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See also the politicians involved in entertainment,
or professional
sports.
in alphabetical order
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Ethan Allen (1738-1789) —
of Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Arlington, Bennington
County, Vt.; Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January 10, 1738/37 o.s. ((January
21, 1738)).
Farmer;
land
speculator; formed the Green Mountain Boys in 1770; captured Fort
Ticonderoga from the British in 1775; successfully advocated for the
formation of Vermont as a separate state from New Hampshire and New
York; served as judge under Vermont's Banishment Act, with authority
to confiscate the property of British loyalists.
Deist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
12, 1789 (age 51 years, 22
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; Republican candidate for Presidential
Elector for California, 1944.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
26, 1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Carlos Alan Autry (b. 1952) —
also known as Alan Autry; Carlos Brown —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 31,
1952.
Republican. Played pro
football for the Green Bay Packers in 1975-76; television and
movie actor;
mayor
of Fresno, Calif., 2001-09; radio news
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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👁 Roger W. Babson
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Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) —
also known as Roger W. Babson; "The Seer of Wellesley
Hills" —
of Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 6,
1875.
Statistician;
economist;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Author
of many books on business and religion; famed for predicting the 1929
stock market crash; founder
of Babson Institute (now Babson College), in Wellesley, Mass.; Webber
College (now Webber International University), in Babson Park, Fla.,
and Utopia College (now defunct), in Eureka, Kan.
Died in Mountain Lake, Polk
County, Fla., March 5,
1967 (age 91 years, 242
days).
Interment at Babson College Grounds, Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Mass.
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Edward James Begley Jr. (b. 1949) —
also known as Ed Begley, Jr. —
of Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
16, 1949.
Democrat. Actor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker).
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Ralph Rexford Bellamy (1904-1991) —
also known as Ralph Bellamy —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1904.
Democrat. Actor;
appeared in more than 100 movies; his most famous role was as Franklin
D. Roosevelt in "Sunrise at Campobello"; board
member, Screen Actors Guild; president,
Actors Equity; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a lung
ailment, in St. John's Health
Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
29, 1991 (age 87 years, 165
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Theodore Meir Bikel (1924-2015) —
also known as Theodore Bikel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
May
2, 1924.
Democrat. Actor;
singer;
musician;
composer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968;
president,
Actors Equity, 1977-82.
Jewish.
Died, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical
Center, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 21,
2015 (age 91 years, 80
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) —
also known as Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. —
Born in San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif., January
15, 1913.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
10, 1998 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Cremated.
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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Socialist. Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930; founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) —
also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
March
24, 1928.
Democrat. Actress;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from breast
cancer, at the Motion Picture Country Home,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 21,
1999 (age 71 years, 58
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate for New York
state assembly 2nd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull
and Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television
news show "Firing Line"; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brother
of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor. |
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| Political family: Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
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| Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
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| See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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| Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) — The
Reagan I Knew (2008) |
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| Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe
McCarthy |
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| Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —
Lee Edwards, William
F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.
Bogus, Buckley:
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American
Conservatism |
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| Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) —
also known as Asa G. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., December
30, 1851.
Druggist;
founder of the Coca-Cola
beverage company; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1917-19.
Suffered a stroke in
1926, did not recover, and died in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
12, 1929 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Nat King Cole (1919-1965) —
also known as Nathaniel Adams Coles —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
17, 1919.
Singer;
musician;
actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, from lung
cancer, in St. John's Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1965 (age 45 years, 335
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Richard Conte (1910-1975) —
also known as Nicholas Peter Conte —
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March
24, 1910.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1975 (age 65 years, 22
days).
Interment at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) —
also known as Jane Morgan —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., September
15, 1789.
Novelist;
U.S. Consul in Lyon, 1826-28.
Episcopalian.
Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. Inducted into the New York Writers
Hall
of Fame.
Died in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
14, 1851 (age 61 years, 364
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Cooperstown, N.Y.; statue at Cooper
Garden, Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Tony Curtis (1925-2010) —
also known as Bernard Herschel Schwartz —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from COPD and asthma,
in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., September
29, 2010 (age 85 years, 118
days).
Interment at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel Curtis and Helen (Klein) Curtis; married, February
8, 1963, to Christine Kaufmann; married, April
20, 1968, to Leslie Allen; married 1984 to Andrea
Savio; married, February
28, 1993, to Lisa Deutsch; married, November
6, 1998, to Jill Vandenberg; married, June 4,
1951, to Janet
Leigh. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
18, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried
and acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
13, 1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) —
also known as Samuel George Davis —
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; singer; dancer; actor;
injured in an automobile accident in 1954, and lost his
left eye; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
African
and Cuban
ancestry.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1968.
Died, from complications of throat
cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 16,
1990 (age 64 years, 159
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Rosemary DeCamp (1910-2001) —
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., November
14, 1910.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
20, 2001 (age 90 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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👁 Walt Disney
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Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966) —
also known as Walt Disney; "Uncle
Walt" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
5, 1901.
Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
Irish
ancestry.
Producer
or director
of several hundred films
from 1922 until the 1960s; creator and first voice of Mickey Mouse;
founder of Disney entertainment company and of Disneyland, the
world's first
theme park; recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. In honor of his
invention of the multiplane camera, he is an inductee to the National
Inventors Hall of
Fame.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
15, 1966 (age 65 years, 10
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.; statue erected 1993 at Disneyland,
Anaheim, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elias Disney and Flora (Call) Disney; married, July 13,
1925, to Lillian Marie Bounds. |
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| Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about Walt Disney: Richard
Schickel, The
Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt
Disney — Leonard Mosley, Disney's
World: A Biography — Katherine Greene & Richard
Greene, The
Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney — Bob
Thomas, Walt
Disney: An American Original — Jean-Pierre Isbouts, Discovering
Walt: The Magical Life of Walt Disney (for young
readers) |
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| Image source: Boy Scouts of
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John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) —
also known as John F. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
25, 1864.
Republican. Early automobile
manufacturer; made parts for Oldsmobile and Ford in the early
20th century; co-founder of Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Company in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars and trucks; the Dodge
operation became part of Chrysler Corporation in 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1920 (age 55 years, 81
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married, September
22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins; married, December
9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith; married, December
10, 1907, to Matilda
Rausch; uncle of Horace
Elgin Dodge Jr.. |
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| Political family: Dodge-Duke-Cromwell
family of Detroit, Michigan (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) —
also known as James B. Duke; "Buck";
"Tobacco King" —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Durham, Durham
County, N.C., December
23, 1856.
Republican. Organizer and president, American Tobacco
Company, which monopolized the tobacco
industry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer of electric
power companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1904.
Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1925 (age 68 years, 291
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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Will Durst (b. 1952) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
18, 1952.
Comedian;
candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1987; actor;
writer;
radio talk
show host.
Still living as of 2019.
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George Eastman (1854-1932) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 12,
1854.
Republican. Inventor;
founder, Eastman Kodak Company; philanthropist; Republican
Presidential Elector for New York, 1901
(voted for William
McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt); Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1916;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1928.
English
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March
14, 1932 (age 77 years, 246
days). His suicide
note was just six words: "My work is done. Why wait?".
Interment at Kodak
Park, Rochester, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Eastman and Maria (Kilbourn) Eastman; first
cousin of Harvey
Gridley Eastman; third cousin of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of James
Kilbourne and Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875); fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Condict, Byron
H. Kilbourn, Harrison
Blodget, George
Bradley Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Clarence
Horatio Pitkin, Carroll
Peabody Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
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| Political families:Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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| The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Eastman (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1977) was named for
him. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about George Eastman: Carl W.
Ackerman, George
Eastman: Founder of Kodak and the Photography
Business — Elizabeth Brayer, George
Eastman: A Biography — Lynda Pflueger, George
Eastman: Bringing Photography to the People (for young
readers) |
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| Image source: Time Magazine, March 31,
1924 |
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Clinton Eastwood Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
speaker, 2012;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish,
Dutch,
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Chad Everett (1936-2012) —
also known as Raymond Lee Cramton —
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 11,
1936.
Republican. Actor;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Died July 24,
2012 (age 76 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jules Ralph Feiffer (b. 1929) —
also known as Jules Feiffer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
26, 1929.
Democrat. Cartoonist;
playwright;
screenwriter;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968;
received a Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartoons in 1981, and again in 1986; inducted
into the Comic Book Hall of
Fame, 2004.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2023.
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Glenn Ford (1916-2006) —
also known as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford —
Born in Quebec City, Quebec,
May
1, 1916.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; film and television actor
in dozens of roles; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Welsh
and English
ancestry.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
30, 2006 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Ford and Hannah Ford; married, October
23, 1943, to Eleanor Powell; married, March
27, 1966, to Kathryn Hays; married, September
10, 1977, to Cynthia Hayward; married, March 5,
1993, to Jeanne Baus. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Springwells Township (now part of Dearborn), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut
down the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke,
in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, April
11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of Clarence
William Ford; second cousin once removed of Clyde
McKinlock Ford. |
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| Political family: Ford
family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. |
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| Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge — William
A. Lucking |
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| Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
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| Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Anthony Franciosa (1928-2006) —
also known as Tony Franciosa; Anthony George
Papaleo —
of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1928.
Democrat. Actor;
hit and
kicked a press photographer at the Los Angeles Civic Center on
April 19, 1957; arrested
for assault,
pleaded
guilty, served to ten days in jail,
and fined
$250; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Italian
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few days later, in UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
19, 2006 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Cremated.
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Alan Stuart Franken (b. 1951) —
also known as Al Franken; "Stuart
Smalley" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1951.
Democrat. Comedian;
author;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2009-18; resigned 2018; in November 2017,
Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken had forcibly
kissed her on a 2006 USO tour; Franken was also photographed
appearing to place his hands on
or near her breasts; other women made similar allegations; resigned
from the Senate in January.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Aretha Louise Franklin (1942-2018) —
also known as Aretha Franklin; "Queen of
Soul" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
25, 1942.
Democrat. Singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, 1987; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Female.
Died, from pancreatic
neuroendocrine tumor, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
16, 2018 (age 76 years, 144
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Leo Anthony Gallagher (b. 1946) —
also known as Leo Gallagher;
"Gallagher" —
of California.
Born in Fort Bragg, Cumberland
County, N.C., July 24,
1946.
Comedian;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bernhard Hugo Goetz (b. 1947) —
also known as Bernhard H. Goetz; Bernie Goetz;
"Subway Vigilante" —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., November
7, 1947.
On December 22, 1984, he shot
and wounded four young men who were about to rob him, and
subsequently fled
to New England, until he turned
himself in at Concord, N.H.; arraigned
on attempted
murder, assault,
and weapons
charges;
convicted
only for carrying
an unlicensed gun; sentenced
to one year in jail;
served eight months; Fusion candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001.
German
and Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Billy Graham (1918-2018) —
also known as William Franklin Graham Jr.; "America's
Pastor" —
Born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
7, 1918.
Minister;
evangelist;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1968,
1980;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1968,
1988.
Baptist.
Died in Montreat, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
21, 2018 (age 99 years, 106
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marilyn Hare (1923-1981) —
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Singer; actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from cancer,
in a hospital
at Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1981 (age 57 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English,
Dutch,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Andrew
Williams; son of Henry Hart and Elizabeth (Ostrander) Hart;
married, August
11, 1862, to Anna Griswold. |
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| Bret Harte Union High
School, in Angels
Camp, California, is named for
him. — Bret Harte Elementary
School, in Sacramento,
California, is named for
him. — The Bret Harte Neighborhood
Library, in Long
Beach, California, is named for
him. |
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| Epitaph: "Death shall reap the braver
harvest." |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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👁 Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) —
also known as Nathaniel Hathorne —
of Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., July 4,
1804.
Famed novelist
and short story writer; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs at Salem, Mass., Massachusetts, 1846-49; U.S.
Consul in Liverpool, 1853-57.
English
ancestry.
Died in Plymouth, Grafton
County, N.H., May 19,
1864 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.; statue at Hawthorne
Boulevard, Salem, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke (Manning) Hathorne;
married, July 9,
1842, to Sophia Amelia Peabody (sister-in-law of Horace
Mann); great-grandfather of Olcott
Hawthorne Deming; second great-grandfather of Rust
Macpherson Deming; fourth cousin of Judah
Dana; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel
Putnam Tyler, John
Winchester Dana and Charles
Smith Dana. |
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| Political families: Dana-Ripley
family of Fryeburg, Maine; Roosevelt
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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| The borough
of Hawthorne,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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| Fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne: The
House of Seven Gables — The
Scarlet Letter — Selected
Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| Books about Nathaniel Hawthorne: Brenda
Wineapple, Hawthorne
: A Life — Luther S. Luedtke, Nathaniel
Hawthorne and the Romance of the Orient — Raymona E.
Hull, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, the English Experience, 1853-1864 |
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| Image source: Project
Gutenberg |
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👁 William Randolph Hearst
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper
publishing magnate; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904,
1920;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909 (Civic
Alliance); Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie
producer in 1915-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Robert Welch Herrick (1868-1938) —
also known as Robert Herrick —
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
21, 1868.
Novelist;
university
professor; secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-38; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, December
23, 1938 (age 70 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine,
1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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👁 Samuel Insull
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Samuel Insull (1859-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.; near Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
November
11, 1859.
Republican. Associate of Thomas Edison and executive of electric
utilities; one of the founders of the company that became General
Electric; also had major holdings in railroads;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1904;
when his utility holding company collapsed, wiping out the
stockholders, he fled
the country; indicted
in 1932 on fraud
and embezzlement
charges;
ultimately extradited
from Turkey in 1934; tried in
Chicago and found not guilty.
Congregationalist.
Member, Union
League.
Died from a heart
attack, in the Place de la Concorde station
on the Paris Métro subway system, Paris, France,
July
16, 1938 (age 78 years, 247
days).
Interment at Putney
Vale Cemetery, London, England.
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👁 Washington Irving
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Washington Irving (1783-1859) —
also known as "Dietrich Knickerbocker";
"Jonathan Oldstyle"; "Geoffrey
Crayon" —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1783.
Essayist;
historian;
author
of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1842-46.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y., November
28, 1859 (age 76 years, 239
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Irving (1731-1807) and Sarah (Sanders) Irving; brother of
William
Irving (1766-1821), Peter
Irving and John
Treat Irving; great-granduncle of Robert
Broadnax Glenn. |
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| Political family: Irving
family of New York City, New York. |
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| Cross-reference: William
P. Duval |
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| The city
of Irving,
Texas, is named for
him. — The village
of Irvington,
New York, is named for
him. — Washington Irving Elementary
School, in Edmond,
Oklahoma, is named for
him. |
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| Other politicians named for him: Washington
Irving Howard
— W.
Irving Babcock
— Washington
I. Wallace
— W.
I. Babb
— Washington
Irving Gadbois
— Washington
I. Smith
— W.
Irving Vanderpoel
— Washington
I. Kilpatrick
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| See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about Washington Irving: George
S. Hellman, Washington
Irving Esquire : Ambassador at Large from the New World to the
Old |
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| Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1940) |
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George Albert Jessel (1898-1981) —
also known as George Jessel; "Toastmaster General of
the United States" —
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., April 3,
1898.
Democrat. Actor;
songwriter;
movie
producer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 23,
1981 (age 83 years, 50
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Casey Kasem (b. 1932) —
also known as Kemal Amin Kazem —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
27, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; radio disc
jockey; actor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988.
Druze.
Lebanese
and Palestinian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) —
also known as Gary Edward Keillor —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., August
7, 1942.
Democrat. Writer; radio show
host; comedian;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
inducted into the Radio Hall of
Fame in 1994.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2024.
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👁 Francis Scott Key
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August
1, 1779.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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👁 Coretta Scott King
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Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) —
also known as Coretta Scott —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Heiberger, Perry
County, Ala., April
27, 1927.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Died in Playas de Rosarito, Baja
California, January
30, 2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Entombed at King
Center Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006) —
also known as Phyllis Kirkegaard —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
18, 1927.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
aneurysm, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
19, 2006 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, November
20, 1866.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;
resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball,
1920-44.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Elected to National Baseball Hall of
Fame, 1944.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hope Elise Ross Lange (1933-2003) —
also known as Hope Lange —
Born in Redding Ridge, Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
28, 1933.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from ischemic
colitis, in St. Johns Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
19, 2003 (age 70 years, 21
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John George Lange and Minetta (Buddecke) Lange; married,
April
14, 1956, to Don Murray; married, October
19, 1963, to Alan Jay Pakula; married, January
29, 1986, to Charles Hollerith, Jr. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Peter Lawford (1923-1984) —
also known as Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen Lawford —
Born in London, England,
September
7, 1923.
Democrat. Actor;
naturalized U.S. citizen; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
English
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, while suffering from kidney
failure and liver
failure, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
24, 1984 (age 61 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean; cenotaph at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and May Somerville (Bunny) Lawford;
married, October
30, 1971, to Mary Rowan; married, June 25,
1976, to Deborah Gould; married, July 5,
1984, to Patricia Seaton; married, April
24, 1954, to Patricia
Helen Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy); father of Christopher Lawford. |
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| Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father &
Friend." |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Janet Leigh (1927-2004) —
also known as Jeanette Helen Morrison —
Born in Merced, Merced
County, Calif., July 6,
1927.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Danish,
Scotch-Irish,
and German
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack while also suffering from vasculitis,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
3, 2004 (age 77 years, 89
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita (Westergaard)
Morrison; married, June 4,
1951, to Tony
Curtis; married, August
1, 1942, to John Kenneth Carlisle; married, October
5, 1945, to Stanley Reames; married, September
15, 1962, to Robert Brandt. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jack Griffith London (1876-1916) —
also known as Jack London; John Griffith
Chaney —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Glen Ellen, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
12, 1876.
Socialist. Novelist;
candidate for mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1901 (Social Democratic), 1905 (Socialist).
Died in Glen Ellen, Sonoma
County, Calif., November
22, 1916 (age 40 years, 315
days).
Interment at Jack London State Historic Park Cemetery, Glen Ellen, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Chaney and Flora (Wellman) London; married 1900 to
Elizabeth May Maddern; married 1905 to
Charmian 'Clara' Kittredge. |
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| Mount
London, on the border between British
Columbia, Canada, and Haines
Borough, Alaska, is named for
him. — Jack London Square (entertainment and business
development),
and the surrounding Jack London District neighborhood,
in Oakland,
California, are named for
him. — Jack London Lake
(Ozero Dzheja Londona), and the surrounding Jack London Nature
Park, in Magadan
Oblast, Russia, are named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jack London (built 1943 at Sausalito,
California; scrapped 1968) was named for
him. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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👁 Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Lee Roosevelt; "Princess
Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker);
newspaper
columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Edith
Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; niece of Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandaunt of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece of William
Bellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Alsop Cole and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
Alsop Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.. |
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| Political family: Roosevelt
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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| See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
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| Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe; Clare Boothe
Brokaw —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
10, 1903.
Republican. Writer; journalist;
playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
24, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972.
Female.
English,
Irish,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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👁 Horace Mann
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Horace Mann (1796-1859) —
also known as "The Father of American Public
Education" —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Franklin, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 4,
1796.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1827-33; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1833-37; secretary, Massachusetts Board of
Education, 1837-48; founder and editor of The Common School
Journal; became a national leader in improving and reforming
public schools; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1848-53; Free
Soil candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1852; president
and professor
at Antioch College, 1852-59.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900.
Died in Yellow Springs, Greene
County, Ohio, August
2, 1859 (age 63 years, 90
days).
Original interment somewhere in Yellow Springs, Ohio; reinterment at North
Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.; statue at State House Grounds, Boston, Mass.
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Lee Marvin (1924-1987) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Tucson Medical
Center, Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
29, 1987 (age 63 years, 191
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers,
winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer and Jacob Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955) and Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944);
married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who
married William
Goetz) and Irene Gladys Mayer (who married David
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| Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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| Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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William Worrall Mayo (1819-1911) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Eccles, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England,
May
31, 1819.
Democrat. Physician;
founder of the medical practice and hospital
which became the Mayo Clinic; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 6,
1911 (age 91 years, 279
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Mercedes McCambridge (1916-2004) —
also known as Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge —
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
16, 1916.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 2,
2004 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) —
also known as Arthur Miller —
of Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1915.
Democrat. Playwright;
author of such plays as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible";
received the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama in 1949; because he was suspected
of ties to Communist
organizations, his passport was
denied in 1954; compelled to testify before the House Un-American
Activities Committee in 1956; he refused to name his political
colleagues, and was found
guilty of contempt
of Congress in 1957; the conviction was overturned on appeal;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968.
Agnostic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Great Oak Cemetery, Roxbury, Conn.
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Michael Moore (b. 1954) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., April
23, 1954.
Elected to Davison school board at age 18; founder and publisher
of the Flint Voice alternative newspaper,
which later became the Michigan Voice; Citizens candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1984;
editor, Mother Jones magazine;
directed
and appeared in Roger and Me and other movie
documentaries; host of the 1994-95 television
series "TV Nation".
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) —
also known as Samuel F. B. Morse —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
27, 1791.
Artist;
inventor
of the telegraph;
Native American candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1836, 1841; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1854.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1872 (age 80 years, 341
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Bess Myerson (1924-2014) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Miss America, 1945; first
and only Jewish woman to win the pageant; musician; television
personality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,
1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 of bribing
Justice Hortense
Gabel by giving her daughter
a city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments for
Carl Andrew Capasso, Myerson's married
lover; the scandal
was called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumer
affairs commissioner; indicted
on federal bribery
charges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
14, 2014 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Paul Leonard Newman (1925-2008) —
also known as Paul Newman; "King
Cool" —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
26, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; American actor
and film
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1968;
created the Newman's Own line of salad
dressing and other food
products, with all profits donated to charity.
Slovak
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
26, 2008 (age 83 years, 244
days).
Cremated.
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Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) —
also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North —
of Virginia.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell
weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there; convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk
show in 1995-2003, and is a television
commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sheree North (1932-2005) —
also known as Dawn Shirley Crang; Dawn Shirley Bethel;
Shirley Mae Bessire —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
17, 1932.
Democrat. Actress;
singer;
dancer;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
4, 2005 (age 73 years, 291
days).
Cremated.
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Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1824-26.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Henry
County, Ky., September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Arthur O'Connell (1908-1981) —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1908.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 18,
1981 (age 73 years, 50
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
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| Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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David Packard (1912-1996) —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., September
7, 1912.
Republican. Co-founder and chief executive, Hewlett-Packard
electronics and computer
company; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1969-71; director, Pacific
Gas &
Electric Co., Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
General Dynamics Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.,
Trans World Airways,
Standard Oil of
California, Caterpillar Tractor
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
Republican Presidential Elector for California, 1972
(voted for Richard
M. Nixon and Spiro
T. Agnew); philanthropist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Stanford University Hospital,
Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., March
26, 1996 (age 83 years, 201
days).
Interment at Alta
Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Calif.
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John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) —
also known as John J. Pershing; "Black
Jack" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laclede, Linn
County, Mo., September
13, 1860.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920;
his autobiography won the Pulitzer
Prize for history in 1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 15,
1948 (age 87 years, 306
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851) —
of Travelers Rest, Greenville
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 2,
1779.
Democrat. U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1811-14; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-20; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1821-25; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1825-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1837-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Gave important help to Latin American independence movements.
Slaveowner.
Died near Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C., December
12, 1851 (age 72 years, 285
days).
Interment at Church
of Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery, Statesburg, S.C.
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Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (1911-1993) —
also known as Vincent Price —
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 27,
1911.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer and emphysema,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
25, 1993 (age 82 years, 151
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Relatives: Son
of Vincent Leonard Price, Sr. and Marguerite Cobb (Wilcox) Price;
married, April
23, 1938, to Edith Barrett; married, August
25, 1949, to Mary Grant; married, October
24, 1974, to Coral Browne. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Melvin Horace Purvis Jr. (1903-1960) —
also known as Melvin H. Purvis; "Little
Mel" —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., October
24, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; FBI
agent; involved in the capture or killing of outlaws in the
1930s, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
to the head, in Florence, Florence
County, S.C., February
29, 1960 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) —
also known as Christopher Reeve —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
25, 1952.
Democrat. Actor;
paralyzed
in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
Died, from heart
failure while being treated for an infection,
in Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 2004 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) —
also known as Emanuel Goldenberg —
Born in Bucharest, Romania,
December
12, 1893.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Romanian
ancestry.
Died, from bladder
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1973 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Shahn (1898-1969) —
of Roosevelt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania,
September
12, 1898.
Progressive. Artist;
Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1948.
Jewish.
Died, in Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1969 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at Roosevelt Cemetery, Roosevelt, N.J.
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Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) —
also known as Francis Albert Sinatra; "Ol' Blue
Eyes"; "Chairman of the Board";
"The Voice";
"Swoonatra" —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
12, 1915.
Democrat. Singer; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1998 (age 82 years, 153
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Antonio Martino Sinatra and Natalina 'Dolly' (Garavente) Sinatra;
married, February
4, 1939, to Nancy Barbato; married, November
7, 1951, to Ava Gardner; married, July 19,
1966, to Mia Farrow; married, July 11,
1976, to Barbara (Blakeley) Marx. |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) —
also known as Upton Sinclair —
of California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
20, 1878.
Novelist
and social crusader; author of
The Jungle, about the meat-packing industry in Chicago; arrested
in 1914 for picketing
in front of the Standard Oil Building in New York; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1920; Socialist
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1922; candidate for Governor of
California, 1926 (Socialist), 1930 (Socialist), 1934
(Democratic); Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1928;
Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1932;
received the Pulitzer
Prize for fiction in 1943 for the novel
Dragon's Teeth.
Member, United
World Federalists; League
for Industrial Democracy; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., November
25, 1968 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) —
also known as William W. Smith —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
1830.
Restaurant
business; co-owner of Smith Brothers, cough drop
manufacturers; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1890 (16th District), 1908 (21st
District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1896; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York, 1900;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., November
15, 1913 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Poughkeepsie
Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Won an Olympic
gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games; physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March
15, 1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gerald Norman Springer (b. 1944) —
also known as Jerry Springer; "Sultan of
Salaciousness" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in London, England,
February
13, 1944.
Democrat. Resigned
from Cincinnati city council in 1974 after admitting he paid
a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police
raid on a massage parlor; won back his council seat in 1975 and went
on to become mayor; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977-78; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982; local television
news anchor; host of a raucus national television
talk show; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
2004.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Amasa Leland Stanford (1824-1893) —
also known as Leland Stanford —
of Port Washington, Ozaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y., March 9,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
builder and president, Central Pacific Railroad;
founder
of Stanford University; Governor of
California, 1862-63; defeated, 1859; U.S.
Senator from California, 1885-93; died in office 1893.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 21,
1893 (age 69 years, 104
days).
Entombed at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Phillips) Stanford and Josiah Stanford; brother
of Charles
Stanford; married 1850 to Jane
Elizabeth Lathrop; first cousin of De
Witt Clinton Stanford. |
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| Political family: Stanford
family of Watervliet, New York. |
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| Stanford University,
in Palo
Alto, California, is named for
him. — Stanford Junior
High School, in Sacramento,
California, is named for
him. |
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| See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Books about Leland Stanford: Norman E.
Tutorow, The
Governor : The Life and Legacy of Leland Stanford, a California
Colossus |
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| Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.)
Herald-Statesman, June 22, 1893 |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) —
also known as Elizabeth Smith Cady —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
12, 1815.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1868.
Female.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of heart
failure, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1902 (age 86 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Daniel
Cady and Margaret (Livingston) Cady; married, May 1,
1840, to Henry
Brewster Stanton; granddaughter of James
Livingston; second great-granddaughter of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-granddaughter of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandniece of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-granddaughter of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Gerrit
Smith; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis
Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Henry
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, John
Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Helen
Roosevelt Robinson and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler. |
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| Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Parker-Schuyler
family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
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| Books about Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: An American Life |
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| Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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Jan Sterling (1921-2004) —
also known as Jane Sterling Adriance —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1921.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, following a series of strokes,
while suffering from diabetes,
in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
26, 2004 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at St. Pauls Churchyard, Covent Garden, London, England.
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Inger Stevens (1934-1970) —
also known as Inger Stensland; "Kay
Palmer" —
Born in Stockholm, Sweden,
October
18, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, from acute
barbiturate poisoning, (later ruled to be suicide),
in the ambulance
on the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
30, 1970 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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James Maitland Stewart (1908-1997) —
also known as Jimmy Stewart —
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., May 20,
1908.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; one of
America's most famous film
actors; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Moose.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 1985.
Died, from pulmonary
embolism and cardiac
arrest, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 2,
1997 (age 89 years, 43
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880) —
also known as John A. Sutter; Johann August
Sutter —
of Lititz, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Kandern, Baden (now Germany),
February
23, 1803.
Established a Swiss settlement in California called New Helvetia, and
built Sutter's Fort; became famous following the 1848 discovery of
gold at his mill, which started the California Gold Rush; candidate
for Governor of
California, 1849.
Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1880 (age 77 years, 116
days).
Interment at Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Pa.
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John Leonard Swigert Jr. (1931-1982) —
also known as Jack Swigert —
of Colorado.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
30, 1931.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1978; elected U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1982, but died before taking office.
Astronaut
on Apollo 13 moon mission in April 1970, which was aborted when an
oxygen tank ruptured, but returned safely to earth. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1970.
Died, of bone marrow
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1982 (age 51 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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Marlo Thomas (b. 1937) —
also known as Margaret Julia Thomas —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Deerfield, Lenawee
County, Mich., November
21, 1937.
Democrat. Actress
in television shows and movies; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Trumka (1949-2021) —
of Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa.
Born in Nemacolin, Greene
County, Pa., July 24,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
United Mine Workers, 1982-95; secretary-treasurer,
AFL-CIO, 1995-2009; president,
AFL-CIO, 2009-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1984,
1996,
2000.
Italian
and Polish
ancestry.
Died August
5, 2021 (age 72 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Ventura (b. 1951) —
also known as James George Janos; James G. Janos;
"The Body"; "Governor
Body" —
of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 15,
1951.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; mayor
of Brooklyn Park, Minn., 1991-94; Governor of
Minnesota, 1999-2003; Green candidate for President
of the United States, 2020.
Atheist.
Professional wrestler;
actor,
notably in film Predator.
Still living as of 2020.
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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. (1925-2012) —
also known as Gore Vidal; Edgar Box; Cameron
Kay; Katherine Everard —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Ravello, Italy;
Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born, in the Cadet Hospital,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., October
3, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1960; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Atheist.
Bisexual.
Novelist,
playwright,
essayist,
screenwriter,
appeared as an actor
in several films. Not actually related to Al
Gore, who he refers to as "Cousin Al".
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 31,
2012 (age 86 years, 302
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001) —
also known as Henry M. Wade; "The
Chief" —
of Texas.
Born in Rockwall
County, Tex., November
11, 1914.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Dallas
County District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murder
of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John
F. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was the
named defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion
decision, Roe v. Wade.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 1,
2001 (age 86 years, 110
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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John Wanamaker (1838-1922) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 11,
1838.
Republican. Merchant;
opened John Wanamaker & Company store in
1877 (forerunner of modern department
store); organizer and director, Merchants' Bank;
director, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad;
organizer (with others) and trustee, Presbyterian Hospital;
Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1889;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912,
1916;
Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1921.
Presbyterian.
Alsatian
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
12, 1922 (age 84 years, 154
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
17, 1807.
Poet;
newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835; Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1842.
Quaker.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died in Hampton Falls, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
7, 1892 (age 84 years, 265
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of John Whittier and Abigail (Hussey) Whittier; third cousin twice
removed of Robert
Foss Fernald; fourth cousin once removed of Nicholas
Gilman, John
Wentworth Jr., Daniel
Davis, Albert
Gallatin Dole, William
Henry Barnum, George
Winthrop Maston Pitman and Joseph
Pitman. |
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| Political families: Wentworth-Gilman
family of New Hampshire; Gilman
family of Exeter, New Hampshire; Appleton
family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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| Cross-reference: Abraham
Davenport |
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| The city
of Whittier,
California, is named for
him. — Whittier College,
in Whittier,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John G. Whittier (built 1942 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
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| Politician named for him: John
Greenleaf Whittier Lewis
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| See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John North Willys (1873-1935) —
also known as John N. Willys —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
25, 1873.
Republican. President of automobile
manufacturing companies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1930-32.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
26, 1935 (age 61 years, 305
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
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| Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
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| See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis
and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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Richard Darryl Zanuck (1934-2012) —
also known as Richard D. Zanuck —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
13, 1934.
Republican. Movie
producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1972.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
2012 (age 77 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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