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William John Bennett (b. 1943) —
also known as William J. Bennett; Bill
Bennett —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 3,
1943.
U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1985-88; director, U.S. Office of
National Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar"), 1989-91; radio show
host; television commentator.
Catholic.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
In 2003, news media reported that Bennett had lost
millions gambling in Las Vegas, a minor scandal
in light of his advocacy for self-discipline and other virtues; he acknowledged
that he had done "too much gambling" and that it "set a bad example".
Still living as of 2010.
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Harry Edson Browne (1933-2006) —
also known as Harry Browne —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nassau
County, N.Y., June 17,
1933.
Son of Edson Bradford Browne and Cecil Margaret (Davis) Browne.
Libertarian. Writer; investment
advisor; candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000; radio show host, 2003.
Agnostic.
Died, of Lou
Gehrig's disease, in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., March 1,
2006 (age 72 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mt.
Gur Cemetery, Kernersville, N.C.
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James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) —
also known as James L. Buckley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in an elevator at Women's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 9,
1923.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),
1976 (Republican); Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1980; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; took senior
status 1996.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and
Bones.
President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1982-85.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Frank Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as William F. Buckley, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1925.
Son of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965.
Catholic.
Irish
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Skull and
Bones.
Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor of
National Review magazine;
author
and lecturer; host of television news show "Firing Line";
recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.
Died, probably of diabetes
and emphysema,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
27, 2008 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Frank Buckley, Sr. (1881-1958) and Aloise (Steiner)
Buckley; brother of James
Lane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who married Leo
Brent Bozell); married 1950 to
Patricia Alden Austin Taylor (1926-2007). See Buckley
family of New York and Connecticut. |
| |  | Cross-reference: Frederic
R. Coudert, Jr. |
| |  | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| |  | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Getting
It Right (2003) — God
and Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
(1951) — Spytime
: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) — Nearer,
My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) — The
Lexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word
Lover (1998) — Airborne
: A Sentimental Journey (1984) — In
Search of Anti-Semitism (1992) — Brothers
No More (1995) — Up
From Liberalism (1959) — The
Committee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (1962) — Elvis
in the Morning (2001) — Execution
eve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) — Four
reforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) — Gratitude
: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —
Nuremberg
: the reckoning (2002) — Overdrive
: a personal documentary (1983) — United
Nations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) — The
unmaking of a mayor (1966) — Ronald
Reagan: An American Hero (2001) |
| |  | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.: Stained
Glass : A Blackford Oakes Novel (1978) — Marco
Polo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1981) —
Saving
the Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1976) — See
You Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery
(1985) — Tucker's
Last Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1991) — Mongoose,
R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1990) — A
Very Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1994) —
High
Jinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1986) — Who's
on First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1980) — The
Redhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator Joe McCarthy
(1999) |
| |  | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:
John B. Judis, William
F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the
Conservatives |
| |  | Critical books about William F. Buckley,
Jr.: David Miller, Chairman
Bill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
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William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) —
also known as William A. M. Burden —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 8,
1906.
Son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden.
Analyst of aviation
industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union
Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical
Co., Columbia Broadcasting System, and Lockheed Aircraft;
president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.
Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
disease, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Second great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877; railroad
baron); son of Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden; married 1931 to
Margaret Livingston Partridge. |
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1882.
Communist. School
teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym
"Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio Moscow, 1937-45.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1945
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) —
also known as Prescott S. Bush —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, May 15,
1895.
Son of Samuel Prescott Bush (1863-1948) and Flora (Sheldon) Bush
(1872-1920).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
director, Pan American Airways;
director, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63; defeated, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Skull and
Bones.
Died, of lung
cancer, in the Memorial Hospital
for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1972 (age 77 years, 146
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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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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Guy Patterson Gannett (1881-1954) —
also known as Guy P. Gannett —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
27, 1881.
Son of William H. Gannett and Sarah N. (Hill) Gannett.
Republican. Publisher of newspapers
and owner of radio stations; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1916;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917-18; member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1919-20; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1920-28.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 24,
1954 (age 72 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting Co.; director,
Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 7,
1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper
columnist;
radio talk show host.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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Susan Molinari (b. 1958) —
of New York.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 27,
1958.
Daughter of Guy
Victor Molinari.
Republican. Member, New York City Council, 1986-90; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1990-97 (14th District 1990-93,
13th District 1993-97); resigned 1997; television journalist.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leo William O'Brien (1900-1982) —
also known as Leo W. O'Brien —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1900.
Newspaper
work; radio and television commentator; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1952-67 (32nd District 1952-53,
30th District 1953-63, 29th District 1963-67).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 4,
1982 (age 81 years, 225
days).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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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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Richard Cunningham Patterson, Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Son of Richard Cunningham Patterson and Martha Belle (Neiswanger)
Patterson.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting Co.,
1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power &
Light Co.); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatamala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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. |
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article |
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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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Jeffrey St. John (born c.1931) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1931.
Conservative. Television producer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Al Sharpton —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
3, 1954.
Son of Alfred Charles Sharpton, Sr. and Ada Sharpton.
Democrat. Minister;
civil rights activist; radio talk show host; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988, 1992, 1994; stabbed in
the chest as he was about to lead a protest march in the
Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1991;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 2004.
Pentecostal;
later Baptist.
African
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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R. Peter Straus (born c.1924) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1924.
Son of Nathan
Straus, Jr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
chairman, Straus Communications, a chain of newspapers
and radio stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1964;
director, Voice of America, 1977-79.
Still living as of 1998.
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William E. Walsh (b. 1903) —
of Coos Bay, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
29, 1903.
Son of William E. Walsh and Mary (Schneider) Walsh.
Republican. Lawyer; Coos
County District Attorney, 1931-33; member of Oregon
state senate, 1941-51; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oregon, 1952;
co-owner, Radio Station KWRO, Coquille, Ore.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Phi
Delta Theta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Owen D. Young (1874-1962) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
27, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; financier;
industrialist;
chairman, General Electric, 1922-39 and 1942-45; founded Radio
Corporation of America (RCA) and was chairman 1919-29; one of the
founders of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); author of
the "Young Plan" in 1929 for settlement of German war reparations;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
The Owen D. Young Central School, in Van Hornesville, N.Y., is named for
him.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., July 11,
1962 (age 87 years, 257
days).
Interment at Van
Hornesville Cemetery, Van Hornesville, N.Y.
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