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 Trigger 1965 |  Forrest Tucker 1986 |  Conway Twitty 1993 |  Lana Turner 1995 |  Pat Tillman 2004 |  Mary Travers 2009 |
 Elizabeth Taylor 2011 |  Sada Thompson 2011 |  Ginny Tyler 2012 |  Margaret Thatcher 2013 |  Shirley Temple (Black) 2013 |  Meshach Taylor 2013 |
 Rod Taylor 2015 |  Fred Thompson 2015 |  Alan Thicke2016 |
William Talman b. 1915. d. 1968 (lung cancer)
Actor – District Attorney Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason
Paul Tanner b. 1917 d. 2013 (pneumonia)
Musician – Trombonist with The Glen Miller Band
Herman Tarnower b. 1910 d. 1980 (shot)
“Scarsdale Diet” doctor who was murdered by a jilted lover, Jean Harris
Brandon Tartikoff b. 1949. d. 1997 (Hodgkin’s disease)
NBC Executive
Vic Tayback b. 1930. d. 1990 (heart failure)
Actor – Mel on Alice
Clarice Taylor b. 1917 d. 2011 (congestive heart failure)
Actress – Anna Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”
Elizabeth Taylor b. 1932 d. March 23, 2011
Actress- many Oscars, many famous films some include: National Velvet (1944), Giant (1956),
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1956) Cleopatra (1960), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966)
Jackie Lynn Taylor b. 1925 d. 2014 (Alzheimer’s)
Actress – as a child was in “Our Gang” (1934-’35)
Kent Taylor b. 1907 d. 1987 (complications from a heart operation)
Actor – Boston Blackie and Capt. Jim Flagg on Rough Riders
Koko Taylor b. 1928 d. 2009 (complications from surgery)
Singer – known as the “Queen of the Blues”
Meshach Taylor b. 1947 d. June 28, 2014
Actor – Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women (1986-1993)
Robert Taylor b. 1911 d. 1969 (lung cancer)
Actor
Rod Taylor b. 1930 d. 2015 (heart attack)
Actor – “The Time Machine”, “The Birds”
Sean Taylor b. 1984 d. November 27, 2008 (homicide)
Safety for the Washington Redskins, and before, the Miami Hurricanes
Walter “Dub” Taylor b. 1907. d. 1994 (congestive heart failure)
Western Actor
Shirley Temple (Black) b. 1928 d. Feb. 10, 2014
Actress – 1934 film “Bright Eyes” with the song “On the Good Ship Lollipop”
Margaret Thatcher b. 1925 d. April 8, 2013 (stroke)
Politician – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 – 1990) “The Iron Lady”
Phyllis Thaxter b. 1919 d. August 14, 2012 (Alzheimer’s disease)
Actress – Ma Kent in “Superman” Movie (1978)
Alan Thicke b. 1947 d. 2016 (heart attack)
Actor – Jason Seaver, the father on “Growing Pains” (1985-’92)
Lynne Thigpen b.1948 d. March 12, 2003
Actress – Ella Farmer on the District
Mel Tillis b.1932 d. 2017
C&W Singer/Songwriter – “I Ain’t Never”, “Good Woman Blues”; CMA Entertainer of the Year 1976
Fred Thompson b. 1942 d. 2015 (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma)
Actor / Politician – Senator from Tenn. (1994-2003) and was a DA on Law & Order
Danny Thomas d. 1914 d. 1991 (heart attack)
Actor/singer – Make Room for Daddy
Dave Thomas b. 1932 d. January 8, 2002 (liver cancer)
Wendy’s founder
Helen Thomas b. 1920 d. July 20, 2013
Journalist – United Press International (UPI) for 57 years and White House corespondent
Jay Thomas b. 1948 d. 2017 (cancer)
Actor – Remo DaVinci on “Mork & Mindy” (1979–’81), Eddie LeBec on “Cheers” (1987–’89)
Michelle Thomas b. 1969 d. 1998 (stomach cancer)
Actress – Myra Monkhouse on Family Matters
Hunter S. Thompson b. 1937 d. February 20, 2005 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)
Author – “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; coined term “gonzo journalism”
Sada Thompson b. 1927 d. 2011 (lung disease)
Actress – Kate Lawrence on “Family”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton b. 1926 d. 1984
Musician – ‘Hound Dog and Ball and Chain were her songs first
Strom Thurmond b. 1902 d. June 26, 2003
U.S. Senator from South Carolina who served 8 terms, for 47 years and five months
Gen. Paul Tibbets b. 1915 d. November 1, 2007
Pilot of the Enola Gay which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
Gene (Lee) Tierney b. 1920 d. 1991(emphysema)
Actress – Laura in the movie Laura
Pat Tillman b. 1977 d. April 22, 2004 (killed in Afghanistan in war)
NFL star (Arizona Cardinals), Hero and Patriot
Tiny (Herbert Khaury) Tim b. 1932 d. 1996 (cardiac arrest)
Singer – Tip Toe Thru the Tulips With Me
Grant Tinker b.1925 d. 2016 (in his sleep)
Television executive – Chairman and CEO of NBC (1981-’86) married to Mary Tyler Moore (1962-’81)
Josip Broz (Josef) Tito b. 1892 d. 1980 (complications of surgery to amputate his leg)
Leader of Yugoslavia, 1945-1980
George Tobias b. 1901 d. 1980
Actor – Abner Kravits on Bewitched
Dqan Toler b. 1948 d. 2013 (ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
Musician – guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band
Clyde Tolson d. 1975
Best Friend for Life of J. Edgar Hoover
Mel Torme b. 1925 d. 1999 (stroke)
Singer – “The Velvet Fog”
John Tower b.1925 d. 1991 (plane crash)
US Senator from Texas
Mary Ellen Trainor b. 1950 d. 2015 (pancreatic cancer)
Actress – Dr. Stephanie Woods in all 4 Lethal Weapon movies
Maria Franziska von Trapp b. 1914 d. 2014 (natural)
Singer – last of “The Sound of Music” siblings, portrayed as “Louisa”
Mary Allin Travers b. 1936 d. 2009 (leukemia)
Singer / songwriter with the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary
Jet Travolta b. 1992 d. 2009 (seizure)
Son of John Travolta & Kelly Preston
Jay Traynor b. 1943 d. 2014 (liver cancer)
Singer – Jay of Jay and the Americans, “She Cried”
Trigger b. 1932 d. 1965
Roy Rogers‘ horse – yes, Roy had him stuffed.
Bobby Troup b. 1918 d. 1999 (heart attack)
Singer/songwriter/actor – Wrote theme for Route 66, played Dr. Joe Early on Emergency
Pierre Elliot Trudeau b. 1919 d. 2000 (prostate cancer)
15th Prime Minister of Canada
Harry S. Truman b. 1884 d. 1972
33rd President of the U.S.
Tom Tryon b. 1926 d. 1991 (cancer)
Writer/actor – J.D. Slaughter in Texas John Slaughter
Mao (Zedong) Tse-Tung b. 1893 d. 1976
Chinese Leader
Paul Tsongas b. 1941 d. 1997
US Senator from Massachusetts
Forrest Tucker b. 1919. d. 1986 (cancer)
Actor – Sgt. Morgan O’Rourke on F-Troup
Big Joe Turner b. 1911 d. 1985
Musician – “Boss of the Blues”
Ike Turner b. 1931 d. December 12, 2007
Controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Tina Turner’s ex-husband
Lana Turner b. 1921 d. 1995 (throat cancer)
Actress
Conway Twitty b. 1933 d. 1993 (complications of surgery)
Musician
Ginny Tyler b. 1925 d. 2012
Animal Voice Actress – Head Mouseketeer (1963)
