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Memorial Pages

79 memorial pages

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Ivar Giæver

04/05/1929 – 06/20/2025

96 years

Norwegian-American physicist

Schenectady

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Roger Donlon

01/30/1934 – 01/25/2024

89 years

Leavenworth

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Don Walsh

11/02/1931 – 11/12/2023

92 years

American oceanographer

Uruguay

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Family Tree

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Cloris Leachman

04/30/1926 – 01/27/2021

94 years

American actress and comedian

Encinitas

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Rafer Johnson

08/18/1934 – 12/02/2020

86 years

American athlete and actor

Sherman Oaks

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Frank Press

12/04/1924 – 01/29/2020

95 years

Chapel Hill

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Herman Wouk

05/27/1915 – 05/17/2019

103 years

American writer

Palm Springs

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Geraldyn M. Cobb

03/05/1931 – 03/18/2019

88 years

American aviator

Florida

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Billy Graham

11/07/1918 – 02/21/2018

99 years

American Christian evangelist

Montreat

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Simon Ramo

05/07/1913 – 06/27/2016

103 years

Santa Monica

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Marisol Escobar

05/22/1930 – 04/30/2016

85 years

Venezuelan-American sculptor

Manhattan

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Antonin Scalia

03/11/1936 – 02/13/2016

79 years

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016

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Árpád Göncz

02/10/1922 – 10/06/2015

93 years

Hungarian politician, writer, translator, President of Hungary

Budapest

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Marva Collins

08/31/1936 – 06/24/2015

78 years

Beaufort County

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Wayne Quinton

01/04/1921 – 01/22/2015

94 years

Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery

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James R. Dempsey

10/04/1921 – 04/15/2014

92 years

McLean

Family Tree

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Shirley Temple

04/23/1928 – 02/10/2014

85 years

American actress and diplomat

Woodside

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Harris Schurmeier

07/04/1924 – 11/23/2013

89 years

United States

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Oscar Griffin Jr.

04/28/1933 – 11/23/2011

78 years

New Waverly

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Maryly V. Peck

06/29/1930 – 11/03/2011

81 years

West Palm Beach

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William H. Goetzmann

07/20/1930 – 09/07/2010

80 years

Austin

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David L. Wolper

01/11/1928 – 08/10/2010

82 years

Beverly Hills

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Peter Graves

03/18/1926 – 03/14/2010

83 years

American actor

Los Angeles

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Louis Rosen

06/10/1918 – 08/15/2009

91 years

Albuquerque

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