Deaths from dementia in New York (state)

The list Deaths from dementia in New York (state) includes Rita Hayworth, Dina Merrill, Betsy von Furstenberg, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Emile Griffith. The list consists of 75 members and 1 sublist.

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New York (state)

State of the United States of America

Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in New York (state)
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Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

Overview: Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1918

Date of death: 14 May 1987

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actors from the San Fernando Valley 39T

Cansino family 6T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T
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Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

Overview: Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards ...

Date of birth: 3 August 1926

Date of death: 21 July 2023

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Jazz musicians from New York City 206T

Painters from New York City 681T

2023 deaths 9,157T
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Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

Overview: Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton; December 29, 1923 – May 22, 2017) was an American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist.

Date of birth: 9 December 1925

Date of death: 22 May 2017

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Ted Hartley (Married)

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2017 deaths 9,371T

Philanthropists from New York 617T

American debutantes 31T
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Betsy von Furstenberg

German-American actress; baroness

Overview: Countess Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (August 16, 1931 – April 21, 2015), known professionally as Betsy von Furstenberg, was a German-born American actress ...

Date of birth: 16 August 1931

Date of death: 21 April 2015

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: German

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Leland Rosenberg (Married)

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20th-century American women singers 2,001T

Hewitt School alumni 16T

20th-century women musicians 2,480T
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Floyd Patterson

Boxer

Overview: Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age ...

Date of birth: 4 January 1935

Date of death: 11 May 2006

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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20th-century African-American sportspeople 4,255T

Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 205T

Boxers from New York City 144T
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Mae Questel

Actress

Overview: Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress and voice actress best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1908

Date of death: 4 January 1998

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Famous Studios people 27T

Fleischer Studios people 48T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
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Geraldine Fitzgerald

Irish actress

Overview: Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish actress and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was listed at number 30 on The Irish Times list of Ir ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1913

Date of death: 17 July 2005

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Actresses from County Wicklow 8T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
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Emile Griffith

American boxer

Overview: Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who became a World Champion in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight c ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1938

Date of death: 23 July 2013

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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United States Virgin Islands male boxers 13T

American male boxers 1,913T

2013 deaths 9,323T
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Willem de Kooning

Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)

Overview: Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1904

Date of death: 19 March 1997

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Dutch

Occupation: Painter

Gender: Male

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Honorary Members of the Royal Academy 89T

Sculptors from New York (state) 380T

Dutch male sculptors 149T
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Teri Shields

American actress, film producer, socialite, and former model

Overview: Theresia Anna Lilian Maria Shields (née Schmon; August 1, 1933 – October 31, 2012) was an American actress, film producer, socialite, and model.

Date of birth: 1 August 1933

Date of death: 31 October 2012

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 205T

21st-century American women 14,115T

Actresses from Newark, New Jersey 29T
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Catherine Scorsese

American film actress

Overview: Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa; April 16, 1912 – January 6, 1997) was an Italian-American actress. She began acting when her son Martin Scorsese cast her in his film It's Not Just You, Murray!. Scorsese ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1912

Date of death: 6 January 1997

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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Martin Scorsese 7T

20th-century American women writers 5,363T

Actresses of Italian descent 660T
12.

Marian Seldes

American actress (1928–2014)

Overview: Marian Hall Seldes (August 23, 1928 – October 6, 2014) was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967 ...

Date of birth: 23 August 1928

Date of death: 6 October 2014

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 209T

Special Tony Award recipients 132T

Kanin family 5T
13.

Aaron Copland

American composer and conductor (1900–1990)

Overview: Aaron Copland (, KOHP-lənd; November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1900

Date of death: 2 December 1990

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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Jewish American film score composers 50T

Pupils of Nadia Boulanger 44T

LGBT classical composers 103T
14.

Anita Ellis

American actress and singer

Overview: Anita Ellis (née Kert; April 12, 1920 – October 28, 2015) was a Canadian-born American singer and actress. Ellis possessed a voice that audiences fell in love with. She famously dubbed Rita Hayworth in ...

Date of birth: 12 April 1920

Date of death: 28 October 2015

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 210T

21st-century American Jews 7,860T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 794T
15.

Scott Joplin

American composer, music teacher, and pianist (1868–1917)

Overview: Scott Joplin (c. 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime". During his brief career, he wrote over ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1868

Date of death: 1 April 1917

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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African-American male classical composers 12T

African-American music educators 28T

Classical musicians from Arkansas 2T
16.

Bud Harrelson

American baseball player and coach

Overview: Derrel McKinley "Bud" Harrelson (June 6, 1944 – January 10, 2024) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He was a coach and part-owner of the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Prof ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1944

Date of death: 10 January 2024

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Baseball

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Kim Battaglia (Married)

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2024 deaths 185T

Sunset High School (Hayward, California) alumni 6T

Sportspeople from Fremont, California 41T
17.

Fred Trump

American real-estate developer (1905–1999)

Overview: Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was a prominent American real estate developer in New York City. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1905

Date of death: 25 June 1999

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 200T

Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state) 392T

American landlords 27T
18.

B. Smith

American restaurateur, TV personality

Overview: Barbara Elaine Smith (August 24, 1949 – February 22, 2020), professionally known as B. Smith, was an American restaurateur, model, author, businesswoman and television host.

Date of birth: 24 August 1949

Date of death: 22 February 2020

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 186T

American women television presenters 159T

20th-century American businesswomen 451T
19.

Abe Burrows

American humorist (1910–1985)

Overview: Abe Burrows (December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He won a Tony Award.

Date of birth: 18 December 1910

Date of death: 17 May 1985

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Broadway theatre directors 38T

New Utrecht High School alumni 41T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T
20.

Leonard Jackson

Actor

Overview: Leonard Jackson (February 7, 1928 – December 22, 2013) was an American stage, film, and television actor, perhaps most widely known for his roles in several PBS television series for children as ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1928

Date of death: 22 December 2013

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Neurological disease deaths in New York (state) 198T

21st-century African-American people 4,704T

20th-century African-American people 4,149T