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Cause of Death: Cirrhosis of the Liver
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey, 1923-38 |
| Ary Barroso |
Musician |
7-Nov-1903 |
9-Feb-1964 |
Songwriter composed Aquarela do Brasil |
| John Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Feb-1882 |
29-May-1942 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Bunny Berigan |
Jazz Musician |
2-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-1942 |
Jazz trumpeter great |
| Rene Bond |
Pornstar |
11-Oct-1950 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Teenage Fantasies |
| Keefe Brasselle |
Actor |
7-Feb-1923 |
7-Jul-1981 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Elbridge Bryant |
Singer |
28-Sep-1939 |
26-Oct-1975 |
The Temptations |
| Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| W. Walton Butterworth |
Diplomat |
7-Sep-1903 |
31-Mar-1975 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68 |
| John Cassavetes |
Actor |
9-Dec-1929 |
3-Feb-1989 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Peggie Castle |
Actor |
22-Dec-1927 |
11-Aug-1973 |
Lily Merrill on Lawman |
| Wendell Corey |
Actor |
20-Mar-1914 |
8-Nov-1968 |
Desert Fury |
| Herbert Dow |
Business |
26-Feb-1866 |
15-Oct-1930 |
Founder of Dow Chemical |
| Bill Evans |
Jazz Musician |
16-Aug-1929 |
15-Sep-1980 |
Jazz pianist |
| Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
| James Hall |
Actor |
22-Oct-1900 |
7-Jun-1940 |
Hell's Angels |
| Patrick Hamilton |
Playwright |
17-Mar-1904 |
23-Sep-1962 |
Gaslight |
| Doug Harvey |
Hockey |
19-Dec-1924 |
26-Dec-1989 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| F. Augustus Heinze |
Business |
1869 |
4-Nov-1914 |
Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907 |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
| Victoriano Huerta |
Head of State |
23-Mar-1854 |
13-Jan-1916 |
El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14 |
| Charles King |
Actor |
21-Feb-1895 |
7-May-1957 |
30s and 40s cinema henchman |
| John Le Mesurier |
Actor |
5-Apr-1912 |
15-Nov-1983 |
Dad's Army |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| Grace Metalious |
Novelist |
8-Sep-1924 |
25-Feb-1964 |
Peyton Place |
| Helen Morgan |
Actor |
2-Aug-1900 |
9-Oct-1941 |
Show Boat |
| Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
| Richard F. Outcault |
Cartoonist |
14-Jan-1863 |
25-Sep-1928 |
Yellow Kid |
| Fernando Pessoa |
Author |
13-Jun-1888 |
30-Nov-1935 |
Heteronymous author, The Book of Disquiet |
| Franklin Pierce |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1804 |
8-Oct-1869 |
14th President of the U.S. |
| Dennis Price |
Actor |
23-Jun-1915 |
6-Oct-1973 |
The World of Wooster |
| Pee Wee Russell |
Jazz Musician |
27-Mar-1906 |
15-Feb-1969 |
Jazz clarinet virtuoso |
| Debralee Scott |
Actor |
2-Apr-1953 |
5-Apr-2005 |
Feathered hair in Police Academy |
| John Smith |
Actor |
6-Mar-1931 |
25-Jan-1995 |
Slim Sherman on Laramie |
| Eugene Talmadge |
Politician |
23-Sep-1884 |
21-Dec-1946 |
Twice Governor of Georgia |
| Pearl White |
Actor |
4-Mar-1889 |
4-Aug-1938 |
Heroine of silent serial films |
| Henry Willson |
Business |
31-Jul-1911 |
2-Nov-1978 |
Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele |
| Lester Young |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1909 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Jazz tenor saxophoneist |
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