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March 28, 2024

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Arden John (b. 1930-10-26 / d. 2012-03-28)

He was a English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Misawa
Mitsuharu. 2009-06-13

46

Born 1962-06-18. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

He was a Japanese professional wrestler.
On June 13, 2009, Misawa teamed with Go Shiozaki against Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith at Hiroshima Green Arena. After taking a belly to back suplex from Saito, Misawa lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead in the hospital at 10:10 p.m. due to spinal damage.

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Roof
Michael. 2009-06-09

32

Born 1976-11-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide

He landed a number of film roles in big-budget Hollywood productions. Some of these include the role of Private Mike Maddox of the US Rangers in Black Hawk Down (based on a true story and a real character), the fictional and comedic character of Dil Driscoll in The Dukes of Hazzard, and as fictional National Security Agency Agent Toby Lee Shavers in xXx and its sequel xXx: State of the Union.
Roof's role as NSA Agent Shavers in xXx and xXx: State of the Union are perhaps Roof's most recognized to date.
In the early morning of June 9, Roof's wife contacted police, and reported him missing. Several hours later, his body was found hanged from a tree in a wooded area near a Snellville, Georgia elementary school parking lot. Roof reportedly suffered from bipolar disorder, and had been despondent about family finances.
He is buried in Dunnellon Memorial Gardens, Dunnellon, Florida

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Bongo
Omar. 2009-06-08

73

Born 1935-12-30. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

President of Gabon for years. Both Sarkozy and Chirac attended his funerals.

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Palermo
John Joseph. 2009-06-08

27

Born 1982-03-00. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Accident

Johnny Palermo appeared in more than 30 television shows. He was a regular on the Nickelodeon series Just for Kicks, and he had appeared in Everybody Hates Chris as Chris' overgrown classmate Frank DiPaolo.

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Carradine
John Arthur (alias: David Carradine). 2009-06-03

72

Born 1936-12-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident

He was an American actor, best known for his work in the 1970s television series Kung Fu.
On June 4, 2009, Carradine was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel on Wireless Road, near Sukhumvit, in central, Bangkok, Thailand. The initial police report indicated that Carradine had committed suicide by hanging himself; he was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and body.
a Thai forensic pathologist and Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science, stated the incident met four of the criteria for accidental death involving autoerotic asphyxiation. Police Lieutenant General Worapong Chewprecha, Commander of the Metropolitan Police, remarked that the closed circuit television installed within the hotel supported the theory that no other persons were involved with the death. Carradine's representative and family members told the press that they believed the death to be accidental and not a suicide.
Carradine was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, but the film crew were aware of his absence when they went to dine out at a restaurant on June 3.

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Landin
Peter John. 2009-06-03

79

Born 1930-00-00. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a British computer scientist. He was one of the first to realize that the lambda calculus could be used to model a programming language, an insight that is essential to development of both functional programming and denotational semantics.

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Dean
Millvina. 2009-05-31

97

Born 1912-02-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

She was the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which occurred on 15 April 1912. At nine weeks of age, she was also the youngest passenger on board.

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Ruby
Karine. 2009-05-29

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Born 1978-01-04. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

She was a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Ruby was killed after a climbing accident on Mont Blanc when the top climber, Gilles Monchard, of five roped climbers fell into a crevasse, pulling Ruby and French climber Simon Ouest to their deaths.

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Béliveau
Marcel. 2009-05-28

69

Born 1939-11-19. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

Surprise sur prise

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Roh
Moo-Hyun. 2009-05-23

62

Born 1946-08-06. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Suicide

He was the 16th President of South Korea (2003–2008).
One year and two months after leaving office, Roh became the center of an ongoing bribery scandal. This scandal, the collapse of the "Pro-Roh faction" of politicians, the collapse of the Uri Party and the defeat of its successor Democratic Party in the National Assembly, and the defeat of Roh's designated successor in the presidential elections, marked a decline in the fortunes of the 386 Generation that had brought Roh to power.
Roh committed suicide on 23 May 2009 by jumping from a mountain cliff, after leaving a suicide note. His suicide was confirmed by the police.

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Gordon
Lucy. 2009-05-20

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Born 1980-05-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide

Gordon had played the actress and singer Jane Birkin in Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque; a biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. Before the film was released, she was found hanged in her flat in Paris on 20 May 2009 after committing suicide.
French cinematographer Jérôme Alméras found Gordon hanged in their Paris flat. A French police official said Gordon appeared to have committed suicide by hanging. One police officer was quoted as calling the scene in the flat "absolutely horrific". Tabloid newspapers have reported that she left two suicide notes before hanging herself in the Paris flat; one detailing her last wishes regarding her estate, the other a letter for her parents. A neighbour is said to have heard the couple having an argument before Alméras fell asleep. Michel Haddi, who recently photographed Gordon for the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, said she had revealed to him that she was in love with Alméras.

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Compagnoni
Achille. 2009-05-13

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Born 1914-09-26. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

He was an Italian mountaineer. Together with Lino Lacedelli, on 31 July 1954 he was the first man to reach the summit of K2.

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Planchon
Roger. 2009-05-12

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Born 1931-09-12. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack

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Nanteau
Olivier. 2009-05-10

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Born 1949-00-00. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Unknown

"Portraits toqués" on France Info between 1993 and 1999.
Director of the Mouv' since 1997.

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Marsh
Anthony Ernest. 2009-05-07

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Born 1931-07-20. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

"Tony" Marsh was a British racing driver from England. His Formula One career was short and unsuccessful, but he later enjoyed great success in hillclimbing, winning the British Hill Climb Championship on a record six occasions, divided into two sets of three successive titles. His first 'batch' came in a Cooper-JAP in 1955-56-57, while exactly a decade later (1965-66-67) he repeated the hat-trick at the wheel of his own Marsh-GM special.
Marsh continued to compete in hillclimbs until 2008.

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Evans
Donald Wayne (alias: Ean Evans). 2009-05-06

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Born 1960-09-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer

He was the bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 2001 until his death. He joined the band following the death of Leon Wilkeson.
In late 2008 Evans was diagnosed with cancer, of which he died at his home in Columbus, Mississippi.
An ailing Evans performed with Skynyrd one last time from a chair on April 19, 2009, at the Mississippi Kid Festival, organized in support of Ean Evans.

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Stand
Friedrich Ludwig (alias: Fritz Muliar). 2009-05-04

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Born 1919-12-12. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand, was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as Volksschauspieler. Muliar appeared in numerous films and in some television series such as Kir Royal (alongside Franz Xaver Kroetz) and Kommissar Rex. He is best remembered beyond the boundaries of his native Vienna for playing the title role in the 13-part TV series, Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk, which was filmed in German and broadcast by the Austrian state TV (ORF) in 1972.

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French
Marilyn. 2009-05-02

79

Born 1929-11-21. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

French's 1977 novel, The Women's Room, follows the lives of Mira and her friends in 1950s and 60s America, including Val, a militant radical feminist. The novel portrays the details of the lives of women at this time and also the feminist movement of this era in the United States. At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. French's first book was a thesis on James Joyce.
French survived esophageal cancer. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998).
She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, "The Day Before You Came." The lyrics that mentioned French were: "I must have read a while, the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style".
French died from heart failure.

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Riond
Michèle (alias: Macha Béranger). 2009-04-26

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Born 1941-07-22. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer

She was known for her nightly radio emission "Allo Macha", she had ran for about 30 years (between 1977 and 2006). She was a chain smoker.

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Haller
Bernard. 2009-04-24

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Born 1933-12-05. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

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Annakin
Ken. 2009-04-22

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Born 1914-08-10. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

He was an English film director.
Annakin's last completed film was The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988), Ghenghis Khan (1992) was not completed. He died on 22 April 2009, the same day as Jack Cardiff, who had been his cinematographer on the 1979 film The Fifth Musketeer.
Despite claims that George Lucas took the name for Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars from his friend and fellow film director, Lucas denied this via his publicist following Annakin's death in 2009.

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Cardiff
Jack. 2009-04-22

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Born 1914-09-18. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

He was a British cinematographer, director and photographer.
His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor (and, less successfully, Smell-o-vision), to filmmaking in the 21st century. He was best known for his influential cinematography for directors such as Powell, Huston and Hitchcock.
Cardiff died of natural causes, the same day as Ken Annakin, with whom he had worked on The Fifth Musketeer (1979).

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Nicaud
Philippe. 2009-04-19

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Born 1926-06-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was also a singer. He married Christine Carrère in 1957.
He was Simon Guilbaud in the movie "pouic-pouic"

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Bourges
Yvon. 2009-04-18

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Born 1921-06-29. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

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Druon de Reyniac
Maurice. 2009-04-14

90

Born 1918-04-23. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Les rois maudits.

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Chambers
Marilyn. 2009-04-12

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Born 1952-04-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Unknown

The cause of death was not immediately known. A family friend, Peggy McGinn, said Chambers' 17-year-old daughter found the actress' body Sunday night at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Canyon Country. Chambers was pronounced dead at the scene, the county coroner's office said Monday.
Chambers and fellow actresses Linda Lovelace and Georgina Spelvin shot to fame at a time in the early 1970s when both American social mores and the quality of hard-core sex films were changing.
For the first time, films like "Behind the Green Door" and "Deep Throat" (also released in 1972 and starring Lovelace) had decent acting and legitimate if fairly thin plots. As the audiences for them grew to include couples, they also began to take on higher production values and to be seen in places other than sleazy theaters.
Marilyn Chambers was born Marilyn Ann Briggs.

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Monory
René. 2009-04-11

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Born 1923-06-06. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

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Jarre
Maurice. 2009-03-29

84

Born 1924-09-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He essentially composed for the film industry.

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Bester
Bernard (alias: Bernard Lenteric). 2009-03-24

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Born 1934-01-19. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Other

Bernard Lenteric, pen name of Bernard Bester1, born in Paris and died in the same city of Charcot disease, was a French writer and film producer, author of numerous bestsellers .

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Colombani
Roger. 2009-03-23

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Born 1924-04-09. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

He co-founded Le Matin de Paris in 1977.

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