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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joan Vollmer Adams
Victim
1924 6-Sep-1951 Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
Tai Babilonia
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1959   Five-time US pairs figure skating champion
Ginger Baker
Drummer
19-Aug-1939   Drummer for Cream
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
William S. Burroughs, Jr.
Relative
21-Jul-1947 3-Mar-1981 Son of William S. Burroughs
Maria Callas
Singer
2-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Operatic Soprano
Lisa Carver
Author
c. 1968   Rollerderby, Suckdog
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Sandra Dee
Actor
23-Apr-1942 20-Feb-2005 Gidget
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Bobby Driscoll
Actor
3-Mar-1937 30-Mar-1968 Child actor, succumbed to drugs
Kitty Dukakis
First Lady
26-Dec-1936   Wife of Michael Dukakis
Anthony Eden
Head of State
12-Jun-1897 14-Jan-1977 UK Prime Minister, 1955-57
Dock Ellis
Baseball
11-Mar-1945 19-Dec-2008 Pitched a no-hitter on LSD
Paul Erdos
Mathematician
26-Mar-1913 20-Sep-1996 Loved only numbers
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Bob Fosse
Choreographer
23-Jun-1927 23-Sep-1987 Choreographer
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Dale Hawkins
Singer/Songwriter
22-Aug-1936 13-Feb-2010 Susie-Q
Adolf Hitler
Head of State
20-Apr-1889 30-Apr-1945 Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
Jim Jones
Religion
13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Tommy Kirk
Actor
10-Dec-1941   The Mickey Mouse Club
Lemmy
Singer
24-Dec-1945   Bassist for Motorhead
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Randy Newman
Songwriter
28-Nov-1943   I Love L.A., Short People
Charlie Parker
Jazz Musician
29-Aug-1920 12-Mar-1955 Be-bop jazz musician
John Phillips
Musician
30-Aug-1935 18-Mar-2001 The Mamas and the Papas
Lou Reed
Musician
2-Mar-1942   The Velvet Underground
Oliver Sacks
Doctor
9-Jul-1933   Awakenings
Edie Sedgwick
Socialite
20-Apr-1943 16-Nov-1971 Warhol factory girl
Mark E. Smith
Singer/Songwriter
5-Mar-1957   The Fall
Alfred Tarski
Mathematician
14-Jan-1902 26-Oct-1983 Tarski's indefinability theorem
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitarist
3-Oct-1954 27-Aug-1990 Blues guitarist
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek





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