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| Pakistani dictator Zia al-Haq born on 8-12-1924 in Jullunder, India expired 8-17-1988 age 64
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| commercial & movie director Howard B. Zieff directed Slither (1973), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), The Dream Team (1989) & My Girl (1991); also was the director of the "Mamma Mia. That's a Spicy Meatball." Alka-Seltzer commercial (1970) born on 10-21-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-21-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
Broadway show producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. producer of the Ziegfeld Follies; married to Glinda, the Good Witch
expired 7-22-1932 in Hollywood, California age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Karl Waldemar Ziegler shared the 1963 Nobel prize in chemistryborn on 11-26-1898 in Helsa, Germany expired 8-12-1973 in Mülheim, Germany age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Nixon press secretary (1968-74) Ronald Louis Ziegler born on 5-12-1939 in Covington, Kentucky expired 2-10-2003 in Coronado, California age 63 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ziff-Davis Publishing co-founder William Bernard Ziff Sr. expired 12-20-1953 in New York, New York age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former magazine publisher William Bernard Ziff Jr. son of company co-founder; bought out dad's partner (1953) born on 6-24-1930 expired 9-9-2006 in Pawling, New York age 76 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| cymbal maker Armand A. Zildjian born on 2-18-1921 in Quincy, Massachusetts expired 12-26-2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 81 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| violinist Efrem Zimbalist Sr. born on 4-9-1890 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia expired 2-22-1985 in Reno, Nevada age 94
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| Curtis Institute of Music founder Mary Louisa Curtis Bok Zimbalist daughter of Cyrus H.K. Curtis; second wife of Efrem Sr.; step- born on 8-6-1876 expired 1-4-1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
Champagne Lady singer Norma Zimmer sang for the Welk orchestra for over 30 years
expired 5-10-2011 in Brea, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| innovative Sports Illustrated photographer John G. Zimmerman born on 10-30-1927 in Los Angeles, California expired 8-3-2002 in Monterey, California age 74 cause: lymphoma | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas deth row inmate Kevin Lee Zimmerman born on 5-17-1961 expired 1-21-2004 in Huntsville, Texas age 42 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| Joseph James Zimmermann Jr. invented the electronic telephone answering machine (1948) born on 8-23-1911 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 3-31-2004 in Brookfield, Wisconsin age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
screen story author Maurice Zimring wrote the story for Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
expired 11-17-2005 in Westwood, California age 96 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Paul Zindel wrote The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man- born on 5-15-1936 in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York expired 3-27-2003 in New York, New York age 66 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| KTRK-tv (Houston) consumer reporter (1973-2007) Marvin Harold Zindler Sr. early on made his bones doing an expose on the infamous LaGrange, TX "Chicken Ranch" brothel — for his efforts he got beat up by regular "ranch" patron & Fayette County Sheriff T.J. Flournoy (2 broken ribs); worse, following Larry King's 1974 Playboy article he was portrayed as a buffoon in the Broadway play and movie born on --1921 in Houston, Texas expired 7-22-2007 in Houston, Texas age 85 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
born on 5-11-1922 in San Francisco, California expired 9-22-2004 in Fresno, California age 82 cause: complications from head injuries sustained in fall | ||||||||||||||||||
| nuclear physicist Dr. Walter H. Zinn built the Manhattan Project's first nuclear reactor; first director of the Argonne National Laboratory born on 12-10-1906 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada expired 2-14-2000 in Clearwater, Florida age 93 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Fred Zinneman directed High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953; oscar), A Man for All Seasons (1966; Directing & Best Picture oscars), and Julia (1977) born on 4-29-1907 in Vienna, Austria expired 3-14-1997 in London, England age 89 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||
| World War II machinist mate 1st class Gerald E. Zinser last surviving crew member of PT-109 born on 5-31-1919 in Belleville, Illinois expired 8-21-2001 in Orange Park, California age 82 cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor of massive objects Korczak Ziolkowski worked on Mt. Rushmore; designed & started Crazy Horse monument born on 9-6-1908 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 10-20-1982 in Sturgis, South Dakota age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| bank computer technologist Alfred R. Zipf led team that invented MICR; patented the forerunner of the ATM born on 10-13-1917 in Buffalo, New York expired 1-1-2000 in Oroville, California age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Gernot Zippe while a Soviet Army P.O.W. developed the efficient uranium centrifuges for extracting the U-235 isotope (very popular with despots); it enriches the isotope from 0.7% to upwards of 5% for reactors & 90% for bombs born on 11-??-1917 in Switzerland expired 5-7-2008 in Vienna, Austria age 90
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| movie producer Laura Ellen Ziskin worked on Murphy's Romance, Pretty Woman, The Thin Red Line, As Good As It Gets, The English Patient & the first four Spiderman movies; a co-founder of the "Stand Up To Cancer" organization born on 3-3-1950 in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California expired 6-12-2011 in Santa Monica, California age 61 cause: breast cancer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (from 1916-1918) following the death of Franz Josef I born on 3-9-1892 in Viareggio, Italy expired 3-14-1989 in Zizers, Switzerland age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
1929 UofM law school graduate Frederick W. Ziv had success in 1950s syndicated tv with The Cisco Kid (1950-56), Highway Patrol (1955-59), Science Fiction Theater (1955-57), Whirlybirds (1957-59), Bat Masterson (1958-61) & Sea Hunt (1958-61)born on 8-17-1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 10-13-2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
| former Chinese Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang fired by Deng Xiao-Peng for sympathizing with the Tianamen Square pro-democracy protesters; lent the last 15 years of his life under house arrest born on 10-17-1919 in Xusheng, Hua County, Honan Province, China expired 1-17-2005 in Beijing, China age 85 cause: strokes; cardiopulmonary failure | ||||||||||||||||||
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