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Albert Elmer Austin (1877-1942) —
also known as Albert E. Austin —
of Sound Beach, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Medway, Norfolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1877.
Republican. Physician;
orator; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1917-18, 1921-22;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1942 (age 64 years, 72
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Peggy Cass (1924-1999) —
also known as Margaret Mary Cass —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 21,
1924.
Democrat. Actor; comedian; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
Died, from heart
failure, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 8,
1999 (age 74 years, 291
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church of the Ascension, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, N.Y.
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William Patrick Connery Jr. (1888-1937) —
also known as William P. Connery, Jr. —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1888.
Democrat. Professional actor, 1908-16; candy
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1923-37; died in
office 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1932.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1937 (age 48 years, 295
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
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Wendell Reid Corey (1914-1968) —
also known as Wendell Corey —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dracut, Middlesex
County, Mass., March
20, 1914.
Republican. Actor on Broadway, in movies, and on television;
president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
1961-63; board
member, Screen Actors Guild; member, Santa Monica city council,
1965-68; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1966.
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
8, 1968 (age 54 years, 233
days).
Interment at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Mass.
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Cecil Blount deMille (1881-1959) —
also known as Cecil B. deMille —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., August
12, 1881.
Republican. Actor and theatrical manager 1900-12;
director and producer of over 70 films from 1913
to 1959, including two versions of The Ten Commandments (1923
and 1956); co-founder of the company that became known as Paramount
Pictures; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1936,
1944.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
21, 1959 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) —
of Upper Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1931.
Democrat. Actress; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1988
(speaker).
Female.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Motley H. Flint (1864-1930) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
19, 1864.
Republican. Postmaster at Los
Angeles, Calif., 1904-10; banker;
provided critical support for the Warner Brothers Movie studio
in its early years; one of the promoters of Julian Petroleum
Corporation, a Ponzi
scheme which collapsed in 1927; about 40,000 investors lost their
money; tainted by the scandal,
he moved to Europe for a time.
Member, Freemasons.
Called as a witness in a civil suit involving David
O. Selznick; after his testimony, as he returned to the audience
section of the courtroom,
in Los Angeles City
Hall, he was shot and
killed
by Frank Keaton, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 14,
1930 (age 66 years, 145
days). Keaton, who had lost his money in Julian Petroleum, was
immediately arrested, and subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged.
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (1888-1969) —
also known as Joseph P. Kennedy; Joe
Kennedy —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
6, 1888.
Supervisor of the shipyard
at Quincy, Mass.; banker; stockbroker;
owner and financier of movie studios in the 1920s; organized
the merger that created Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in 1928; chair,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934-35; U.S. Ambassador to
Great Britain, 1938-40.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
18, 1969 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Holyhood
Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy (who married Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier), Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967). |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Joseph P. Kennedy: Richard
J. Whalen, The
Founding Father : The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy, A Study in Power,
Wealth, and Family Ambition |
| | | Critical books about Joseph P. Kennedy:
Ronald Kessler, The
Sins of the Father : Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He
Founded — Ted Schwarz, Joseph
P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an
American Myth |
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood screenwriter,
director, and actor; among the founders of the
Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie production
business starting in 1916; head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
movie studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney
infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer and Jacob Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955) and Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944);
married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who
married William
Goetz) and Irene Gladys Mayer (who married David
Oliver Selznick). |
| | | Political family: Mayer
family of Los Angeles, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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Walter A. O'Brien Jr. —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1948; candidate
for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1949.
The "MTA Song" (also known as "Charlie on the
MTA"), written for O'Brien's 1949 mayoral campaign, was
recorded ten years later by the Kingston Trio, and became a
hit song.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Howard Payne (1791-1852) —
also known as John H. Payne —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791.
Actor; playwright;
author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home Sweet
Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970.
Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965) —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.; Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Lynn, Essex
County, Mass., March
12, 1890.
Hollywood screenwriter
in 1917-29 for about 12 films, including The Light in the
Dark and The Shock, both starring Lon Chaney; founder
(1933) and leader of the anti-Semitic
Silver Legion of America organization (the "Silver Shirts",
explicitly modeled after Adolf
Hitler's Brownshirts); Christian candidate for President
of the United States, 1936; arrested
in April 1942 and charged
with criminal
sedition; convicted
and sentenced
to fifteen years in prison;
released in 1950.
Died in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., July 1,
1965 (age 75 years, 111
days).
Interment at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) —
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
29, 1811.
Lawyer;
abolitionist; orator; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
English
ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Died, from heart
disease, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Mass.; statue erected 1915 at Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Alexander I. Rorke (d. 1967) —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Lawyer;
orator; as assistant district attorney for New York County,
1916-21, he prosecuted many cases against left wing political and
labor union leaders; Judiciary candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, in French Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
27, 1967.
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
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