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Bob Allman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Singer;
actor; screenwriter;
film producer and director; record label owner;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2009.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Son of Santo Bono and Jean Bono.
Republican. Songwriter,
actor, member of the Sonny & Cher singing and
comedy duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing
accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Joseph Wayne De Bolt (b. 1939) —
also known as Joe De Bolt —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Sebring, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
23, 1939.
Son of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt.
Democrat. Played
saxophone in rock'n'roll band, The Twisting Countdowns, 1960-62;
manager for performers and night club acts; sociologist;
university
professor; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 100th District, 1970.
Eastern
Orthodox.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Whitlach and Dolores De Bolt; step-son of Melvin Blake;
married, March 20,
1962, to Beverly Denise Gallagher (divorced). |
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Thomas Hayden (b. 1939) —
also known as Tom Hayden —
of Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
11, 1939.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988
(member, Platform
Committee), 1996,
2000.
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gilbert R. Hill (b. 1931) —
also known as Gil Hill —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1931.
Police
officer; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2001.
African
ancestry.
Portrayed Inspector Douglas Todd in the "Beverly Hills Cop"
movies.
Still living as of 2001.
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Joseph Warren Holt (born c.1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Holt —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1968.
Filmmaker; athletic
coach; candidate in primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2009.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Michael Moore (b. 1954) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., April 23,
1954.
Elected to Davison school board at age 18; founder and publisher
of the Flint Voice alternative newspaper,
which later became the Michigan Voice; Citizens candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1984;
editor, Mother Jones magazine;
directed and appeared in Roger and Me and other
movie documentaries; host of the 1994-95 television
series "TV Nation".
Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Son of Lyman Z. Smith and Sarah Smith.
Pastor;
orator; political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Paul Sutton (1910-1970) —
of Michigan.
Born in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 4,
1910.
Democrat. Radio actor; portrayed "Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon"; also actor in many movies of the 1930s and
1940s; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1954, 1956.
Died, of muscular
dystrophy, in Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich., January
31, 1970 (age 59 years, 272
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Daughter of Danny Thomas (1914-1991; entertainer) and Rosa
Maria (Cassaniti) Mantell Thomas (1914-2000).
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 2009.
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John Donaldson Voelker (1903-1991) —
also known as John D. Voelker; Robert
Traver —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., June 29,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1934-52; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1937-39; candidate in primary
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1954; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1956-60; appointed 1956;
resigned 1960.
Author
of the best-selling novel Anatomy of a Murder (later a
movie starring Jimmy Stewart), and other books.
Died of a heart
attack, in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., March 18,
1991 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Ishpeming
Cemetery, Ishpeming, Mich.
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