- Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American dancer, actor, singer and songwriter. His breakthrough role was as the dance instructor in the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing", and he also had a hit with the 1990 film "Ghost" - Richard Dean
Richard Dean (born "Richard Cowen" in Bethesda, Maryland — (1956 - December 27, 2006) at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York) was an athlete, model and photographer. He also co-hosted a television makeover show, "Cover Shot", on the American cable TV network TLC. Dean attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland and the Lawrenceville School in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended the University of Delaware on a football scholarship and, … - Michael Houser
Michael Houser (January 6 1962 - August 10 2002) was the lead guitarist of the band Widespread Panic. Born in Boone, North Carolina, Houser became a founding member of "Widespread Panic" in 1982 while attending the University of Georgia with John Bell. His distinctive playing style was featured on the band's first seven studio albums and is responsible for the band's moniker: "an honest tune with a lingering lead". - Brock Peters
Brock Peters (July 2, 1927 - August 23, 2005), born George Fisher in New York City, was an African American actor probably best known for the role in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird" of Tom Robinson, the black man unjustly convicted of raping a white girl. Born of African and West Indian parentage in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, … - Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 - December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film company and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in "I Miserabili" (1947). - George McConnell
George McConnell is a guitarist from Vicksburg, Mississippi who played for Widespread Panic, Kudzu Kings, and Beanland. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. McConnell co-founded Beanland in Oxford, Mississippi in 1985 with guitarist Bill McCrory. After some early shuffling, the band's line-up consisted of McConnell and McCrory on guitar, John Hermann on keyboards, Ron Lewis on bass, and Harry Peel on drums. - William Donald Kelley
William Donald Kelley, DDS, MS (November 1, 1925 — January 30, 2005), was an orthodontist and one of the most significant figures in the history of alternative cancer treatments. He developed the Kelley cancer therapy, which was based around large doses of pancreatic enzymes, coffee enemas and a juice diet. Dr. Kelley claimed that he cured himself of pancreatic cancer using this method. Kelley was the author of several books, including a self-help book, … - Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan is the head coach for the womens basketball team at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the the American women's basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 but is currently in remission. - Juliet Prowse
Juliet Prowse (September 25, 1936 - September 14, 1996) was a British-American dancer and actress who was born in Bombay, India, to South African parents. Prowse began studying dance at the age of four. In her early twenties she was dancing at a club in Paris when she was spotted by a talent agent and eventually signed to play the part of Claudine in the 1960 Walter Lang film, Can-Can. - Harry Lehotsky
Harry Lehotsky CM (26 July 1957 - November 11, 2006) was a pastor for the North American Baptist Conference and newspaper columnist. Born in New York City, he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and founded the church New Life Ministries there. He was also a columnist for the "Winnipeg Sun" newspaper where his final column was published 22 October 2006. Lehotsky was mostly known for his advocacy on behalf of the poor in the West End of Winnipeg, … - Nick Webb
Nicholas "Nick" Webb (born 1954 - February 5, 1998) was an English acoustic guitarist, composer, and co-founder of contemporary jazz group Acoustic Alchemy. Webb was the nephew of actor Sylvia Syms and appeared as a child in "The Punch and Judy Man", British comedian Tony Hancock's second starring vehicle, in which Syms played his wife. Nick Webb studied jazz guitar at Leeds College of Music. He died of pancreatic cancer and is survived by his wife, Kay, … - Billy Carter
William Alton "Billy" Carter (March 29, 1937 - September 25, 1988) was the younger brother of United States President Jimmy Carter, born in Plains, Georgia. For a time, Carter attended Emory University in Atlanta but did not complete a degree. Carter served four years in the United States Marine Corps then returned to Plains to work for his older brother in the family business of growing peanuts. In 1955, he married Sybil Spires, a young lady from Plains. - Jack Jones
Jack Jones (born John Wesley Claver Jones) was a native of Philadelphia and the first African-American news anchor in the Philadelphia market. He first joined WCAU-TV fresh out of high school as a copy editor. While both continuing his education and working for channel 10 he first became a weekend booth announcer then rising in 1971 to reporter. It was said that John Facenda recognized his talent and mentored him. - Ralph Bates
Ralph Bates (February 12, 1940 - March 27, 1991) was a British film and television actor, best known for his role in the British sitcom, "Dear John" (1986). Bates was born in Bristol, England, of French ancestry. (He was a distant relative of Louis Pasteur.) Having played important roles or the lead in several Hammer horror productions, such as " Taste the Blood of Dracula", "The Horror of Frankenstein" (1970), "Lust for a Vampire", and "Dr. - Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce (born August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991) was an American country music singer. Born Webb Michael Pierce in West Monroe, Louisiana, he became a star performer on the Louisiana Hayride and one of country music's most popular honky tonk songsters. He was a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. His biggest hit, 1953's "There Stands the Glass" is regarded as one of country's all-time classic "drinking songs". - Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (September 1 1937 in Utica, New York - January 14 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. O'Neal is most remembered for his starring role as Youngblood Priest in the blaxploitation film "Superfly", although he also had a small recurring role on the television show "Living Single" as Synclaire's father. - Greg Carmichael
Greg Carmichael (born January 1, 1953) is a long standing member of smooth jazz group Acoustic Alchemy. His instrument is the nylon string acoustic guitar. He joined the band in 1985 as a partner to steel string guitarist Nick Webb to work on the band's first major release, "Red Dust And Spanish Lace". He has been at the forefront of the band ever since. In 1998, following the loss of Webb to pancreatic cancer, … - Steve James
Steve James was an American actor. He starred mostly in low-budget action films such as the "American Ninja" series, "The Delta Force" (1986), "The Exterminator" (1980), and "Enter the Game of Death" (1978). James also starred as Kung Fu Joe in the 1988 comedy/spoof "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka". His uncle was James Wall, who played Mr. Baxter on "Captain Kangaroo". James was born and raised in New York City. - Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April, 1929 – 26 December, 2001) was a renowned English actor. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, although he grew up in South Africa, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers. He returned to the United Kingdom in the 1950s to pursue acting. In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson stout and a bit part in "Dad's Army", … - Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 - June 29, 1990) was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. He was the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace. Several of Wallace's books have been made into films. Among his best known books are "The Chapman Report" (1960), "The Prize" (1963), "The Word" (1972) and "The Fan Club" (1974). - Victor French
Victor French (December 4, 1934 - June 15, 1989) was an American actor. Born in Santa Barbara, California, French costarred on the television series, "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1977, 1981-1983, 1984) as Isaiah Edwards and "Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989) as Mark Gordon. He also starred in "Carter Country". He played the recurring character "Agent 44" in the series "Get Smart!" in 1965-1966, … - Cholly Atkins
Charles "Cholly" Atkins (September 13 1913 - April 19 2003) was an African American dancer and vaudeville performer, who later became noted as the house choreographer for the various artists on the Motown label. A native of Pratt City, Alabama, Atkins first found fame as one-half of a top vaudeville tap dancing act with partner Charles "Honi" Coles. After working as a freelance choreographer for The Miracles, … - A. Richard Newton
Arthur Richard Newton was the dean of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering. Newton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was educated at the University of Melbourne and received a BE in 1973 and M.Eng.Sci in 1975. He worked at Berkeley from 1975 on SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis), developed initially by Larry Nagel and Donald Pederson to analyze and design complex electronic circuitry with speed and accuracy. - Marion Tinsley
Marion Tinsley is considered the greatest checkers player who ever lived. He was world champion from 1955–1958 and 1975–1991. Tinsley never lost a World Championship match, and only lost nine games (two of them to the Chinook computer program) in his entire 45 year career. He withdrew from championship play during the years 1958–1975, relinquishing the title during that time. Tinsley retired from championship play in 1991. - Sylvan Rodriguez
Sylvan Rodriguez (March 201948, San Antonio, Texas - April 72000, Houston, Texas) was a television news personality in Texas, United States. In 1977, Rodriguez moved to Houston; 10 years later he left Houston's ABC13 for ABC News in Los Angeles, but returned when KHOU-TV hired Rodriguez back. Rodriguez worked as an anchor for over two decades. his After a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer, Rodriguez died at his home in Clear Lake in 2000, aged 52, … - Robert Heaton
Robert Charles Heaton (July 6, 1961 - November 4, 2004) was the drummer from British punk rock band New Model Army. Together with Justin Sullivan he was the core of Bradford based quintet. He wrote many of NMA's most known compositions, which are still played nowadays at the gigs. He departed from NMA in 1998 due to health reasons and was substituted by Michael Dean, his drum roadie, by his own recommendation. Heaton died of pancreatic cancer in November 4, 2004, … - Ken Brewer
Kenneth Wayne Brewer (November 28, 1941-March 15, 2006) was a poet of the American West and longtime scholar who resided in Utah, where he served as Poet Laureate. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Western New Mexico University in the 1960s, then earned a master's degree in English literature from New Mexico State University, followed by a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, where he worked with Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Taylor, in 1973. - Bill Owen
William John Owen Rowbotham, better known as Bill Owen, was an English actor and songwriter. Born in London, he made his first film appearance in 1945, but he only achieved lasting fame in the 1970s when he took the starring role of Compo Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom, "Last of the Summer Wine". Owen's character is a scruffy working-class pensioner, often made use of by the characters played by Michael Bates, Brian Wilde, … - Fm-2030
FM-2030 was a name adopted by the transhumanist philosopher and futurist Fereidoun M. Esfandiary (October 15, 1930-July 8, 2000), who professed "a deep nostalgia for the future." He wrote one of the seminal works in the transhumanist canon, "Are You a Transhuman?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World", published in 1989. He also wrote a number of works of fiction under his original name F.M. Esfandiary. - Jerry Juhl
Jerry Juhl was a television and movie writer best known for his work with Jim Henson's Muppets. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was originally recruited by Henson as a puppeteer and writer on "Sam and Friends", but focused increasingly on writing as other puppeteers, such as Frank Oz, joined the Henson stable. Juhl was a writer on "The Muppet Show" (and head writer from the second season on), "Fraggle Rock", and "The Jim Henson Hour", … - Paul Fentener van Vlissingen
Paul Fentener van Vlissingen (Utrecht, March 21, 1941 – Langbroek, August 21, 2006) was a Dutch businessman and philanthropist, brother of John A. Fentener van Vlissingen. Fentener van Vlissingen inherited a significant shareholding in the company SHV Holdings from his father, Frits Fentener van Vlissingen II, whose own father had co-founded the business through a merger with eight other Dutch trading families in 1896. - Robert Sangster
Robert Edmund Sangster (May 23, 1936 - April 7, 2004) was a well-known English thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times and his horses won many major races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two French Derbys, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes and a Melbourne Cup - Etta Moten Barnett
Etta Moten Barnett, (November 5, 1901 - January 2, 2004) was an African American actress and singer (contralto). She was born in Weimar, Texas, the daughter of a Methodist minister. She married one of her high school teachers and had three daughters, but the marriage faltered. Etta Moten then attended Western University in Quindaro, Kansas and then completed her education at the University of Kansas, graduating with a Bachleors of Art in voice and drama, … - Peggy Ann Garner
Peggy Ann Garner (February 3, 1932 - October 16, 1984) was an American cinema and theater actress. Born in Canton, Ohio, Garner's mother pushed her into the limelight, and entered her in talent quests while Garner was still a child. By 1938 she had made her first film appearance and over the next few years appeared in several more films including the young Jane in "Jane Eyre" (1944). - Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett is an American singer. He was born on July 13, 1933, and died on Thursday, August 3, 2006, of pancreatic cancer. - Harry Blackstone Jr.
Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer. He received the Magician of the Year Award in 1979 and 1985. He appeared as a guest on the "The Tonight Show", "Donahue", "The Today Show", and "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show". His performances were also a regular feature in the "Square One Television" series on PBS. - Brian Daley
Brian Daley (born Brian Charles Daley, 22 December 1947, Englewood, NJ; died, 11 February 1996 in Maryland, of pancreatic cancer) was an American science fiction novelist. In addition to writing a number of novels, he is well known for writing the scripts for the "Star Wars" radio dramas. - Joan Lowery Nixon
Joan Lowery Nixon (February 3 1927 - June 28 2003) was a prolific American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults. She also co-authored popular science books with her husband, geologist Hershell Nixon. Born in Los Angeles, California, Nixon received a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1947. She taught for a time at various schools in L.A., before becoming a full-time writer. - Jeff Wadlow
Jeff Wadlow is the nephew of CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric. He's the son of the late Emily Couric, Katie Couric's older sister, who served as a Virginia State Senator before she died in 2001 due to pancreatic cancer. Jeff Wadlow directed the 2005 film Cry Wolf with the money he won in the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Competition for his short "Living the Lie". - Ruth Carter Stapleton
Ruth Carter Stapleton (August 7, 1929- September 26, 1983) was the sister of Jimmy Carter and was known in her own right as a Christian evangelist. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1983. Ruth was born August 7, 1929, in Plains, Georgia, the third of the four children in the family of James Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. Besides the former president, Stapleton had an older sister, Gloria (1926-1990) and a younger brother, Billy, (1937-1988).
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