Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Robert Henry Roy (1866-1919) —
also known as Robert H. Roy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1912; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1919; died in office 1919.
Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from pleural and mediastinal carcinoma, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
10, 1919 (age 52 years, 124
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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David Henry Brake (1864-1937) —
also known as David H. Brake —
of near Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Ontario,
December
3, 1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1923-28, 1931-32 (Newaygo County
1923-26, Newaygo District 1927-28, 1931-32).
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Maccabees.
Died, from lung cancer, in Dayton Center, Newaygo
County, Mich., March
18, 1937 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at Dayton Center Cemetery, Dayton Center, Mich.
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Lee Edward Geyer (1888-1941) —
also known as Lee E. Geyer —
of Gardena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wetmore, Nemaha
County, Kan., September
9, 1888.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from California 17th District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1940.
Died of lung cancer, at Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
11, 1941 (age 53 years, 32
days).
Interment at Wetmore
Cemetery, Wetmore, Kan.
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Edward Henry Holden (1872-1942) —
also known as Edward H. Holden —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Manchester, Bennington
County, Vt., April 7,
1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
municipal judge in Vermont, 1908-18; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1925; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1927.
Episcopalian.
Died, from mediastinal carcinoma, in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
21, 1942 (age 70 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barzilla Worth Clark (1880-1943) —
also known as Barzilla W. Clark —
of Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho.
Born in Hadley, Hendricks
County, Ind., December
22, 1880.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; mayor
of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1913-15, 1926-36; Governor of
Idaho, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Died, from lung cancer, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville
County, Idaho, September
21, 1943 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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William Benjamin Harrison (1889-1948) —
also known as William B. Harrison —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1889.
Republican. Insurance
adjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
secretary-treasurer, Foundry
Products Co.; president, Kentucky Refrigerating Co.; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died, from lung cancer, in Wequetonsing, Emmet
County, Mich., July 13,
1948 (age 58 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Otto John Kundert (1888-1950) —
also known as Otto J. Kundert —
of near Java, Campbell
County, S.Dak.; Mound City, Campbell
County, S.Dak.
Born in Neu Berlin, Russia (now Worobeyeva, Ukraine),
July
26, 1888.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1937-42 (41st District
1937-38, 40th District 1939-42).
Volga
German ancestry.
Died, from lung cancer, in Mound City, Campbell
County, S.Dak., January
9, 1950 (age 61 years, 167
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Herreid, S.Dak.
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Joseph D. Chartrand (1906-1952) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born January
11, 1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1944;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County 2nd District,
1945-46.
Died, of lung cancer, in 1952
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Norton
Shores Cemetery, Norton Shores, Mich.
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Addison Taylor Smith (1862-1956) —
also known as Addison T. Smith —
of Twin Falls, Twin Falls
County, Idaho.
Born near Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, September
5, 1862.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1913-33 (at-large 1913-17, 2nd
District 1917-33).
Died of lung cancer, in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1956 (age 93 years, 304
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Raphael Placidus Deegan (1892-1959) —
also known as Raphael P. Deegan —
of Benwood, Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Benwood, Marshall
County, W.Va., October
5, 1892.
Democrat. Grocer; mayor
of Benwood, W.Va., 1941-51; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1942.
Died, from adenocarcinoma of left lung, in a hospital
at Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va., December
2, 1959 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Hohman, Ohio.
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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897-1961) —
also known as A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
17, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; shipping
business; U.S. Minister to Norway, 1935-37, 1941-42; Netherlands, 1941-42; Yugoslavia, 1941; Czechoslovakia, 1941-43; Greece, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1937-43; Belgium, 1941-43; Netherlands, 1942-43; Norway, 1942-43; Yugoslavia, 1942; Greece, 1942-43; Czechoslovakia, 1943; Spain, 1961.
Died, from lung cancer and a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., November
13, 1961 (age 63 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; cenotaph at Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) —
also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du
Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., May 28,
1894.
Republican. Engineer;
member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president,
Equitable Trust
Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau
of Public Roads, 1953-56.
Died, from lung cancer, in University Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 16,
1962 (age 67 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (1880-1964) —
also known as Vail Pittman —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.; Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
17, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Nevada
state senate, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1944,
1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954.
Died, from lung cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1964 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (1903-1964) —
also known as Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.; Ben
Davis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., September
8, 1903.
Communist. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1942; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1946; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and expelled
from his New York city council seat; served more than three years in
prison.
African
ancestry.
Died, from lung cancer, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
22, 1964 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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;
honored guest, 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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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. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
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. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
J. Mitchell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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) |
| | | Image source: Boy Scouts of
America |
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Charles Anthony Buckley (1890-1967) —
also known as Charles A. Buckley —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 23,
1890.
Democrat. Bricklayer;
building
contractor; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1932
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1935-65 (23rd District 1935-45,
25th District 1945-53, 24th District 1953-63, 23rd District 1963-65);
chair
of Bronx County Democratic Party, 1953-67.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of lung cancer, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., January
22, 1967 (age 76 years, 213
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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Walter G. Nakkula (1907-1971) —
of Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., August
9, 1907.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-64 (Gladwin District
1953-54, Arenac District 1955-64); candidate for Michigan
state senate 35th District, 1964.
Catholic.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Suffered lung cancer and a brain
tumor, and died in Gladwin Area Hospital,
Gladwin, Gladwin
County, Mich., November
1, 1971 (age 64 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Arvid Nakkula and Senja (Erkhila) Nakkula; married to Julie
Toutant. |
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Lawrence Ettore Gerosa (1894-1972) —
also known as Lawrence E. Gerosa —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Milan, Italy,
August
10, 1894.
Trucking
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
New York City Controller, 1954-61; Citizens candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1961.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of lung cancer, in Albert Einstein Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 24,
1972 (age 77 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1948,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of lung cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Thomas John Moore (1903-1972) —
also known as Thomas J. Moore —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in Saratoga, Wilson
County, N.C., June 6,
1903.
Republican. Pharmacist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1952
(alternate), 1956;
chair
of Wilson County Republican Party, 1952.
Died, from pneumonia,
possibly with lung cancer, in Wilson Memorial Hospital,
Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., November
2, 1972 (age 69 years, 149
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Wilson, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Aurelius Milton Moore and Margaret Cornelia 'Maggie' (Owens)
Moore; married to Marjorie Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas.
Baptist.
Member, Urban
League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frank Smithwick Hogan (1902-1974) —
also known as Frank S. Hogan; "Mr.
Integrity" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
17, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County District Attorney, 1941-73; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1958.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, following lung cancer surgery and a stroke,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1974 (age 72 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Homer Alvin Hetherington (1923-1982) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Roderfield, McDowell
County, W.Va., December
26, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1971, 1974.
Died, of lung cancer, in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., March 5,
1982 (age 58 years, 69
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Mark Warren Hannaford (1925-1985) —
also known as Mark W. Hannaford —
of Lakewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Woodrow, Lincoln
County, Colo., February
7, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Lakewood, Calif., 1968-70, 1972-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from California 34th District, 1975-79; defeated,
1978, 1980.
Died of mesothelioma (lung cancer) in a hospital
at Lakewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 2,
1985 (age 60 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Ruth Meiers (1925-1987) —
of Ross, Mountrail
County, N.Dak.
Born in 1925.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1985-87; died in office 1987.
Female.
Died, of lung and brain
cancer, March, 1987
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Near Ross, Mountrail County, N.Dak.
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Archie M. Gubbrud (1910-1987) —
of near Alcester, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Norway Township, Lincoln
County, S.Dak., December
31, 1910.
Republican. Farmer; bank
director; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1951-60; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1959-60; Governor of
South Dakota, 1961-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1968; state director, U.S. Farmer's
Home Administration, 1969-77.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, from complications of lung cancer, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
26, 1987 (age 76 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lands
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hudson, S.Dak.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914-1988) —
also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Campobello Island, New
Brunswick, August
17, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1949-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1954; Liberal candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of lung cancer, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
17, 1988 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of James
Roosevelt and Elliott
Roosevelt; married, June 30,
1937, to Ethel du Pont (first cousin twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont); married, August
31, 1949, to Suzanne Perrin; married, July 1,
1970, to Felicia (Schiff) Warburg Sarnoff (granddaughter of Felix
Moritz Warburg); married, May 6,
1977, to Patricia Louise Oakes; married 1984 to Linda
McKay Stevenson Weicker; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; half-first cousin of Helen
Roosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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James Grant O'Hara (1925-1989) —
also known as James G. O'Hara —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1959-77 (7th District 1959-65, 12th
District 1965-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1960,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung cancer, in the George Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., March
13, 1989 (age 63 years, 125
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Allan Jones (1907-1992) —
also known as Theodore Allen Jones —
Born in Moosic, Lackawanna
County, Pa., October
14, 1907.
Republican. Actor;
singer;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Died, from lung cancer, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 27,
1992 (age 84 years, 257
days).
Cremated.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School
teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Died, from lung cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank,
1965; insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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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. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Henry Kuchel (1910-1994) —
also known as Thomas H. Kuchel —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif., August
15, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1936-39; member of California
state senate, 1940-43; California
Republican state chair, 1940-41; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1953-69; defeated in primary, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died of lung cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1994 (age 84 years, 98
days).
Interment at Anaheim
Cemetery, Anaheim, Calif.
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Glen Crosbie (c.1910-1995) —
of La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Irwin, Union
County, Ohio, about 1910.
Veterinarian;
mayor
of La Mesa, Calif., 1956-58.
Died, of lung cancer, in La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif., March
28, 1995 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John D. Gray (c.1928-1995) —
of Virginia.
Born about 1928.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1965-82; circuit judge in Virginia,
1983-95.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, the day after being told his lung cancer was
terminal, Hampton,
Va., December
10, 1995 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Norvell William Emerson (1938-1996) —
also known as Bill Emerson —
of De Soto, Jefferson
County, Mo.; Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., January
1, 1938.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1981-96 (10th District 1981-83, 8th
District 1983-96); died in office 1996.
Presbyterian.
Died of lung cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1996 (age 58 years, 173
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Mo.
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Charles Arthur Hayes (1918-1997) —
also known as Charles A. Hayes —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill., February
17, 1918.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1983-93; defeated in
primary, 1992; arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Food and Commercial Workers.
Died, from complications of lung cancer, at South Suburban Hospital,
Hazel Crest, Cook
County, Ill., April 8,
1997 (age 79 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Louise Smith (1914-1997) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Eddyville, Wapello
County, Iowa, October
6, 1914.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1964-84; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1974-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1964
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Died of lung cancer, at Iowa Methodist Medical
Center, Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, August
22, 1997 (age 82 years, 320
days).
Cremated.
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John Esposito (c.1928-1997) —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., about 1928.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1971-82 (20th District 1971-72, 23rd District
1973-82); defeated, 1982; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1981 (Republican primary), 1981
(Conservative).
Died of lung cancer, in Garden City, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
7, 1997 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Max Berking (1917-1997) —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.; North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 27,
1917.
Democrat. Advertising
executive; member of New York
state senate 30th District, 1965; chair of
Westchester County Democratic Party, 1971-75.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League.
Died, of lung cancer, in Alford, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
24, 1997 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Noyes and Frances Bauman. |
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Philip Runkel (c.1928-1998) —
of Michigan.
Born about 1928.
Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1980-87.
Died, following surgery for lung cancer, at the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., 1998
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Donald Wheeler Sr. (1923-1999) —
of North Carolina.
Born June 6,
1923.
District judge in North Carolina, 1968-86.
Died, of lung cancer, in Pitt
County, N.C., January
9, 1999 (age 75 years, 217
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church, Grifton, N.C.
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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. Police
chief; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1980-89; defeated in primary, 1977.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
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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Eugene A. Leahy (1929-2000) —
also known as Gene Leahy —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Imogene, Fremont
County, Iowa, May 8,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
municipal judge in Nebraska, 1964-68; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from complications of lung cancer, at the Veterans
Administration Medical
Center, Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
18, 2000 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Richard Gordon Kleindienst (1923-2000) —
also known as Richard G. Kleindienst —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Winslow, Navajo
County, Ariz., August
5, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1953-54; Arizona
Republican state chair, 1956-60, 1962-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1956-60, 1962-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona, 1960,
1964;
candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1964; U.S.
Attorney General, 1972-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Pleaded
guilty in 1974 to failing to
testify fully in Senate investigation of favoritism toward ITT
Corporation; the sentence was suspended. Tried
and found not guilty of perjury
in 1981, but his license to practice law was suspended
for a year.
Died, of lung cancer, in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
3, 2000 (age 76 years, 182
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Kenneth Leon Maddy (1934-2000) —
also known as Kenneth L. Maddy; Ken Maddy —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 22,
1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1971-78; candidate for Governor of
California, 1978; member of California
state senate, 1979-98; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1992.
Member, Rotary;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of lung cancer, at Sutter Memorial Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., February
19, 2000 (age 65 years, 273
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Thomas Franklin Butt (1917-2000) —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March
26, 1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; district judge in
Arkansas, 1950-2000; candidate for justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1968; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979.
Had the longest tenure on the bench of any judge in Arkansas history.
Died, of lung cancer, in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., May 20,
2000 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Diane Divers Blair (1938-2000) —
also known as Diane Blair —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1938.
Democrat. University
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died of lung cancer, at Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., June 26,
2000 (age 61 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Griffin Smith (1915-2000) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Paragould, Greene
County, Ark., October
24, 1915.
Lawyer;
justice
of Arkansas state supreme court, 1951; defeated, 1958.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of lung cancer and pulmonary
fibrosis, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 11,
2000 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Janice Hardenburger (c.1932-2000) —
of Haddam, Washington
County, Kan.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate 23rd District, 1993-2000; died in office 2000.
Female.
Died, of lung cancer, at Jefferson Community Health
Center, Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb., August
31, 2000 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Harvell Bateman (1928-2000) —
also known as Herbert H. Bateman —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
7, 1928.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1968-82 (27th District 1968-71, 2nd District
1972-82); resigned 1982; candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1983-2000; died in
office 2000.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of lung cancer and prostate
cancer, at Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., September
11, 2000 (age 72 years, 35
days).
Interment at Peninsula
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) —
also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob
Bennett —
of Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 23,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas
state senate, 1965-75; Governor of
Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Optimist
Club; Freemasons.
Died, of lung cancer, at St. Joseph's Health
Center, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Corinth
Cemetery, Prairie Village, Kan.
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Bruce Frank Vento (1940-2000) —
also known as Bruce F. Vento —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
7, 1940.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1977-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984,
1996,
2000.
Catholic.
German
and Italian
ancestry.
Died, of mesothelioma (lung cancer caused by exposure to
asbestos), St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
10, 2000 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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Patricia Scott (1938-2001) —
also known as Pat Scott —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn., July 5,
1938.
Democrat. Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1984-2001; appointed 1984; died
in office 2001.
Female.
Methodist.
Died of lung cancer, in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., January
7, 2001 (age 62 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Sisisky (1927-2001) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 9,
1927.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1974-82; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1983-2001; died in
office 2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1996,
2000.
Jewish.
Died, of lung cancer, in Richmond,
Va., March
29, 2001 (age 73 years, 293
days).
Interment at Beth-El
Cemetery, Henrico County, Va.
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John Albert Ainley Jr. (1939-2001) —
also known as John Ainley —
of Park Rapids, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born July 24,
1939.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 4-A, 1979-82.
Died, of heart
problems and complications of surgery to remove a lung
tumor, in United Hospital,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 1,
2001 (age 61 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African
ancestry.
Died, of lung cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Janet D. Steiger (1939-2004) —
also known as Janet Dempsey —
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 10,
1939.
Republican. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1989-97; chair, Federal
Trade Commission, 1989-95.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from lung cancer, in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 3,
2004 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald B. Stafford (1935-2005) —
of Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 29,
1935.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-2002 (48th District 1966, 42nd District
1967-72, 43rd District 1973-82, 45th District 1983-2002).
Died, of lung cancer, in Plattsburgh, Clinton
County, N.Y., June 24,
2005 (age 69 years, 360
days).
Entombed at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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Donald Marc Halperin (1945-2006) —
also known as Donald M. Halperin —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born July 25,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1971-93 (16th District 1971-72, 20th District
1973-82, 18th District 1983-93).
Died, of lung cancer, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 26,
2006 (age 60 years, 336
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr. (1941-2007) —
also known as Charlie Norwood —
of Evans, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., July 27,
1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003,
9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung cancer and idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
13, 2007 (age 65 years, 201
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Julia May Carson (1938-2007) —
also known as Julia Carson; Julia May
Porter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 8,
1938.
Democrat. Staff assistant for U.S. Rep. Andrew
Jacobs, Jr., 1965-72; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1972-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1976-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1997-2007 (10th District 1997-2003,
7th District 2003-07); died in office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, of lung cancer, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
15, 2007 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Louie Welch (1918-2008) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Lockney, Floyd
County, Tex., December
9, 1918.
Mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1964-73.
Member, Lions.
Died, of lung cancer, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
27, 2008 (age 89 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Earl J. Field (1946-2009) —
of Norridge, Cook
County, Ill.
Born October
25, 1946.
Owner of ambulance and paramedic service; village
president of Norridge, Illinois, 1998-2009; appointed 1998; died
in office 2009.
Catholic.
Died, from complications of lung cancer, in Norridge, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 2009 (age 62 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard John Egan (1936-2009) —
also known as Richard J. Egan —
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
28, 1936.
Republican. Co-founder of EMC Corporation, technology
firm; U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 2001-02.
Irish
ancestry.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
while suffering from lung cancer, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
28, 2009 (age 73 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. (1939-2013) —
also known as E. Clay Shaw, Jr. —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
19, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1975-81; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1981-2007 (12th District 1981-83,
15th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-2007).
Catholic.
Died, from lung cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., September
10, 2013 (age 74 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Henry O'Neill (1935-2020) —
also known as Paul H. O'Neill —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., December
4, 1935.
Republican. Computer
systems analyst; president, International Paper
Company, 1985-87; chairman and CEO of Alcoa Aluminum,
1987-99; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2001-02.
Died, from lung cancer, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April
18, 2020 (age 84 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Joseph Dole (1923-2021) —
also known as Bob Dole —
of Russell, Russell
County, Kan.
Born in Russell, Russell
County, Kan., July 22,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-53; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1961-69 (6th District 1961-63, 1st
District 1963-69); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1969-96; resigned 1996; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1971-73; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980,
1988;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Sigma.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1997.
Died, from lung cancer, December
5, 2021 (age 98 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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