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Big Boy restaurant chain founder & inventor of double-decker hamburgers  Robert C. "Bob" Wian born on 6-15-1914 expired 3-31-1992   age 77

chemist Dr.  Otto Wichterle   made first soft contact lenses (1961) using a toy Erector Set to process the HEMA material born on 10-27-1913 in Prostějov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary expired 8-18-1998 in Sdradisko, Czech Republic   age 84

physicist  Gian Carlo Wick born on 10-15-1909 expired 4-19-1992   age 82

columnist  Thomas Grey "Tom" Wicker   was riding in the presidential motorcade when Kennedy was assassinated; was an editor at the New York Times born on 6-18-1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina expired 11-25-2011 in Rochester, Vermont   age 85   cause: heart attack

actress  Mary Wickes ¤ born: Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser  born on 6-13-1910 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 10-22-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 85   cause: renal failure; internal bleeding; sever hypotension; ischemic cardiomyopathy

Ohio death row inmate  William D. Wickline Jr. born on 3-15-1952 expired 3-30-2004 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 52   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 PCD 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (zero to be exact)

Greyhound Bus Lines founder  Carl Eric Wickman born on --1887 in Vamhus, Sweden expired 2-5-1954 in Daytona Beach, Florida   age 67

movie director  Bo Widerberg   directed 1967 remake of Elvira Madigan (original filmed in 1943) born on 6-8-1930 in Malmo, Skåne, Sweden expired 5-1-1997 in Malmo, Skåne, Sweden   age 66   cause: cancer

actor  Richard Widmark born on 12-26-1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota expired 3-24-2008 in Roxbury, Connecticut   age 93   cause: complications from fractured vertabra    Contest Selectors 2003 JEDS 5.6% 2004 ADWC 5.6% 2005 ADWC, QKU 8.7% 2006 ADWC, QKU, WEP 10.0% 2007 ADWC, PCD, QKU, WEP 12.9% 2008 ADWC, NFG, PCD, QKU, RPRM, WEP 18.8%    Scored 3.2781 points

Chi-Chi's diner  Dineen M. Wieczorek   on October 6th ate contaminated scallions born on 1-1-1952 expired 11-12-2003 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 53   cause: liver failure; Hepatitis A

botanist Dr.  George R. Wieland   discovered the Petrified Forest (cycads) in the Black Hills (South Dakota) expired 1-18-1953 in New Haven, Connecticut   age 87

chemist  Heinrich Otto Wieland   won the 1927 Nobel prize in chemistry for work on cholic acids & Lobelin born on 6-4-1877 in Pforzheim, Württemberg expired 8-5-1957 in Starnberg, Germany   age 80

lawyer  Lawrence Arthur Wien   real estate investment syndicator; Columbia University trustee (1966-72); chairman of the Committee for a Reasonable World Trade Center that placed 1968 New York Times ad questioning the safety of the yet-to-be-built twin towers born on 5-30-1905 in New York, New York expired 12-10-1988 in Westport, Connecticut   age 83   cause: prostate cancer

physicist  Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien   discovered laws governing the radiation of heat & that there was a positively-charged particle with a mass equal to 1 hydrogen atom (the proton); awarded the 1911 Nobel physics prize born on 1-13-1864 in Gaffken, East Prussia, Germany expired 8-30-1928 in Müchen, Bavaria, Germany   age 64

serologist Dr.  Alexander Solomon Wiener   co-discoverer of the Rh factor of blood born on 3-16-1907 in New York, New York expired 11-6-1976 in New York, New York   age 69   cause: leaukemia

former MIT mathematician  Norbert Wiener   coined term cybernetics (1948) born on 11-26-1894 in Columbia, Missouri expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 69

mathematician  Norbert Wiener   coined term cybernetics ¤ nickname: "the father of automation"  expired 3-18-1964 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 69

Nazi hunter  Simon Wiesenthal ¤ born: Szymon Wiesenthal  born on 12-31-1908 in Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine) expired 9-20-2005 in Vienna, Austria   age 96    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1% 2003 DTM, JEDS, PCD 16.7% 2004 DTM, EOD, PCD 16.7% 2005 DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT, TMD 26.1%    Scored 2.9781 points AKS: Weisenthal Wiesental Weisental

former U.N. ambassador (1968)  James Russel Wiggins   former editor of Ellsworth, Maine weekly newspaper & Washington Post (1961-68) born on 12-4-1904 in Luverne, Minnesota expired 11-19-2000 in Brooklin, Maine   age 95

autistic savant  Thomas Greene Wiggins   piano prodigy born a slave on a plantation near city of birth born on 5-25-1849 in Columbia, Georgia expired 6-13-1908 in Hoboken, New Jersey   age 59   cause: stroke

physicist & Manhattan Project co-inspirer  Eugene Wigner   was a 1963 Nobel physics co-laureate born on 11-17-1902 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 1-1-1995 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 92

judge  Richard Orme Wilberforce ¤ title: Lord Wilberforce  born on 3-11-1907 expired 2-15-2003   age 95

Wilburn Brothers singer  Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn born on 11-30-1931 in Hardy, Arkansas expired 11-24-2003 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 71   cause: Parkinson's disease

Wilburn Brothers singer  Virgil Doyle Wilburn born on 7-7-1930 in Hardy, Arkansas expired 10-16-1984 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 54   cause: cancer

character actress  Collin Wilcox   portrayed Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), the character that falsely accused Tom Robinson of having raped her ¤ Mrs. Scott Paxton  born on 2-4-1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-14-2009 in Highlands, North Carolina   age 74   cause: brain cancer

actor  Frank Wilcox born on 3-13-1907 expired 3-6-1974 in Los Angeles, California   age 66

movie director  Fred McLeod Wilcox   directed Forbidden Planet (1956) born on 12-22-1907 in Tazewell, Virginia expired 9-24-1964 in Beverly Hills, California   age 56

wheelchair-bound Kansas prohibitionist & California land developer  Harvey Henderson Wilcox   had polio as a child; plotted out 120 acres in Beachwood Canyon (February 1874); his wife Daeida named their "ranch" Hollywood after a ranch owned by a person she met on the train out to California; the name got applied to the whole development (1887), then town; in 1923 L.A. Times publisher Harry Chandler paid advertising executive John Roche $21,000 to build a big sign on Mount Lee promoting the development — it read HOLLYWOODLAND ("LAND" was removed in 1947) born on --1832 in Lenawee County, Michigan expired ??-??-1891 in Hollywood, California   age 59

movie producer/director  Herbert Wilcox   his films won 4 Academy Awards; made Dawn (1928) & remade it as Nurse Edith Cavell (1939); husband of Dame Anna Neagle expired 5-15-1977 in London, England   age 84

piano virtuoso  Earl Wild born on 11-26-1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 1-23-2010 in Palm Springs, California   age 94   cause: congestive heart disease

actor  Jack Wild   played the Artful Dodger in the movie musical Oliver! (1968); had lead role on H.R. Pufnstuf for a while until he hit the bottle born on 9-30-1952 in Royton, Lancashire, England expired 3-1-2006 in Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England   age 53   cause: oral cancer    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 RAVN 3.3%    Scored 9.7000 solo points

actor  Cornel Wilde born on 10-13-1915 in New York, New York expired 10-16-1989 in Los Angeles, California   age 74

Titanic Chief officer  Henry Tingle Wilde born on 9-21-1872 in Liverpool, England expired 4-15-1912 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 39   cause: drowned

author  Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde   wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Canterville Ghost and The Importance of Being Earnest; coined term "dude" born on 10-16-1856 in Dublin, Ireland expired 11-30-1900 in Paris, France   age 46

art dealer & horse racer  Alex Nathan Wildenstein   dumped plastic surgery-addicted freakish-looking wife after she walked in on him boinking his mistress born on 8-5-1940 in Marseilles, France expired 2-18-2008 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 67   cause: cancer

secretive and controversial art collector & gallery owner  Daniel Wildenstein   grandson of gallery founder Nathan; son of Georges; father of Guy & Alec born on 9-11-1917 in Verrières-le-Buisson, France expired 10-23-2001 in Paris, France   age 84

composer  Alexander Lafayette Chew "Alec" Wilder born on 2-16-1907 in Rochester, New York expired 12-24-1980 in Gainesville, Florida   age 73   cause: lung cancer

director  Billy Samuel Wilder   director of The Lost Weekend (1945; oscar), Double Indemnity (1948; co-wrote script), Sunset Boulevard (1950) & The Apartment (1960; oscar) born on 6-22-1906 in Sucha, Galicia Province, Austria-Hungary expired 3-27-2002 in Beverly Hills, California   age 95   cause: pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 DTM, RR 25% 2002 DTM, JAC, JL, RR 36.4%    Scored 3.3125 points

author  Laura Ingalls Wilder   author of Little House... children's books expired 2-10-1957 in Mansfield, Ohio   age 90

playwright & novelist  Thornton Niven Wilder   winner of three Pulitzer prizes for novel Bridge on San Luis Rey (1928) & plays Our Town (1938) and Skin of Our Teeth (1942); a friend of Texas Guinan born on 4-17-1897 in Madison, Wisconsin expired 12-7-1975 in Hamden, Connecticut   age 78   cause: heart attack

actor  Michael Wilding   once married to Elizabeth Taylor born on 7-23-1912 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England expired 7-7-1979 in Chichester, West Sussex, England   age 66   cause: injuries suffered in fall

former New Jersey Attorney General  David Theodore Wilentz   co-prosecuted Bruno Hauptman for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh III born on 12-21-1894 in Lithuania expired 7-6-1988 in Long Branch, New Jersey   age 93

Harvard biologist Dr.  Don C. Wiley born on 10-21-1944 in Akron, Ohio expired 11-16-2001 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 57   cause: drowned in Mississippi River after fall from bridge

consumer product scientist  James Marshall Wiley   developed Fantastik spray cleaner in the 1960s born on 3-29-1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma expired 10-9-2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma   age 75

concertina-squeezing polka king "Whoopee"  John Anthony Wilfahrt Jr. born on 5-11-1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota expired 6-15-1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota   age 68   cause: heart attack AKS: Whoopie Wilfart Willfart Will Fart

cartoonist & blues authority  Francis Wilford-Smith   drew for Punch & Playboy (amongst others) ¤ born: Francis Smith aka: "Smilby"  born on 3-12-1927 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England expired 12-4-2009 in Ledbury, Hertfordshire, England   age 82

Great Lakes sailor  Blaine Howard Wilhelm   Oiler aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 8-12-1923 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 52   cause: drowned when ship foundered

Hall of Fame relief pitcher  James Hoyt Wilhelm Sr. born on 7-26-1922 in Huntersville, North Carolina expired 8-23-2002 in Sarasota, Florida   age 80   cause: heart failure

German  Kaiser Friedrich Victor Albert Wilhelm II   strongly imperialistic ruler from 1888 to 1918; abdicated as part of Armistice deal born on 1-27-1859 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-4-1941 in Doorn, The Netherlands   age 82

Dutch  Queen Wilhelmina   ruled from 1898 to 1948 ¤ full name: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria  expired 11-28-1962 in Het Loo, The Netherlands   age 82

early computer scientist  Maurice Vincent Wilkes   designer/builder of the EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) — the first "stored program" computer (1949); 1967 recipient of the A.M. Turing Award ¤ "The Father of British Computing" amateur radio call sign: G5VF SK  born on 6-26-1913 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England expired 11-29-2010 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 97

Lynyrd Skynyrd bass guitarist  Leon R. Wilkeson born on 4-2-1952 expired 7-27-2001 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida   age 49   cause: chronic liver & lung disease

1962 Nobel medicine co-laureate  Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins   slipped Watson & Crick the x-ray crystallgraphs they needed to prove that DNA was a double helical molecule (1958) born on 12-15-1916 in Pongaroa, New Zealand expired 10-5-2004 in London, England   age 87

former NAACP leader (1955-77)  Roy Wilkins born on 8-30-1901 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 9-8-1981 in New York, New York   age 80   cause: uremia; heart problems

former University of Oklahoma football coach (1947-63)  Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson born on 4-23-1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 2-9-1994   age 77    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

Princeton physicist Dr.  David T. Wilkinson   Big Bang researcher born on 5-13-1935 in Hillsdale, Michigan expired 9-5-2002 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 67   cause: cancer

former L.A. housing official  Frank Wilkinson   jailed for refusing the demands of HUAC to testify — again, the Supreme Court went DUH (by a 5-4 vote) so he had to serve the time; made it his life mission to abolish the committee (his National Committee Against Repressive Legislation succeeded on January 14, 1975) born on 8-16-1914 in Charlevoix, Michigan expired 1-2-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 91

Dr.  Geoffrey Wilkinson   shared the laureates for the 1973 Nobel chemistry prize born on 7-13-1921 in Springside, Yorkshire, England expired 9-26-1996   age 75

James Hardy Wilkinson   recipient of the 1970 A.M. Turing Award born on 9-27-1919 in Stroud, England expired 10-5-1986   age 67   cause: heart attack

former Kentucky governor (1987-91)  Wallace G. Wilkinson   dogged by allegations of corruption during his administration born on 12-12-1941 in Casey County, Kentucky expired 7-5-2002 in Lexington, Kentucky   age 60   cause: stroke; lymphoma

cartoonist  Frank H. Willard   created the Moon Mullins comic strip expired 1-12-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 64

chemical engineer  Miles J. Willard   co-developed dehyrated potato flakes while working at the Department of Agriculture; came up with several snack foods: Tato Skins & O'Boises born on 6-10-1924 expired 11-26-2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho   age 80   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Cardinal  Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands born on 9-4-1909 in Boven Karspel, The Netherlands expired 8-1-2006 in Denekamp, The Netherlands   age 96    Contest Selectors 2004 KLS 5.6% 2005 KLS 4.3% 2006 KLS 3.3%    Scored 5.4000 solo points

Norman conqueror and English king (1066-1087)  William I the Conquerer   bastard son of the Duke of Normandy (Robert I) and Arletta; defeated the army of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066); instituted the survey of England (1085-86) that produced the Domesday Book born on --1027 in Falaise, Normandy, France expired 9-9-1087 in Rouen, France   age 60   cause: riding accident

English king (1087-1100)  William II   son of William the Conquerer; brother of Henry I; nephew of Odo of Bayeux ¤ aka: William Rufus  born on --1056 expired 8-2-1100   age 44   cause: "hunting accident" (possibly arranged by his brother)

joint English monarch (1689-1702)  William III   ruled with Mary II (1689-1694) born on 11-4-1650 in The Hague, The Netherlands expired 3-8-1702 in London, England   age 51   cause: pneumonia

British king (1830-1837)  William IV   son of George III born on --1765 expired ??-??-1837   age 72

jazz drummer & composer  Anthony "Tony" Williams born on 12-12-1945 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-23-1997 in Daly City, California   age 51   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

Kit Carson actor  Bill Williams   husband of Barbara Hale; father of William Katt ¤ real name: Herman Katt  born on 5-15-1916 in New York, New York expired 9-12-1992 in Burbank, California   age 76   cause: brain tumor

CenturyTel chairman  Clarke M. Williams Sr.   his parents started rural Oak Ridge Telephone Company; later gave it to him; incorporated as Century Telephone and Electronics (1968) it changed name to Century Telephone Enterprises (1971) born on 2-6-1922 expired 6-5-2002 in Monroe, Louisiana   age 80   cause: kidney failure

jazz violinist  Claude Gabriel "fiddler" Williams born on 2-22-1908 in Muskogee, Oklahoma expired 4-25-2004 in Kansas City, Missouri   age 96   cause: pneumonia

Chicago White Sox pitcher  Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams   banned from baseball for his involvement in the 1919 World Series (Black Sox) scandal born on 3-9-1893 in Aurora, Maryland expired 11-4-1959 in Laguna Beach, California   age 66

Gemini astronaut  Clifton C. Williams   killed on training mission in T-38 born on 9-26-1932 in Mobile, Alabama expired 10-5-1967 in Tallahassee, Florida   age 35   cause: plane crash

weapons designer  David M. Williams   worked on the design of the M-1 carbine born on 11-13-1900 expired 1-8-1975 in Raleigh, North Carolina   age 74   cause: bronchial pneumonia

Drowning Pool lead singer  David Wayne Williams born on 2-29-1972 expired 8-14-2002 in Manassas, Virginia   age 30   cause: concentric left ventricular hypertrophy; cardiomyopathy

country music bandleader  "Doc" Williams ¤ born: Andrew John Smik Jr.  born on 6-26-1914 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 1-31-2011 in Wheeling, West Virginia   age 96

lawyer & Baltimore Orioles owner  Edward Bennett Williams born on 5-31-1920 in Hartford, Connecticut expired 8-13-1988 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 68

paint company co-founder (1873)  Edward Porter Williams born on 5-10-1843 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 5-4-1903 in Glenville, Ohio   age 59

historian  Eric Eustace Williams   prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1963-81) expired 3-29-1981 in Saint Anne, Trinidad   age 69

Scottsboro Boys defendant  Eugene Williams born on --1918 expired ??-??-19??   age ??

singer & dancer  Frances Williams   introduced the Charleston dance in Scandals (1920s); appeared in Cocoanuts (1925); introduced As Time Goes By in the Broadway play Everybody's Welcome (1931) ¤ born: Frances Jellinek  born on 11-3-1901 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 1-27-1959 in New York, New York   age 57   cause: cancer

actress  Frances E. Williams   appeared on Frank's Place tv series born on 9-17-1905 expired 1-2-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 89   cause: complications from stroke

stage actress  Frances Williams   appeared in Life Begins at 8:40 (1934), Big Lake, Martine, The Three Sisters, Cradle Song, Casey Jones and The Enchanted (1950) born on --1902 expired 1-27-1959   age 56

illustrator  Garth Williams   did Charlotte's Web, Little House on the Prairie born on 4-16-1912 expired 5-8-1996   age 84

George Emlyn Williams born on 11-26-1905 in Mostyn, Wales expired 9-21-1987 in London, England   age 70

former Michigan governor (1949-61)  Gerhard Mennen Williams   an heir to the Mennen toiletries "fortune" ¤ nickname: "Soapy"  born on 2-23-1911 in Detroit, Michigan expired 2-2-1988   age 76    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7%

actor  Guy Williams   tv Zorro; Prof. John Robinson on Lost In Space ¤ born: Armand Joseph Catelano  born on 1-14-1924 in New York, New York expired 4-29-1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina   age 65   cause: brain aneurysm

former New Jersey senator (1959-70; 1971-82)  Harrison Arlington Williams Jr.   convicted of accepting bribes in the ABSCAM sting born on 12-10-1919 in Plainfield, New Jersey expired 11-17-2001 in Denville, New Jersey   age 81   cause: cancer

"hillbilly" singer  Hiram King "Hank" Williams Sr. born on 9-17-1923 in Mount Olive West, Alabama expired 1-1-1953 in Oak Hill, West Virginia   age 29   cause: heart attack

former Southern Christian Leadership Conference executive director  Hosea Williams   with John Lewis lead March 7, 1965 ("Bloody Sunday") voting rights march over Selma's Edmund Pettus bridge born on 1-5-1926 in Attapulgus, Georgia expired 11-16-2000 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 74   cause: cancer

British Lt.Colonel  James Howard Williams   commander of the World War II Burmese Elephant Corps; the ultimate celebrity death match ... Africa Corps vs. Elephant Corps, Rommel vs. Williams! expired 7-30-1958 in Cornwall, England   age 63

voice actress  Jean Hughes Williams   known for shrieking "Hey, Culligan Man" in countless commercials born on 12-9-1914 expired 4-5-1985 in Burbank, California   age 70   cause: cancer

blues singer  Joe Williams   performed with the Count Basie band ¤ born: Joseph Goreed  born on 12-12-1918 in Cordele, Georgia expired 3-29-1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 80

common sense-challenged offspring  John Henry Williams   had his deceased father's head sawed off & put "on ice" born on 8-26-1968 expired 3-6-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 35   cause: acute myelogenous leukemia    Contest Selectors 2004 LMLD, PCD 11.1%    Scored 10.2500 points

1950s Bank of America executive  Joseph P. Williams   created the BankAmericard credit card (it was renamed Visa in 1976) born on 2-12-1915 in Newark, New Jersey expired 11-8-2003 in Atlantis, Florida   age 88

tv announcer  Kenneth "Kenny" Williams   was the announcer on Video Village (1960-62), Hollywood Squares (1966-81), Gambit (1972-81) & High Rollers (1974-80) expired 2-16-1984   age 69

game show announcer  Kenneth "Kenny" Williams   did a lot of the Heatter-Quigley game shows (like Video Village & Hollywood Squares) born on --1913 expired 2-16-1984   age 70

Ohio death row inmate  Lewis Williams Jr.   hauled kicking and screaming to the execution expired 1-14-2004 in Lucasville, Ohio   age 45   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2004 BOD, PCD 5.6%    Did  Not Score - insufficient category citations (one to be exact)

gospel singer  Marion Williams born on 8-29-1927 expired 7-2-1994   age 66

jazz pianist/composer  Mary Lou Williams ¤ born: Mary Elfrieda Scruggs  born on 5-8-1910 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 5-28-1981 in Durham, North Carolina   age 71   cause: cancer

actor  Michael Leonard Williams   played Duc d'Alencon in the BBC production of Elizabeth R (1971) & Brian in Educating Rita (1983); husband of Judi Dench born on 7-9-1935 in Manchester, England expired 1-11-2001 in Surrey, England   age 65   cause: lung cancer

saxophonist/bandleader  Paul Williams   had 1949 hit with The Huckle-buck born on 7-13-1915 in Lewisburg, Tennessee expired 9-14-2002 in New York, New York   age 87

model, singer, actress  Rachela Andrea Williams   did February 1992 Playboy pictorial born on 4-29-1967 in New York, New York expired 1-9-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 33   cause: motorcycle accident

Texas death row inmate  Richard Head Williams ¤ aka: number 999251  born on 7-19-1969 expired 2-25-2003 in Huntsville, Texas   age 33   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2003 DTM, RR, TMTX 16.7%    Scored 9.6250 points

Hall of Fame baseball player & manager  Richard Hirschfeld "Dick" Williams   managed the Boston Red Sox, Oakland A's & San Diego Padres born on 5-27-1929 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 7-7-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 82   cause: brain aneurysm

tennis champion  Richard Norris Williams 2nd   survior of the Titanic sinking born on 6-2-1891 expired 6-2-1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 77

black "revolutionary"  Robert F. Williams   spent years on-the-lam in Cuba, China and North Korea avoiding arrest on kidnapping charges born on 2-26-1925 in Monroe, North Carolina expired 10-15-1996 in Grand Rapids, Michigan   age 71   cause: Hodgkins disease

schmaltzy pianist  Roger Williams ¤ born: Louis Jacob Weertz  born on 10-2-1924 in Omaha, Nebraska expired 10-8-2011 in Los Angeles, California   age 87   cause: pancreatic cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM 3.2% 2008 JCM 3.1% 2009 JCM 3.3% 2010 JCM 3.7%

the Mickey Mouse Club's "Big Mooseketeer"  Roy Williams   although he had never acted Walt Disney personally added him to the cast; he designed the mouse ears worn by everyone in the "club" born on 7-30-1907 in Coleville, Washington expired 11-7-1976   age 59

former Teamster's Union president (1981-83)  Roy Lee Williams born on 3-22-1915 in Ottumwa, Iowa expired 4-28-1989 in Leeton, Missouri   age 74

actor  Spencer Williams   played Andrew Hogg "Andy" Brown on television Amos 'n' Andy series born on 7-14-1893 in Vidalia, Louisiana expired 12-13-1969   age 76

self-described megalomaniac  Stanley Tookie Williams III   member of the L.A. protection racket gang the Crips; by his own admission he beat, robbed & shot the innocent born on 12-29-1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 12-13-2005 in San Quentin, California   age 51   cause: executed; lethal injection

Playboy April 1965 Playmate of Month  Sue Williams   with Karla Conway was the shortest Playmate (4'11"); typecast as Peanut in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), Robot in Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), Sue in The Ghost inthe Invisible Bikini (1966) & the Farmer's Daughter in Fireball 500 (1966); Playboy had her date of birth as 5-13-1945 ¤ real name: Karen Susan Hamilton  born on 11-14-1945 in Glendale, California expired 9-2-1969 in Hollywood, California   age 23   cause: suicide

Hall-of-Fame baseball player  Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams   last player to bat .400 for a season ¤ nickname: "The Splendid Splinter"  born on 8-30-1918 in San Diego, California expired 7-5-2002 in Crystal River, Florida   age 83   cause: heart attack; congestive heart failure; strokes    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS, JL 18.2%    Scored 5.4500 points

author  Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams born on 3-26-1911 in Columbus, Mississippi expired 2-25-1983 in New York, New York   age 71    Contest Selectors 1980 DR, EK 12.5%

retired steelworker  Wallace Ignatius "Bucky" Williams   played in the Negro Baseball Leagues in the 1930s for the Pittsburgh Crawfords & the Homestead Grays born on 12-15-1906 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 11-16-2009 in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania   age 102    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 4.8000 solo points

Walter Williams   claimed to have been a Civil War veteran born on 11-14-1854 expired 12-19-1959 in Houston, Texas   age 105

former Plasmatics singer  Wendy Orleans Williams   as part of a music video, she stood atop a school bus as it drove through a wall of televisions; played a gameshow contestant in a Gong Show parody in the movie Candy Goes to Hollywood (her "talent" involved ping pong balls); did October 1986 Playboy pictorial born on 5-28-1946 in Rochester, New York expired 4-6-1998 in Storrs, Connecticut   age 51   cause: suicide; cranial gunshot

death row inmate  Willie Ray Williams expired 1-31-1995 in Huntsville, Texas   age 38   cause: executed; lethal injection

Playboy film critic  Bruce S. Williamson born on 12-31-1926 in Cadillac, Michigan expired 10-6-1998 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: bladder cancer

pioneering undersea photographer  John Ernest Williamson   did special undersea movie photography for the 1916 production of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea born on --1882 in Liverpool, England expired 7-15-1966 in Nassau, Bahamas   age 84

science fiction writer  John Steward "Jack" Williamson   his first story, published in 1928 in the Amazing Stories pulp magazine, was The Metal Man; The Ultimate Earth novella (2001) earned both Hugo & Nebula Awards born on 4-29-1908 in Bisbee, Arizona Territory expired 11-10-2006 in Portales, New Mexico   age 98

pianist, organist, composer  Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson   Master of the Queen's Music (1975-2003) born on 11-21-1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia expired 3-2-2003 in London, England   age 71

character actor  Noble Willingham   played C.D. Parker on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-99) & Texas on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale" (1989) born on 8-31-1931 in Mineola, Texas expired 1-17-2004 in Palm Springs, California   age 72

Playboy July 1970 Playmate of Month  Carol J. Willis born on 4-17-1949 in Bowie County, Texas expired 11-24-1971 in Laguna Beach, California   age 20   cause: automobile accident

1940 Republican candidate for president  Wendell L. Willkie expired 10-4-1944 in New York, New York   age 52

Morro Castle captain  Robert Renison Willmott   died about 8 hours before fatal fire started aboard ship expired 9-7-1934 in North Atlantic Ocean   age 58   cause: heart attack AKS: Wilmott Willmot Wilmot

character actor  Chill Theodore Wills   provided the voice for Francis, the Talking Mule born on 7-18-1902 in Seagoville, Texas expired 12-15-1978 in Encino, California   age 76   cause: cancer

one-time Watergate security guard  Frank Wills   on June 17, 1972 discovered breakin in progress at Democratic National Committee offices and called the cops born on 2-4-1948 expired 9-27-2000 in Augusta, Georgia   age 52   cause: brain tumor

Texas Playboys founder  James "Bob" Wills   worked as a barber until 1929; Country Music Hall-of-Famer; wrote San Antonio Rose born on 3-6-1905 expired 5-13-1975 in Fort Worth, Texas   age 70   cause: bronchial pneumonia

composer  Meredith Willson   wrote The Music Man (1958) born on 5-18-1902 in Mason City, Iowa expired 6-15-1984 in Santa Monica, California   age 82 AKS: Wilson

chemist  Richard Martin Willstätter   1915 Nobel laureate in chemistry for the invention of chromatography born on 8-13-1872 in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany expired 8-3-1942 in Muroalto, Switzerland   age 69   cause: heart attack

auto firm founder (1907)  John North Willys born on 10-25-1873 in Canadaigua, New York expired 8-26-1935 in Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York   age 61   cause: cerebral embolism

Palm Beach socialite  Mollie Wilmot   Rose Kennedy's next door neighbor; best remembered for the Venezuelan freighter (the Mercedes) that went aground in her back yard (Thanksgiving 1984) ¤ born: Mollie Netcher formerly Mrs: Eddie Bragno, Albert Bostwick & Paul Wilmot  born on 5-9-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-17-2002 in New York, New York   age 79

Franklin D. Wilsey   was a ground crewman beneath the Hindenburg when it burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J. born on 2-8-1914 expired 7-4-2006 in Morehead City, North Carolina   age 92

singer  Allen Wilson   had 1974 hit with Show and Tell born on 6-19-1939 in Meridian, Mississippi expired 4-21-2008 in Fontana, California   age 68   cause: kidney failure; prostate cancer AKS: Al Wilson

playwright  August Wilson ¤ born: Frederick August Kittel  born on 4-27-1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania expired 10-2-2005 in Seattle, Washington   age 60   cause: liver cancer

Mississippi super-geezer  Bettie Antry Wilson ¤ née: Rutherford  born on 9-13-1890 in Benton County, Mississippi expired 2-13-2006 in New Albany, Mississippi   age 115   cause: congestive heart failure    Contest Selectors 2005 KLS, PCD, QKU, RIE, RR 21.7% 2006 KLS, PCD, RIE, RR 13.3%    Scored 1.3125 points

Beach Boys co-founder  Carl Dean Wilson born on 12-2-1946 in Hawthorne, California expired 2-6-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 51   cause: lung cancer

Charles Wilson   part of British gang that committed the 1963 "Great" train robbery expired 4-23-1990 in Costa del Sol   age 58   cause: assassinated; shot to death by hit man

GE president (1940-42 & 1944-50)  Charles Edward Wilson born on 11-18-1886 in New York, New York expired 1-3-1972 in Scarsdale, New York   age 85

Eisenhower Defense Secretary (1953-57)  Charles Erwin Wilson   General Motors president (1941-53) born on 7-18-1890 in Minerva, Ohio expired 9-26-1961 in Norwood, Louisiana   age 71

realtor & motel executive  Charles Kemmons Wilson Jr.   opened first Holiday Inn motel (1952; named for fictional lodging in 1942 Bing Crosby movie) born on 1-5-1913 in Osceola, Arkansas expired 2-12-2003 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 90

former Texas representative (1973-97)  Charles Nesbitt "Charlie" Wilson   subject of 2007 movie; received a heart transplant in September 2007 born on 6-1-1933 in Trinity, Texas expired 2-10-2010 in Lufkin, Texas   age 76   cause: cardio-pulmonary arrest

physicist  Charles Thomson Rees Wilson   shared 1927 Nobel physics prize for invention of the cloud chamber born on 2-14-1869 in Glencourse, Midlothian, Scotland expired 11-15-1959 in Carlops, Pebblesshire, Scotland   age 90

comedian  Clerow "Flip" Wilson   his character Geraldine would say "what you see is what you get" born on 12-8-1933 in Jersey City, New Jersey expired 11-25-1998 in Malibu, California   age 64   cause: liver cancer

Beach Boys co-founder  Dennis Wilson   his body was buried at sea born on 12-4-1944 in Hawthorne, California expired 12-28-1983 in Marina del Rey, California   age 39   cause: drowned

BBC writer/producer  Donald Boyd Wilson   adapted The Forsyte Sagafor tv (1967) born on 9-1-1910 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland expired 3-6-2002 in Gloucestershire, England   age 91

Jack Benny's announcer  Donald Harlow Wilson born on 9-1-1900 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 4-25-1982 in Palm Springs, California   age 81    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7%

pianist, actor  Dooley Wilson   piano player Sam at Rick's Cafe who sang As Time Goes By in Casablanca (1942) born on 4-3-1894 in Tyler, Texas expired 5-30-1953 in Los Angeles, California   age 59

presidential widow  Edith Bolling Wilson   accused of running the government after her husband had a debilitating stroke expired 12-28-1961 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 89

black actor  Frank H. Wilson   originated role of Porgy in 1927 play of same name expired 2-16-1956 in New York, New York   age 70

electrocardiography pioneer Dr.  Frank Norman Wilson   professor in the University of Michigan Medical School expired 9-11-1952 in Stockbridge, Michigan   age 61

former Detroit Lions coach  George Wilson   led team to their last NFL championship (1957) born on 2-3-1914 expired 11-23-1978 in Detroit, Michigan   age 64   cause: heart attack

publisher  Halsey William Wilson   founded the H.W. Wilson Co., publisher of Reader's Guide and other indicies expired 3-1-1954 in Croton Heights, New York   age 85

Helen Charis Wilson Weston   muse to her photographer husband (Edward Weston) born on 5-5-1914 in San Francisco, California expired 11-20-2009 in Santa Cruz, California   age 95    Contest Selectors 2009 DGW 3.3%    Scored 5.5000 solo points

Grant 2ndt term vice president (1873-75)  Henry Wilson born on 2-16-1812 in Farmington, New York expired 11-10-1875 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 63

British Civil Service head Sir  Horace Wilson   along with Neville Chamberlain thought he could appease Hitler at München expired 5-26-1972 in London, England   age 89

Hugh Robert Wilson   last U.S. Ambassador to Germany before the its entry into World War II expired 12-28-1946 in Bennington, Vermont   age 61

singer  Jackie Wilson   had hit with Higher and Higher ¤ real name: Jack Leroy Wilson  born on 6-9-1934 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-21-1984   age 49   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 1979 JW 7.7% 1980 DR, JW, MM 18.8%

former British Prime Minister (1964-70 & 1974-76) Sir  James Harold Wilson born on 3-11-1916 in Huddersfield, England expired 5-24-1995 in London, England   age 79    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 1980 DH 6.3%

former slave  James Walter Wilson ¤ nickname: "Uncle Jim"  expired 12-22-1945 in Vidalia, Georgia   age 120

author  John Anthony Burgess Wilson   wrote A Clockwork Orange ¤ pen name: "Anthony Burgess"  born on 2-25-1917 in Manchester, England expired 11-25-1993   age 76

pro wrassler  John M. "Jack" Wilson   worked under the names Kurt von Braun, Hans von Schupp, The Masked Marvel, The Mystery Man & Mr. Zero (in Japan) born on 6-17-1918 expired 3-13-2001 in Phoenix, Arizona   age 82

Xerox Corp. founder  Joseph C. Wilson   assumed control of family-owned Haloid Co. in 1946 & bought rights to Chester Carlson's xerography process born on 12-13-1909 expired 11-22-1971 in New York, New York   age 61

cajun chef  Justin E. Wilson born on 4-24-1914 in Roseland, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana expired 9-5-2001 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana   age 87

playwright  Lanford Eugene Wilson   author or "Hot l Baltimore" (1973), "Fifth of July" (1978) & "Talley's Folly" (1979) born on 4-13-1937 in Lebanon, Missouri expired 3-23-2011 in Wayne, New Jersey   age 73   cause: pneumonia

home run slugger  Lewis R. "Hack" Wilson expired 11-23-1948 in Baltimore, Maryland   age 48   cause: internal hemorrhaging from a fall

voice actor  Lionel Wilson   gave voice to Tom Terrific, Mighty Manfred (the Wonder Dog), Crabby Appleton, et. al ¤ born: Lionel Lazarus Salzer  born on 3-22-1924 in New York, New York expired 4-30-2003 in New York, New York   age 79   cause: pneumonia

helium-voiced "dumb blond" actress  Marie Katherine Elizabeth Wilson   played My Friend Irma on radio & tv born on 8-19-1916 in Anaheim, California expired 11-23-1972 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 56   cause: cancer

blacklisted screen writer  Michael Wilson   shared 1952 oscar for A Place in the Sun with Harry Brown; also wrote screenplays for Salt of the Earth (1954), Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) & Planet of the Apes (1968) born on 7-1-1914 in McAlester, Oklahoma expired 4-9-1978 in Beverly Hills, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

former Fabulous Coasters singer  Nathaniel "Buster" Wilson   parts of his dismembered body were dumped near Hoover Dam & in a ravine near Modesto California expired 4-??-1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age ??   cause: shot in head

actor, writer, director  Richard Wilson   co-founded Mercury Theater with Orson Welles born on 12-25-1915 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania expired 8-21-1991 in Santa Monica, California   age 75

character actor  Richard "Dick" Wilson   played Charmin pitchman Mr. Whipple (1964-90) — "Please don't squeeze the Charmin" born on 7-30-1916 in Preston, England expired 11-19-2007 in Woodland Hills, California   age 91    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6%

writer  Richard Lawson Wilson   won 1954 Pulitzer prize for national reporting born on 9-3-1905 in Galesburg, Illinois expired 1-18-1981 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 75   cause: mycosis fungoides

astrophysicist Sir  Robert Wilson   got the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched by NASA (1978) born on 4-16-1927 in County Durham, England expired 9-2-2002 in Chelmsford, England   age 75

author  Robert Anton Wilson   a former associate editor at Playboy (1966-71); wrote The Book of the Breast (1974), The Book of the Sub-Genius (1987), the Schrodinger's Cat trilogy & was co-author of Illuminatus! trilogy ¤ aka: "Pope Bob"  born on 1-18-1932 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-11-2007 in Capitola, California   age 74   cause: heart attack    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6% 2007 AUDC, RR 6.5%    Scored 6.3500 points

former Boston, Detroit & San Diego pitcher  Robert Earl Wilson   was in the starting rotation for the Tigers' 1968 World Series championship team ¤ born: Earl Lawrence Wilson  born on 10-2-1934 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana expired 4-23-2005 in Southfield, Michigan   age 70   cause: heart attack

Manhattan Project physicist Dr.  Robert Rathbun Wilson   developed the electromechanical method of separating uranium isotopes; designer & director of Fermilab born on 3-4-1914 in Frontier, Wyoming expired 1-16-2000 in Ithaca, New York   age 85

watercolor artist  Rowland Bragg Wilson   known for his wry cartoons that were published in Playboy (since 1967), The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire & The New Yorker born on 8-3-1930 in Dallas, Texas expired 6-28-2005 in Encinitas, California   age 74   cause: heart failure

writer  Sloan Wilson   author of The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1955) & A Summer Place (1958); wrote August 1972 article for Playboy (The Happiest Days) born on 5-8-1920 in Norwalk, Connecticut expired 5-25-2003 in Colonial Beach, Virginia   age 83   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

jazz pianist  Theodore "Teddy" Wilson born on 11-24-1912 in Austin, Texas expired 7-31-1986 in New Britain, Connecticut   age 73

actor  Theodore Roosevelt Wilson born on 12-10-1943 in New York, New York expired 7-21-1991 in Los Angeles, California   age 47

former American Greetings executive  Thomas Albert "Tom" Wilson Sr.   was also the Ziggy cartoonist (strip taken over by son) born on 8-1-1931 in Grant Town, West Virginia expired 9-16-2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 80   cause: pneumonia

28th U.S. president  Thomas Woodrow Wilson   won 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for the Versailles Treaty; husband of Edith born on 12-28-1856 in Staunton, Virginia expired 2-3-1924 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 67

former Boeing chairman & CEO (1972-87)  Thornton A. Wilson born on 2-8-1921 in Sikeston, Missouri expired 4-10-1999 in Palm Springs, California   age 78

actor  Trey Wilson ¤ real name: Donald Yearnsley Wilson III  born on 1-21-1948 in Houston, Texas expired 1-16-1989 in New York, New York   age 40   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

Waldon O. Wilson   oscar-winning sound engineer born on 1-20-1907 expired 8-15-1986 in Fullerton, California   age 79

William Griffith Wilson   co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (1935) born on 11-26-1895 in East Dorset, Vermont expired 1-24-1971 in Miami Beach, Florida   age 75   cause: pneumonia; cardiac disease

amateur distance runner  Fred Wilt   won 1950 Sullivan Award born on 12-14-1920 in Pendleton, Indiana expired 9-5-1994   age

advertising executive  Robert W. "Bob" Wilvers   gave us the immortal Alka-Seltzer jingle "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is." born on 4-2-1932 expired 12-10-1997 in New Milford, Connecticut   age 65   cause: lung cancer

Gospel singing family patriarch  David Glenn "Pop" Winans born on 4-20-1934 expired 4-8-2009 in Nashville, Tennessee   age 74   cause: complications from strokes & heart attacks

gospel singer  Ronald Winans born on 7-1-1956 expired 6-17-2005 in Detroit, Michigan   age 48   cause: heart failure

tvwriter/Broadway playwright  Shimon Wincelberg   wrote the Time Tunnel pilot ("Rendezvous with Yesterday"; 1966); for the original Star Trek series wrote Dagger of the Mind (1966) & The Galileo Seven (1967) ¤ aka: S. Bar-David  born on 9-26-1924 in Kiel, Germany expired 9-29-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 80 AKS: Simon

ventriloquist  Paul Winchell   known for his characters Jerry Mahoney and Nucklehead Smiff; inventor of an early artificial heart device (1963); more recently provided voices for Smurf character Gargamel & Disney cartoon Pooh character Tigger ¤ born: Paul Wilchin  born on 12-21-1922 in New York, New York expired 6-24-2005 in Moorpark, California   age 82

Winchell Doughnuts founder (1948)  Verne H. Winchell   sold out to Denny's (1968); took stock; became Denny's chairman (1970) born on 10-30-1915 in Bloomington, Indiana expired 11-26-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 87   cause: cardiac arrest

newspaper columnist  Walter Winchell   narrated The Untouchables tv series born on 4-7-1897 in New York, New York expired 2-20-1972 in Los Angeles, California   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

child actor  Robert Winckler ¤ stage name: Robert Winkler  born on 2-12-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-28-1989 in Woodland Hills, California   age 62

sex hormone researcher  Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus   received the 1928 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 12-25-1876 in Berlin, Germany expired 6-9-1959 in Göttingen, Germany   age 82

Playboy October 1977 Playmate of Month  Kristine Winder    according to Wikipedia her posing name was a pseudonym it was said in the June 2011 issue that she had died "recently" (meaning any time from around her birthday and the date of printing, probably around early April) born on 10-15-1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada expired 10-15-2010+   age 55+   cause: breast cancer

big band musician  Kai Chresten Winding born on 5-18-1922 in Aarhus, Denmark expired 5-7-1983 in Yonkers, New York   age 60

Princess Alice Windsor   widow of the Duke of Gloucester; aunt of Elizabeth II ¤ full name: Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott title: Duchess of Gloucester  born on 12-25-1901 in London, England expired 10-29-2004 in London, England   age 102    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG, KLS, RR 43% 2001 DTM, KLS, RR 37½% 2002 DTM, RR 18.2% 2003 COCO, CSI, DTM, JL, KLS, RR 33.3% 2004 CSI, DTM, KLS, RIE, RR 27.8%    Scored 2.4563 points

silent screen actress  Claire Windsor   had one of those squeaky voices that sounded really bad when talkies arrived ¤ born: Clara Viola Cronk  born on 4-14-1892 expired 10-24-1972 in Hollywood, California   age 80   cause: heart attack

ex-Princess  Diana Frances Spencer Windsor   crash injuries exacerbated by subsequent slow transport to hospital born on 7-1-1961 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England expired 8-31-1997 in Paris, France   age 36   cause: auto crash

the  Duchess of Windsor   widow of ex-King Edward VIII (married him in 1937) ¤ born: Bessiewallis Warfield; formerly: Wallace Warfield Spencer, then Wallace Warfield Simpson  born on 6-19-1896 in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania expired 4-24-1986 in Paris, France   age 89    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

the  Duke of Windsor   son of George V; 11-month English King (1936); abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson; self-exiled to France ¤ title: King Edward VIII  born on 6-23-1894 in Richmond, England expired 5-28-1972 in Paris, France   age 77   cause: throat cancer

Lady  Elizabeth Angela Marquerite Bowes-Lyon Windsor   widow of King George VI; sister of Princess Alice; mother of British Queen Elizabeth II; last Enpress of India ¤ aka: The Queen Mother  born on 8-4-1900 in Hertfordshire, England expired 3-30-2002 in Windsor, England   age 101    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HFS 15.4% 1980 DO, DW 12.5% 2000 ANG, KLS, RR 43% 2001 ANG, DTM, KLS, NFG, ROTS, RR, TEX 87½% 2002 CMH, DTM, JAC, JEDS, JL, MORB, RAVN, RR, TMTX 81.8%    Scored 2.4098 points

Film Noir actress  Marie Windsor ¤ born: Emily Merie Bertelsen; Mrs. Jack Rodney Hupp  born on 12-11-1914 in Marysvale, Utah expired 12-10-2000 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85

troubled singer  Amy Jade Winehouse   it didn't help that she got involved with Pete Doherty; in June, 2008 was diagnosed with emphysema — doctors told her to knock off smoking the drugs (lest she drop dead); in 2009 had a ginormous set of plastic boobies installed ... boy, that convinced everyone that she got her act together! born on 9-14-1983 in Enfield, Middlesex, England expired 7-22-2011 in London, England   age 27   cause: alcohol poisoning    Contest Selectors 2008 ADWC, DFFC, DGW, JCM, MORB, OIE, QKU, RIE, RPRM, TFM 31.3% 2009 CSI, DGW, GAS, JCM, KLS, MoFa, MORB, QKU, RIE, RPRM, RR, TWOS, XXX 43.3% 2010 BOD, CSI, DGW, GAS, JCM, QKU, REPR, RPRM, TWOS 33.3%

actor  Paul Edward Winfield   played Reliant Captain Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wath of Khan & Dathon in Star Trek: Next Generation episode Darmok (1991) born on 5-22-1941 expired 3-7-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 62   cause: heart attack; diabetes

1930s actress & pinup girl  Martha Virginia "Toby" Wing born on 7-14-1915 in Amelia Court House, Virginia expired 3-23-2001 in Matthews, Virigina   age 85

1932/36 Olympic swimming medalist  Lenore Kight Wingrad born on 9-26-1911 in Frostburg, Maryland expired 2-9-2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio   age 88

noted jockey  James "Jimmy" Winkfield   won 1901 & 1902 Kentucky Derby aboard "His Eminence" and "Alan-a-Dale" (came in second in 1903) ¤ nickname: "Wink"  born on 4-12-1880 in Chilesburg, Kentucky expired 3-23-1974 in Maisons-Laffitte, France   age 93

inventor  James Earl Winner Jr.   invented "The Club" automobile anti-theft device (1985) born on 7-12-1929 in Transfer, Pennsylvania expired 9-14-2010 in Highland, Clarion County, Pennsylvania (nearby)   age 81   cause: car crash

Sir  Francis Salwey William Winnington born on 6-24-1907 expired 4-26-2003   age 95

cellist/symphony conductor  Arthur Winograd   co-founder of the Juilliard String Quartet (1946) with Robert Mann, Raphael Hillyer and Robert Koff born on 4-22-1920 in New York, New York expired 4-22-2010 in Morristown, New Jersey   age 90   cause: complications from pneumonia

machinist union leader  William W. Winpisinger ¤ nickname: "Wimpy"  born on 12-10-1924 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 12-11-1997 in Ellicott City, Maryland   age 73   cause: cancer

author  Kathleen Winsor   wrote Forever Amber (1944); once married to Artie Shaw (1946-48) born on 10-16-1919 in Olivia, Minnesota expired 5-26-2003 in New York, New York   age 83 AKS: Windsor

retired L.A. Metropolitan Transit Authority bus maintenance attendant  Arthur Winston   the U.S. Labor Department believes that he set the record for continuous employment (1/24/1934 to 3/21/2006) born on 3-22-1906 in Oklahoma Territory expired 4-13-2006 in South Los Angeles, California   age 100   cause: congestive heart failure

jeweler  Harry Winston   donated the 44½ carat Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution (1958) after having purchased it from the Evalyn Walsh McLean estate (1949) born on 3-1-1896 in New York, New York expired 12-8-1978 in New York, New York   age 82   cause: heart attack

Star Trek "super fan"  Joan M. Winston   an organizer of the first Star Trek Convention, January 1972, at the Statler Hilton hotel in New York City — they expected 500 to show, but got over 3,000; co-authored Star Trek Lives (1975; with Jacqueline Lichtenberg & Sondra Marshak) born on 6-19-1931 in Washington State expired 9-10-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 77   cause: Alzheimer's disease

movie visual effects whiz  Stanley Winston   won 4 oscars for: Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991: Makeup and Visual Effects) & Jurassic Park (1993) born on 4-7-1946 in Arlington, Virginia expired 6-15-2008 in Malibu, California   age 62   cause: multiple myeloma

character actor  Edward D. Winter   best known for playing the nutty Army intelligence officer Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H tv series born on 6-3-1937 in Ventura, California expired 3-8-2001 in Woodland Hills, California   age 63   cause: Parkinson's disease

lawyer  Elmer Louis Winter   with partner Aaron Scheinfeld (d.1970) started the Manpower Temp agency (1948) born on 3-6-1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-29-2009 in Mequon, Wisconsin   age 97

pop-music conductor/arranger  Hugo Winterhalter born on 8-15-1909 expired 9-17-1973 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 64   cause: cancer

surviving World War I military veteran  Charlotte Louise Winters   had been the oldest female veteran ¤ née: Berry  born on 11-10-1897 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 3-27-2007 in Boonsboro, Maryland   age 109

film editor  Ralph E. Winters   won Editing oscars for King Solomon's Mines (1950) & Ben Hur (1959) born on 6-17-1909 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 2-26-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 94

World War II veteran  Richard Davis "Dick" Winters   was commander of Company E, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ("Easy Company"); immortalized in Band of Brothers born on 1-21-1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania expired 1-2-2011 in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania   age 92   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease    Contest Selectors 2010 OIE 3.7%

Charlie Chan tv actor  Roland Winters born on 11-22-1904 expired 10-22-1989   age 84

actress  Shelley Winters   received two Best Supporting Actress oscars: for playing Mrs. Van Dann in Diary of Anne Frank (1959) & Rye-Ann D'Arcy in A Patch of Blue (1965) ¤ born: Shirley Schrift  born on 8-18-1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-14-2006 in Beverly Hills, California   age 85   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 1979 JH, MS 15.4% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 KOHD 5.6% 2005 WORM 4.3% 2006 ADWC, DFFC, DTH, GGG, LMLD, 4GUE 20.0%    Scored 4.0781 points

actress  Gloria Winters-Vernon   played Penny, Sky King's niece & was the first Babs Riley on the original version of The Life of Riley (1949-50) born on 11-28-1931 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-14-2010 in Vista, California   age 78   cause: complications from pneumonia

early auto manufacturer  Alexander Winton born on 6-20-1860 in Grangemouth, Scotland expired 6-21-1932 in Lakewood, Ohio   age 72

German Weimar Republic chancellor (1921-22)  Karl Joseph Wirth expired 1-3-1956 in Freiburg, Germany   age 76

businessman  Joseph Bitner Wirthlin   was also a member of the LDS Quorum of the 12 Apostles born on 6-11-1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 12-1-2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 91    Contest Selectors 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2008 RPRM 3.1%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

former Brigham Young University economist  Richard Bitner "Dick" Wirthlin   son of Mormon "apostle" Joseph L. Wirthlin; got into polling; helped the Gipper in his presidential run (1980) born on 3-15-1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 3-16-2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah   age 80   cause: renal failure

businessman  William Wadsworth "Bill" Wirtz   former owner of the Chicago Black Hawks hockey team (1954-95) born on 10-5-1929 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-26-2007 in Evanston, Illinois   age 77

JFK/Johnson Secretary of Labor (1962-69)  William Willard Wirtz born on 3-14-1912 in DeKalb, Illinois expired 4-24-2010 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 98    Contest Selectors 2009 LMLD 3.3% 2010 OIE 3.7%    Scored 5.2000 solo points AKS: Wertz

Henry Wirz   commander of Confederate prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia born on --1822 in Zürich, Switzerland expired 11-10-1865 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 43   cause: hanged

actor Sir  Norman Joseph Wisdom   played Chick Williams in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) ¤ born: Norman Wisden  born on 2-4-1915 in London, England expired 10-4-2010 in Ballasalla, Isle of Man, England   age 95   cause: complications from strokes; dementia    Contest Selectors 2006 SPIT 3.3% 2007 SPIT 3.2% 2008 ANG, SPIT 6.3% 2009 ANG 3.3% 2010 ANG, DTM 7.4%    Scored 4.2500 points

home saleswoman  Brownie Mae Wise   came up with the idea for Tupperware Parties ¤ née: Humphrey  born on --1913 in Buford, Georgia expired 12-??-1992 in Kissimmee, Florida   age 79

movie director  Robert Earl Wise Sr.   was film editor of Citizen Kane (1941) & The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); won directing oscars for West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965); didn't win oscars for directing The Curse of the Cat People (1944), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) or Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) born on 9-10-1914 in Winchester, Indiana expired 9-14-2005 in Los Angeles, California   age 91   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2003 COCO 5.6% 2004 RR 5.6%

musician  Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise   co-wrote Orange Blossom Special born on 10-2-1915 in Lake City, Florida expired 1-6-1996 in Bowie, Maryland   age 80

actor  Joseph Wiseman   played James Bond villain Dr. Julius No; uncredited voice of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Thunderball (1965) born on 5-15-1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-19-2009 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 91   cause: complications from aneurysm    Contest Selectors 2007 WEP 3.2% 2008 WEP 3.1% 2009 WEP 3.3%    Scored 5.9000 solo points

exploitation movie producer/director  Doris Wishman   directed Deadly Weapons (1973) & Double Agent 73 (1974), amongst others born on 4-23-1920 in New York, New York expired 8-10-2002 in Miami, Florida   age 82   cause: complications from lymphoma

movie/tv sound editor  William H. "Bill" Wistrom   worked on To Catch a Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Ten Commandments, Funny Face, Vertigo, Hatari! (1962), Falcon Crest (1982-86) and the last four Star Trek tv series: The Next Generation (1987-92), Deep Space Nine (1993-95), Voyager (1995-2001) & Enterprise (2001-5) born on 12-20-1935 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-10-2010 in Valencia, California   age 74

civil rights photographer  Ernest C. Withers   in defiance of the judge's order, took the photograph of Moses Wright identifying Milam & Bryant as Emmett Till's kidnappers. born on 8-7-1922 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 10-15-2007 in Memphis, Tennessee   age 85

blues and jazz singer  Jimmy Witherspoon ¤ nickname: "spoon"  born on 1-13-1923 in Gurdon, Arkansas expired 9-18-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 74

prolific movie/tv director  William Nuelson Witney   directed several Lone Ranger serials (1938/39) & the 1940 Adventures of Red Ryder serial ¤ aka: William Whitney  born on 5-15-1915 in Lawton, Oklahoma expired 3-17-2002 in Pioneer, California   age 86   cause: complications from stroke

chemist Dr.  George Wittig   shared 1979 Nobel chemistry prize born on 6-16-1897 in Berlin, Germany expired 8-26-1987 in Heidelberg, Germany   age 90

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