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| movie writer Jeffrey Boam did screenplays for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) born on 11-30-1949 in Rochester, New York expired 1-25-2000 age 50 cause: lung disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Croatian Army chief of staff Janko Bobetko indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal (1991) born on 1-10-1919 in Sisak, Croatia expired 4-29-2003 in Zagreb, Croatia age 84 cause: heart & kidney ailments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Lloyd Bochner played Cecil Colby on Dynasty & government cryptographer/entre Michael Chambers in the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" (1962) born on 7-29-1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada expired 10-29-2005 in Santa Monica, California age 81 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| research scientist Dr. Frederick Carl Bock as an Army Air Corps Captain flew the B-29 ("Great Artiste") that monitored the Nagasaki bombing; the B-29 that he usually flew ("Bockscar") dropped the bomb and was piloted by Major Charles Sweeney born on 1-18-1918 in Greenville, Michigan expired 8-25-2000 in Scottsdale, Arizona age 82 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University of Pennsylvania China scholar Derek Bodde was the first Fulbright scholar (1948); author of Peking Diary: A Year of Revolution (1950) born on 3-9-1909 in Brant Rock, Massachusetts expired 11-3-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| underground comics artist Vaughn Frederic Bode liked to draw lizards born on 7-22-1941 in Utica, New York expired 7-18-1975 in San Francisco, California age 33 cause: erotic asphyxiation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sterling Publishing founder (1949) David Alfred Boehm from 1956 to 1989 published U.S. edition of the Guinness Book of Superlatives as the Guinness Book of World Records (GBoS first publ. 1951) born on 2-6-1914 in New York, New York expired 2-6-2000 in New York, New York age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| aircraft pioneer William Edward Boeing founded Pacific Aero Products (1916) that became Boeing Aircraft (1929) born on 10-1-1881 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-28-1956 in Seattle, Washington age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hindenburg survivor Eduard Boetius elevator wheel operator aboard the airship expired 11-7-2002 in Schuelp, District Rendsburg, Germany age 92 AKS: Edward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| first president of Central African Republic Barthelemy Boganda son of a Oubangi witch doctor; succeeded by his nephew born on --1910 in Boubangui, Oubangui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa expired 3-29-1959 in Bogamangon, Lobaye Province, Central African Republic age 48 cause: airplane crash during landing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Sir Dirk Bogarde appeared in Death in Venice (1971)
expired 5-8-1999 in London, England age 78 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Humphrey de Forest Bogart
expired 1-14-1957 in Hollywood, California age 57 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neil Bogart
expired 5-9-1982 age 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana congressman (1941-43; 1947-72) Thomas Hale Boggs member of the Warren Commission; husband of Lindy; father of Cokie Roberts born on 2-15-1914 in Long Beach, Mississippi expired 10-??-1972 in Alaska age 58 cause: plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Big Band cornet player Merwyn A. Bogue
expired 6-5-1994 in Palm Springs, California age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Volvo safety engineer Nils Ivar Bohlin invented the 3- born on 7-17-1920 in Härnösand, Sweden expired 9-21-2002 in Tranas, Sweden age 82 cause: complications of a heart attack & stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| orchestra conductor Karl Böhm born on 8-28-1894 in Graz, Austria-Hungary expired 8-13-1981 in Salzburg, Austria age 86 cause: complications from stroke
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| 1922 Nobel prize-winning nuclear physicist Niels Henrik David Bohr born on 10-7-1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark expired 11-18-1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| chef Hector Boiardi founded Chef Boy-ar-dee Foods in 1928 born on 10-22-1897 in Piacenza, Italy expired 6-21-1985 in Parma, Ohio age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen J. Boiardi created Chef Boy-ar-dee foods with husband Hector born on 5-2-1905 expired 7-2-1995 age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| novelist Pierre Louis Boileau wrote Vertigo born on 4-28-1906 in Paris, France expired 1-16-1989 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| editor & author Edward William Bok won Pulitzer prize for autobiography; created the Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida born on 10-9-1863 in Den Helden, The Netherlands expired 1-9-1930 in Lake Wales, Florida age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
total waste of skin Eddine Ahmed Jean-Bedel Bokassa cannibal; ruthless dictator of the Central African Republic (1966-79); overthrew his cousin David Dacko (12/31/1965); in turn overthrown by Dacko (1979)
expired 11-3-1996 in Bangui, Central African Republic age 75 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornelius Bol inventor of the mercury vapor lamp born on 3-8-1885 expired 7-30-1965 in Palo Alto, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fianna Fail party co-founder Gerald Boland a leader of the 1916 Irish rebellion expired 1-5-1973 in Dublin, Ireland age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T-Rex rock star/singer Marc Boland born on 5-8-1948 in London, England expired 9-16-1977 in London, England age 29 cause: car accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former L.A. cop, body builder & 50s/60s tv/movie actor Cal Bolder played Hank Tracy/Igor in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) & Keel on original Star Trek series episode Friday's Child (Dec. 1967)
expired 1-19-2005 in Royal City, Washington age 73 cause: cancer AKS: Boulder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| royal consort Anne Boleyn second wife of Henry VIII; mother of Elizabeth I; marriage ended by "divorce" born on --1501 expired 5-19-1536 in London, England age 35 cause: beheaded in the Tower of London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dancer & actor Raymond Wallace Bolger played the Scarecrow (straw man) in the Wizard of Oz (1939)
expired 1-15-1987 in Los Angeles, California age 83
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| former Messerschmitt flight engineer Ludwig Bölkow helped develop the first fighter jet in World War II, the Me-262, and the Airbus airliner born on 6-30-1912 in Schwerin, Germany expired 7-25-2003 in München, Germany age 91 AKS: Bolkow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heinrich Theodor Böll received the 1972 Nobel literature prize born on 12-21-1917 in Köln, Germany expired 7-16-1985 in Bonn, Germany age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| murdered Arizona Republic reporter Donald F. Bolles victim of June 2nd car bomb blast while investigating local Mafia activities born on 7-10-1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-13-1976 in Phoenix, Arizona age 47 cause: injuries sustained in blast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marine aviator John Franklin "Jack" Bolt was the only Marine to be an Ace in two wars; flew with the Black Sheep squadron in World War II born on 5-19-1921 in Laurens, South Carolina expired 9-8-2004 in Tampa, Florida age 83 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screen writer Robert Oxton Bolt won Academy Awards for Doctor Zhivago & A Man For All Seasons; also wrote Lawrence of Arabia born on 8-15-1924 in Manchester, England expired 2-20-1995 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio congressman (1929-37) Chester Castle Bolton born on 9-5-1882 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 10-29-1939 in Cleveland, Ohio age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Ohio congresswoman (1939-68) Frances Payne Bolton succeeded her husband in the House of Representatives; her son served in the House at the same time born on 3-29-1885 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 3-9-1977 in Lyndhurst, Ohio age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920s & 30s Broadway musical author/producer Guy Reginald Bolton born on 11-23-1884 in Bronxbourne, Hertfordshire, England expired 9-5-1979 in Goring, England age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio congressman (1953-56, 1963-64) Oliver Payne Bolton son of Frances & Chester Bolton born on 2-22-1917 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 12-13-1972 in Palm Beach, Florida age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
newspaper columnist Erma Bombeck
expired 4-22-1996 in San Francisco, California age 69 cause: kidney disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Rubber Workers union leader Peter Charles Bommarito born on 5-17-1915 in Detroit, Michigan expired 9-25-1989 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mobster Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno born on 1-18-1905 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy expired 5-11-2002 in Tucson, Arizona age 97 cause: heart failure
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| heavyweight boxer Oscar Bonavena born on 9-25-1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 5-22-1976 in Reno, Nevada age 33 cause: shot to death outside Mustang Ranch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ornitholgist James Bond namesake of fictional secret agent 007; author of Birds of the West Indies, a favorite of Ian Fleming born on 1-4-1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-12-1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| child/young adult actor Thomas Ross "Tommy" Bond II appeared in the 1930s Our Gang comedies as Butch (Alfalfa's nemesis); later played Jimmy Olsen in the first two movie Superman films (1948's Superman & 1950's Atom Man vs. Superman) born on 9-16-1926 in Dallas, Texas expired 9-24-2005 in Northridge, California age 79 cause: complications from heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagon Train actor Ward Bond born on 4-9-1903 in Denver, Colorado expired 11-5-1960 in Dallas, Texas age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Cleveland Indians owner Alva Ted Bonda born on 1-1-1917 expired 10-22-2005 in Cleveland, Ohio age 88 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actress Beulah Bondi born on 5-3-1888 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-11-1981 in Woodland Hills, California age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer & mathematician Dr./Sir Hermann Bondi with Fred Hoyle & Thomas Gold formulated the steady-state theory of cosmology (1948) born on 11-1-1919 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 9-10-2005 in Cambridge, England age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| printer, engraver, type designer Giambattista Bondoni born on 2-26-1740 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy expired 11-30-1813 in Parma, Italy age 73 AKS: Bodoni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball player Bobby Lee Bonds father of Barry Bonds born on 3-15-1946 in Riverside, California expired 8-23-2003 in San Francisco, California age 57 cause: lung cancer; brain tumor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
composer/arranger/pianist Margaret Bonds wrote music for Shakespeare in Harlem (1960)
expired 4-26-1972 in Los Angeles, California age 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| guitarist & composer Luis Floriano Bonfá Bosa Nova pioneer; composed soundtrack to Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus; 1959) born on 10-17-1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil expired 1-12-2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil age 78 cause: prostate cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II Ace of Aces (with 40 kills) Richard Ira Bong recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor born on 9-24-1920 in Superior, Wisconsin expired 8-6-1945 in Burbank, California age 24 cause: too-low altitude ejection from P-80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Led Zeppelin drummer John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham before he died chugged a whole lot of vodka born on 5-31-1949 in Redditch, England expired 9-25-1980 in Windsor, England age 31 cause: choked on vomit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| theologian Dietrich Bonhöffer had twin sister Sabine; took part in the plots to assassinate Hitler born on 2-4-1906 in Breslau, Selisia, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) expired 4-9-1945 in Flossenbüg Concentration Camp, Germany age 39 cause: executed; hanged AKS: Bonhoffer Bonhoeffer Bonhofer Bonhoefer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| freeway killer William G. Bonin born on 1-8-1947 expired 2-23-1996 age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
singer and California Rep. Sonny Bono went skiing, went splat, went home in a bag
expired 1-5-1998 in South Lake Tahoe, California age 62 cause: high speed collision with tree while skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
professional strongman & silent movie actor/stunt man Joe Bonomo starred in The Great Circus Mystery (1925); his voice doomed his acting career when talkies started
expired 3-28-1978 in Hollywood, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| confectioner Victor A. Bonomo created Bonomo's Turkish Taffy born on 10-24-1898 expired 6-24-1999 in Bal Harbour, Florida age 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Sorrell Booke played Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard born on 1-4-1930 in Buffalo, New York expired 2-11-1994 age 63 AKS: Brook Brooke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician George Boole came up with the eponymous form of "algebra" that uses the operators: AND, OR, NOT, NOR, etc. to produce "logical" results (TRUE or FALSE); the operators that make database (& World Wide Web) searches much more effective born on 11-2-1815 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England expired 12-8-1864 in Ballintemple, Ireland age 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Richard Boone played Paladin on Have Gun, Will Travel tv series born on 6-18-1917 in Los Angeles, California expired 1-10-1981 in Saint Augustine, Florida age 63 cause: throat cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Librarian of Congress (1974-86) Daniel Joseph Boorstin won 1974 Pulitzer prize born on 10-1-1914 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 2-28-2004 in Washington, District of Columbia age 89 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Samuel Aaron Boorstin father of historian Daniel; was on Leo Frank's defense team born on 8-14-1887 expired 1-??-1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor & Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln born on 5-10-1938 in Hartford County, Maryland expired 4-26-1865 in Bowling Green, Virginia age 26 cause: shot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film editor Margaret Booth give first job by D.W. Griffith; awarded honorary Oscar (1977) born on 1-14-1898 in Los Angeles, California expired 10-28-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 104 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Shirley Booth played Hazel on tv
expired 10-16-1992 age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Federal judge William Augustus Bootle Sr. on 1-6-1961 issued a ruling in Holmes v. Danner ordering the immediate admittance by registrar Walter P. Danner of two black students, Hamilton E. Holmes & Charlayne Hunter, to the University of Georgia, effectively desegregating it born on 8-19-1902 in Round O, South Carolina expired 1-25-2005 in Macon, Georgia age 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
health nut & regular Steve Allen Show guest Robert Bootzin appeared in Mondo Hollywood (1967)
expired 8-8-2004 in Camarillo, California age 89
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Juan de Borbon father of King Juan Carlos I
expired 4-1-1993 in Pamplona, Spain age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juan Carlos' mom María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orleans widow of Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg (d.1993)
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| former Recoton chairman Herbert H. Borchardt founded Polydor Records in Paris (1929) born on 5-6-1906 in Berlin, Germany expired 4-10-2000 in New York, New York age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930s New York Dodger Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray born on 1-3-1910 in Coalinga, California expired 4-13-2000 in Ventura, California age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pianistic humorist Victor Borge
expired 12-23-2000 in Greenwich, Connecticut age 91 cause: heart failure
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| surrealist author Jorge Luis Borges born on 8-24-1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina expired 6-14-1986 in Geneva, Switzerland age 86
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| Great Lakes sailor Thomas Dale Borgeson Able-bodied Maintenance Man aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 11-26-1934 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada age 40 cause: drowned when ship foundered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 
Catholic Church leader (1605-1621) Camillo Borghese elected 234th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church May 16, 1605
expired 1-28-1621 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1445-1458) Alfonso de Borgia elected 210th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 8, 1455
expired 8-6-1458 in Rome, Italy age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1492-1503) Rodrigo Borgia elected 215th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church August 11, 1492
expired 8-18-1503 in Rome, Italy age 72 cause: fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor, painter, author John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum principle sculptor of Mount Rushmore; did early work on the Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia born on 3-25-1867 in Bear Lake, Idaho expired 3-6-1941 in Chicago, Illinois age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana University professor emeritus of forensic studies Robert Frank Borkenstein invented the Breathalyzer (1954) born on 8-31-1912 in Fort Wayne, Indiana expired 8-10-2002 in Bloomington, Indiana age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Alexander Porphyrjevitch Borodin born on 11-12-1834 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 2-27-1887 in Saint Petersburg, Russia age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former french tennis great Jean Robert Borotra born on 8-13-1898 in Barritz, France expired 7-18-1994 age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nuclear physicist Dr. Lyle Benjamin Borst helped build the Brookhaven National Laboratory born on 11-24-1912 in Chicago, Illinois expired 7-30-2002 in Williamsville, New York age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie director Frank Borzage won oscar for directing Bad Girl (1931) born on 4-23-1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 6-19-1962 in Hollywood, California age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Bosch shared the 1931 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 8-27-1874 in Köln, Germany expired 4-26-1940 in Heidelberg, Hermany age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| short-tenured Dominican Republic president (1962-63) Juan Bosch Gavino elected after assassination of Trujillo; overthrown by military born on 6-30-1909 in La Vega, Dominican Republic expired 11-1-2001 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer, diarist, biographer James Bosworth wrote famous biography of friend Dr. Samuel Johnson born on 10-29-1740 in Edinburgh, Scotland expired 5-19-1795 in London, England age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last surviving World War I fighter pilot Henry John Lawrence Botterell shot down a German balloon 8-29-1918 born on 11-7-1896 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada expired 1-3-2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada age 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida death row inmate Linroy Bottoson
expired 12-9-2002 in Starke, Florida age 63 cause: executed; lethal injection
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Second U.S. president Elias Boudinot second president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation (11/4/1782-11/2/1783) born on 5-2-1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 10-24-1821 in Burlington, New Jersey age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame shortstop/manager Louis Boudreau formerly Denny McLain's father- born on 7-17-1917 in Harvey, Illinois expired 8-10-2001 in Olympia Fields, Illinois age 84 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musical composition teacher Nadia Boulanger born on 9-16-1887 in Paris, France expired 10-22-1979 in Paris, France age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French novelist Pierre François Marie-Louise Boulle wrote Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (1954; The Bridge over the River Kwai) and Monkey Planet (became the Planet of the Apes) born on 2-20-1912 in Avignon, France expired 1-30-1994 age 81 AKS: Boule Boolle Boole Boolay Boollay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| conductor Sir Adrian Cedric Boult born on 4-8-1889 in Chester, England expired 2-23-1983 age 93
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| producer/director/writer John Boulting twin brother of Roy born on 11-21-1913 in Bray, Berkshire, England expired 6-17-1985 age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British film actor & director Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting brother of John Boulting (his twin) & Peter Cotes; once married to Hayley Mills; sired son Crispian by her born on 11-21-1913 in Bray, Berkshire, England expired 11-6-2001 in Eynsham, Witney, Oxfordshire, England age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former Algerian president (1965-78) Houari Boumediene overthrew president Ahmed Ben Bella in 1965 coup
expired 12-27-1978 in Algiers, Algeria age 53 cause: Waldenström's macroglobulinemia; 6-
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| former Prime Minister of Quebec (1970-76, 1985-90) Robert Bourassa born on 7-14-1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada expired 10-2-1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 63 cause: malignant melanoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 Nobel peace laureate Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois a president of the French Senate; first president of the Council of the League of Nations born on 5-21-1851 in Paris, France expired 9-29-1925 in Château d'Oger, France age 74 AKS: Leon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tunisian president (1957-87) Habib ben Ali Bourguiba born on 8-3-1903 in Monastir, Tunisia expired 4-6-2000 in Monastir, Tunisia age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life Magazine photojournalist (1936-69) Margaret Bourke-White born on 6-14-1904 in New York, New York expired 8-27-1971 in Stamford, Connecticut age 67 cause: Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Peter Bourne born on ??-??-19?? expired ??-??-19?? age ??
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| cartoonist Larz E. Bourne created Deputy Dawg born on 2-8-1916 expired 3-14-1993 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv/movie production designer Melvin B. Bourne did production design on Howdie Doody & Kojak; movie design for Interiors (1978), Startdust Memories (1980), Zelig, The Natural (1984), Reversal of Fortune (1990) & Striptease (1996) born on 11-22-1923 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-14-2003 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Robert Bliss Bourque co-inventor of arcade fortune teller Zoltan, the Astrological Wizard (1965) born on 8-14-1920 in Brockton, Massachusetts expired 3-22-2003 in Duxbury, Massachusetts age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clairol co-founder (1931) Joan Bove left company after divorcing Gelb (1940); widow of Emilio Bove born on 10-24-1901 expired 7-21-2001 in Stamford, Connecticut age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Clara Gordon Bow the "It" girl of silent films born on 8-25-1905 in New York, New York expired 9-27-1965 in Los Angeles, California age 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former actress Dorris Estelle Bowden played Tom Joad's pregnant sister Rose of Sharon in The Grapes of Wrath (1940); widow of screenwriter Nunnally Johnson born on 12-27-1914 in Coldwater, Mississippi expired 8-9-2005 in Woodland Hills, California age 90 cause: heart failure; strokes AKS: Doris Dorrus Dorus Estell Estele Estel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| book editor Thomas Bowdler published extremely expurgated editions of Shakespeare and Gibbons; his name became eponymous with excessive editing/ born on 7-11-1754 in Ashley, England expired 2-24-1825 in Rhyddings, England age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| REMF weasel Admiral Harold Gardiner Bowen Jr. recommended that Pueblo commander Bucher be court-martialed born on 10-15-1912 expired 8-17-2000 in Alexandria, Virginia age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Roger Bowen co-founder of Chicago's Second City Theater; played Col. Henry Blake in the movie M*A*S*H born on 5-25-1932 in Attleboro, Massachusetts expired 2-16-1996 in Marathon, Florida age 63 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nike Shoes co-founder William Jay "Bill" Bowerman Jr. 1972 U.S. Olympic Track coach; invented the modern track/court show born on 2-19-1911 in Portland, Oregon expired 12-24-1999 in Fossil, Oregon age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radio Amateur Hour host Major Edward E. Bowes born on 6-13-1874 in San Francisco, California expired 6-13-1946 in Rumson, New Jersey age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir David Bowes-Lyon brother of Queen Mother Elizabeth Windsor expired 9-13-1961 in Birkhall, Scotland age 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie longtime member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago; once married to Fontella Bass born on 10-11-1941 in Frederick, Maryland expired 11-8-1999 in New York, New York age 58 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper columnist Heloise Bowles wrote Hints from Heloise born on 5-4-1919 expired 12-28-1977 in San Antonio, Texas age 58 cause: heart attack; pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former major league pitcher Henry Ludwig "Hank" Bowory the losing pitcher in the Chicago Cub's last World Series game born on 5-12-1916 in Bloomfield, New Jersey expired 8-23-2004 in Brick, New Jersey age 88 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie art director/production designer John Allan Hyatt Box won production design oscars for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Oliver! (1968) & Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) born on 1-27-1920 in London, England expired 3-7-2005 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic 4th officer Joseph Groves Boxhall born on 3-23-1884 in Hull, Yorkshire, England expired 4-25-1967 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
songwriter Tommy Boyce partnered with Bobby Hart; wrote Last Train to Clarksville
expired 11-23-1994 in Nashville, Tennessee age 55 cause: suicide; gunshot to head; complications from 1993 cerebral aneurysm AKS: Sidney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| greedy land agent Charles Cunningham Boycott ostracized by community for the excessive rents he charged; his name became synonymous (and an eponym) for ostracism born on 3-12-1832 in Norfolk, England expired 7-19-1897 in Flixton, England age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| juvenile singer "Little" Eva Narcissus Boyd baby sitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin; they wrote her a song & she had a 1962 hit with it: The Loco-Motion as Little Eva born on 6-29-1943 in Bellhaven, North Carolina expired 4-10-2003 in Kinston. North Carolina age 59 cause: ovarian & cervical cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former boxing manager & cut man Jerold H. Boyd following decades of rejection letters had a series of fight stories published under the name "Rope Burns" (2000) — two of them were the basis of the script for Million Dollar Baby (2004)
expired 9-2-2002 in Hermosa Beach, California age 72 cause: complications following heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auto racer Johnny Boyd raced in the Indianapolis 500 from 1955 to 1966 born on 8-19-1926 in Fresno, California expired 10-26-2003 in Fresno, California age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Stephen Boyd played Messala in Ben Hur (1959) & Grant in Fantastic Voyage (1966)
expired 6-2-1977 in Los Angeles, California age 45 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| film & tv actor William Boyd played Hopalong Cassidy born on 6-5-1898 in Hendrysburg, Ohio expired 9-12-1972 in South Laguna Beach, California age 74 cause: congestive heart failure; complications from Parkinson's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| suave French-born actor Charles Boyer played César Olivier in Fanny (1961); distraught over the death of his wife born on 8-28-1897 in Figeac, France expired 8-26-1978 in Phoenix, Arizona age 81 cause: suicide; drug overdose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| prolific character actor Harry William Boyett was one of the "uncredited crewmen" visiting the Forbidden Planet (1956) born on 1-3-1927 expired 12-29-2004 in Studio City, California age 77 cause: pneumonia; kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World War II flying ace (28 "kills") Gregory H. "Pappy" Boyington commander of Squadron #214 (aka: Black Sheep) 1943-44; Navy Cross & Medal of Honor winner; wrote Baa Baa Black Sheep (1958)
expired 1-11-1988 in Fresno, California age 75 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Kay Boyle born on 2-19-1902 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 12-27-1992 age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Mine Workers thug/"president" William Anthony "Tony" Boyle born on 12-1-1901 in Bald Butte, Montana expired 5-31-1985 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| banker William J. Boyle Sr. involved in creation of first bank-issued credit card (the Franklin Charge Account Plan) in 1951 born on 12-1-1911 in New York, New York expired 4-30-2000 in Garden City, New Jersey age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anaheim City Parks superintendent (1921-50) Rudolph Boysen crossed a raspberry, Loganberry & blackberry to produce the Boysenberry (1923; named by Walter Knott) born on --1895 expired 11-25-1950 in Anaheim, California age 55 AKS: Rudolf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken played Wally (as in Wally's World) in National Lampoon's Vacation born on 2-7-1915 in New York, New York expired 11-14-2002 in New Jersey age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar-winning screen writer & producer Charles Brackett born on 11-26-1892 in Saratoga Springs, New York expired 3-9-1969 in Los Angeles, California age 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Leigh Brackett wrote screenplays forThe Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), Hatari (1962), El Dorado (1967) & Rio Lobo (1970); wrote first draft of screenplay for Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) born on 12-7-1915 in Los Angeles, California expired 3-18-1978 age 62 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| boxer James J. "Jimmy" Braddock in 1935 won heavyweight title from Max Baer born on 12-6-1905 in North Bergen, New Jersey expired 11-29-1974 in North Bergen, New Jersey age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
civil rights activist Anne Gambrell Braden widow of Carl Braden; first recipient of the ACLU's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty
expired 3-6-2006 in Louisville, Kentucky age 81 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former journalist Carl Braden one of the last two people jailed by Congress for contempt by refusing to kow-tow to the criminals of HUAC; did nine months born on 6-24-1914 in Indiana expired 2-18-1975 in Louisville, Kentucky age 60 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
open marriage explorer Joan R. Braden had affairs with Nelson Rockefeller and Bobby Kennedy; husband Tom's book Eight is Enough was basis for tv series
expired 8-29-1999 in Alexandria, Virginia age 76 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Bradford came to North America on the Mayflower; first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony born on 3-19-1589 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England expired 5-19-1657 in Plymouth Bay Colony, Massachusetts Colony age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist Caleb D. Bradham in 1898 concocted a cola soft drink that was initially called "Brad's drink" ... he renamed it Pepsi-Cola (1902); lost the company in early 1920s after his speculation on the price of sugar backfired born on 5-27-1867 in Chinquapin, North Carolina expired 2-19-1934 age 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II soldier John H. Bradley on of the six marines who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi born on 7-10-1923 in Antigo, Wisconsin expired 1-11-1994 in Antigo, Wisconsin age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| oldest English geezer Nellie Bradley born on 9-12-1889 in Frizinghall, England expired 3-11-2002 in Silsden, England age 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WWII General Omar Nelson Bradley last five-star general in military born on 2-12-1893 in Clark, Missouri expired 4-8-1981 in New York, New York age 88 cause: cardiac arrest
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| former Los Angeles mayor (1973-92) Thomas J. "Tom" Bradley born on 12-29-1917 in Calvert, Texas expired 9-29-1998 in West Los Angeles, California age 80 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit merchant Louis Bradlin
expired 2-16-1981 in Detroit, Michigan age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Donald George Bradman "greatest cricket player of all time" born on 8-27-1908 in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia expired 2-25-2001 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia age 92 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cricketer Sir Donald George Bradman said to be the greatest batsman of the century born on 8-27-1908 in Cootamundra, Australia expired 2-25-2001 in Adelaide, Australia age 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Booker T. Bradshaw Jr. as an actor played Dr. M'Benga on original Star Trek series episodes A Private Little War & That Which Survives; was an executive at Motown Records, managing the Supremes born on 5-21-1940 expired 4-1-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 62 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-78 astronaut Dr. Charles Eldon Brady Jr. born on 8-12-1951 in Pinehurst, North Carolina expired 7-23-2006 in Orcas Island, Washington age 54 cause: suicide; gunshot wound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roy Rogers tv sidekick Pat Brady drove jeep named Nelliebell born on 12-31-1914 in Toledo, Ohio expired 2-27-1972 in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Scott Brady brother of actors Lawrence Tierney and Ed Tracy
expired 4-16-1985 in Los Angeles, California age 60 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz cornetist/trumpeter Reuben "Ruby" Braff born on 3-16-1927 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-9-2003 in North Chatham, Massachusetts age 75 cause: lung disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nobel prize-winning physicist Sir Lawrence Bragg shared 1915 prize with his father born on 3-31-1890 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia expired 7-1-1971 in London, England age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nobel prize-winning physicist Sir William Henry Bragg shared 1915 prize with son for work on X-rays crystalography born on 7-2-1862 in Westwood, England expired 3-12-1942 in London, England age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hindu scholar Mahanambrata Brahmachari introduced a young Thomas Merton to the works of Saint Augustine born on 12-25-1904 in India expired 10-18-1999 in Calcutta, India age 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical composer Johannes Brahms born on 5-7-1833 in Hamburg, Germany expired 4-3-1897 age 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| musician William Leslie Braid bassist with the band "The Swinging Blue Jeans" (1958-2005) born on 9-15-1937 in Liverpool, England expired 7-31-2005 in Liverpool, England age 67 cause: cancer
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| archaeologist Linda Schreiber Braidwood with husband discovered oldest farming village (SE Turkey; from circa 7000 B.C.) born on 10-9-1909 in Grand Rapids, Michigan expired 1-15-2003 in Chicago, Illinois age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| archaeologist Robert John Braidwood did field work in Iran, Iraq, Syria & Turkey; with wife discovered oldest farming village (SE Turkey; from circa 7000 B.C.) born on 7-29-1907 in Detroit, Michigan expired 1-15-2003 in Chicago, Illinois age 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Braille developed eponymous writing system for the blind using raised dots born on 1-4-1809 in Coupvray, France expired 3-28-1852 age 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist Alexander Brailowsky born on 2-16-1896 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia expired 4-25-1976 in New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British horn player Dennis Brain born on 5-17-1921 in London, England expired 9-1-1957 in London, England age 36 cause: auto accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Bramley first art director of the National Lampoon magazine; did the "underground comix" "Cahoot Cheroot" and "Vinny Shinblind, the Invisible Sex Maniac" born on 8-8-1944 in Newton, Massachusetts expired 4-12-2005 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 60 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pinup art painter Joyce Ballantyne Brand in 1959 created the Coppertone Girl ad painting (the first model was her daughter)born on 4-4-1918 in Norfolk, Nebraska expired 5-15-2006 in Ocala, Florida age 88 cause: complications following heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Neville Brand born on 8-13-1921 in Kewanee, Illinois expired 4-16-1992 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis on court from 1916 to 1939 born on 11-13-1856 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 10-5-1941 in Washington, District of Columbia age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swiss inventor Jacques E. Brandenberger invented cellophane expired 7-13-1954 in Zürich, Switzerland age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch resistance fighter Jannie Brandes-Brilleslijper Bergen-Belson inmate nurse who was one of the last people to see Anne Frank alive born on 10-24-1916 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany expired 8-15-2003 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands age 86 cause: heart failure
AKS: Janny Brillslijper Brilleslipper Brilleslyper Brillslipper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tenn actor Jonathan Gregory Brandis played Lucas Wolenczek on Seaquest: DSV (1993-96) born on 4-13-1976 in Danbury, Connecticut expired 11-12-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 27 cause: suicide; hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheyenne Brando born on 2-20-1970 in Tahiti expired 4-16-1995 age 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
method actor, massive tub of lard and life model for Jabba the Hut Marlon Brando Jr. played Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1956) & Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather
expired 7-1-2004 in Los Angeles, California age 80 cause: respiratory failure; pulmonary fibrosis
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character actor X Brands played Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah on Yancy Derringer tv western (1958-9)
expired 5-15-2000 in Northridge, California age 72 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former West Berlin mayor (1957-66) & West German Chancellor (1969-74) Willy Brandt winner of the 1971 Nobel Peace prize
expired 10-8-1992 in Unkel, Germany age 78 cause: cancer
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| singer Laura Branigan had 1982 hit with "Gloria" born on 7-3-1957 in Brewster, New York expired 8-26-2004 in East Quoque, New York age 47 cause: brain aneurysm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Indiana governor (1965-69) Roger D. Branigin born on 7-26-1902 in Franklin, Indiana expired 11-19-1975 in Lafayette, Indiana age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum played Mr. Greenjeans on Captain Kangaroo born on 1-5-1910 in Sandwich, Illinois expired 4-19-1987 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| socialist Swedish prime minister Karl Hjalmar Branting shared the 1921 Nobel peace prize born on 11-23-1860 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 2-24-1925 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic Church leader (1775-1799) Giovanni Angelico Braschi elected 251st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church February 15, 1775; Napoleon had him kidnapped in 1798
expired 8-29-1799 in Valence, France age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keefe Brasselle
expired 7-7-1981 age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hitler mistress & last-minute "wife" Eva Braun died in the bunker with der Führer
expired 4-30-1945 in Berlin, Germany age 33 cause: suicide; cyanide capsule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franziska Braun Hitler's mother-in-law expired 1-13-1976 in Ruhpolding, Germany age 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comintern military advisor to Chinese Communists (1933-39) Otto Braun helped plan the Long March from Kiangsi Province to Yenan Province (1934-35)
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| former Iron Butterfly guitarist (1967-69) Eric K. Braunn played noted riff in In- born on 8-11-1950 in Pekin, Illinois expired 7-25-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 52 cause: cardiac arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Randolph Bray inventor of the "cell" animation process used to make cartoons; made first commercially released cartoon in U.S. (1910); made the Col. Heeza Liar series; started careers of Max Fleischer, Paul Terry & Walter Lantz born on 8-25-1879 expired 10-10-1978 in Bridgeport, Connecticut age 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roswell, New Mexico-area rancher William Ware "Mack" Brazel Sr. in July 1947 found metal wreckage strewn across an area of his spread: some claim it was UFO wreckage; others claim it was weather balloon wreckage; the truth may be out there, but its buried under piles of B.S. born on --1899 expired 10-1-1963 in Tularosa, New Mexico age 64 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Rosano Brazzi born on 9-18-1916 in Bologna, Italy expired 12-24-1994 age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Kentucky governor Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. born on 11-26-1924 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky expired 10-14-2003 in Lexington, Kentucky age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German playwright Bertold Eugen Friedrich Brecht born on 2-10-1898 in Augsburg, Germany expired 8-14-1956 in Berlin, Germany age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| shampoo heiress Gertrude O'Brien Breck one of the first Breck Girls born on 7-3-1906 expired 9-25-1995 age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buchanan vice president (1857-61) John Cabell Breckinridge born on 1-21-1821 in Lexington, Kentucky expired 5-17-1875 in Lexington, Kentucky age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge Jr. played The Ruler in Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958); great grandson of Buchanan's vice presidentborn on 8-6-1903 in Paris, France expired 11-5-1996 in Monterey, California age 93 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| air bag technologist & manufacturer Allen Kent Breed invented the first air bag sensor (1968) born on 7-27-1927 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-13-1999 in Lakeland, Florida age 72 cause: heart attack; lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MPAA Production Code censor (1930s-1954) Joseph Ignatius Breen born on 10-4-1890 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 12-7-1965 in Hollywood, California age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Edmund Breese born on 6-18-1871 in New York, New York expired 4-6-1936 age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Dave Breger originated the term "G.I. Joe" born on 4-15-1908 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-16-1970 in Nyack, New York age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| singer and composer Jacques Brel no longer alive or living in Paris born on 4-8-1929 in Brussels, Belgium expired 10-9-1978 in Bobigny, France age 49 cause: lung embolism; lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer Jessie Josiah Breland was lead defense council for Milam & Bryant in their trial for the murder of Emmett Till born on 12-24-1888 in Wiggins, Mississippi expired 3-??-1969 in Sumner, Mississippi age 80 AKS: JJ J J J.J. Jesse Josiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French geezer Marie Marthe Augustine Bremont
expired 6-6-2001 in Cande, France age 115
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| Nixon/Ford Labor Secretary (1973-75) Peter Joseph Brennan president of the New York-area Building and Trades Union (1957-92) born on 5-24-1918 in New York, New York expired 10-2-1996 in Massapequa, New York age 78 cause: lymphatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Walter Andrew Brennan played Grandpa McCoy on The Real McCoys tv series; won 3 Best Supporting Actor oscars for: Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) & The Westerner (1940; playing Judge Roy Bean) born on 7-25-1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts expired 9-21-1974 in Oxnard, California age 80 cause: emphysema
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| retired Supreme Court Justice William Joseph Brennan Jr. born on 4-25-1906 in Newark, New Jersey expired 7-24-1997 in Arlington, Virginia age 91
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sculptor Victor David Brenner designed the obverse & reverse of the 1909 Lincoln penny (aka: "Wheat Cent"; reverse replaced by Lincoln Memorial in 1959)born on 6-12-1871 in Siauliai, Lithuania expired 4-5-1924 in New York, New York age 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor George Brent born on 3-15-1904 in Ireland expired 5-26-1979 in Solano Beach, California age 75 cause: "natural causes" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author Howard Breslin wrote Bad Day at Hondo (basis for Bad Day at Black Rock)
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| French film director Robert Bresson made Diary of a Country Priest (1950) born on 9-25-1901 in Bromont-Lamothe, France expired 12-18-1999 in Droué-sur-Drouette, France age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball pitcher Kenneth Alven Brett youngest pitcher to every hurl in a World Series game; a brother of George Brett born on 9-18-1948 in New York, New York expired 11-18-2003 in Spokane, Washington age 55 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bauhaus-school architect Marcel Lajos Breuer designed the UNESCO headquarters building born on 5-21-1902 in Pecs, Austria-Hungary expired 7-1-1981 in New York, New York age y79 cause: heart condition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah poet laureate Kenneth Wayne Brewer born on 11-28-1941 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 3-15-2006 in Providence, Utah age 64 cause: pancreatic cancer
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| actress Diane Brewster played teacher Miss Canfield on Leave It To Beaver (1957-58) and Richard Kimball's murdered wife Helen on The Fugitive (1961) born on 3-11-1931 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-12-1991 in Studio City, California age 60 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Yale president Kingman Brewster Jr. born on 6-17-1919 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts expired 11-8-1988 age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonid's Communist trash daughter Galina Brezhnev expired 6-30-1998 in Moscow, Russia age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soviet Premier Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev supported North Vietnam during the Vietnam Warborn on 12-19-1906 in Kamerskoye, Russia expired 11-10-1982 age 75
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| Leonid's widow Viktoria Brezhnev expired 7-5-1995 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British composer Havergal Brian expired 11-28-1972 in Shoreham, England age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
movie actress Mary Brian appeared in 82 films from 1924 to 1947
expired 12-30-2002 in Del Mar, California age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-time French prime minister Aristide Briand part originator of the Locarno Pact & the Briand-Kellogg Pact; shared the 1926 Nobel peace prize born on 3-28-1862 in Nantes, Brittany, France expired 3-7-1932 in Paris, France age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress, comedienne Fanny Brice created Baby Snooks radio character; wife of Billy Rose
expired 5-29-1951 in Hollywood, California age 59 cause: cerebral hemorrhage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Paul Brickhill wrote The Great Escape (1949) & The Dam Busters born on 12-20-1916 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 4-23-1991 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titanic 2nd Marconi operator Harold Sydney Bride made it into lifeboat No.12 after sinking born on 1-11-1890 in Hull, Yorkshire, England expired 4-29-1956 in Provan Hall, Stepps, Scotland age 66 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| longshoreman unionist Alfred Bryant Renton "Harry" Bridges born on 7-28-1901 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 3-30-1990 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playboy December 1994 Playmate of Month Elisa Rebeca Bridges L.A. County Coroner autopsy Case Number 2002-01119 (acute intoxication from heroin, methamphetamine, Meperidine & Alprazolan) born on 5-24-1973 in Miami, Florida expired 2-7-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 28 cause: drug overdose AKS: Rebecca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie/tv writer/director James Bridges was the "life partner" of Jack Larson; co-wrote screenplay for Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970); co-wrote/directed The Paper Chase (1973); wrote/directed Urban Cowboy (1980) & Perfect (1985) born on 2-3-1936 in Paris, Arkansas expired 6-6-1993 in Los Angeles, California age 57 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. played scuba diver Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt tv series (1958-61); father of Beau and Jeff Bridges born on 1-13-1913 in San Leandro, California expired 3-10-1998 in Los Angeles, California age 85
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| former Detroit Tigers owner Walter O. "Spike" Briggs II brother-in-law of Senator Philip Hart expired 7-3-1970 in Detroit, Michigan age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| evangelist William Rohl Bright co-founded Campus Crusade for Christ (1951) born on 10-19-1921 in Coweta, Oklahoma expired 7-19-2003 in Orlando, Florida age 81 cause: complications from pulmonary fibrosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz musician Nicholas F. "Nick" Brignola I played the baritone saxophone born on 7-17-1936 in Troy, New York expired 2-8-2002 in Albany, New York age 65 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| western actor Paul Brinegar played chuck wagon cook Wishbone on Rawhide born on 12-19-1917 in Tucumcari, New Mexico expired 3-27-1995 in Los Angeles, California age 77 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
former New York Daily News editor (1970-81) William Joseph Brink Jr. author of famous October 30, 1975 newspaper headline when the president refused a financial bail-out for New York City — FORD TO CITY: DROP DEADborn on 2-29-1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana expired 7-1-2005 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| retired ABC news man David McClure Brinkley used to co-anchor NBC's nightly newscast born on 7-10-1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina expired 6-11-2003 in Houston, Texas age 82 cause: complications from fall
AKS: Brinckley Brinkly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Motown songwriter/singer/producer Johnny Bristol Sr. once married to Berry Gordie's niece born on 2-3-1939 in Morgantown, North Carolina expired 3-21-2004 in Brighton Township, Livingston County, Michigan age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer Edward Benjamin Britten born on 11-22-1913 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England expired 12-4-1976 in Aldeburgh, England age 63 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Barbara Britton
expired 1-17-1980 in New York, New York age 60 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Pamela Britton played Tim's landlady Mrs. Lorelei Brown on My Favorite Martian tv series born on 3-19-1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 6-18-1974 in Arlington Heights, Illinois age 51 cause: brain cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
007 movie producer Albert Romolo Broccoli grandson of the man who first created the hybrid midget "vegetable"
expired 6-27-1996 age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danjaq owner Dana Broccoli widow of Cubby Broccoli; mother of Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson; owned rights to produce the 007 films; was the person who selected Sean Connery as the first screen Bond
expired 2-29-2004 in Beverly Hills, California age 82 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last surviving member of Sweetwater Triplets Hope Cardwell Brock name suggested by Frances (Mrs. Grover) Cleveland; sister of Faith and Charity born on 5-18-1899 in Waco, Texas expired 1-15-1997 in Sweetwater, Texas age 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist Bertram Neville Brockhouse 1994 Nobel physics co-laureate born on 7-15-1918 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada expired 10-13-2003 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| portly character actor Roy Brocksmith played Poultney Dab in The Road to Wellville (1994) & Master Zakdorn strategist Sima Kolrami on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Peak Performance (1989) born on 9-15-1945 in Quincy, Illinois expired 12-16-2001 age 56 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Helen Broderick mother of actor Broderick Crawford born on 8-11-1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-25-1959 in Beverly Hills, California age 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor James Broderick father of Matthew born on 3-7-1927 in Charlestown, New Hampshire expired 9-27-1982 age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Yorker writer & novelist Harold Brodkey
expired 1-26-1996 in New York, New York age 65 cause: AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv producer Herbert Brodkin producer of tv drama The Defenders born on 11-9-1912 in New York, New York expired 10-29-1990 in New York, New York age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Aleksandrovich Brodsky
expired 1-28-1996 in New York, New York age 55 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| troubled "rich kid" Michael James Brody Jr. in and out of mental institutions; inherited $1,000,000 (1969); promised to give it all away expired 1-26-1973 in Ashoken, New York age 24 cause: suicide; hunting rifle wound to head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| animal handler Jane A. Brolin ex-wife of James born on 10-19-1939 expired 2-13-1995 age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1950s tv star John Bromfield played lead role on Sheriff of Cochise & U.S. Marshall tv series; also appeared in the Revenge of the Creature; once married to Corinne Calvet
expired 9-18-2005 in Palm Desert, CAlifornia age 83 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell University professor Urie Bronfenbrenner helped start he national Head Start program (1965); also involved in creative the academic discipline "Human Ecology" (1979) born on 4-29-1917 in Moscow, Russia expired 9-25-2005 in Ithaca, New York age 88 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distillers Corp. founder Samuel Bronfman bought Seagrams & Sons in 1928 born on 3-4-1891 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada expired 7-10-1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pixie-ish movie actress Betty Bronson chosen by Sir James Barrie to play Peter Pan in 1924 film version expired 10-19-1971 in Pasadena, California age 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Charles Bronson widower of Jill Ireland
expired 8-30-2003 in Los Angeles, California age 81 cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease
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| Playboy photographer Donald Bronstein died while on a photo shoot for the magazine born on 9-14-1926 in Illinois expired 4-14-1968 in Acapulco, Mexico age 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Cid film producer Samuel Bronston born on 3-26-1908 in Bessarabia, Russia expired 1-12-1994 in Sacramento, California age 85 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anne Bronte sister of Charlotte & Emily born on 1-17-1820 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England expired 5-28-1849 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England age 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre; sister of Emily & Anne born on 4-21-1816 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England expired 3-31-1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England age 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Emily Jane Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights; sister of Charlotte & Anne born on 7-30-1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England expired 12-19-1848 in Haworth, Yorkshire, England age 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Hillary Brooke appeared in The Road to Utopia (1945), Invaders From Mars (1953) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); played Roberta Townsend on the My Little Margie tv series (1952-54)
expired 5-25-1999 in Fallbrook, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "drunk" comedian Foster Brooks while working at a Buffalo, N.Y. radio station in the 1950s joined Robert Schmidt as a singer in the Hi- born on 5-11-1912 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 12-20-2001 in Encino, California age 89 cause: "heart trouble" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Geraldine Brooks wife of Budd Schulberg
expired 6-19-1977 in Riverhead, New York age 52 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Queen of Boogie" pianist Hadda L. Brooks
expired 11-21-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 86 cause: complications following open-heart surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former U.S. Olympic hockey team coach Herbert P. Brooks coached 1980 team that won the gold medal at the Lake Placid games born on 8-5-1937 in Saint Paul, Minnesota expired 8-11-2003 in Forest Lake, Minnesota age 66 cause: injuries sustained in car crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Elizabeth Thomas Pearey Brooks director of the U.S. Mint (1969-77) born on 11-1-1907 in Colby, Kansas expired 2-11-2002 in Twin Falls, Idaho age 94 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| silent screen actress Mary Louise Brooks starred as Lulu in Die Büchse der Pandora ("Pandora's Box"; 1929); was purported to have been Bill Paley's mistress; died penniless & forgotten born on 11-14-1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas expired 8-8-1985 in Rochester, New York age 78 cause: heart attack; emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former character actor Rand Brooks played Melanie Wilkes' doomed brother Charles Hamilton & Scarlett O'Hara's first husband, in Gone With the Wind (1939); also played Jean D'Arc, Joan's brother in Joan of Arc, Lucky Jenkins, Hopalong Cassidy's movie sidekick & Cpl. Randy Boone on the
Rin Tin Tin tv series (1954-59); retired from acting and started his own private EMS service in the L.A. area born on 9-21-1918 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-1-2003 in Santa Ynez, California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| director/screenwriter Richard Brooks directed Elmer Gantry (1960) born on 5-18-1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 3-11-1992 in Beverly Hills, California age 79 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hooters chairman Robert Howell "Bob" Brooks first restaurant opened in Clearwater, Florida in 1983 born on 2-6-1937 in Loris, South Carolina expired 7-16-2006 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina age 69  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jockey Steve Brooks won 1949 Kentucky Derby aboard Ponder born on 8-12-1922 in McCook, Nebraska expired 9-23-1979 in Louisville, Kentucky age 57 cause: following surgery for torn esophagus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former CBS sports commentator Heywood Hale Broun son of noted New York City newspaper columnist born on 3-10-1918 in New York, New York expired 9-5-2001 in Kingston, New York age 83 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| newspaper writer (1908-39) Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun member of the Algonquin Round Table born on 12-7-1888 in New York, New York expired 12-18-1939 in New York, New York age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Windell Broussard
expired 1-30-2002 in Huntsville, Texas age 41 cause: executed; lethal injection
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| former General Secretary of U.S. COmmunist Party (1930-46) Earl Russell Browder expelled from party in 1946 born on 5-20-1891 in Wichita, Kansas expired 6-27-1973 in Princeton, New Jersey age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrienne Lois Brown wife of singer James expired 1-6-1996 age 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Michigan state senator (1957-88) Basil W. Brown born on 3-20-1927 in Vandalia, Michigan expired 10-28-1997 age 70
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| political matriarch Bernice Layne Brown widow of Pat; mother of Jerry born on 11-19-1908 in San Francisco, California expired 5-9-2002 in Los Angeles, California age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues pianist & singer Charles Brown big hit: Merry Christmas Baby; was with Johnny Moore and the Blue Blazers born on 9-13-1922 expired 1-21-1999 in Oakland, California age 76 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former AT&T chairman Charles Lee Brown presided over the Bell System breakup (1984) born on 8-23-1921 in Richmond, Virginia expired 11-12-2003 in Richmond, Virginia age 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| crippled author Christy Brown despite cerebral palsy was able to type with the little toe of his left foot; author of My Left Foot (1954) born on 6-5-1932 in Dublin, Ireland expired 9-6-1981 in Parbrook, Somerset England age 49 cause: choked to death during dinner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown recipient of a 1982 Grammy award born on 4-18-1924 in Vinton, Louisiana expired 9-10-2005 in Orange, Texas age 81 cause: lung cancer; emphysema; heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author Claude Brown wrote Manchild in the Promised Land (1965) & The Children of Ham (1976) born on 2-23-1937 in New York, New York expired 2-2-2002 in New York, New York age 64 cause: lung condition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corey L. Brown center of Massachusetts right- born on 1-20-1981 expired 12-7-1995 age 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Joe Brown former lead singer with the group Molly Hatchet born on 8-24-1951 in Jacksonville, Florida expired 3-10-2005 in Davie, Florida age 53 cause: complications from diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shuttle STS-107 astronaut David McDowell Brown born on 4-16-1956 in Arlington, Virginia expired 2-1-2003 in over north-central Texas age 46 cause: disintegration of Shuttle Columbia during re-entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| historian Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown wrote Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1971) born on 2-29-1908 in Alberta, Alabama expired 12-12-2002 in Little Rock, Arkansas age 94 cause: heart disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ex-California governor Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. father of "Gov. Moonbeam" born on 4-21-1905 in San Francisco, California expired 2-16-1996 in Beverly Hills, California age 90 cause: heart attack
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| poet George Mackay Brown born on 10-17-1921 in Stromness, Scotland expired 4-13-1996 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Georgia Brown played Lt. Worf's mom on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Madame Lazora on Cheers born on 10-21-1933 in London, England expired 7-4-1992 age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| screenwriter Harry Brown shared oscar for A Place in the Sun with Michael Wilson; wrote screenplay for Ocean's Eleven (1960) born on 4-30-1917 in Portland, Maine expired 11-2-1986 in Los Angeles, California age 69 cause: emphysema | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Supreme Court associate justice (1890-1906) Henry Billings Brown author of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that ratified "separate but equal" accomodations born on 3-2-1836 in South Lee, Massachusetts expired 9-4-1913 in Bronxville, New York age 77 cause: heaart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
chemist Dr. Herbert Charles Brown shared 1979 Nobel chemistry prize
expired 12-18-2004 in Lafayette, Indiana age 92 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| electrical engineer & Certified Nutcase Hugh Auchincloss Brown Sr. wrote Cataclysms of the Earth (1967) expounding his theories that the weight of the polar ice caps would cause the Earth to tip off its rotational axis and wipe out civilization; he proposed nuking the poles to "break up" the ice born on 12-23-1878 expired 11-19-1975 in New York, New York age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| violinist Iona Brown recored with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields born on 1-7-1941 in Salisbury, England expired 6-5-2004 in Salisbury, England age 63 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publisher James Brown born on 5-19-1800 in Acton, Massachusetts expired 3-10-1855 in Watertown, Massachusetts age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tv Rin Tin Tin actor James Brown born on 3-22-1920 in Desdemona, Texas expired 4-11-1992 age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| master tap dancer James "Buster" Brown born on 5-17-1913 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 5-7-2002 in New York, New York age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| radical abolitionist John Brown raided the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859, in order to obtain weapons and supplies to lead a slave revolt; captured by Col. Robert E. Lee and Capt. Jeb Stuart; tried and hanged within two months born on 5-9-1800 in Torrington, Connecticut expired 12-2-1859 in Charlestown, Virginia age 59 cause: hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| athlete & movie star Johnny Mack Brown born on 9-1-1904 in Dothan, Alabama expired 11-14-1974 in Woodland Hills, California age 70 cause: kidney failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| comedic actor Joseph Evan Brown born on 7-28-1892 in Holgate, Ohio expired 7-6-1973 in Brentwood, California age 80 cause: complications from stroke, severe arthritis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "renowned" big band leader Lester Raymond Brown Sr. co-wrote Sentimental Journey (with Homer & Green) born on 3-12-1912 in Reinerton, Pennsylvania expired 1-4-2001 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: lung cancer
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"unsinkable" Titanic passenger Margaret Tobin Brown
expired 10-26-1932 in New York, New York age 65 cause: strokes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball pitcher Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three-fingered" Brown played from 1903 to 1916 born on 10-19-1876 in Byesville, Indiana expired 2-14-1948 in Terre Haute, Indiana age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muriel Fay Buck Humphrey Brown widow of Hubert H. II; served out remainder of his senate term (1978) born on 2-20-1912 in Huron, South Dakota expired 9-20-1998 in Minneapolis, Minnesota age 86
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| civil rights litigant Rev. Oliver Leon Brown on behalf of daughters Linda, Terry & Cheryl was the lead plaintiff in the Brown et.al. v. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court ruling (5/14/1954) which ended school segreation which had been permitted by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896 #210) born on 8-2-1918 in Topeka, Kansas expired 6-??-1961 in Topeka, Kansas age 42 cause: heart attack
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| singer/songwriter/activist Oscar Brown Jr. born on 10-10-1926 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-29-2005 in Chicago, Illinois age 78 cause: complications from blood infection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Pamela Brown born on 7-8-1917 in London, England expired 9-18-1975 in London, England age 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pioneering football coach Paul Brown second owner of the Cleveland Browns born on 7-9-1908 in Norwalk, Connecticut expired 8-5-1991 age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blacklisted actor (1952) Phil Brown directed The Harlem Globetrotters movie (1951); played Uncle Owen Lars in Star Wars IV born on 4-30-1916 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 2-9-2006 in Woodland Hills, California age 89 cause: pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Michigan senator (1936-43) Prentiss M. Brown chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority born on 6-18-1889 expired 12-19-1973 in Saint Ignace, Michigan age 84 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz bassist Ray Brown one-time Mr. Ella Fitzgerald born on 10-13-1926 expired 7-2-2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| engineer Dr. Robert Hanbury Brown worked on original pre-World War II British radar systems; co-developer of astronomical optical intensity interferometry born on 8-31-1916 in Aruvankadu, India expired 1-16-2002 in Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England age 85 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBC staff cameraman Robert Brown murdered after visiting People's Temple cult headquarters in Jonestown, Guyana born on 7-28-1942 in Orange, New Jersey expired 11-18-1978 in Port Kaituma, Guyana age 36 cause: bullet wounds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Robert Brown best known for being second actor to play M in four James Bond movies: Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1989), The Living Daylights (1987) & License to Kill (1989) born on 11-12-1918 in Swanage, Dorsetshire, England expired 11-11-2003 in Swanage, Dorsetshire, England age 84 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinton Commerce Secretary Ronald Harmon Brown born on 8-1-1941 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 4-3-1996 in Dubrovnik, Croatia age 54 cause: plane crash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former NY Giants tackle (1953-65) Roosevelt Brown Jr. born on 10-20-1932 in Charlottesville, Virginia expired 6-9-2004 in Columbus, Mansfield Township, New Jersey age 71 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| blues singer/songwriter Roy Brown had 1947 hit with Good Rocking Tonight; wrote Let the Four Winds Blow (1957) born on 9-10-1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 5-25-1981 in San Fernando Valley, California age 56 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warner Brothers cartoon sound effects master Tregoweth Brown born on 11-4-1899 in Minnesota expired 4-??-1984 in California age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Vanessa Brown originated the role of the girl upstairs in the Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch, a role played by Marilyn Monroe in the movies
expired 5-21-1999 in Woodland Hills, California age 71 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tenor saxophonist Wilbur H. Brown born on 11-19-1931 expired 5-7-2000 in Los Angeles, California age 68 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World War I veteran William Brown born on 8-23-1894 in Cuero, Texas expired 10-12-2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Zara Cully Brown played Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons born on 1-26-1892 in Worcester, Massachusetts expired 2-28-1978 in Los Angeles, California age 86 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Coral Edith Browne wife of Vincent Price born on 7-23-1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia expired 5-29-1991 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cartoonist Dik Browne born on 8-11-1917 in New York, New York expired 6-5-1989 age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
priest Francis M. "Frank" Browne while still training for the priesthood took a ride on the Titanic, debarking in Queenstown; he took the last photographs of Captain Smith & the ship, as well as the only photograph of the Marconi Roomborn on 7-3-1880 in Cork, Ireland expired 7-??-1960 in Dublin, Ireland age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former baseball outfielder George Edward Browne played 12 seasons for the Giants, Phillies & other teams (1901-12); sat out the last two innings of an 11-to-1 blow-out against the Superbas, replaced in right field by 'Moonlight' Graham (June 29, 1905) born on 1-12-1876 in Richmond, Virginia expired 12-9-1920 in Hyde Park, New York age 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actress Katherine "Kathie" Browne played Deela, one of Captain Kirk's "quickie" conquests, in original Star Trek episode Wink of an Eye (1968); second wife of Darren McGavinborn on 9-19-1939 in San Luis Obispo, California expired 4-8-2003 in Beverly Hills, California age 63 AKS: Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| movie actor, write & director Charles Albert "Tod" Browning got into show biz as a circus contortionist; made Dracula (1931) and the disturbing movie Freaks (1932); played a car owner/crook in Intolerance (1916) and the harbor master in Dracula (1931) born on 7-12-1882 in Louisville, Kentucky expired 10-6-1962 in Santa Monica, California age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Tennessee governor (1937-39 & 1949-53) Gordon Browning also was Tennessee rep. (1923-34) born on 11-22-1889 expired 5-23-1976 in Huntingdon, Tennessee age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| earthquake prognosticator Iben Browning born on 1-9-1918 expired 7-18-1991 age 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gunsmith John Moses Browning invented authomatic rifles, pistols & machine guns born on 1-21-1855 in Ogden, Utah expired 11-26-1926 in Liege, Belgium age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
graphic designer and movie title designer Robert Brownjohn did main title sequences for From Russia With Love and Goldfinger that established the form for the title sequences for all later James Bond movies (done by Maurice Binder and others)expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| short story author Howard Brubaker coined term "Dixiecrat" to describe southern Democrats who bolted the party in the 1948 presidential election (Strom Thurmond was running) expired 2-2-1957 in Green Farms, Connecticut age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| composer/arranger Howard R. Brubeck older brother of Dave Brubeck born on 7-11-1916 in Concordia, California expired 2-16-1993 in Escondido, California age 76
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1960's pro wrestler Edward Bruce
expired 6-9-1996 age 78 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Bruce born on 10-21-1971 expired 1-14-2004 in Huntsville, Texas age 32
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"sick" comedian Lenny Bruce son of Sally Marr; pardoned December 2003 by N.Y. governor Pataki for his "obscentity" conviction
expired 8-3-1966 in Hollywood, California age 40 cause: drug overdose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Nigel Bruce played Dr. Watson in 14 Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone from 1939 (Hound of the Baskervilles) to 1946 (Terror By Night) born on 2-14-1895 in Baja, Mexico expired 10-8-1953 in Santa Monica, California age 58 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miss America 1926 Norma Descygne Smallwood Bruce expired 5-??-1967 in Wichita, Kansas age 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Protocol inventor Dr. Robert Arthur Bruce came up with the multi- born on 11-20-1916 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 2-12-2004 in Seattle, Washington age 87 cause: leukemia; spinal stenosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
dimwitted English army commander James Thomas Brudenell led the ill-fated advance that came to be known as the Charge of the Light Brigade (1854); name became eponym for the style of sweater that he popularized
expired 3-27-1868 in Deene Park, England age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WBZ (Boston) radio personality David B. Brudnoy born on 6-5-1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 12-9-2004 in Boston, Massachusetts age 64 cause: merkel cell carcinoma; AIDS
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| amateur lepidopterist Kenneth C. Brugger in 1978 discovered where North American Monarch butterflies wintered --- the pine forest in the mountains west of Mexico City born on 6-16-1918 expired 11-25-1998 in Austin, Texas age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| high jumper Valeri Brumel won Olympic silver (1960) & gold (1964) medals born on 4-14-1942 in Siberia expired 1-26-2003 in Moscow, Russia age 60 cause: "a prolonged illness" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sartorial dandy George Bryan "Beau" Brummell the original "clothes horse" born on 6-7-1778 expired 3-30-1840 in Caen, France age 61 cause: syphilis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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fifth head of the International Olympic Committee (1952-72) Avery Brundage presided over the disasterous 1972 München Olympic Games born on 9-28-1887 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-8-1975 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former ABC News correspondent and host of What's My Line? (1968-72) Wallace C. "Wally" Bruner born on 3-4-1931 expired 11-15-1997 in Indianapolis, Indiana age 66 cause: liver cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
character actress Argentina Brunetti played Mrs. Martini in It's A Wonderful Life (1946); a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the Golden Globes people)
expired 12-20-2005 in Rome, Italy age 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German politician Heinrich Bruning last "normal" chancellor before Hitler (3/30/1932-5/30/1932); fled Hitler's purge of June 30, 1934 born on 11-26-1885 in Münster, Germany expired 3-30-1970 in Norwich, Vermont age 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Howard Brunner born on 4-20-1940 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 11-12-1991 in Marietta, Georgia age 51 cause: AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic skater Melitta Brunner born on 1-28-1907 in Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary expired 5-26-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| trumpet player, arranger, composer Mauro A. Bruno wrote music for Barnaby Jones, Streets of San Francisco & Police Woman tv series born on 11-25-1923 in Boston, Massachusetts expired 10-3-2002 in Burbank, California age 78 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| geezer Earl Fred Brush born on 7-17-1893 in Marshall, Iowa expired 1-10-2005 in San Leandro, California age 111
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| Roman politician Marcus Junius Brutus principal assassin, with Cassius, of Julius Caesar; "Et tu, Brute?" born on --85 BC in Rome, Italy expired 10-23-42 BC in Philippi, Greece age 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lawyer, populist politician William Jennings Bryan three-time Democratic nominee for president; Wilson Secretary of State 1913-15; part of prosecution in Scopes "Monkey Trial" - died shortly thereafter born on 3-18-1860 in Salem, Illinois expired 7-26-1925 in Dayton, Tennessee age 65 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Panther airplane hijacker (1969) Anthony Garnet "Tony" Bryant did 11½ years in a Cuban prison (during the hijacking he robbed one of the passengers, a secret agent for Castro, of a briefcase full of $100 bills; OOOPS!) expired 12-23-1999 age 60 cause: leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former segregationist Florida governor (1961-65) Cecil Farris Bryant born on 7-26-1914 in Ocala, Florida expired 3-1-2002 in Jacksonville, Florida age 87 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tunesmith Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant with wife co-wrote Rocky Top, Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie; on his own wrote All I Have To Do Is Dream & Love Hurts born on 2-13-1920 in Shellman, Georgia expired 6-25-1987 in Knoxville, Tennessee age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lyricist Matilda Genevieve "Felice" Bryant with husband co-wrote Rocky Top, Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie
expired 4-22-2003 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee age 77 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama football coach Paul William "Bear" Bryant born on 9-11-1913 in Moro Bottom, Arkansas expired 1-26-1983 age 69
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| acquitted admitted kidnapper & party to murder Roy Bryant Sr. kidnapped teen who was alleged to have whistled at his wife & participated in the teen's torture & murder born on 1-24-1931 expired 9-1-1994 in Jackson, Mississippi age 63 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sax player Royal G. "Rusty" Bryant born on 11-25-1929 expired 3-25-1991 age 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| classical clarinetist Jack Brymer born on 1-27-1915 expired 9-16-2003 age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| former Mustang Ranch "bodyguard" Willard Ross Brymer killed Argentinian boxer Oscar Bonavena at gate to brothel (1976) born on 4-7-1945 expired 6-26-2000 in Reno, Nevada age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
actor Yul Brynner had title role in The King and I
expired 10-10-1985 age 70 cause: lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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