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Vincent Lyons Broderick (1920-1995) —
also known as Vincent L. Broderick —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 26,
1920.
Son of Joseph Broderick.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1962; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
New York City Police Commissioner, 1965-66.
Died, of cancer, at
the Stanley R. Tippett Hospice, Needham, Norfolk
County, Mass., March 3,
1995 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Robert Richey (1923-1997) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, October
16, 1923.
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1971-97; died in
office 1997.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died, of cancer, in
the Washington Home Hospice, Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1997 (age 73 years, 154
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Crockett, Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke and
died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Samuel W. Witwer (1908-1998) —
also known as "Father of the Illinois
Constitution" —
of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., July 1,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1960; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Died, in a hospice at Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1998 (age 90 years, 74
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Ocasek (1925-1999) —
of Northfield, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Bedford, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1925.
Democrat. Candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives, 1946; member of Ohio state
senate, 1959-87; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1962, 1968, 1986
(primary); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
member of Ohio state
board of education, 1993-98.
Died, of cancer, at
Hospice Care Center, Copley Township, Summit
County, Ohio, June 25,
1999 (age 73 years, 235
days).
Interment at Northfield
Macedonia Cemetery, Northfield, Ohio.
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Willard Munger (1911-1999) —
also known as "Mr. Environment" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in a log
house, Otter Tail
County, Minn., January
20, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-64, 1967-99; defeated, 1934,
1952; died in office 1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1960;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1964.
Served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's
history.
Died, of liver
cancer, in the hospice unit of of St. Mary's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 11,
1999 (age 88 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Doris Allen (1936-1999) —
of California.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 26,
1936.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly, 1982-95; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1995; candidate for California
state senate, 1990.
Female.
Was recalled from
office in 1995 after becoming Speaker with mainly Democratic
support.
Died, of stomach
and colon
cancer, at a hospice in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., September
22, 1999 (age 63 years, 119
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cripple Creek, Colo.
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Biagio DiLieto (1922-1999) —
also known as Ben DiLieto —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born November
25, 1922.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1979-89.
Died of lung
and bladder
cancer, at Connecticut Hospice, Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
8, 1999 (age 76 years, 348
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Charles B. Garrigus (1914-2000) —
also known as Gus Garrigus —
of Reedley, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born June 13,
1914.
Democrat. College
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1956,
1960;
member of California
state assembly, 1958-66; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1960.
California poet
laureate, 1996-2000.
Died, of colon
cancer, at Hinds Hospice, Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., 2000
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Reedley
Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Horace Elmo Nichols (c.1913-2000) —
also known as H. E. 'Nick' Nichols —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Alabama, about 1913.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1948; circuit judge in Georgia Rome
Circuit, 1953; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1966-75, 1980; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1975-80.
Died, of a stroke, in
a hospice at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 8,
2000 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. (1920-2000) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1967; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1979-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care, Baltimore,
Md., August
31, 2000 (age 80 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1936.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated,
1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District),
1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984
(2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1994.
Died, of liver
cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospice, Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., November
14, 2001 (age about 65
years).
Interment at St.
Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights, Mich.
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Harold Lawrence Frankel (1916-2002) —
also known as Harold L. Frankel —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born October
25, 1916.
Son of A. H. Frankel.
Hotel
owner; merchant;
mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1957-59, 1974-75, 1977-78; Cabell
County Sheriff and Treasurer, 1961-64.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, in a hospice at Pembroke Pines, Broward
County, Fla., February
18, 2002 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) —
also known as Howard W. Cannon —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in St. George, Washington
County, Utah, January
26, 1912.
Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Lions; Elks.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice, Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 6,
2002 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Westergaard (1931-2003) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1931.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate, 1960; campaign treasurer for Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, 1965-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges
against him in 2000; Paul
J. Curran volunteered to serve as defense counsel pro bono; in
2001, the fraud charges were withdrawn, and the case was settled with
no penalty.
Died, of prostate
cancer, at Calvary Hospice, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
31, 2003 (age 71 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lester Garfield Maddox (1915-2003) —
also known as Lester Maddox —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
30, 1915.
Son of Dean G. Maddox and Flonnie Maddox.
Restaurant
owner; became nationally known as an outspoken racial
segregationist; closed his restaurant rather than serve black
customers; Governor of
Georgia, 1967-71; candidate in inconclusive election,
subsequently chosen 1966; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1971-75; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Junior
Order.
Died, while suffering from cancer and
the effects of a fall, in a
hospice at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 25,
2003 (age 87 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls (unknown
county), Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper
reporter; congressional aide to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer, in
the Arlington Hospice Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Ira Cargo (1917-2005) —
also known as William I. Cargo; Bill Cargo —
of Florida.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
27, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, 1973-76.
Died, in the Gilchrist Center Hospice, Baltimore,
Md., December
13, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Bellevue, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Grace 'Margot' Ludwig. |
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Olcott Hawthorne Deming (1909-2007) —
also known as Olcott H. Deming —
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., February
28, 1909.
Son of William Champion Deming and Imogen (Hawthorne) Deming.
U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66.
Died, of septicemia,
at a hospice in Washington,
D.C., March 20,
2007 (age 98 years, 20
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robin Leo Beard, Jr. (1939-2007) —
also known as Robin L. Beard, Jr. —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
21, 1939.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1973-83; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1982.
Died, from brain
cancer, in a hospice at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 16,
2007 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Calvin Lewellyn Rampton (1913-2007) —
also known as Calvin L. Rampton; Cal
Rampton —
of Davis
County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Bountiful, Davis
County, Utah, November
6, 1913.
Son of Lewellyn Smith Rampton and Janet (Campbell) Rampton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Rep. J.
W. Robinson, 1936-38; Davis
County Attorney, 1939-41; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1952,
1972;
Governor
of Utah, 1965-77.
Mormon.
The Calvin L. Rampton Complex of state office buildings was named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
CareSource Hospice, Holladay, Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
16, 2007 (age 93 years, 314
days).
Interment at Salt
Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) —
also known as Anne Armstrong; Anne Legendre; Mrs.
Tobin Armstrong —
of Armstrong, Kenedy
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
27, 1927.
Daughter of Armant Legendre and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
Republican. Member of Texas
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospice at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 30,
2008 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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