 11.1% 2006 LMLD, MOT 6.7% 2007 LMLD, MOT, PCD, RR, 4GUE 16.1%    Scored 3.4563 points AKS: Tibbetts Tibetts Tibets Tibbits Tibits

former Lipton Tea executive (1972-88)  Hubert Merrill Tibbetts   helped introduce Cup-a-Soup (1970) born on 8-24-1924 in Hallowell, Maine expired 6-2-2002 in Armonk, New York   age 77   cause: heart attack while bicycling

musician & tv writer  George Tibbles   co-wrote the Woody Woodpecker theme song (1947); was also a writer for Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons & The Munsters; produced the ill-fated Hello, Larry (1979) born on 6-7-1913 expired 2-14-1987 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 73   cause: cancer

second Roman Emperor  Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus   adopted by Augustus as his heir after much scheming by his mother Livia; a real pervert ¤ born: Tiberius Claudius Nero  born on 11-16-42 BC in Rome, Italy expired 3-16-37 in Campania, Italy   age 78   cause: smothered with pillow

actress  Gene Eliza Taylor Tierney   played title role in Laura (1944) born on 11-19-1920 in New York, New York expired 11-6-1991 in Houston, Texas   age 70   cause: emphysema

tough-guy actor  Lawrence Tierney   brother of actors Scott Brady & Ed Tracy; mobster Cyrus Redblock on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Big Goodbye (1988), the Regent of Palamar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Business as Usual (1997) & Aldon Benes (Elaine's father) on Seinfeld born on 3-15-1919 in New York, New York expired 2-26-2002 in Los Angeles, California   age 82

camera filter manufacturer  Nathan Tiffen   co-founded the firm with brothers Sol & Leo (1938); received TV & movie academy sci-tech awards born on 2-19-1925 expired 11-21-2006   age 81 AKS: Tiffin

hypnotism subject  Virginia "Ginni" Tighe   had "recollections" of a previous life in Ireland ¤ known in print as Bridey Murphy became: Virginia Morrow after marriage  born on 4-27-1923 in Madison, Wisconsin expired 7-12-1995 in Denver, Colorado   age 72

Texas death row inmate  Gerald Wayne Tigner Jr. ¤ number 999099  born on 12-27-1972 expired 3-7-2002 in Huntsville, Texas   age 29   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD, DTM, RR, TMTX 36.4%    Scored 9.9125 points

commie politico  Nikolai A. Tikhonov   Soviet prime minister from 1980 to 1985 born on 5-14-1905 in Kharkov, Ukraine, Russia expired 6-1-1997 in Moscow, Russia   age 92

Soviet rocketry expert  Mikhail Tikhonravov expired 3-4-1974 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 73

lawyer, politician, New York governor (1875-76)  Samuel Jones Tilden   opponent of Rutherford Hayes in 1876 presidential election born on 2-9-1814 in New Lebanon, New York expired 8-4-1886 in Yonkers, New York   age 72

1920s tennis champion  William Tatem "Big Bill" Tilden 2nd expired 6-5-1953 in Hollywood, California   age 60

Emmett Louis Till   kidnapped, tortured & murdered ¤ nicknames: "Bo" and "Bobo"  born on 7-25-1941 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-28-1955 in Glendora, Mississippi   age 14   cause: murdered; shot; multilated AKS: Emmet Emett Emet Emmett Till Emmett L. Till

Emmett's fathers  Louis Till   while a private in the U.S. Army was convicted of raping two women & killing a third in Civitavecchia, Italy, in June 1944 born on --1922 in Missouri expired 7-2-1945 in Aversa, Italy   age 23   cause: executed; hanged

Guinness Book-certified supergeezer  Emma Faust Tillman   lasted all of four days as the oldest person in the world born on 11-22-1892 in Gibsonville, North Carolina (near) expired 1-28-2007 in East Hartford, Connecticut   age 114    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2%    Scored 3.6000 solo points

1930s honky tonky musician  Floyd Tillman   country music electric guitarist; inducted into Country Music hall of fame (1984) born on 12-8-1914 in Ryan, Oklahoma expired 8-22-2003 in Bacliff, Texas   age 88   cause: leukemia

businessman & "early" voter  Neil E. Tillotson   rode with the 7th Cavalry in World War I; a manufacturer of latex balloons & gloves; from 1960 through 2000 was the first person to cast a ballot in New Hampshire's (first in the nation) presidential primary (in the town of Dixville Notch, Coos County) born on 12-16-1898 in Canaan, Vermont expired 10-17-2001 in Colebrook, New Hampshire   age 102

Kukla, Fran & Ollie puppeteer (1947-57)  Burr Tillstrom   [Fan Page link] born on 10-13-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-6-1985 in Palm Springs, California   age 68 AKS: Tilstrom

character actor  Alan Tilvern   played movie studio head R.K. Maroon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) born on 11-5-1918 in London, England expired 12-17-2003 in London, England   age 85

amusement park founder  George Cornelius Tilyou Sr.   built Coney Island's Steeplechase Park born on --1862 expired 11-30-1914 in New York, New York   age 52

amusement park owner  George Cornelius Tilyou Jr.   ran Coney Island's Steeplechase Park; son of its founder expired 12-26-1958 in New York, New York   age 56   cause: heart ailment

Indiana death row inmate  Norman Timberlake born on 8-4-1947 expired 11-29-2007 in Michigan City, Indiana   age 50   cause: "natural causes"    Contest Selectors 2007 DTH 3.2%    Did Not Score - death not discovered until 2009

Argentine journalist  Jacobo Timerman   imprisoned & tortured by the 1970s military junta ¤ aka: "the prisoner without a name"  born on 1-6-1923 in Bar, Ukraine, USSR expired 11-11-1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 76   cause: heart attack

industrialist  William Robert Timken   co-founder of Timken Roller Bearing Co. expired 6-11-1949 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York   age 83

mathematician  Jan Tinbergen   shared the first Nobel Prize in economics; brother of Nikolaas Tinbergen born on 4-12-1903 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 6-9-1994 in The Hague, The Netherlands   age 91

zoologist  Nikolaas Tinbergen   shared the 1973 Nobel prize in Medicine; brother of Jan Tinbergen born on 4-15-1907 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 12-21-1988 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   age 81   cause: stroke

Chicago Cubs shortstop  Joseph Bert "Joe" Tinker   part of the immortal double-play combination of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance born on 7-27-1880 in Muscotah, Kansas expired 7-27-1948 in Orlando, Florida   age 68

Hustler magazine cartoon editor (1975-2000)  Beverly Dwaine Tinsley   created the gross Chester the Molester strip born on 12-31-1945 expired 5-23-2000   age 54   cause: heart attack

movie composer  Dimitri Tiomkin   won four oscars for scoring High Noon (1952), High and Mighty (1954), The Alamo (1960) & The Old Man and the Sea (1958); also wrote scores for Lost Horizon (1937), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Giant (1956), The Thing From Another World (1951) & Dial M For Murder (1954) born on 5-10-1894 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 11-11-1979 in London, England   age 85   cause: complications after fall

composer Sir  Michael Kemp Tippett born on 1-2-1905 in London, England expired 1-8-1998 in London, England   age 93    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7%

Dallas police officer  J D Tippit   murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald following presidential assassination born on 9-18-1924 in Clarksville, Texas expired 11-22-1963 in Dallas, Texas   age 39   cause: murdered; shot to death AKS: J. D. Tipit Tipet Tipitt Tippitt Tippet Tipett Tippett

designer  Erté Romain de Tirtoff   designed cover of January 1987 Playboy born on 1-23-1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 4-21-1990 in Paris, France   age 98

Loews Corporation head  Laurence Alan Tisch   also ruinously-headed CBS (1986-95) born on 3-5-1923 in New York, New York expired 11-15-2003 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: gastric cancer AKS: Lawrence Tish

current Loews Corp. chairman  Preston Robert Tisch   co-owner of the NY Giants; a former U.S. Postmaster General (1986-8) born on 4-29-1926 in New York, New York expired 11-15-2005 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: brain cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN, TBC 8.7%    Scored 5.8500 points

jazz musician  Wayman Lawrence Tisdale   had played basketball in the NBA (12 years) born on 6-9-1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 5-15-2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma   age 44   cause: osteosarcoma

Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius   recipient of the 1948 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 8-10-1902 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 10-29-1971 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden   age 69

Yugoslav leader  Josep Broz Tito born on 5-7-1892 in Kumrovec, Croatia, Austria-Hungary expired 5-4-1980 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia   age 87    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HA, JW, RR, MS 38.5% 1980 DH, DO, EB, HP, JW, RR 37.5%    Scored 1.3000 points

Vostok 2 cosmonaut  Gherman Stepanovich Titov   did 17 orbits in August 1961; first person to sleep in space born on 9-10-1935 in Verhnee Zhilino, Russia, USSR expired 9-20-2000 in Moscow, Russia   age 65   cause: carbon monoxide poisoning

jazz vibrophonist  Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. born on 7-16-1925 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 5-5-1982 in The Philippines   age 54

research biologist Dr.  Joe Hun Tjio   first to correctly count the 46 chromosomes in human cells (1956) born on 2-11-1919 in Java, Dutch East Indies expired 11-27-2001 in Gaithersburg, Maryland   age 82

character actor  Kenneth Tobey   played helicopter pilot Chuck Martin on Whirlybirds syndicated tv series (1957-59) born on 3-23-1919 in Oakland, California expired 12-22-2002 in Rancho Mirage, California   age 83

YMCA officer (1911-46)  Channing Heggie Tobias   NAACP chairman (1954-59) expired 11-5-1961 in New York, New York   age 79

songwriter  Charles Tobias   wrote Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree born on 8-15-1897 in New York, New York expired 7-7-1970 in Manhasset, New York   age 72

character actor  George Tobias   played Abner Kravitz on Bewitched born on 7-14-1901 in New York, New York expired 2-27-1980 in Hollywood, California   age 78   cause: cancer

former Yale economist  James Tobin   1981 Nobel economics laureate born on 3-5-1918 in Champaign, Illinois expired 3-11-2002 in New Haven, Connecticut   age 84   cause: stroke

pitcher  Jim Tobin   in 1942 hit three homers at three consecutive at-bats expired 5-19-1969 in Oakland, California   age 56

Edwin S. Tobolowsky   a producer of cinematic epics such as Zontar, the Thing From Venus (1966) & Mars Needs Women! (1967) born on 2-16-1920 in Dallas, Texas expired 7-29-2006 in Dallas, Texas   age 86

Alexander Robertus Todd   1957 Nobel laureate in chemistry; son-in-law of the 1936 Medicine laureate ¤ title: Lord Todd  born on 10-2-1907 in Cathcart, Scotland expired 1-10-1997 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 89

actress  Ann Todd born on 1-24-1909 in Hartford, England expired 5-6-1993 in London, England   age 84

WXYZ radio actor  John Todd   the voice of Tonto for almost 20 years on the Lone Ranger radio program expired 7-14-1957 in Detroit, Michigan   age 88

movie producer  Michael "Mike" Todd Sr.   a husband of Elizabeth Taylor ¤ born: Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen  born on 6-22-1909 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 3-22-1958 in Grants, New Mexico   age 48   cause: plane crash

Smell-O-Vision movie producer  Michael Todd Jr.   stank up theaters with Scent of Mystery (1960) born on 10-8-1929 in Los Angeles, California expired 5-5-2002 in County Carlow, Ireland   age 72   cause: lung cancer

former missionary Sir  Reginald Garfield Todd   former prime minister of Southern Rhodesia (1953-58) born on 7-13-1908 in New Zealand expired 10-13-2002 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe   age 94

actor  Richard Todd   portrayed Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955); Ian Fleming wished for him to play James Bond ¤ full name: Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd  born on 6-11-1919 in Dublin, Ireland expired 12-3-2009 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England   age 90   cause: cancer

shepherd  Antonio Todde   at time of his death he was the oldest man in the world; World War I veteran born on 1-22-1889 in Tiana, Sardinia, Italy expired 1-4-2002 in Tiana, Sardinia, Italy   age 112    Contest Selectors 2002 DTM, JL, RR 27.3%    Scored 1.9250 points

game show producer  William Selden "Bill" Todman   partnered with Mark Goodson born on 7-31-1916 in New York, New York expired 7-29-1979 in New York, New York   age 62   cause: complications following heart surgery

actor  Ugo Tognazzi born on 3-23-1922 in Cremona, Italy expired 10-27-1990 in Rome, Italy   age 68   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

Japanese foreign minister during World War II  Shigenori Togo   sentenced to Sugamo Prison as a war criminal in 1948 expired 7-23-1950 in Tokyo, Japan   age 67

World War II Japanese prime minister  Hideki Tojo   died a war criminal born on 12-30-1884 in Tokyo, Japan expired 12-23-1948 in Tokyo, Japan   age 63   cause: hanged

author  Alice B. Toklas   "longtime companion" of Gertrude Stein expired 3-7-1967 in Paris, France   age 89

geezer  Nijiro Tokuda   was the oldest man in Japan born on 6-10-1895 expired 6-12-2006 in Kagoshima, Japan   age 111    Contest Selectors 2006 KLS 3.3%    Scored 3.9000 solo points AKS: Nijiiro

author  John Willard Toland   won 1971 Pulitzer nonfiction prize for The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 born on 6-29-1912 in La Crosse, Wisconsin expired 1-4-2004 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 91   cause: pneumonia

19th Liberian president (1971-80)  William Richard Tolbert Jr.   succeeded William Tubman born on 5-13-1913 in Bensonville, Montserrado County, Liberia expired 4-12-1980 in Monrovia, Liberia   age 66   cause: shot & bayoneted

actor  Sidney Toler   succeeded Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in the movies (1938-47) born on 4-28-1874 in Warrensburg, Missouri expired 2-12-1947 in Beverly Hills, California   age 72

priest  John Francis Reuel Tolkien   eldest son of Hobbit author born on 11-16-1917 in Oxfordshire, England expired 1-22-2003 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   age 85   cause: senile dementia

Oxford professor of literature and English  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien   author of The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings trilogy (1954-55); also authored material in the Quenta Silmarillion (published 1977) born on 1-3-1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa expired 9-2-1973 in Bournemouth, Dorsetshire, England   age 80   cause: bleeding ulcer; chest infection AKS: JRR J. R. R. Revel Tolkein

former schoolmaster  Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien   son of Hobbit author born on 10-??-1920 in Oxfordshire, England expired ??-??-1984 in England   age 64

tv comedy writer  Samuel "Mel" Tolkin   was head writer on Your Show of Shows (1950-54) ¤ born: Shmuel Tolchinsky  born on 8-3-1913 in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire expired 11-26-2007 in Century City, California   age 94

associate FBI director (1928-72)  Clyde Anderson Tolson   J. Edgar Hoover's "close personal friend" born on 5-22-1900 in Laredo, Texas expired 4-14-1975 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 74

Leo's youngest daughter  Alexandra Tolstoy ¤ nickname: "Sasha"  born on 7-1-1884 expired 9-26-1979 in Valley Cottage, New York   age 95

ichthyologist  Ilia A. Tolstoy   grandson of Leo born on 2-16-1903 expired 10-28-1970 in New York, New York   age 67

author  Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy   wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina born on 9-9-1828 in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia expired 11-20-1910 in Astapovo, Russia   age 82

Countess  Tatiana Soukhotine Tolstoy   daughter of Leo; founder of L'Academie Russe in Paris expired 9-21-1950 in Rome, Italy   age 84   cause: heart ailment

Leo's granddaughter  Vera Tolstoy   descendant of Leo Tolstoy; married Odo Bakovsky in 1921 born on 7-2-1903 expired 3-29-1999 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida   age 95

game show host & actor  Peter David Tomarken   hosted Press Your Luck born on 12-7-1942 in Olean, New York expired 3-13-2006 in Santa Monica, California   age 63   cause: plane crash; into the Pacific Ocean off the Santa Monica Pier

astronomer  Clyde William Tombaugh   discovered the solar system's (formerly) ninth planet (Pluto) on February 18, 1930 (it's now classified as a "Plutoid") born on 2-4-1906 in Streator, Illinois expired 1-17-1997 in Las Cruces, New Mexico   age 90

character actor  David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson born on 5-7-1917 in Henley-upon-Thames, Oxfordshire, England expired 6-24-2000 in Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England   age 83   cause: stroke

Pentecostal Church minister  Homer A. Tomlinson   leader of the Church of God sect; self-proclaimed "King of the World" (beating Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron by several decades) born on 10-25-1892 expired 12-4-1968 in New York, New York   age 76

radiographer, runner, bicyclist  Jane Tomlinson   was named BBC Sportsperson of 2002 ¤ née: Goward  born on 2-21-1964 in Rothwell, Yorkshire, England expired 9-3-2007 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England   age 43   cause: metastatic breast cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 DTM, TBC 8.7% 2006 DTM, LMLD, SPIT 10.0% 2007 AUDC, DTM, LMLD, RAVN, SPIT 16.1%    Scored 8.3563 points

physicist  Sin-Itiro Tomonaga   shared the 1965 Nobel prize in physics for his work in quantum electrodynamics born on 3-31-1906 in Tokyo, Japan expired 7-8-1979 in Tokyo, Japan   age 73 AKS: Shinichiro

Monroe vice president (1817-25)  Daniel D. Tompkins born on 6-21-1774 in Scarsdale, New York expired 6-11-1825 in Staten Island, New York   age 50

Florida death row inmate  Wayne Tompkins ¤ number 099350  born on 3-12-1957 expired 2-11-2009 in Starke, Florida   age 51   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 OIE 3.2% 2008 OIE 3.1% 2009 ADWC, SBAP 6.7%    Did Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact)

North Vietnamese president (1969-80)  Ton Duc Thang   succeeded Ho Chi Minh born on --1888 in Long Xuyen Province, French Indochina expired 3-30-1980   age 91   cause: heart seizure; respiratory failure

chemist  Frank J. Tone   president of the Carborundum Co. of America; father of actor Franchot expired 7-26-1944 in Niagra Falls, New York   age 75

actor  Stanislav Pascal Franchot Tone   played the dying president in Advise and Consent; son of Frank born on 2-27-1905 in Niagra Falls, New York expired 9-18-1968 in New York, New York   age 63

former governor of Gaeta, Italy  Lorenzo de Tonti   revolted against Spanish rule; after fleeing to France he went into banking & came up with a new form of insurance annuity - what we know as a Tontine (1953); was imprisioned by Louis XIV in the Bastille (1668-75); father of Alphonse de Tonty born on --1630 in Naples, Italy expired ??-??-1684   age    cause: 54

New World explorer  Alphonse de Tonty   son of Lorenzo de Tonti; with Cadillac established Fort Ponchartrain du de Troit (1701- it grew to become Detroit, Michigan) born on --1659 in Gaeta, Italy expired 11-10-1727 in Fort Ponchartrain du de Troit (now Detroit, Michigan)   age 68

comedian/writer  Barry Took   co-creator/producer of Monty Python's Flying Circus; also worked on Laugh-In born on 6-19-1928 in London, England expired 3-31-2002 in London, England   age 73   cause: cancer

Webb, Mississippi farmer  James A. Toole Jr.   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on 9-28-1911 expired 9-??-1979 in Enid, Mississippi   age 67

John Kennedy Toole   his posthumously published novel The Confederacy of Dunces (1980) won the Pulitzer prize born on --1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 3-26-1969 in Biloxi, Mississippi   age 31

drifter & professed Satanist/serial killer/cannibal  Ottis Elwood Toole   a confederate of Henry Lee Lucas; determined to have been the murderer of Adam Walsh born on 3-5-1947 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 9-15-1996 in Raiford, Florida   age 49   cause: cirrhosis of the liver AKS: Otis

former phone company worker  Robert L. Tools   received the first self-contained artificial heart (July 2, 2001); survived for 151 days born on 7-31-1942 expired 11-30-2001 in Louisville, Kentucky   age 59   cause: organ failure

one-time advertising executive "Buffalo"  George Ralph Toomer Sr.   claims to have created the Frito Bandito born on 12-5-1942 in Dallas, Texas expired 7-20-2009 in Dallas, Texas   age 66

actor  Regis Toomey born on 8-13-1898 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-12-1991 in Woodland Hills, California   age 93

World War II British Lt. Colonel Sir  Philip John Denton Toosey C.B.E., D.S.O.   built bridge number 277 on the Burma-Siam Railway line (aka: The Bridge on the River Kwai) born on 8-12-1904 in Birkenhead, England expired 12-22-1975   age 71

Islamo-facist  Noordin Mohammed Top   terrorist money man/mastermind behind bombings in Southeasst Asia born on 8-11-1968 in Johor, Malaysia expired 9-17-2009 in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia   age 41   cause: shot to death    Contest Selectors 2009 TWOS 3.3%    Scored 11.0000 solo points AKS: Mohamed Mohamad Mohamed Muhamed Muhamad Muhammed Muhammad

clergyman  Augustus Montague Toplady   wrote lyrics to hymn Rock of Ages (1776; music by Thomas Hastings) born on 11-4-1740 in Franham, England expired 8-11-1778 in London, England   age 37   cause: tuberculosis

Daniel Topping   New York Yankees minority owner (1945-65) born on 6-11-1912 expired 5-18-1974 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 61

Lois Clemore Topping   had been a survivor of the March 12, 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon, Santa Paula California (450 lives lost) born on 2-10-1920 in Nebraska City, Nebraska expired 12-12-2007 in Ventura, California   age 87

singer  Melvin Howard Tormé   co-wrote The Christmas Song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, ..."); not to be confused with the 1980 movie Melvin & Howard ¤ aka: "The Velvet Fog"  born on 9-13-1925 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-5-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 73   cause: complications from 1996 stroke AKS: Torme

sadistic Spanish monk  Tomás de Torquemada   Inquisitor-General of the Spanish Inquisition (1483), initially organized to expel Jews and Moslems from Spain born on --1420 in Spain expired 9-16-1498 in Avila, Spain   age 78

shot put champion  Jack Torrance   held world record from 1935 to 1959 born on 6-20-1912 expired 11-11-1969 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana   age 57

former Panamanian dictator General  Omar Torrijos Herrera   engineered coup that overthrew Panamanian president Arnulfo Arias Madrid (1968) born on 2-13-1929 in Santiago de Veragua, Panama expired 7-31-1981 in Penonomé, Panama   age 52   cause: plane crash    Contest Selectors 1980 HP 6.3%

Chicago gangleader  Johnny Torrio   supplanted by Al Capone expired 4-16-1957 in New York, New York   age 75

composer  Federico Moreno Torroba expired 9-12-1982   age 91

tv producer  Ivan Lawrence Tors   gave us Science Fiction Theater, Sea Hunt & Flipper born on 6-12-1916 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 6-4-1983 in Mato Grasso, Brazil   age 66

author  Berick Traven Torsvan   wrote The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1935) ¤ pen name: "B. Traven"  born on 2-23-1882 in Schwiebus, Germany expired 3-27-1969 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 87

conductor  Arturo Toscanini   lead NBC Symphony Orchestra; father-in-law of Vladimir Horowitz born on 3-25-1867 in Parma, Italy expired 1-16-1957 in New York, New York   age 89

Arturo's daughter  Wally Toscanini expired 5-8-1991   age 91

former Philadelphia Eagles owner (1969-85)  Leonard Hyman Tose   gambled away his fortune born on 3-6-1915 in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania expired 4-15-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 88   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 PCD 5.6%    Scored 6.2000 solo points

comic book artist  Alexander Toth   created the Space Ghost character born on 6-25-1928 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 5-27-2006 in Burbank, California   age 77   cause: heart failure

Hungarian journalist  Lazlo Toth   convicted co-defendant in the Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty trial; NOT the hammer-wielding loon that attacked the Pieta in the 1960s expired 9-19-1952 in Hungarian prison   age 75

inventor  Andrew J. Toti   claimed to have come up with the personal flotation device device more commonly known as the "Mae West" (Peter Markus beat him to it); also invented an automatic chicken plucker born on 7-23-1915 in Visalia, California expired 3-20-2005 in Modesto, California   age 89

diminutive impressionist painter  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec   did lots of paintings of dance-hall women; purported to have invented "mayonaise au chocolat" (better known as "chocolate mousse") born on 11-24-1864 in Albi, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France expired 9-9-1901 in Malromé, France   age 36   cause: stroke; siphilis AKS: Tooloose Touloose Twoloose Twolouse Latrek Latrec Lahtrek Lahtrec

opera mezzo-soprano  Jennie Tourel born on 6-22-1910 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 11-23-1973 in New York, New York   age 63   cause: lung cancer

horror/noir movie director  Jacques Tourneur   directed Cat People (1942), Out of the Past (1947) & Berlin Express (1948) born on 11-12-1904 in Paris, France expired 12-19-1977 in Bergerac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France   age 73

French Nazi collaborator  Paul Touvier born on 4-3-1915 in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron, Alpes de Haut-Provence, France expired 7-16-1996 in Paris, France   age 81   cause: prostate cancer

former Texas Senator (1961-85)  John Goodwin Tower born on 9-29-1925 in Houston, Texas expired 4-5-1991 in Brunswick, Georgia   age 65

Gruman Aircraft co-founder (1929) & CEO  Edwin Clinton Towl born on 10-26-1905 in New York, New York expired 1-4-1990 in Stuart, Florida   age 84

character actor  Harry Townes   played Reger in original Star Trek tv episode Return of the Archons (1967) born on 9-18-1914 in Huntsville, Alabama expired 5-23-2001 in Huntsville, Alabama   age 86

2nd Miss America (1922 & 1923)  Mary Catherine Campbell Townley   only person to win the pageant twice born on 5-??-1907 expired ??-??-1990   age 83

CBS News veteran  Dallas S. Townsend   anchored the World News Roundup on CBS Radio for 25 years born on 1-17-1919 expired 6-1-1995   age 76

blues pianist  Henry "Mule" Townsend born on 10-27-1909 in Shelby, Mississippi expired 9-24-2006 in Grafton, Wisconsin   age 96   cause: pulmonary edema

Avis Rent-a-Car chairman & president (1962-65)  Robert Chase Townsend   in 1970 wrote Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits born on 7-30-1920 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 1-12-1998 in Anguilla, West Indies   age 77   cause: heart attack

former Confederate Army soldier  William D. Townsend expired 2-22-1953 in Olla, Louisiana   age 106

Fifth Dimension singer  Ronald L. Townson born on 1-29-1933 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 8-2-2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 68   cause: renal failure; kidney disease

historian  Arnold Joseph Toynbee   wrote 12 volume A Study of History born on 4-14-1889 in London, England expired 10-22-1975 in York, England   age 86   cause: complications from stroke

super-geezer  Tsuneyo Toyonaga   had been the oldest woman in Japan born on 5-21-1894 in Tano, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japana expired 2-22-2008 in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan   age 113    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC 3.1%    Scored 3.7000 solo points

singer  Arthur Tracy ¤ born: Abba Tracovutsky  born on 6-25-1903 in Kamenetz-Podolsk, Moldavia expired 10-5-1997 in New York, New York   age 94

actor  Edward Tracy   brother of actors Scott Brady and Lawrence Tierney ¤ real name: Edward Tierney  born on 5-13-1928 in New York, New York expired 12-18-1985 in Orange, California   age 56   cause: heart failure

Academy Award-winning actor  Spencer Bonaventure Tracy   played Father Flanagan in Boys Town; paired with Katharine Hepburn (on and off screen); played Chief Culpepper in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; his final film was Guess Who's Coming to Diner? born on 4-5-1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-10-1967 in Beverly Hills, California   age 67   cause: heart attack

former Kraft food scientist  Edwin Traisman   developed the process to make Cheez Whiz; created the process for freezing McDonald's french fries; was first Wisconsin McDonald's franchisee (1957, in Madison) born on 11-25-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-5-2007 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 91   cause: heart attack

Macedonian president (1999-2004)  Boris Trajkovski born on 6-25-1956 in Strumica, Macedonia expired 2-26-2004 in Stolac, Hercegovina   age 47   cause: plane crash

former South Vietnamese foreign minister  Tran Van Lam   presided over the South Vietnamese senate during the surrender to the north born on 7-30-1913 in Cho Lon, Vietnam expired 2-6-2001 in Canberra, Australia   age 87

former Michigan congressman (1937-38)  Andrew Jackson Transue born on 1-12-1903 in Clarksville, Michigan expired 6-24-1995   age 92

next-to-last president of South Vietnam (4/21/1975-4/25/1975)  Tran Van Huong born on 12-1-1903 in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam expired ??-??-1982   age 78

North Vietnamese General  Tran Van Tra   commanded communist forces in South Vietnam from 1963-1975 born on --1918 in My Tho, Quang Ngai Province, French Indochina expired 4-20-1996 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam   age 77

Jeanette Scola Trapani   a survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake born on 4-21-1902 in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California expired 12-28-2009 in El Dorado Hills, California   age 107   cause: neumonia

Met Opera soprano (1937-53)  Helen Traubel born on 6-20-1899 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-28-1972 in Santa Monica, California   age 69   cause: heart attack

impressionist  Frederick Albert Travalena III born on 10-2-1942 in The Bronx, New York, New York expired 6-28-2009 in Encino, California   age 66   cause: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; prostate cancer

Peter, Paul and Mary singer  Mary Allin Travers born on 11-9-1936 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 9-16-2009 in Danbury, Connecticut   age 72   cause: complications from chemotherapy; leukemia    Contest Selectors 2005 GHG, TBC 8.7% 2006 DFFC, DTM 6.7% 2007 DFFC, DTM, PUD 9.7% 2008 DFFC 3.1% AKS: Ellin

author  Pamela Lyndon Travers   wrote Mary Poppins (1934) ¤ born: Helen Lyndon Goff  born on 8-9-1899 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia expired 4-23-1996 in London, England   age 96

Susan Traves   only woman to serve in the Franch Foreign Legion born on 9-23-1909 in London, England expired 12-18-2003 in Paris, France   age 94

former showgirl  Doris Eaton Travis   had been the last surviving Ziegfeld Follies girl; introduced "Singing In The Rain" on Broadway (it was written for her to perform) born on 3-14-1904 in Norfolk, Virginia expired 5-11-2010 in Commerce, Michigan   age 106   cause: aneurysm    Contest Selectors 2006 PCD, RR 6.7% 2007 PCD, RR 6.5% 2008 DTM, PCD, RIE, RR 12.5% 2009 DTM, PCD, RIE, RR 13.3% 2010 DTM, PCD, RIE, RR 14.8%    Scored 2.2125 points

activist  Helen L. Travis   in 1967 the Supreme Court overturned her conviction of traveling to Cuba without a passport stamp valid for that destination (1962) born on 9-3-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-14-2002 in San Pedro, California   age 86

pornographer  Charles E. "Chuck" Traynor   "discovered" Linda Lovelace - taught her the proper "technique"; married to her (1971-74) & Marilyn Chambers (1975-85) born on 8-21-1937 expired 7-22-2002 in Chatsworth, California   age 68   cause: heart attack

former Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman  Howard Joseph "Pie" Traynor   in Baseball Hall-of-Fame born on 11-11-1899 in Framingham, Massachusetts expired 3-16-1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 72

character actor  Arthur Treacher   known for playing butlers; for many years the announcer on Merv Griffin's tv talk show; front man for a chain of Fish 'n' Chips restaurants that bear his name ¤ real name: Arthur Veary  born on 7-23-1894 in Brighton, Sussex, England expired 12-14-1975 in Manhasset, New York   age 81   cause: heart ailment    Contest Selectors 1979 MS

one-term Louisiana governor (1980-83)  David Conner Treen Sr.   first Republican governor of Louisiana since reconstruction; lost re-election bid to Edwin Edwards born on 7-16-1928 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana expired 10-29-2009 in Metairie, Louisiana   age 81   cause: complications from respiratory illness

actress  Mary Treen ¤ born: Mary Louise Summers  born on 3-27-1907 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-20-1989 in Newport Beach, California   age 82   cause: cancer

author & war correspondent  Richard William Tregaskis   wrote Guadalcanal Diary (1943) born on 11-28-1916 in Elizabeth, New Jersey expired 8-15-1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 56   cause: drowned

former Costa Rican president (1966-70)  José Joaquin Antonio Trejos Fernández   amended their constitution so that an individual could not serve two consecutive terms born on 4-18-1916 in San José, Costa Rica expired 2-10-2010 in San José, Costa Rica   age 93 AKS: Jose Fernandez

"B" movie actor  Lester Tremayne   starred in Angry Red Planet; spoke the opening narration of Forbidden Planet (1956); member of the radio hall of fame born on 4-16-1913 in London, England expired 12-19-2003 in Santa Monica, California   age 90   cause: heart failure

Greenfield Village tintype and daguerreotyper  Charles H. Tremear expired 7-20-1943 in Detroit, Michigan   age 77

New Jersey Supreme Court judge  Thomas Whitaker Trenchard   presiding judge in trial of Bruno Hauptman for the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh III born on 12-13-1863 in Centreton, Salem County, New Jersey expired 7-23-1942 in Trenton, New Jersey   age 78   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

WXYZ radio owner  George Washington Trendle   his network was the originator of such radio hits as The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon born on 7-4-1884 in Norwalk, Ohio expired 5-10-1972 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan   age 87   cause: heart attack

actress  Claire Trevor   won oscar for Key Largo (1948); also appeared in Dead End (1937) & Stagecoach (1939) ¤ born: Claire Wemlinger  born on 3-8-1909 in New York, New York expired 4-8-2000 in Newport Beach, California   age 91   cause: respiratory failure

historian  Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper   wrote The Last Days of Hitler (1947); authenticated the bogus 60 volume set of "Hitler's Diaries" (1983) born on 1-15-1914 in Glanton, Northumberland, England expired 1-26-2003 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   age 89

Payne, Mississippi farmer  Ray Tribble   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on 11-24-1926 expired 4-24-1998 in Money, Mississippi   age 71

Oklahoma death row inmate  Eddie Leroy Trice born on 3-27-1952 expired 1-9-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 48   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (only 2 of the minimum 3 needed)

Club Med co-founder  Gilbert Trigano born on 7-28-1920 in France expired 2-4-2001 in Paris, France   age 80

author  Alice Stewart Trillin   wife of Calvin born on 5-8-1938 in Portchester, New York expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York   age 63   cause: heart failure

writer  Diana Rubin Trilling born on 7-21-1905 in New York, New York expired 10-23-1996 in New York, New York   age 91

Columbia U. professor & critic Dr.  Lionel Trilling born on 7-4-1905 in New York, New York expired 11-5-1975 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: cancer

Our Gang child actor  Marvin Trin ¤ aka: "Bubbles"  expired ??-??-19??   age ??

photographer  Eugene C. Trindl   shot over 200 covers & 800 spreads for TV Guide; also did photography for three Playboy playmates born on 4-14-1924 expired 6-29-2004 in Van Nuys, California   age 80   cause: pancreatic cancer

comic book artist  Irving Rose "Budd" Tripp   drew lots of Little Lulu; also drew Clyde Crashcup born on 6-5-1921 in Poughkeepsie, New York expired 11-27-2009 in Lakeland, Florida   age 88   cause: complications from cancer

former kids show host  Paul Tripp   was Mr. I. Magination on CBS (1949-52); created Tubby the Tuba (1945) born on 2-20-1911 in New York, New York expired 8-29-2002 in New York, New York   age 91

airline head  Juan Terry Trippe   co-acquired Pan American Airways (1928) born on 6-27-1899 in Sea Bright, New Jersey expired 4-3-1981 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: stroke

auto executive Sir  Alexander James Trotman   former Ford Motor Co. CEO (1993-98) born on 7-22-1933 in Middlesex, England expired 4-25-2005 in Yorkshire, England   age 71

Russian Communist  Leon Trotsky   a leader of the 1905 and 1917 Russian revolutions; Stalin rival after Lenin's death, expelled from Russia by Stalin in 1929 and assassinated at Stalin's behest in 1940 by Ramón Mercader ¤ real name: Lev Davidovich Bronstein  born on 11-8-1879 in Elisavetgrad, Russia expired 8-20-1940 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 60   cause: pick-ax through eye

Leon's widow  Natalia Sedova Trotsky expired 1-23-1962 in Corbeil, France   age 79

band leader  John Scott Trotter   Bing Crosby's musical director born on 6-14-1908 in Charlotte, North Carolina expired 10-30-1975 in Hollywood, California   age 67   cause: cancer

actor  Patrick George Troughton   second to play Doctor Who (1966-69) born on 3-20-1920 in London, England expired 3-28-1987 in Columbus, Georgia   age 67   cause: heart attack

actor  Robert William "Bobby" Troup   wrote song Get Your Kicks on Route 66; appeared in M*A*S*H (1970) as the jeep driver that kept saying "...goddam army..."; husband of Julie London born on 10-18-1918 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania expired 2-7-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 80

early aviatrix  Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout   last surviving competitor from 1st Women's Transcontinental Air Race (1929) born on 1-7-1906 in Greenup, Illinois expired 1-24-2003 in La Jolla, California   age 97   cause: heart attack

developer of milk homogenization  G. Malcolm Trout born on 3-7-1896 expired 11-1-1990 in East Lansing, Michigan   age 94

former Detroit Tigers pitcher (1939-51)  Paul Howard "Dizzy" Trout born on 6-29-1915 in Sandcut, Indiana expired 2-28-1972 in Chicago, Illinois   age 56   cause: stomach cancer

former CBS & ABC newsman  Robert Trout   coined phrase "fireside chat" to describe FDR's 1930s radio broadcasts; one of "Murrow's Boys" ¤ born: Robert Albert Blondheim  born on 10-15-1908 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 11-14-2000 in New York, New York   age 91   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2000 RR 14%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

tv performer  Robert E. "Bob" Trow   played Robert Troll and Bob Dog on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood born on 2-26-1926 expired 11-2-1998 in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania   age 72   cause: heart attack

publisher  Cornelius Robertson Trowbridge   headed Yankee Publishing (Yankee Magazine, Old Farmer's Almanac) born on 3-31-1932 in Salem, Massachusetts expired 9-8-2003 in Peterborough, New Hampshire   age 71   cause: complications from pulmonary blood clot

R&B singer  Doris Troy   had 1963 with Just One Look; inspiration for musical Mama, I Want To Sing (written by her sister) ¤ born: Doris Higgensen wrote/sand as: Doris Payne (grandmother's maiden name)  born on 1-6-1937 in New York, New York expired 2-16-2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 67   cause: emphysema AKS: Higginsen Higgenson Higginson

former Soviet ambassador to the U.N. (1977-86)  Oleg A. Troyanovsky born on 11-24-1919 in Moscow, Russia expired 12-21-2003   age 84

former Canadian Prime Minister  Pierre Elliot Trudeau born on 10-18-1919 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 9-28-2000 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada   age 80   cause: pneumonia; prostate cancer; Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 1979 HPm YJ 15.4% 1980 BB 6.3%

adult film actress & singer  Andrea True   had disco "hits" with "What's Your Name, What's Your Number" (1977) and "More, More, More" (1976, which she probably said a lot during her porno film career); appeared in Psyched for Sex (1974; aren't we all), Deep Throat, Part II (1974; as the Whacker Attacker under the nom-de-suckola 'Inger Kissen'), The Wetter the Better (1974; going down on 'Marc Spitts'?) and "Mash'd (1976; as Hot Pussy ... wait a minute, is this an oblique reference to 'lips'?) ¤ real name: Andrea Marie Truden  born on 7-26-1943 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 11-7-2011 in Kingston, New York   age 68

"New Wave" movie writer/director/producer/actor  François Roland Truffaut   directed Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows; 1959) & Fahrenheit 451 (1966) born on 2-6-1932 in Paris, France expired 10-21-1984 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France   age 52   cause: brain tumor AKS: Francois

Dominican Republic dictator (1930-61) Generalissimo  Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina born on 10-24-1891 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic expired 5-31-1961 in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic   age 69   cause: assassinated

Harry's widow  Elizabeth Virginia Wallace "Bess" Truman born on 2-13-1885 in Independence, Missouri expired 10-18-1982 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 97    Contest Selectors 1979 HA, HFS, JW, MS, RR 38.5% 1980 DO, JW, RR, VA 25.0%

Spirit Lake Lodge resort owner (1928-80)  Harry R. Truman   refused to evacuate when nearby volcano threatened eruption born on 10-30-1896 expired 5-18-1980   age 83   cause: buried beneath pyroclasitic flows from Mount St. Helens eruption

33rd U.S. president (1945-53)  Harry S Truman   gave order to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki; screwed-up mismanaging the military during Korean War; father of Margaret born on 5-8-1884 in Lamar, Missouri expired 12-26-1972 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 88

Hollywood Ten screen writer  James Dalton Trumbo   wrote screenplay for Exodus (1960) born on 12-9-1905 in Montrose, California expired 9-10-1976 in Los Angeles, California   age 70   cause: heart attack

movie cinematographer  Donald Edmund Trumbull   father of Douglas; designer of movie effects born on 5-27-1909 expired 6-7-2004 in Graeagle, California   age 95

New York real estate developer  Fred Christ Trump   husband of Mary McLeod Trump; father of "The Donald," Robert, Federal Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, Elizabeth Trump Grau and Fred Jr. (deceased 1981) born on 10-11-1905 in New York, New York expired 6-25-1999 in New York, New York   age 93   cause: pneumonia

"The Donald's" mother  Mary McLeod Trump   widow of Fred born on 5-10-1912 in Isle of Lewis, Scotland expired 8-7-2000 in New Hyde Park, New York   age 88

Alan Truscott   was the second New York Times contract bridge editor (1964-2005; succeeding Albert Morehead) born on 4-16-1925 in London, England expired 9-4-2005 in Adirondack Mountains, New York   age 80   cause: cancer

movie costume & production designer  John Truscott   won two oscars (production & costume design) for Camelot (1967) born on --1936 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 9-5-1993 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   age 57   cause: heart problems

abolitionist, feminist  Sojourner Truth ¤ real name: Isabella Van Wagener  born on --1797 in Ulster County, New York expired 11-26-1883 in Battle Creek, Michigan   age 86

actor, author  Thomas Tryon born on 1-14-1926 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 9-4-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 65

Congo premier (1963-65)  Moise Tshombe-Kapenda   led Katanga Province's independence (1960-63) born on 11-10-1919 in Musumba, Congo expired 6-29-1969 in Algiers, Algeria   age 49

Malagasy Republic president (1959-72)  Philibert Tsiranana   overthrown in 1972 military coup born on 10-18-1912 in Anahidrano, Madagascar expired 4-16-1978 in Tananarive, Madagascar   age 66

former Mass. senator & 1992 presidential candidate  Paul Efthemios Tsongas born on 2-14-1941 in Lowell, Massachusetts expired 1-18-1997 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 55   cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma

country singer  Ernest Tubb born on 2-9-1914 in Crisp, Texas expired 9-6-1984 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 70    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

18th Liberian president (1944-71)  William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman   his father came to the colony from Augusta, Georgia in 1834; succeeded by vice president William R. Tolbert born on 11-29-1895 in Harper, Maryland County, Liberia expired 7-23-1971 in London, England   age 75   cause: prostate cancer

underwear inventor  Marie Tucek   received 1893 U.S. Patent (#494,397) for what we now know as a brassiere expired ??-??-19??   age ??

historian & author  Barbara Wertheim Tuchman   won Pulitzer Prizes for The Guns of August (1962) & Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971) born on 1-30-1912 in New York, New York expired 2-6-1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 77

character actor  Forrest Meredith Tucker   star of The Crawling Eye (1958) & Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke on F Troop (1965-67) born on 2-12-1915 in Plainfield, Indiana expired 10-25-1986 in Woodland Hills, California   age 71   cause: throat cancer

tv/movie writer/producer  Larry Tucker   co-developed The Monkees tv series (1966); wrote I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) & Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) born on 6-23-1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 4-1-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: complications from cancer & multiple sclerosis

ABC/CBS/NBC reporter  Lemuel Tucker born on 5-26-1938 expired 3-2-1991   age 52

one-time Lenny Bruce writer  Phillip Jay Tucker   also an el-stinko movie director; his cinematic opus: Robot Monster (1953) born on 5-22-1927 in Kansas expired 11-30-1985 in Los Angeles, California   age 58

automobile designer  Preston Thomas Tucker   co-designer of the 1946 rear-engine Tucker Torpedo; subject of movie expired 12-26-1956 in Ypsilanti, Michigan   age 53

Met Opera tenor  Richard Tucker ¤ born: Reuben Ticker  born on 8-28-1914 in New York, New York expired 1-8-1975 in Kalamazoo, Michigan   age 60   cause: heart attack

nightclub singer  Sophie Tucker ¤ born: Sophie Kalish nickname: "Last of the Red Hot Mamas"  born on 1-13-1889 expired 2-9-1966 in New York, New York   age 77

Playboy November 1963 Playmate of Month  Terre Tucker born on 10-9-1944 in Arizona expired 12-16-1990   age 46   cause: cervical cancer

Vietnamese dowager Empress  Tu Cung   wife of Emperor Khai Dinh; mother of Bao Dai ¤ title: Queen Mother Doan Hui  born on --1888 expired ??-??-1980 in Hué, Vietnam   age 91

Croatian president  Franjo Tudjman born on 5-14-1922 in Veliko Trgovisce, Croatia expired 12-10-1999 in Zagreb, Croatia   age 77   cause: stomach cancer

"experimental" music composer  David Eugene Tudor born on 1-20-1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 8-13-1996 in Tomkins Cove, New York   age 70    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 2009 GREB

author/illustrator  Tasha Tudor ¤ born: Starling Burgess  born on 8-28-1915 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 6-18-2008 in Marlboro, Vermont   age 92    Contest Selectors 2008 DGW 3.1%    Scored 5.8000 solo points

actor  Bowen Charleston "Sonny" Tufts III   appeared in The Seven Year Itch born on 7-16-1911 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 6-4-1970 in Santa Monica, California   age 58

geologist & spelunker  Bruce Randall "Randy" Tufts   co-discoverer of Arizona's Kartchner Caverns (1974) born on 8-17-1948 in Tucson, Arizona expired 4-1-2002 in Tucson, Arizona   age 53   cause: myelodysplastic syndrome

Princeton University statistician  John Wilder Tukey   coined acronym "bit" (binary digit; 1946) and term "software" (1958 American Mathematical Monthly article); co-invented the Fast Fourier Transform born on 6-16-1915 in New Bedford, Massachusetts expired 7-26-2000 in New Brunswick, New Jersey   age 85   cause: heart attack

former Electric Prunes bassist  Mark Tulin   played on their big 1967 hit "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" born on 11-21-1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-26-2011 in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California   age 62   cause: heart attack

former Erie, Pennsylvania mayor  Louis J. Tullio born on 5-17-1916 expired 4-17-1990   age 73

Alice Tully   Lincoln Center concert hall donor born on 10-11-1902 in Corning, New York expired 12-10-1993 in New York, New York   age 91

misogynistic snake-oil quack  Francis Tumblety   purported to be a candidate for Jack the Ripper born on --1833 in Dublin, Ireland expired ??-??-1903 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 70

Ben Hur screenwriter (1959)  Karl Tunberg born on 3-11-1909 in Spokane, Washington expired 4-4-1992   age 83

former Chinese Head of State (1966-75)  Tung Pi-wu   a founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1921) expired 4-2-1975 in Beijing, China   age 89

former heavyweight boxer  James Joseph "Gene" Tunney   world champion 1926-28; father of ex-senator John V. Tunney born on 5-25-1898 in New York, New York expired 11-7-1978 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 80   cause: circulatory ailment

aircraft designer  Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev   son of Andrei; designed the Tu-144 Soviet SST (dubbed "Concordsky"); co-designer (copier) of the Soviet Space Shuttle knockoff Tu-2000: Buran born on 5-20-1925 expired 5-12-2001 in Moscow, Russia   age 75

Soviet airplane designer  Andrei N. Tupolev born on 11-10-1888 in Pustomazovo, Tuer Province, Russia expired 12-23-1972 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 84

food container creator  Earl Silas Tupper   created Tupperwaretm (1946) born on 7-28-1907 in Berlin, New Hampshire expired 10-3-1983 in San José, Costa Rica   age 76

black activist  Kwame Ture   coined phrases "Black Power" (1966) and "Burn, Baby, Burn" ¤ born: Stokely Carmichael  born on 6-29-1941 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad expired 11-15-1998 in Conakry, Guinea   age 57   cause: prostate cancer

pianist  Rosalyn Tureck   a specialist in the works of Bach born on 12-14-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-17-2003 in New York, New York   age 88 AKS: Turek

pianist & composer  Joaquin Turina y Perez expired 1-14-1949 in Madrid, Spain   age 66

mathematician  Alan Mathison Turing   postulated the basic principles of computing; namesake of the Association of Computing Machinery organization's main award for work in computing born on 6-23-1912 in London, England expired 6-7-1954 in Manchester, England   age 41   cause: suicide; strychnine poisoning

physicist Dr.  Anthony Leonid Turkevich   his alpha scattering probe aboard Surveyor 5 determined that the moon was made of high-titanium basalt (1967); he adapted his probe for a 1997 Mars mission born on 7-23-1916 in New York, New York expired 9-7-2002 in Lexington, Virginia   age 86

pioneer airplane designer  Wallace Rupert Turnbull   co-inventor of the variable pitch propeller expired 11-26-1954 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada   age 84

Alabama vote rights leader  Albert Turner   helped lead the March 7, 1965 Selma-to-Mongomery march that ended in police violence at the Pettus Bridge born on 2-29-1936 in outside Marion, Alabama expired 4-13-2000 in Selma, Alabama   age 64   cause: heart failure during surgery

1940s Chicago Bears center & linebacker  Clyde D. "Bulldog" Turner   New York Titans coach (1962) born on 3-10-1919 expired 10-30-1998 in Gatesville, Texas   age 79   cause: lung cancer

AIDS activist  Dan Turner born on 12-5-1947 expired 6-4-1990   age 42

former CNN bigwig  Eddie Sims Turner   helped launch the cable news operation ¤ nickname: "No Relation to Ted"  born on 9-25-1935 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma expired 3-30-2002 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 66   cause: complications from liver cancer

former Raiders football player  Eric R. Turner Sr. born on 9-20-1968 in Ventura, California expired 5-28-2000 in Thousand Oaks, California   age 31   cause: stomach cancer

early silent movie star  Florence Turner ¤ aka: "The Vitagraph Girl"  expired 8-28-1946 in Hollywood, California   age 56

Dollar General Stores founder (1955)  Hurley Calister Turner Sr. born on 5-28-1915 in Macon County, Tennessee expired 11-14-2000 in Scottsville, Kentucky   age 85

singer/songwriter  Ike Wister Turner   no truth to the urban legend that he died wearing a "wifebeater" born on 11-5-1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi expired 12-12-2007 in San Marcos, California   age 76   cause: respiratory failure; cocaine toxicity (overdose); hypertensive cardiovascular disease; pulmonary emphysema

actress  Lana Turner ¤ real name: Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner  born on 2-8-1920 in Wallace, Idaho expired 6-29-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 75

Mork & Mindy creator  Lloyd G. Turner born on 8-14-1924 in Winnemucca, Nevada expired 11-11-1992   age 68   cause: esophageal cancer

wood-eating mollusk expert Dr.  Ruth Dixon Turner   Harvard professor; world authority on toredos (shipworms) born on 12-7-1914 in Melrose, Massachsuetts expired 4-30-2000 in Waltham, Massachusetts   age 85

attorney  Wilburn Fred Turner   successfully defended Clarence Gideon in this second trial (1963) born on 4-17-1922 in Millville, Florida expired 11-24-2003 in Kings Point, Florida   age 81

Advanced Micro Devices co-founder (1969)  Edwin James Turney   left company in 1974 born on 3-26-1929 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 10-15-2008 in Cupertino, California   age 79   cause: brain cancer

cross-eyed comedian  Ben Turpin   worked for Essanay & Keystone studios born on 9-17-1869 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 7-1-1940 in Santa Barbara, California   age 63

jazz saxophonist  Stanley W. Turrentine born on 4-5-1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-12-2000 in New York, New York   age 66   cause: complications from stroke

comic book artist  George Tuska   worked on Captain America & Iron Man ¤ aka: "Carl Larson"  born on 4-26-1916 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 10-15-2009 in Manchester, New Jersey   age 93

Egyptian boy  King Tut-ankh-Amen   his alleged-to-be cursed tomb was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter & Lord Canarvon ¤ "King Tut"  born on --1358 BC in Egypt expired ??-??-1340 BC in Memphis, Egypt   age 18 AKS: Tutankhamen

retired University of Waterloo mathematician  William Thomas Tutte   World War II Bletchley Park ENIGMA code breaker born on 5-14-1917 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England expired 5-2-2002 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   age 84   cause: congestive heart failure; spleen cancer

renowned Hollywood makeup artist  William Julian "Bill" Tuttle   received an honorary oscar for work done on The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao; also created the makeup for the Morlocks for The Time Machine (1960), the prosthetics for The Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder" & the makeup for Peter Boyle's monster in Young Frankenstein (1974); his first wife was Donna Reed (1945-47) born on 4-13-1912 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 7-30-2007 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 95

WWII soldier  George Tweed   No Man is an Island book & movie based upon his experiences expired 1-16-1989   age 84

1930s movie actress  Helen Jurgen Twelvetrees expired 2-13-1958 in Olmstead Air Force Base, Pennsylvania   age 50

General  Nathan Farragut Twining   Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1957-60) born on 10-11-1897 in Monroe, Wisconsin expired 3-29-1982 in Lackland Air Force Base, Texas   age 84

country singer  Conway Twitty ¤ born: Harold Lloyd Jenkins  born on 9-1-1933 in Friars Point, Mississippi expired 6-5-1993 in Springfield, Missouri   age 59

IRA co-founder  Seamus Twomey expired 9-12-1989   age 70

singer/actress  Beverly Tyler   appeared in several movies with Mickey Rooney; was the daughter-in-law of Fibber McGee & Molly ¤ born: Beverly Jean Saul  born on 7-5-1927 in Scranton, Pennsylvania expired 11-23-2005 in Reno, Nevada   age 78   cause: pulmonary embolism

W.H. Harrison's Vice President (1841); 10th U.S. president (1841-1845)  John Tyler born on 3-29-1790 in Charles City, Virginia expired 1-18-1862 in Richmond, Virginia   age 71

actress  Judy Tyler   Princess Summerfall Winterspring on Howdy Doody kiddie show ¤ Judith Mae Hess  born on 10-9-1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 7-4-1957 in Billy the Kid, Wyoming   age 23   cause: automobile crash

December 1941 Army Air Corps 1st Lieutenant/fighter pilot  Kermit Arthur Tyler   on Sunday morning December 7th got stuck pulling duty at the aircraft tracking center .... when the Opana radar operators saw a big blob of planes coming at Oahu from due north & called it in to him but he blew it off saying "Don't worry about it." (he didn't think they knew what they were doing); he retired from the Air Force (1961) and eventually went into real estate born on 4-21-1913 in Oelwein, Iowa expired 1-23-2010 in San Diego, California   age 96   cause: pneumonia; strokes

movie cowboy actor  Tom Tyler ¤ born: Vincent Marko  expired 5-2-1954 in Detroit, Michigan   age 50

chemist  William C. Tyler   Corning Glass vice president (1943-54); co-inventor of Pyrex glass expired 11-2-1958 in Corning, New York   age 72

Kenneth's widow  Kathleen Jeanette Tynan ¤ née: Halton  born on 1-25-1937 expired 1-10-1995   age 57

drama critic  Kenneth Peacock Tynan   conducted several interviews for Playboy magazine; conceived of Oh, Calcutta born on 4-2-1927 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England expired 7-26-1980 in Santa Monica, California   age 53   cause: pulmonary emphysema

MC5 bandleader  Rob Tyner   had hit with Kick Out the Jams, Mo**er-Fu**ers (sanitized version used "Brothers and Sisters") ¤ real name: Robert Derminer  born on 12-12-1945 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-18-1991 in Royal Oak, Michigan   age 45   cause: heart attack

Henry R. Luce's first wife (1923-35)  Lila Hotz Luce Tyng   was introduced to Henry by one of his Yale classmates, Thornton Wilder born on 3-26-1899 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-31-1999 in Gladstone, New Jersey   age 100

actress  Margaret Maud Tyzack   played Antonia (mother of Claudius) in the 1976 BBC miniseries born on 9-9-1931 in London, England expired 6-25-2011 in London, England   age 79   cause: cancer

poet  Tristan Tyzara   founded Dadaism expired 12-24-1963 in Paris, France   age 67

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