Anwar Sadat b. 1918 d. 1981 (assassinated)
Egyptian President

Barry Sadler b. 1940 d. 1987
US Army Sgt./somposer/singer - Ballad of the Green Berets

Carl Sagan b. November 9, 1934. d. December 20, 1996 (bone marrow cancer)
Astronomer/writer - The Cosmos

Andrei Sakharov b. 1921 d. 1989 (heart attack)
Nobel Prize wining Russian physicist

Pierre Salinger b.1925 d. October 16, 2004 (heart failure)
Press Secretary to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

Jonas Salk - b. 1914 d. 1995
Physician/microbiologist - Developed the polio vaccine

Albert Salmi d. 1990 b. 1928 (murdered his wife and then shot himself)
Actor - many Western parts

Carl Sandburg b. 1878. d. 1967 (heart attack)
Poet/biographer

Harland 'Colonel' Sanders b. 1890. d. 1980 (leukemia)
Kentucky Fried Chicken founder - Finger lickin' good!

Merl Saunders b. 1934 d. 2008 (complications from stroke)
Musician - keyboardist with The Grateful Dead

Billy Sands b. 1911 d. 1984 (lung cancer)
Actor - Machinist Mate Harrison 'Tinker' Bell on McHale's Navy

Isabel Sanford b. 1917 d. July 9, 2004 (natural causes)
Actress - Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons

Dick Sargent b. 1933. d. 1994 (cancer)
Actor - He replaced Dick York as Darren on Bewitched

David Sarnoff b. 1891 d. 1971
First to recieve the wireless message from the Titanic. Founded NBC. Was Brig. General in Army in WWII.

Telly Savalas b. 1924 d. 1994 (prostate cancer)
Actor - Kojack

Rebecca Schaeffer b. 1967 d. 1989 (Murdered by stalker, Robert John Bardo, who was sentenced to life in prison. )
Actress - Patti Russell on My Sister Sam

Roy Scheider b. 1932 d. February 10, 2008 (multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell)
Actor - Police Chief Brodie in Jaws

DrBo Schembechler b. 1929 d. November 17, 2006 (heart failure)
Legendary football coach at University of Michigan

Chris Schenkel b. 1923 d. September 11, 2005 (emphysema)
Sportscaster

Vincent Schiavelli b. 1948 d. December 26, 2005 (lung cancer)
Actor -Subway ghost in "Ghost"

Terri Schiavo b.12/3/1963 d. March 31, 2005
Brain damaged woman whose care and death sparked controversy

Oskar Schindler b. 1908 d. 1974
Saved 1200 Jews during WWII - subject of Spielberg movie

Wally Schirra b. 1923 d. May 3, 2007
Original Mercury 7 astronaut who also flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. b. 1917 d. February 28, 2007 (heart attack)
Historian and Kennedy family confidant

. William Scholl b. 1921 d. March 15, 2002
Famed for foot comfort!

Charles Schulz b. 1922. d. February 12, 2000 (colon cancer)
Creator of Peanuts - His last strip ran Sunday, February 13, 2000

Jack Schwab b. 1904. d. 1980
Owner of Schwab's Drug Store on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood

Albert Schweitzer b. 1875. d. 1965
German philosopher, physician and humanitarian

Francis R. "Dick" Scobee b. 1939 d. 1986
A Challenger astronaut

Paul Scofield b. 1922 d. March 19, 2008 (leukemia)
Actor - A Man for All Seasons

Marge Schott b. d. March 2, 2004 (lung related problems)
Deposed owner of the Cincinnati Reds

George C. Scott b. 1927 d. 1999 (ruptured abdominal aortic aneurism)
Actor - Patton

Randolph Scott b. 1898. d. 1987
Western Actor

Jean Seberg b. 1938 d. 1979 (barbiturate overdose)
Actress - Lillith, Saint Joan

Peter Sellers b. 1925. d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor - Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther

Rod Serling b. 1924. d. 1975 (complications of heart surgery)
Writer/producer - The Twilight Zone

Dr. (Theodore Geisel) Seuss b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer/illustrator

Eric Sevareid b.1912 d. 1992
Journalist

Del Shannon b. 1934 d. 1990 (self-inflicted gunshot wound)
Singer - Runaway

Ray Sharkey b. 1952 d. 1993 (AIDS)
Actor - Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy

Artie Shaw b. 1910 d. December 30, 2004
Clarinetist and Bandleader

Robert Shaw b. 1927 d. 1978 (heart attack)
Actor - Quint in Jaws

Dick Shawn b. 1929. d. 1987 (heart attack - while onstage)
Comedian

Alan B Shepard, Jr  b. 1923 d. 1998 (leukemia)
Astronaut - First American in space, oldest man to walk on the moon (Apollo 14)

Dr. Sam Sheppard b. 1923 d. 1970
Accused of murdering his wife and spent ten years in prison

Sidney Sheldon b. 1917 d. January 30, 2007 (pneumonia)
Author, producer - The Other Side of Midnight and I Dream of Jeannie

Allan Sherman b. 1924 d. 1973
Musician/comic - Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh

Willie Shoemaker b. 1931 d. October 12, 2003 (died in his sleep)
Jockey - 8,883 victories are the second-most in thoroughbred racing history

Dinah Shore b. 1916 d. 1994 (cancer)
Actress, host, great lady

Bobby Short b. 1924 d. March 21, 2005
Pianist, for 35 years at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City

Hugh Sidey b. 1927 d. November 21, 2005 (heart attack)
Journalist - Covered White House for Time magazine

Joel Siegel b. 1943 d. June 29, 2007 (colon cancer)
Longtime movie critic for "Good Morning America"

Ruth Siems b. 1931 d. November 13, 2005 (heart attack)
Invented Stove Top Stuffing

Simone Signoret b. 1921 d. 1985 (cancer)
Actress - Room at the Top

Karen Silkwood b. 1946. d. 1974 (murdered)
Nuclear Reactor Worker

Beverly Sills b.1929 d. July 2, 2007 (cancer)
Brooklyn-born opera diva

Ron Silver b. 1948 d. March 15, 2009 (esophageal cancer)
Actor & political activist - West Wing

Jay Silverheels b. 1919. d. 1980 (stroke)
Actor - Tonto on The Lone Ranger

Phil Silvers b.1911 d. 1985
Comedian - Sgt. Bilko

Richard Simmons b. 1913 d. January 11, 2003 (Alzheimers)
Actor - Sgt. Preston of the Yukon

Paul Simon b.1928 d. December 9, 2003 (complications of heart surgery)
U.S. Senator from Illinois with signature bow tie

Nina Simone b.1933 d. April 21, 2003
Singer - I Loves You Porgy

Nicole Brown Simpson b. 1959 d. 1994
Murdered by ex-husband O.J. Simpson - hey, my site, my opinion

Frank Sinatra b. 1915. d. 1998 (heart attack)
Singer/actor - Ol' Blue Eyes

Isaac B. Singer b. 1904 d. 1991
Writer - Nobel Prize winner in 1978

Gene Siskel b. 1946 d. 1999 (complication from brain surgery)
Movie critic

Red Skelton b. 1913. d. 1997 (pneumonia)
Comedian - The Red Skelton Hour

Donald K. "Deke" Slayton b. 1924 d. 1993 (brain cancer)
One of the "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts

Sen. George Smathers b. 1913 d. January 20, 2007 (stroke)
Former U.S. Senator and confidant to several Presidents

Anna Nicole Smith b. 1967 d. February 8, 2007
Playmate and Reality TV star

Buffalo Bob Smith b. 1917 d. 1998
Actor - Howdy Doody Show

Claydes Charles Smith b. 1948 d. June 20, 2006
Musician - Co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool & the Gang


Harold "Hal" Smith b. 1916. d. 1994 (heart attack)
Actor - Otis, the town drunk on the Andy Griffith Show

Howard K. Smith b. 1914 d. February 15, 2002 (pneumonia, complication of heart disease)
Journalist - one of the "Murrow Boys" and anchor for ABC

Jewel "Sammi" Smith b. 1943 d. February 12, 2005
Country Singer - Help Me Make It Through The Night

John Smith b. 1931 d. 1995 (cirrhosis of the liver)
Actor - Slim Sherman on Laramie

Kate Smith b. 1909 d. 1986 (diabetes)
Singer - The Kate Smith Show

Lane Smith b. 1936 d. June 13, 2005 (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Actor - Perry White in Lois & Clark:The New Adventures of Superman

Merriman Smith b. 1913 d. 1970 (suicide by gunshot)
UPI White House Correspondent - broke the story of JFK's assassination

Michael John Smith b. 1945. d. January 28, 1986
. US Space Shuttle Challenger Pilot

Mike Smith b. 1943 d. 2008 (pneumonia)
Musician/ was lead vocalist for the Dave Clark Five

William French Smith b. 1917 d. 1990 Attorney General of the U.S., 1981-1985

Sam Snead b. 1912 d. May 23, 2002 (complications from stroke)
Golfer - Slammin' Sammy

Carrie Snodgress b. 1946 d. April 1, 2004 (heart failure)
Actress - Diary of a Mad Housewife, Pale Rider

Hank Snow b. 1914 d. December 20, 1999
Musician - The Singing Ranger

Tony Snow b. 1955 d. 2008 (colon cancer)
Reporter/ was White House spokesman/ Press Secretary for the Bush Administration

Tom Snyder b. 1936 d. July 29, 2007 (leukemia)
TV talk host - Tomorrow and Late Late Show

Aaron Spelling b. 1923 d. June 23, 2006 (stroke)
Producer - Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210

Jimmy "The Greek" Synder d. 1996
Oddsmaker

Jack Soo b. 1917 d. 1979 (cancer)
Actor - Det. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller

Ann Sothern b. 1909 d. March 15, 2001 (heart failure)
Actress - The Ann Sothern Show

John Spencer b. 1946 d. December 16, 2005 (heart attack)
Actor - Leo McGarry on the West Wing

Wendie Jo Sperber b. 1958 d. November 29, 2005 (breast cancer)
Actress - Bosom Buddies, also Back to the Future

Mickey Spillane b. 1918 d. July 17, 2006 (cancer)
Writer - Mike Hammer novels

Dr. Benjamin Spock b. 1903 d. 1998
Pediatrician/writer - Baby and Child Care

Dusty Springfield b. 1939 d. 1999 (breast cancer)
Singer - I Only Want to Be with You, Wishin' and Hopin'

Robert Stack b. 1919 d. May 15, 2003 (heart failure)
Actor - Elliott Ness in the Untouchables

Lionel Stander b.1908 d. 1994 (lung cancer)
Actor - Max on Hart to Hart

Barbara Stanwyck b. 1907 d. 1990 (congestive heart failure)
Actress - Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley

Maureen Stapleton b. 1925 d. March 13, 2006 (chronic pulmonary disease)
Actress - Reds and Interiors

Ray Stark b. 1914 d. January 17, 2004 (heart attack)
Producer - Funny Girl, The Way We Were

Charles Starrett b. 1903 d. 1986 (cancer)
Western actor - Durango Kid

Harold E. Stassen b. 1908 d. March 4, 2001
Ran 9 times for the Republican presidential nomination between 1948 and 1992

James St. Clair b. 1921 March 10, 2001
Tricky Dick's Watergate lawyer

Bob Steele b. 1907 d. 1988 (heart failure)
Actor - Trooper Duffy on F Troop

Don Steele b. 1936 d. 1997 (lung cancer)
DJ - L.A. "Boss Jock" of the 1960's

Rod Steiger - b. 1925 d. July 9, 2002 (pneumonia and kidney failure)
Actor - On the Waterfront, In the Heat of the Night

Max Steiner b. 1888 d. 1971
Composer - Gone With the Wind ,77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Sugarfoot

Casey Stengel b. 1890 d. 1975
Manager of the New York Yankees

Robert Sterling b. 1917 d. May 30, 2006
Actor - ghost George Kerby in Topper

Issac Stern b. 1920 d. September 22, 2001 (heart attack)
Violinst

Craig Stevens b. 1918 d. 2000 (cancer)
Actor - Peter Gunn

George Stevens b. 1904 d. 1975 (heart attack)
Actor/director - Giant, Diary of Anne Frank, Gunga Din

Inger Stevens b. 1934 d. 1970 (suicide-overdose)
Actress - Katy Holstrum on The Farmer's Daughter

Adlai Stevenson b. 1900 d. 1965 (heart attack)
Governor of Illinois, Presidential candidate (lost to Ike)

McLean Stevenson b. 1929 d. 1996 (heart attack)
Actor - Lt. Col. Henry Blake on MASH

Jay Stewart b. 1918 d. 1989 (suicide)
Monty Hall's assistant on Let's Make a Deal

Jimmy Stewart b. 1908. d. 1997 (pulmonic blood clot)
Actor - It's a Wonderful Life

John Stewart b.1939 d. 2008 (brain aneurysm)
Muscian/ sang with the Kinston Trio

Potter Stewart b. 1915 d. 1985
US Supreme Court Justice

Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale b. 1923 d. July 5, 2005 (Alzheimers)
Medal of Honor recipient and Ross Perot's running mate for president in 1992

Milburn Stone b. 1904 d. 1980 (heart attack)
Actor - Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams on Gunsmoke

Beatrice Straight b. 1914 d. April 7, 2001
Actress - Network and the Mother on Wonder Woman

Hank Stram b. 1923 d. July 4, 2005 (complications of diabetes)
Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and Pro Football Hall of Famer

Glenn Strange b. 1899 d. 1973
Actor - Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke

Lee Strasberg b. 1901 d. 1982
Actor/teacher - Actor's Studio famed for "method acting"

Susan Strasberg b. 1938 d. 1999 (breast cancer)
Actress - Daughter of Lee, friend of Marilyn Monroe

Dorothy Stratten b. 1960 d. 1980 (murdered by husband)
Playboy Model

David Strickland b. 1969 d. 1999 (suicide)
Actor - Todd Stites on Suddenly Susan

Levi Stubbs b. 1936 d. 2008 (cancer) he was the front man for the very popular 50's group The Four Tops

Barry Sullivan b.1912 d. 1994 (respiratory ailment)
Actor - Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett on The Tall Man

Ed Sullivan b. 1901 d. 1974
Entertainer - The Ed Sullivan Show

JD Sumner b. 1924. d. 1998
Singer - backed up Elvis - JD Sumner and the Stamps

Frank Sutton b. 1922 d. 1974
Actor - Sgt. Vincent Carter on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gloria Swanson b. 1899 d. 1983
Actress - Sunset Boulevard

John Cameron Swayze b. 1906 d. 1995
Journalist/Timex ads - Just this once, it took a licking but...

Jack Swigert b. 1931 d. 1982 (cancer)
Command module pilot of Apollo 13 - Said, "Houston, we have a problem"