Famous people died this month - page 6
The Most Famous people died this month | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Gia Carangi | January 29, 1960 | American | Gia Carangi was one of the very first supermodels from the USA |
Barbara Daly Baekeland | 1922 | American | Barbara Daly Baekeland was a gorgeous American model and socialite who was murdered ruthlessly by her own son |
Benjamin Ruggiero | April 19, 1926 | American | Benjamin Ruggiero was a mobster or ‘soldato’ hailing from the Bonnano crime family |
Merlin Santana | March 14, 1976 | American | Merlin Santana was an Afro-Latino-American television actor |
Pat Morita | June 28, 1932 | American | Pat Morita, born as Noriyuki Morita, was an American actor and comedian |
Alan Watts | January 6, 1915 | British, American | Alan Watts was a famous British philosopher known for his Zen teachings and interpretations of Eastern philosophy |
Gene Tierney | November 19, 1920 | American | Gene Eliza Tierney was a yesteryear American film and stage actress |
Alfred Wegener | November 1, 1880 | German | Alfred Wegener was a renowned German geophysicist and meteorologists who is known for pioneering the ‘Continental Drift’ theory |
Eddie Guerrero | October 9, 1967 | American | Eddie Guerrero was a Mexican-American wrestler |
Jonathan Brandis | April 13, 1976 | American | Jonathan Brandis was an American actor known for his role in the miniseries ‘It.’ |
Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was a renowned Australian aviator
Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny was an Australian nurse and health administrator
Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter was an American physicist famous for his research in protons and neutrons
Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney is an award winning journalist best known for his work with the CBS News program 60 Minutes
Olive Dennis
Olive Dennis was the first woman to become a member of the American Railway Engineering Association
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was a Scottish meteorologist and physicist
Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles was an American writer, music composer, poet, translator and novelist
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Bunin was an eminent Russian poet and novelist and the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933