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March 29, 2024

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Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura

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Lloyd
Hugh Lewis. 2008-07-14

85

Born 1923-04-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Mr Cale in Quadrophenia (1979).

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Thomas
Steven. 2008-07-14

38

Born 1970-00-00. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Accident

Former Boulder resident and Webroot founder Steven Thomas appears to have died of injuries from a fall, the Honolulu medical examiner said.
"The injuries he had are consistent with a fall from a height," said Dr. Kanthi De Alwis, who performed the autopsy Monday. "However, at this point, we have not concluded the manner, which means whether he jumped or accidently fell."
Homicide is not suspected at this time, she said. Toxicology tests are being conducted, which could take several weeks, she said.
De Alwis determined that Thomas had been dead five to six days when hikers found his body Sunday.
The 36-year-old entrepreneur was found about 200 feet below the Pali lookout, a scenic overlook in the mountains just northeast of Honolulu on Oahu island. The spot is about 5 miles from Thomas' beachfront home in Lanikai, outside Kailua.
Thomas had been missing for two weeks. He had recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, but refused medication and medical attention. His behavior in the months and weeks leading up to his disappearance increasingly alarmed family members.
In April, he was arrested after he ran naked into a race/walk event in front of his home. More recently, Thomas expressed deep dismay over his investments, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and his family's plans move back to Boulder, according to reports published in Hawaii.
Thomas stayed with visiting family members at a Waikiki hotel in the days before he disappeared, according to news reports. He told them that the balcony of their hotel room was not high enough for what he needed to do, his brother told reporters.
Friends and family members have said Thomas did not exhibit signs of mental-health problems until recently.

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DeBakey
Michael Ellis. 2008-07-11

99

Born 1908-09-07. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age

On December 31, 2005, at age 97, DeBakey suffered an aortic dissection. Years prior, DeBakey had pioneered the surgical treatment of this condition, creating what is now known as the DeBakey Procedure. He was hospitalized at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Dr. DeBakey initially resisted the surgical option, but as his health deteriorated and DeBakey became unresponsive, the surgical team opted to proceed with surgical intervention. In a controversial decision, Houston Methodist Hospital Ethics Committee approved the operation; on February 9–10, he became the oldest patient ever to undergo the surgery for which he was responsible. The operation lasted seven hours. After a complicated post-operative course that required eight months in the hospital, at a cost of over one million dollars, Dr. DeBakey was released in September 2006 and returned to good health. Although DeBakey had previously refused surgery, he later stated that he was grateful that his surgical team performed the operation.
DeBakey died of natural causes at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. DeBakey was preceded in death by his first wife, Diana Cooper DeBakey who died of a heart attack in 1972 and by his sons, Houston lawyer Ernest O. DeBakey, who died in 2004, and Barry E. DeBakey, who died in 2007. His brother Dr. Ernest G. DeBakey died in 2006. Ernest DeBakey was a cancer specialist in Mobile, Alabama. In addition to his wife, Katrin, and their daughter, Olga, DeBakey is survived by sons Michael and Denis, as well as sisters Lois and Selma DeBakey, who are both medical editors and linguists at Baylor.

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Cahier
Bernard. 2008-07-10

81

Born 1927-00-00. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

In 1968 he became one of the founder members of the IRPA and in later years became its chief advocate and the representative of the media in F1 circles. This led to inevitable tension with Jean-Marie Balestre and Bernie Ecclestone, but Cahier fought well and when denied a pass for the French GP fought back by using his connections to get around the system. The fact that his sister was married to Robert Mitterand, brother of President Francois Mitterand, was obviously useful. He continued to play a role in F1 until 1983 when a change in management at Goodyear resulted in the termination of his contract with the US tyre company. he stepped back from the sport, leaving the work to his son. After the conflict with the FIA and FOCA, he remained close to the sport. Run the Cahier Archive, one of the sport's most complete archives.
In 1966 Cahier helped John Frankenheimer to make the Gran Prix movie and even played a role himself.
His son Paul-Henri Cahier also is a sport photographer.

Monday, July 7
Silverstone 2008 Incident -- Press Release
Following the incident involving Kimi Raikkonen and Paul-Henri Cahier on the starting grid of the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, that saw the finnish driver assault the photographer, we decided that it was necessary to clarify a few points. There never was any contact between the two men, nor did Paul-Henri ever touch Kimi's equipment. Furthermore, the distance at which Paul-Henri Cahier was taking a picture, although close, was completely standard. The photographers who take pictures at Grand Prix races are all professionnals who have been accredited by the FIA, and as the dozen other photographers who were standing next to Paul-Henri Cahier prove, there was nothing unusual or unethical about this situation. Finally, Paul-Henri Cahier has been an F1 photographer for almost fourty years and has been close to the greatest champions, but none of them has ever behaved in such a rude manner. It is understandable that drivers might get irritable because of the pressure they undergo, but Kimi Raikkonen never even attempted to express his discontent in a non violent way. Paul-Henri Cahier luckily did not suffer any injury, and so does not intend to take any action, but he regrets the arrogance with which Kimi Raikkonen treated someone who was merely doing his job.

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Baudinat
Michel. 2008-07-10

68

Born 1939-12-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

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Disch
Thomas Michael. 2008-07-04

68

Born 1940-02-02. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide

SF author, critic, and poet Thomas M. Disch died of suicide in his New York City apartment. Ellen Datlow reports that Disch had been depressed for several years, especially by the death of long-time partner Charles Naylor, and worries of eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
Disch had been maintaining a livejournal (http://tomsdisch.livejournal.com/). His last post was about inflation: "
Inflation/ Starvation/ Fun:
Short of succumbing to the madness of anorexia, I doubt I am likely to experience actual starvation before I die. Nor, I'd bet, will most of those who visit this site. But I'd also bet that most of us have felt the pinch of inflation in our daily diet. I remember the rapid evolution of low-cost middle-class A & P into up-scale, twice-the-price Food Emporium with no practical difference except the prices and the phasing out of cooking staples, a process still barely begun in most supermarkets. The eventual goal is shelves stocked only with bachelor commodities--breadfast cereal, frozen entrees for dieters, and bellywash in small bottles. Cooking gas will be rationed in winter as people try to heat their urban apartments with their ovens. Etc.
I'm curious as to where we are on that scale now. How has your own diet been affected? I had sticker shock this week when I found that a "low-cost" lunch has climbed from $5 to $10/15 in just the last couple years. The Tv advertises a $5 slice of pizza as a bargain. I don't see how teens can get by unless they are dealing drugs or balling for dollars.
But that's just me. Maybe there have been no changes in your part of Omaha at all. Just curious.
" And a few weeks before:
"
Will the soil still be arable
once Carthage is deleted? Will we be able
to eat the tomatoes? But hush!
I see a snitch Follow me into the sewer
We'll be safe underground
"
And also...
" The Tablets of Common Knowledge 1
Two of them appeared in a perp-walk
on Channel One tonight, looking tough and stoic--
but still young enough to serve as someone's
bitch once they've been bled by their lawyers
and whoever may be able to spare them, a while,
the horrors of an enforced sodomy. That.
as we know, is what prison is there for
and that is why there is an interval
between the sentencing and the first rape.
Kill yourselves while you can, guys.
It's what I would do.
"

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Gougeon
Jean-René. 2008-07-04

79

Born 1928-08-14. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

He was a French Horses'trainer-breeder.

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Kiel
Terrence Dewayne. 2008-07-04

27

Born 1980-11-24. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Kiel was selected by the Chargers with the 62nd pick of the second round in the 2003 NFL Draft. Over his four seasons with the Chargers, he played in 59 games and started 51. He was cut on March 1, 2007, and was declared a free agent the following day.
In July 2003, Kiel was shot three times during an alleged attempted carjacking incident at a southwest Houston mall parking lot. The assailant, described as a man in his young teens or early 20s, fled the scene. None of Kiel's injuries were serious and he was shortly released by the hospital.
In September 2006, Kiel was arrested for multiple drug charges including possession, possession with the intent to sell, and transportation of a controlled substance. Police came to the Chargers practice facility and arrested him. He was released after posting a $1,550,000 bond.
In January 2007, he was cited for publicly urinating outside a San Diego nightclub, but the city dropped the charge. In February 2007, he pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor drug charges for shipping codeine-based cough syrup to Texas. He was released by the Chargers after his plea. The felony charge was dropped after he volunteered for 175 hours and underwent counseling for gambling.
On July 4, 2008, San Diego police reported that Kiel had died in a car crash. He was driving back home from a party thrown by Chargers player Stephen Cooper when his 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo hit a wall and he was thrown from the car.
The autopsy report stated that Kiel died due to mechanical asphyxia. His funeral was held at hometown Lufkin, Texas.

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Folgoas
Georges. 2008-07-03

81

Born 1927-00-00. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

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Dister
Alain. 2008-07-02

66

Born 1941-12-25. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Cancer

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Lefèbvre
Raymond (alias: Raymond Lefèvre). 2008-06-27

78

Born 1929-11-20. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Raymond Lefevre conducted the orchestra for many live TV shows in the 60's and the 70's. He also composed for a large number of French movies, including most of Louis de Funès' comedies.
Do you do you St Tropez.

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Botton
Frédéric. 2008-06-27

71

Born 1936-08-05. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He wrote la grande Zoa.

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Coldefy
Jean-Marie. 2008-06-23

86

Born 1922-06-02. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age

He was the Director of the first news program on French TV.

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Grueber
Klaus Michael. 2008-06-22

67

Born 1941-06-04. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Cancer

As an actor, Grüber had got a role in Carax' "les amants du pont Neuf"

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Uglov
Fyodor. 2008-06-22

103

Born 1904-09-22. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age

He claimed to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest practicing surgeon.
Uglov was a pioneer of many new international trends in surgery, especially with regard to the operations on the lungs and heart. His book, “The Surgeon’s Heart,” became a bestseller. The legendary surgeon had performed more than 6,500 operations.
The surgeon, whose motto was “there are no completely hopeless situations, and there should always be a way out,” will be remembered as being fearless by his colleagues. Often he took on board cases that his colleagues considered hopeless, and completed the operations successfully.
In a much-discussed case when he was performing an operation during the Siege of Leningrad during World War II, a shell exploded outside the window and the shock wave sent glass fragments flying into the room. Without thinking of his own safety, Uglov bent over the patient to protect the wound. When the nurse told the surgeon that the explosion had made her drop the only clean scalpel on to the floor, Uglov did not hesitate and completed the operation with a razor.

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Cossery
Albert. 2008-06-22

94

Born 1913-11-03. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

In 60 years he only wrote eight novels, in accordance with his philosophy of life in which "laziness" is not a vice but a form of contemplation and meditation. As he quotes: "So much beauty in the world, so few eyes to see it." At the age of 27 he published his first book, Les hommes oubliés de Dieu ("Men God Forgot"). During his literary career he became close friend of other writers and philosophers such as Lawrence Durrell, Albert Camus and Jean Genet.

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Kalitta
Scott. 2008-06-21

46

Born 1962-02-18. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident

He was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car class in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Powerade Drag Racing Series.
Kalitta was fatally injured during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Kalitta’s Toyota Solara was traveling at about 300 mph when the engine exploded into flames near the finish line. The parachutes were damaged and failed to slow the vehicle. Kalitta's vehicle went through a sand trap at the end of the track, cleared a fence that normally would stop the car, and impacted a concrete-filled post that supports the safety net. Kalitta was transported to the Old Bridge Division of Raritan Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The NHRA said on Kalitta's passing that “Scott shared the same passion for drag racing as his legendary father, Connie. He also shared the same desire to win, becoming a two-time series world champion. He left the sport for a very long period of time, to devote more time to his family, only to be driven to return to the drag strip to regain his championship form."

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Love
Kermit. 2008-06-21

91

Born 1916-08-05. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

He has long been associated as a designer/builder with the Muppets, in particular those on Sesame Street, where he also portrayed Willy, the hot dog vendor. Despite the coincidence of names, both Kermit Love and the Henson company have long denied that Kermit the Frog was named after him. Henson and Love first met after the creation and naming of the frog Muppet.

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Bouillaud
Jean-Claude. 2008-06-20

81

Born 1927-06-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Mouret
Philippe. 2008-06-20

69

Born 1938-09-29. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Cancer

Inventor of the coelioscopy.

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Carter
Timothy Douglas. 2008-06-19

40

Born 1967-10-05. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Suicide

"Tim" Carter was a retired football goalkeeper. He was a goalkeeping coach at the time of his death.
As a goalkeeping coach he worked with the Sunderland first team and was also a part-time coach for the Estonian national team.
Carter's body was found by a passer-by in bushes in the Highfield Close area of Stretford, Greater Manchester. Emergency services were called, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics at midday. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Sources stated that Carter's body was found with a rope around the neck and it is believed he had committed suicide.

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Delannoy
Jean. 2008-06-18

100

Born 1908-01-12. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

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Miyazaki
Tsutomu (alias: The Otaku Murderer). 2008-06-17

45

Born 1962-08-21. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder

Between 1988 and 1989, Miyazaki mutilated and killed four girls, ages four to seven; he then sexually molested their corpses and ate portions of his third and fourth victims.
During the day, Miyazaki was a mild-mannered employee. In his own time, he selected children to kill randomly. He terrorized the families of his victims, sending them letters recalling in graphic detail what he had done to their children. To the family of victim Erika Namba, Miyazaki sent a morbid postcard assembled using words cut out of magazines, spelling out: "Erika. Cold. Cough. Throat. Rest. Death." He allowed the corpse of his first victim, Mari Konno, to decompose in the hills near his home, then chopped off the hands and feet, which he kept in his closet, and which were recovered upon his arrest. He charred the remaining bones in his furnace, ground them into powder, and sent them to her family in a box, along with several of her teeth, photos of her clothes, and a postcard reading: "Mari. Cremated. Bones. Investigate. Prove." Police found that the families of the victims had something else in common: they had all been bothered by strange phone calls. The phone would ring, but when answered, the person on the other end (presumably Miyazaki) would say nothing; if they didn't pick it up, the phone would sometimes ring for upwards of 20 minutes.
On July 23, 1989, Miyazaki, while attempting to insert a zoom lens into the vagina of a grade school-aged girl in a park near her home, was attacked by the girl's father. Miyazaki fled on foot, but returned to the park to retrieve his car, whereupon he was promptly arrested. A police search of his two-room bungalow turned up a collection of 5,763 videotapes, some containing pornographic anime and slasher films. Interspersed among them was video footage and pictures of his victims. He was also reported to be a fan of horror films and have an extensive collection from this genre. The centerpieces of his collection were the first five Guinea Pig films; he reportedly used the second film in the series, titled "Flower of Flesh and Blood", as a template for one of his killings. Miyazaki, who retained a perpetually calm and collected demeanor during his trial, appeared indifferent to his capture.
His trial began on March 30, 1990. Throughout the 1990s, Miyazaki remained incarcerated while Saitama Prefecture put him through a battery of psychiatric evaluations. Teams of psychiatrists from Tokyo University diagnosed Miyazaki as suffering from dissociative identity disorder or extreme schizophrenia. However, Tokyo district court judged that he was still aware of the gravity and consequences of his crimes and he was therefore accountable for them, sentencing him to death by hanging on April 14, 1997.
He was finally executed by hanging.
Victims Deceased
Mari Konno - Four years old
Masami Yoshizawa - Seven years old
Erika Nanba - Four years old
Ayako Nomoto - Five years old

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Finklea
Tula Ellice (alias: Cyd Charisse). 2008-06-17

86

Born 1922-03-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack

Publicist Gene Schwam said Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on June 16, 2008 after suffering an apparent heart attack. She died the following day.

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Rigoni Stern
Mario. 2008-06-16

86

Born 1921-11-01. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

He was an Italian author and World War II veteran, as well as a Nazi concentration camp survivor.
His first novel Il sergente nella neve, published in 1953 (and the following year in English as The Sergeant in the Snow), draws on his own experience as a sergeant in the Alpini corp during the disastrous retreat from Russia in the World War II. It is his only work to be translated into English.

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Svensson
Esbjorn. 2008-06-14

44

Born 1964-04-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident

Esbjörn Svensson went missing during a scuba diving session on Ingarö outside of Stockholm, Sweden. His diving companions eventually found him lying unconscious on the seabed. Having sustained serious injuries, he was rushed to Karolinska University Hospital by helicopter, but his life could not be saved.

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Andersson
Ove. 2008-06-11

70

Born 1938-01-03. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Toyota have expressed their profound sadness at the untimely death of their former Formula One team principal Ove Andersson, aged 70. Andersson was involved in an accident whilst competing in the Milligan Vintage Trial in South Africa, when the classic car he was driving suffered a frontal collision around a blind corner.

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Dessailly
Jean. 2008-06-11

87

Born 1920-08-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Asrian
Karen. 2008-06-09

28

Born 1980-04-24. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart attack

Asrian was ranked 92nd by the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.
Apparently feeling ill, Asrian pulled his car into a court yard in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early Monday and lost consciousness, the Armenian Chess Federation said. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene, possibly of a heart attack, it said.

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Risi
Dino. 2008-06-07

91

Born 1916-12-23. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

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