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July 17, 2009

Dead or Alive? - These People Died on this Date

   Entertainment Quiz

In the list below choose whether the people are alive or dead


1. 
Esther RollePlayed Florida on the TV series Good Times    
Alive Dead
2. 
Phil FosterPlayed Laverne's father, Frank DeFazio, on the TV series Laverne & Shirley, appeared in the movie Bang the Drum Slowly    
Alive Dead
3. 
Richard DysartStarred as Leland McKenzie in the TV series L.A. Law    
Alive Dead
4. 
Friz FrelengDirector, writer, and/or producer of many of the Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc.), he created Porky Pig and Yosemite Sam    
Alive Dead
5. 
Jim NaborsStarred as Gomer Pyle in the TV series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., also appeared as Gomer in the series The Andy Griffith Show, in addition to being an actor he also has a singing career    
Alive Dead
6. 
Jonathan DemmeDirector, Married to the Mob, The Silence of the Lambs    
Alive Dead
7. 
Shirley MacLaineStar of many movies, including Irma La Douce, Sweet Charity, Terms of Endearment and Guarding Tess    
Alive Dead
8. 
Josephine BakerSinger/dancer, etc. - the toast of Paris in the 1920s    
Alive Dead
9. 
Army ArcherdColumnist for the movie trade publication Daily Variety    
Alive Dead
10. 
Emmett KellyHe was Weary Willie the clown with Ringling Brothers Circus    
Alive Dead



 
These People Died on this Date

Date of Death
Age
Name
Field
7/17/1959
  44 Billie Holiday  Music
7/17/1961
  74 Ty Cobb  Sports
7/17/1967
  40 John Coltrane  Music
7/17/1971
  76 Cliff Edwards  Entertainment
7/17/1974
  64 Dizzy Dean  Sports
7/17/1995
  84 Juan Manuel Fangio  Sports
7/17/1997
  64 Arthur Liman  Law
7/17/2001
  84 Katharine Graham  Publishing
7/17/2003
  68 Carol Shields  Literature
7/17/2005
  91 Geraldine Fitzgerald  Entertainment
7/17/2005
  89 Edward Heath  Politics
7/17/2006
  88 Mickey Spillane  Literature


   Music Quiz

In the list below choose whether the people are alive or dead


1. 
Barbra StreisandSinger, Evergreen, The Way We Were and actress Funny Girl, What's Up, Doc?, Yentl    
Alive Dead
2. 
Patti PageSinger, hits include The Tennessee Waltz and The Doggie in the Window    
Alive Dead
3. 
Anne MurrayCanadian singer, Danny's Song, You Needed Me, Snowbird    
Alive Dead
4. 
Michelle PhillipsMember of the singing group The Mamas and the Papas, she played Anne Matheson on the TV series Knots Landing    
Alive Dead
5. 
Betty CarterJazz vocalist with her own avant-garde style    
Alive Dead
6. 
Sam CookeHighly influential pop and gospel singer, You Send Me, Wonderful World    
Alive Dead
7. 
Dinah WashingtonR&B singer, hits include What a Difference a Day Makes    
Alive Dead
8. 
Nancy WilsonJazz, R&B and pop singer, she was host of her own variety show on NBC in the 1960s    
Alive Dead
9. 
Pat BooneTeen idol in the 1950s, known for his white buck shoes and his safe pop music, Don't Forbid Me, Love Letters in the Sand, later moved into gospel music    
Alive Dead
10. 
Bing CrosbySinger/actor, starred with Bob Hope in The Road to ... movies    
Alive Dead