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George Washington Aldridge (1856-1922) —
also known as George W. Aldridge; "The Boss";
"The Big Fellow" —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., December
28, 1856.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1894; New York State Superintendent of Public
Works, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1910; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1921-22; died in office 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, from a heart
attack or stroke,
while golfing at the Biltmore Country Club, near Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 13,
1922 (age 65 years, 167
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Thomas F. Larkin (c.1872-1928) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born about 1872.
Democrat. Contractor;
business partner of James
J. Lynch; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1928.
Died, of apoplexy,
while playing golf, at the 13th tee of the Briarcliff Lodge
golf course, in Briarcliff Manor, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 25,
1928 (age about 56
years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Charles Blakeslee Law (1872-1929) —
also known as Charles B. Law —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Oswego
County, N.Y., February
5, 1872.
Son of Eli B. Law and Mary Louisa (Payne) Law.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 4th District, 1905-11; state court
judge in New York, 1916; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died while swimming (presumably drowned)
at his summer home on Kattskill Bay, near Lake George, Warren
County, N.Y., September
15, 1929 (age 57 years, 222
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Jordan, N.Y.
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Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) —
also known as Julian P. Alexander —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1887.
Son of Charlton Henry Alexander and Matilda (MacMillan) Alexander.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Newcomen
Society; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowl football
game, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
1, 1953 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Fulton Freeman (1915-1974) —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 17,
1915.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1939; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1961-64; Mexico, 1964-69.
Suffered heart
attack while playing golf, and died, in Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif., December
14, 1974 (age 59 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Townsend F. Beaman (1906-1983) —
also known as Towny Beaman —
of Summit Township, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Vandercook Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., May 12,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1974.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack while golfing at the Country Club of Jackson, and
died soon after, at Foote Hospital
West, Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1983 (age 77 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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James Benjamin Payton (1943-1994) —
also known as James Payton —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born June 12,
1943.
Son of W.
Ross Payton.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1984-94; died in office 1994.
Drowned
while swimming to retrieve a radio-controlled miniature boat,
in Lake Howard, Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala., July 28,
1994 (age 51 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fort Williams Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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William Austin Meehan (1924-1994) —
also known as Billy Meehan —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
4, 1924.
Son of Austin
Meehan.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956;
general counsel and Republican political boss of Philadelphia,
1961-94.
Died, from heart
disease, while playing golf in Royersford, Montgomery
County, Pa., September
13, 1994 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1915.
Son of Angier B. Duke (1884-1923) and Cordelia Drexel (Biddle) Duke.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1952-53; Spain, 1965-68; Denmark, 1968-69; Morocco, 1979-81.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Chancellor
of Southampton College.
Hit by a car
while rollerblading, and died as a result, in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 29,
1995 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pamela Harriman (1920-1997) —
also known as Pamela Beryl Digby; Pamela Churchill;
Pamela Hayward —
Born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England,
March
20, 1920.
Daughter of Edward Kenelm Digby (1894-1964; Baron) and Constance
Pamela Alice (Bruce) Digby.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1993-97, died in office 1997.
Female.
Catholic.
Suffered a stroke
while swimming in the pool at the Paris Ritz Hotel, and
died at the American Hospital,
near Paris, France,
February
5, 1997 (age 76 years, 322
days).
Interment at Arden
Farm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Edward Kenelm Digby (1894-1964; Baron) and Constance
Pamela Alice (Bruce) Digby; married, October
4, 1939, to Randolph Churchill (son of Winston Churchill
(1874-1965; British Prime Minister)); married, May 4,
1960, to Leland Hayward (1902-1971; grandson of Monroe
Leland Hayward); married, September
27, 1971, to William
Averell Harriman. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Pamela Harriman: Sally
Bedell Smith, Reflected
Glory : The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman |
| | | Critical books about Pamela Harriman:
Christopher Ogden, Life
of the Party : The Biography of Pamela Digby
Churchill |
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Son of Santo Bono and Jean Bono.
Republican. Songwriter,
actor,
member of the Sonny & Cher singing and
comedy
duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Marshall Green (1916-1998) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Holyoke, Hampden
County, Mass., January
27, 1916.
Son of Addison
Loomis Green and Gertrude (Metcalf) Green.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1965-69; Australia, 1973-75; Nauru, 1974-75.
Suffered a heart
attack while playing golf, and died soon after at Suburban
Hospital,
Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 6,
1998 (age 82 years, 130
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerry Thomas Twiggs (1933-2000) —
also known as Jerry Twiggs —
of Idaho.
Born in Thomas, Bingham
County, Idaho, March 25,
1933.
Farmer;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1985-2000; died in office 2000.
Mormon.
Member, Lions.
Died of a heart
attack while jogging, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, January
10, 2000 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside-Thomas
Cemetery, Blackfoot, Idaho.
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Richard Nevins (1921-2001) —
also known as Dick Nevins —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 21,
1921.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1956,
1960,
1964.
Died, in a bodysurfing accident, on the beach at Oceanside, San Diego
County, Calif., July 29,
2001 (age 80 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Laurence Gadola (1933-2003) —
also known as Thomas L. Gadola —
of Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born January
6, 1933.
Son of Paul
Victor Gadola.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1977-2003.
Died while attending a University of Michigan football game,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
27, 2003 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dolores Dee Bielecki (1933-2006) —
also known as Dee Bielecki; Rose Bielecki —
of Oconee
County, S.C.
Born March 29,
1933.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 2000.
Female.
At a charity golf tournament, she fell,
struck her head, was hospitalized,
and died from the injury six weeks later, in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 8,
2006 (age 73 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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