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Jack Paar b. 1918 d. January 27, 2004 (long illness after stroke)
Talk show host – Pioneered the Tonight Show
Doris Packer b. 1904 d. 1979
Actress – Mrs. Rayburn on Leave It To Beaver
Bettie Page b.1923 d. 2008 (heart attack)
Model/ famous 1950s pin up girl
Geraldine Page b. 1924 d. 1987 (heart attack)
Actress – Wife of Rip Torn
Joy Page b.1924 d. 2008 (stroke)
Actress/ was the newlywed woman in Casablanca
Patti Page b.1927 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Singer – Top selling female artist of the 1950’s – “Tennessee Waltz” & “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window”
Alan Pakula b. 1928 d. 1998 (killed when another car struck a metal pipe lying in the road and it flew into the windshield of his car)
Director/producer – To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute and All the President’s Men
Jack Palance b. 1919 d. November 10, 2006
Actor – Curly in City Slickers
Ron Palillo b. 1949 d. August 14, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Horshack on “Welcome Back Kotter” (1975 – ’79)
Arnold “Arnie” Palmer b. 1929 d. 2016 (heart related complications)
Golfer – One of the greatest golfers ever, did more to popularize the sport than any other golfer
Robert Palmer b.1949 d. September 26, 2003 (heart attack)
Singer – Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible
Bruce Paltrow b. 1943 d. October 3, 2002 (throat cancer, pneumonia)
Producer-director of St. Elsewhere; father of Gwyneth Paltrow
Andreas Papandreau b. 1919. d. 1996
First Socialist Prime Minister of Greece
Fess Parker b. 1924 d. 2010 (natural)
Actor – appeared as Davy Crockett in Disney TV series also Daniel Boone
Colonel Tom Parker b. June 28, 1909. d. January 22, 1997 (stroke)
Elvis Presley’s manager
Williard Parker b. 1912 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actor – Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Bert Parks b. 1914 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor/singer/host
Rosa Parks b. 1913 d. October 24, 2005
“The mother of civil rights” in America
Louella Parsons b. 1880 d. 1972.
Gossip Columnist
Robert Pastorelli b. 1954 d. March 8, 2004 (drug overdose)
Actor – Eldin the painter on Murphy Brown
Joseph “Joe” Paterno b. 1926 d. January 22, 2012
Head Coach Penn State University 1966 – 2011, final win/loss record of 409-136-3 (111 wins were vacated by the NCCA in 2012)
Luana Patten b. 1938. d. 1996 (respiratory failure)
Actress – many Disney films
Floyd Patterson b. 1935 d. May 11, 2006 (Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer)
Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic Gold medalist
Billy Paul b. 1934 d. 2016 (pancreatic cancer)
Singer – Grammy Award for “Me and Mrs. Jones” (1972)
Les Paul b. 1915 d. August 13, 2009 (complications from pneumonia)
Inventor, muscian and songwriter – credited with inventing the electric guitar
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Dr. Linus Pauling b. 1901 d. 1994
Chemist – only person to win two, unshared Nobel Prizes
Pat Paulsen b. 1927 d. 1997 (complications after surgery, brain and colon cancer)
Comedian and presidential candidate
Luciano Pavoratti b. 1935 d. September 6, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Legendary Italian tenor
Bill Paxton b. 1955 d. 2017 (complications from heart surgery)
Actor – “Aliens”, “Predator 2”, “True Lies”, “Apollo 13”, “Twister”
Johnny Paycheck b. 1938 d. 2/19/2003 (emphysema and asthma)
Musician – Take This Job and Shove It
John Payne b. 1912 d. 1989 (heart ailment)
Actor – Vint Bonner on the Restless Gun
Walter “Sweetness” Payton b.1954. d. 1999 (liver disease complicated by cancer)
Running back for Chicago Bears
Dick Peabody b. 1925. d. 1999 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Littlejohn on Combat
Minnie Pearl b. 1912. d. 1996 (cancer)
Country comedian
Drew Pearson b. 1897 d. 1969
Journalist
Lester Bowles Pearson b. 1897 d. 1972
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Gregory Peck b. 1916 d. June 11, 2003 (old age, no ailment)
Oscar winning actor – Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
M. Scott Peck b. 1936 d. September 25, 2005 ( pancreatic and liver duct cancer)
Author – “The Road Less Traveled”
Sam Peckinpah b. 1925 d. 1984 (stroke)
Director – The Wild Bunch
Clara Peller b. 1901 d. 1987
“Where’s the beef?” lady
Elizabeth Peña b. 1959 d. 2014
Actress / Director Rosie Morales-Valenzuela in “La Bamba”
Teddy Pendergrass b. 1950 d. 2010 (colon cancer),
R&B Singer (Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO),
Chris Penn b. 1965 d. January 24, 2006
Actor – Reservoir Dogs; brother of Sean Penn
George Peppard b. 1928 d. 1994 (pneumonia)
Actor – Banacek and Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith on the “A-Team”
Frank Perdue b. 1920 d. April 1, 2005
CEO of Perdue Farms – the chicken man
Anthony Perkins b. 1932 d. 1992 (AIDS)
Actor – Norman Bates in Psycho
Carl Perkins b. 1932 Â d. 1998
Musician – Blue Suede Shoes
Marlin Perkins b. 1905 d. 1986
Host of The Wild Kingdom
Eva “Evita” Peron, (Maria Eva Duarte) b. 1919 d. 1952 (cervical cancer)
Argentinian wife of Juan Peron
Juan Peron b. 1895 d. 1974
President of Argentina 1946-1955
Jim Perry b. 1933 d. 2015 (cancer)
TV Host – “$ale of the Century” game show
Luke Perry b. 1966 d. March 03, 2019 (stroke)
played Dylan McKay on the TV series “Beverly Hills, 90210” (1990-2000)
Brock Peters b. 1927 d. August 23, 2005 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird
Ray Peterson b. 1935 d. January 25, 2005 (cancer)
Singer – Tell Laura I Love Her
Roger Peterson b. May 24, 1937. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
Tom Petty b. 1950 d. Oct. 02, 2017 (heat attack)
Singer/Songwriter – Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers: “I Won’t Back Down”, “Free Fallin”, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2002)
Regis Philbin b.1931 d. July 25, 2020 (natural)
TV personality/singer/actor – Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh b.1921 d. 2021
husband to Queen Elizabeth II for 75 years (1947-2021)
John Phillips b. 1935 d. March 18, 2001 (heart failure)
Singer/songwriter – The Mamas and Papas
Sam Phillips b 1923 d. July 30, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Music promoter – Founder of Sun Records; Man who “discovered” Elvis
River Phoenix b. 1970. d. 1993 (multiple drug intoxication)
Actor
Edith Piaf b. 1915. d. 1963
Singer
Pablo Picasso b. 1881. d. 1973
Artist
Brian Piccolo b. 1943. d. 1970 (cancer)
Football Player – Running back, Chicago Bears, roommate of Gayle Sayers
Nigel Pickering b. 1929 d. 2014
Musician – founder of the 1960s folk-rock group “Spanky and Our Gang”
Mary Pickford b. 1893. d. 1979 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Actress – silent film star
Slim Pickens b. 1919 d. 1983 (brain tumor)
Comic cowboy and bomb-rider in Dr. Strangelove
Bobby “Boris” Pickett b. 1938 d. April 25, 2007 (leukemia)
Singer – Monster Mash
Wilson Pickett b. 1941 d. January 19, 2006 (heart attack)
Soul singer – Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally
Walter Pidgeon b. 1897 d. 1984 (stroke)
Actor – Advise & Consent, Funny Girl
Michael Piller b. 1948 d. November 1, 2005 (cancer)
Writer/prodcer – Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Voyager
Gene Pitney b.1941 d. April 5, 2006
Singer/songwriter – Town Without Pity and Liberty Valance
Dana Plato b. 1964. d. 1999 (drug overdose – suicide?)
Actress – Kimberly Drummond on Different Strokes
Edward Platt b. 1916 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actor – Chief on Get Smart
Donald Pleasence b. 1919. d. 1995.
Actor – Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies
Suzanne Pleshette – b. 1937 d. January 19, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actress – Bob Newhart Show and Rome Adventure
George Plimpton b. 1927 d. September 26, 2003
Author – The Paper Lion
Jackson Pollock b. 1912. d. 1956 (car crash)
Abstract Expressionist Artist
Sidney Pollock b.1934 d. 2008 (stomach cancer)
Director / The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa
Georges Pompidou b. 1911. d. 1974
19th President of France from 1969 to 1974
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Jon Polito b. 1950 d. 2016 (Multiple myeloma)
Actor – Steve Crosetti on “Homicide: Life on the Street”
Carlo Ponti b. 1912 d. January 10, 2007
Producer of Doctor Zhivago and husband of Sophia Loren
Cole Porter b. June 9, 1891 d. 1964
Composer / Lyricist
Don Porter b. 1912 d. 1997
Actor – Gidget‘s Dad
Emily (Price) Post b. 1872. d. 1960
Etiquette Writer
Tom Poston b. 1921 d. May 1, 2007
Actor – Married to Suzanne Pleshette; Cliff Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show
Ezra (Weston Loomis) Pound b. 1885. d. 1972
Poet/Critic
Dick Powell b. 1904. d. 1963 (cancer)
Actor – Married to Joan Blondell and then to June Allyson
Eleanor Powell b. 1912. d. 1982
Dancer/actress – Married to Glenn Ford
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. b. 1907 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
US Supreme Court Justice
William H. Powell b. 1892. d. 1984 (heart attack – in his sleep!)
Actor
Ben Powers b. 1950 d. 2015
Actor – Thelma’s husband Keith on “Good Times”
Francis Gary Powers b. 1929. d. 1977 (crash of the helicopter he piloted for television station KNBC in Los Angeles)
U-2 Spy Pilot
Otto Preminger b. 1906. d. 1986
Director/producer
Elvis Presley b. January 8, 1935. d. August 16, 1977 (heart attack)
The King
Gladys Love Smith Presley b. April 25, 1912. d. August 14, 1958 (heart failure)
Mother of Elvis Presley
Reg Presley b. 1941 d. Feb. 4, 2013 (lung cancer and strokes)
Singer – The Troggs,biggest hit “Wild Thing”
Vernon Elvis Presley b. April 10, 1916. d. June 26, 1979
Father of Elvis Presley
Vester Presley b. September 11, 1914. d. January 18, 1997.
Uncle of Elvis Presley – Known as “Uncle Vester” to fans
Billy Preston b. 1946 d. June 6, 2006 (heart and kidney disease)
Keyboardist who played with the Beatles and the Stones
Robert Preston b. 1918. d. 1987 (lung cancer)
Actor – Harold Hill in The Music Man
Wayde Preston b. 1929 d. 1992 (colon cancer)
Actor – Christopher Colt on Colt 45
Ray Price b. 1926 d. Dec. 16, 2013 (pancreatic cancer)
C&W Singer – “For the Good Times”, “Night Life”
Vincent Price b. 1911. d. 1993 (lung cancer)
Actor – The Fly
Louis Prima b. 1910. d. 1978
Big Bandleader
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) b. 1958 d. 2016 (flu like symptoms?)
Musician – flamboyant on stage, seven Grammy Awards “Purple Rain”
Bob Prince b. 1915. d. 1985 (cancer)
Voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Freddie Prinze b. 1954. d. 1977 (suicide by .32 caliber revolver)
Actor – Chico and the Man
Juliet Prowse b. 1936 d. 1996 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress/dancer – Mona McCluskey
William Proxmire b. 1915 d. December 15, 2005
U.S. Senator (1957-1989) known for “Golden Fleece” awards
Richard Pryor b. 1940 d. December 10, 2005 (heart attack)
Comedian, actor – Silver Streak
Kirby Puckett b. 1961 d. March 6, 2006 (stroke)
Baseball Hall of Famer who played for Minnesota Twins
Tito Puente b. 1923 d. 2000 (heart disease)
Bandleader – “The Mambo King”
Melvin Purvis b. 1900. d. 1960
FBI agent that lead the group that gunned down John Dillinger in Chicago
Buford Hayse Pusser b. 1937. d. 1974 (car crash)
Real McNairy County, TN Sheriff, of ‘Walking Tall’ movie fame
Mario Puzo b. 1920 d. 1999 (heart failure)
Writer – The Godfather
Denver Dell Pyle b. 1920 d. December 25, 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Uncle Jesse in Dukes of HazzardJack Paar b. 1918 d. January 27, 2004 (long illness after stroke)
Talk show host – Pioneered the Tonight Show
Doris Packer b. 1904 d. 1979
Actress – Mrs. Rayburn on Leave It To Beaver
Bettie Page b.1923 d. 2008 (heart attack)
Model/ famous 1950s pin up girl
Geraldine Page b. 1924 d. 1987 (heart attack)
Actress – Wife of Rip Torn
Joy Page b.1924 d. 2008 (stroke)
Actress/ was the newlywed woman in Casablanca
Patti Page b.1927 d. 2013 (natural causes)
Singer – Top selling female artist of the 1950’s – “Tennessee Waltz” & “(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window”
Alan Pakula b. 1928 d. 1998 (killed when another car struck a metal pipe lying in the road and it flew into the windshield of his car)
Director/producer – To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute and All the President’s Men
Jack Palance b. 1919 d. November 10, 2006
Actor – Curly in City Slickers
Ron Palillo b. 1949 d. August 14, 2012 (heart attack)
Actor – Horshack on “Welcome Back Kotter” (1975 – ’79)
Robert Palmer b.1949 d. September 26, 2003 (heart attack)
Singer – Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible
Bruce Paltrow b. 1943 d. October 3, 2002 (throat cancer, pneumonia)
Producer-director of St. Elsewhere; father of Gwyneth Paltrow
Andreas Papandreau b. 1919. d. 1996
First Socialist Prime Minister of Greece
Fess Parker b. 1924 d. 2010 (natural)
Actor – appeared as Davy Crockett in Disney TV series also Daniel Boone
Colonel Tom Parker b. June 28, 1909. d. January 22, 1997 (stroke)
Elvis Presley’s manager
Williard Parker b. 1912 d. 1996 (heart failure)
Actor – Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers
Bert Parks b. 1914 d. 1992 (lung cancer)
Actor/singer/host
Rosa Parks b. 1913 d. October 24, 2005
“The mother of civil rights” in America
Louella Parsons b. 1880 d. 1972.
Gossip Columnist
Robert Pastorelli b. 1954 d. March 8, 2004 (drug overdose)
Actor – Eldin the painter on Murphy Brown
Joseph “Joe” Paterno b. 1926 d. January 22, 2012
Head Coach Penn State University 1966 – 2011, final win/loss record of 409-136-3 (111 wins were vacated by the NCCA in 2012)
Luana Patten b. 1938. d. 1996 (respiratory failure)
Actress – many Disney films
Floyd Patterson b. 1935 d. May 11, 2006 (Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer)
Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic Gold medalist
Les Paul b. 1915 d. August 13, 2009 (complications from pneumonia)
Inventor, muscian and songwriter – credited with inventing the electric guitar
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Dr. Linus Pauling b. 1901 d. 1994
Chemist – only person to win two, unshared Nobel Prizes
Pat Paulsen b. 1927 d. 1997 (complications after surgery, brain and colon cancer)
Comedian and presidential candidate
Luciano Pavoratti b. 1935 d. September 6, 2007 (pancreatic cancer)
Legendary Italian tenor
Johnny Paycheck b. 1938 d. 2/19/2003 (emphysema and asthma)
Musician – Take This Job and Shove It
John Payne b. 1912 d. 1989 (heart ailment)
Actor – Vint Bonner on the Restless Gun
Walter “Sweetness” Payton b.1954. d. 1999 (liver disease complicated by cancer)
Running back for Chicago Bears
Dick Peabody b. 1925. d. 1999 (prostate cancer)
Actor – Littlejohn on Combat
Minnie Pearl b. 1912. d. 1996 (cancer)
Country comedian
Drew Pearson b. 1897 d. 1969
Journalist
Lester Bowles Pearson b. 1897 d. 1972
14th Prime Minister of Canada
Gregory Peck b. 1916 d. June 11, 2003 (old age, no ailment)
Oscar winning actor – Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
M. Scott Peck b. 1936 d. September 25, 2005 ( pancreatic and liver duct cancer)
Author – “The Road Less Traveled”
Sam Peckinpah b. 1925 d. 1984 (stroke)
Director – The Wild Bunch
Clara Peller b. 1901 d. 1987
“Where’s the beef?” lady
Elizabeth Peña b. 1959 d. 2014
Actress / Director Rosie Morales-Valenzuela in “La Bamba”
Teddy Pendergrass b. 1950 d. 2010 (colon cancer),
R&B Singer (Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO),
Chris Penn b. 1965 d. January 24, 2006
Actor – Reservoir Dogs; brother of Sean Penn
George Peppard b. 1928 d. 1994 (pneumonia)
Actor – Banacek and Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith on the “A-Team”
Frank Perdue b. 1920 d. April 1, 2005
CEO of Perdue Farms – the chicken man
Anthony Perkins b. 1932 d. 1992 (AIDS)
Actor – Norman Bates in Psycho
Carl Perkins b. 1932 Â d. 1998
Musician – Blue Suede Shoes
Marlin Perkins b. 1905 d. 1986
Host of The Wild Kingdom
Eva “Evita” Peron, (Maria Eva Duarte) b. 1919 d. 1952 (cervical cancer)
Argentinian wife of Juan Peron
Juan Peron b. 1895 d. 1974
President of Argentina 1946-1955
Brock Peters b. 1927 d. August 23, 2005 (pancreatic cancer)
Actor – Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird
Ray Peterson b. 1935 d. January 25, 2005 (cancer)
Singer – Tell Laura I Love Her
Roger Peterson b. May 24, 1937. d. February 3, 1959 (plane crash)
Pilot of the plane that crashed killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
John Phillips b. 1935 d. March 18, 2001 (heart failure)
Singer/songwriter – The Mamas and Papas
Sam Phillips b 1923 d. July 30, 2003 (respiratory failure)
Music promoter – Founder of Sun Records; Man who “discovered” Elvis
River Phoenix b. 1970. d. 1993 (multiple drug intoxication)
Actor
Edith Piaf b. 1915. d. 1963
Singer
Pablo Picasso b. 1881. d. 1973
Artist
Brian Piccolo b. 1943. d. 1970 (cancer)
Football Player – Running back, Chicago Bears, roommate of Gayle Sayers
Nigel Pickering b. 1929 d. 2014
Musician – founder of the 1960s folk-rock group “Spanky and Our Gang”
Mary Pickford b. 1893. d. 1979 (cerebral hemorrhage)
Actress – silent film star
Slim Pickens b. 1919 d. 1983 (brain tumor)
Comic cowboy and bomb-rider in Dr. Strangelove
Bobby “Boris” Pickett b. 1938 d. April 25, 2007 (leukemia)
Singer – Monster Mash
Wilson Pickett b. 1941 d. January 19, 2006 (heart attack)
Soul singer – Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally
Walter Pidgeon b. 1897 d. 1984 (stroke)
Actor – Advise & Consent, Funny Girl
Michael Piller b. 1948 d. November 1, 2005 (cancer)
Writer/prodcer – Star Trek TNG, DS9 and Voyager
Gene Pitney b.1941 d. April 5, 2006
Singer/songwriter – Town Without Pity and Liberty Valance
Dana Plato b. 1964. d. 1999 (drug overdose – suicide?)
Actress – Kimberly Drummond on Different Strokes
Edward Platt b. 1916 d. 1974 (cancer)
Actor – Chief on Get Smart
Donald Pleasence b. 1919. d. 1995.
Actor – Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies
Suzanne Pleshette – b. 1937 d. January 19, 2008 (lung cancer)
Actress – Bob Newhart Show and Rome Adventure
George Plimpton b. 1927 d. September 26, 2003
Author – The Paper Lion
Jackson Pollock b. 1912. d. 1956 (car crash)
Abstract Expressionist Artist
Sidney Pollock b.1934 d. 2008 (stomach cancer)
Director / The Way We Were, Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa
Georges Pompidou b. 1911. d. 1974
19th President of France from 1969 to 1974
Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) b. 5/18/1920 d. April 2, 2005
Polish, elected Pope in October of 1978
Carlo Ponti b. 1912 d. January 10, 2007
Producer of Doctor Zhivago and husband of Sophia Loren
Cole Porter b. June 9, 1891 d. 1964
Composer / Lyricist
Don Porter b. 1912 d. 1997
Actor – Gidget‘s Dad
Emily (Price) Post b. 1872. d. 1960
Etiquette Writer
Tom Poston b. 1921 d. May 1, 2007
Actor – Married to Suzanne Pleshette; Cliff Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show
Ezra (Weston Loomis) Pound b. 1885. d. 1972
Poet/Critic
Dick Powell b. 1904. d. 1963 (cancer)
Actor – Married to Joan Blondell and then to June Allyson
Eleanor Powell b. 1912. d. 1982
Dancer/actress – Married to Glenn Ford
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. b. 1907 d. 1998 (pneumonia)
US Supreme Court Justice
William H. Powell b. 1892. d. 1984 (heart attack – in his sleep!)
Actor
Ben Powers b. 1950 d. 2015
Actor – Thelma’s husband Keith on “Good Times”
Francis Gary Powers b. 1929. d. 1977 (crash of the helicopter he piloted for television station KNBC in Los Angeles)
U-2 Spy Pilot
Otto Preminger b. 1906. d. 1986
Director/producer
Elvis Presley b. January 8, 1935. d. August 16, 1977 (heart attack)
The King
Gladys Love Smith Presley b. April 25, 1912. d. August 14, 1958 (heart failure)
Mother of Elvis Presley
Reg Presley b. 1941 d. Feb. 4, 2013 (lung cancer and strokes)
Singer – The Troggs,biggest hit “Wild Thing”
Vernon Elvis Presley b. April 10, 1916. d. June 26, 1979
Father of Elvis Presley
Vester Presley b. September 11, 1914. d. January 18, 1997.
Uncle of Elvis Presley – Known as “Uncle Vester” to fans
Billy Preston b. 1946 d. June 6, 2006 (heart and kidney disease)
Keyboardist who played with the Beatles and the Stones
Robert Preston b. 1918. d. 1987 (lung cancer)
Actor – Harold Hill in The Music Man
Wayde Preston b. 1929 d. 1992 (colon cancer)
Actor – Christopher Colt on Colt 45
Ray Price b. 1926 d. Dec. 16, 2013 (pancreatic cancer)
C&W Singer – “For the Good Times”, “Night Life”
Vincent Price b. 1911. d. 1993 (lung cancer)
Actor – The Fly
Louis Prima b. 1910. d. 1978
Big Bandleader
Prince b. 1958 d. 2016 (flu like symptoms?)
Musician – flamboyant on stage, seven Grammy Awards “Purple Rain”
Bob Prince b. 1915. d. 1985 (cancer)
Voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Freddie Prinze b. 1954. d. 1977 (suicide by .32 caliber revolver)
Actor – Chico and the Man
Juliet Prowse b. 1936 d. 1996 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress/dancer – Mona McCluskey
William Proxmire b. 1915 d. December 15, 2005
U.S. Senator (1957-1989) known for “Golden Fleece” awards
Richard Pryor b. 1940 d. December 10, 2005 (heart attack)
Comedian, actor – Silver Streak
Kirby Puckett b. 1961 d. March 6, 2006 (stroke)
Baseball Hall of Famer who played for Minnesota Twins
Tito Puente b. 1923 d. 2000 (heart disease)
Bandleader – “The Mambo King”
Melvin Purvis b. 1900. d. 1960
FBI agent that lead the group that gunned down John Dillinger in Chicago
Buford Hayse Pusser b. 1937. d. 1974 (car crash)
Real McNairy County, TN Sheriff, of ‘Walking Tall’ movie fame
Mario Puzo b. 1920 d. 1999 (heart failure)
Writer – The Godfather
Denver Dell Pyle b. 1920 d. December 25, 1997 (lung cancer)
Actor – Uncle Jesse in Dukes of Hazzard
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