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Lash La Rue (actor) -- Dead. Died May 21, 1996. Born June 15, 1917. IMDb
Deborah Laake (writer) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died February 6, 2000. Born circa 1952. Wrote Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond and was ex-communicated as a result.
Ronald Lacey (actor) -- Dead. Died May 15, 1991. Born June 18, 1935. Probably best-known as the ugly little Nazi in Raiders of the Lost Ark. IMDb
Jerry Lacy (actor) -- Retired. Born March 27, 1946. Lots of TV, including Rev. Trask on Dark Shadows and commercials where he strongly implied being Humphrey Bogart. IMDb
Cheryl Ladd (actress) -- Alive. Born July 12, 1951. A "late Angel," she's done a lot of TV ever since, was married to David Ladd in the '70s. IBDB IMDb
David Ladd (producer/actor) -- Alive. Born February 5, 1947. Produced Hart's War. IMDb
Diane Ladd (actress) -- Alive. Born November 29, 1932. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, once married to Bruce Dern, mother of Laura Dern. IMDb
R. A. Lafferty
(writer) -- Dead. Died March 18, 2002.
Born July 14, 1914. Nine Hundred Grandmothers.
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Don LaFontaine
(Voice-over actor) -- Dead. Collapsed lung. Died September 1, 2008.
Born August 26, 1940. Did the voice-over for over a thousand movie trailers (often leading off with
"In a world..."), satirized himself on a GEICO commercial,
died on the same day as Michael Pate
and Jerry Reed.
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Frankie Laine
(singer) -- Dead. Complications of hip replacement surgery. Died February 6, 2007.
Born March 30, 1913. Singer best-known for singing the theme songs to Rawhide and Blazing Saddles, marathon dancer in the '30s.
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Jay Lake
(writer) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died June 1, 2014. Born June 6, 1964. Science
fiction writer, winner of the 2004 Campbell Award, intense blogger on his cancer fight (frequently
punctuated by Fuck Cancer, which all of us who knew him agree
with), subject of the documentary Lakeside, died same day
as Ann B. Davis.
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Arthur Lake (actor) -- Dead. Died January 9, 1987. Born April 17, 1905. Dagwood. IMDb
Veronica Lake (actress) -- Dead. Hepatitis. Died July 7, 1973. Born November 14, 1919. IMDb
Sir Freddie Laker (businessman) -- Dead. Died February 9, 2006. Born August 6, 1922. Self-made millionaire who started Skytrain, an attempt to revolutionize flying, but was thwarted by the rest of the aviation industry, died on the same day as Phil Brown. IMDb
Jack LaLanne
(fitness guru) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died January 23, 2011
Born September 26, 1914. Had an exercise TV show from the '50s until the '80s, exercised for hours a day
until shortly before his death, famously said "I can't die. It would ruin my image."
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Dalai Lama
(spiritual leader) -- Alive.
Born July 6, 1935. Tibetan exile since the Chinese took over, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 - birth name Tenzin Gyatso.
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Hedy Lamarr
(actress/inventor) -- Dead. Died January 19, 2000.
Born September 9, 1913. Samson and Delilah, Tortilla
Flat, with composer George Antheil, she co-invented and
patented a communications system during WWII that helped lead to
spread-spectrum technology and
wireless communications 40 years later, their friendship inspired
the play "Frequency Hopping."
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Fernando Lamas (actor) -- Dead. Died October 8, 1982. Born January 9, 1915. He looked mahvelous, married to Esther Williams. IMDb
Verity Lambert
(TV producer) -- Dead. Died November 22, 2007.
Born November 27, 1935. First female and youngest producer for BBC television, oversaw the first two seasons of Dr. Who, later produced The Naked Civil Servant.
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Dorothy Lamour (actress) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died September 22, 1996. Born December 10, 1914. Road pictures with Bob and Bing. IMDb
Burt Lancaster (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 20, 1994. Born November 2, 1913. Birdman of Alcatraz IMDb
Elsa Lanchester
(actress) -- Dead. Bronchial pneumonia. Died December 26, 1986.
Born December 28, 1902. The Bride of Frankenstein, married to Charles Laughton for many years.
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Martin Landau (actor) -- Alive. Born June 20, 1931. Brilliant in the underrated Crimes and Misdemeanors; starred in Mission Impossible and Space: 1999, ex-husband of Barbara Bain. IMDb
Ann Landers
(advice columnist) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma. Died June 22, 2002.
Born July 4, 1918. Her real name was Esther Friedman Lederer, she was the twin sister of "Dear Abby", her long-time editors launched a new column, Annie's Mailbox.
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Steve Landesberg (actor/writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 20, 2010. Born November 23, 1945. Dietrich in Barney Miller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, many TV bit parts in-between. IMDb
Michael Landon (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic and liver cancer. Died July 1, 1991. Born October 31, 1936. An appropriate birth date, seeing as he went on to star in I Was a Teenage Werewolf. IMDb
Allan Lane (Western actor/voice) -- Dead. Died October 27, 1973. Born September 22, 1904. Voice of Mr. Ed. IMDb FindAGrave
Charles Lane
(previously busy actor) -- Dead. Died July 9, 2007.
Born January 26, 1905. In over 200 movies and almost as many TV shows; usually showed up as a tall, white-haired, stern old man
in shows with Lucille Ball, semi-regular on Petticoat Junction (Homer Bedloe).
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Priscilla Lane (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died April 4, 1995. Born June 12, 1915. Arsenic and Old Lace. IMDb
Ronnie Lane (rocker) -- Dead. Complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Died June 4, 1997. Born April 1, 1946. A bassist for the old British group Faces, which also spawned Rod Stewart
Sue Ane Langdon (actress) -- Alive. Born March 8, 1936. Supporting actress on many '60s and '70s comedies. IMDb
Hope Lange
(actress) -- Dead. Ischemic colitis. Died December 19, 2003.
Born November 28, 1933. In the movie version of Peyton Place and the TV version of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, met her first husband Don Murray while filming Bus Stop,
died on the same day as Les
Tremayne.
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Jessica Lange
(actress) -- Alive.
Born April 20, 1949. Found for the first King Kong remake,
won Oscars for Tootsie and Blue Sky, longtime
companion of Sam Shepard.
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Jim Lange
(game show host/DJ) -- Dead. Died February
25, 2014. Born August 15, 1933. Host of The Dating Game in
the '60s.
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Frank Langella
(actor) -- Alive.
Born January 1, 1938. A memorable Dracula, Nixon in
Frost/Nixon.
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Frances Langford (singer) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died July 10, 2005. Born April 4, 1913. Sang "I'm in the Mood for Love," toured with Bob Hope to war zones, appeared in Yankee Doodle Dandy. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
David Langton
(actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 25, 1994.
Born April 16, 1912. Richard in Upstairs, Downstairs.
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Mary Jenkins Langston
(cook) -- Dead. Stroke. Died May 30, 2000. Born circa 1922. Elvis Presley's famed peanut butter and banana sandwich cook.
Angela Lansbury (actress) -- Alive. Born October 16, 1925. Over fifty years of movies (the original Manchurian Candidate, years of TV (Murder, She Wrote), Mrs. Lovett on Broadway in Sweeney Todd. IBDB IMDb
Robert Lansing (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 23, 1994. Born June 5, 1929. Lots of movies and TV - Gary Seven on an episode of Star Trek. IMDb
Sherry Lansing (media mogul) -- Retired. Born July 31, 1944. President of 20th Century Fox and later Paramount, she was involved in the greenlighting of Titanic and Forrest Gump, married to William Friedkin. IMDb
Larry Laprise (postal worker/composer) -- Dead. Died April 4, 1996. Born November 11, 1912. Wrote that ever-popular kid's song "Hokey-Pokey." IMDb Obituary
Ring Lardner, Jr. (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 31, 2000. Born August 19, 1915. Went to prison during the McCarthy hearings, later helped to adapt the movie M*A*S*H. IMDb
John Larroquette (actor) -- Alive. Born November 25, 1947. The Assistant DA in Night Court (for which he won four consecutive Emmys), John in the John Larroquette Show, Carl in Boston Legal. IMDb
Jack Larson
(producer/playwright/actor) -- Dead. Died September 20, 2015.
Born February 8, 1933. Jimmy Olsen in the '50s version of
Superman, was once Montgomery Clift's boyfriend, longtime
companion of screenwriter James Bridges.
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Jonathan Larson
(composer) -- Dead. Aortic aneurysm. Died January 25, 1996.
Born February 4, 1960. Died just before his masterpiece Rent would have made him an overnight sensation.
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Nicolette Larson (singer) -- Dead. Liver failure and fluid on the brain. Died December 16, 1997. Born July 17, 1952. Rock one hit wonder for "Lotta Love" who went to country.
Tommy Lasorda (coach/pitchman) -- Alive. Born September 22, 1927.
Louise Lasser (actress) -- Alive. Born April 11, 1939. An ex-wife of Woody Allen who starred in his early movies such as Bananas; probably best-known as Mary Hartman.... IMDb
Estee Lauder
(entrepreneur) -- Dead. Cardiopulmonary failure. Died April 24, 2004.
Born July 1, 1906. Created and marketed high quality, expensive cosmetics.
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Tom Laughlin
(actor/writer) -- Dead. Died December 12, 2013. Born August 10, 1931. Created and starred an early vigilante series, Billy Jack, ran for president. Make memorial contributions to Friends of the Pine Ridge Reservation
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Stan Laurel
(comic) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died February
23, 1965. Born June 16, 1890. Quieter performer in the famous
Laurel and Hardy team, he never performed again after his partner died.
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Arthur Laurents (playwright/director) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died May 5, 2011. Born July 14, 1918. Wrote the scrpts for West Side Story and Gypsy. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Frank Lautenberg
(senator, businessman) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died June 3, 2013. Born January 23, 1924. A founder of ADP, he was the last member of the Senate who was a veteran of World War II, he pushed for the drinking age to be 21 nationally.
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Linda Lavin (actress) -- Alive. Born October 15, 1937. TV's Alice, won a Tony for Broadway Bound, ex-wife of Ron Leibman. IBDB IMDb
John Phillip Law
(actor) -- Dead. Died May 13, 2008.
Born June 7, 1937. Barbarella.
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Phyllida Law (actress) -- Alive. Born May 8, 1932. Mrs. Bates in the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma, mother of and frequent co-star with Emma and Sophie Thompson. IMDb
Peter Lawford (actor) -- Dead. Cirrhosis of the liver. Died December 24, 1984. Born September 7, 1923. IMDb
Carol Lawrence (singer/actress) -- Alive. Born September 5, 1934. Frequent guest star on TV shows, performed in hundreds of musicals, married to Robert Goulet in the '60s and '70s. IMDb
Steve Lawrence
(singer/actor) -- Alive.
Born July 8, 1935. Mostly sang with his late wife Eydie Gormé, Best of Steve
and Eydie, appeared on Broadway in What Makes Sammy
Run?.
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Vicki Lawrence
(actress) -- Alive.
Born March 26, 1949. The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family.
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Le Duc Anh (former Vietnam president) -- Alive. Born circa 1920. Ailing - strokes.
Le Duc Tho (politician) -- Dead. Died October 13, 1990. Born October 14, 1911.
Robin Leach (host) -- Alive. Born August 29, 1941. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. IMDb
Cloris Leachman
(actress) -- Alive.
Born April 30, 1926. Won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Last Picture Show, won 9 Emmys, TV's Phyllis, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, active on Broadway in late '40s and '50s (was a replacement Nellie for South Pacific), oldest performer ever on Dancing with the Stars, will play a major role in American Gods, has been a vegetarian most of her life.
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Louis S. B. Leakey
(archaeologist/anthropologist) -- Dead. Died October 1, 1972.
Born August 7, 1903. Discovered some of the earliest human ancestors in Africa, promoted research of chimps and gorillas.
Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey
(archaeologist/anthropologist) -- Dead. Died December 9, 1996.
Born February 6, 1913.
Timothy Leary
(psychologist, author) -- Spaced. Prostate cancer. Died May 31, 1996.
Born October 22, 1920. LSD guru.
David Lean
(director) -- Dead. Died April 16, 1991.
Born March 25, 1908. British director who
shot some of the most beautifully photographed (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago) movies ever made.
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Norman Lear
(Producer/writer) -- Alive. Born July 27, 1922. Showrunner of groundbreaking TV series like
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Michael Learned (actress) -- Alive. Born April 9, 1939. Olivia on The Waltons. IMDb
Jules Lederer (businessman) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 21, 1999. Born circa 1917. Founded Budget Rent-A-Car, married to Ann Landers from 1939-1975.
Heath Ledger
(actor) -- Dead. Accidental drug overdose. Died January 22, 2008.
Born April 4, 1979. Astonishing in Brokeback Mountain, died before The Dark Knight was released and while The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was being filmed. [[I got into an argument with a likely ex-reader of Dead
People Server for saying that Ledger's death was due to "suspected drug use" before the coroner's report came out.]]
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Chris LeDoux
(singer/rodeo star) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died March 9, 2005.
Born October 2, 1948. Popular bareback rodeo rider who migrated to country music after his retirement.
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Anna Lee
(actress) -- Dead. Died May 14, 2004.
Born January 2, 1914. Starred as Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital and Port Charles, appeared in many movies including The Sound of Music and How Green Was My Valley,
died on the same day as Charlotte
Benkner.
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Anthony Dwain Lee
(extremely unlucky actor) -- Dead. "Manslaughter". Died October 28, 2000.
Born July 17, 1961. Made a bad decision to point a toy gun at a person dressed like an LAPD cop during a Halloween party. Unfortunately, it was an LAPD cop.
[[ Yes, I know the cop was black too, but there's something about
the mindset of some cops to shoot black people first and avoid
questions later... ]]
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Beverly Lee
(singer) -- Alive.
Born August 3, 1941. A Shirelle, the group that sang
"Soldier Boy"
and many other pop tunes in the early '60s.
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Brandon Lee
(actor) -- Dead. Shot by a gun that was supposed to have been cleaned out by a stage hand, but it hadn't been completely. Died March 31, 1993.
Born February 1, 1965. Son of Bruce Lee.
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Brenda Lee
(singer) -- Alive.
Born December 11, 1944.
"I'm Sorry,"
born on the same day as Lynda Day George.
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Bruce Lee
(actor) -- Dead. Brain edema. Died July 20, 1973.
Born November 27, 1940. Co-starred on TV's Green Hornet,
went on to help popularize martial arts in movies and in real
life, father of Brandon Lee.
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Christopher Lee
(actor) -- Dead. Died June 7, 2015.
Born May 27, 1922. After a lifetime of little movies, he appeared in two of the biggest movies of 2002: Attack of the Clones and The Two Towers, and was unceremoniously
edited out of one of the biggest movies of 2003, Return of
the King. He said he was in more movies than any other
actor - should we doubt Saruman's word? Acted professionally well
into his 90s; his last movie will be released in 2016.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
(stripper, actress, writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 26, 1970.
Born February 9, 1911. Extremely varied career, the musical Gypsy was based on her life, toured frequently with the USO, wonderful player during the '60s on Hollywood Squares, had a son with Otto Preminger, sister of June Havoc.
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Harper Lee
(writer) -- Dead. Died February 19, 2016.
Born April 28, 1926. Wrote one of the great books of the 20th
century, To Kill a Mockingbird (Truman Capote was her childhood
friend and inspired Dill), later published an earlier version of
Mockingbird Go Set a Watchman, died same day as Umberto Eco.
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Laurie Lee
(writer) -- Dead. Died May 14, 1997.
Born June 26, 1914.
Michele Lee
(actress) -- Alive.
Born June 24, 1942. Knot's Landing and lots of made-for-TV
movies, an ex-wife of
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Peggy Lee
(singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 21, 2002.
Born May 26, 1920. Famous for "Fever" and "Is That All There Is?" suffered a stroke in 1998,
died on the same day as Carrie
Hamilton.
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Pinky Lee
(comic) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 3, 1993.
Born May 2, 1907.
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Ruta Lee
(actress) -- Alive.
Born May 30, 1935. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, many
bit parts on TV, frequently on Hollywood Squares, wrote a
funny rememberance of her longtime friend Debbie Reynolds.
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Stan Lee
(comic writer) -- Alive.
Born December 28, 1922. Collaborated with Jack Kirby for many years, created
Spiderman and Silver Surfer, pops up in cameos in
many Marvel movies and on
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Tanith Lee
(writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 24, 2015. Born September 19, 1947.
Fantasy novel & short story writer. Wrote two episodes of Blakes 7.
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Phil Leeds (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died August 16, 1998. Born April 6, 1916. Last seen as a judge on Ally McBeal. IMDb
Tom Lehrer
(educator/comedian) -- Alive.
Born April 9, 1928. Famous for
"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," he wrote music for That Was the Week that Was and The Electric Company. He started at Harvard when he was 15 and has spent
most of his career as a math professor.
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Ron Leibman (actor/teacher) -- Alive. Born October 11, 1935. Reuben in Norma Rae, he won a Tony for playing Roy Cohn in Angels in America, the head of the Acting Department at the Actors Studio, married to Jessica Walter, was married to Linda Lavin. IBDB IMDb
Jerry Leiber
(lyricist) -- Dead. Cardio-pulmonary failure. Died August 22, 2011. Born April 25, 1933. With professional partner Mike Stoller, Leiber wrote the lyrics for songs like "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Stand by Me" (with Ben E. King) and the Peggy Lee standard "Is That All There Is?," died same day as Nickolas Ashford.
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Douglas Leigh (Broadway sign designer) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died December 14, 1999. Born circa 1907.
Janet Leigh (actress) -- Dead. Vasculitis. Died October 3, 2004. Born July 6, 1927. She didn't take a take a shower for years, once married to Tony Curtis, mother of Jamie Lee Curtis. IMDb Obituary
Mike Leigh (director) -- Alive. Born February 20, 1943. Innovative British director of wonderful movies like Topsy Turvy and Secrets and Lies. IMDb
Mitch Leigh
(composer/director) -- Dead. Died March 16, 2014. Born January 30, 1928. Wrote the music for Man of La Mancha and for a very famous jingle - "Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."
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Vivien Leigh
(actress) -- Dead. Tuberculosis. Died July 7, 1967.
Born November 5, 1913. Stage and screen actress who won Oscars for Gone with the Wind and Streetcar Named Desire, second wife of Lawrence Olivier.
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Stanislaw Lem
(writer) -- Dead. Died March 27, 2006.
Born September 12, 1921. Polish science fiction writer, Solaris ,
died on the same day as Dan Curtis.
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Curtis LeMay (military leader) -- Dead. Died October 1, 1990. Born November 15, 1906.
Harvey Lembeck (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 1, 1982. Born April 15, 1923. Comic actor, Stalag 17, may be best-known for playing Eric Von Zipper in some of the '60s Beach movies. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
Jack Lemmon (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 27, 2001. Born February 8, 1925. Wonderfully versatile actor, Felix in the movie version of The Odd Couple, teamed in movies with Walter Matthau. IMDb
Meadowlark Lemon
(basketball player/minister) -- Dead. Died December 27, 2015. Born April 25, 1932.
The "Clown Prince of Basketball," he was the member of the Harlem Globetrotters (1955-1980) who always seemed to have the most fun on court.
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Mark Lenard (actor) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma. Died November 22, 1996. Born October 15, 1928. Mr. Spock's dad, many TV shows and plays. IMDb
Madeleine L'Engle
(writer) -- Dead. Died September 6, 2007.
Born November 29, 1918. Won the Newbery Award for A Wrinkle in Time,
died on the same day as Luciano Pavarotti.
Make memorial contributions to: Crosswicks Foundation
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John Lennon
(musician) -- Dead. Assassination by gun. Died December 8, 1980.
Born October 9, 1940. Part of the great Lennon-McCartney songwriting team, John was always the most interesting Beatle.
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Jay Leno
(talk show host) -- Alive.
Born April 28, 1950. Hosted The Tonight Show since 1992, wrote Leading With My Chin, collects motorcycles.
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Rosetta LeNoire (actress) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died March 17, 2002. Born August 8, 1911. A regular on many series, probably best-known as Mother Winslow in Family Matters. IMDb FindAGrave
Rula Lenska (obscure British actress) -- Alive. Born September 30, 1947. Pitched shampoo in US in the '70s. IMDb
Buck Leonard
(baseball great) -- Dead. Died November 27, 1997.
Born September 8, 1907.
Elmore Leonard
(writer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 20,
2013. Born October 11, 1925. Wrote Get Shorty, Out of
Sight, Rum Punch and a number of other best-selling
books, died same day as Marian McPartland.
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John Leonard (critic) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died November 5, 2008. Born February 25, 1939. Writer for New York, Harper's, The New York Times and resident critic on Sunday Morning. IMDb Obituary
Sheldon Leonard (TV producer/actor) -- Dead. Died January 11, 1997. Born February 22, 1907. Produced '60s classics like I Spy and Andy Griffith, born on the same day as Robert Young. IMDb
Bethel Leslie (actress/writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 28, 1999. Born August 3, 1929. Brilliant in Long Day's Journey into Night (in the '80s), she played a memorable Maggie in the soap opera The Doctors (in the '60s). IMDb
Andrew Lesnie
(cinematographer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 27,
2015. Born January 1, 1956.
Won an Oscar for cinemetography for Fellowship of the Ring,
worked on all of Jackson's Tolkein movies, his last movie The
Water Diviner, was released days before his death, died same
day as Suzanne Crough.
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Doris Lessing
(author) -- Dead. Died November 16, 2013. Born October 22, 1919. The Golden Notebook, in 2007 was the oldest Nobel Prize winner.
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David Letterman
(talk show host) -- Alive.
Born April 12, 1947. Late Night with David Letterman, used to do a very creative daytime show in the early '80s.
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Al Lettieri (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 18, 1975. Born February 24, 1928. Sollozzo in The Godfather. IMDb FindAGrave
Gerald Levert
(singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 10, 2006.
Born July 13, 1966.
"I Swear,"
died on the same day as Jack Palance
and Jack Williamson.
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Claude Levi-Strauss (anthropologist) -- Dead. Died October 30, 2009. Born November 28, 1908. Wrote The Savage Mind. IMDb Obituary
Ira Levin (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 13, 2007. Born August 27, 1929. Wrote Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives. and Deathtrap. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Irving R. Levine (newscaster) -- Dead. Died March 26, 2009. Born August 26, 1922. NBC newscaster for 45 years. IMDb Obituary
Al Lewis
(actor/author/politician/former restauranteur/radio show host) -- Dead. Died February 3, 2006.
Born April 30, 1923. Grandpa on The Munsters, ran for governor of New York, birth date confirmation,
died on the same day as Jean Byron.
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C. S. Lewis
(writer/professor) -- Dead. Died November 22, 1963.
Born November 29, 1898. A Cambridge professor who founded the Inklings with J.R.R.Tolkien, he is best-known for the Narnia series and a number of books on spirituality,
died on the same day as Aldous Huxley
and John F. Kennedy.
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Diana Lewis (actress) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died January 18, 1997. Born September 18, 1919. Go West, Cry Havoc, married to William Powell for many years. IMDb FindAGrave
Emmanuel Lewis (former child star) -- Alive. Born March 9, 1971. Webster. IMDb
Jerry Lewis
(actor) -- Alive.
Born March 16, 1926. Comic actor, teamed with Dean Martin in the '50s, tireless fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, survived viral meningitis and cleaned up a long addiction to prescription drugs.
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Jerry Lee Lewis (great ball of fire) -- Alive. Born September 29, 1935. One day older than Johnny Mathis
Shari Lewis
(puppeteer) -- Dead. Pneumonia/ovarian cancer. Died August 2, 1998.
Born January 17, 1933. Voice of Lamb Chop and many more, prolific storyteller.
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Sinclair Lewis
(writer) -- Dead. Alcoholism. Died January 10, 1951. Born February 7, 1885. Wrote Babbitt, Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry; first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, married for a few years
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Liberace
(musician) -- Dead. AIDS. Died February 4, 1987.
Born May 16, 1919.
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Richard Libertini
(actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 7, 2016. Born May 21, 1933.
Bit parts in dozens of movies, Father Drobney in Don't Drink the
Water, Sidney in Awakenings and many TV shows;
ex-husband of Melinda Dillon.
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Roy Lichtenstein (pop artist) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died September 29, 1997. Born October 27, 1923.
Gordon Lightfoot
(singer/songwriter) -- Alive.
Born November 17, 1938.
"If You Could Read My Mind," recovered after suffering from a burst blood vessel in 2002.
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Abbey Lincoln
(singer/actress) -- Dead. Died August 14, 2010.
Born August 6, 1930. Jazz singer with a long career who starred in For the Love of Ivy and other movies with Sidney Poitier, married to Max Roach during the '60s.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh (writer/pilot) -- Dead. Died February 7, 2001. Born June 22, 1906. Flew frequently with her husband, wrote many books including Gift from the Sea, died on the same day as Dale Evans
Charles Lindbergh (aviator) -- Dead. Died August 26, 1974. Born February 4, 1902. First person to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, wrote The Spirit of St. Louis. IMDb
Viveca Lindfors (actress) -- Dead. Died October 25, 1995. Born December 29, 1920. IMDb
Astrid Lindgren
(writer) -- Dead. Died January 28, 2002.
Born November 14, 1907. Wrote Pippi Longstocking and other books for children.
Anna Lindh (Swedish politician) -- Dead. Murdered (stabbed by assassin). Died September 11, 2003. Born June 19, 1957. Swedish foreign minister who was a likely candidate for Prime Minister at the time of her murder, died on the same day as John Ritter
Audra Lindley (actress) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died October 16, 1997. Born September 24, 1918. Mrs. Roper on Three's Company; fine comic and dramatic actress, married to James Whitmore during the '70s. IMDb
Mark Lindsay
(singer) -- Alive.
Born March 9, 1942. Lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
George Lindsey
(actor) -- Dead. Died May 6, 2012.
Born December 17, 1928.
Longtime Hee-Haw regular, Goober Pyle on the Andy
Griffith Show,
fundraiser for the Alabama Special Olympics.
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Ling-Ling (good will ambassador) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died 1992. Born circa 1971. A donation from China to the National Zoo in 1972. Survived by Hsing-Hsing
Lisa Ling (interviewer, runner) -- Alive. Born August 30, 1973. One of The View. IMDb
Art Linkletter (talk show host/writer) -- Dead. Died May 26, 2010. Born July 17, 1912. Hosted House Party and wrote books like Kids Say the Darndest Things. IMDb Obituary
Larry Linville (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died April 10, 2000. Born September 29, 1939. Frank on the M*A*S*H TV show. IMDb
James Lipton
(Professional fan/educator) -- Alive.
Born September 19, 1926. Created and starred in Inside the Actors Studio (featuring the funniest two hours on video - an interview with Robin Williams), wrote soap operas and produced TV special before he went to work for the Actors Studio.
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Peggy Lipton (actress) -- Alive. Born August 30, 1947. Julie on The Mod Squad, the waitress on Twin Peaks, married to Quincy Jones for 16 years, mother of the very talented Rashida Jones. IMDb
Virna Lisi (actress) -- Alive. Born September 8, 1937. Great as Catherine of Medici in Queen Margot. IMDb
Cleavon Little (actor) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died October 22, 1992. Born June 1, 1939. Starred in Blazing Saddles. IMDb
Rich Little (impressionist) -- Alive. Born November 26, 1938. Did a great Richard Nixon in the '70s. IMDb
Little Richard (singer/piano player) -- Alive. Born December 5, 1932. Flamboyant performer who wrote "Tutti Frutti," he says he's retiring (but I don't believe him...). IMDb
Barry Livingston (actor) -- Alive. Born December 17, 1953. Ernie on My Three Sons, many bit parts since. IMDb
Stanley Livingston
(artist/actor) -- Alive.
Born November 24, 1950. Chip on My Three Sons, a stained glass artist.
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Mary Livingstone (actress) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died June 30, 1983. Born June 23, 1905. Mostly performed with her husband, Jack Benny, whom she met when her cousin, Zeppo Marx, brought him to a Passover seder. IMDb
Desmond Llewelyn (actor) -- Dead. Car crash. Died December 19, 1999. Born September 12, 1914. Q in the James Bond movies - "retired" just in time. IMDb
Harold Lloyd
(silent comic) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 8, 1971.
Born April 20, 1893.
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Norman Lloyd
(actor) -- Alive.
Born November 8, 1914. Daniel Auschlander in
St. Elsewhere, an active actor over the age of 90 with a
great part in In Her Shoes, worked in his 99th year on
Trainwreck.
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June Lockhart
(actress) -- Alive.
Born June 25, 1925. Timmy's mom on Lassie and Dr. Maureen
Robinson on Lost in Space.
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Gary Lockwood (actor) -- Alive. Born February 21, 1937. Survived a run-in with HAL in 2001 and "the barrier at the end of the galaxy" in Star Trek. IMDb
Robert Loggia
(actor) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died December 4, 2015. Born January 3, 1930.
Lots of bit-parts on TV, Scarface, Big, nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Jagged Edge.
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Kenny Loggins (singer/songwriter) -- Alive. Born January 7, 1948. Much music for Footloose. IMDb
Herbert Lom
(actor) -- Dead. Died September 27, 2012
Born January 9, 1917. Best-known as Dreyfus in the Pink Panther flicks.
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Alan Lomax
(folk music archivist) -- Dead. Died July 19, 2002.
Born January 31, 1915. Recorded and popularized traditional blues and folk singers like Leadbelly, worked with Carl Sagan on the music included with the Voyager probe.
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Guy Lombardo (bandleader) -- Dead. Died November 5, 1977. Born June 19, 1902. It used to be traditional to welcome in the New Year listening to Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians play "Olde Lang Syne." IMDb
Julie London (singer/actress) -- Dead. After-effects of a stroke. Died October 18, 2000. Born September 26, 1926. Emergency!, married to Bobby Troup at the time of his death, married to Jack Webb in the '40s and '50s, died on the same day as Gwen Verdon. IMDb
Richard Long (actor) -- Dead. Died December 21, 1974. Born December 17, 1927. Ma and Pa Kettle movies, Nanny and the Professor. IMDb
Shelly Long (actress) -- Alive. Born August 23, 1949. Diane on Cheers, starred in movie comedies like Outrageous Fortune, recovered from a drug overdose. IMDb
Dave Longaberger
(basket guy) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 17, 1999. Born circa 1934. Ran a basket company with a sense of humor - here's the headquarters he built.
Claudine Longet (actress) -- Alive. Born January 29, 1942. Once married to Andy Williams, later killed her lover Spider Sabitch. IMDb
Lisa
"Left Eye" Lopes
(singer) -- Dead. Car accident/broken skull. Died April 25, 2002.
Born May 27, 1971. Part of the group TLC.
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Stefan Lorant (writer) -- Dead. Died November 14, 1997. Born February 22, 1901. Wrote one of the first coffee table books, Pittsburgh, and made movies in Hungary before WW II.
Jack Lord (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died January 21, 1998. Born December 30, 1920. "Book 'im, Dano." IMDb
Marjorie Lord
(actress) -- Dead.
Born July 26, 1918. Died November 28, 2015. Kathy in Make Room
for Daddy, loads of movies and Broadway plays, Anne Archer's
mom, fundraiser for many cultural organizations in her
retirement.
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Sophia Loren (actress) -- Alive. Born September 20, 1934. Married to Carlo Ponti. IMDb
Lisa Loring
(actress) -- Alive.
Born February 16, 1958. Wednesday on The Addams Family.
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Peter Lorre
(actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died March 23, 1964.
Born June 26, 1904. Yet another Nazi escapee, appeared in M, The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca, married for 11 years to Celia Lovsky.
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Lance Loud
(actor/early "reality show" star) -- Dead. AIDS/hepatitis. Died December 22, 2001.
Born June 26, 1951. The star of An American Family, an early attempt at reality TV, and one of the first openly gay people on TV (circa 1973).
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Dorothy Loudon (actress) -- Dead. Died November 15, 2003. Born September 17, 1933. The first Miss Hannigan in the Broadway production of Annie, died on the same day as Laurence Tisch. IBDB IMDb
Joe Louis
(boxer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 12, 1981.
Born May 13, 1914. Longtime heavyweight champion of the world, later became a friend of his one-time nemisis Max Schmeling.
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Tina Louise
(actress) -- Alive.
Born February 11, 1934. Ginger on Gilligan's.
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Linda Lovelace ('70s icon) -- Dead. After a traffic accident. Died April 22, 2002. Born January 10, 1949. Starred in Deep Throat, a very famous early '70s porn movie but escaped from the biz and became an anti-porn activist, married to the man that Marilyn Chambers later married. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Jim Lovell
(astronaut) -- Alive.
Born March 25, 1928. Flew on four space missions, including the Apollo Christmas flight around the moon in 1968, and helped bring the crippled Apollo 13 home (played the Navy man who greeted the astronauts on their return home in the movie Apollo 13)
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Celia Lovsky (actress) -- Dead. Died October 12, 1979. Born February 21, 1897. Remembered as the Vulcan elder in the famous "Amok Time" episode of Star Trek, married to Peter Lorre for 11 years. IMDb FindAGrave
Morton Lowry (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 26, 1987. Born January 1, 1908. British actor in many movies, including How Green Was My Valley. IMDb
Myrna Loy (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died December 14, 1993. Born August 2, 1905. The Thin Man, Cheaper by the Dozen. The Best Years of Our Lives. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
George Lucas (director) -- Alive. Born May 14, 1944. Star Wars director and entreprenuer (THX sound systems and Industrial Light and Magic). IMDb
Susan Luckey
(actress/singer) -- Dead. Died November 29, 2012. Born April 4, 1938.
Appeared in three classic musicals, The Music Man (as Zaneeta Shin), Carousel (as Louisa Bigelow) and the original Mary Martin Peter Pan (as an Indian).
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Allen Ludden
(TV show host) -- Dead. Bladder cancer. Died June 9, 1981.
Born October 5, 1917. College Bowl, Password,
married to Betty White.
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Robert Ludlum (novelist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 12, 2001. Born May 25, 1927. The Bourne Identity and other spy books, died on the same day as Morton Downey, Jr.. IMDb
Sid Luft (producer/manager) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 15, 2005. Born November 2, 1915. Married to Judy Garland in the '50s, he produced A Star Is Born. IMDb FindAGrave
Bela Lugosi
(actor) -- Dead. Died August 16, 1956. Born October 20, 1882. Actor best-known for Dracula on Broadway and on the screen.
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J. Anthony Lukas
(writer) -- Dead. Suicide. Died June 5, 1997.
Born April 24, 1933. Fine journalist and author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Common Ground.
Keye Luke
(actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 12, 1991.
Born June 18, 1904. #1 son in Charlie Chan movies.
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Sheila Lukins
(chef/food writer) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died August 30, 2009. Born circa 1942. Creator of The Silver Palate shop, a series of Silver Palate cookbooks (with Julee Rosso) and was the food editor for Parade.
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Lulu (singer/actress) -- Alive. Born November 3, 1948. "To Sir, with Love," guested in Absolutely Fabulous briefly married to Maurice Gibb in the early '70s. IMDb
Sidney Lumet (director) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died April 9, 2011. Born June 25, 1924. Directed many movies including Twelve Angry Men, Network, and The Verdict, once married to Gloria Vanderbilt and was later Lena Horne's son-in-law, died same day as Pierre Celis. IBDB IMDb Obituary
William Lundigan (actor) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died December 20, 1975. Born June 12, 1914. In many movies, star of the '50s show Men into Space, spokesman for Chrysler. IMDb
Ida Lupino (actress/director) -- Dead. Stroke, colon cancer. Died August 3, 1995. Born February 4, 1918. Once married to Howard Duff. IMDb
Paul Lynde
(comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack/substance abuse. Died January 9, 1982.
Born June 13, 1926. Many bit parts on TV (Uncle Arthur on Bewitched),
but really found his niche as the center square on the '70s version of Hollywood Squares.
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Loretta Lynn
(singer/songwriter) -- Alive.
Born April 14, 1932. "One's on the Way" and "The Pill," wrote the
book Coal Miner's Daughter, oldest sister of Crystal Gayle.
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Phil Lynott
(rocker) -- Dead. Pneumonia and heart failure due to years of drug abuse. Died January 4, 1986.
Born August 20, 1951. Leader of Thin Lizzy.