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Joseph Jacob Foss (1915-2003) —
also known as Joe Foss; "The American Ace of
Aces" —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., April
17, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
received the Medal
of Honor for action over Guadalcanal in 1942-43; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
speaker, 1952,
1956;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1949-50,
1953-54; Governor of
South Dakota, 1955-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota, 1958; Commissioner, American
Football League, 1960; elected to National Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1984; president, National Rifle Association, 1988-90.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from the effects of a stroke,
in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
1, 2003 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (1924-2005) —
also known as George Mikan; "Mr.
Basketball" —
of Minnesota.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., June 18,
1924.
Republican. Professional basketball player and coach for
the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1940s and 1950s; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1956; member,
Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Croatian
ancestry.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., June 1,
2005 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue at Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Morris King Udall (1922-1998) —
also known as Morris K. Udall; Mo Udall —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in St. Johns, Apache
County, Ariz., June 15,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; played
professional basketball with the Denver Nuggets, 1948-49; lawyer;
co-founder and director, Bank of
Tucson; Pima
County Attorney, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1956,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Arizona 2nd District, 1961-91; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1976.
Mormon.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Lost
an eye in an accident when he was a boy. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1996.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1998 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Pima County, Ariz.; cenotaph at St.
Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.
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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) —
also known as William Wrigley, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball team; owner,
Arizona Biltmore Hotel,
Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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