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Ann Alanson (b. 1926) —
also known as Ann Wertheim —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., September
24, 1926.
Daughter of David Wertheim and Eleanor (Patek) Wertheim.
Democrat. Hosted weekly television show "Let's Look at Books",
1951-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1965-67.
Female.
Still living as of 1967.
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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.
Son of Moses Annenberg and Sarah Annenberg.
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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Carlos Alan Autry (b. 1952) —
also known as Alan Autry; Carlos Brown —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 31,
1952.
Son of Carl Autry and Verna (Brown) Autry.
Republican. Played pro
football for the Green Bay Packers in 1975-76; television and
movie actor;
mayor
of Fresno, Calif., 2001-09; radio news talk show host.
Still living as of 2011.
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Kathleen Brown (born c.1946) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born about 1946.
Daughter of Edmund
Gerald Brown, Sr..
Democrat. Lawyer; California
state treasurer, 1991-95; candidate for Governor of
California, 1994.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) —
also known as Smylla Brynd; Tessa Brind —
of Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
March
24, 1928.
Democrat. Actress,
appearing in movies
in the 1940s and television in the 1950s; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from breast
cancer, at the Motion Picture Country Home,
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 21,
1999 (age 71 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) —
also known as Bay Buchanan —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1948.
Daughter of William Baldwin Buchanan (1905-1988) and Catherine
Elizabeth (Crum) Buchanan (1911-1995).
Republican. Treasurer for Ronald
Reagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the United
States, 1981-83; television commentator; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1988;
candidate in primary for California
state treasurer, 1990.
Female.
Catholic;
later Mormon. Irish, English,
and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert Kenneth Dornan (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert K. Dornan; 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;
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 in primary 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 2009.
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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.
Son of Edouard G. Hesselberg and Lena (Shackelford) Hesselberg.
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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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 15,
1900.
Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement Co.,
Bandini Petroleum
Co., Olympic Radio and Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969) —
also known as Herbert Hoover, Jr. —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; San Marino, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
August
4, 1903.
Son of Herbert
Clark Hoover and Lou (Henry) Hoover.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
mining engineer;
inventor;
president, Aeronautical
Radio, Inc., 1930; U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1954-57;
director, Monsanto Chemical
Company; director, Lockheed Aircraft
Corporation; director, Southern California Edison
Company; director, Hanna Mining
Company; director, Pacific Mutual Insurance
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1960.
Herbert Hoover Jr. High School, in San Jose, Calif., is named for
him.
Died, of cancer, in
Huntington Community Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 9,
1969 (age 65 years, 248
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Casey Kasem (b. 1932) —
also known as Kemal Amin Kazem —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 27,
1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
radio disc jockey; actor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988.
Druze.
Lebanese
and Palestinian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) —
also known as Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter
Lantos —
of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928.
Democrat. University
professor; television news commentator; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1976,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu.
Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C.
Died, of cancer
of the esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008 (age 80 years, 10
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Daniel Lapin —
of Mercer Island, King
County, Wash.
Republican. Rabbi; author;
radio show host; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1996.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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David Laurell —
of Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Writer,
producer, and director for television, radio, and film;
mayor
of Burbank, Calif., 2002-.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives:
Married to Maxine 'Max' Andrews. |
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Catherine Dean Barnes May (1914-2004) —
also known as Catherine Dean May; Catherine Dean
Barnes; Mrs. James O. May —
of Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash., May 18,
1914.
Daughter of Charles Henry Barnes and Pauline (Van Loon) Barnes.
Republican. School
teacher; radio writer and commentator; member of Washington
state house of representatives 14th District, 1952-58; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1959-71; defeated,
1970.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 28,
2004 (age 90 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bill Prady (b. 1960) —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 7,
1960.
Democrat. Writer and
producer for television sitcoms,
including Dharma & Gregg and Good Morning Miami; 1990
Emmy Award nominee; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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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.
Son of John Reagan and Nellie (Wilson) Reagan.
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;
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
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 (actress;
divorced 1948); married, March 4,
1952, to Nancy Davis (born 1923; actress);
father of Maureen
Elizabeth Reagan. |
| | | 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 |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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 |
| | | Critical books about Ronald Reagan:
Haynes Johnson, Sleepwalking
Through History: America in the Reagan Years |
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Sharon Percy Rockefeller (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Percy —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., December
10, 1944.
Daughter of Charles
Harting Percy.
Democrat. President and CEO of WETA public radio and
television in Washington, D.C.; director of PepsiCo (food and beverage
maker); delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish
entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel
bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to
persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for
purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt; son of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt; first cousin once removed of Alice
Lee Roosevelt Longworth, Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner (divorced 1933); married,
July
22, 1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins (divorced 1944); married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson (divorced 1950); married, March 15,
1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross (divorced 1960);
married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004) —
also known as Pierre Salinger —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1925.
Son of Herbert Salinger and Jehanne (Bietry) Salinger.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; press secretary to U.S. Sen. and Pres. John
F. Kennedy; U.S.
Senator from California, 1964; defeated, 1964; Paris bureau
chief for ABC News.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
at Le Thor, Provence, France,
October
16, 2004 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Van Vo (b. 1950) —
of Garden Grove, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in 1950.
Republican. Radio producer; talk show
host; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Baxter Ward (1919-2002) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; television news
director and anchorman for KCOP-TV, 1955-61; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1969.
Died in 2002
(age about
83 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Son of James Maurice Williams and Laura (LaCossitt) Williams.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio station; director,
KTUC radio station; newspaper
columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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