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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa, newspaperman and lawyer [10] Arthur Chapman (1863–1928), member of the Missouri House of Representatives [ 11 ] Laurie Perry Cookingham (1896–1992), city manager of multiple cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Worth, Texas [ 12 ]
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2013.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
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Leah Baird (1883–1971), actress/screenwriter (aged 88) Charles Graham Baker (1883–1950), screenwriter/director (aged 66) Reginald Baker (1884–1953), actor/athlete/stuntman (aged 69) Fred J. Balshofer (1877–1969), director/producer (aged 91) Peter Bardens (1945–2002), musician, founding member of the progressive rock band Camel (aged 57)
Walter V. Shipley, businessman, CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank (1996–1999) (b. 1935) [97] Jumping Johnny Wilson, basketball player (b. 1927) [98]
He was survived by his widow Susan A. Strowger (1846–1921). After her death in Tampa, Florida, on April 14, 1921, her obituary appeared in the St. Petersburg Times, claiming she had additional "revolutionary" Strowger designs, but she had refused to make them public while she was alive because only others would profit from her husband's ...
John Baird Tyson, 85, British explorer and mountaineer. [225] Rob Williams, 52, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets), heart failure. [226] William H. Vernon, 69, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1977–1981), cancer. [227]