Famous People:
Relationships, Real Names, Movies, Bands, Rappers, Ancestry, ...
Real/Birth Name:
John Lee Williamson
Also Known As:
Sonny Boy Williamso
Nickname(s):
The Father of Modern Blues Harp
Gender:
Male
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Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
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Brief Facts:
Harmonica blues. Record/song
Good Morning, School Girl in 1937 was a hit. His stage name widely copied. Killed after a mugging. See also
Sonny Boy Williamson (more famous). [BluesB0] 1980. [Mississippi MusiciansB0].
Real/Birth Name:
Herbert Jefferis Pennock
Nickname(s):
The Squire of Kennett Square
Gender:
Male
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
53, 11 days before his 54th birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
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Brief Facts:
Pitcher. Teams
Philadelphia Athletics,
Boston Red Sox,
New York Yankees. [International LeagueB0] 1948. [National BaseballB0] 1948. [Pennsylvania SportsB0] 1971. [Philadelphia SportsB0] 2014. [Boston Red SoxB0] 1995.
Real/Birth Name:
Orville Wright
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
76
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
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younger brother of
Younger than Wilbur Wright by 4 years.
Brief Facts:
Co-inventor of the fixed-wing airplane. [AB] 1917. [AE] 1909. [National AviationB0] 1962. [International Air & SpaceB0] 1965.
Real/Birth Name:
Samuel Prescott Bush
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
84
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
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Relationships:
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Brief Facts:
On the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Real/Birth Name:
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown
Nickname(s):
Three Finger
Three-Fingerer
Miner
Brownie
Mort
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
71
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
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Pitcher. Teams
Chicago Cubs,
Cincinnati Reds,
St. Louis Terriers,
Brooklyn Tip-Tops,
Chicago Whales. Lost part of his index finger in a farm machine as a youth. [National BaseballB0] 1949.
Real/Birth Name:
Zelda Sayre
Gender:
Female
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Age at Death:
47
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
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Relationships:
wife of
Younger than F. Scott Fitzgerald by 3 years.
Brief Facts:
Book
Save Me the Waltz. Died in a fire in a sanatorium in North Carolina.
Real/Birth Name:
Mary Louise Whitty
Also Known As:
Dame May Whitty
Dame Mary Louise Webster
Gender:
Female
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Age at Death:
82, 21 days before her 83rd birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Gemini ♊ - the Twins - people born May 22 through June 21
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Movies
Gaslight,
The White Cliffs of Dover,
Mrs. Miniver,
Night Must Fall. Broadway play
Night Must Fall. In the 1918 New Year Honours, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her charity work in World War I.
Real/Birth Name:
Beatrice Heischuber
Gender:
Female
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
35
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23
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Movie
Murder at the Vanities. Boadway revue
Earl Carroll's Vanities (1940). Died in a plane crash at Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania. Boyfriend
Earl Carroll also killed.
Real/Birth Name:
Earl Carroll
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
54
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23
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Broadway revue and film
Murder at the Vanities. Plane crash, also killing his girlfriend
Beryl Wallace
Real/Birth Name:
Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
84
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn ♑ - the Sea-Goat - people born December 23 through January 20
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Co-founded Sears & Roebuck.
Real/Birth Name:
Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
Gender:
Female
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Age at Death:
29
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn ♑ - the Sea-Goat - people born December 23 through January 20
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Name was legally changed. Movies
One Million B.C. (1940),
Brass Monkey,
Moon Over Miami. Suicide by drug overdose at age 29.
Real/Birth Name:
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
Gender:
Male
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
73
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
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In 1920, established United Artists with
Charlie Chaplin,
Douglas Fairbanks,
Mary Pickford. Movie
Birth of a Nation. A story which glorifies racism.
Real/Birth Name:
Joseph Bert Tinker
Gender:
Male
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Age at Death:
68, his birthday
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21
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Brief Facts:
"Tinkers to Evers to Chance" - see also
Frank Chance,
Johnny Evers. Shortstop. Team
Chicago Cubs. [National BaseballB0] 1946. [Chicagoland SportsB0]. [Kansas SportsB0] 2004.
Real/Birth Name:
Lucy Page Mercer
Also Known As:
Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
Gender:
Female
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Age at Death:
57
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21
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Relationships:
wife of
Younger than Winthrop Rutherfurd by 29 years.
Brief Facts:
Mistress of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Present at Warm Springs when he died. Former social secretary to
Eleanor Roosevelt
Real/Birth Name:
George Herman Ruth
Nickname(s):
the Babe
the Bambino
the Sultan of Swat
Gender:
Male
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
53
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius ♒ - the Water-Carrier - people born January 21 through February 19
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Pitcher and outfielder with 714 home runs - considered the best player ever. Team
New York Yankees. [National BaseballB0] 1936. [Yankee StadiumB9] 1949. [Boston Red SoxB0] 1995. [PresidentialBM] 2018.
Real/Birth Name:
William Robert Laughlin
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
Death Date:
Age at Death:
16
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Cancer ♋ - the Crab - people born June 22 through July 22
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Died when a bus hit him from behind while he was delivering newspapers while riding a motor scooter in La Puente, California. Role of
Froggy in several Our Gang movies including
Dancing Romeo
Real/Birth Name:
Marion Try Slaughter
Also Known As:
Vel Veteran
Gender:
Male
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
65
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20
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Brief Facts:
Very early recordings done by
Thomas A. Edison. First country song to sell one million records:
The Wreck of the Old 97. Song
Blue Ridge Mountain Home. [Country MusicB0] 1981. [Nashville SongwritersB0] 1970. [Gennett RecordsB1] 2007.
Real/Birth Name:
Mary Imogene Robertson
Also Known As:
Imogene
Imogene Wilson
Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson
Imogene Robertson
Nickname(s):
Bubbles
Gender:
Female
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
42
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius ♐ - the Archer or Centaur - people born November 23 through December 22
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Revue
Ziegfeld Follies star. Movie
Outside the Law (1930)
Real/Birth Name:
Lewis Robert Wilson
Gender:
Male
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Death Date:
Age at Death:
48
Traditional Zodiac Sign:
Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21
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Height:
5 feet 6 inches (167.64 cm)
Brief Facts:
Teams
New York Giants,
Chicago Cubs,
Brooklyn Dodgers,
Philadelphia Phillies. [National BaseballB0] 1979. [Chicagoland SportsB0].