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2009 Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47
2009 John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 2008 Paul Newman, dies of lung cancer, at 83 2008 Tony Snow, dies in Washington, D.C., of colon cancer, at 53 2008 Sydney Pollack, dies in California, of stomach cancer, at 73 2008 William Louis Dickinson, Representative-R-Alabama 1965 - 1993, died from colon cancer 2008 Janez Drnovsek, dies in Slovenia, of cancer, at 57 2008 Tom Lantos, dies in Bethesda, Maryland, of complications of esophageal cancer, at 80 2007 Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56 2007 Luciano Pavarotti, died in Modena, Italy, of pancreatic cancer, at 71 2007 Grace Paley, dies in Vermont, of breast cancer, at 84 2007 Lee Hazlewood, dies in Henderson, Nevada, of renal cancer, at 78 2007 Beverly Sills, dies of lung cancer at 78 2007 Joel Siegel, died in New York, of color cancer complications, at 63 2007 Richard Rorty, dies in Palo Alto, California, of pancreatic cancer, at 75 2007 Mary Douglas, dies in London, from complications of cancer, at 86 2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer 2007 Sol LeWitt, dies in New York, of complications from cancer, at 78 2007 Betty Hutton, dies in California, complications of colon cancer, at 86 2007 Charlie Norwood, dies in Augusta, Georgia, of cancer, at 65 2007 Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75 2007 Molly Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62 2006 Thomas J. Manton, Representative-D-New York 1985 - 1999, died from cancer 2006 Chic Hecht, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989, died of prostate cancer 2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2005 J. J. Pickle, Representative-D-Texas 1963 - 1995, died of cancer 2004 Carl Wayne, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group, dies of esophageal cancer, at age 61 2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8 2003 Frank McCloskey, Representative-D-Indiana 1983 - 1995, died of cancer 2003 John Jacob Rhodes, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983, died from cancer 2003 Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2002 S. William Green, Representative-R-New York 1978 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of liver cancer 1998 Dante Fascell, Representative-D-Florida 1955 - 1993, died of colorectal cancer 1998 Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58 1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery 1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1998 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42 1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Steve Hamilton, pitcher (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63 1997 Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62 1997 Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 1997 Derek Taylor, Beatles publicist, dies of cancer at 65 1997 Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 1997 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 1997 Richard Jaeckel, actor, Starman, The Dark, dies of cancer at 70 1997 Edward Mulhare, actor, TV's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, dies of lung cancer at 74 1997 Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, dies of cancer at 62 1997 Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer 1997 Michael Stroka, TV actor, Aristede-Dark Shadows, dies of cancer at 57 1997 Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49 1997 Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 1997 Nancy Woodhull, news editor for USA Today, dies of cancer at 52 1997 Jermaine Stewart, singer, soul, pop, funk-rock genres, known for Billboard hit 'The Word is Out', dies liver cancer in Homewood, Illinois, at age 39 1997 Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80 1997 Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59 1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39 1996 Mark Lenard, actor (Sarek-Star Trek), dies of cancer at 68 1996 Bill Emerson, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996, died of cancer 1996 Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor and LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75 1996 Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81 1996 Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 67 1996 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64 1996 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64 1995 Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer 1995 Rosalind Cash, actress (General Hospital), dies of cancer at 56 1995 Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77 1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer 1995 Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83 1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1995 Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 1995 Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89 1995 Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75 1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60 1995 Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62 1995 Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52 1994 Dean A. Gallo, Representative-R-New Jersey 1985 - 1994, died of prostate cancer 1994 Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 1994 Fred Lebow, U.S. founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer 1994 Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48 1994 Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England 1994 Robert Bloch, screenwriter (Psycho), dies of cancer at 77 1994 Jessica Tandy, actress (Driving Miss Daisy), dies of cancer at 85 1994 Edna Manilow, mother of singer Barry Manilow, dies at 70 of cancer 1994 Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67 1994 Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35 1994 John Doucette, actor (Fighting Mad, Gang War), dies of cancer at 73 1994 Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81 1994 Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 1994 Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64 1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer 1994 Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75 1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 1994 Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64 1994 Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment 1994 Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88 1994 Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 1994 Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68 1994 Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1994 Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer 1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1994 John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 1994 Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50 1994 Dinah Shore, singer (Chevrolet), dies of cancer at 76 1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1994 Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81 1994 Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75 1994 Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44 1994 Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70 1994 Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67 1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 1994 Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House, dies of cancer at 81 1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74 1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 1993 Janet Margolin, U.S. actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer 1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery 1993 Janet Margolin, actress (David and Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50 1993 Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 1993 Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80 1993 Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76 1993 Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59 1993 Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59 1993 Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28 1993 Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80 1993 Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68 1993 George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74 1993 Edwin A Walker, U.S. Major-General, dies of lung cancer at 84 1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 1993 Fran Carlon, dies of cancer at 80 1993 Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 1993 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason), dies of liver cancer at 76 1993 Janice Carroll, actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61 1993 Helen O'Connell, singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 74 1993 Stewart Granger, actor (Scaramouche), dies of cancer at 80 1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75 1993 Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66 1993 Catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82 1993 Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81 1993 Alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72 1993 Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72 1993 James Bridges, writer and director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57 1993 Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79 1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47 1993 Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68 1993 Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61 1993 Kate Reid, British actress (Lil-Dallas), dies of cancer at 62 1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 1993 June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62 1993 Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83 1993 Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82 1993 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63 1993 Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76 1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63 1993 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50 1993 William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50 1993 Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57 1993 John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75 1993 Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52 1993 Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69 1993 Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 1992 Robert Shayne, U.S. actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92 1992 Bill Kearns, U.S. actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69 1992 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81 1992 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 1992 Regina Carrol, actress (Jessi's Girl), dies of cancer at 49 1992 Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57 1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 1992 Laurel Cronin, actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of cancer at 53 1992 Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies of colon cancer at 53 1992 Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 1992 Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52 1992 Laurie Anders, singer, dies of cancer 1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52 1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76 1992 Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78 1992 Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer 1992 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer, Stan Kenton Orchestra, dies of cancer at 72 1992 Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65 1992 Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56 1992 Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60 1992 Hope Miller, actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63 1992 Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51 1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84 1992 Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer 1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73 1992 Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84 1992 Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44 1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 71 1992 George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87 1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53 1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43 1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer 1992 Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58 1992 Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84 1992 Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39 1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 1992 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51 1992 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer 1992 David Miller, dies of cancer at 82 1992 Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at 75 1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1992 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59 1992 Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 1992 Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72 1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 69 1992 C V Wood, Jr., theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71 1992 Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer 1992 Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 1992 Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51 1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48 1992 Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70 1992 Jeanne Gerson, dies of cancer and pneumonia at 87 1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer 1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66 1992 Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72 1992 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44 1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Julia McCarthy, dies of cancer at 64 1991 Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 1991 June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 1991 Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41 1991 Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80 1991 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 1991 Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80 1991 Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx New York at 72 1991 Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1991 Sheila Florance, Australian actress (Cactus), dies of cancer at 75 1991 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77 1991 Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1991 John Hoyt, actor (My Favorite Brunette), dies of lung cancer at 87 1991 Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer 1991 Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer 1991 Ben Piazza, actor (Consenting Adults), dies of cancer at 58 1991 Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 67 1991 Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer 1991 Soichiro Hondo, CEO and founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 1991 Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 1991 Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine and Roses), dies of cancer at 55 1991 Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Hwy to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54 1991 Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56 1991 Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69 1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 1991 Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77 1991 Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84 1991 Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83 1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest 1991 Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer 1991 Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas 1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer 1991 Marcella Markham, dies of breast cancer at 68 1991 Webb Pierce, U.S. country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64 1991 Silvio O. Conte, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1959 - 1991, died of prostate cancer 1991 Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62 1991 Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64 1991 Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64 1990 Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46 1990 Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77 1990 Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76 1990 William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1990 Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 1990 Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65 1990 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84 1990 Raymond St. Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60 1990 Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 1990 Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82 1990 Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58 1990 Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70 1990 Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 1990 Johnny Wayne, comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies of cancer at 72 1990 Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer 1990 Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81 1990 Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer 1990 Anna Palk, actress (Play it Cool, Frozen Dead), dies of cancer at 48 1990 Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer 1990 Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 1990 Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61 1990 Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73 1990 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60 1990 Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 1990 International Chrysis, Transvestite actor (Q&A), dies of cancer at 38 1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer 1990 Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56 1990 Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at 63 of cancer 1990 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Alan Hale, Jr., Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71 1989 Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer 1989 Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48 1989 Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound 1989 In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines 1989 Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer 1988 Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 1988 John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86 1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1988 Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 1988 Billy Carter, President Carter's brother Billy, dies of cancer at 51 1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer 1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 1988 Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer 1988 Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66 1988 Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64 1988 Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer 1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer 1987 Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71 1987 Dick Howser, manager (New York Yankees and Kansas City Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 1987 Sala Burton, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1987, died of colon cancer 1986 Ron Kass, record co President (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer 1986 Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer 1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer 1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1986 Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63 1986 Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64 1985 Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer 1985 Yul Brynner, Taidje Khan, actor (King and I), dies of cancer at 65 1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1985 Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 1985 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 1985 Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49 1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer 1985 Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64 1985 Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75 1984 Francois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52 1984 Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer 1984 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69 1984 Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70 1984 Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35 1984 Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer 1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 1984 Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1984 Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73 1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer 1983 Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79 1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 1983 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 1983 Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer 1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66 1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer 1983 Eddie Foy, Jr., actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 1983 Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65 1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1983 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr. Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 1983 Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42 1983 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75 1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 1983 Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 1983 Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer 1982 John Leonard Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 1982 James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55 1982 Fernando Lamas, actor and director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67 1982 Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53 1982 Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 1982 Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer 1982 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer 1982 Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer 1982 Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69 1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49 1980 Helen Gahagan, Representative-D-California 1945 - 1951 died of cancer 1979 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67 1979 Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79 1979 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 1978 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1977 William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1976 Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68 1976 Chou En-lai, China's Prime Minister 1949 - 1976, dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 1974 [Sithu] U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at 65 1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53 1974 Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 1974 Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52 1973 William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73 1973 Laurence Harvey, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of cancer at 45 1973 Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58 1973 Norma Crane, actress, 'Fiddler on the Roof', dies of cancer at 44 1973 Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at 69 1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1973 Rupert Crosse, actor (Too Late Blues), dies of cancer at 45 1973 Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1973 Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 1972 Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer 1971 Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 1971 TC Jones, female impersonator, dies of cancer at 50 1971 Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71 1971 Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81 1971 Harold Lloyd, U.S. comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 1971 Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67 1969 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 1969 Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1969 Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69 1968 Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor and director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 1968 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 1968 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 1968 Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65 1968 Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 1968 Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 1968 Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54 1967 Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 1967 Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51 1966 Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer 1966 Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 1966 Nestor Paiva, actor (3 Stooges in Orbit), dies of cancer at 61 1966 Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50 1965 Wild Bill Elliott, cowboy actor (49'ers), dies of cancer at 60 1965 Irene Browne, actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69 1964 U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer 1963 Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68 1963 Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 1963 Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1962 Thomas Mitchell, U.S., actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 1962 Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 1962 Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60 1962 Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 1962 Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 1961 Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79 1961 Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 and 10), dies of cancer at 64 1961 Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great, Detroit Tigers, dies of cancer at 74 1961 Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 1960 Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50 1959 Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36 1959 Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36 1958 Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 1957 "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer 1957 John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30 1957 U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1950 Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner 1949 Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1940 RA Weiss, director, Institute of Cancer Research 1934 David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner 1912 E Cuyler Hammond, scientist, 1st to link smoking with lung cancer 1904 Adelle Davis, author, Lets Stay Healthy, nutritionist, died of cancer 1896 Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1891 Henry Miller, author, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus 1880 Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body 1731 Mary Astell, English writer and feminist, wrote 'Some Reflections upon Marriage', dies soon after having breast cancer |
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