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Fannie Lee Chaney, 84, Mother of Slain Civil Rights Worker, Is Dead

2007-05-24T04:00:00+0000

Fannie Lee Chaney became a target of racial hatred herself after her son James Chaney and two other civil rights workers were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964.

Frances Chaney, Rising Star Who Was Blacklisted in 1950, Dies at 89

2004-12-05T05:00:00+0000

Frances Chaney, radio star whose budding film career was stifled after she and her husband, Ring Lardner Jr, were placed on Hollywood blacklist, dies at age 89 (S)

Paid Notice: Deaths CHANEY, ZEBEDEE C.

2003-12-14T05:00:00+0000

CHANEY--Zebedee C. The officers and enlisted personnel of the Veteran Corps of Artillary-State of New York mourn the passing of their former Chief of Staff COL. Zebedee C. Chaney on December 6. BG David J. Ramsay Commandant

Lon Chaney Jr., Actor, Is Dead at 67

1973-07-14T05:00:00+0000

Chaney, Lon Jr

DR. L. B. CHANEY, NEUROLOGIST, 77; Ex-Professor at Columbia Dies -- On Flushing Staff

1968-03-14T05:00:00+0000

Chaney, L Beverley (Dr)

GEN. CHANEY DIES; LED IWO JIMA RAID; Commander of Army Troops There Was Air Force Aide

1967-08-22T05:00:00+0000

Chaney, Jas E

NEWCOMB CHANEY, LED GAS RESEARCH; Chemist Honored for Work On Gas Mask Dies at 83

1966-07-14T05:00:00+0000

Chaney, Newcomb K

VICTIM'S MOTHER ASKS FICHT GO ON; Mrs. Chaney Hopes Son Will Not Have Died in Vain

1964-08-09T05:00:00+0000

Mrs Chaney calls on Miss Negroes to assert rights so that 3 workers will not have died in vain, says she agreed to release of Spain's med findings to reveal truth about slaying, statement

TOD BROWNING, 80, EX-FILM DIRECTOR; Maker of Chaney and Lugosi Films Dies Former Actor

1962-10-10T05:00:00+0000

Browning, Tod

I NORMAN CHANEY DIES; !FAT BOY 0' 'OUR GANG'; $egected for Roles in Comedies in ! 928, When He Was 11.-. Once Wghed 00 Pounds..

1936-05-31T05:00:00+0000

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