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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.
Son of Oscar J. Acker and Sarah E. Acker.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Florida, 1928;
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 in 1960
(age about
77 years).
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.
Son of Charles J. Alger and Harriot (Murdoch) Alger.
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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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.
Son of Carl Schneider and Elizabeth (Ohse) Schneider.
Republican. Actor; appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California, 1944.
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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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Son of Garrison Bloom and Sara Bloom.
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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Heywood Campbell Broun (1888-1939) —
also known as Heywood Broun —
of New York; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1888.
Son of Heywood Cox Broun and Henriette (Brose) Broun.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1930.
Catholic.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Sportswriter;
columnist
for New York newspapers;
founder of
the American Newspaper Guild in 1933 and its first president;
expelled from Socialist Party in 1933.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1939 (age 51 years, 11
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, 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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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; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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.
Daughter of Walter Hamer Gahagan and Lillian Rose (Mussen) Gahagan.
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,
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.
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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Gerard T. Doyle (b. 1956) —
also known as Jerry Doyle —
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 2009.
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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.
Son of Leopold Erlanger and Regina Erlanger.
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:
Married 1932
to Janet Nordenshield. |
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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.
Daughter of Ogden
Haggerty Hammond and Mary Picton Stevens Hammond.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960;
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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Al Franken (b. 1951) —
also known as Alan Stuart Franken; "Stuart
Smalley" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1951.
Son of Joseph P. Franken and Phoebe (Kunst) Franken.
Comedian; author; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 2009-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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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).
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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Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III (b. 1944) —
also known as Rudolph W. Giuliani; Rudy Giuliani;
"America's Mayor" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1944.
Son of Angelo Giuliani and Helen C. (D'Avanzo) Giuliani.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1983-89; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1994-2001; defeated, 1989; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 2008;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 2008.
Italian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of Angelo Giuliani and Helen C. (D'Avanzo) Giuliani; married, October
26, 1968, to Regina Peruggi (annulled 1982); married 1984 to Donna
Hanover (actress; divorced 2002); married, May 24,
2003, to Judith Stish Nathan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Bertram
L. Podell |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Rudolph Giuliani: Leadership
(2002) |
| | | Books about Rudolph Giuliani: Andrew
Kirtzman, Rudy
Giuliani : Emperor of the City — Fred Siegel, The
Prince Of The City: Giuliani, New York, and The Genius of American
Life — Ron Rubin, ed., Rudy,
Rudy, Rudy: The Real and the Rational — Deborah Hart
Strober and Gerald S. Strober, Giuliani,
Flawed or Flawless: The Oral Biography — Wil Mara, Rudolph
Giuliani (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Rudolph Giuliani:
Edward I. Koch, Giuliani:
Nasty Man — Wayne Barrett, Rudy!
An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani — Jack
Newfield, The
Full Rudy : The Man, the Myth, the Mania |
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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.
Son of George
Hearst and Phoebe (Apperson) Hearst.
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1896;
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.
Newspaper
publishing magnate; movie producer in 1951-21; 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 in mausoleum at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Son of Allan Sigmund Lehman (1885-1952) and Evelyn 'Eve' (Schiffer)
Lehman (c.1892-1970).
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; Alexander Meister;
"Grampa"; "Grandpa" —
of Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 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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John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
20, 1903.
Son of George Cabot 'Bay' Lodge (1873-1909) and Mathilda Elizabeth
Frelinghuysen (Davis) Lodge.
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,
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.
Son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer.
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
in New York City, 1954-55; 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).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of William C. Malone and Rose (McKenny) Malone.
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.
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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Donald Martin Mankiewicz (b. 1922) —
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.
Son of Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897-1953).
Democrat. 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.
Still living as of 2010.
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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 2009.
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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.
Son of George John Mitchell and Mary (Saad) Mitchell.
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; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 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 2009.
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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 —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Actress; American Labor candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1954.
Female.
Still living as of 1954.
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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.
Son of Joseph Grant O'Brien and Margaret (Flanagan) O'Brien.
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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Charles E. Ogden —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.
Son of Darius
A. Ogden.
Newspaper
reporter; orator; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1904-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Barbara Pitney (Lamb) Reeve.
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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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.
Son of David Root and Stella Root.
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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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
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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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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James Ernest Truex (1913-1999) —
of Sea Cliff, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Great Neck, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
30, 1913.
Son of Ernest Truex (character actor).
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, 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. 1933) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1933.
Daughter of William Tyson and Theodesia Tyson.
Democrat. Model; actress; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2008.
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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. (b. 1925) —
also known as Gore Vidal; Edgar Box; Cameron
Kay; Katherine Everard —
of Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Ravello, Italy.
Born, in the Cadet Hospital,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., October
3, 1925.
Son of Eugene Luther Vidal (1895-1969) and Nina
Gore Auchincloss (1903-1978).
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, 1960; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1982.
Atheist.
novelist,
playwright,
essayist,
screenwriter,
appeared as an actor in several films. Not actually related
to Al
Gore, who he refers to as "Cousin Al".
Still living as of 2009.
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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 2009.
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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 Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1881.
Son of William
H. Walker.
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,
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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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.
Son of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney.
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:
Grandson of William
Collins Whitney; 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 Gwladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18,
1941, to Eleanor Searle (c.1909-2002; divorced 1958); married, January
24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford (actress); first cousin
of John
Hay Whitney. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
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