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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1972-1972
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Jane Morgan -- b.12/6/1880 d.1/1/1972 (91)
Maurice Chevalier -- b.9/12/1888 d.1/1/1972 (83)
Kenneth Patchen -- b.12/13/1911 d.1/1/1972 (60)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- b.5/24/1878 d.1/2/1972 (93)
John Berryman -- b.10/25/1914 d.1/7/1972 (57)
Wesley Ruggles -- b.6/11/1889 d.1/8/1972 (82)
Ted Shawn -- b.10/21/1891 d.1/9/1972 (80)
Al Goodman -- b.8/12/1890 d.1/10/1972 (81) or 1/11/1972 (81)
Al Goodman -- b.8/12/1890 d.1/10/1972 (81) or 1/11/1972 (81)
Herb Gardiner -- b.5/8/1891 d.1/11/1972 (80)
Padraic Colum -- b.12/8/1881 d.1/12/1972 (90)
David Seville -- b.1/27/1919 d.1/16/1972 (52)
Gordon Blanchard Keats -- b.3/21/1895 d.1/16/1972 (76)
Rochelle Hudson -- b.3/6/1916 d.1/17/1972 (55)
Betty Smith -- b.12/15/1896 d.1/17/1972 (75)
Stanley Prager -- b.1/8/1917 d.1/18/1972 (55)
Big Maybelle -- b.5/1/1924 d.1/23/1972 (47)
Jerome Cowan -- b.10/6/1897 d.1/24/1972 (74)
Gene Austin -- b.6/24/1900 d.1/24/1972 (71)
Walter "Skang" Marcurio -- b.7/24/1896 d.1/25/1972 (75)
Carl Hayden -- b.10/2/1877 d.1/25/1972 (94)
Mahalia Jackson -- b.10/26/1911 N.S. d.1/27/1972 N.S. (60)
T. Texas Tyler -- b.6/20/1916 d.1/28/1972 (55)
Howard Barlow -- b.5/1/1892 d.1/31/1972 (79)
Jessie Royce Landis -- b.11/25/1904 d.2/2/1972 (67)
John Litel -- b.12/30/1892 d.2/3/1972 (79)
"Papa" Link Davis -- b.7/8/1914 d.2/5/1972 (57)
Marianne Moore -- b.11/15/1887 d.2/5/1972 (84)
Gilbert Chinard -- b.10/17/1881 d.2/8/1972 (90)
May Craig -- b.??/??/1889 d.2/8/1972 (82)
Chico Ruíz -- b.12/5/1938 N.S. d.2/9/1972 N.S. (33)
George Shelton -- b.3/4/1885 d.2/12/1972 (86)
Tedd Pierce -- b.8/12/1906 N.S. d.2/19/1972 N.S. (65)
Lee Morgan -- b.7/10/1938 d.2/19/1972 (33)
Walter Winchell -- b.4/7/1897 d.2/20/1972 (74)
James C. Bracken -- b.5/23/1909 d.2/20/1972 (62)
Maria Goeppert Mayer -- b.6/28/1906 d.2/20/1972 (65)
Bronislava Nijinsky -- b.12/27/1890 O.S. or 1/8/1891 O.S. d.2/21/1972 (81)
Luther Lindsay -- b.12/30/1924 N.S. d.2/21/1972 N.S. (47)
Walter Sande -- b.7/9/1906 d.2/22/1972 (65)
Pat Brady -- b.12/31/1914 d.2/27/1972 (57)
"Dizzy" Trout -- b.6/29/1915 d.2/28/1972 (56)
John Dykstra -- b.4/16/1898 d.3/1/1972 (73)
Walter Byron -- b.6/11/1899 d.3/2/1972 (72)
Bill Lawrence -- b.1/29/1916 d.3/2/1972 (56)
Herbert Feis -- b.6/7/1893 d.3/2/1972 (78)
Jimmy Douglas -- b.1/12/1898 d.3/5/1972 (74)
Zachary D. "Zack" Wheat -- b.5/23/1888 d.3/11/1972 (83)
Clancy Hayes -- b.11/14/1908 d.3/13/1972 (63)
Len Ford -- b.2/18/1926 d.3/14/1972 (46)
Linda Jones -- b.1/14/1944 N.S. d.3/14/1972 N.S. (28)
Harold "Pie" Traynor -- b.11/11/1899 d.3/16/1972 (72)
Jimmy Carroll -- b.12/13/1913 d.3/18/1972 (58)
Marilyn Maxwell -- b.8/3/1921 d.3/20/1972 (50)
Ruth Gaylor -- b.??/??/1918 d.3/21/1972 (53)
Cristóbal Balenciaga -- b.1/21/1895 d.3/23/1972 (77)
M. C. Escher -- b.6/17/1898 d.3/27/1972 (73)
J. Arthur Rank -- b.12/22/1888 d.3/29/1972 (83)
Peter Whitney -- b.5/24/1916 d.3/30/1972 (55)
Gabriel Heatter -- b.9/17/1890 d.3/30/1972 (81)
Gil Hodges -- b.4/4/1924 N.S. d.4/2/1972 N.S. (47)
Ferde Grofé -- b.3/27/1892 d.4/3/1972 (80)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. -- b.11/29/1908 d.4/4/1972 (63)
Isabel Jewell -- b.7/19/1907 d.4/5/1972 (64)
Brian Donlevy -- b.2/9/1899 d.4/5/1972 (73)
Betty Blythe -- b.9/1/1893 d.4/7/1972 (78)
Victor Wong -- b.9/24/1906 d.4/7/1972 (65)
Sherwin Badger -- b.8/29/1901 d.4/8/1972 (70)
James Francis Byrnes -- b.5/2/1879 d.4/9/1972 (92)
Yasunari Kawabata -- b.6/11/1899 N.S. d.4/16/1972 N.S. (72)
Tony Parenti -- b.8/6/1900 d.4/17/1972 (71)
Billy Burke -- b.12/14/1902 d.4/19/1972 (69)
H. C. Speir -- b.10/6/1895 d.4/22/1972 (76)
George Sanders -- b.7/3/1906 d.4/25/1972 (65)
Kwame Nkrumah -- b.9/21/1909 d.4/27/1972 (62)
Phil King -- b.??/??/???? d.4/27/1972 (24)
Gia Scala -- b.3/3/1934 d.4/30/1972 (38)
J. Edgar Hoover -- b.1/1/1895 d.5/2/1972 (77)
Bruce Cabot -- b.4/20/1904 d.5/3/1972 (68)
Les Harvey -- b.9/13/1944 d.5/3/1972 (27)
Edward Kendall -- b.3/8/1886 d.5/4/1972 (86)
Frank Tashlin -- b.2/19/1913 d.5/5/1972 (59)
Reverend Gary Davis -- b.4/30/1896 d.5/5/1972 (76)
Pat Patterson -- b.10/30/1925 d.5/9/1972 (46)
George Trendle -- b.7/4/1884 d.5/10/1972 (87)
Dan Blocker -- b.12/10/1928 N.S. d.5/13/1972 N.S. (43)
Nigel Green -- b.10/15/1924 d.5/15/1972 (47)
Dame Margaret Rutherford -- b.5/11/1892 d.5/22/1972 (80)
Cecil Day-Lewis -- b.4/27/1904 d.5/22/1972 (68)
Asta Nielsen -- b.9/11/1883 d.5/24/1972 (88)
Gavin Muir -- b.9/8/1900 d.5/24/1972 (71)
Dr. Roy K. Marshall -- b.8/21/1907 d.5/27/1972 (64)
King Edward VIII Of Great Britian -- b.6/23/1894 d.5/28/1972 (77)
Morris "Moe" Berg -- b.3/2/1902 N.S. d.5/29/1972 N.S. (70)
Ted Bates -- b.9/11/1901 d.5/30/1972 (70)
John Ryanes -- b.11/6/1940 d.5/30/1972 (31)
Jimmy Rushing -- b.8/26/1901 d.6/8/1972 (70)
Jo Bonnier -- b.1/31/1930 d.6/11/1972 (42)
Edmund Wilson -- b.5/8/1895 d.6/12/1972 (77)
Clyde McPhatter -- b.11/15/1932 N.S. d.6/13/1972 N.S. (39)
Georg von Békésy -- b.6/3/1899 d.6/13/1972 (73)
Helge Roswaenge -- b.8/29/1897 d.6/17/1972 (74)
Howard B. Johnson -- b.2/2/1897 d.6/20/1972 (75)
Elton Britt -- b.7/7/1917 d.6/23/1972 (54)
Ronald Delderfield -- b.2/12/1912 d.6/24/1972 (60)
Nat Fleischer -- b.11/3/1887 d.6/25/1972 (84)
Hal Walker -- b.3/20/1896 d.7/3/1972 (76)
"Mississippi" Fred McDowell -- b.1/12/1904 d.7/3/1972 (68)
Jack Whittingham -- b.8/2/1910 d.7/3/1972 (61)
Fonty Flock -- b.3/21/1920 d.7/5/1972 (52)
Brandon DeWilde -- b.4/9/1942 d.7/6/1972 (30)
Zora "Bell" Folley -- b.5/27/1931 N.S. d.7/7/1972 N.S. (41)
Lovie Austin -- b.9/19/1887 d.7/10/1972 (84)
Sally Benson -- b.9/3/1897 d.7/19/1972 (74)
Lance Reventlow -- b.2/24/1936 d.7/24/1972 (36)
Bobby Ramírez -- b.??/??/1949 N.S. d.7/24/1972 N.S. (23)
Ruth McKenney -- b.11/18/1911 d.7/25/1972 (60)
Helen Traubel -- b.6/16/1899 d.7/28/1972 (73)
Ralston Burdett Hemsley -- b.6/24/1907 d.7/31/1972 (65)
Paul Henri Spaak -- b.1/25/1899 d.7/31/1972 (73)
Brian Cole -- b.9/8/1943 d.8/2/1972 (28)
Rudolph Ganz -- b.2/24/1877 d.8/2/1972 (95)
Frederic Tozere -- b.6/19/1901 d.8/5/1972 (71)
"Mezz" Mezzrow -- b.11/9/1899 d.8/5/1972 (72)
Tom Neal -- b.1/28/1914 d.8/7/1972 (58)
Joi Lansing -- b.4/6/1929 N.S. d.8/7/1972 N.S. (43)
Bill Berns -- b.??/??/1919 d.8/9/1972 (53)
Max Theiler -- b.1/30/1899 d.8/11/1972 (73)
Rose Schneiderman -- b.4/6/1882 d.8/11/1972 (90)
George M. Weiss -- b.6/23/1895 d.8/13/1972 (77)
Oscar Levant -- b.12/27/1906 d.8/14/1972 (65)
Jules Romains -- b.8/26/1885 d.8/14/1972 (86)
Don Byas -- b.10/21/1912 d.8/23/1972 (59)
Sir Francis Chichester -- b.9/17/1901 d.8/26/1972 (70)
Lale Andersen -- b.3/23/1905 N.S. d.8/29/1972 N.S. (67)
Joseph "Joe" Corey -- b.6/26/1927 N.S. d.8/29/1972 N.S. (45)
May Aufderheide -- b.5/21/1888 d.9/1/1972 (84)
Hubert Long -- b.12/3/1923 d.9/7/1972 (48)
Warren Kealoha -- b.3/3/1903 N.S. d.9/8/1972 N.S. (0)
Max Fleischer -- b.7/19/1883 d.9/11/1972 (89)
William Lawrence Boyd -- b.6/5/1895 d.9/12/1972 (77)
Lane Chandler -- b.6/4/1899 d.9/14/1972 (73)
Arthur B. "Bull" Hancock -- b.1/24/1910 N.S. d.9/14/1972 N.S. (62)
Louise Arner Boyd -- b.9/16/1887 d.9/14/1972 (84)
Eddie Waitkus -- b.9/4/1919 N.S. d.9/16/1972 N.S. (53)
Akim Tamiroff -- b.10/29/1899 d.9/17/1972 (72)
Robert Casadesus -- b.4/7/1899 N.S. d.9/19/1972 N.S. (73)
Carl Frank -- b.2/27/1909 d.9/23/1972 (63)
Charles J. Correll -- b.2/3/1890 d.9/26/1972 (82)
Rory Storm -- b.1/7/1938 N.S. d.9/28/1972 N.S. (34)
Edgar G. Ulmer -- b.9/17/1904 d.9/30/1972 (68)
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey -- b.8/7/1903 d.10/1/1972 (69)
Denny Vaughn -- b.12/21/1921 d.10/2/1972 (50)
Rudolf Laubenthal -- b.3/10/1886 d.10/2/1972 (86)
Colin Gordon -- b.4/27/1911 d.10/4/1972 (61)
Cliff Hall -- b.10/4/1894 d.10/6/1972 (78)
Prescott Sheldon Bush -- b.5/15/1895 d.10/8/1972 (77)
Miriam Hopkins -- b.10/18/1902 N.S. d.10/9/1972 N.S. (69)
Dave Bancroft -- b.4/20/1891 d.10/9/1972 (81)
Arthur Schabinger -- b.8/6/1889 N.S. d.10/13/1972 N.S. (83)
Phil Seamen -- b.8/28/1926 d.10/13/1972 (46)
Leo G. Carroll -- b.10/25/1892 N.S. d.10/16/1972 N.S. (79)
"Turk" Broda -- b.5/15/1914 d.10/17/1972 (58)
Billy Williams -- b.12/28/1909 d.10/17/1972 (62)
Philip Drinker -- b.12/12/1894 d.10/19/1972 (77)
Harlow Shapley -- b.11/2/1885 d.10/20/1972 (86)
Claire Windsor -- b.4/14/1892 d.10/23/1972 (80)
Jackie Robinson -- b.1/31/1919 d.10/24/1972 (53)
Norman Norell -- b.4/20/1900 d.10/25/1972
Igor I. Sikorsky -- b.5/25/1889 d.10/26/1972 (83)
Lew Parker -- b.10/28/1907 d.10/27/1972 (64)
Mitchell Leisen -- b.10/6/1899 d.10/28/1972 (73)
Allen Roth -- b.6/11/1904 d.10/30/1972 (68)
Bill Durnan -- b.1/22/1916 d.10/31/1972 (56)
Johnny Long -- b.9/12/1916 d.10/31/1972 (56)
Ezra Loomis Pound -- b.10/30/1885 d.11/1/1972 (87)
Nathan Ohrbach -- b.8/31/1885 d.11/1/1972 (87)
Harry Richman -- b.8/10/1895 d.11/3/1972 (77)
Reginald Owen -- b.8/5/1887 d.11/5/1972 (85)
Billy Murcia -- b.11/6/1951 d.11/6/1972 (21)
Tod Andrews -- b.11/10/1914 d.11/7/1972 (57)
Berry Oakley -- b.4/4/1948 d.11/11/1972 (24)
Rudolf Friml -- b.12/7/1879 d.11/12/1972 (92)
Jack Hurley -- b.12/9/1897 d.11/17/1972 (74)
Thomas C. Kinkaid -- b.4/3/1888 d.11/17/1972 (84)
Danny Whitten -- b.5/8/1943 d.11/18/1972 (29)
Marie Wilson -- b.8/19/1916 d.11/23/1972 (56)
Doug Bentley -- b.9/3/1916 d.11/24/1972 (56)
Henri Marie Coanda -- b.6/7/1886 d.11/25/1972 (86)
Jimmy Lytell -- b.12/1/1904 d.11/26/1972 (67)
Mo Jaffe -- b.10/23/1901 d.12/2/1972 (71)
Bill Johnson -- b.8/10/1872 d.12/3/1972 (100)
Kenny Dorham -- b.8/30/1924 d.12/5/1972 (48)
Janet Munro -- b.9/28/1934 d.12/6/1972 (38)
William Dieterle -- b.7/15/1891 d.12/9/1972 (81)
Louella Parsons -- b.8/6/1881 d.12/9/1972 (91)
Mark van Doren -- b.6/13/1894 d.12/10/1972 (78)
Tiny Hill -- b.7/19/1906 d.12/13/1972 (66)
L. P. Hartley -- b.12/30/1895 d.12/13/1972 (76)
Edward Earle -- b.7/16/1882 d.12/15/1972 (90)
Naomi Biden -- b.11/8/1971 N.S. d.12/18/1972 N.S. (1)
Martin Cassio -- b.8/15/1904 d.12/20/1972 (68)
Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett -- b.12/20/1900 d.12/20/1972 (72)
John Lloyd Wright -- b.12/12/1892 d.12/20/1972 (80)
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel -- b.1/11/1907 d.12/23/1972 (65)
Melville Ruick -- b.7/8/1898 d.12/24/1972 (74)
Charles Atlas -- b.10/30/1894 d.12/24/1972 (78)
Dud Bascomb -- b.5/16/1916 d.12/25/1972 (56)
Harry S Truman -- b.5/8/1884 d.12/26/1972 (88)
Lester Bowles Pearson -- b.4/23/1897 d.12/27/1972 (75)
William Roy Lyman -- b.11/30/1898 d.12/28/1972 (74)
Theo Goetz -- b.12/14/1894 d.12/29/1972 (78)
Hayes Alvis -- b.5/1/1907 d.12/29/1972 (65)
Roberto Walker Clemente -- b.8/18/1934 d.12/31/1972 (38)
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