Known for:	Walden, We're All Devo, Conceiving Ada
Birthday:	22 October 1920, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Born at 10:20am-EDT Godfather of actress Winona Ryder. Was the first husband of actress Uma Thurman's mother, Nena. While he toyed with the idea of cryogenic suspension, he never went ahead with it. Instead, his body was cremated, with a portion of his ashes placed on a small rocket that is presently in Earth orbit, and will eventuially burn up as it re-enters the atmosphere. (The rocket includes portions of the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.) His death was announced on the internet with a black screen on his website, and the words "Timothy has passed." Claimed he was conceived on the night before Prohibition went into effect in the USA. According to his son, his last words were most unusual. He reportedly sat up in bed, shouting "Yeah! Why not? Why not?" He then laid back down and said "Oh! Beautiful! Beautiful!" Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 348-351. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Was friends with Bill Moseley. Father of Zach Leary. Once appeared on stage dressed as Satan, proclaiming, "I am the god of Hellfire!" An acid-head in the front row yelled in fright, and ran screaming out of the amphitheater.

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