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Bert Leigh Acker (1882-1960) —
also known as Bert L. Acker; Adelbert Leigh
Acker —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1882.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1940, 1942; candidate
for Governor of
Florida, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Actor in two silent movies, 1919-20.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 7,
1960 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Alger (1872-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., November
12, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930 (Republican), 1932
(Independent); labor arbitrator; impartial chairman of garment
industry labor relations, 1931-35; state commissioner to
investigate mortgage guarantee companies in 1930s; special master
directing reorganization of the R.K.O. movie company, 1937
member and chair of Motion Picture Appeal Board, 1941 member,
President's Loyalty Review Board after World War II.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1967 (age 94 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger; married, August
20, 1903, to Grace E. Drew. |
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Republican. Actor; appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
German
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
26, 1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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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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Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 24,
1813.
Republican. Minister;
orator; abolitionist; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867;
in 1872, he was accused
of an adulterous
affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his;
Beecher's church conducted an investigation
and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband
Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial
took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit.
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1887 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher; brother of Harriet
Beecher Stowe; married, August
3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard; uncle of George
Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen, Frederick
Wolcott, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg, Daniel
Chapin and Oliver
Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer and George
Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Gideon
Hotchkiss, Asahel
Augustus Hotchkiss, John
William Allen, Julius
Hotchkiss, Giles
Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles
Francis Chidsey, Ernest
Harvey Woodford and Samuel
Russell Chidsey. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman
family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
W. Beecher |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Bessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) —
also known as Bessie A. Buchanan —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 7,
1902.
Democrat. Actress; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1955-62;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Urban
League.
First
Black woman member of the New York legislature.
Died in September, 1980
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles P. Buchanan. |
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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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Randolph A. Credico (b. 1954) —
also known as Randy Credico —
Born in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 5,
1954.
Comedian; Libertarian candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 2010; candidate in Democratic primary for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2013; candidate in Democratic primary for
Governor
of New York, 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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George William Curtis (b. 1824) —
also known as George W. Curtis —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; West New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
24, 1824.
Republican. Author;
orator; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1860,
1884;
principal editor, Harper's Weekly; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Burial location unknown.
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Tony Curtis (1925-2010) —
also known as Bernard Herschel Schwartz —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from COPD and asthma,
in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., September
29, 2010 (age 85 years, 118
days).
Interment at Palm
Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Relatives: Son
of Emanuel Curtis and Helen (Klein) Curtis; married, February
8, 1963, to Christine Kaufmann; married, April
20, 1968, to Leslie Allen; married 1984 to Andrea
Savio; married, February
28, 1993, to Lisa Deutsch; married, November
6, 1998, to Jill Vandenberg; married, June 4,
1951, to Janet
Leigh. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) —
also known as Samuel George Davis —
Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; singer; dancer;
actor; injured in an automobile accident in 1954, and lost his
left eye; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
African
and Cuban
ancestry.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1968.
Died, from complications of throat
cancer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 16,
1990 (age 64 years, 159
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Robert Kenneth Dornan (b. 1933) —
also known as Bob Dornan; "B-1
Bob" —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1933.
Republican. Broadcaster,
journalist,
television producer; won two Emmy awards for his television
show; appeared in several movies including The
Starfighters, To The Shores of Hell, and Hell on
Wheels; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1977-83, 1985-97 (27th District
1977-83, 38th District 1985-93, 46th District 1993-97); defeated,
1996, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Actress and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) —
also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 5,
1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Actor,
producer, director of many motion pictures;
worked in radio, television,
and Broadway.
Jewish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pneumonia
and cardiac
complications, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1981 (age 80 years, 121
days).
Cremated.
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Gerard T. Doyle (b. 1956) —
also known as Jerry Doyle —
of California.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 16,
1956.
Republican. Corporate jet
pilot; actor in films and television series; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robin Chandler Duke (1923-2016) —
also known as Grace Esther Tippett; Robin
Chandler —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Model; journalist;
stockbroker;
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 2000-01.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 2016 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Carolina Memorial Park, North Charleston, S.C.
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Mitchell L. Erlanger (c.1857-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York County Sheriff, 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1907-27; president, A. L.
Erlanger Amusement Enterprises, and stage producer.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1940 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Erlanger and Regina Erlanger; married 1932 to Janet
Nordenshield. |
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Barry M. Farber (b. 1930) —
also known as Barry Farber —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1930.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1970; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; writer;
talk show host.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2012.
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Millicent Hammond Fenwick (1910-1992) —
also known as Millicent Fenwick —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
25, 1910.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 8, 1970-72; resigned
1972; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1975-83; member of
New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1976; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982.
Female.
Model for Lacey Davenport in the Doonesbury comic
strip.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
16, 1992 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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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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Anthony Franciosa (1928-2006) —
also known as Tony Franciosa; Anthony George
Papaleo —
of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1928.
Democrat. Actor; hit and
kicked a press photographer at the Los Angeles Civic Center on
April 19, 1957; arrested
for assault,
pleaded
guilty, served to ten days in jail,
and fined
$250; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Italian
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke,
and died a few days later, in UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
19, 2006 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Cremated.
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Alan Stuart Franken (b. 1951) —
also known as Al Franken; "Stuart
Smalley" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 21,
1951.
Democrat. Comedian; author; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2009-18; resigned 2018; in November 2017,
Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken had forcibly
kissed her on a 2006 USO tour; Franken was also photographed
appearing to place his hands on
or near her breasts; other women made similar allegations; resigned
from the Senate in January.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2018.
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Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) —
of New York.
Born February
12, 1896.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1920 (Prohibition, 27th District),
1934 (Law Preservation, at-large); Conservative candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1966.
Female.
Suffragette; appeared in the movie Reds (1981).
Died April
13, 1997 (age 101 years,
60 days).
Interment at Calverton
National Cemetery, Calverton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Vincent Gallo (b. 1962) —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
11, 1962.
Republican. Rock
musician; movie actor/director; artist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 2004.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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Marilyn Hare (1923-1981) —
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Singer;
actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, from cancer,
in a hospital
at Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 1981 (age 57 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper
publishing magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
York; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie producer in 1915-21; the
film Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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George Albert Jessel (1898-1981) —
also known as George Jessel; "Toastmaster General of
the United States" —
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., April 3,
1898.
Democrat. Actor; songwriter;
movie producer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 23,
1981 (age 83 years, 50
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.
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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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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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Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006) —
also known as Phyllis Kirkegaard —
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
18, 1927.
Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Danish
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
aneurysm, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
19, 2006 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during
the Battle of the Bulge and lost a
leg; newspaper
publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting
Group, owner of radio
stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit
employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John
J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer
of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of
Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Lewis (1923-2006) —
also known as Al Lewis; Albert Meister;
"Grampa"; "Grandpa" —
of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
30, 1923.
Green. Worked as a circus performer and later as an
actor; most famous role was as "Grandpa Munster" on the
television comedy series The Munsters, 1964-66; owned
an Italian restaurant
in New York; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1998; radio talk
show host on WBAI-FM.
Jewish.
Died, in a hospital
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
3, 2006 (age 82 years, 279
days).
Cremated.
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Tom Liddy (b. 1962) —
of Chandler, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 20,
1962.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arizona 1st District, 2000; chair of
Maricopa County Republican Party, 2003-05; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona, 2004;
talk show host.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
professional actor in 1933-40, appearing in movies such
as Little Women, The Scarlet Empress, The Little
Colonel, and In Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51; Governor of
Connecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1955-61; Argentina, 1969-73; Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1964; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District, 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed while finishing a
speech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died less
than an hour later at St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1985 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Westwood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
1882.
Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1913-17; resigned 1917; resigned to protest Wilson
Administration's failure to advocate Woman Suffrage Amendment;
Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
New York, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1932;
legal counsel for Twentieth Century-Fox movie studio; played
Winston Churchill in the 1943 movie Mission to Moscow.
Catholic.
Famed for saying, in a speech at the Scopes trial in 1925, "I have
never learned anything from any man who agreed with me." Toward the
end of his life, he appeared in movies as British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, who he resembled.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Culver City Hospital,
Culver City, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
5, 1950 (age 68 years, 124
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Calif.
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Don Martin Mankiewicz (1922-2015) —
also known as Don M. Mankiewicz —
of East Norwich, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
January
30, 1922.
Democrat. Novelist;
screenwriter
for dozens of television shows; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1972;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 2015 (age 93 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924-2014) —
also known as Anthony D. Marshall; Tony Marshall;
Anthony Dryden Kuser —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Consul in Istanbul, as of 1958-59; U.S. Ambassador to Malagasy Republic, 1969-71; Trinidad and Tobago, 1972-73; Kenya, 1973-77; Seychelles, 1976-77; in 1971, he was accused
in press reports of involvement in a supposed plot to overthrow
the President, Philibert Tsiranana; the Malagasy government declared
him persona
non grata, and expelled
him fron the country; theatrical producer; guardian of his
ailing mother, Brooke Astor; alleged to have diverted
millions of dollars to his own theatrical productions, and removed
works of art from her apartment; his son Philip sued,
alleging abuse
and demanding his removal
as guardian; an independent investigation found no evidence for
abuse, but revealed financial misconduct; indicted
in 2007, and tried on
16 charges
in 2009; the trial lasted six months; ultimately convicted
and sentenced
to one to three years in prison;
served eight weeks and was released on medical parole.
Member, Rotary.
Died, at New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 2014 (age 90 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lee Marvin (1924-1987) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
actor; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Tucson Medical
Center, Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
29, 1987 (age 63 years, 191
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers,
winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge
of Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Malachy Gerard McCourt (b. 1931) —
also known as Malachy McCourt —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
20, 1931.
Green. Actor; writer;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 2006.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Melton (1904-1961) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga., January
2, 1904.
Republican. Professional
singer; actor; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
21, 1961 (age 57 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ocala, Fla.
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Frank A. Miller (b. 1888) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
9, 1888.
Democrat. Musical and sound effects director for silent movies
and movie
theaters; in 1915, he founded a theatrical booking agency;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 20th District, 1922-31.
Burial location unknown.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; resigned 1980; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie studio, operator of theme
parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mason Mitchell (b. 1859) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., February
26, 1859.
Actor; theatrical manager; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; member of Theodore
Roosevelt's "Rough Rider" regiment; U.S. Consul in Zanzibar, 1902-05; Chungking, 1905-08; Apia, 1908-19; Malta, 1922-24; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Campbellton, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Karen Morley (1909-2003) —
also known as Mildred Linton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, December
12, 1909.
Actress; her career ended in 1947, when she was blacklisted
as a suspected
Communist; American Labor candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1954.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 8,
2003 (age 93 years, 86
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
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Robert Hector O'Brien (1904-1997) —
also known as Robert H. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
15, 1904.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1942-44; special
assistant to Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures,
and director, Paramount International Films; when the
companies split in 1949, he became secretary-treasurer of the movie
theater chain, United Paramount Theaters; following a merger with
American Broadcasting Company, he became financial vice-president of
the ABC television
network; in 1957, he joined the Loew's movie
theater chain as vice-president and treasurer; president of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio, 1963-69.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, of a stroke,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
6, 1997 (age 93 years, 21
days).
Interment somewhere
in Butte, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien; married, August
27, 1927, to Ellen Ford. |
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Arthur O'Connell (1908-1981) —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1908.
Democrat. Actor; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 18,
1981 (age 73 years, 50
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Charles Edwin Ogden (1859-1934) —
also known as Charles E. Ogden —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., July 31,
1859.
Newspaper
reporter; orator; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1904-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
6, 1934 (age 75 years, 98
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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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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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) —
also known as Christopher Reeve —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
25, 1952.
Democrat. Actor; paralyzed
in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
Died, from heart
failure while being treated for an infection,
in Northern Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 2004 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) —
also known as Emanuel Goldenberg —
Born in Bucharest, Romania,
December
12, 1893.
Democrat. Actor; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Jewish.
Romanian
ancestry.
Died, from bladder
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1973 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Entombed at Beth
El Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Wayne Allyn Root (b. 1961) —
also known as Wayne A. Root —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 20,
1961.
Libertarian. Sports
reporter and handicapper; radio and
television host and anchorman; television producer;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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Ally Sheedy (b. 1962) —
also known as Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1962.
Democrat. Actress; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
Jewish,
Irish,
and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Jeffrey M. Smith (b. 1958) —
of Iowa.
Born in New York, 1958.
Natural Law candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1998; film producer and
director.
Still living as of 2021.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Griswold, New London
County, Conn., June 27,
1805.
Journalist;
orator; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton and Joseph Stanton; married, May 1,
1840, to Elizabeth
Smith Cady; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert
Treat; first cousin once removed of Nathan
Belcher; second cousin once removed of Erskine
Mason Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill
Avery; third cousin of Enoch
C. Chapman; third cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Edward
Wheeler Pendleton and Giles
Russell Taggart; third cousin twice removed of John
Adams, George
Champlin and John
Baldwin; fourth cousin of Albert
Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of David
Hough, John
Taintor, Roger
Taintor, John
Quincy Adams, Christopher
Grant Champlin, Solomon
Taintor, Daniel
Cady, Daniel
Packer, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Lorenzo
Burrows, Asa
Packer, Albert
Smith Gallup and Abial
T. Browning. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams
family; Lenoir
family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jan Sterling (1921-2004) —
also known as Jane Sterling Adriance —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 3,
1921.
Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Died, following a series of strokes,
while suffering from diabetes,
in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
26, 2004 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at St. Pauls Churchyard, Covent Garden, London, England.
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Marlo Thomas (b. 1937) —
also known as Margaret Julia Thomas —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Deerfield, Lenawee
County, Mich., November
21, 1937.
Democrat. Actress in television shows and movies; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Ernest Truex (1913-1999) —
also known as James E. Truex —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
30, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; fluent in
Japanese, he served as interpreter in surrender negotiations in 1945;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1960.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Actor in many Broadway plays; wrote
screenplay early television shows such as the "Hallmark
Hall of Fame" and "You Are There".
Died, probably from Alzheimer's
disease, January
12, 1999 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cicely Tyson (b. 1924) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1924.
Democrat. Model; actress; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 2010, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Still living as of 2019.
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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr. (1925-2012) —
also known as Gore Vidal; Edgar Box; Cameron
Kay; Katherine Everard —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Ravello, Italy;
Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born, in the Cadet Hospital,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., October
3, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1960; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Atheist.
Bisexual.
Novelist,
playwright,
essayist,
screenwriter,
appeared as an actor in several films. Not actually related
to Al
Gore, who he refers to as "Cousin Al".
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 31,
2012 (age 86 years, 302
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Ralph Waite (b. 1928) —
of California.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 22,
1928.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1990 (37th District), 1998 (44th
District), 1998 (44th District).
Professional actor, best known for his role as the father in
the 1972-81 television series "The Waltons"; also
appeared in movies such as Cool Hand Luke and Five
Easy Pieces.
Still living as of 2014.
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James John Joseph Walker (1881-1946) —
also known as James J. Walker; Jimmy Walker;
"Beau James"; "The Night
Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; songwriter;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1910-14; member
of New
York state senate, 1915-25 (13th District 1915-18, 12th District
1919-25); resigned 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1926-32; resigned 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Resigned
as mayor during an investigation
of corruption in his administration.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1946 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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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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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) —
also known as Cornelius V. Whitney;
"Sonny" —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
20, 1899.
Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways;
chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and
Smelting
Company; horse
breeder; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David
O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood
films in the 1930s and 1940s.
Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married, March 5,
1923, to Marie Norton (who later married William
Averell Harriman); married, September
29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle; married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson of William
Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry
Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry
B. Payne and James
Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry
Collins Flagg; first cousin of William
Henry Vanderbilt III and John
Hay Whitney; first cousin once removed of Frances
Payne Bolton; second cousin of William
Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver
Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley
Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mackie Burgess. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morton
family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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