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Samuel Danford Nicholson (1859-1923) —
also known as Samuel D. Nicholson —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Springfield, Prince
Edward Island, February
22, 1859.
Son of Donald M. Nicholson and Catherine (McKenzie) Nicholson.
Republican. President and general manager, Western Mining Co.;
director, Denver National Bank,
American National Bank
(Leadville, Colo.), First National Bank (Monte
Vista, Colo.); mayor
of Leadville, Colo., 1893-97; candidate in primary for Governor of
Colorado, 1914, 1916; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from liver cancer, in Denver,
Colo., March 24,
1923 (age 64 years, 30
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Eggleton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1879.
U.S. Vice Consul in Dakar, 1917-24.
Died, of liver cancer, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
8, 1936 (age 56 years, 269
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Daughter of Joseph L. Mills and Lavina E. (Allyn) Mills.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee.
Female.
Died, of liver cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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John F. English (1926-1987) —
also known as Jack English —
of Syosset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Kismet, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964,
1980;
chair
of Nassau County Democratic Party, 1965.
Died, of liver cancer, in Mercy Hospital,
Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., November
7, 1987 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Wolf Halstead (1927-1988) —
also known as Fred Halstead —
of New York; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 21,
1927.
Son of Frank Harrison Halstead and Bloomah (Buckholtz) Halstead.
Garment
cutter; anti-war organizer; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Died, of liver cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 2,
1988 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Emmet Lee (1912-1993) —
also known as Robert E. Lee —
of Illinois; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 31,
1912.
Son of Patrick J. Lee and Delia (Ryan) Lee.
Republican. FBI
special agent; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1953-81; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1981.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of liver cancer, in a hospital
at Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., April 5,
1993 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1936
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John Francis Gerry (c.1926-1995) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., about 1926.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; superior court
judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1975-94.
Died, of liver cancer, in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March 10,
1995 (age about 69
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert L. Will (1914-1995) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born April 23,
1914.
Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1961-95; died in office 1995.
Died of liver cancer, in Oconomowoc, Waukesha
County, Wis., December
9, 1995 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard M. Matsuura (c.1933-1997) —
also known as Dickie Matsuura —
of Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii.
Born in Waialua, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, about 1933.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1983-84; member of Hawaii
state senate, 1985-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist.
Japanese
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
and liver cancer, in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
County, Hawaii, May 2,
1997 (age about 64
years).
Cremated.
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Rosemary R. Gunning (c.1905-1997) —
of Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1905.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1969-75 (34th District 1969-72, 37th District
1973-75).
Female.
Died, of liver cancer, in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1997 (age about 92
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Barbara Vickerman (1933-1997) —
also known as Barbara Lou Gilb —
of Minnesota.
Born in Tracy, Lyon
County, Minn., October
26, 1933.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1993-97; died in office 1997.
Female.
Died of liver cancer, December
22, 1997 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Gardens, Near Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minn.
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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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Ernest Palmer, Jr. (c.1916-2000) —
of Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., about 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Iowa state
house of representatives from Lee County; elected 1950; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Iowa, 1954.
Died of liver cancer, in Northfield, Cook
County, Ill., January
1, 2000 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joan Finney (1925-2001) —
also known as Joan McInroy —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., February
12, 1925.
Candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1972; Kansas
state treasurer, 1975-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1984,
2000;
Governor
of Kansas, 1991-95; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1996.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
First
woman governor of Kansas.
Died, from complications of liver cancer, in St. Francis Hospital
and Medical Center, Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., July 28,
2001 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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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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Annette Noble Morgan (c.1938-2001) —
also known as Annette Morgan —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo., about 1938.
Daughter of John
W. Noble.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives 39th District, 1981-97.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, of liver cancer, in Research Medical
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 2001 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sam Solon (1931-2001) —
also known as "Senator Sam" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1931.
School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his
ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; reprimanded
by the Senate in 1996.
Died, of liver cancer, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
28, 2001 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sedgwick William Green (1929-2002) —
also known as S. William Green; Bill Green —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (New York County 9th District 1965, 72nd
District 1966, 66th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York, 1978-93 (18th District 1978-83,
15th District 1983-93); defeated, 1968 (17th District), 1992 (14th
District).
Jewish.
Died, of liver cancer, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., 2002
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Everett (1948-2004) —
also known as Mike Everett —
of Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark.
Born in Morton, Cross
County, Ark., 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-2002.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of liver cancer, at Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark., September
15, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial, conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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