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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 1946-12-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
John Spencer (born John Speshock Jr.) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series The West Wing. His performance on the show earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002. At the time of his death, Spencer had filmed two of the five West Wing episodes that were in post-production: "Running Mates" and "The Cold." Spencer's death was later written into the show's final season, in which McGarry was said to have died of a heart attack on election night. McGarry had also suffered a near-fatal heart attack in the show's sixth season. Spencer's name remained in the opening credits throughout the remainder of the show.
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Born 1931-06-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker also published works as Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot and Edoard Moran. He published the non-fiction The Language of Film under his own name. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved best-seller status, and published under several names, but was best known as Trevanian. Between 1972 to 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Zola, Ian Fleming, Poe and Chaucer." He revealed his real name in an interview with the New York Times in 1979.
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Born 1940-12-01. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
He was an American comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986. In 1990, Pryor suffered a second and more severe heart attack and underwent triple heart bypass surgery. On June 9, 1980, during the making of the film Bustin' Loose, Richard Pryor set himself on fire after freebasing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. While on fire, he ran down Parthenia Street from his Los Angeles, California home, until being subdued by police. He was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for burns covering more than half of his body. Pryor spent six weeks in recovery at the Herpolscheimer Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital. His daughter, Rain Pryor, stated that Pryor poured high-proof rum over his body and set himself on fire in a bout of drug-induced psychosis. Later, in an on-camera interview, Pryor commented, "I tried to commit suicide. Next question." Pryor incorporated a description of the incident into his comedy show Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip in 1982. He joked that the event was caused by dunking a cookie into a glass of low-fat and pasteurized milk, causing an explosion. At the end of the bit, he poked fun at people who told jokes about it by waving a lit match and saying, "What's that? Richard Pryor running down the street."
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Born 1928-07-16. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
On November 20 he had surgery for a brain aneurysm. He died in a Poughkeepsie hospital several days later.
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Born 1932-12-08. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Charly Gaul retired from cycling in 1963. He made an abortive comeback in 1965 that accomplished no victories. Afterwards he spent six months running a café near the main train station in the centre of Luxembourg city then slipped out of public view. For a quarter of a century his whereabouts were practically unknown. He was discovered in the middle of the Ardennes forest, following a hermitic lifestyle in a small hut.
He died in an hospital, shortly after a fall in his house.
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Born 1980-03-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
was an accomplished all-around waterman and a professional surfer famous for riding large waves. Known by many as the "petit prince", the Tahitian goofy-foot surfer often gained attention for charging the treacherous barrels at Teahupoo. He was credited in 2003 with the Billabong XXL Tube of the Year for riding one of the largest wave ever ridden in Tahiti.
Joyeux took off deep on an eight foot wave at Oahu's Pipeline in Hawaii. As Joyeux tried to maneuver, he was struck by the lip of the wave and forced underwater. The force of the wave broke his board. Aamion Goodwin, who caught the next wave, commented that the leash of his board was completely intact, ripped off by the force of the wave. With his board no longer attached to his body, he was impossible to locate visually. Water photographers and other surfers searched for Joyeux, however difficulties and conditions hindered the search. He was found 15 minutes later at Pupukea beach break, off to the right of the peak at Pipeline, by surfer Myles Padaca. Padaca reached him and brought him to the beach with the help of several other surfers. Lifeguards and paramedics attempted to resuscitate him but failed to do so. An autopsy report revealed that he had likely hit his head on his surfboard, instantly rendering him unconscious.
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Born 1946-05-22. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
In 2002, he had a liver transplant at King's College Hospital in London. In 2003 he was the focus of much criticism when, despite his transplant, he openly drank white wine spritzers and was accused of being selfish and having no regard for other people's feelings.
Best continued to drink, and was sometimes seen at his local pub in Petersfield, Hampshire. On 3 October 2005 Best was admitted to intensive care at the private Cromwell Hospital in London, suffering from kidney problems caused by the side-effects of immuno-suppressive drugs used to prevent his body from rejecting his transplanted liver. On 27 October, newspapers stated that Best was close to death and had sent farewell messages to his loved ones. Best's condition improved at first, but deteriorated again in November. On 20 November the British tabloid News of the World published a picture of Best at his own request, showing him in his hospital bed, along with what was reported to be his final message: "Don't die like me".
He eventually died, after a battle that lasted longer than doctors had expected from a lung infection and multiple organ failure.
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Born 1971-01-17. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Other
Late on Friday, November 25, 2005, four years to the day after winning the World Rally Championship, Burns died at the age of 34, after having been in a coma for some days as a result of a brain tumour. His death was overshadowed by the much covered death on the same day of footballer George Best.
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Born 1932-06-28. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Kidney failure
He was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984. Pat Morita was born in Isleton, California. He developed spinal tuberculosis at the age of two and spent the bulk of the next nine years in Northern Californian hospitals, including the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco. For long periods he was wrapped in a full-body cast and was told he would never walk. After a surgeon fused four vertebrae in his spine, Pat finally learned to walk again at the age of 11. By then, his Japanese American family had been sent to an internment camp to be detained for the duration of World War II. He was transported from the hospital directly to the Gila River camp in Arizona to join them. It was at this time that he met a Catholic priest from whom he would later take his stage name, "Pat".
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Born 1967-10-09. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:cardiovascular disease
He was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into a legendary Mexican wrestling family.
Guerrero was found unconscious in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota by his nephew, Chavo. Chavo attempted CPR, but Eddie was declared dead when paramedics arrived on the scene. Eddie was 38 years old. During the June 25, 2007 episode of RAW, Chavo said that when he found Eddie, the first person he called and told was Eddie's best friend, Chris Benoit.
An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Although Guerrero had not taken alcohol or illicit drugs for nearly four years, his past excesses contributed to his heart failure. At the time of his death, he had recently used narcotic painkillers.
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Born 1928-11-17. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
Arman was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (cachets, allures d'objet) to using them as the artworks themselves. He is best known for his Accumulations and destruction/recomposition of objects.
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Born 1920-03-16. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was a film director, best known for the movie "Village of the damned".
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Born 1971-00-00. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Unknown
Following an illness, Mathieu Grossot passed away at the age of 34.
Mathieu joined the motor sports department of Eurosport in 2000. His great professional qualities and his unbridled passion for these sports propelled him to head of service from January 2003 to January 2004. From there he moved to France's leading television station TF1 to work on their weekly motor sports programme Auto-Moto and on the channel's coverage of Formula One.
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Born 1902-11-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
French voice of Dr No in a James Bond film.
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Born 1923-04-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)
He was "Max la Menace".
He died in Los Angeles, California, from a sudden lung infection following a long battle with bone lymphoma.
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Born 1931-06-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Stroke
He was a jazz pianist and organist.
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Born 1908-12-31. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
In October, 2006, the Vienna city council overwhelmingly approved renaming a street in Wiesenthal's honor. The newly-named Simon-Wiesenthal-Gasse was formerly known as Ichmanngasse. The former name honored Franz Ichmann, a songwriter in the early 20th century, and card-carrying member of the Nazi party.
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Born 1925-12-02. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Operation
A passionate admirer of ancient Greece and its mythology, his essay L'été grec (Greek Summer) was an immense popular success, as were his following classical works Maria of Egypt and Dictionnaire amoureux de la Grèce (Dictionary for one who loves Greece). Of interest to ethnographers and ecologists is his Chemin faisant: Mille kilomètres à pied à travers la France.
He died in Paris, following complications from orthopedic surgery.
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Born 1914-09-10. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack
"West side story". He also directed such films as The Andromeda Strain, The Hindenburg, the horror film Audrey Rose, and the Star Trek: The Motion Picture film.
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Born 1919-10-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident
Was a French actor and, in his youth, also a notable cyclist.
He died at the hospital where he was led after a wasp sting while he was driving his car.
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Born 1938-06-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
Star Wars fans know him as Admiral Ozzel from The Empire Strikes Back, whereas those of Grange Hill will remember his performance as the terrifying deputy headmaster Mr Maurice Bronson.
He portrayed Adolf Hitler five times, including in The Tomorrow People (1978) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
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Born 1927-07-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (pancreas)
Lieutenant Hatcher in the film Soylent Green
Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio series
Det. Frank Lewis in The Young and the Restless
Fleet Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Lucius Fox in Batman: The Animated Series
Joseph Sisko, Benjamin Sisko's father, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Born 1934-05-23. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Other
He was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
Robert Moog was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor on April 28, 2005. Nearly four months later, Moog died at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina.
Linguists note that the English "ou" sound in "vogue" is at best a loose approximation of the German pronunciation of the surname Moog. The English sound in "vogue" is a diphthong nonexistent in German, while the original German sound is a flat, drawn "o:" monophthong which does not exist in standard spoken English, though it is common in some dialects.
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Born 1946-04-07. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer (breast)
Prior to the 1968 Olympics, Besson was virtually unknown, and the fact that she qualified for the 400 m could already be considered a surprise. In the final, Britain's Lillian Board - the favourite for the gold - was way ahead of the rest of the field with just 100 m to go. With an amazing last sprint, Besson then moved up from fifth place to beat Board on the finish line by a tenth of a second. Her winning time of 52.03 seconds was 1.8 seconds better than her personal best.