Real/Birth Name:
Charles Edward Johnson
Also Known As:
Little Jody Rainwater
Little Jody
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age:
91 or 92
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
String bass with the group
Foggy Mountain Boys. Radio DJ.
Real/Birth Name:
William Caesar Warfield
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
82
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
Birth Place:
Relationships:
ex-husband of
Older than Leontyne Price by 7 years.
Brief Facts:
Bass-baritone, famed for role as
Porgy in opera
Porgy and Bess. Movie
Show Boat as the tugboat captain, also song
Ol' Man River.
Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame 2000.
Real/Birth Name:
Michael Joseph Scarry
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
92
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Center, tackle. Teams
Waynesburg College,
Cleveland Rams,
Cleveland Browns
Real/Birth Name:
Gertrude Marshall
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
84
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
Birth Place:
Relationships:
Descendants:
Brief Facts:
Movie
Boston Blackie and the Law. Model for cigarettte advertisements.
Real/Birth Name:
Annna Margaret Castor
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Age today:
98
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
Birth Place:
Relationships:
wife of
Older than John Glenn by 1 year.
Brief Facts:
Had a stuttering problem, as did her father.
Ohio Women's Hall of Fame 1999.
National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame 2004.
Real/Birth Name:
William Lewis Byrd
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
81
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Steel guitar. Session musician. Many years with
Ernest Tubb in his band
The Texas Troubadours
Real/Birth Name:
James Montgomery Doohan
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
85
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Pisces ♓ - the Fish - people born February 20 through March 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
In role of
Scotty in the TV series
Star Trek
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the motion picture industry; ceremony: 31 August 2004.
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Real/Birth Name:
Henry King Ketcham
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
81
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Pisces ♓ - the Fish - people born February 20 through March 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Cartoon
Dennis the Menace. Movie
Dennis the Menace
Real/Birth Name:
Reginald McKern
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
82
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Pisces ♓ - the Fish - people born February 20 through March 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Played title role of
Rumpole in BBC TV series
Rumpole of the Bailey. Movie
A Man for All Seasons
Real/Birth Name:
Martin Rosenblatt
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
61
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
TV show
The Wild Wild West. Movie
Conquest of Space
Real/Birth Name:
Patrick George Troughton
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
67, 3 days after his birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
TV series
Doctor Who
Real/Birth Name:
Mifune Toshirō
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
77
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Parents were Methodist missionaries in Chima. Movies
Rashomon,
Seven Samurai. TV miniseries
Shogun
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 6912 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the motion picture industry; ceremony: 14 November 2016.
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Real/Birth Name:
Maurice Scherer
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
89
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Name pronounced "row-MEHR." Movies
My Night at Maud's,
Claire's Knee,
Pauline at the Beach
Real/Birth Name:
Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
92
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
Birth Place:
Relationships:
Descendants:
Brief Facts:
Hindustani classical music on the sitar. Worked with
George Harrison. In 2001, awarded an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II for his services to music.
French Legion of Honor.
Real/Birth Name:
Harold Mendelson
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
49
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21
Birth Place:
Relationships:
husband of
Older than Candy Toxton by 5 years.
Brief Facts:
Directed TV series
F Troop. Host of game TV show
The $64,000 Question
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 1560 Vine Street for contributions to radio.
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A star at 6536 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the television industry.
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Real/Birth Name:
Karol Jzef Wojtyła
Karol Jozef Wojtyla
Also Known As:
Giovanni Paolo II
John Paul II
John Paul the Great
Nickname(s):
Lolek
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
84
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Pope travelled widely, over 100 countries. Credited with helping to bring down Communism. Acted in plays as a student. Published poetry. The first Polish Pope. Last name pronounced Voy-Tee-Wah. Beatified on 1 May 2011.
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2004.
Congressional Gold Medal 2000.
Los Angeles Memorial Coloseum Court of Honors 1987.
Real/Birth Name:
Elizabeth Mary Driver
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
91
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
TV series (British "soap")
Coronation Street for more than 2,800 episodes. Appointed MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List of 2000.
Real/Birth Name:
Solomon Hersh Frees
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
66
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Cancer ♋ - the Crab - people born June 22 through July 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Voices in cartoons. Voice of the
Ghost Host in the Disneyland Haunted Mansion.
Real/Birth Name:
Leona Mindy Rosenthal
Nickname(s):
The Queen of Mean
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
87
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Cancer ♋ - the Crab - people born June 22 through July 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Hotelier in New York, also owned the Empire State Building, convicted of tax evasion and other charges, Served 18 months in prison. Net worth several billion dollars. Quoted as saying, "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."
Real/Birth Name:
Phyllis Dorothy James
Also Known As:
PD James
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
94
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Crime novel author. Books
The Children of Men,
The Murder Room,
Death Comes to Pemberley. Awarded an OBE in 1983, and made a life peer in 1991.
Real/Birth Name:
Helen Amelia Thomas
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
92, 14 days before her 93rd birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Member of the White House press corps. News and commentary with United Press International for 57 years. Received numerous awards and more than 30 honorary degrees.
Michigan Walk of Fame 2006.
Michigan Women's Hall of Fame 1986.
Real/Birth Name:
Christopher Robin Milne
Nickname(s):
Billy
Moon
Billy Moon
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
75
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
Birth Place:
Relationships:
son of
nephew of
son of
first cousin of
husband of
Ancestors:
Brief Facts:
Book
The Enchanted Places. Subject of book
Winnie-the-Pooh by his father.
Real/Birth Name:
Harold Bradley Jackson
Nickname(s):
Buckshot
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
70
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Session player. Worked for
Kitty Wells,
Roy Acuff.
Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.
Real/Birth Name:
John Russell Houston Jr.
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
82
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23
Birth Place:
Relationships:
grandfather of
ex-husband of
Older than Cissy Houston by 13 years.
father of
Descendants:
Brief Facts:
Newark City administrator and entertainment executive.
Real/Birth Name:
Mary Frances Heflin
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
73
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23
Birth Place:
Relationships:
mother of
younger sister of
Younger than Van Heflin by 11 years.
Descendants:
Brief Facts:
TV series
All My Children. Movies
Mr. Billion,
The Molly Maguires
Real/Birth Name:
J Troplong Ward
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
69, 22 days after his birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Produced cartoon series
Rocky and His Friends,
George of the Jungle
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the television industry; ceremony: 21 June 2000.
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Real/Birth Name:
Walter John Matthow
Also Known As:
Walter Matuschanskayasky (said to be a joke by himself!)
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
79
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
Birth Place:
Relationships:
husband of
Older than Carol Grace by 3 years.
Brief Facts:
Movies
Hello, Dolly!,
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,
Charade,
Out to Sea,
Grumpy Old Men,
Grumpier Old Men,
Dennis the Menace,
The Fortune Cookie,
Cactus Flower,
The Odd Couple II
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 6357 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the motion picture industry; ceremony: 9 March 1982.
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Real/Birth Name:
La Raine Johnson
Also Known As:
Laraine Hays
Laraine Johnson
Nickname(s):
The First Lady of Baseball
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
87, 28 days after her birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
Birth Place:
Relationships:
ex-wife of
Younger than Leo Durocher by 15 years.
Brief Facts:
Movies
Calling Dr. Kildare,
Foreign Correspondent,
The High and the Mighty
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 6676 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the motion picture industry.
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Real/Birth Name:
Ignatius Wolfington
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
83, 14 days before his 84th birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
1958 Tony Award nomination for Broadway musical
The Music Man. Song
Shipoopi. Movies
Herbie Rides Again,
1941
Real/Birth Name:
Edward Montgomery Clift
Nickname(s):
Monty
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
45
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Movies
A Place in the Sun,
From Here to Eternity
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the motion picture industry.
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Real/Birth Name:
Maria Amalia Mercouri
Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
73
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Movies
Stella,
Topkapi,
Never on Sunday. Greek Parliament.
Real/Birth Name:
Ruby Bernadette Nanette Fabares
Also Known As:
Nanette Fabares
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
97
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Relationships:
Brief Facts:
In Our Gang comedies. Movie
The Band Wagon. Broadway play
Love Life
Hollywood Walk of Fame: A star at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard for contributions to the television industry.
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Real/Birth Name:
Helen Phyllis Hill
Also Known As:
Phyllis Hill Overton
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
72
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Relationships:
wife of
Younger than Frank Overton by 2 years.
ex-wife of
Younger than Jos Ferrer by 11 years.
Brief Facts:
TV series
General Hospital
Real/Birth Name:
Richard Stanley Francis
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
89
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Appointed CBE in 2000. Former jockey. Writes novels about involving horse racing. Books
Whip Hand,
Dead Cert,
Odds Against
Real/Birth Name:
Elizabeth Marshall Holt
Also Known As:
Jacqueline Holt
Jenifer Holt
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
76
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Relationships:
daughter of
younger sister of
Younger than Tim Holt by 1 year.
Ancestors:
Brief Facts:
Movies
Buffalo Bill Rides Again,
Pioneer Justice,
Riders of the Santa Fe
Real/Birth Name:
Albert Kekai
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
95
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Hawaiian surfing legend.
Surfing Walk of Fame 2001.
Surfers' Hall of Fame 2012.
Real/Birth Name:
Raymond Clarke Roberts
Also Known As:
Captain Jerry Roberts
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
93
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Worked at Bletchley Park in World War II as a codebreaker. Broke secret messages sent by the Germans. Appointed MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours, for services to the work of Bletchley Park and to code breaking.
Real/Birth Name:
Calvin Coolidge Worthington
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
92
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius ♐ - the Archer or Centaur - people born November 23 through December 22
Birth Place:
Brief Facts:
Famed for his amusing TV commercials for his auto dealerships in Los Angeles and other western locations.
Real/Birth Name:
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
74
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn ♑ - the Sea-Goat - people born December 23 through January 20
Birth Place: