http://www.findagrave.com/ http://www.findagrave.com/icons2/rssMasthead.gif Recent deaths of notable people. en-us Copyright Find A Grave, Inc. (1997-2005) Sat, 7 Nov 2009 9:1:1 GMT Sat, 7 Nov 2009 9:1:1 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Custom info@findagrave.com info@findagrave.com http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43933534 Entertainer. Fondly remembered for his role as 'Lester Gruber' in the television series "McHale's Navy" (1962-1966). Born Meyer Kessler in Chicago, he would strive to become a magician at an early age after he was impressed by his barber who performed magic tricks for him. Not long into his career w... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43984755 Professional Basketball Player. He attended Roth High School in Dayton, Ohio and played collegiate basketball at Miami University (Ohio). For two seasons (1974 to 1976), he played at the guard position in the National Basketball Association with the Portland Trailblazers and Phoenix Suns. He was a m... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43830077 Professional Basketball Player. For three seasons (1990 to 1993), he played at the center position in the National Basketball Association with the Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Bullets. Born Raymond Alan Ogg, he attended Gardendale High School in Alabama and played collegiate basketball... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43884103 French Anthropologist and Ethnologist. He was called the "father of modern anthropology". He was also one of the central figures in the structuralist school of thought where his ideas reached into fields including the humanities and philosophy. Structuralism has been defined as "the search for the u... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43944613 Hall of Fame College Football Player. He attended Leo Catholic High School in Chicago and played collegiate football at Northwestern University. While with the Wildcats, he played at the guard position captaining their 1936 Big Ten Championship Squad and was named Most Valuable Player with All-Ameri... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43976352 Chinese Rocket Scientist. Born in China's Zhejiang Province, he is regarded as the father of China's space and nuclear programs. A 1934 graduate of Jiaotong University in Shanghai, he arrived in the United States the following year after receiving an educational scholarship to attend the Massachuset... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43711991 Major League Baseball Player, Professional Basketball Player, Coach. For six seasons (1943 to 1948), he played at the first base position with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. For six seasons (1946 to 1950, 1951 to 1953), he played at the center and forward positions ... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43858222 Hall of Fame College Football Player and Coach. Thru the 1950s, he made the Iowa Hawkeyes into a national power. Raised in Detroit, he attended Northwestern High School where he was considered too small for varsity football until his senior year; after graduation, he worked for Ford Motor Company, s... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43747110 Actress, Legal Folk Figure. She was the plantiff in a lawsuit that established the rights of unmarried partners, and put the word "Palimony" into the dictionary. Raised in Southern California, Michelle was a theater arts major at UCLA, and, during the 1950s, worked as a nightclub singer on Sunset S... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43827577 Musician. A versatile harmonica player, he covered many genres including rock, country and blues during a career of more than four decades. He is most notable for being a longtime member of The Steve Miller Band beginning in the mid-1970's. The Oakland native was born into a musically talented famil... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43793072 Louisiana Governor, US Congressman. He was the first Republican to hold either office in his home state since Reconstruction. Raised in New Orleans, Treen graduated from Fortier High School, and earned his undregraduate and law degrees from Tulane University. After two years service as a US Air For... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43684786 Businessman, Entrepreneur. He was the founder of the Sonic Drive-In food chain, formerly known as Top Hat. Raised in east-central Oklahoma, he served in the Army Air Corps during the Second World War, before returning home to Oklahoma where he worked as a milk and bread delivery man. Between 1948 an... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43725429 Editor, Publisher. Born Cordner Bruce Nelson with a fascination for Olympic track events, he created Track & Field News into the sport's premier monthly magazine. He became interested in the sport not as an athlete but as a spectator, when he attended track and field events at the 1932 Summer Olym... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43545169 Hall of Fame Professional Hockey Official, Broadcaster. While trying out for the US National Hockey Team at age nineteen in 1935, Chadwick was struck by a hockey puck leaving him blind in one eye. This tragic accident would lead to the eventual end of his playing career. In 1939, he became the first... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43585797 Professional Basketball Player. For four seasons (1956 to 1960), he played at the guard position in the National Basketball Association with the New York Knicks and Minneapolis Lakers. Born Ronald Charles Sobieszczyk, he attended Saint Bonaventure Academy in Sturtevant, Wisconsin and played collegia... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43504868 Actor. He was a prolific performer of stage, films and television, often seen in comedic roles. Born Louis Harold Jacobovitch in Toronto, he began his career as a child performing in amateur productions making his stage debut at age ten in the play "The Rabbi and the Priest" in 1924. He served as dr... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43879375 National Football League Assistant Coach. He was a graduate of the University of Arizona, and the University of Kansas, where he earned a doctorate degree in Sports Administration. He spent 26 years in the National Football League as an assistant defensive coach. He began his coaching career in the ... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43431165 Comedian. Born Milton Supman, Soupy Sales was an early children's television show icon whose trademark was a cream pie to the face. With his two puppets White Fang, the meanest dog in the United States, and Black Tooth, the nicest dog in the United States, he used his skill of rubber faced improvis... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43621860 Composer. Though conventionally trained, she used a variety of sound producing and transmitting techniques to create music termed by some as "avant-garde", and by others as merely strange. Raised in rural northwestern Pennsylvania, she studied piano at the Philadelphia Conservatory, then obtained de... http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43791885 Author. A writer of mystery and adventure novels, he was a three-time recipient of the Golden Dagger Award from the Crime Writers Association for "The Night of Wenceslas" (1960), "A Long Way to Shiloh" (1966) and "The Chelsea Murders" (1978). He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England to Lithuanian-Jew...