Leslie Uggams
(actress/singer) -- Alive.
Born May 25, 1943. Kizzy on Roots.
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Liv Ullmann (actress) -- Alive. Born December 16, 1939. As a teenager, starred as Anne Frank in a Norweigian production; later, had a daughter with Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers. IMDb
Miyoshi Umeki (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 29, 2007. Born May 8, 1929. First Asian actor to win an Oscar (Sayonara, in 1957), starred on Broadway (Flower Drum Song), retired after co-starring in The Courtship of Eddie's Father in the early '70s, died on the same day as Richard Jewell. IBDB IMDb Obituary
Johnny Unitas
(quarterback) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 11, 2002.
Born May 7, 1933. Great Baltimore quarterback during the '60s,
died on the same day as Kim Hunter.
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John Updike
(writer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 27, 2009.
Born March 18, 1932. Author of the Rabbit books and The Witches of Eastwick, won two Pulitzer Prizes.
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Carlo Urbani (WHO doctor) -- Dead. SARS. Died March 29, 2003. Born circa 1956. Italian doctor who worked to identify SARS and treated the businessman who spread it ourside of China in February 2003; served as president of the Italian branch of "Doctors without Borders." Obituary
Robert Urich
(actor) -- Dead. Synovial cell carconoma. Died April 16, 2002.
Born December 19, 1946. Spenser for Hire, Soap.
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Leon Uris (writer) -- Dead. Died June 21, 2003. Born August 3, 1924. Exodus and Trinity. IMDb
Peter Ustinov
(actor/writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died March 28, 2004.
Born April 16, 1921. Spartacus, wrote Monsieur Rene, good will ambassador for the UN,
died on the same day as Art James.
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