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Shelley Fabares (actress) -- Alive. Born January 19, 1944. Almost as many TV series as McLean Stevenson, niece of Nanette Fabray, has a new liver, married to Mike Farrell.  IMDb

Fabian (performer) -- Alive. Born February 6, 1943. Teen idol in the early '60s.  IMDb

Nanette Fabray (actress/activist) -- Alive. Born October 27, 1920. Known for musical comedy, Hollywood Squares and deaf awareness, Shelly Fabares' aunt.  IMDb

Max Factor, Jr. (makeup developer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died June 7, 1996. Born August 18, 1904. Famed Hollywood makeup artist whose impact spread far beyond Southern California.  Home Page  FindAGrave

Clifton Fadiman (writer, host) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died June 20, 1999. Born May 15, 1904. Helped to start the Book-of-the-mon Club.  IMDb

Stanley Fafara (kid actor) -- Dead. After-effects of surgery and drug abuse. Died September 20, 2003. Born September 20, 1950. Starred as Whitey on Leave It to Beaver, but then spent many years as an addict before recovering a few years ago..  IMDb

Max Faget (engineer) -- Dead. Died October 9, 2004. Born August 26, 1921. Led the design of the Gemini space capsule  Home Page  Obituary

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Died May 7, 2000. Born December 9, 1909. First husband of Joan Crawford, used to do commercials for wool clothing.  IMDb

Morgan Fairchild (actress) -- Alive. Born February 3, 1950. Extremely busy TV actress, may be best-known for Flamingo Road.  IMDb

Abdul "Duke" Fakir (singer) -- Alive. Born December 26, 1935. An original member of The Four Tops, probably best-known for their song "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'."  Home Page  IMDb

Falco (singer) -- Dead. Jeep crash. Died February 6, 1998. Born February 19, 1957. Austrian singer who brought us "Rock Me Amadeus."  Home Page  IMDb

Peter Falk (actor) -- Dead. Alzheimer's Died June 23, 2011. Born September 16, 1927. Played the iconic Columbo - "Now let me see if I have this straight..."  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Oriana Fallaci (journalist) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died September 14, 2006. Born July 24, 1929. Interviewed many political figures, wrote a number of books including The Rage and the Pride.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

James Farentino (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died January 24, 2012. Born February 24, 1938. On many TV series since the '60s, including Dynasty and a stint as Doug Ross's father on ER, divorced from Michele Lee.  Wikipedia  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Donna Fargo (singer) -- Alive. Born November 10, 1945. 20-year+ survivor of MS.  Home Page

Dennis Farina (actor/police officer) -- Dead. Pulmonary embolism. Died July 22, 2013. Born February 29, 1944. Played many bit parts while an active officer, later became a star of Law and Order, died same day as Ali Maow Maalin.  Home Page  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Chris Farley (comic) -- Dead. Drugs and narrowed arteries. Died December 18, 1997. Born February 15, 1964. SNL and a bunch of movies with David Spade. Scary to think the National Enquirer called this one right that year. See also John Belushi. Make memorial contributions to: Chris Farley Foundation.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Frances Farmer (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 1, 1970. Born September 19, 1913. Never had her revenge on Seattle.  IMDb

Philip Jose Farmer (writer) -- Dead. Died February 25, 2009. Born January 26, 1918. Award-winning SF writer, probably best-known for the Riverworld series, he also wrote one book as Kilgore Trout.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Philo Farnsworth (inventor) -- Dead. Emphysema/alcoholism. Died March 11, 1971. Born August 19, 1906. Invented one type of cathode ray tube and other inventions related to TV.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Richard Farnsworth (actor/stunt man) -- Dead. Suicide/terminal cancer. Died October 6, 2000. Born September 1, 1920. The Straight Story.  IMDb

Jamie Farr (actor) -- Alive. Born July 1, 1934. Dragged his way through the Korean War in TV's M*A*S*H.  IMDb

Charles Farrell (actor) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died May 6, 1990. Born August 9, 1901. Janet Gaynor's co-star, My Little Margie's dad.  IMDb

Eileen Farrell (singer) -- Dead. Died March 22, 2002. Born February 13, 1920. Great soprano who both sang with the Met and recorded pop albums Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Mike Farrell (actor/activist) -- Alive. Born February 6, 1939. M*A*S*H and Providence, married to Shelly Fabares.  IMDb

Mia Farrow (actress) -- Alive. Born February 9, 1945. Daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan, an ex-wife of Frank Sinatra and Andre Previn, former longtime companion of Woody Allen, wonderful in Hannah and Her Sisters.  IMDb

Howard Fast (novelist) -- Dead. Died March 12, 2003. Born November 11, 1914. Wrote Spartacus, was blacklisted for his radical activities, died on the same day as Lynne Thigpen.  IMDb  Obituary

Julius Fast (writer) -- Dead. Died December 15, 2008. Born November 11, 1914. Won the first Edgar award for a mystery short story, mostly wrote popular nonfiction like Body Language and Sexual Chemistry.  Obituary

Minnesota Fats (pool hustler) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died January 15, 1996. Born January 19, 1913.

Dr. Rene Favaloro (doctor) -- Dead. Possible suicide. Died July 29, 2000. Born July 14, 1923. Invented by-pass surgery.

Farrah Fawcett (actress/model) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 25, 2009. Born February 2, 1947. Charlie's Angels, subject of a huge poster craze in the '70s, many made-for-TV movies, longtime companion of Ryan O'Neal, ex-wife of Lee Majors, died on the same day as Michael Jackson.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Alice Faye (actress/singer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 9, 1998. Born May 5, 1915. Many '30s and '40s movies, including several with Shirley Temple, was married to Phil Harris for over 50 years, first wife of Tony Martin.  IMDb

Joey Faye (comic) -- Dead. Died April 26, 1997. Born July 12, 1909. Old-time burlesque comic, and the Fruit of the Loom grapes...  IMDb

Danny Federici (keyboardist) -- Dead. Melanoma. Died April 17, 2008. Born January 23, 1950. Played piano for "The Boss," died on the same day as Nicolette Goulet. Make memorial contributions to: The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Feiffer (cartoonist/writer) -- Alive. Born January 26, 1929.  Home Page  IMDb

David Feintuch (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 16, 2006. Born circa 1942. Wrote the Seafort series, won the Campbell Award in 1996.  Home Page

Fritz Feld (actor) -- Dead. Died November 18, 1993. Born October 15, 1900. Played officious characters in over 100 movies, married to Mrs. Olson for over 50 years.  IMDb

Marty Feldman (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 2, 1982. Born July 8, 1933.  IMDb

Michael Feldman (radio trivia host) -- Alive. Born March 14, 1949. Whad'Ya Know? - Fired almost as often as Howard Stern, but not for the same reasons. (I was an audience quiz winner on the 9/17/05 show broadcast from Cleveland!)  Dead People Server Photo Gallery  Home Page

Barbara Feldon (actress/commercial voice) -- Alive. Born March 12, 1932.  Home Page  IMDb

Tovah Feldshuh (actress) -- Alive. Born December 27, 1952. Memorable as Helena in Holocaust, in many Law and Order episodes, original star of the one-woman show about Golda Meier.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb

Norman Fell (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 14, 1998. Born March 24, 1924. Many TV characters, especially Mr. Roper in Three's Company.  IMDb

Federico Fellini (director) -- Dead. Heart attack and stroke. Died October 31, 1993. Born January 20, 1920. Innovative Italian director of films like La Strada and 8 1/2, died on the same day as River Phoenix.  IMDb

Mark Felt (Deep Throat/FBI manager) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died December 18, 2008. Born August 17, 1913. FBI number 2 person during the Nixon years, he secretly passed information to Bob Woodward after the initial Watergate break-in (thus earning a nickname more famous than the movie it was based on) and almost never talked about it for 30 years, died on the same day as Majel Barrett Roddenberry.  Home Page  Obituary

Freddy Fender (singer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 14, 2006. Born June 4, 1937. "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights."  IMDb  Obituary

George Fenneman (second banana) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died May 29, 1997. Born November 10, 1919. Gave Groucho many secret words on You Bet Your Life.  IMDb

Keith Ferguson (blues guy) -- Dead. Stupidity/drugs. Died April 29, 1997. Born July 23, 1946. The Fabulous Thunderbirds.  Home Page

Maynard Ferguson (trumpeter) -- Dead. Kidney/liver failure. Died August 23, 2006. Born May 4, 1928. Trumpter for the Rocky theme "Gonna Fly Now."  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (poet, publisher, painter) -- Alive. Born March 24, 1919. Famous Beat Generation poet, still active, earned a doctorate in poetry from the Sorbonne, published Allen Ginsberg.  Home Page  IMDb

Nello Ferrara (candy company director/lawyer) -- Dead. Died February 3, 2012. Born circa 1918. Studied law but went to work at his father's company (Ferrara Pan Candy) and invented Lemonhead and Atomic FireBall candies.  twitter  Obituary

Geraldine A. Ferraro (politician) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma. Died March 26, 2011 Born August 25, 1935. First female vice presidential candidate for a major party (1984), died same day as Diana Wynne Jones and three days after Elizabeth Taylor (iconic women three-fer).  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Jose Ferrer (actor) -- Dead. Died January 26, 1992. Born January 8, 1912. Won an Oscar for Cyrano de Bergerac, once married to Rosemary Clooney.  IMDb

Mel Ferrer (actor/director) -- Dead. Died June 2, 2008. Born August 25, 1917. Lili, War and Peace, The Longest Day, married to Audrey Hepburn produced Wait Until Dark, died on the same day as Bo Diddley.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Miguel Ferrer (actor/director) -- Dead. Died January 19, 2017. Born February 7, 1955. Traffic, Twin Peaks, Crossing Jordan, NCIS: Los Angeles, son of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney.  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Lou Ferrigno (body builder/actor) -- Alive. Born November 9, 1952. The Incredible Hulk in the late '70s.  IMDb

Ruth Fertel (restaurateur) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died April 16, 2002. Born February 5, 1927. Started "Ruth's Chris Steakhouse" in New Orleans to send her sons to college.  Obituary

Richard Feynman (physicist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 15, 1988. Born May 11, 1918. Won a Nobel Prize in 1965, wrote a wonderful memoir, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, during the Rogers (Challenger) hearings, put an O-ring in ice water (similar to the air temperatures before the launch) to show how brittle the cold made them.  Home Page  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Mark Fidrych (pitcher/farmer) -- Dead. Truck accident. Died April 13, 2009. Born August 14, 1954. Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. (Yeah, I know, I don't tend to add athletes, but Mark and I used to hang out at the same donut place in Northboro in the late '80s and early '90s.)  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Arthur Fiedler (conductor/fire helmet collector) -- Dead. Died July 10, 1979. Born December 17, 1894. Colorful conductor of the Boston Pops for 50 years.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

John Fiedler (actor) -- Dead. Died June 25, 2005. Born February 3, 1925. Voiced Piglet in the Winnie the Pooh movies (died the day after the voice of Tigger, Paul Winchell), Mr. Peterson on the Bob Newhart Show.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Sally Field (actress) -- Alive. Born November 6, 1946. Step-daughter of Jock Mahoney, TV's Gidget, later won critical acclaim and awards for Sybil, Norma Rae and Places in the Heart, former SO of Burt Reynolds.  IMDb

Totie Fields (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack/diabetes/cancer. Died August 2, 1978. Born May 7, 1930. Memorable '60s stand-up comic, may be portrayed by Rosie O'Donnell in a future movie.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Harvey Fierstein (actor/writer) -- Alive. Born June 6, 1954. Gravelly-voiced actor who played the mother on Broadway in Hairspray, helped to "make" Mrs. Doubtfire, won a Tony for writing Torch Song Trilogy.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb

Peter Finch (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 14, 1977. Born September 28, 1916. He was mad as hell in Network and won an Oscar for his performance posthumously, died on the same day as Anais Nin.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Timothy Findley (writer) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure, complications from a fall. Died June 20, 2002. Born October 30, 1930. Major Canadian writer (The Piano Man's Daughter).  Home Page  IMDb

Larry Fine (stooge) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 24, 1975. Born October 5, 1902. The first stooge who wasn't a Howard brother.  Home Page  twitter  Wikipedia  IMDb  FindAGrave

Albert Finney (actor) -- Alive. Born May 9, 1936. Tom Jones!  IMDb

Jack Finney (author) -- Dead. Died November 16, 1995. Born October 2, 1911. Wrote Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Siegfried Fischbacher (tiger tamer) -- Alive. Born June 13, 1939. Part of the Siegfried and Roy team.  Home Page  IMDb

Bobby Fischer (chess genius) -- Dead. Died January 17, 2008. Born March 9, 1943. Reclusive chess champion, famously beat Boris Spasky during the '70s and emmigrated to Iceland, died on the same day as Allan Melvin.  Home Page  Obituary  FindAGrave

Carrie Fisher (writer/actress) -- Dead. Sleep apnea, heart disease, recent drug use. Died December 27, 2016. Born October 21, 1956. Eternally Princess Leia in Star Wars movies, she also appeared in the Oscar-winning Hannah and her Sisters, daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, developed a take-no-prisoners writing style in books like Postcards from the Edge, Wishful Drinking & Princess Diarist, many trips to re-hab, mental health advocate, briefly married to Paul Simon, mother of Billie Lourd, was unable to wake up on a plane trip from London on 12/23/2016 and died four days later, the documentary Bright Lights is a fascinating look at her last years and her relationship with her mother.  Home Page  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Denys Fisher (inventor) -- Dead. Died September 17, 2002. Born circa 1918. Toymaker who created the Spirograph in the '60s.  Home Page

Eddie Fisher (singer) -- Dead. Complications of surgery for a broken hip. Died September 22, 2010. Born August 10, 1928. Singer, movie star, married at various times, to Debbie Reynolds, Liz Taylor and Connie Stevens, father of Carrie and Joely Fisher.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Gail Fisher (actress) -- Dead. Kidney failure/emphysema. Died December 2, 2000. Born August 18, 1935. Won an Emmy for playing Peggy Fair in Mannix, death was reported by The National Enquirer over a month before any other major service picked it up, died on the same day as her older brother.  Home Page  IMDb

Ella Fitzgerald (singer) -- Dead. Diabetes, congestive heart failure. Died June 15, 1996. Born April 25, 1918.  Home Page  IMDb

Geraldine Fitzgerald (actress) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died July 17, 2005. Born November 24, 1913. Isabella in Wuthering Heights, died on the same day as Sir Edward Heath.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald (doctor/speaker) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 23, 2009. Born March 1, 1952. Doctor who performed a breast biopsy on herself while stationed in Antarctica in 1999, later wrote Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, died on the same day as Ed McMahon.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Jim Fixx (runner/writer) -- Dead. Heart attack (while jogging!). Died July 20, 1984. Born April 23, 1932. Running popularist of the '70s who wrote The Complete Book of Running, "poster boy" for the slogan "Always check with your doctor before embarking on any exercise program.".

Roberta Flack (singer) -- Alive. Born February 10, 1939. "The First Time If Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Set the Night to Music."  Home Page  IMDb

Fannie Flagg (writer/comic) -- Alive. Born September 21, 1944. Match Game regular, wrote comic Southern novels like Fried Green Tomatoes.  IMDb

Ed Flanders (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died February 22, 1995. Born December 29, 1934. The moral center of St. Elsewhere.  Home Page  IMDb

Judy Flannery (master triathelete) -- Dead. Killed by a stupid driver while biking. Died April 3, 1997. Born circa 1940.

Lester Flatt (country musician) -- Dead. Died May 11, 1979. Born January 19, 1914. Flatt and Scruggs.  IMDb

Richard Fleischer (director) -- Dead. Died March 25, 2006. Born December 8, 1916. Directed classics like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Tora! Tora! Tora!, died on the same day as Buck Owens.  Home Page  IMDb

Art Fleming (game show host) -- What is Dead? Pancreatic cancer. Died April 25, 1995. Born May 1, 1924. First Jeopardy! host back in the '60s and '70s.  IMDb

Cyril Fletcher (comic) -- Dead. Died January 1, 2005. Born June 25, 1913. Co-presenter of That's Life, radio star, died on the same day as Shirley Chisholm.  IMDb  Obituary

Louise Fletcher (actress) -- Alive. Born July 22, 1934. Won an Oscar for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  IMDb

"Flipper" Bebe (dolphin actress) -- Dead. Died May 1, 1997. Born circa 1956. There were seven Flippers altogether, and Bebe was the last of the lot.

Wayland Flowers (ventriloquist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died October 11, 1988. Born November 26, 1939. The creator of "Wayland and Madam," a popular comedy team.  IMDb

Joe Flynn (actor) -- Dead. Drowned. Died July 19, 1974. Born November 8, 1925. McHale's Navy  IMDb

FM-2030 (futurist) -- Dead and frozen. Pancreatic cancer (first time...). Died July 8, 2000. Born circa 1930. Born "F.M. Esfandiary," he felt he was a "21st century man born in the 20th century."  Home Page

Nina Foch (actress, teacher) -- Dead. Myelodysplasia. Died December 5, 2008. Born April 20, 1924. Oscar-nominated for Executive Suite, long career in movies and TV, taught acting for over 40 years, died on the same day as Beverly Garland.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Dan Fogelberg (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died December 16, 2007. Born August 13, 1951. Sang and wrote classic pop, like "Leader of the Band," "Longer" and "Same Auld Lang Syne."  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

John Fogerty (musician) -- Alive. Born May 28, 1945. Creedence Clearwater Revival

Henry Fonda (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died August 12, 1982. Born May 16, 1905. Finally won an Oscar for one of his last movies, On Golden Pond.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Jane Fonda (actress/fitness guru) -- Alive. Born December 21, 1937. Barbarella, Coming Home, launched the fitness video craze in the early '80s and was married to Ted Turner for nearly ten years.  IBDB  IMDb

Peter Fonda (actor) -- Alive. Born February 23, 1940. Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold, Bridget Fonda's dad.  IBDB  IMDb

Kam Fong (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 18, 2002. Born May 27, 1918. Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-O.  IMDb

Joan Fontaine (actress) -- Dead. Died December 15, 2013. Born October 22, 1917. Rebecca and Suspicion, sister of Olivia De Havilland.  Wikipedia  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Charles L. Fontenay (journalist/writer) -- Dead. Died January 27, 2007. Born March 17, 1917. Wrote for The Tennessean for 40 years, wrote a biography of Estes Kefauver and the multi-volume chronicle The Kipton Chronicles. died on the same day as Tige Andrews and Bob Carroll, Jr..  Home Page  Obituary  FindAGrave

Horton Foote (writer) -- Dead. Died March 4, 2009. Born March 14, 1916. Adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for the screen, wrote Tender Mercies.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Shelby Foote (Civil War historian) -- Dead. Died June 27, 2005. Born November 17, 1916. Wrote a multi-volume history of the Civil War and worked on Ken Burns' seminal PBS documentary on the war.  Home Page  IMDb

June Foray (cartoon voices) -- Not dead yet. Born September 18, 1917. Almost as prolific as Mel Blanc but is having a longer career, best-known as Rocket J. Squirrel.  Home Page  twitter  IMDb

Malcolm Forbes (businessman) -- Dead. Died February 24, 1990. Born August 19, 1919. Threw himself a memorable 70th birthday party before his sudden death.

Malcolm Forbes, Jr. (perpetual presidential candidate/businessman) -- Alive. Born July 18, 1947.

Betty Ford (former first lady, clinic founder) -- Dead. Died July 8, 2011. Born April 8, 1918. Refreshingly outspoken First Lady, founded substance abuse clinics, died same day as Roberts Blossom.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Eileen Ford (model manager) -- Dead. Died July 9, 2014. Born March 25, 1922. Manager of models like Lauren Hutton, Christie Brinkley and Brooke Sheilds.  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Gerald R. Ford (our first unelected president) -- Dead. Died December 26, 2006. Born July 14, 1913. May only be remembered as the man who pardoned Nixon, but it was the right thing to do, all things considered.  Home Page  Home Page  IMDb

Glenn Ford (actor) -- Dead. Died August 30, 2006. Born May 1, 1916. Gilda, The Blackboard Jungle  IMDb

Harrison Ford (actor (former carpenter)) -- Alive. Born July 13, 1942. Han Solo in the Star Wars movies (in '70s, '80s & '10s) and Indy, later became a fine actor, married to Calista Flockhart, has survived multiple private aircraft crashes but donates his flighttime to help find people.  Home Page  twitter  IMDb

John Ford (director) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died August 31, 1973. Born February 1, 1895. Many westerns and war movies, but also How Green Was My Valley and a Shirley Temple picture (Wee Willie Winkie).  IMDb

John M. Ford (writer) -- Dead. Died September 24, 2006. Born April 10, 1957. How Much for Just the Planet?, some brilliant poetry including 110 Stories, witty addition to conferences and the Web. In his memory, sign your organ donor card; a 2000 kidney transplant helped lengthen his life.  Home Page

Tennessee Ernie Ford (singer) -- Dead. Liver disease. Died October 17, 1991. Born February 13, 1919.  IMDb

Edith Fore (pitchwoman) -- Dead. Old age. Died July 31, 1997. Born circa 1916. "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

Willie Wino Forkner (biker) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 23, 1997. Born circa 1919. Never heard of him? Me neither, but Raymond Vezza says he was the inspiration for the Brando film The Wild One

Robert Forster (actor) -- Alive. Born July 13, 1941. Should have made a huge come-back in Jackie Brown as he was fantastic in it!!.  IMDb

John Forsythe (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia, cancer. Died April 1, 2010. Born January 29, 1918. Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty. Make memorial contribution to American Cancer Society.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Robert Forward (writer) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died September 21, 2002. Born August 15, 1932. Dragon's Egg.  Home Page

Bob Fosse (choreographer/director) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 23, 1987. Born June 23, 1927. Married to Gwen Verdon, died on the opening night of a Sweet Charity revival, directed Cabaret and All That Jazz.  Home Page  IMDb

Steve Fossett (pilot/aviation record-holder) -- Dead. Died September 3, 2007. Born April 22, 1944. Set records for being the first person to fly around the world without refueling and the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world. His death was unconfirmed for about a year until his crashed plane and bones were discovered.  Home Page  IMDb

Dian Fossey (zoologist) -- Dead. Murdered. Died December 26, 1985. Born January 16, 1932. Wrote Gorillas in the Mist.  IMDb

Michel Foucault (philosopher) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 25, 1984. Born October 15, 1926. History of Sexuality.  Home Page

John Fowles (author) -- Dead. Died November 5, 2005. Born March 31, 1926. The French Lieutenent's Woman, died on the same day as Link Wray.  IMDb  Obituary

Bernard Fox (actor) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died December 14, 2016. Born May 11, 1927. Dr. Bombay in Bewitched and in two different movies on the Titanic.  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Redd Foxx (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 11, 1991. Born December 9, 1922. Sanford and Son, "Elizabeth! I'm coming..."  IMDb

Jonathan Frakes (actor/director) -- Alive. Born August 19, 1952. Will Riker on several versions of Star Trek, directed 2 Trek movies and Thunderbirds.  Home Page  IMDb

Sergio Franchi (singer) -- Dead. Brain cancer. Died May 1, 1990. Born circa April 6, 1926.  Home Page  IMDb

Tony Franciosa (actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 19, 2006. Born October 25, 1928. Many made-for-TV movies and short-lived series such as The Name of the Game, died days after one of his ex-wives, Shelley Winters, died on the same day as Wilson Pickett.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Anne Francis (actress) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died January 2, 2011. Born September 16, 1930. Honey West and many more movies than you'd think, including the classic Forbidden Planet, and a guest spot on a Twilight Zone episode about a very dedicated shopper.  Home Page  twitter  IMDb  youtube  Obituary  FindAGrave

Arlene Francis (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 31, 2001. Born October 20, 1907. Very popular game show panelist, especially on What's My Line?.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Connie Francis (singer) -- Alive. Born December 12, 1938. "Who's Sorry Now?"  IMDb

Dick Francis (writer/jockey) -- Dead. Died February 14, 2010. Born October 31, 1920. A winning jockey in England, he later turned to writing racing-related mysteries.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

James Franciscus (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died July 8, 1991. Born January 31, 1934. Longstreet and many, many so-so movies.  IMDb

Mark Frankel (actor) -- Dead. Motorcycle accident. Died September 26, 1996. Born June 13, 1962. Leon the Pig Farmer.  Home Page  IMDb

John Frankenheimer (director) -- Dead. Stroke/surgery complications. Died July 6, 2002. Born February 19, 1930. Directed great '60s movies like The Manchurian Candidate, made a comeback in the '90s with made for cable movies like George Wallace.  IMDb

Viktor Frankl (psychiatrist, writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died September 2, 1997. Born March 26, 1905. Man's Search for Meaning.  Home Page

Rosalind Franklin (biophysicist/X-ray crystallographer) -- Dead. Ovarian cancer. Died April 16, 1958. Born July 25, 1920. Scientist who helped to identify the double-helix structure of DNA, but, sadly, died before Watson and Crick won a Nobel Prize for this discovery.  Home Page  Wikipedia  twitter  FindAGrave

Aretha Franklin (singer) -- Alive. Born March 25, 1942. The Queen of Soul, Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000.  IMDb

Bonnie Franklin (actress) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died March 1, 2013. Born January 6, 1944. The mother on One Day at a Time.  Wikipedia  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Leo Frankowski (writer) -- Dead. Died December 25, 2008. Born February 13, 1943. Military SF writer, known mostly for books about "Conrad Stargard," died on the same day as Edd Cartier, and Eartha Kitt, and Ann Savage.  Home Page  FindAGrave

Mary Frann (actress) -- Dead. Natural causes(?). Died September 23, 1998. Born February 27, 1943. Newhart and Days of Our Lives.  IMDb

LadyAntonia Fraser (writer) -- Alive. Born August 27, 1932. Wrote large biographies of royalty, including Mary Queen of Scots and The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth, married to Harold Pinter from 1980 until his death.  Home Page  IMDb

Elisabeth Fraser (actress) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died May 5, 2005. Born April 30, 1920. Bilko's girlfriend on TV, Sadie in A Patch of Blue.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

George MacDonald Fraser (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 2, 2008. Born April 2, 1925. Wrote the Flashman series, wrote screenplays for the '70s Musketeer movies.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Shelagh Fraser (actress) -- Dead. Died September 13, 2000. Born September 25, 1922. Aunt beru in Star Wars, Hope and Glory.  IMDb

Joe Frazier (boxer) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died November 7, 2011. Born January 12, 1944. Heavyweight champion of the world, eventually lost the title to George Foreman, died same day as Andrea True.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

William Frawley (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 3, 1966. Born February 26, 1887. Fred in I Love Lucy.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Frank Frazetta (artist) -- Dead. Stroke Died May 10, 2010. Born February 9, 1928. Created thousands of book covers and posters on a swords and sorcery theme.   Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Frank Kelly Freas (artist) -- Dead. Died January 2, 2005. Born August 27, 1922. Award-winning science fiction artist who also did quite a lot of art for Mad.  Home Page  Home Page   AwardWeb  Obituary

Stan Freberg (comic/cartoon voice/adman) -- Dead. Died April 7, 2015. Born August 7, 1926. Loads of cartoon characters, especially for Warner Brothers, won 21 Clio awards as a satiric advertising writer.  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Stuart Freeborn (make-up artist) -- Dead. Died February 6, 2013. Born September 5, 1914. Did make-up for Alec Guinness in movies like Oliver Twist and Bridge on the River Kwai, later created the monkey make-up for 2001 and sculpted Yoda for The Empire Strikes Back.  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Hazel Frederick (face in a crowd) -- Dead. Died November 28, 1999. Born circa 1908. She was the Minnesotan facing the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show.

Al Freeman, Jr. (actor/professor) -- Dead. Died August 9, 2012. Born March 21, 1934. My Sweet Charlie, played Elijah Muhammad in Malcolm X, first black man to win an acting Daytime Emmy.  Wikipedia  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Kathleen Freeman (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died August 23, 2001. Born February 17, 1919. Many character roles...and, twice, "a penguin".  IMDb

Morgan Freeman (actor/producer) -- Not dead yet. Born June 1, 1937. From The Electric Company to The Shawshank Redemption to playing the president to extensive voiceover work to Oscar nominations.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb

Paul Frees (cartoon voice) -- Dead. Died November 2, 1986. Born June 22, 1920. Best-known as Boris Badenov and Ludwig von Drake.  IMDb

Isadore "Friz" Freling (cartoon director) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 25, 1995. Born August 21, 1906. Animated Sylvester, Yosemite Sam.  IMDb

Marilyn French (writer) -- Dead. Died May 2, 2009. Born November 21, 1929. The Women's Room  IMDb  Obituary

Victor French (actor) -- Dead. Died June 15, 1989. Born December 4, 1934.  twitter  IMDb

Matt Frewer (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born January 4, 1958. Max Headroom.  twitter  IMDb

Glenn Frey (singer/songwriter/guitarist) -- Dead. Ulcerative colitis/pneumonia. Died January 18, 2016. Born Noveber 6, 1948. Co-founded the Eagles, co-wrote "Hotel California" and "Desperado."  Home Page  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Jonathan Frid (actor) -- Dead. Died (Friday) April 13, 2012. Born December 2, 1924. Most famous as Barnabas Collins in Dark Shadows, died just before the Depp DS remake came out (in which Frid had a cameo), played Jonathan Brewster in an '80s Broadway revival of Arsenic and Old Lace.  Home Page  Wikipedia  twitter  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Florida Friebus (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 27, 1988. Born October 10, 1909. Dobie Gillis' mom and "the knitting patient" on the Bob Newhart Show

Betty Friedan (wrtier/feminist) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died February 4, 2006. Born February 4, 1921. Wrote The Feminine Mystique and The Fountains of Age, helped to found the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus.  Home Page  IMDb

William Friedkin (director) -- Alive. Born August 29, 1935. The French Connection, The Exorcist, married to Sherry Lansing.  Home Page  IMDb

Milton Friedman (economist) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died November 16, 2006. Born July 31, 1912. Nobel-award winning economist.  Home Page  Home Page  IMDb

Ed Friendly (TV producer/racehorse owner) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 17, 2007. Born April 8, 1922. Produced Little House on the Prairie and Laugh-in.  IMDb  Obituary

Gert Frobe (actor) -- Dead. Died September 5, 1988. Born February 25, 1913. Extremely active German actor, best-known to English-speaking audiences as Goldfinger.  IMDb

David Frost (interviewer/writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 31, 2013. Born April 7, 1939. Interviewer probably best-known for his in-depth interviews with Richard Nixon, he worked with John Cleese on That Was the Week That Was.  Home Page  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Tetsuya Ted Fujita (scientist) -- Dead. Old age. Died November 19, 1998. Born October 23, 1920. Created the Fujita Scale which rates the strength of tornados and developed microburst theory.

J. William Fulbright (politician) -- Dead. Stroke. Died February 9, 1995. Born April 9, 1905.

Buckminster Fuller (architect/engineer) -- Dead. Died July 1, 1983. Born July 12, 1895. "Bucky balls" and geodesic domes.

Robert Fuller (actor) -- Alive. Born July 29, 1934. Emergency!.  IMDb

Sam Fuller (director/writer) -- Dead. Old age. Died October 30, 1997. Born August 12, 1911. The Big Red One.  IMDb

Annette Funicello (actress) -- Dead. Multiple sclerosis. Died April 8, 2013. Born October 22, 1942. An early Mouseketeer, she starred in many Beach movies in the '60s, has multiple sclerosis. Died same day as Margaret Thatcher.  Wikipedia  twitter  IMDb  Obituary

Allen Funt (Candid Camera guy) -- Dead. Complications of a stroke suffered in 1993. Died September 5, 1999. Born September 16, 1914.  Home Page  IMDb

Betty Furness (consumer reporter/actress) -- Dead. Stomach cancer. Died April 2, 1994. Born January 3, 1916. Consumer reporter for NBC.  IMDb

Stephen Furst (director/actor) -- Alive. Born May 8, 1955. Flounder in Animal House, Elliott in St. Elsewhere, Vir Cotto in Babylon 5.  IMDb