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Rex Bell (1903-1962) —
also known as George Anthony Beldam; George Francis
Beldam —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1903.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1960
(delegation chair); Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954-62; died in office 1962.
Cowboy film star who appeared in numerous movies from
1928 to 1952.
While running
for governor, died of a heart
attack, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., July 4,
1962 (age 58 years, 261
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Ralph Rexford Bellamy (1904-1991) —
also known as Ralph Bellamy —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1904.
Democrat. Actor; appeared in more than 100 movies; his most
famous role was as Franklin
D. Roosevelt in "Sunrise at Campobello"; board
member, Screen Actors Guild; president,
Actors Equity; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a lung
ailment, in St. John's Health
Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
29, 1991 (age 87 years, 165
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) —
also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket
Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., November
12, 1908.
Lawyer;
law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John
B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994;
actor in the 1997 movie Amistad, as Justice Joseph
Story.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 4,
1999 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Democrat. Play producer; entertainment manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Gary Wayne Coleman (1968-2010) —
also known as Gary Coleman —
of California.
Born in Zion, Lake
County, Ill., February
8, 1968.
Actor on television and in movies; Independent candidate for
Governor
of California, 2003.
Died May 28,
2010 (age 42 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Bird Finch (1852-1887) —
also known as John B. Finch —
of Nebraska; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lincklaen, Chenango
County, N.Y., March
17, 1852.
Orator; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1884-87.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died, in the Eastern Railroad
Depot, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
3, 1887 (age 35 years, 200
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Uretta Lemira Coy and Frances E.
Manchester. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Prohibition Year
Book 1910 |
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Richard Claxton Gregory (1932-2017) —
also known as Dick Gregory —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1932.
Comedian; civil rights activist; candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1967; Peace and Freedom candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
African
ancestry.
Died in 2017
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank J. Hayes (b. 1882) —
of Idaho Springs, Clear
Creek County, Colo.
Born in Mt. Olive, Macoupin
County, Ill., May 4,
1882.
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1937-39.
Member, United
Mine Workers.
President
of United Mine Workers in 1918; noted orator and poet.
Burial location unknown.
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Sherry Lansing (b. 1944) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 31,
1944.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000.
Female.
Had a brief acting career; became a motion picture
executive; as president of 20th Century Fox in 1980, was first
woman to head a major studio; producer of five films,
including Fatal Attraction, The Accused, and
Indecent Proposal.
Still living as of 2014.
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Newspaper
reporter; theatrical manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, as of 1932; Sofia, as of 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers)
MacVitty. |
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Mercedes McCambridge (1916-2004) —
also known as Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge —
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
16, 1916.
Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 2,
2004 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Danny O'Neil (1920-2002) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Haines City, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; game show host.
Died, from heart
failure, in a rehab
center at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 20,
2002 (age 81 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brothrton Petree and Nancy Louise (Ruelle) Petree; married
to Patricia Geraghty and Geraldine Mae Healy. |
| | | See also Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) —
also known as Ronald Reagan; "Dutch";
"The Gipper"; "The Great
Communicator"; "The Teflon President";
"Rawhide" —
of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Tampico, Whiteside
County, Ill., February
6, 1911.
Republican. Worked as a sports
broadcaster
in Iowa in the 1930s, doing local radio broadcast
of Chicago Cubs baseball
games; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
actor in 1937-64; appeared in dozens of films including
Kings Row, Dark Victory, Santa Fe Trail,
Knute Rockne, All American, and The Winning Team; president of
the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52, 1959-60; member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
California, 1967-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1968,
1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; President
of the United States, 1981-89; on March 30, 1981, outside the
Washington Hilton hotel, he and three others were shot
and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr.; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1993.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Lions; American
Legion; Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's
disease, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
2004 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan; married, January
25, 1940, to Jane Wyman; married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress) and Nancy
Davis (1921-2016); father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | Political family: Reagan
family of Bel Air and Simi Valley, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Katherine
Hoffman Haley — Dana
Rohrabacher — Donald
T. Regan — Henry
Salvatori — L.
William Seidman — Christopher
Cox — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Bay
Buchanan — Edwin
Meese III |
| | | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
(opened 1941; renamed 1998), in Arlington,
Virginia, is named for
him. — Mount
Reagan (officially known as Mount Clay), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The Ronald Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, in the Federal Triangle, Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Ronald Reagan: Ronald
Reagan : An American Life |
| | | Books about Ronald Reagan: Lou Cannon,
President
Reagan : The Role of a Lifetime — Lou Cannon, Governor
Reagan : His Rise to Power — Peter Schweizer, Reagan's
War : The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph
Over Communism — Lee Edwards, Ronald
Reagan: A Political Biography — Paul Kengor, God
and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life — Mary Beth
Brown, Hand
of Providence: The Strong and Quiet Faith of Ronald
Reagan — Edmund Morris, Dutch:
A Memoir of Ronald Reagan — Peggy Noonan, When
Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan — Peter
J. Wallison, Ronald
Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His
Presidency — Dinesh D'Souza, Ronald
Reagan : How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary
Leader — William F. Buckley, Jr., Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero — Craig Shirley, Reagan's
Revolution : The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It
All — Richard Reeves, President
Reagan : The Triumph of Imagination — Ron Reagan, My
Father at 100 — Newt & Callista Gingrich & David N.
Bossie, Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny — William F. Buckley,
The
Reagan I Knew — Chris Matthews, Tip
and the Gipper: When Politics Worked |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years — William
Kleinknecht, The
Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street
America |
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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mississippi.
Republican. Orator, writer, columnist
for the Chicago Tribune; first
African-American columnist for a Chicago daily newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1951.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Roscoe
Conkling |
| | | Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Booker
T. Washington. |
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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university
professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and
died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Shelley Winters (1920-2006) —
also known as Shirley Schrift —
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., August
18, 1920.
Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Jewish.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the Rehabilitation
Centre of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
14, 2006 (age 85 years, 149
days).
Interment at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jonas Schrift and Rose (Winter) Schrift; married, January
1, 1942, to Mack Paul Mayer; married, April
28, 1952, to Vittorio Gassman; married, January
14, 2006, to Gerry DeFord; married, May 4,
1957, to Anthony
Franciosa. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved mother, grandmother,
and actress." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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