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Celebrity Deaths
Wangari Maathai
September 25, 2011
Kenyan environmentalist, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer. She was 71.
John McCarthy
October 24, 2011
A Standford University professor known as the father of the artificial intelligence for his seminal role in defining the field devoted to deleloping intelligent machines died at his home in Stanford. He was 84.
Bill McKinney
December 1, 2011
An actor best known for playing a mountain man rapist in "Deliverance" died of esophageal cancer at Valley Presbyterian Hospice in Van Nuys, California. He was 80.
Ed McMahon
June 23, 2009
A comedian, television show host and announcer who was most famous for his work as Johnny Carson's sidekick and announcer on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" for 30 years died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 86.
Dean Martin
December 25, 1995
A star entertainer who had major hits as a singer, actor, and comedian and was associated with Jerry Lewis and the "Rat Pack" died of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 78.
Walter Matthau
July 1, 2000
An actor who appeared in movies, on stage and television and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor died of complications of colon cancer in Santa Monica, California. He was 79.
Freddie Mercury
November 24, 1991
A singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band "Queen" died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS at his home in Kensington, London, England. He was 45.
Robert Mitchum
July 1, 1997
An actor who rose to prominence appearing in film noir style movies and playing anti-hero roles died of complications from lung cancer and emphysema in Santa Barbara, California. He was 79.
Eleanor Mondale
September 17, 2011
The daughter of Walter Mondale, former Vice President and Presidential candidate, died of brain cancer. She was 51.
Marilyn Monroe
August 5, 1962
An actress, singer and model who became a sex symbol and cultural icon died of Barbiturate overdose officially ruled probable suicide in Brentwood, California. She was 36.
Harry Morgan
December 7, 2011
An actor who was best known for playing Col. Sherman T. Potter in the long running television show "M*A*S*H" died of complications from pneumonia at his home in Brentwood, California. He was 96.
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