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Cowan George (b. 1920-02-15 / d. 2012-04-20)
He was an American physical chemist, a businessman and philanthropist. Cowan received a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1941. He did graduate studies at Princeton, where he worked under future Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner, whose investigation of uranium confirmed the feasibility of the Fermi pile. He continued his nuclear research with the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago, Oak Ridge, Columbia University, and Los Alamos. Because he was transferred to various locations as a technological troubleshooter for the effort, he was among the very few people with knowledge of the separate components of the bomb, kept apart for security reasons. He joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. He earned a Ph.D. from the Mellon College of Science in 1950. Weeks after his arrival at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1949, he directed the detection of radioactive fallout from samples collected near the Russian border indicating the Soviets were in possession of a nuclear bomb. He later served on the Bethe Panel that convinced government decision makers the radiochemistry detected represented weapons uses rather than peaceful pursuits.
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Born 1929-04-26. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Other
He was an American recording, voice, television and stage director, producer, writer, actor and voice actor. He directed such animated productions as The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, The Richie Rich Show, The Smurfs, Pound Puppies, Tom & Jerry Kids, The Pirates of Dark Water, Droopy, Master Detective and The New Adventures of Captain Planet. Hunt died from Parkinson's disease at the age of 87.
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Born 1927-05-11. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was a Welsh actor. He is best remembered for his roles as Dr. Bombay in the comedy fantasy series Bewitched (1964–1972), Colonel Crittendon in the comedy series Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), Malcolm Merriweather in The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1965), Colonel Redford in Barnaby Jones (1975), Max in Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo (1977), Archibald Gracie IV in the epic romance-disaster film Titanic (1997).
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Born 1936-12-08. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was a French contemporary dancer. He retired from dance in 2006 at the age of 70.
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Born 1921-07-11. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French television writer, songwriter, actor, playwright, and author of children's books and detective novels. Deret started his career as a songwriter and singer in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the late 1940s. By 1950, he emigrated to Quebec, where he became a theatre and television actor. Nine years later, in 1959, he returned to France and within a few years he created Thierry la Fronde, a television series. Between 1963 and 1966, he wrote 52 episodes.
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Born 1927-07-31. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was an American mathematician known for his work in nonlinear functional analysis. He received the National Medal of Science in 1999 and was President of the American Mathematical Society until 2000. His two younger brothers also became notable mathematicians, William Browder (an algebraic topologist) and Andrew Browder (a specialist in function algebras).
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Born 1996-08-05. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a French cyclist. Born in Rodez, Aveyron, at the time of his death, Fabre competed for the professional team AG2R La Mondiale. He began cycling in 2005 for the amateur club Club VC Rodez. He also cycled for Chambéry CF, beginning in 2015. He won the Tour du Charolais and Circuit des quatre cantons races in 2016. in 2016, he finished second in the Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise. He was a student at the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) prior to his death. On 11 December 2016, Chambéry CF announced that Fabre, aged 20, died the previous day when he fell in a hiking accident on the Bauges mountain range.
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Born 1921-07-18. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
He was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States senator from Ohio, and, in 1998, flew into space again at age 77. Glenn was in good health for most of his life. He retained a private pilot's license until 2011 when he was 90. In June 2014, Glenn underwent successful heart valve replacement surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. In early December 2016, he was hospitalized at the James Cancer Hospital of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. According to a family source, Glenn had been in declining health, and his condition was grave; his wife and their children and grandchildren were at the hospital.
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Born 1923-04-04. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on the stage. Vaughan was partially blind in his old age.
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Born 1948-02-24. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Infection
She was an Indian politician and film actress who served six times as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for over fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. From 1989 she was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), a Dravidian party whose cadre revered her as their Amma (mother) and Puratchi Thalaivi (revolutionary leader). Her critics in the media and the opposition accused her of fostering a personality cult and of demanding absolute loyalty from AIADMK legislators and ministers, who often publicly prostrated themselves before her. On 22 September 2016, Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, as she was suffering from an infection and acute dehydration. Her official duties were handed over to her aide O. Panneerselvam on 12 October 2016, though she continued to remain as the chief minister of the state She was also said to be suffering from a severe pulmonary infection and septicaemia, which were cured. On 4 December 2016, she was re-admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering a cardiac arrest around 16:45. The hospital released a press statement stating that her condition was "very critical" and that she was on life support. On 5 December 2016, the hospital announced her death.
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Born 1934-07-14. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, L'Écho des savanes and Fluide Glacial, he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include Rubrique-à-Brac, Gai-Luron, and Superdupont. In 1995, having taken a back seat for a couple of years, Diament and Gotlib sold Fluide Glacial and Audie to publisher Flammarion and relinquished responsibilities, though Gotlib continued his column for some time. Fluide Glacial remains profitable and has outlived all its competitors such as Vaillant/Pif, Pilote and the Hara-Kiri stable.
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Born 1928-01-31. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
He was an American inventor best known as the inventor of the sailboard.
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Born 1954-02-17. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer
He was a French media executive. He served as the CEO of France 3 from 1999 to 2005, the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne (later known as Presstalis) from 2006 to 2010, and France Télévisions, France's public national television broadcaster, from 2010 to 2015. Pfimlin was married to an heiress to the Peugeot fortune, Pflimlin died of cancer at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
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Born 1934-03-23. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
Per Sune Evaldsson Gillbrand (23 March 1934–30 November 2016) was a Swedish automobile engineer. Born in Tidaholm, Gillbrand is best known for his contribution to the development of several engines for Saab, and in particular their turbocharged engines.
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Born 1937-11-22. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He was a French politician and civil servant. He was also an orchestra founder and conductor.
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Born 1985-07-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a Brazilian footballer who last played for Chapecoense as a goalkeeper. Danilo was one of the 71 people who died in the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on 28 November 2016.
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Born 1982-08-03. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a forward for Chapecoense. Kempes was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.
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Born 1991-08-26. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva, simply known as Marcelo, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a central defender for Chapecoense. Marcelo was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.
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Born 1994-06-04. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Tiago da Rocha Vieira, known as Tiaguinho, was a Brazilian football player who last played for Chapecoense. Tiaguinho was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.
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Born 1981-06-27. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He won state championships with Sport, Vitória, Santos and Avaí. He also had spells abroad, with Kashiwa Reysol in Japan and Atlético Madrid and Mallorca in Spain. Santana was the captain of the Chapecoense team aboard LaMia Flight 2933 that crashed, killing him and 70 others.
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Born 1986-07-22. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a Brazilian central defender who played for Chapecoense. Thiego was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.
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Born 1934-02-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Kidney failure
He was an actor best known for his leading role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. television detective series Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960) and its sequel, Surfside 6 (1960–1962). He teamed for one season with the late Bruce Lee as his partner Kato, in the television series The Green Hornet, which broadcast during the 1966–1967 season.
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Born 1927-12-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Paul Guers was a French film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1955 and 1996. He starred in the 1963 film Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance. He was born in Tours, France and died in Montsoreau. He portrayed the curé in Marie-Octobre. He was married 4 times: To Rolande Ségur (m. de 1953 à 1956), actress, mother of Olivia Dutron Françoise Brion (m. de 1958 à 1963), Karin Petersen, (m. de 1969 à 1982), actress, mother of Laurent Dutron Marie‑Josèphe Legros, writer, (m. de ~1983 à 2016). Legros committed suicide just after the death of Paul Guers.
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Born 1926-08-13. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He was a Cuban communist revolutionary politician, a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist. Castro governed the Republic of Cuba as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011, Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers from 1976 to 2008. Castro also served as the Commander-in-chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist policies were implemented throughout society. Cuban state television announced that Castro had died on the night of 25 November 2016. The cause of death was not disclosed. His brother, President Raúl Castro, confirmed the news in a brief speech: "The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 [EST] this evening." His death came 9 months after his older brother Ramón died at the age of 91 in February. Fidel Castro was cremated on 26 November 2016. A funeral procession travelled 900 kilometres (560 mi) along the island's central highway from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, tracing in reverse, the route of the "Freedom Caravan" of January 1959, and after nine days of public mourning, his ashes were entombed in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba.
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Born 1933-04-15. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Suicide
He was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly in the nude. His signature soft focus style was called the "Hamilton Blur", which was erroneously thought to be achieved by smearing Vaseline on the lens of his camera. It was not created that way. Hamilton's images became part of an "art or pornography" debate. In October 2016, French presenter Flavie Flament accused him of raping her in 1987, when she was 13 years old. In November 2016, French magazine L'Obs published anonymous accounts from three other former models claiming to have been raped by Hamilton. Hamilton issued a statement threatening legal action against his accusers and affirmed that he did not do anything wrong. He was found dead in his Paris apartment by apparent suicide
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Born 1929-11-12. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age
Founder of newspaper Le Point.
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Born 1938-03-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
He was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. Risset was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell Labs.
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Born 1984-06-30. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was a Costa Rican footballer who played as a defender. Badilla was participating in a local marathon known as Lindora Run. Shortly before reaching the finish line, Badilla collapsed. After a long attempt to revive him, he was declared dead due to a cardiorespiratory arrest.
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Born 1926-08-15. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the President of Greece, from 1995 to 2005. Stephanopoulos died at 23:18 in Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, at the age of 90. He had been hospitalised three days earlier, suffering from fever and severe respiratory difficulty, which later emerged as pneumonia.
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Born 1923-02-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Les Frères Jacques, Blue-gray juste-au-corps.
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Born 1942-05-15. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
, known as "", (15 May 1942 in Lure (Haute-Saône – 19 November 2016) was a French private rally driver from the 1970s. He was a double champion of France of the rallies on Alpine-Renault A110bis, in 1974 and 1975.