02/18/1923 - 01/17/2008
Allan Melvin (February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend...
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Charles Lane (Charles Gerstle Levison)
01/26/1905 - 07/09/2007
Charles Gerstle Levison (January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007), better known as Charles Lane, was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest li...
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04/22/1927 - 07/17/2005
Lorenzo Aitken (April 22, 1927 – July 17, 2005), better known as Laurel Aitken, was a singer and one of the originators of Jamaican ska music . He is often referred to as the "Godfather of ska
04/13/1743 - 07/04/1826
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers, known for his promotion of the ideals o...
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03/11/1938 - 05/22/2011
Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produ...
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Tom Poston (Thomas Gordon Poston)
10/17/1927 - 04/30/2007
Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor.
02/18/1775 - 11/09/1802
Thomas Girtin (18 February 1775 – 9 November 1802) was an English painter and etcher. A friend and rival of J. M. W. Turner, Girtin played a key role in establishing watercolour as a reputable art form...
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01/06/1954 - 03/18/2008
Anthony Minghella, (6 January 1954 — 18 March 2008) was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.
He won the Academy Award f...
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05/01/1918 - 01/27/2004
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962....
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02/21/1934 - 06/03/2010
Rue McClanahan (February 21, 1934 – June 3, 2010) was an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude, Fran Crowley on Mama's Family, and Blanche Devereaux...
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09/28/1918 - 12/20/2009
Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) was an American comic actor who played a small and bespectacled, yet brash and knowing big-city type.
01/27/1885 - 11/11/1945
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove...
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Dave Williams (David Williams )
02/29/1972 - 08/14/2002
David W. "Dave" "Stage" Williams (February 29, 1972 – August 14, 2002) was the lead singer for the band Drowning Pool.
04/19/1900 - 08/06/1991
Daniel Roland Michener PC CC CMM OOnt CD QC FRHSC(hon) (April 19, 1900 – August 6, 1991), commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Co...
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Dick Martin (Thomas Richard Martin)
01/30/1922 - 05/24/2008
Thomas Richard "Dick" Martin (January 30, 1922 – May 24, 2008) was an American comedian and director, best known for his role as the cohost of the sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In...
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