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| lawyer Pascal Yoadimnadji was prime minister of Chad born on --1950 in Chad expired 2-23-2007 in Paris, France age 56 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| junk food purveyor Morrie Robert Yohai came up with Cheez Doodles (1950s) while at company his father had founded (Old London Foods) born on 3-4-1920 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York expired 7-27-2010 in Kings Point, New York age 90 cause: ancer AKS: Chease Cheeze Cheese Doodles | |||||||||||||||
| World War II aviator Francis Yohannan inspiration for Catch-22 protagonist Yossarian born on 3-9-1922 expired 3-17-2001 in Spokane, Washington age 79 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||
| Schoolhouse Rock co-creator (1971) Thomas George Yohe born on 4-26-1937 in New York, New York expired 12-20-2000 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 63 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||
| former UAW president (1995-2002) Stephen P. Yokich born on 8-20-1935 in Detroit, Michigan expired 8-16-2002 in Detroit, Michigan age 66 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||
dancer & "actress" Yolanda half of the dance team Yolanda and Velez; played Trampolina Whambang in Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
expired 3-24-1995 in Burbank, California age 85 | |||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Philip Yordan Sr. won screenplay oscar for Broken Lance (1954); fronted for a number of blacklisted screenwriters — "wrote" Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) born on 4-1-1914 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-24-2003 in La Jolla, California age 88 cause: pancreatic cancer | |||||||||||||||
World War I military hero Alvin Cullum York won 50 medals, including the Congressional Medal of Honorborn on 12-13-1887 in Pell Mell, Tennessee expired 12-2-1964 in Nashville, Tennessee age 78 | |||||||||||||||
| Bewitched actor Richard Allen "Dick" York original actor to play Samantha's husband Darin Stevens; also played John Scopes in Inherit the Wind (1960) born on 9-4-1928 in Fort Wayne, Indiana expired 2-20-1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan age 63 | |||||||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers slugger Rudolph Preston "Rudy" York born on 8-17-1913 in Ragland, Alabama expired 2-6-1970 in Rome, Georgia age 56 | |||||||||||||||
actress Susannah York appeared in A Man For All Seasons (1966), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) & Superman (1978; as Supie's mom Lara-El)
expired 1-14-2011 in London, England age 72 cause: bone marrow cancer | |||||||||||||||
| former Los Angeles mayor (1961-73) Samuel William Yorty born on 10-1-1909 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 6-5-1998 in Studio City, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||
| Japanese Emperor Yoshihito 123rd Japanese Emperor (-1926); husband of Empress Sadako; father of Emperor Hirohito born on 8-31-1879 in Tokyo, Japan expired 12-25-1926 in Hayama, Japan age 47 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||
master paper folder Akira Yoshizawa started doing it full-time in the late 1940s
expired 3-14-2005 in Ogikubo, Japan age 94 cause: heart failure; pneumonia | |||||||||||||||
| Classics IV vocalist & drummer Dennis Yost had hits with "Spooky", "Stormy" & "Traces of Love" born on 7-20-1943 in Detroit, Michigan expired 12-7-2008 in Hamilton, Ohio age 65 cause: respiratory failure | |||||||||||||||
former University of Michigan football coach (1901-25) Fielding Harris Yost won the first Rose Bowl game (1902); the UofM ice arena (formerly field house) is named for him
expired 8-20-1946 in Ann Arbor, Michigan age 75 | |||||||||||||||
| "modern" hot air ballooning pioneer Paul Edward Yost on October 22, 1960 in Bruning, Nebraska used a propane burner to heat the air in his newly designed balloon (at the time hydrogen was used in hot air ballooning) born on 6-30-1919 in BRistow, Iowa expired 5-27-2007 in Vadito, New Mexico age 87 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| tv weatherman (January 1949-59) John Clinton Youle did first national weather forecasts from Chicago station WNBQ (now WMAQ) in 1949 as part of the Camel News Caravan show with John Cameron Swayze born on 4-4-1916 in Illinois expired 7-23-1999 in Galena, Illinois age 83 cause: complications from stroke | |||||||||||||||
| corrupt politician Fulbert Youlou first president of the Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville (1960-63); deposed born on 7-9-1917 in Brazzaville, Congo expired 5-5-1972 in Madrid, Spain age 55 | |||||||||||||||
| composer Vincent Mille Youmans wrote scores for Flying Down to Rio (1933), No, No, Nanette (1925) and the song Tea For Two (1926) born on 9-27-1898 in New York, New York expired 4-5-1946 in Denver, Colorado age 47 cause: tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||
| Mormon leader Brigham Young led Mormon Church relocation to Utah (1848); Utah governor (1850-58); had 27 wives born on 6-1-1806 in Whitingham, Vermont expired 8-29-1877 in Salt Lake City, Utah age 71 | |||||||||||||||
| former Detroit Mayor (1974-93) Coleman Alexander Young born on 5-24-1918 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama expired 11-29-1997 in Detroit, Michigan age 79 cause: respiratory failure
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| famous baseball pitcher (1890-1911) Denton True "Cy" Young pitched first perfect game (5/5/1904) born on 3-29-1867 in Gilmore, Ohio expired 11-4-1955 in Peoli, Ohio age 88 | |||||||||||||||
| stage actress Dorothy Young was Harry Houdini's stage assistant (1925-26); appeared in Flying Down to Rio with Fred Astaire (1933); widow of Gilbert Kiamie born on 5-3-1907 in Orange Grove, New York expired 3-20-2011 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey age 103 | |||||||||||||||
| country singer Faron Young born on 2-25-1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana expired 12-10-1996 in Nashville, Tennessee age 64 cause: suicide; gunshot | |||||||||||||||
| cinematographer Frederick Archibald "Freddie" Young 3-time oscar recipient; Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Ivanhoe and Mogambo born on 10-9-1902 in London, England expired 12-1-1998 in London, England age 96 | |||||||||||||||
actress Georgiana Young half-sister of Loretta Young; wife of Ricardo Montalban
expired 11-13-2007 in West Hollywood, California age 83 | |||||||||||||||
actor Gig Young won Best Supporting Actor oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); replaced as Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles (1974) by Gene Wilder; widower of Sophie Rosenstein; murdered 31 year old wife of three weeks Kim Schmidt before taking his own life
expired 10-19-1978 in New York, New York age 60 cause: suicide; gunshot to head; cancer | |||||||||||||||
| John Orr Young Philadelphia ad agency co-founder (1923; Young & Rubicam) born on 6-25-1886 in Iowa expired 5-1-1976 in Southbury, Connecticut age 89 | |||||||||||||||
| inventor Julius Young invented Jiffy Pop popcorn born on 4-11-1921 expired 3-31-1996 age 74 | |||||||||||||||
Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Ricardo Young Sr.
expired 1-14-2010 in McAlester, Oklahoma age 60 cause: executed; lethal injection
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Playboy October 1962 Playmate of Month Laura Youngborn on 5-22-1938 in Long Branch, New Jersey expired 11-27-1999 age 61 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||
actress Loretta Gretchen Young won Best Actress oscar for The Farmer's Daughter (1947); sister of Sally Blane and Polly Ann Young; half-sister of Georgiana Young
expired 8-12-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 87 cause: ovarian cancer
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| murder victim Martha Sue Young victim of serial killer born on 4-27-1957 in Lansing, Michigan expired 12-31-1976 in Prigoris Park, Bath, Michigan age 19 cause: murdered; strangled; raped | |||||||||||||||
socialist welfare statist Michael Dunlop Young coined word meritocracy (1958)
expired 1-14-2002 in London, England age 86 cause: cancer | |||||||||||||||
cartoonist Murat Bernard "Chic" Young created the Blondie strip (1930); Blondie Boopadoop started out as a gold-born on 1-9-1901 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-14-1973 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 72 cause: pulmonary embolism | |||||||||||||||
blacklisted screenwriter Nedrick Young wrote Academy Award-winning movie The Defiant Ones (1958)
expired 9-17-1968 in Los Angeles, California age 54 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| former actor Otis E. Young co-starred on The Outcasts playing former slave Jemal David (1968-69) born on 7-4-1932 in Providence, Rhode Island expired 10-12-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: stroke | |||||||||||||||
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Playboy November 1968 Playmate of Month Paige L. Young born on 3-16-1944 in Los Angeles, California expired 7-14-1974 in Los Angeles, California age 30 cause: sleeping pill overdose | |||||||||||||||
| actress Polly Ann Young sister of Loretta Young born on 10-25-1908 in Denver, Colorado expired 1-21-1997 in Los Angeles, California age 88 | |||||||||||||||
| actor Robert George Young played title roles on Father Knows Best & Marcus Welby, M.D. tv series born on 2-22-1907 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-21-1998 in Westlake Village, California age 91
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| actor Roland Young played Cosmo Topper in the movies born on 11-11-1887 in London, England expired 6-5-1953 in New York, New York age 65 | |||||||||||||||
| movie director Terence Young directed Dr. No (1963), From Russia With Love (1965), Wait Until Dark (1967), and Thunderball (1967) as well as The Valachi Papers (1969) born on 6-20-1915 in Shanghai, China expired 9-7-1994 in Cannes, France age 79 cause: heart attack | |||||||||||||||
| actor Tony Young played Kryton in original Star Trek series episode Elaan of Troyius (1968) born on 6-28-1937 in New York, New York expired 2-26-2002 in Hollywood, California age 64 cause: lung cancer | |||||||||||||||
| movie music composer Victor Young received oscar for Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); wrote Sweet Sue (1928) born on 8-8-1900 in Chicago, Illinois expired 11-10-1956 in Palm Springs, California age 56 | |||||||||||||||
| actor Victor Sen Young played the cook Hop Sing on Bonanza expired 11-9-1980 age 65 | |||||||||||||||
| civil rights leader Whitney Moore Young Jr. 4th executive director of the Urban League (1961-71) born on 7-31-1921 in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky expired 3-11-1971 in Lagos, Nigeria age 49 cause: heart attack while swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Henry "Henny" Youngman catch phrase: "Take my wife, please!" born on 3-16-1906 in Liverpool, England expired 2-24-1998 in New York, New York age 91 cause: pneumonia | |||||||||||||||
| former North Carolina State women's basketball coach Sandra Kay Yow stepped aside from coaching to battle recurrent breast cancer weeks before she died born on 3-14-1942 in Gibsonville, North Carolina expired 1-24-2009 in Cary, North Carolina age 66 cause: breast cancer
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