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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.
Son of William
Patrick Connery, Sr..
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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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.
Son of Henry Churchill deMille and Beatrice (Samuel) deMille.
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 2009.
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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.
Son of Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929).
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 (1857-1923) and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929); married, October
7, 1914, to Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-1995; daughter of John
Francis Fitzgerald); father of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; grandfather of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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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Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924-2006) —
also known as Pat Lawford; Patricia
Kennedy —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 6,
1924.
Daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1960.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 2006 (age 82 years, 134
days).
Interment at Southampton
Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Granddaughter of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald; daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; sister of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy; married, April 24,
1954, to Peter Lawford (1923-1984; actor); mother of
Christopher Lawford (actor); aunt of Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-). See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
Son of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer.
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 Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Mayer and Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944) and Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955); married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Irene Gladys Mayer
(1907-1990; who married David
Oliver Selznick) and Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who married William
Goetz). See Mayer
family of California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | 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.
Still living as of 1949.
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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.
Son of Grace (Goodale) Pelley (born 1861) and William George Apsey
Pelley (1867-1920).
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;
orator; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1870 (Labor Reform), 1877 (Greenback).
Abolitionist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
2, 1884 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
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Image source:
William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884) |
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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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