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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio
and television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Donald Cogley Bruce (1921-1969) —
also known as Donald C. Bruce —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Troutville, Clearfield
County, Pa., April
27, 1921.
Republican. News commentator, program director, business manager at
radio station WIRE, Indianapolis; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1961-65; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1964.
Lutheran.
Among the founders of the American Conservative Union in 1964.
Died, apparently from a heart
attack, in Round Hill, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1969 (age 48 years, 126
days).
Interment at Ebenezer
Cemetery, Near Round Hill, Loudoun County, Va.
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William Hannum Grubb Bullard (1866-1927) —
also known as William H. G. Bullard —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., December
6, 1866.
Electrical
engineer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Navy Admiral; authority on
radio communications; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927;
died in office 1927.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1927 (age 60 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Canfield (b. 1941) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., June 2,
1941.
Democrat. Radio and television newsman; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1968;
press secretary to West Virginia Secretary of State John
D. Rockefeller IV; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 17th District, 1975-77;
resigned 1977.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1977.
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Relatives: Son
of James Willard Canfield and Clydetta Canfield; married, July 23,
1961, to June Smith. |
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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (b. 1893) —
also known as T. A. M. Craven —
of Washington,
D.C.; Virginia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
31, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; radio engineer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1937-44, 1956-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of T. A. Craven and Harriet Baker (Austin) Craven; married, September
25, 1915, to Josephine La Tourette; married 1931 to Emma
Stoner. |
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Joseph Sibley Crawford (b. 1901) —
also known as Joseph S. Crawford; Luke
Crawford —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in Kane, McKean
County, Pa., November
30, 1901.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
later worked for the WEDH radio station; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Joseph
Sibley |
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and Anna (Mahaffey) Crawford; married to Winifred
Miller. |
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Joseph Harvey Farris (1922-1997) —
also known as Joe H. Farris —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., April
14, 1922.
Radio and television personality; sports
announcer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1991-97;
died in office 1997.
Episcopalian.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Found dead in a hotel
room probably from cardiac
arrythmia, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1997 (age 75 years, 118
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924-2010) —
also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. —
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination
attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1988;
host, World Business Review television news show.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from an infection,
at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., February
20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ronald Klink (b. 1951) —
also known as Ron Klink —
of Murrysville, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, September
23, 1951.
Democrat. Television news reporter, 1978-93; partner,
Dagwood's restaurant;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1993-2001;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (b. 1942) —
of Merion Station, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1942.
Democrat. Television journalist; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1993-95;
defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004
(alternate), 2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel E. Rohrer (b. 1955) —
also known as Sam Rohrer —
Born in Dover, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
11, 1955.
Republican. Radio station manager; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 128th District, 1993-2010;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2010; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Elmer H. Wene (1892-1957) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1892.
Democrat. Poultry
farmer; radio station president; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1937-39, 1941-45;
defeated, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cumberland
County, 1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1947-49; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1949, 1953 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Redmen;
Grange.
Died in 1957
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Locust
Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Pa.
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