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former Burmese military dictator (1958-60) U Ne Win hallmarks of his rule: businesss expropriation, cronyism, corruption - all in the name of socialist egalitarianism
expired 12-5-2002 in Rangoon, Burma age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
third U.N. Secretary General secretary general (1962-71) U Thantborn on 1-22-1909 in Pantanaw, Burma expired 11-25-1974 in New York, New York age 65 cause: pneumonia; cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guatemalan dictator (1931-44) General Jorge Ubico Castaneda born on 11-10-1878 expired 6-14-1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Arizona Representative (1961-91) Morris King Udall born on 6-15-1922 in Saint John's, Arizona expired 12-12-1998 in Washington, District of Columbia age 76 cause: Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JFK & LBJ Interior Secretary Stewart Lee Udall was the brother of Mo Udall born on 1-31-1920 in Saint John's, Arizona expired 3-20-2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Chicago cop Elmer Valentino co-founded the Whisky a Go Go bar on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood (1964); its where the Go Go dancer craze started born on 6-16-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-3-2008 in Studio City, California age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rabidly partisan UofM football announcer Robert P. "Bob" Ufer he pronounces it "Meeee-she-gan", we pronounce it Michigan born on 4-1-1920 expired 10-26-1981 age 61
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| physicist Dr. George Eugene Uhlenbeck co-discoverer of the electron's spin (1925) born on 12-6-1900 in Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) expired 10-31-1988 in Boulder, Colorado age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
sex shop/adult theater chain owner Beate Uhse
expired 7-16-2001 in Switzerland age 81 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired herald Sir Walter John George Verco born on 1-18-1907 expired 3-19-2001 in London, England age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watergate bag man Anthony T. Ulasewicz born on 12-14-1918 expired 12-17-1997 in Glens Falls, New York age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Costa Rican president (1949-53) Utilio Ulate Blanco expired 10-27-1973 in San José, Costa Rica age 82 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
autocratic Stalinist East German leader (1950-71) Walter Ulbright built Berlin Wall (August 1961); deposed in 1971
expired 8-1-1973 in Dollnsee, Germany age 80 cause: heart failure; complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| medical researcher Dmitri Uliánov brother of V.I. Lenin expired 7-16-1943 in Gorki, Russia, USSR age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
brutal commie opportunist Vladimir Ilich Uliánov Stalin's mentor; his pickled corpse is still on display in Red Square in Moscow
expired 1-21-1924 in Gorki, Russia, USSR age 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| el-cheapo movie producer & director Edgar G. Ulmer set designer for Metropolis (1927) born on 9-17-1904 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-30-1972 in Woodland Hills, California age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Italian King Umberto II last King of Italy (5/9-6/2/1946); son of Vittorio Emanuele III
expired 3-18-1983 in Geneva, Switzerland age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Miyoshi Umeki widow of Randall Hood (d.1976); had lead female role (Mei Li) in Flower Drum Song (Broadway 1958 & movie 1961; Tony nomination); played Katsumi in Sayonara (1957; Best Supporting Actress oscar) & Mrs. Livingston in the tv version of The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-72)
expired 8-28-2007 in Licking, Missouri age 78 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Information Science Institute founder Keith William Uncapher did pioneering work on Internet packet- born on 4-1-1922 in Denver, Colorado expired 10-10-2002 in aboard D.C. to L.A. aircraft age 80 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two-time West Virginia governor Cecil Harland Underwood born on 11-5-1922 in Joseph Mills, West Virginia expired 11-24-2008 in Charleston, West Virginia age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sigrid Undset was the 1928 Nobel prize winner for literatureborn on 5-20-1882 in Kalundburg, Denmark expired 6-10-1949 in Lillehammer, Norway age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first editor of Daily Variety (1933-50) Arthur Ungar expired 7-24-1950 in Delmar, California age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| defense lawyer Abraham Unger lead defense lawyer for the Scottsboro Boys in their fourth trial born on 3-25-1899 expired 7-16-1975 in New York, New York age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| enterprising lawyer Milton Unger had the Graf Zeppelin "arrested" to satisfy a court judgement born on 5-14-1886 expired 6-9-1976 in Summit, New Jersey age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former NFL quarterback John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas born on 5-7-1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 9-11-2002 in Timonium, Maryland age 69 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| momma's boy mass-murderer Howard Barton Unruh on September 9, 1949 killed 13 in Camden, New Jersey with his trusty luger; ruled insane, had been rotting in the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital ever since born on 1-20-1921 in Haddonfield, New Jersey expired 10-19-2009 in Trenton, New Jersey age 88
AKS: Unrah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stock car racer Jerry Unser expired 5-17-1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 26 cause: car wreck at the speedway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author & editor Louis Untermeyer born on 10-1-1885 in New York, New York expired 12-18-1977 in Newtown, Connecticut age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishing house head (1968-90) Rayner Stephens Unwin when he was 10 years old his father paid him a shilling to read an author's manuscript & write a report on it; his enthusiastic review convinced dad to print The Hobbit (1938); later, as head of the firm convinced Tolkien to write a sequel — it was called The Lord of the Rings born on 12-23-1925 expired 11-23-2000 in Berkhamsted, England age 74 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| book publisher Sir Stanley Unwin founder of George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; published The Hobbit (1938) born on 12-19-1884 in London, England expired 10-13-1968 in London, England age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author John Hoyer Updike born on 3-18-1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania expired 1-27-2009 in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts age 76 cause: lung canceer
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| operatice baritone Theodore Uppman created the title role in the opera Billy Budd (1951) born on 1-12-1920 in San Jose, California expired 3-17-2005 in New York, New York age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. after retiring went on to head the NFL players union (1983-2008) born on 8-15-1945 in Robstown, Texas expired 8-20-2008 in Lake Tahoe, California age 63 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| suffragette Harriet Taylor Upton expired 11-2-1945 in Pasadena, California age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Edward Falaise Upward born on 9-9-1903 in Romford, Essex, England expired 2-13-2009 age 105
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| retired Lt.Colonel Matt Urban most decorated soldier in U.S. history born on 8-25-1919 in Buffalo, New York expired 3-4-1995 in Holland, Michigan age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Health Organization communicable diseases expert Dr. Carlos Urbani identified SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; 2003) born on 10-19-1956 in Italy expired 3-29-2003 in Bangkok, Thailand age 46 cause: SARS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playboy photographer Alex Urbanowski shot 8 centerfolds & 12 covers for the magazine
expired 3-8-1988 in Chicago, Illinois age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Mary Ure wife of Robert Shaw born on 2-18-1933 in Glasgow, Scotland expired 4-3-1975 in London, England age 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Harold Clayton Urey received 1934 Nobel chemistry prize for his 1931 discovery of Deuterium born on 4-29-1893 in Walkerton, Indiana expired 1-5-1981 in La Jolla, California age 87 cause: heart attack; complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Robert Urich played Dan Tanna on Vega$; husband of Heather Menzies born on 12-19-1946 in Toronto, Ohio expired 4-16-2002 in Thousand Oaks, California age 55 cause: synovial cell sarcoma
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| author Leon Marcus Uris wrote Exodus (1958) & Topaz (1967); wrote screenplay for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) born on 8-3-1924 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 6-21-2003 in Shelter Island, New York age 78 cause: renal failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jurist Manuel Urrutia Lleo first president of revolutionary Cuba after ascendancy of Castro (January - July, 1959); later a foe of Castro born on 12-8-1901 in Yaguajay, Las Villas Province, Cuba expired 7-5-1981 in New York, New York age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chemical engineer Lewis F. Urry in the 1950s invented the alkaline battery for the National Carbon division of Union Carbide (it became Eveready, then Energizer) using manganese dioxide & powdered zinc; also held patents on lithium batteries born on 1-29-1927 in Pontypool, Ontario, Canada expired 10-19-2004 in Middleburgh Heights, Ohio age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playboy cartoon editor (1971-2006) Michelle Dorothy Urry her predecessor had been Hef's girlfriend
expired 10-15-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York age 66 cause: ocular melanoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cardinal Corrado Ursi was Archbishop of Naples born on 7-26-1908 in Andria, Italy expired 8-29-2003 in Naples, Italy age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Defense Minister Dimitri Fedorovich Ustinov born on 10-30-1908 in Samara, Russia expired 12-20-1984 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Peter Alexander Ustinov awarded two Best Supporting Actor oscars for playing the gladiator school owner Batiatus in Spartacus (1960) & jewel thief Arthur Simpson in Topkapi (1964) born on 4-16-1921 in London, England expired 3-28-2004 in Bursins, Switzerland age 82 cause: heart failure; diabetes
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| NBC Newsman (1940s-50s) Clifton Utley father of Garrick born on 5-31-1904 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-19-1978 in Kahului, Hawaii age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
architect Jørn Oberg Utzon designed the Sydney, Australia, opera houseborn on 4-9-1918 in Aalborg, Denmark expired 11-29-2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 90 cause: heart failure
AKS: Jorn Joern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
film director Johannes Jacobus "Jamie" Uys made The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)
expired 1-29-1996 in Pretoria, South Africa age 74 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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