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Selby Hubert (b. 1928-07-23 / d. 2004-04-26) alias Hubert Selby Jr
In 1947, while at sea, Selby was diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis. The doctors predicted that he would live less than a year. He was taken off the ship in Bremen, Germany, and sent back to America. For the next three and a half years, Selby was in and out of the Marine Hospital in New York for treatment.
Selby went through an experimental drug treatment, streptomycin, that later caused some severe complications. During an operation, surgeons removed several of Selby's ribs in order to reach his lungs. One of the lungs collapsed, and the doctors removed part of the other. The surgery saved Selby's life, but left him with a year-long recuperation and chronic pulmonary problems for the rest of his life. The medical treatments also marked the beginning of Selby's dependence on painkillers and heroin, an addiction that lasted for decades.
During the last years of his life, Selby suffered from depression and fits of rage. The last month of his life Selby spent in and out of the hospital. He died in Highland Park, Los Angeles of chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease.
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Born 1923-11-20. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
She was a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was recognized as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".
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Born 1930-03-06. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia
He was an American conductor, violinist and composer. Making his debut at the conducting podium at the age of eight, he embarked on his career in earnest in 1953, establishing a reputation in European concert halls by 1960 but, by comparison, his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. However, he would later be appointed music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic (NYP), among other posts. Well-regarded in baton technique and possessing a photographic memory for scores, described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age.
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Born 1949-01-29. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
better known by his stage name Tommy Ramone, he was a Hungarian American record producer and musician. He was the drummer of the influential punk rock band the Ramones for four years. He had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer, and was in hospice care following unsuccessful treatment for it.
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Born 1957-07-19. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was a French journalist.
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Born 1944-03-04. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
He was an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s, when he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 50 years and spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country. His passing was announced by a publicist at XL Recordings. He suffered diabetes, prostate cancer, heart diseases, colon cancer, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Born 1915-12-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. For his performance as Silva Vacarro in Baby Doll, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other notable portrayals include Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes (both 1990), and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday (2006). One of America's most prolific screen actors, Wallach remained active well into his nineties, with roles as recently as 2010 in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and The Ghost Writer.
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Born 1950-06-07. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Cancer
His nickname, found at the time of "Actuel" is a combination of the first name of Leon Trotsky and the lastname of his assassin Ramón Mercader.
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Born 1925-07-17. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Also known as "Little" Jimmy Scott, he was an American jazz vocalist famous for his unusually high contralto voice, which was due to Kallmann's syndrome, a very rare genetic condition. The condition stunted his growth at four feet eleven inches until, at the age of 37, he grew another 8 inches to the height of five feet seven inches. The condition prevented him from reaching puberty, leaving him with a high, undeveloped voice. He died in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas, of cardiac arrest.
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Born 1923-07-06. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He was a Polish military officer and communist politician. He was the last communist leader of Poland from 1981 to 1989, Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985 and the country's head of state from 1985 to 1990. He was also the last commander-in-chief of the Polish People's Army (LWP). He resigned from power after the Polish Round Table Agreement in 1989 that led to democratic elections in Poland. Jaruzelski died in a Warsaw hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the month. His death at age 90 came a few days before the 25th anniversary of the 1989 election in which Poles voted against the country's communist rulers and in support of the Solidarity movement led by Wałesa.
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Born 1926-04-02. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name. Brabham retired to Australia after the 1970 Formula One season, where he bought a farm and maintained various business interests, which included the Engine Developments racing engine manufacturer and several garages. He died at his home on the Gold Coast, following a lengthy battle with liver disease. He was eating breakfast with his wife, Margaret, when he died.
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Born 1922-01-16. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1942-10-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Pneumonia
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Born 1924-03-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1935-12-04. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1939-06-09. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1927-03-06. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Born 1960-05-09. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer
Pierre-Henri Menthéour was a French professional road bicycle racer. Menthéour was born in Algiers. His brother Erwann was also a racing cyclist. He won one stage in the 1984 Tour de France as well as the final Team Classification with Renault-Elf-Gitane. His teammate Laurent Fignon won that Tour. He retired in 1986, but returned to competition at the age 36 in order to attempt to break the Hour record of France. In 2012 he admitted to doping during his career. He went on to enjoy success as a journalist and TV cameraman, working on Eurosport's Tour de France coverage but also working in other areas, and won an award for a 2008 documentary on Afghanistan which he made for the French TV series Envoyé spécial.
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Born 1947-04-14. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Cancer
He was the French ombudsman. Formerly a journalist, politician and Mayor of Toulouse, he had been a member of DL and later of the leading centre-right Union for a Popular Movement.
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Born 1920-09-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an award-winning American actor in films, television and Broadway. Beginning as a child actor, his career extended over 90 years, including 88 years in cinema appearing in more than 200 films, one of the longest careers in the industry. While still a teenager, he became a box office star after playing the role of Andy Hardy in a series of fifteen films with the same small town family theme.
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Born 1943-11-28. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
He was an Italian motorcycle designer for Cagiva, Ducati, and MV Agusta, and one of the founders of Bimota. Tamburini's designs are iconic in their field, with one critic calling him the "Michelangelo of motorbike design". His Ducati 916 and MV Agusta F4 were included in the Guggenheim Museum's The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit of 1998–1999. Tamburini was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2013 and underwent chemotherapy near his residence in San Marino.
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Born 1935-08-15. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Heart attack
She was a French author, editor, director, and playwright. One of her novels, La Bicyclette bleue ("The Blue Bicycle"), published in 1981, was France's biggest bestseller. In 2000, it was made into a television series. A story of love, obsession, and survival set during the turmoil of World War II, it developed into a successful series of seven books. While writing fror the communist daily, l'Humanité, she was accused to defend a false jew but real antisemite, Israel Shamir. She was formerly president of the Société des Gens de Lettres de France and a member of the Prix Femina jury.
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Born 1964-04-28. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
She was an American fashion designer, costume designer and model. Previously a celebrity stylist, Scott's fashion design following included a clientele of high profile actors and politicians. In 2009, she contributed designs for Madonna to wear in her photo shoot with model Jesus Luz for W Magazine and in 2011, Scott styled actress Julia Roberts for a W Magazine shoot, alongside Tom Hanks. She designed costumes for such films as Diabolique (1996 remake), Ocean's Thirteen, Eyes Wide Shut, as well as Shine a Light, a documentary by Martin Scorsese about The Rolling Stones, with Mick Jagger, with whom she had been romantically linked since 2001. Scott was found dead by her assistant at her apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan, around 10 a.m. on March 17, 2014. The police reported that no note was found and there was no sign of foul play. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner determined Scott's manner and cause of death to be suicide by hanging. She was 49. Scott's funeral service was held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. She left her entire estate, estimated at about US$9 million, to her longtime boyfriend, Mick Jagger.
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Born 1938-05-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer
He was a French syndicalist leade of FO from 1989 to 2004.
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Born 1933-03-28. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French cartoonist, well known for the series he created "the shadocks"
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Born 1942-06-03. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French film director and screenwriter. (Docteur Françoise Gailland)
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Born 1922-06-03. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French film director whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Night and Fog (1955), an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps. In 1969 Resnais married Florence Malraux (daughter of the French statesman and writer André Malraux); she was a regular member of his production team, working as assistant director on most of his films from 1961 to 1986. His second wife was Sabine Azéma, who acted in the majority of his films from 1983 onwards; they were married in the English town of Scarborough in 1998.
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Born 1974-05-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was a singer, actor, and model. Originally from France, of Algerian origin, he was the former lead singer for French boy band Alliage from 1996 to 1999. After his departure from the group, he relocated to New York City. Elias ran away from home after his father died in a car accident. and at age 15, Elias relocated to Paris, where he worked odd jobs while auditioning for singing or dancing gigs. In order to maintain his physique, Elias exercised regularly, declaring he avoided drugs, and denying rumors that he used steroids. He also dispelled many rumors that he cosmetically enhanced his lips, stating that they are natural. Candidly addressing sexuality issues, when asked in an exclusive interview with Les InRocks about possible homosexuality of members of various boybands of the time, and was this a taboo subject not to discuss at height of success he answered: "I don't know, I am not gay, none of the other Alliage members were gay. Now, I don't know about the sexuality in other bands". In 2008, Elias (using the pseudonym of "Q") appeared on the pornography site "Randy Blue," performing in a solo video directed by Jeremy Lucido. died of a massive heart attack at his home.
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Born 1928-04-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and one-time U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States, 1976–1977.
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Born 1924-06-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Pneumonia
Richard William Bull was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his performances as "Doc" on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Bull died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Calabasas, California of pneumonia. He was 89 years old.
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Born 1967-07-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
He was an American actor and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote, and received three Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor as well as three Tony Award nominations for his work in the theater. Hoffman was found dead by his friend, playwright David Bar Katz, in the bathroom of Hoffman's West Village, Manhattan office apartment. According to the New York City Police Department, he was found with a hypodermic needle in his arm. The investigators also found heroin in the apartment. In a 2006 interview with 60 Minutes, Hoffman revealed that he had suffered from drug and alcohol abuse after graduating from college, and went to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, recovering at age 22. He said he had abused "anything I could get my hands on. I liked it all." Hoffman relapsed over 20 years later, checking into a rehabilitation program for about 10 days in May 2013 because of problems with prescription pills and heroin.