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People Whose Last Names Start With P
Jack Paar
(TV host) -- Dead. Died January 27, 2004.
Born May 1, 1918. Early talk show host.
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Al Pacino (actor) -- Alive. Born April 25, 1940. Michael in the Godfather movies, starred as Roy Cohn in Angels in America. IMDb
David Packard (started an early "garage" company) -- Dead. Old age. Died March 26, 1996. Born September 7, 1912. A co-founder of Hewlett-Packard with William Hewlett
Kerry Packer (media tycoon) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died December 26, 2005. Born December 17, 1937. Owned a publishing empire in Australia and started a cricket league, died on the same day as Vincent Schiavelli.
Bettie Page
(pin-up model) -- Dead. Heart attack following pneumonia. Died December 11, 2008.
Born April 22, 1923. Popular '50s pin-up model, an early Playboy centerfold, had a cult following that spawned multiple biographies of her during the '80s.
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Geraldine Page (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 13, 1987. Born November 22, 1924. Won an Oscar for Trip to Bountiful, married to Rip Torn. IMDb
LaWanda Page (actress) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died September 14, 2002. Born October 19, 1920. Aunt Esther on the various Sanford shows. IMDb
Leopold Page (leathergoods retailer/historian) -- Dead. Died March 9, 2001. Born circa 1913. Told many people in Hollywood the story of how Oskar Schindler saved the lives of his family and 1,000 other Jews before Thomas Keneally made the story world-famous, advisor to the movie Schindler's List
Patti Page
(singer) -- Dead. Died January 1, 2013.
Born November 8, 1927. "Tennessee Waltz."
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Debra Paget (actress) -- Retired. Born August 19, 1933. IMDb
Alan J. Pakula (director, producer) -- Dead. Car accident. Died November 19, 1998. Born April 7, 1928. Directed Sophie's Choice and All the President's Men, produced To Kill a Mockingbird. IMDb
David Pal
(photography expert/animator) -- Alive.
Born January 30, 1937. Did some animation for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and The Power, later was an expert in high speed photography for Disney and Wonderful World of Sports.
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George Pal
(director/special effects artist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 2, 1980.
Born February 1, 1908. Created the Puppetoons, directed Destination Moon, and the original versions of War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.
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Jack Palance (actor) -- Dead. Died November 10, 2006. Born February 18, 1919. Won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for CIty Slickers; scary in Shane, died on the same day as Gerald Levert and Jack Williamson. IBDB IMDb
Grace Paley
(writer/anti-war activist) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died August 22, 2007.
Born December 11, 1922. Short story writer (Enormous Changes at the Last Minute), poet and anti-war activist.
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Michael Palin (comedian/traveler) -- Alive. Born May 5, 1943. Monty Python, world traveler. IMDb
Ron Palillo
(actor/artist) -- Dead. Died August 14, 2012.
Born April 2, 1949. Horshack on Welcome Back Kotter, later
sent himself up in a few Ellen episodes, active as a pen
and ink artist and a teacher, died about 7 months after fellow
Kotter alum Robert Hegyes.
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Arnold Palmer
(golfer/pitchman) -- Dead. Died September 25,
2016. Born September 10, 1929. One of the great golfers of the mid-20th century, first person to earn a million dollars in a year from golf, went on to design golf courses, survived postate cancer.
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Betsy Palmer
(actress) -- Dead. Died May 29, 2015
Born November 1, 1926. Theatrical actress, sometimes appeared in
films (The Fear: Resurrection), probably best-known for
I've Got a Secret
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John Palmer
(TV news reporter) -- Dead. Died August 3, 2013. Born September 10, 1935.
Reported the news for on NBC for nearly 40 years, news anchor on the Today Show during the '80s.
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Robert Palmer (resistable performer) -- Dead. [rumors] Heart attack. Died September 25, 2003. Born January 19, 1949. Responsible for '80s dance tune "Addicted to Love," died on the same day as George Plimpton. IMDb
Bruce Paltrow (producer) -- Dead. Pneumonia/cancer. Died October 2, 2002. Born November 26, 1943. Produced The White Shadow and Saint Elsewhere, co-produced Gwyneth Paltrow, married to Blythe Danner for over 30 years. IMDb
Edgar Pangborn (writer) -- Dead. Died February 1, 1976. Born February 25, 1909. Wrote Davy, died on the same day as Werner Heisenberg
Don Pardo
(NBC voice) -- Dead. Died August 18, 2014.
Born February 22, 1918. Announcer for Saturday Night
Live for 38 years (missed season 7), announcer for many
game shows including Jeopardy back in the '60s
and '70s, member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hall of Fame.
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Jerry Paris
(actor/director) -- Dead. Died March 31, 1986.
Born July 25, 1925. Jerry on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
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Eleanor Parker
(actress) -- Dead. Pnemonia. Died December 9,
2013. Born June 26, 1922. Elegant American actress who played
The Countess in The Sound of Music.
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Fess Parker
(actor) -- Dead. Died March 18, 2010. Born August 16, 1925.
Played Davy Crockett in the '50s that launched the coonskin cap fad among kids, Daniel Boone, winemaker.
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Robert B. Parker (writer) Dead. Died January 18, 2010. Born September 17, 1932. Most famous for the Spenser series of books, he wrote dozens of books, many of which were adapted for TV and the movies, died same
day as Kate McGarrigle.
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Suzy Parker (model) -- Dead. Died May 3, 2003. Born October 28, 1932. Elegant model of the '50s and '60s, married Bradford Dillman in 1963. IMDb
Colonel Tom Parker (taught Elvis everything he knew) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 21, 1997. Born June 26, 1909. IMDb
Barbara Parkins (actress) -- Alive. Born May 22, 1942. IMDb
Bert Parks (actor) -- Dead. Died February 2, 1992. Born December 30, 1914. IMDb
Gordon Parks
(photographer, director) -- Dead. Died March 7, 2006.
Born November 30, 1912. Life photographer for many years, he also directed a few movies, including the original Shaft.
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Michael Parks (actor) -- Alive. Born April 4, 1940. Then Came Bronson, keeps playing a character called Earl McGraw in cult movies like Kill Bill. IMDb
Rosa Parks
(long-time civil rights activist) -- Dead. Died October 24, 2005.
Born February 4, 1913. Woman who defied the segregation laws in Montgomery Alabama by refusing to sit in the back of the bus, the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda.
Estelle Parsons (actress) -- Alive. Born November 20, 1927. First female political reporter on the Today back in the '50s, gravitated towards acting on stage and screen in the '60s, Rosanne's mother in Rosanne. IMDb
Louella Parsons (gossip writer) -- Dead. arteriosclerosis. Died December 9, 1972. Born August 6, 1881. Hollywood gossip columnist for the Hearst syndicate, famously feuded with her former protoge, Hedda Hopper. IMDb FindAGrave
Nancy Parsons (actress) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died January 5, 2001. Born January 17, 1942. Porky's, Steel Magnolias. IMDb
Dolly Parton
(singer/actress) -- Alive.
Born January 19, 1946.
"Here You Come Again,"
"9 to 5," played Truvy in Steel Magnolias, started her own theme park (Dollywood).
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Boris Pasternak
(writer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died May 30, 1960.
Born February 10, 1890. Wrote poetry, Dr. Zhivago (which was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and published in Italy), translated Shakespeare into Russian and won a Nobel Prize for Literature (which the Soviets did not let him accept).
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Robert Pastorelli (actor/boxer) -- Dead. Drug-related. Died March 8, 2004. Born June 21, 1954. Eldin, the painter in Murphy Brown, died five years after his girlfriend's mysterious shooting death in the same house. IMDb
Michael Pate (actor/producer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died September 1, 2008. Born February 26, 1920. Australian actor who appeared in many Westerns (including as a native American in Hondo), he adapted and directed Mel Gibson's early movie Tim, died on the same day as Don LaFontaine and Jerry Reed. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Jennifer Paterson (cook/writer/motorcyclist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 10, 1999. Born April 3, 1928. One of the Two Fat Ladies. IMDb
Butch Patrick (actor) -- Alive. Born August 2, 1953. Eddie in The Munsters. IMDb
Dennis Patrick (actor) -- Dead. House fire. Died October 13, 2002. Born March 14, 1918. Dallas and Dark Shadows, died on the same day as Stephen Ambrose and Keene Curtis. IMDb
Frank Patterson
(Irish tenor) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died June 10, 2000.
Born October 5, 1938.
Make memorial contributions to: St. Patrick's Home for the Aged and Infirm.
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Melody Patterson (actress) -- Dead. Multiple organ failure. Died August 21, 2015. Born April 16, 1949. F Troop's Wranger Jane, once married to James MacArthur. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Les Paul
(guitar legend/inventor) -- Dead. Died August 13, 2009.
Born June 9, 1915. Invented the electric guitar, had a TV show in the '50s, performed into his 90s, inducted into multiple musical halls of fame.
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Richard Paul (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 25, 1998. Born June 6, 1940. Played Jerry Falwell several times, most notably in The People vs. Larry Flynt. IMDb
Dr. Linus Pauling
(chemist) -- Dead. Died August 19, 1994.
Born February 28, 1901. Nobel Prize winner for research in the the helix structure of genes
Pat Paulsen
(comedian) -- Dead. Complications after surgery, brain and colon cancer. Died April 24, 1997.
Born July 6, 1927. Still running in our hearts, first celeb to blurb DPS.
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Randy Pausch
(educator/geek) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died July 25, 2008.
Born October 23, 1960. Creator of the Alice project, a temporary "Imagineer," who gave a great, widely-distributed lecture about living with pancreatic cancer; co-writer of the best-selling The Last Lecture.
Make memorial contributions to: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network,
Make memorial contributions to: Randy Pausch Memorial Fund (at CMU, to support the Alice Project).
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Luciano Pavarotti
(opera star) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died September 6, 2007.
Born October 12, 1935. One of the greatest tenors ever, performed with "The Three Tenors," a group which helped popularize opera,
died on the same day as Madeleine L'Engle.
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Edward Pawley (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 27, 1988. Born March 16, 1901. G-Men, popular radio actor. IBDB IMDb
Johnny Paycheck (singer) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died February 18, 2003. Born May 31, 1937. Singer of the hit song "Take This Job and Shove It." IMDb
John Payne (actor/singer) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died December 6, 1989. Born May 23, 1912. Busy actor in the '40s and '50s, co-starred in Miracle on 34th Street. IBDB IMDb
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
(astronomer, author) -- Dead. Died December
7, 1979. Born May 10, 1900. First person to figure out what the universe was really made of, eventually became the first female tenured professor at Harvard University.
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Lawrence Payton (singer) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died June 20, 1997. Born March 2, 1938. An original member of The Four Tops, probably best-known for their song "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'." IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Walter Payton
(football great) -- Dead. Rare liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis) which caused liver cancer. Died November 1, 1999.
Born July 25, 1954.
Make memorial contributions to: Walter Payton Foundation.
Octavio Paz
(writer) -- Dead. Old age. Died April 19, 1998.
Born March 31, 1914. Nobel prize winner for literature for 1990.
Dick Peabody (actor) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died December 27, 1999. Born April 6, 1925. Littlejohn on the Combat TV show. IMDb
Trevor Peacock (actor/writer) -- Alive. Born May 19, 1931. Played the mumbling Jim on Vicar of Dibley, wrote the popular '60s song "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" IMDb
Mervyn Peake
(writer/artist) -- Dead. Parkinsons disease. Died November 17, 1968.
Born July 9, 1911. Wrote Gormenghast,
illustrated many classic works, was one of the first artists to depict the Belsen concentration camp.
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Daniel Pearl (journalist) -- Dead. Murdered by terrorists. Died January 29, 2002. Born October 10, 1963. Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. Make memorial contributions to: Daniel Pearl Foundation Obituary FindAGrave
Minnie Pearl (comedian) -- Dead. Stroke. Died March 4, 1996. Born October 25, 1912. Country comic who always had a price tag dangling from her hat. IMDb
Gregory Peck
(actor) -- Dead. Died June 12, 2003.
Born April 5, 1916. Won the Best Actor Oscar for one of the best movies ever, To Kill a Mockingbird; named the AFI's Top Movie Hero the week before he died.
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M. Scott Peck
(writer/psychiatrist) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died September 25, 2005.
Born May 22, 1936. Wrote The Road Less Traveled and a host of other self-help books,
died on the same day as Don Adams.
Sam Peckinpah (director) -- Dead. Died December 28, 1984. Born February 21, 1925. IMDb
Kim Peek (movie inspiration) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 19, 2009. Born November 11, 1951. A savant who served as the inspiration for the movie Rain Man. IMDb Obituary
John Peel (DJ) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 26, 2004. Born August 30, 1939. Legendary British DJ and voice-over presenter. IMDb Obituary
Bill Peet (cartoon artist/writer) -- Dead. Cancer and pneumonia. Died May 11, 2002. Born January 29, 1915. Wrote Disney features like Dumbo and Peter Pan. IMDb
Harvey Pekar
(comics writer) -- Dead. Died July 12, 2010. Born October 8, 1939. His quirky American Splendor was the basis for a movie about his life, also wrote Our Cancer Year, died same day as James P. Hogan.
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Clara Peller (pitchwoman) -- Dead. Died August 11, 1987. Born August 4, 1903. "Where's the beef?" IMDb
Elizabeth Peņa
(actress) -- Dead. Heart attack/gastric bleeding/alcoholism. Died October 14, 2014. Born September 23, 1959. Voiced Mirage for The Incredibles, co-starred in Lone Star and Jacob's Ladder, co-starred in Matador when she died.
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Teddy Pendergrass (singer/songwriter) Dead. Colon cancer. Died January 13, 2010. Born March 26, 1950. Great singer ("If You Don't Know Me By Now"), paralyzed in a 1982 accident. IMDb
Arthur Penn (Director) -- Dead. Died September 28, 2010. Born September 27, 1922. Directed many early plays on TV, including The Miracle Worker, went on to direct Bonnie and Clyde and Alice's Restaurant. IBDB IMDb Obituary
Chris Penn (actor) -- Dead. Died January 24, 2006. Born October 10, 1965. Reservoir Dogs, Short Cuts, younger brother of Sean and Michael Penn, died on the same day as Fayard Nicholas. IMDb FindAGrave
Leo Penn (director) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died September 5, 1998. Born August 27, 1921. Directed many TV shows, particularly Trapper John, MD and Ben Casey, married to Eileen Ryan, father of Chris, Sean and Michael Penn. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
George Peppard (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia/heart failure. Died May 8, 1994. Born October 1, 1928. IMDb
Frank Perdue
(businessman) -- Dead. Died March 31, 2005.
Born May 9, 1920. Popularized his company with many years of TV commercials, he planned to live to 100 by eating chicken,
born on the same day as Richard Adams
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Selena Perez
(musician) -- Dead. Gun murder by her fan club president. Died March 31, 1995.
Born April 16, 1971. Jennifer Lopez portrayed her in the obligatory movie about her life.
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Anthony Perkins (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died September 12, 1992. Born April 4, 1932. Psycho, his wife, Berry Berenson, was murdered by terrorists on 9/11. IMDb
Marlin Perkins (TV host) -- Dead. Old age. Died June 14, 1986. Born March 28, 1905. Host of The Wild Kingdom. IMDb
Rhea Perlman (actress) -- Alive. Born March 31, 1948. Carla on Cheers, married to Danny DeVito. IMDb
Nehemiah Persoff
(actor/artist/teacher) -- Alive.
Born August 2, 1919. Extremely active TV bit-part actor for over thirty years (appeared on at least 146 different TV shows), he played Fivel's father's voice in the American Tail movies, and was the cab driver in the famous "I could have been a contender" scene in On the Waterfront.
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Jon Pertwee (Who? Doctor #3) -- Dead. Died May 20, 1996. Born July 7, 1919. IMDb
Bernadette Peters
(actress/singer) -- Alive.
Born February 28, 1948. The Jerk, The Carol Burnett
Show and lots of Broadway,
including playing the Witch in the original Broadway production of
Into the Woods.
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Brock Peters
(actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died August 23, 2005.
Born July 2, 1927. Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Elizabeth Peters
(mystery writer) -- Dead. Died August 8,
2013. Born September 29, 1927. Mystery writer who also wrote as
Barbara Michaels, real name was Barbara Mertz who studied
Egyptology in college and wrote books about Egypt, died same day
as Karen Black.
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Jean Peters (actress) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died October 13, 2000. Born October 15, 1926. IMDb
Lawrence J. Peters (author) -- Dead. Died January 12, 1990. Born circa 1925. The Peter Principle
Roberta Peters
(opera singer) -- Dead. Died January 18, 2017. Born
May 4, 1930.
Debuted at the Metropolitan Opera at 20 as she was the understudy for Zerlina in Don
Giovanni when the original singer got sick, she appeared on The
Ed Sullivan Show 65 times, sang in Israel just before the Six Day
War in 1967 with Richard Tucker.
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Paul Petersen (child actor) -- Alive. Born September 23, 1945. The Donna Reed Show. IMDb
Oscar Peterson
(jazz pianist) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died December 23, 2007.
Born August 15, 1925. Won a major talent contest when he was 14, continued performing for nearly 70 years, a Founder Award Winner from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame,
died on the same day as Michael Kidd.
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Raymond Peterson (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 25, 2005. Born April 23, 1939. "Tell Laura I Love Her," Elvis recorded his "The Wonder of You," died on the same day as Phil Johnson. IMDb Obituary
Roger Tory Peterson (naturalist/illustrator) -- Dead. Died July 28, 1996. Born August 28, 1908. Guided birders for over 60 years; odd trivia - he was former attorney general's Elliot Richardson's 7th grade art teacher.
George Petrie
(actor) -- Dead. Lymphoma. Died November 16, 1997.
Born November 16, 1912. Hundreds of bit parts, semi-regular on The Honeymooners.
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Emiel Petrone (CD/DVD developer) -- Dead. Died August 23, 2004. Born circa 1943. One of the pioneers behind CD/DVD technology.
Michel Petrucciani (jazz pianist) -- Dead. Lung infection. Died January 6, 1999. Born December 28, 1962. A great performer who suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta (glass bone disease), but traveled around the world and made many CDs including Both Worlds and The Best of Michel Petrucciani. IMDb FindAGrave
Christopher Pettiet (actor) -- Dead. Extreme stupidity (drug overdose). Died April 12, 2000. Born February 12, 1976. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. Make memorial contributions to: Christopher Pettiet Memorial Scholarship Fund. IMDb
Joseph Pevney (director) -- Dead. Died May 18, 2008. Born September 15, 1911. TV director, mostly known for Star Trek episodes like "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Devil in the Dark." IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Jo Ann Pflug (actress) -- Alive. Born May 2, 1944. Lt. Dish in the movie version of M*A*S*H, was married to Chuck Woolery. IMDb
John Phillips (singer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died March 18, 2001. Born August 30, 1935. Founded the Mamas and the Papas, father of MacKenzie and Chynna. IMDb
Julia Phillips (producer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 1, 2002. Born April 7, 1944. Produced The Sting, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Taxi Driver, after recovering from cocaine addiction, wrote the tell-all You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, died same day as Jack Haldeman. IMDb
Michelle Phillips
(actress/singer) -- Alive.
Born June 4, 1944. One of the Mamas and the Papas, many TV shows, particularly night-time soaps like Knot's Landing.
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Peg Phillips (actress/theater company founder) -- Dead. Lung disease. Died November 7, 2002. Born September 20, 1918. Ruth Ann in Northern Exposure, started the Woodinville Repertory Theater. IMDb
Sam Phillips
(entreprenuer/DJ) -- Dead. Died July 30, 2003.
Born January 5, 1923. Started Sun Records, signed BB King, Ike Turner, Elvis and Johnny Cash to record contracts
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Sian Phillips (actress) -- Alive. Born May 14, 1934. Great as Livia in I, Claudius, first wife of Peter O'Toole. IMDb
River Phoenix (actor) -- Dead. Stupidity (dope). Died October 31, 1993. Born August 23, 1970. First, but not the last, young star of My Own Private Idaho to die from drugs, died on the same day as Frederico Fellini. IMDb
Pablo Picasso (artist) -- Dead. Died April 8, 1973. Born October 25, 1881. Leading proponent of the Cubism style, he was a painter, printmaker and sculptor. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
Slim Pickens (actor) -- Dead. Died December 8, 1983. Born June 29, 1919. Comic cowboy and bomb-rider... IMDb
William H. Pickering
(rocket scientist) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 16, 2004. Born circa 1910. Manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the '60s.
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Mary Pickford (actress/studio founder) -- Dead. Cerebral hemmorrhage. Died May 29, 1979. Born April 8, 1892. Married to Buddy Rogers. IMDb
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"Boris" Pickett
(singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died April 25, 2007.
Born February 11, 1938. Co-wrote and sang the classic
"Monster Mash."
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Wilson Pickett
(singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 19, 2006.
Born March 18, 1941.
"In the Midnight Hour,"
"Mustang Sally,"
died on the same day as Tony Franciosa.
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Walter Pidgeon
(actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died September 25, 1984.
Born September 23, 1897. Forbidden Planet, Mrs. Miniver, a Screen Actors Guild president during the '50s.
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Justin Pierce
(actor) -- Dead. Suicide (hanging). Died July 10, 2000.
Born March 21, 1975. Kids.
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Robert Pierpoint (reporter) -- Dead. Surgery after a broken hip. Died October 22, 2011. Born May 16, 1925. Longtime CBS White House reporter, from the '50s through the '70s. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Rob Pilatus (lip-syncher) -- Dead. Stupidity (drugs). Died April 2, 1998. Born June 8, 1965. Half of Milli Vanilli, just out of drug rehab when he died in Germany. IMDb
Michael Piller
(writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 1, 2005.
Born May 30, 1948. Writer for the newer Star Trek series (particularly Deep Space Nine and Voyager), executive producer of The Dead Zone series,
died on the same day as Skitch Henderson.
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Harold Pinter
(poet/retired playwright/director) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 24, 2008.
Born October 10, 1930. The Homecoming, The Caretaker, married to Lady Antonia Fraser from 1980 until his death.
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Joe Piscopo (comic) -- Not dead yet. Born June 17, 1951. SNL alum. IMDb
Gene Pitney (singer) -- Dead. Died April 5, 2006. Born February 17, 1941. Wrote "24 Hours from Tulsa," died while on tour. IMDb FindAGrave
Mary Kay Place (actress) -- Alive. Born September 23, 1947. The Big Chill. IMDb
Belva Plain (writer) -- Dead. Died October 12, 2010. Born October 9, 1915. Evergreen. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Robert Plant (rocker) -- Alive. Born August 20, 1948. Led Zeppelin and Honey-Drippers
Dana Plato (child star) -- Dead. Ruled a suicide (coroner found a mix of drugs including at least 7 carisoprodol pills in her system). Died May 8, 1999. Born November 7, 1964. Diff'rent Strokes, many brushes with the law, died same day as Dirk Bogarde. Her son committed suicide near the anniversary of her death eleven years later. IMDb FindAGrave
Edward Platt (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 19, 1974. Born February 14, 1916. Chief on Get Smart. IMDb
Donald Pleasence (actor) -- Dead. After heart surgery. Died February 2, 1995. Born October 5, 1919. IMDb
Suzanne Pleshette
(actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 19, 2008.
Born January 31, 1937. Lots of Disney and made-for-TV movies, memorable as Emily on The Bob Newhart Show, married to Tom Poston from 2001 until his death,
died on the same day as John Stewart.
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George Plimpton
(writer/adventurer/actor) -- Dead. Died September 25, 2003.
Born March 18, 1927. Wrote many books, founded The Paris Review and led a very interesting life,
died on the same day as Robert Palmer.
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Christopher Plummer
(actor) -- Alive.
Born December 13, 1929. Really Canadian, played Mike Wallace in The
Insider, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music,
Tolstoy in The Last Station, former husband of Tammy Grimes, father of Amanda Plummer.
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Lee Pockriss
(songwriter) -- Alive. Born circa 1930. Co-wrote
"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,"
"Catch a Falling Star," sang in The Cuff Links.
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Fred Pohl
(writer/editor) -- Dead. Died September 2, 2013. Born November 26, 1919. Author of Man Plus and Gateway, co-author of the classic The Space Merchants, major editor in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
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June Pointer
(singer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 11, 2006.
Born November 30, 1953.
"Respect Yourself," the youngest Pointer sister, she posed for Playboy and battled drugs.
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Sidney Poitier
(actor/ambassador) -- Alive.
Born February 20, 1927. First black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor, was ambassador from his ancestral home of the Bahamas to Japan.
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Roman Polanski
(director) -- Alive.
Born August 18, 1933. Married to Sharon Tate who was murdered by Charles Manson, directed a number of movies including the Academy Award-winning The Pianist.
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Sydney Pollack (director/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 26, 2008. Born July 1, 1934. Out of Africa, Tootsie and many more. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Michael J. Pollard
(actor) -- Alive. Born May 30, 1939. Played a teen well into
his late 20s, Bonnie and Clyde, the
"Miri" episode of Star Trek, married to Beth Howland in
the '60s.
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Carlo Ponti (producer) -- Dead. Died January 9, 2007. Born December 11, 1912. Produced the Oscar-winning La Strada, married to Sophia Loren. IMDb
Jeff Porcaro (rock musician) -- Dead. Toxic substances. Died August 5, 1992. Born April 1, 1954. A member of Toto
Don Porter (actor) -- Dead. Died February 11, 1997. Born September 24, 1912. Gidget's Dad. IMDb
Nyree Dawn Porter (actor) -- Dead. Died April 11, 2001. Born January 22, 1940. The Forsyte Saga, died on the same day as Harry Secombe. IMDb
Thea Porter ('60s Soho designer) -- Dead. Died July 24, 2000. Born circa 1928. Popularized flashy caftcans in the '60s.
Raymond E. Portwood, Jr. (game creator) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died July 17, 2000. Born circa 1934. Helped to develop "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?".
Emily Post
(writer/etiquette expert) -- Dead. Died September 25, 1960.
Born October 27, 1872. Fiction and travel writer whose non-fiction book Etiquette has been constantly in print since 1922, founded the Emily Post Institute.
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Markie Post (actress) -- Alive. Born November 4, 1950. The Public Defender on Night Court, Elliott's mom on Scrubs. IMDb
Jon Postel
("Father of the Internet") -- Dead. Following heart surgery. Died October 16, 1998.
Born August 6, 1943. Helped to build the communications underlying the Internet.
Pete Postlethwaite
(actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 2, 2011. Born February 7, 1946. Obediah in the Sharpe series, Danny in Brassed Off, Oscar-nominated for In the Name of the Father he appeared in Inception and The Town during the last year of his life.
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Tom Poston
(actor/comic) -- Dead. Died April 30, 2007.
Born October 17, 1921. Second banana in many TV shows, very amusing on To Tell the Truth, was an airman during the D-Day invasion, married to Suzanne Pleshette from 2001 until his death,
died on the same day as Gordon Scott.
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Chaim Potok
(writer) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died July 23, 2002.
Born February 17, 1929. Rabbi who wrote The Chosen and The Promise,
died on the same day as Leo McKern.
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Jerry Pournelle
(computer and science fiction writer) -- Alive.
Born August 7, 1933.
Jane Powell
(singer/dancer) -- Alive. Born April 1, 1929. Many Broadway
shows, movies like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
Royal Wedding, a smattering of TV and married to former
child star Dickie Moore
from 1988 until his death.
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Jody Powell
(press secretary/PR specialist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 14, 2009.
Born April 20, 1943. Press secretary for Jimmy Carter,
died on the same day as Henry Gibson
and Patrick Swayze.
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Lewis Powell (Supreme Court Justice) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died August 25, 1998. Born September 19, 1907. Swing vote for 15 years.
William Powell
(actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died March 5, 1984.
Born July 29, 1892. The Thin Man, Life with Father, Mr. Roberts, survived nearly 50 years after experimental cancer surgery in the '30s, married to Diana Lewis for over 40 years.
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Tyrone Power
(actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 15, 1958. Born May 5, 1913. The Mark of Zorro, Witness for the Prosecution.
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Francis Gary Powers (pilot) -- Dead. Helicopter crash while flying over LA. Died August 1, 1977. Born August 17, 1929. U-2 pilot shot down over Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, during the height of the Cold War.
Mala Powers (actress/teacher) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died June 11, 2007. Born December 20, 1931. Starred in Cyrano de Bergerac and Outrage, lots of bit parts on TV. IBDB IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
Stefanie Powers (actress) -- Alive. Born November 2, 1942. Hart to Hart, her boyfriends included William Holden, married to Gary Lockwood during the late '60s and early '70s. IMDb
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Byron Preiss (publisher/writer) -- Dead. Car accident. Died July 9, 2005. Born circa 1953. Published an array of visually-interesting works; helped launch the graphic novel field, died on the same day as Kevin Hagen. Obituary
Otto Preminger (director) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died April 23, 1986. Born December 5, 1906. Saint Joan, Exodus, played Mr. Freeze on Batman, involved with Gypsy Rose Lee and Dorothy Dandridge in addition to being married many times. IMDb FindAGrave
Paula Prentiss (actress) -- Retired. Born March 4, 1939. Where the Boys Are, married to Richard Benjamin. IMDb
Elvis Presley
(musician) -- Dead. Died August 16, 1977.
Born January 8, 1935. Groundbreaing rocker, roller, sometime actor, but Elvis sightings just aren't funny anymore.
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Harve Presnell (actor/singer) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died 2009-06-30. Born September 14, 1933. The Unsinkable Molly Brown, died on the same day as Jan Rubes. IMDb
Billy Preston
(singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Heart infection/kidney failure. Died June 6, 2006.
Born September 2, 1946. Performed with The Beatles ("Get Back,"
"Let It Be"), wrote "Nothing from Nothing." Make memorial
contributions to American Kidney Fund and MusicCares.
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Robert Preston (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died March 21, 1987. Born June 8, 1918. The Music Man and lots more. IMDb
Leontyne Price
(singer) -- Alive.
Born February 10, 1927. Opera singer (Aida) who toured in Porgie and Bess with then-husband William Warfield in the '50s..
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Ray Price
(singer) -- Dead. Died December 16, 2013. Born January 12, 1926. "For the Good Times," longtime country singer, rumored dead the day before he died.
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Vincent Price (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 25, 1993. Born May 27, 1911. IMDb
Louis Prima (singer) -- Dead. Died August 24, 1978. Born December 7, 1911. IMDb
Prince
(enigmatic singer/songwriter/style maven) -- Dead. Fentanyl overdose. Died April 21, 2016. Born June 7, 1958.
We can't all party like it's 1999 as Prince has left the room decades too early. Might have been America's David Bowie. Wrote/performed
classics like "Purple Rain (which was the last song he performed in
public)," "Little Red Corvette," "When Doves Cry" and, of course,
"1999." Supported female musicians more than most superstars,
much of his work made many cogent comments on racism. A former girlfriend, Vanity, also died in 2016.
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Freddie Prinze
(comic) -- Dead. Self-inflicted gunshot wound. Died January 29, 1977.
Born June 22, 1954. Chico and the Man.
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Jay Pritzker (billionaire) -- Dead. Heart attack/stroke. Died January 23, 1999. Born circa 1922. Started the Hyatt chain in the late '50s.
Robert Prosky
(actor) -- Dead. Complications of heart surgery. Died December 8, 2008.
Born December 13, 1930. Longtime actor in Washington, DC, Jablonski on Hill Street Blues, Broadcast News.
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Dorothy Provine (actress) -- Dead. Emphysema Died April 25, 2010. Born January 20, 1937. Many '60s movie comedies, like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, died same day as Alan Sillitoe. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave
David Prowse (tall actor) -- Alive. Born July 1, 1935. Played the body of Darth Vader in three Star Wars movies.
Juliet Prowse (actress) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died September 14, 1996. Born September 25, 1936. Leggy dancer who turned to acting. IMDb
William Proxmire (senator) -- Dead. Alzheimer's disease. Died December 15, 2005. Born November 15, 1911. Longtime senator famous for creating the Golden Fleece award.
Paul Prudhomme
(early celebrity chef) -- Dead.
Born July 13, 1940. Died October 8, 2015. An early celebrity
chef, he wrote Cajun cookbooks and owned K-Paul's,
a great New Orleans restaurant.
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Richard Pryor (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 10, 2005. Born December 1, 1940. Great stand-up comic and writer, starred in Uptown Saturday Night and many TV specials, struggled with addictions and multiple sclerosis, died on the same day as Mary Jackson and Eugene McCarthy. Make memorial contributions to: Pryor's Planet. IMDb FindAGrave
Art Prysock
(jazz musician) -- Dead. Died June 21, 1997.
Born January 2, 1929.
Kirby Puckett
(baseball great) -- Dead. Stroke. Died March 6, 2006.
Born March 14, 1960. Minnesota Twin hitting/fielding master,
died on the same day as Dana Reeve.
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Tito "The Mambo King" Puente (bandleader/percussionist) -- Dead. Heart disease. Died May 31, 2000. Born April 20, 1923. Led the Tito Puente Orchestra since 1948, recorded over 100 albums. IMDb
Madelyn Pugh Davis (writer) Dead. Died April 20, 2011. Born March 15, 1921. Longtime writing partner of Bob Carroll, Jr., they wrote for Lucille Ball's many TV shows. She later wrote for The Mothers-in-Law and produced Alice, married for a few years to Quinn Martin, died same day as Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. IMDb Obituary
Edmund Purdom (actor/singer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died January 1, 2009. Born December 19, 1924. Starred in some big '50s movies like The Student Prince and The Egyptian; lived much of his life dubbing Italian movies into English. IBDB IMDb FindAGrave
Amrish Puri
(Bollywood star) -- Dead. Brain hemorrhage/myelodysplastic syndrome. Died January 12, 2005.
Born June 22, 1932. Probably best-known worldwide as the
human-sacrificing high priest in Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom.
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Om Puri
(actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January
6, 2017. Born October 18, 1950. Very
busy Indian actor who appeared in hundreds of movies including
Ghandi and The Hundred Foot Journey.
Had at least four movies due out after his death.
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Mario Puzo (writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died July 2, 1999. Born October 15, 1920. Father of The Godfather. IMDb
Denver Pyle (actor) -- Dead. Died December 25, 1997. Born May 11, 1920. Perennial cowboy, AKA Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard. IMDb