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Farina Sergio (b. 1926-09-08 / d. 2012-07-03) alias Sergio Pininfarina
He was an Italian automobile designer and Senator for life. In 1965 it was Sergio Pininfarina who personally persuaded Enzo Ferrari to adopt a "mid-engined" engine configuration for a new line of road cars, with the engine positioned behind the driver, but ahead of the rear wheels. The resulting Ferrari Dino Berlinette Speciale was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October, although it would be another two years before the cars were offered for sale. After his father's death in 1966, Pininfarina became chairman of the company. In 2006 Sergio and his son Andrea, who died in 2008 were named Honorary Chairmen of Pininfarina,
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Born 1931-03-06. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Stewart raced a Cooper Bristol for the Scottish Ecurie Ecosse team at the 1953 British Grand Prix, but failed to finish after crashing at Copse.
His career, which began in local sprints and hillclimbing, saw his greatest successes coming in sportscar racing.
He won a host of events in Britain and abroad before retiring in 1955 at the age of just 24.
After his racing career ended, he worked in vehicle sales in the UK and America, and beat a 40-year battle with alcoholism in the late 1990s before setting up home close to where he grew up near Dumbarton in Scotland.
In his recent Autobiography, Jackie Stewart said: "I owe him almost everything because, when I was young and struggling at school, the world seemed a dark place, I found my real salvation in motor racing.
"But I only found it because, in my difficult time of need and confusion, it was my older brother who carried the torch and selflessly showed me the way.
"It was almost as if Jim was beckoning me to join him on a magic carpet ride, carrying me out of the wilderness at school into the exciting, glamorous world of motor racing."
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Born 1975-00-00. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Stunning Natasha, 32, and the BBC children’s show presenter are said to have stayed up until nearly dawn snorting the Class A drug.
After snatching a few hours’ sleep they woke at lunchtime on Thursday, when Natasha said she felt unwell and went for a bath.
Speight became worried a few minutes later when the bathroom fell silent. He went in and discovered Natasha’s lifeless body in the still warm water.
The CBBC SMart show star pulled her out of the bath and tried desperately to revive her with mouth-to-mouth. He then dialled 999 and paramedics fought in vain to save her.
Police were also called to the couple’s £625,000 penthouse in St John’s Wood, North London, and Speight, 42, was arrested on suspicion of Natasha’s murder.
He was later also arrested for supplying her with a Class A drug after reportedly telling cops how they had snorted cocaine together the night before.
Distraught Speight was taken to Marylebone police station, where he repeatedly broke down sobbing during his interview.
A police source said: “He did everything he could to save her. He was absolutely distraught afterwards and fully cooperative. He gave a full and frank account of what happened.”
She is said to have suffered regular fits after being injured in a car accident several years ago and lapsing into a coma. Neighbours also reported she had recently become painfully thin.
Natasha’s mum Carmen later issued a statement saying: “We are all absolutely distraught over the death of Natasha. She was our loving, caring daughter who was always full of life.”
Natasha met Speight in 1998 when they worked together on kids’ TV show See It Saw It. She played See, a court jester to a king played by Speight. Speight, who first found fame on ITV’s Saturday morning kids’ show Scratchy & Co, has worked on CBBC’s SMart since 1995.
OTHER kids' TV stars caught in scandal include ex-Blue Peter host John Leslie, filmed in a cocaine-fuelled orgy with Abi Titmuss in 2003, and Jamie Theakston, who had sex with a hooker in a Mayfair bondage den. In 1998 Blue Peter axed Richard Bacon over a 12-hour booze and cocaine bender.
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Born 1972-03-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
On December 25, 2007, he successfully defended the WBO Inter-Continental flyweight title with an unanimous decision victory over Heri Amol. In the 12th round, Choi was dropped with five seconds remaining, but beat the count and went on to win the fight. He collapsed while still in the ring after the bout and was rushed to the Soonchunhyang University Hospital immediately after the fight in order to undergo emergency brain surgery. Choi died on January 2, 2008, when he was removed from a ventilator after having been pronounced brain-dead the day before.
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Born 1961-00-00. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Murder
He was a Kenyan athlete who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul. He was a member of the Kenyan 4X400 metre relay team, reaching the final and finishing eighth. He also competed at the 400 metres individual race, but failed to make the semifinals. He took part at the 1987 All Africa Games in Nairobi, 1988 African Championships in Athletics and 1989 IAAF World Cup. Sang then moved up to 800 metres but failed to make an impact due to competition from other Kenyan runners. He later became known as a pacesetter for both Kenyan and international athletes. After retiring, Sang became a farmer and had a large-scale farm in Moiben in the Uasin Gishu District of Kenya. He was also a business partner of Moses Tanui the former 10,000m World Champion. He was hacked to death in the town of Eldoret on New Year's Day 2008, while on the way to his home at Kimumu, during the violence gripping Kenya in the aftermath of the controversial December 2007 presidential elections.
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Born 1972-03-25. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart
O'Donnell collapsed during a match of soccer against Dundee United just as he was about to be substituted. He was treated on the pitch for about five minutes by the Motherwell and Dundee United club doctors before being taken by ambulance to Wishaw General Hospital. However, he was pronounced dead at 17:18 hours. He was 35 years of age, married and had four children.
A postmortem examination was carried out on January 1, 2008 and it was revealed O'Donnell died of left ventricular failure.
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Born 1953-06-21. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Murder
She was assassinated in a combined suicide bomb attack and shooting during a political rally of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the town of Rawalpindi.
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Born 1973-00-00. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Murder
He was a reggae musician from Kenya. He died on Christmas Day, 2007, after being poisoned (as attributed in the local newspaper). He was transported to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, where he died as he was being treated.
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Born 1982-01-07. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Matzbacher was killed in a car crash in southern Austria after he lost control of his car and crashed into an overhead signpost.
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Born 1925-08-15. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Kidney failure
In 1993, Peterson suffered a serious stroke that weakened his left side and sidelined him for two years. However he overcame this setback and continued to work on a limited basis.
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Born 1910-07-27. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Best known for Le Rivage des Syrtes, 1951.
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Born 1919-12-11. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Var. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1948 Road World Championships.
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Born 1933-00-00. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Cancer
The first wife of Bourgois was Agnès B. (born Agnès Troublé). Thus the mysterious B. means "Bourgois".
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Born 1959-00-00. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer
Cathal Ryan, the eldest son of the late entrepreneur Tony Ryan, passed away at his home in Celbridge, Co Kildare after a short battle with cancer.
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Born 1934-03-20. Domain:Business. Cause of death:cancer (prostate)
Frank Capra's son.
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Born 1908-05-03. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was an American animator whose career lasted from the "golden age" of theatrical animation into the 1980s.
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Born 1951-08-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:cancer (prostate)
Fogelberg released a string of gold and platinum albums, including Captured Angel in 1975 and Nether Lands in 1977, and found commercial success with songs like "The Power of Gold". His 1978 Twin Sons of Different Mothers was the first of two collaborations with jazz flutist Tim Weisberg. 1979's Phoenix reached the Top 10 with "Longer" becoming a #2 hit and wedding standard in winter 1980. This was followed by his Top 20 hit "Heart Hotels."
In May 2004, Fogelberg was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He underwent therapy and achieved a partial remission, which did not eliminate his cancer, but reduced it and stopped its spread. On August 13, 2005, his 54th birthday, Fogelberg announced the success of his cancer treatments and he thanked fans for their support. He said that he had no immediate plans to return to making music, but was keeping his options open and enjoying spending time with his wife, musician Jean Fogelberg.
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Born 1949-04-05. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
He appeared in several television roles, including Law & Order, The Practice, Passions, The Bold and the Beautiful, House, Boston Legal, NCIS, Monk and others. He had only one film credit, however, playing a Romulan senator in Star Trek Nemesis.
Berg committed suicide in his home by turning on a hibachi grill in his bedroom and succumbing to its carbon monoxide fumes.
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Born 1927-03-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
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Born 1947-01-17. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Unknown
He was a French director of Nazi exploitation and chic porn movies. He has also been credited as Alain Garnier, James Gartner, John Love, Alain Paillet, Jean Pardaillan, and Alan Payet. He is known for the realisation of "porn versions" of some famous French films such as Astérix, Les Tontons flingueurs, and Les Visiteurs.
He used to say:
« Ceux qui ne se branlent pas sur des films pornos sont des malades »
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Born 1911-11-02. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
She was born laura Archera in Italy.
In 1956, she married writer and philosopher, Aldous Huxley. After his death in 1963, she wrote This Timeless Moment (1969), a book describing life with her husband. She wrote several self-help books concerning human relations, including You Are Not the Target (1963) with a foreward written by Aldous Huxley.
Laura Huxley died of cancer, aged 96, at her Hollywood Hills home.
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Born 1931-11-05. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Turner is said to have been married 14 times but he has only been known to have married four times publicly.
Ike and Tina married in Tijuana, Mexico, and Tina had a son with Ike. However, their marriage was overshadowed by Ike's constant abuse towards her. Eventually, Tina left him after an especially violent dispute escalated while riding to a hotel before a show in Dallas in 1976.
Turner has attributed many problems off the stage to his drug and alcohol addiction and intense use of cocaine, resulting in his abusive behavior and relationship with his wife and children. Since being released from prison in 1993, Turner had maintained sobriety and continued playing music.
Ike Turner died in his home, reportedly in his sleep.
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Born 1924-12-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was a fencer (Sabre) and successively chairman of the Fédération Française d'Escrime (1981-1984) and of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (1984-1992).
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Born 1945-11-19. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
A renowned songwriter as well as performer, Hennessy wrote several songs that became hits for other singers including 'Don't Forget your Shovel', made famous by Christy Moore, and 'All the Lies that You Told Me', recorded by Frances Black Had recently gone into the studio to record an album with both Luka Bloom and Christy Moore sharing vocals on one of the tracks.
Hennessy died in a London hospice, aged 62. He was reported to have died from mesothelioma, which has been attributed to his younger years spent working on building sites in London
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Born 1981-09-30. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Moore began acting at age four. Sid Kozac, chose her for a role in a "B.C. Chicken" commercial when she was just five. Other commercials followed and then the series The Odyssey began. Moore played in split roles as Alpha and Donna. The show lasted three seasons, ending in 1994 with 39 episodes.
Moore's most famous role came in 1995 when she was cast as Chrissy in the film Now and Then. She dyed her hair neon red and gained an extra 20 pounds for her role.
According to her brother Jaysone Moore, on December 10, 2007, Moore died of pneumonia and bronchitis. In reality, she died of an alleged accidental drugs overdose.
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Born 1991-00-00. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder
She was the victim of either an alleged honour killing or an act of domestic violence in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Muhammad Parvez is accused of strangling his daughter, then calling police to turn himself in. Apparently, she was killed after she refused to wear the Hijab, a traditional Islamic headscarf for women, and declared her desire to dress like other Western girls. However, her closest friend Lubna asserted that the Hijab issue was just one of many clashes between the victim and her father and that the other women in the family do not wear the Hijab. Parvez's death was reported internationally and sparked a debate about the status of women in Islamic communities.
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Born 1981-04-22. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
In 2006, Sperafico took part in the Renault Super Clio Cup Brazil, finishing fourth in the championship.
Sperafico was driving in a Stock Car Light race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, supporting the season finale of the main Stock Car Brasil championship in which his older cousins Ricardo and Rodrigo were both competing. On lap six of the race, Sperafico lost control of his car on the fast left-hand corner immediately before the start-finish straight (Subida dos Boxes) and speared into the retaining wall on the right-hand side of the circuit at high speed. The force of the impact saw the damaged car rebound onto the racing line, where it was t-boned by Renato Russo, triggering a pile-up involving several other drivers. The race was stopped and the circuit's medical personnel arrived on the scene quickly, but Sperafico died at the scene from massive head injuries. Russo also suffered severe head injuries and was taken to hospital, where he was in a serious but stable condition. Several other drivers were treated for minor injuries. Russo was released from hospital on December 17.
On the same day, Sperafico's cousin, Rodrigo, became runner-up of the 2007 Stock Car Brasil Championship
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Born 1983-10-31. Domain:Society. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Katy French died in Hospital, having collapsed at a friend's house in Kilmessan, County Meath in the early hours of Sunday 2nd December. The post mortem revealed that she had taken cocaine before her collapse, and suffered brain damage.