by Will Spann
Date of Birth 2-13-19 (1919)
Date of Death 4-3-07 (2007)
91-3-1+2=89 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 89th year of his life.
Kurt Vonnegut
Literary Giant/Writer-Author of Numerous Books and Plays
Age 88
Date of Birth 11-11-22 (1922)
Date of Death 4-11-07 (2007)
111-1-22=88 (Forward sequence)
Don Ho
Hawaiian Singer/Entertainer
Age 76
Date of Birth 8-13-30 (1930)
Date of Death 4-14-07 (2007)
30+31+8-1+3+3=76 (Forward sequence then forward again)
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Singer/Actress/Spokeswoman for the Arts
Age 96
Date of Birth 9-3-10 (1910)
Date of Death 4-17-07 (2007)
93+10-9+3-1=96 (Forward sequence)
Jack Valenti
President of Motion Picture Association of America/Lobbyist
Age 85
Date of Birth 9-5-21 (1921)
Date of Death 4-26-07 (2007)
90-5+2-1=86 (Forward sequence) He died in the 86th year of his life.
Wally Schirra
American Astronaut
Age 83
Date of Birth 3-12-23 (1923)
Date of Death 5-3-07 (2007)
32+21+30=83 (Reverse sequence)
Jerry Falwell
Church Founder and Pastor/University Founder and Chancellor/Political Activist
Age 73
Date of Birth 8-11-33 (1933)
Date of Death 5-15-07 (2007)
80-1+1-3-3=74 (Forward sequence) He died in the 74th year of his life.
Yolanda Denise King
Oldest Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr./Human Rights Worker/Actress/Film Producer
Age 51
Date of Birth 11-17-55 (1955)
Date of Death 5-15-07 (2007)
55-7+1+1+1=51 (Reverse sequence)
Bill France, Jr.
NASCAR Pioneer and Chairman for 31 years
Age 74
Date of Birth 4-4-33 (1933)
Date of Death 6-4-07 (2007)
40+40-3-3=74 (Forward sequence)
Don Herbert
Television Host/Mr. Wizard Science Show
Age 89
Date of Birth 7-10-17 (1917)
Date of Death 6-12-07 (2007)
70+10+1+7=88 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 89
Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter/Sculptor/Among the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century
Age 91
Date of Birth 10-25-81 (1881)
Date of Death 4-8-73 (1973)
1+2+5+81=89 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 91
Ruth Bell Graham
Wife of Renowned Christian Evangelist Billy Graham/Author/Speaker/Philanthropist
Age 87
Date of Birth 6-10-20 (1920)
Date of Death 6-14-07 (2007)
61+20+2+10-6=87 (Forward then reverse sequence)
Evil Knievel
American Motorcycle Daredevil /Painter/Entertainer
Age 69
Date of Birth 10-17-38 (1938)
Date of Death 11-30-07 (2007)
71-10-8-3=70 (Inside out sequence) He died in the 70th year of his life.
Arthur C. Clarke
Sci Fi Guru/Author/Inventor/Futurist
Age 90
Date of Birth 12-16-17 (1917)
Date of Death 3-18-08 (2008)
71+16+2+1=90 (Reverse sequence)
Ivan Dixon
American Actor/Director/Producer
Age 76
Date of Birth 4-6-31 (1931)
Date of Death 3-16-08 (2008)
31+6+40=77 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 77th year of his life.
Anthony Minghella
Entertainment
Age 54
Date of Birth 1-6-54 (1954)
Date of Death 3-18-08 (2008)
45+6+1=52 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 54
54 is in his year of birth
Mike Smith
English Singer/Songwriter/Music Producer /Keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five
Age 64
Date of Birth 12-6-43 (1943)
Date of Death 2-28-08 (2008)
60-2-1+4+3=64 (Inside out sequence)
The number 64 is in his date of birth.
Buddy Holly
American Singer/Songwriter/Pioneer of Rock n’Roll
Age 22
Date of Birth 9-7-36 (1936)
Date of Death 2-3-59 (1959)
90-70-3+6=23 (Forward sequence) He died in the 23rd year of his life.
36-7-9=20 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 22
Jeff Healy
Canadian Blind Singer/Songwriter /Musician/Jazz/Blues/Rock
Age 41
Date of Birth 3-25-66 (1966)
Date of Death 3-2-08 (2008
52+3-6-6+43 (Inside out sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 41
Paul Scofield
English Actor/Stage and Screen
Age 86
Date of Birth 1-21-22 (1922)
Date of Death 3-19-08 (2008)
121-22+2-2-12-1=86 (Forward then reverse sequence)
Neil Aspinall
Beatles Promoter/British Record Producer /Music Industry Executive
Age 66
Date of Birth 10-13-41 (1941)
Date of Death 3-24-08 (2008)
40+31+10=64 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 66
Linda McCartney
American Photographer/Musician /Entrepreneur/Animal Rights Activist
Age 56
Date of Birth 9-4-41 (1941)
Date of Death 4-17-98 (1998)
90-40+4+1=55 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of her death at age 56
Tom Lantos
US Congressman
Age 80
Date of Birth 2-1-28 (1928)
Date of Death 2-11-08 (2008)
82+1-2=81 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 81st year of his life.
Oscar Peterson
Canadian Jazz Pianist/Composer
Age 82
Date of Birth 8-15-25 (1925)
Date of Death 12-23-07 (2007)
81-5+2+5=83 (Forward sequence) He died in the 83rd year of his life.
Dan Fogelberg
American Singer/Songwriter/Composer /Folk/Pop/Rock/Classical/Jazz/Bluegrass
Age 56
Date of Birth 8-13-51 (1951)
Date of Death 12-16-07 (2007)
51+13-8=56 (Reverse sequence)
Heath Ledger
Australian Actor/Director
Age 28
Date of Birth 4-4-79 (1979)
Date of Death 1-22-08 (2008)
40+4-7-9=28 (Forward sequence)
40-9-7+4=28 (Wrap around sequence) Double confirmation!!
Suzanne Pleshette
American Actress/Movie/Television/Stage
Age 70
Date of Birth 1-31-37 (1937)
Date of Death 1-19-08 (2008)
73+1-3-1=70 (Reverse sequence)
Bobby Fischer
American-Icelandic International Chess Champion
Age 64
Date of Birth 3-9-43 (1943)
Date of Death 1-17-08 (2008)
30-9+43=64 (Forward sequence)
Sir Edmund Hillary
New Zealand International Explorer/Philanthropist/First to summit Mt. Everest
Age 88
Date of Birth 7-20-19 (1919)
Date of Death 1-11-08 (2008)
70-2+19=87 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 88
David Groh
American Actor/Rhoda Television Show
Age 68
Date of Birth 5-21-39 (1939)
Date of Death 2
-12-08 (2008)
50-21+39=68 (Forward sequence)
Charlton Hesston
American Movie Actor/Theater/Television /Guns Rights Activist
Age 84
Date of Birth 10-4-23 (1923)
Date of Death 4-5-08 (2008)
32+40+10=82 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 84
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Magazine Publisher/Father of Political Conservatism
Age 82
Date of Birth 11-24-25 (1925)
Date of Death 2-27-08 (2008)
52+42-11=83 (Reverse sequence) He died at age 82 in the 83rd year of his life.
Jeremy Beadle
English Television Presenter/Writer and Producer
Age 59
Date of Birth 4-12-48 (1948)
Date of Death 1-30-08 (2008)
21+40-8+4=57 (Inside out sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 59
Irvine Robbins
Baskin-Robbins Co-founder
Age 90
Date of Birth 12-6-17 (1917)
Date of Death 5-12-08 (2008)
71+6+12=89 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 90
Barry Morse
Anglo-Canadian Actor of Screen/Stage/Television
Age 89
Date of Birth 6-10-18 (9198)
Date of Death 2-2-08 (2008)
60+10+18=88 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 89
Phyllis A. Whitney
American Mystery Writer
Age 104
Date of Birth 9-9-03 (1903)
Date of Death 2-8-08 (2008)
90+9+3=102 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of her death at age 104
Roy Scheider
American Actor
Age 75
Date of Birth 11-10-32 (1932)
Date of Death 2-10-08 (2008)
32+10+11+23+1-1-1=75 (Reverse sequence then reverse again)
Robert Goulet
American Singer/Actor
Age 73
Date of Birth 11-26-33 (1933)
Date of Death 10-30-07 (2007)
3-3+62+11=73 (Reverse sequence)
Porter Waggoner
Country Music Singer
Age 80
Date of Birth 08-12-27 (1927)
Date of Death 10-28-07 (2007)
72+2-1+8=81 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 81st year of his life.
Suharto
Former Longtime Dictator of Indonesia
Age 86
Date of Birth 6-8-21 (9121)
Date of Death 1-2-08 (2008)
6+80+2-1=87 (Forward sequence) He died in the 87th year of his life.
Gordon Hinckley
Former Leader of the Mormon Church
Age 97
Date of Birth 6-23-10 (1910)
Date of Death 1-27-08 (2008)
60+23+10+6+2-3-1=97 (Forward sequence then forward again)
Margaret Truman
Literature/Daughter of President Harry Truman
Age 83
Date of Birth 2-17-24 (1924)
Date of Death 1-29-08 (2008)
20+71-2-4=85 (Inside out sequence) Close w/i two years of her death at the age of 83
D. James Kennedy
Founder/Pastor Coral Springs Presbyterian Church/Televangelist
Age 76
Date of Birth 11-03-30 (1930)
Date of Death 9-05-07 (2007)
30+30+11+3+3-1+1=77 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 77th year of his life.
Zelma C. Henderson
Last living Original Brown vs. Board Plaintiff/Businesswoman/Wife/Mother
Age 88
Date of Birth 2-29-20 (1920)
Date of Death 5-20-08 (2008)
92-2-2=88 (Reverse sequence inside out)
During the 54th year from the life changing Brown vs. Board decision of 1954 she was the last of the original plaintiffs to die. God waited until the 54th year from that historic event to take her.
Harvey Korman
Actor/Comedian/Movies/Television Co-Star w/Carol Burnett and Tim Conway
Age 81
Date of Birth 2-15-27 (1927)
Date of Death 5-29-08 (2008)
72+5+1+2=80 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 81
Bo Diddley
Singer/Guitarist/Rock n’Roll pioneer
Age 79
Date of Birth 12-30-28 (1928)
Date of Death 6-2-08 (2008)
82-3+2-1=80 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 80th year of his life
21+30+28=79 (Forward sequence) Double confirmation!!
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Attorney General/U.S. Senator/Younger Brother of President John F. Kennedy
Age 42
Date of Birth 11-20-25 (1925)
Date of Death 6-6-68 (1968)
25+20-1-1=43 (Reverse sequence) He died in the 43rd year of his life.
Jim McKay
ABC Television Sports Journalist
Age 86
Date of Birth 9-24-21 (1921)
Date of Death 6-7-08 (2008)
90+2-4-2+1=87 (Forward sequence) He died in the 87th year of his life.
Joe Frazier aka “Smokin Joe”
Former Undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion/Olympic Gold Medalist
Age 67
Date of Birth 1-12-44 (1944)
Date of Death 11-7-11 (2011)
10+12+44=66 (Forward sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 67
George Carlin
Award Winning Comedian/Actor/Author and Philosopher
Age 71
Date of Birth 5-12-37 (1937)
Date of Death 6-22-08 (2008)
73+2+1-5=71 (Reverse sequence)
Mando Ramos
Former Two-Time Lightweight Boxing Champion
Age 59
Date of Birth 11-15-48 (1948)
Date of Death 7-6-08 (2008)
8+4+51-1-1=61 (Reverse sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 59
Sir John Templeton
Mutual Fund Pioneer-Manager /Philanthropist/Businessman
Age 95
Date of Birth 11-29-12 (1912)
Date of Death 7-8-08 (2008)
2+1+92+1-1=95 (Reverse sequence)
Dr. Michael DeBakey
Heart Surgeon/Medical Educator /Innovator/Medical Statesman
Age 99
Date of Birth 9-7-08 (1908)
Date of Death 7-11-08 (2008)
90-70+80=100 (Forward sequence) He died in the 100th year of his life.
Hirohito (Emporer)
124th Emporer of Japan
Age 87
Date of Birth 1-29-01 (1901)
Date of Death 1-7-89 (1989)
1+91-9+2+1= 86 (sequence) Close w/i two years of his death at age 87
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author Gulag Archipelago /Writer/Nobel Prize Laureate
Age 89
Date of Birth 12-11-18 (1918)
Date of Death 8-3-08 (2008)