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Karl Haas (radio show host) -- Dead. Died February 6, 2005. Born circa 1914. Opened the English version of his international classical music show Adventures in Good Music with his distinctive "Hello everyone...".    Obituary

Buddy Hackett (comedian/actor) -- Dead. Died June 29, 2003. Born August 31, 1924. The Music Man and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, died on the same day as Katharine Hepburn.  IMDb

Joan Hackett (actress) -- Dead. Ovarian cancer. Died October 8, 1983. Born May 1, 1934. Only When I Laugh.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Taylor Hackford (director) -- Alive. Born December 31, 1945. An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray, married to the British actress Helen Mirren.  IMDb

Gene Hackman (actor) -- Alive. Born January 30, 1930. Made many movies, but first got noticed in The French Connection, particularly good in The Conversation.  IMDb

Kevin Hagen (actor) -- Dead. Esophageal cancer. Died July 9, 2005. Born April 3, 1928. Many Western roles, probably best-known as Doc Baker in Little House on the Prairie, died on the same day as Byron Preiss.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Uta Hagen (actress/teacher) -- Dead. Died January 14, 2004. Born June 12, 1919. Won a Tony for playing Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, she taught acting for many years in New York City, her first husband was Jose Ferrer, died on the same day as Ron O'Neal.    IBDB  IMDb

Dan Haggerty (actor) -- Alive. Born November 19, 1941. Grizzly Adams, had 18 operations between 1994 and 1997 after a motorcycle accident  IMDb

Larry Hagman (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born September 21, 1931. Has a second-hand liver, starred in Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie, son of Mary Martin.  IMDb

Albert Hague (actor, composer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 12, 2001. Born October 13, 1920. Teacher on Fame, he composed the music for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, died on the same day as Carrie Donovan.    IMDb

Harley Hahn (author) -- Alive. At least virtually. Born circa 1952.    

Arthur Hailey (writer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died November 24, 2004. Born April 5, 1920. He wrote big bestsellers like Hotel and Airport, wrote for TV in the '40s, '50s and '60s, died on the same day as Larry Brown.  IMDb

Cathy Hainer (journalist) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died December 14, 1999. Born circa 1961. Wrote of her battle against cancer during the last two years of her life in USA Today.  

Jester Hairston (actor/composer) -- Dead. Old age. Died January 18, 2000. Born July 9, 1901. Henry in the Amos 'n' Andy, dubbed Sidney Poitier's singing voice in Lillies of the Field, bit part in Being John Malkovich.  IMDb

David Halberstam (writer) -- Dead. Car accident. Died April 23, 2007. Born April 10, 1934. Won a Pulitzer Prize in the '60s for reporting on the Vietnam war, wrote many non-fiction books including The Best and the Brightest, died on the same day as Paul Erdman and Boris Yeltsin.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Jack Haldeman (writer, geek) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 1, 2002. Born December 11, 1941. Perry's Planet.  

Alan Hale, Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Cancer of the thymus. Died January 2, 1990. Born March 8, 1918. The Skipper on Gilligan's.    IMDb

Barbara Hale (actress) -- Alive. Born April 18, 1921. Best-known as Della Street in Perry Mason, and William Katt's mother.  IMDb

Alex Haley (author) -- Dead. Died February 10, 1992. Born August 11, 1921. Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Bill Haley (rock 'n' roller) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died February 9, 1981. Born July 6, 1925. Best-known for "Rock Around the Clock."  IMDb

Jack Haley (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 6, 1979. Born August 10, 1899. Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Jack Haley, Jr. (documentary producer) -- Dead. Died April 21, 2001. Born October 25, 1933. Produced dozens of documentaries, notably That's Entertainment!, married to Liza Minnelli in the '70s.  IMDb

Grayson Hall (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 7, 1985. Born September 18, 1923. Dr. Julia Hoffman (and others, of course!) on Dark Shadows.    IMDb

Kevin Peter Hall (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died April 10, 1991. Born May 9, 1955. The Predator and Harry of Harry and the Hendersons.  IMDb

Monty Hall (game show host) -- Alive. Born August 25, 1923. Let's Make a Deal, father of actress Joanna Gleason.  IMDb

Charles Hallahan (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 25, 1997. Born July 29, 1943. Played a captain on Hunter.  IMDb

Halston (fashion designer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 26, 1990. Born April 23, 1932.

Rusty Hamer (TV actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died January 18, 1990. Born February 15, 1947. Son on Make Room for Daddy.  IMDb

Carrie Hamilton (actress/writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 21, 2002. Born December 5, 1963. Co-wrote the play Hollywood Arms with her mother Carol Burnett, died on the same day as Peggy Lee.  IMDb  Obituary

George Hamilton (tanned actor) -- Alive. Born August 12, 1939. Better at comedy than drama - Love at First Bite.  IMDb

Margaret Hamilton (actress) -- Dead. Died May 16, 1985. Born December 9, 1902. Best-known as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, she later pitched coffee on TV.  IMDb

Murray Hamilton (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 1, 1986. Born March 24, 1923. The mayor in Jaws.  IMDb

Dag Hammarskjold (UN Secretary General) -- Dead. Plane crash. Died September 18, 1961. Born July 29, 1905. Secretary-General of the UN from 1953 to 1961, killed while on a peace mission to the Congo.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Armand Hammer (industrialist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 10, 1990. Born May 21, 1898.

Oscar Hammerstein, II (lyricist) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died August 23, 1960. Born July 12, 1895. Wrote the words for songs in Show Boat, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music ( "Edelweiss" was the last song her wrote before his death).    IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Henry Hampton (documentary maker) -- Dead. Bone marrow disease. Died November 22, 1998. Born January 8, 1940. Eyes on the Prize.  IMDb

James Hampton (TV actor) -- Alive. Born July 9, 1936. Hapless bugler on F Troop.  IMDb

Lionel Hampton (vibrophonist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 31, 2002. Born April 12, 1908. Just donated an old set of vibrophones to the Smithsonian Greatest Hits.  IMDb

Ruth Handler (inventor) -- Dead. Cancer/surgical complications. Died April 27, 2002. Born November 4, 1916. Invented Barbie, co-founded Mattel, and later helped to develop a prosthetic breast.    Obituary  FindAGrave

Anne Haney (character actress) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died May 26, 2001. Born March 4, 1934. Many bit parts, the social worker in Mrs. Doubtfire.  IMDb

Helene Hanff (author) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died April 9, 1997. Born April 15, 1916. 84 Charing Cross Road.  IMDb  Obituary

William Hanna (cartoon creator) -- Dead. Old age. Died March 22, 2001. Born July 14, 1910. Directed many cartoons including Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, and The Jetsons, partner of Joseph Barbera.    IMDb

Janis Hansen (actress/businesswoman) -- Alive. Born June 14, 1940. Gloria on The Odd Couple, ran a company for coaching actors, married to Joe Mikolas for many years.  IMDb

Robert Hardy (actor) -- Alive. Born October 25, 1925. Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies, Sir John Middleton in Sense and Sensibility.  IMDb

Keith Haring (artist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died February 16, 1990. Born May 4, 1958. His simple cartoons, especially "brilliant baby," are icons of the '90s. Keith Haring.  

Valerie Harper (actress) -- Alive. Born August 22, 1940. Rhoda.  IMDb

Pamela Harriman (ambassador/hostess) -- Dead. Stroke. Died February 5, 1997. Born March 20, 1920. Collected art and husbands, was a daughter-in-law of Winston Churchill during WWII.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Addie Micki Harris (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack while performing. Died June 10, 1982. Born circa 1941. A Shirelle, group that performed the early Carole King hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (among many others!).  

Emmylou Harris (singer) -- Alive. Born April 2, 1947.    IMDb

Jonathan Harris (TV actor) -- Dead. Died November 3, 2002. Born November 6, 1917. Dr. Smith on the TV version of Lost in Space, known for saying "Oh my back is very delicate today..."  IMDb

Phil Harris (cartoon voices/musician) -- Dead. Died August 11, 1995. Born June 24, 1904. Baloo in The Jungle Book, married to Alice Faye for over 50 years.  IMDb

Richard Harris (actor) -- Dead. Hodgkin's. Died October 25, 2002. Born October 1, 1930. Actor with a wide-ranging career, capping off his career as Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter Movies.    IMDb  Obituary

Rob Harris (sky surfer) -- Dead. Killed while skydiving. Died December 14, 1995. Born December 17, 1966.

Don Harrison (Headline News anchor) -- Dead. Kidney cancer. Died May 2, 1998. Born circa 1936.

George Harrison (musician) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died November 29, 2001. Born February 25, 1943. The quiet Beatle, he survived being stabbed four times in the chest on Dec 30, 1999 and had individual success with "My Sweet Lord."  IMDb  Obituary

Noel Harrison (actor) -- Alive. Born January 26, 1936. Good-looking son of Rex Harrison, did some TV in the '60s.  IMDb

Sir Rex Harrison (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died June 2, 1990. Born March 5, 1908. My Fair Lady, died on the same day as Jack Gilford.    IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Debbie "Blondie" Harry (actress/rocker) -- Alive. Born July 1, 1945. Lead singer for Blondie in the late '70s and early '80s, she's gone on to give fine performances in movies like My Life Without Me.    IBDB  IMDb

Ray Harryhausen (movie maker) -- Alive. Born June 29, 1920. He revitalized stop-motion photography in memorable movies like Jason and the Argonauts and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.    IMDb

Johnny Hart (cartoonist) -- Dead. Stroke (while cartooning). Died April 7, 2007. Born February 18, 1931. Creator of B.C. and The Wizard of Id, died on the same day as Barry Nelson.    IMDb

Kitty Carlisle Hart (actress/game show participant) -- Dead. Died April 17, 2007. Born September 3, 1910. Regular on To Tell the Truth, performed with the Marx Brothers in Night at the Opera, widow of the playwright Moss Hart, performed in a night club when she was 96 years old.    IBDB  IMDb

Mary Hart (ET anchor) -- Alive. Born November 8, 1951. Entertainment Tonight co-host since 1982, ten of them with John Tesh.  IMDb

Elizabeth Hartman (actress) -- Dead. Suicide. Died June 10, 1987. Born December 23, 1941. A Patch of Blue, The Secret of NIHM.  IMDb

Phil Hartman (comic) -- Dead. Murdered by his wife (who then shot herself). Died May 28, 1998. Born September 24, 1948. SNL and News Radio.  IMDb

William Hartnell (Who? - The Doctor #1) -- Dead. Died April 23, 1975. Born January 8, 1908.  IMDb

Bryan Harvey (guitarist/geek) -- Dead. Murdered. Died January 1, 2006. Born circa 1956. House of Freaks singer/guitarist murdered along with his entire family, died on the same day as Susan Bergman.    Obituary

Laurence Harvey (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 25, 1973. Born October 1, 1928. The Manchurian Candidate  IMDb  FindAGrave

Paul Harvey (radio broadcaster) -- Alive. Born September 4, 1918. ...for what it's worth.

Rodney Harvey (actor) -- Dead. Stupidity (heroin). Died April 11, 1998. Born July 31, 1967. Second actor from My Own Private Idaho to die from drug-related causes.  IMDb

Margaret Hassan (humanitarian) -- Dead. Murdered by terrorists. Died November 14, 2004. Born April 18, 1945. Director of Care in Iraq who'd married an Iraqi and worked in country for 30 years until she was abducted.    Obituary

David Hasselhoff (actor) -- Alive. Born July 17, 1952. Baywatch, Knight Rider.    IMDb

Signe Hasso (actress) -- Dead. Died June 7, 2002. Born August 15, 1910. Starred in the original Heaven Can Wait.  IMDb

Bobby Hatfield (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack and cocaine. Died November 5, 2003. Born August 10, 1940. One of the Righteous Brothers, famous for "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" .    IMDb

Hurd Hatfield (actor) -- Dead. Died December 25, 1998. Born December 7, 1918. Picture of Dorian Gray, Crimes of the Heart.  IMDb

Rutger Hauer (actor) -- Alive. Born January 23, 1944. Blade Runner, Ladyhawke.    IMDb

Enid Haupt (philanthropist/publisher) -- Dead. Died October 25, 2005. Born May 13, 1906. Publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer who donated huge sums of money to the New York Botanical Garden, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Obituary

Vaclav Havel (former Czech president/playwright) -- Alive. Born October 5, 1936. Served as the Czech president from 1990-2003, has lung cancer.    IMDb

June Haver (actress) -- Dead. Respiratory failure. Died July 4, 2005. Born June 10, 1926. Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, married to Fred MacMurray.  IMDb

John Hawkesworth (producer/writer) -- Dead. Died September 30, 2003. Born December 7, 1920. Producer of Upstairs, Downstairs and Dutchess of Duke Street.  IMDb

Stephen Hawking (physicist/writer) -- Not dead yet. Born January 8, 1942. One of the world's top physicists, A Brief History of Time, diagnosed with ALS when he was only 21.    IMDb

"Screamin'" Jay Hawkins (R and B singer) -- Dead. Hemmorhage. Died February 12, 2000. Born July 18, 1929. "I Put a Spell on You" , may have fathered another 30-50 children during his travels, died on the same day as Charles Schulz and "Oliver".  IMDb

Adelaide Hawley Cumming (Betty Crocker) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died December 20, 1998. Born March 6, 1905. Played Betty Crocker in the '50s and early '60s on TV, taught English-as-a-second language until three days before her death.

Goldie Hawn (comic/producer) -- Alive. Born November 21, 1945. Went from a famously ditsy role on Laugh-In to winning a Supporting Actress Oscar to producing films like Private Benjamin, mother of Kate Hudson.  IMDb

Nigel Hawthorne (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack/cancer. Died December 26, 2001. Born April 5, 1929. The Madness of King George.    IMDb  Obituary

S. I. Hayakawa (academic/politician) -- Dead. Died February 27, 1992. Born July 18, 1906.

Billie Hayes (actress/cartoon voice) -- Alive. Born circa 1932. Witchiepoo on H. R. Pufnstuf.    IMDb

Helen Hayes (great actress, demolished theater (later rebuilt)) -- Dead. Died March 17, 1993. Born October 10, 1900. Married to dead playwright Charles MacArthur, mother of 60s hunky actor James MacArthur.    IMDb

Isaac Hayes (actor, songwriter) -- Alive. Born August 20, 1942. Wrote the theme for Shaft, "reborn" as Chef on South Park.  IMDb

Lloyd Haynes (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 31, 1986. Born September 19, 1934. Room 222, on General Hospital during the last two years before he died.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Chris Hayward (writer/producer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 20, 2006. Born June 19, 1925. One of the writers for The Bullwinkle Show, developer of The Munsters, died on the same day as Robert Altman.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Susan Hayward (actress) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died March 14, 1975. Born June 30, 1919. Won an Oscar for I Want to Live.  IMDb

Rita Hayworth (actress) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died May 14, 1987. Born October 17, 1918.  IMDb

Ofra Haza (singer) -- Dead. AIDS/complications of pneumonia. Died February 23, 2000. Born November 19, 1957. One of Israeli's most famous singers, she recorded songs for Prince of Egypt and The Governess, her death caused a storm of controversy in Israel.  IMDb

Ed Headrick (inventor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 12, 2002. Born June 28, 1924. Popularized the Frisbee and invented Disc Golf, he planned to have his ashes molded into Frisbees. "When we die, we don't go to purgatory. We just land up on the roof and lay there."    Obituary  FindAGrave

Jeff Healey (singer/guitarist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 2, 2008. Born March 26, 1966. Had the pop hit "Angel Eyes" , played his guitar flat across his lap often while seated, very active in the Toronto music scene.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Sir Edward Heath (prime minister, British politician) -- Dead. Died July 17, 2005. Born July 9, 1916. Prime Minister of England in the early '70s, died on the same day as Geraldine Fitzgerald.    Obituary

Joey Heatherton (actress) -- Alive. Born September 14, 1944. The blonde on Dean Martin Presents.  IMDb

Heaven's Gate (psycho religious cult/overblown movie) -- Dead. Very dead. The cult died on March 26, 1997; the movie died almost immediately after its release in 1980.

Eileen Heckart (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 31, 2001. Born March 29, 1919. Butterflies Are Free and Aunt Flo in Mary Tyler Moore Show.  IMDb

Mitch Hedberg (comic) -- Dead. Multiple drug toxicity. Died March 30, 2005. Born February 24, 1968. Frequent David Letterman guest.    IMDb

David Hedison (actor) -- Alive. Born May 20, 1927. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, appeared in two Bond movies as a CIA agent.    IBDB  IMDb

Van Heflin (actor) -- Dead. Died July 23, 1971. Born December 13, 1910. Won a Best Supporting Oscar for Johnny Eager, starred in Shane.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Christie Hefner (publisher) -- Alive. Born November 8, 1952. Runs Playboy for her father.

Hugh Hefner (playboy) -- Alive. Born April 9, 1926. Started the Playboy empire, famous for his pajamas and robes, he has longevity genes - his mother at the age of 101.    IMDb

Robert Hegyes (actor) -- Alive. Born May 7, 1951. Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter, Cagney and Lacey.    IMDb

Piet Hein (architect/poet/mathematician) -- Dead. Died April 18, 1996. Born December 16, 1905.  

Robert Anson Heinlein (author) -- Dead. Emphysema and related disabilities. Died May 8, 1988. Born July 7, 1907. Influential and controversial science fiction writer, wrote Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. From the same part of Missouri as Sally Rand.    IMDb   AwardWeb

John Heinz (politician, philanthropist) -- Dead. Airplane accident. Died April 4, 1991. Born October 23, 1938. Republican (but independent) Pennsylvania senator who helped oversee his family foundations; led renovation of Heinz Hall in the '70s; the Heinz History Museum in Pittsburgh is named in his honor.  

Werner Heisenberg (physicist) -- Died February 1, 1976. Born December 5, 1901. Developer of atomic theory and the uncertainty principle, wrote From a Life of Physics, died on the same day as Edgar Pangborn.  

Joseph Heller (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 12, 1999. Born May 1, 1923. Catch-22.  IMDb

Katherine Helmond (actress) -- Alive. Born July 5, 1934. Jessica Tate on Soap.  IMDb

Bobby Helms (singer) -- Dead. Died June 19, 1997. Born August 15, 1933. Recorded "Jingle Bell Rock"

Jesse Helms (politician) -- Breathing. Born October 18, 1921. The kind of politician who fails to understand the meaning of the word "democracy".  

Harry B. Helmsley (businessman) -- Dead. Died January 4, 1997. Born March 4, 1909. Hotelier who once owned the Empire State Building.    FindAGrave

Leona Helmsley (businesswoman/ex-con) -- Dead. Heart failure (how appropriate!). Died August 20, 2007. Born July 4, 1920. Difficult person who managed many hotels for her husband Harry, nicknamed "The Queen of Mean," willed $12 million to her dog, once said "Only the little people pay taxes," she served time for tax evasion.  Obituary  FindAGrave

Ernest Hemingway (writer) -- Dead. Suicide after a cancer diagnosis. Died July 2, 1961. Born July 21, 1899. The Sun Also Rises, Old Man and the Sea, served in World War I, won a Nobel Prize in 1954.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Margaux Hemingway (model/photographer) -- Dead. Suicide (or epileptic seizure?). Died July 1, 1996. Born February 19, 1955. Named for a bottle of wine.  IMDb

Mariel Hemingway (actress) -- Alive. Born November 22, 1961. Manhattan, Star 80.  IMDb

David Hemmings (actor/durectir) -- Dead. Died December 4, 2003. Born November 18, 1941. Most famous as the photographer in Blow Up, he also directed lots of American TV and was a famous boy soprano as a child.  IMDb

Shirley Hemphill (actress) -- Dead. Died December 10, 1999. Born July 1, 1947. Played Shirley on What's Happening!.  IMDb

Sherman Hemsley (actor) -- Alive. Born February 1, 1938. George on The Jeffersons.  IMDb

Florence Henderson (actress/singer) -- Alive. Born February 14, 1934. Brady Bunch, was a "Today Show girl" in the early '60s, co-host of Later Today.  IMDb

Skitch Henderson (musician) -- Dead. Died November 1, 2005. Born January 27, 1918. Early leader of the Tonight Show band, a founder of the New York Pops, died on the same day as Michael Piller.    IMDb

Jimi Hendrix (musician) -- Dead. Aspirated vomit after taking sleeping pills. Died September 18, 1970. Born November 27, 1942. Raging guitarist of the '60s, Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has interesting paraphenalia from his life.  IMDb

Doug Henning (magician) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died February 7, 2000. Born May 3, 1947. The funny magician of the '70s and '80s.    IMDb

Paul Henning (TV producer) -- Dead. Died March 25, 2005. Born September 16, 1911. Created The Beverly Hillbillies, co-wrote Bedtime Story that was later adapted as Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels, died on the same day as Greg Garrison    IBDB  IMDb

Paul Henreid (actor) -- Dead. Complications from pneumonia. Died March 29, 1992. Born January 10, 1908. Normally I don't bother with real names, but for Paul George Julius Henreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau I'll make an exception.  IMDb

Buck Henry (writer/producer/actor) -- Alive. Born December 9, 1930. Creator of Get Smart and frequent SNL contributor and host.  IMDb

Emmaline Henry (actress) -- Dead. Alzheimer's (cancer?). Died October 8, 1979. Born November 1, 1930. Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie.  IMDb

Gloria Henry (actress) -- Alive. Born April 2, 1923. Dennis' Mom in Dennis the Menace.  IMDb

Jim Henson (puppeteer) -- Dead. Bacterial pneumonia. Died May 16, 1990. Born September 24, 1936. Father of the Muppets, voice of Kermit and Ernie, died on the same day as Sammy Davis, Jr..    IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

William "Tex" Henson (animator) -- Dead. Hit by a truck. Died December 4, 2002. Born circa 1924. Animated Chip and Dale and Rocky and Bullwinkle (but not at the same time).

Audrey Hepburn (actress) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died January 20, 1993. Born May 4, 1929. Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, married to Mel Ferrer.    IMDb

Katharine Hepburn (actress) -- Dead. Died June 29, 2003. Born May 12, 1907. Lion in Winter, Desk Set and many classic flicks, won four Academy Awards, died on the same day as Buddy Hackett.  IMDb

Don Herbert (teacher) -- Dead. Bone cancer. Died June 12, 2007. Born July 10, 1917. Mr. Wizard.    IMDb  Obituary

Frank Herbert (author) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died February 11, 1986. Born November 8, 1920. Created the Dune series.    IMDb   AwardWeb

Herblock (political cartoonist) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died October 7, 2001. Born October 13, 1909. Washington Post cartoonist.  

James Leo Herlihy (author) -- Dead. Suicide (drugs and asphixiation). Died October 20, 1993. Born February 27, 1927. Author of Midnight Cowboy

James Herriot (author) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died February 23, 1995. Born October 3, 1916. Pen name of British veternarian James Alfred Wright who wrote a series of books starting with All Things Bright and Beautiful.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Bernard Herrmann (composer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 24, 1975. Born June 29, 1911. Scored many films for Hitchcock and Harryhausen; his first film score was for Citizen Kane and his last was for Taxi Driver.    IMDb

Chaim Herzog (former Israeli president) -- Dead. Died April 17, 1997. Born September 7, 1918.

Howard Hesseman (actor) -- Alive. Born February 27, 1940. WKRP in Cincinnati and many movies.  IMDb

Charlton Heston (Actor/NRA activist) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died April 5, 2008. Born October 4, 1923. Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes, Touch of Evil, president of the NRA for several years. Make memorial contributions to: Motion Picture and Television Fund.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Christopher Hewett (actor) -- Dead. Complications of diabetes. Died August 3, 2001. Born April 5, 1921. TV's Mr. Belvedere.  IMDb  Obituary

William Hewlett (started an early "garage" company) -- Dead. Old age. Died January 12, 2001. Born May 20, 1913. A co-founder of Hewlett-Packard with Dave Packard

Jon-Erik Hexum (actor) -- Dead. Stupidity/bad luck. Shot himself accidentally. Died October 18, 1984. Born November 5, 1957.  IMDb

Thor Heyerdahl (anthropologist/adventurer) -- Dead. Died April 18, 2002. Born October 6, 1914. Led a trip on the Kon-Tiki in 1947 to see if people from South America could have sailed to Polynesia.

Al Hibbler (singer) -- Dead. Died April 24, 2001. Born August 16, 1915. Had original #1 of "Unchained Melody" , sang with Duke Ellington's band.  IMDb

William Hickey (actor) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died June 29, 1997. Born September 19, 1928. Played much older men, especially the Don in Prizzi's Honor.  IMDb

Bill Hicks (comedian) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died February 26, 1994. Born September 16, 1961.  IMDb

Joan Hickson (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died October 17, 1998. Born August 5, 1906. Miss Marple for the BBC.  IMDb

Greg Hildebrandt (artist) -- Alive. Born January 23, 1939. A fantasy art team with his twin brother Tim; popularizer of Tolkein-related art in the '60s and '70s.    IMDb

Tim Hildebrandt (artist) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died June 11, 2006. Born January 23, 1939. A fantasy art team with his twin brother Greg; popularizer of Tolkein-related art in the '60s and '70s.    IMDb  Obituary

Hildegarde (singer/labor organizer) -- Dead. Died July 29, 2005. Born February 1, 1906. Billed as "The Incomperable Hildegarde," she performed for audiences for well over 70 years, had a radio show and helped to form unions for performers, died on the same day as Pat McCormick.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Dr. Andrew Hill (jazz pianist/teacher/composer) -- Alive. Born June 30, 1937. Earned a Ph.d. in composition in the '70s, Point of Departure.  

Arthur Hill (actor) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died October 22, 2006. Born August 1, 1922. Dr. Stone in The Andromeda Strain, Owen Marshall on TV.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Benny Hill (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 20, 1992. Born January 21, 1925.  IMDb

Dana Hill (actress) -- Dead. Diabetes/stroke. Died July 15, 1996. Born May 6, 1964. Gave a great performance in the little-seen Shoot the Moon, later did lots of cartoon voices.  IMDb

Debra Hill (producer/writer) -- Dead. Colon ancer. Died March 7, 2005. Born 1950. Produced and/or wrote many John Carpenter movies, including Halloween.  IMDb

George Roy Hill (director) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease. Died December 20, 2002. Born December 20, 1922. Directed wonderful movies including Butch Cassidy and The Sting.  IMDb

Steven Hill (actor) -- Alive. Born February 24, 1922. Co-starred as the DA in Law and Order during the '90s, helped the start the Actors' Studio in the '50s.  IBDB  IMDb

Sir Edmund Hillary (mountain climber) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 11, 2008. Born July 20, 1919. In the '50s, first white man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest with the help of Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, died on the same day as Carl Karcher.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Cliff Hillegass (businessman) -- Dead. Died May 5, 2001. Born circa 1917. Immortalized as the man who invented Cliffs Notes.  

Maurice Hilleman (microbiologist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 11, 2005. Born August 30, 1919. Prolific vaccine developer responsible for vaccines that fought mumps, measles, chickenpox, pneumonia, meningitis, hepatitis and other communicable diseases.  

Wendy Hiller (actress) -- Dead. Died May 14, 2003. Born August 15, 1912. Wonderful character actress who played Eliza Doolittle in the original Pygmalion, died on the same day as Robert Stack.  IMDb

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor) -- Alive. Born September 4, 1953. Washington in Welcome Back Kotter.    IMDb

Earl Hindman (voice with hat) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died December 29, 2003. Born October 20, 1942. Achieved noteriety for playing Wilson on Home Improvement.  IMDb

Gregory Hines (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 9, 2003. Born February 14, 1946. Won a Tony for Jelly's Last Jam, starred as a dancer in many movies, like White Nights.  IMDb

Pat Hingle (actor) -- Alive. Born July 19, 1924. Many movies, Comissioner Gordon in the Batman movie series.  IMDb

Al Hirschfeld (cartoonist) -- Dead. Died January 20, 2003. Born June 21, 1903. Broadway's sketch artist, died on the same day as Nedra Volz.    IMDb

Al Hirt (jazz master) -- Dead. Liver failure. Died April 27, 1999. Born November 7, 1922. One of the great trumpeters.  IMDb

Alger Hiss (former alleged spy) -- Dead. Died November 15, 1996. Born November 11, 1904.

Alfred Hitchcock (mysterious director) -- Dead. Died April 29, 1980. Born August 13, 1899. Directed Psycho, North by Northwest, Rear Window and many other stylish flicks.  IMDb

Don Ho (entertainer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 14, 2007. Born August 13, 1930. "Tiny Bubbles" .    IMDb  Obituary

Paul Hogan (Australian "ambassador") -- Alive. Born October 8, 1940. Crocodile Dundee flicks, pitchman for Australia and Subaru Outbacks, famous for two great lines: "G'day, mate!" and "Now that's a knife."  IMDb

Syd Hoff (cartoonist/children's book illustrator) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died May 12, 2004. Born September 4, 1912. Cartoonist for The New Yorker, later did a number of childrens books.  IMDb

Jimmy Hoffa (labor leader) -- Dead. Most likely eviscerated. Died July 30, 1975. Born July 14, 1913. Rumored to have been buried under the field of the Meadowlands as it was being built at that time (or is a really good hider).

Abbie Hoffman (activist) -- Dead. Suicide. Died April 12, 1989. Born November 30, 1936. One of the Chicago Seven, he later wrote Steal This Book.  IMDb

Albert Hoffman (chemist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 29, 2008. Born January 11, 1906. Synthesized LSD in 1938, tested it in 1943, and later tested other hallucinogenic substances, died on the same day as John Berkey.    IMDb  Obituary

Dustin Hoffman (actor) -- Alive. Born August 8, 1937. Actor with a range - The Graduate to Midnight Cowboy to Tootsie.  IMDb

Gregg Hoffman (producer) -- Dead. Unknown - suspected anuerysm. Died December 4, 2005. Born 1963. Produced the splatter flicks Saw, but, earlier in his career, worked on movies like George of the Jungle and Inspector Gadget. Make memorial contributions to: Habitat for Humanity, Greater LA  IMDb

Ben Hogan (golf great) -- Dead. Stroke/cancer. Died July 25, 1997. Born August 13, 1912.  

Hulk Hogan (wrestler/movie personality) -- Alive. Born August 11, 1953.  IMDb

William Holden (actor) -- Dead. Bled to death from a minor fall while drunk. Died November 16, 1981. Born April 17, 1918. Sunset Blvd., Network.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Geoffrey Holder (director) -- Alive. Born August 1, 1930. Broadway director, probably more widely-known as the "Uncola" pitchman for 7-Up in the '70s ("Ha-ha-ha....")  IBDB  IMDb

Earl Holliman (actor) -- Alive. Born September 11, 1928. Robby's drinking buddy in Forbidden Planet, lots of TV appearances.  IMDb

John Holliman (CNN journalist) -- Dead. Car crash. Died September 12, 1998. Born October 23, 1948. Survived Baghdad and Tiennamen Sq. to be killed on his way home from the store.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Sterling Holloway (voice) -- Dead. Died November 22, 1992. Born January 4, 1905. Voice of Winnie the Pooh.  IMDb

Celeste Holm (actress) -- Alive. Born April 29, 1919. Appeared in the Oscar Reunion segment 1998, Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1947 for Gentleman's Agreement.  IMDb

Ian Holm (actor) -- Alive. Born September 12, 1931. Extremely active over the last 20 years in everything from Shakespeare (Hamlet) to science fiction (Alien).  IMDb

John Holmes (actor in a horizontal market) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 13, 1988. Born August 8, 1944.  IMDb

Tim Holt (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 15, 1973. Born February 5, 1918. Mostly in Westerns like Stagecoach, died on the same day as Wally Cox.  IMDb

Kamato Hongo (old man) -- Dead. Died October 31, 2003. Born September 16, 1887. World's oldest well-documented man for almost four years.  FindAGrave

David Honigsberg (writer/rabbi) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 26, 2007. Born September 13, 1958. SF/RPG writer, muscian and rabbi.  

John Lee Hooker (bluesman) -- Dead. Old age. Died June 21, 2001. Born August 22, 1917. Gave a concert just days before he died.  IMDb

Herbert Hoover (President, mining engineer) -- Dead. Intestinal cancer. Died October 20, 1964. Born August 10, 1874. Lived in Australia and England while a mining engineer, he was President during the beginning of the Depression, he later helped raise funds for war relief in Europe.    IMDb  FindAGrave

J. Edgar Hoover ("well dressed" FBI honcho) -- Dead. Died May 2, 1972. Born January 1, 1895. In charge of the FBI for way too long, spied on many American citizens for no good reason, fought against civil rights in the government.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Bob Hope (comedian) -- Dead. [rumors] Pneumonia. Died July 27, 2003. Born May 29, 1903. Comic, world traveler, golfer, made it past 100!.    IMDb

Anthony Hopkins (actor) -- Alive. Born December 31, 1937. Superb in Howards End, frightening in Silence of the Lambs; named the AFI's Top Movie Villain in 1993.  IMDb

Dennis Hopper (actor) -- Alive. Born May 17, 1936. Easy Rider, a former space cadet, Hopper has been clean and sober for many years.  IMDb

Grace Murray Hopper (Computer scientist) -- Dead. Died January 1, 1992. Born December 9, 1906. The mother of COBOL, she coined the term "bug" after a hardware problem in an early system turned out to be a moth on a relay  

Hedda Hopper (gossip columnist/actress) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died February 1, 1966. Born May 2, 1885. Radio/newspaper gossiper who helped Joe McCarthy fight Hollywood "communists," mother of William Hopper, famous for her large hats and feud with Louella Parsons, died on the same day as Buster Keaton.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

William Hopper (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 6, 1970. Born January 26, 1915. Paul Drake on Perry Mason, son of Hedda Hopper.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Roy Horn (tiger tamer) -- Alive. Born October 3, 1944. Part of the Siegfried and Roy team, seriously injured by a tiger while performing on his birthday.    IMDb

Shirley Horn (singer/pianist) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died October 20, 2005. Born May 1, 1934. Jazz legend who worked with Quincy Jones and Miles Davis, died on the same day as Tara McMullen.  IMDb  Obituary

Richard Hornberger (doctor/novelist) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died November 4, 1997. Born February 1, 1924. Wrote M*A*S*H under the pen name of Richard Hooker.  IMDb

Lena Horne (singer/actress) -- Alive. Born June 30, 1917. Still has a "Summertime" voice!  IMDb

Vladimir Horowitz (superb pianist) -- Dead. Died November 5, 1989. Born October 1, 1903.

Edward Everett Horton (actor) -- Dead. Died September 29, 1970. Born March 18, 1886. The voice of Fractured Fairy Tales, co-starred in several Astaire-Rogers movies.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Bob Hoskins (actor) -- Alive. Born October 26, 1942. Eddie in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.  IMDb

John Houseman (actor) -- Dead. Spinal cancer. Died October 31, 1988. Born September 22, 1902. The Paper Chase, helped adapt the radio version of The War of the Worlds which stunned America back in 1938.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Whitney Houston (singer/actress) -- Not dead yet. Born August 9, 1963. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me" , while a bit young to be listed here, she's included due to rumors about her health.    IMDb

Larry Hovis (actor/teacher) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 9, 2003. Born February 20, 1936. Carter on Hogan's Heroes, acting professor later in life, died on the same day as Edward Teller.  IMDb

Clint Howard (actor) -- Alive. Born April 20, 1959. Shows up in many movies directed by his brother, Ron Howard, kid star in the '60s (Gentle Ben).    IMDb

Jean Speegle Howard (actress) -- Dead. Heart and lung disease. Died September 2, 2000. Born January 31, 1927. Bit parts in dozens of movies and TV shows after her son, Ron Howard, cast her in Cocoon, died on the same day as Elvera Davis and Curt Siodmak.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Ken Howard (actor) -- Alive. Born March 28, 1944. Played Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway and filmed versions of 1776, starred in The White Shadow, the father in Crossing Jordan.  IBDB  IMDb

Moe Howard (stooge) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died May 4, 1975. Born June 19, 1897. Brother of Curly and Shemp Howard.  IMDb

Rance Howard (actor) -- Alive. Born circa November 17, 1928. David Sheriden in Babylon 5, appeared in most of son Ron Howard's movies.  IMDb

Ron Howard (director/actor) -- Alive. Born March 1, 1954. Went from being a well-adjusted child star (The Music Man, The Andy Griffith Show) to one of the best directors around (Apollo 13, A Brilliant Mind).  IMDb

Trevor Howard (actor) -- Dead. Bronchitis and influenza. Died January 7, 1988. Born September 29, 1916. Judge Broomfield in Gandhi.  IMDb

Sir Fred Hoyle (astronomer, science fiction writer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 20, 2001. Born June 24, 1915. One of the last adherents of the "steady state" theory, he was the one, ironically, to coin the term "big bang" as a joke to describe that theory of the creation of the universe.    IMDb

Hsing-Hsing (good will ambassador) -- Dead. Euthanasia/kidney disease. Died November 28, 1999. Born circa 1971. A donation from China to the National Zoo in 1972. Predesceased by Ling-Ling

Gusti Huber (actress) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died July 12, 1993. Born July 27, 1914. Memorable as Mrs. Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, mother of of Bibi Besch, grandmother of Samantha Mathis.  IMDb

L. Ron Hubbard (author of many fantasies) -- Dead. Died January 24, 1986. Born March 13, 1911. Marginally more dead than Elvis. Infamous for once saying: "Someday, I'm going to do something that will make P. T. Barnum look like a piker," and getting away with it

Rock Hudson (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 2, 1985. Born November 17, 1925.  IMDb

Barnard Hughes (actor) -- Dead. Died July 11, 2006. Born July 16, 1915. Actor of stage, screen and TV, starred in Da, played Bob's father on The Bob Newhart Show.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Mark Reynolds Hughes (entreprenuer) -- Dead. Unexpected. Died May 21, 2000. Born circa 1956. Helped launch the herbal/dietary supplement craze in 1980 with Herbalife, but ya gotta wonder if it's so good for you, why did he die so middle-age... Make memorial contributions to: Herbalife Family Foundation

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) -- Alive. Born May 2, 1936. "Please Release Me" .    IMDb

Hubert Humphrey (politician) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 13, 1978. Born May 27, 1911. Mayor, senator, vice president and presidential candidate.

Linda Hunt (eclectic actress) -- Alive. Born April 2, 1945. Won an Oscar for playing a male photographer.  IMDb

Richard Hunt (puppeteer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died January 7, 1992. Born August 16, 1951. Voice of Beaker and Scooter.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Evan Hunter (wrter) -- Dead. Larynx cancer. Died July 6, 2005. Born October 15, 1926. Born Salvatore Lombino, he changed his name to Hunter (The Blackboard Jungle) and wrote under other pen names like Ed McBain.    IBDB  IMDb

Kim Hunter (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 11, 2002. Born November 12, 1922. Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and Dr. Zira in the Planet of the Apes movies, died on the same day as Johnny Unitas.  IMDb

Tab Hunter (actor/producer) -- Alive. Born July 11, 1931. Impossibly good-looking actor (still in his 70s!), starred in Damn Yankees!, cut the teen classic song "Young Love" , had a come-back in the cult classic Polyester, wrote his own tell-all book (he was a better actor than we thought!).    IBDB  IMDb

Chet Huntley (newscaster) -- Dead. Died March 20, 1974. Born December 10, 1911. Long time NBC nightly news anchor ( "Good night, David" ).  IMDb

Zora Neale Hurston (writer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 28, 1960. Born January 7, 1891. Author best-known for Their Eyes Were Watching God, her work vanished until she was rediscovered by writers like Alice Walker in the '70s.    IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

John Hurt (actor) -- Alive. Born January 22, 1940. Died horrifically in Alien and I, Claudius.    IMDb

William Hurt (actor) -- Alive. Born March 20, 1950. Won an Oscar for Kiss of the Spider Woman.  IMDb

King Hussein (Jordanian king) -- Dead. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Died February 7, 1999. Born November 14, 1935. A long-serving constitutional monarch and a moderating influence in the Middle East.  

Ruth Hussey (actress) -- Dead. Died April 19, 2005. Born October 30, 1911. Oscar-nominated for The Philadelphia Story.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

John Huston (director) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died August 28, 1987. Born August 5, 1906. Brilliant director of The African Queen (he was shooting it in Africa when daughter Angelica was born).  IMDb

Rick Husband (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born July 12, 1957. Commander of the Columbia.  

Michael Hutchence (rocker) -- Dead. Suicide (hanging). Died November 22, 1997. Born January 22, 1960. INXS.    IMDb

Betty Hutton (actress) -- Dead. Colon cancer. Died March 11, 2007. Born February 26, 1921. The Greatest Show on Earth.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Jim Hutton (actor) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died June 2, 1979. Born May 31, 1934. Timothy Hutton's father.  IMDb

Aldous Huxley (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 22, 1963. Born July 26, 1894. Brave New World and many essays, died on the same day as John F. Kennedy and C. S. Lewis.    IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died May 6, 1991. Born May 12, 1903. Col. Pickering in My Fair Lady.  IMDb

Diana Hyland (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 25, 1977. Born January 25, 1936. The mother of teenagers in Eight Is Enough, she was dating teen heartthrob John Travolta at the time of her death.  IMDb

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