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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| Tai Babilonia |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1959 |
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Five-time US pairs figure skating champion |
| Ginger Baker |
Drummer |
19-Aug-1939 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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The Mickey Mouse Club |
| Lemmy |
Singer |
24-Dec-1945 |
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Bassist for Motorhead |
| Alan Jay Lerner |
Playwright |
31-Aug-1918 |
14-Jun-1986 |
An American in Paris |
| Lindsay Lohan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1986 |
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Mean Girls |
| Camryn Manheim |
Actor |
8-Mar-1961 |
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Ellenor Frutt on The Practice |
| Keith Moon |
Drummer |
23-Aug-1946 |
7-Sep-1978 |
Drummer for The Who |
| Randy Newman |
Songwriter |
28-Nov-1943 |
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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 |
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The Velvet Underground |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
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Awakenings |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| Mark E. Smith |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Mar-1957 |
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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 |
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Yeoman Rand on Star Trek |
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