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Armstrong Louis (b. 1901-08-04 / d. 1971-07-06) alias Satchmo
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Born 1909-07-03. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
His third wife was Eugenia Livanos, a daughter of shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos; they divorced in 1965, and she died in 1970, at the age of 44, after an overdose of barbiturates. During this marriage he had an affair with Pamela Churchill (later Pamela Harriman). His fourth wife was American automotive heiress and socialite Charlotte Ford (a daughter of Henry Ford II) in Mexico. Ford was at the time pregnant with their daughter, Elena Anne Ford, and the child was born six months later. The marriage ended in divorce the following year, whereupon Niarchos returned to his former wife, Eugenia. No remarriage was necessary, since the couple's 1965 Mexican divorce was not recognized in Greece. in 1971, Niarchos married his wife Eugenia's sister, Athina, Marchioness of Blandford, who had been the first wife of Aristotle Onassis. She also died from an overdose, in 1974.
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Born 1906-08-21. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
Founder of Publicis.
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Born 1988-05-05. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
She was a seven-year-old pilot trainee who died attempting to become the youngest person to fly an airplane across the United States. The NTSB concluded that the probable cause of the accident was Reid's "improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions (including turbulence, gusty winds, and an advancing thunderstorm and associated precipitation) when the airplane was overweight and when the density altitude was higher than he was accustomed to, resulting in a stall caused by failure to maintain airspeed." The NTSB further determined that "contributing to the pilot in command’s decision to take off was a desire to adhere to an overly ambitious itinerary, in part, because of media commitments."
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Born 1924-10-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Pinot in week-end at Zuydcoote.
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Born 1918-06-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy.
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Born 1946-06-24. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
After Hendrix's death, Dannemann became romantically involved with German rock guitarist Uli Jon Roth, formerly of the Scorpions, with whom she collaborated on several songs (notably "We'll Burn the Sky")
In 1996 Monika Dannemann was convicted of breaking a British High Court order not to repeat allegations that Kathy Etchingham was an "inveterate liar" for accusing her of playing a role in Jimi Hendrix's death. Etchingham asked the judge to jail Dannemann but she was released. Two days later Monika Dannemann was found dead in a fume-filled Mercedes-Benz near her cottage in Seaford, East Sussex. Her death was ruled a suicide, though Uli Jon Roth suggested that foul play may have been involved, as Dannemann had received numerous death threats following Hendrix's death.
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Born 1928-04-28. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Verna Charlene Stavely, professionally known as Charlene Holt, was an American actress known for her supporting roles in television and film.
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Born 1912-09-07. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
In 1939, he and William Hewlett established their firm in Packard's garage with an initial capital investment of $538. The company, where Packard proved to be an expert administrator and Hewlett provided many technical innovations, grew into the world's largest producer of electronic testing and measurement devices. It also became a major producer of calculators, computers, and laser and ink jet printers. Dave mentions in his book "The HP Way" that the name Hewlett-Packard was determined on the flip of a coin. HP, rather than PH!
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Born 1933-05-22. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was a Chinese mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory. Chen is ranked as one of the leading mathematicians in the twentieth century and one of China's most influential mathematicians in history.
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Born 1941-06-27. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Operation
Krzysztof Kieślowski died aged 54, during open-heart surgery following a heart attack, and was interred in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. His grave is located within the prestigious plot 23 and has a sculpture of the thumb and forefingers of two hands forming an oblong space—the classic view as if through a movie camera.
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Born 1927-06-17. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career as a film director spanning nearly five decades, including comedy and spaghetti westerns, he garnered an international cult following for his giallo and horror films. His most notable films include the "Gates of Hell" trilogy—City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981), and The House by the Cemetery (1981)—as well as Massacre Time (1966), One on Top of the Other (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), White Fang (1973), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Sette note in nero (1977), Zombi 2 (1979), The New York Ripper(1982), and A Cat in the Brain (1990). Although a number of films over the years were said to have been "co-produced" by Fulci, he was just allowing them to use his name to promote the films (with the exception of City of the Living Dead, which he did actively attempt to obtain some funding for). Because of the high level of visceral graphic violence present in many of his films, especially Zombi 2, The Beyond, Contraband and The New York Ripper, Fulci is frequently referred to as "The Godfather of Gore", a title also given to Herschell Gordon Lewis. Lucio Fulci died alone, in his sleep, in his apartment in Rome at around 2 P.M. on the afternoon of 13 March 1996, from diabetes-related complications at the age of 68. Toward the end of his life, Fulci had lost his house and was forced to move into a cramped apartment. Since Fulci had been so despondent in his later years, some believed that he may have intentionally allowed himself to die by not taking his diabetes medication, but this is controversial. Dario Argento paid for Fulci's funeral arrangements.
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Born 1909-10-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Other
Whitner Nutting Bissell was an American character actor. Bissell died in 1996 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California from the effects of Parkinson's disease. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Born 1909-03-07. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Pseudo : Frank Harding, Leo Latimer, Lionel Doucet, Omer Refreger, Louis Refreger
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Born 1923-09-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
French voice of Darth Vador in Star Wars Episode IV.
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Born 1940-03-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Murder
was a Cambodian American physician, actor and author who is best known for winning the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie The Killing Fields, in which he portrayed journalist and refugee Dith Pran in 1970s Cambodia, under the rule of the Khmer Rouge.
Ngor was shot to death outside his home in Chinatown, which is located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Ngor was buried at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles. Many Cambodians claimed they had a stake in his estate, with one woman claiming he had married her after coming to the US. Most of Ngor's Cambodian assets went to his brother, Chan Sarun, while his American assets were used up in legal fees staving off claims to his estate.
Charged with the murder were three reputed members of the "Oriental Lazy Boyz" street gang who had a prior history of snatching purses and jewelry. They were tried together in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, though their cases were heard by three separate juries. Prosecutors argued that they killed Ngor because, after handing over his gold Rolex watch willingly he refused to give them a locket that contained a photo of his deceased wife, My-Huoy. Defense attorneys suggested the murder was a politically motivated killing carried out by sympathizers of the Khmer Rouge but offered no evidence to support this theory.
Some criticized the theory that Ngor was killed in a bungled robbery, pointing to the USD2,900 in his car that had been left behind, and the fact that the thieves had not rifled his pockets. Why the thieves would have demanded his locket has never been answered; Ngor typically wore the locket next to his skin under his clothing, so it would not have been in plain sight. As of 2003, the locket has not been recovered.
All three were found guilty. Tak Sun Tan was sentenced to 56 years to life; Indra Lim to 26 years to life; Jason Chan to life without parole. In 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted Tak Sun Tan's habeas corpus petition, finding that prosecutors had manipulated the jury's sympathy by presenting false evidence. This decision was reversed and the conviction was ultimately upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in July 2005.
Ngor survived incredible dangers during his life in Cambodia only to die violently in his adopted homeland. But he told a New York Times reporter after the release of The Killing Fields, "If I die from now on, OK! This film will go on for a hundred years."
Dith Pran, whom Ngor portrayed in The Killing Fields, said of Ngor's death, "He is like a twin with me...He is like a co-messenger and right now I am alone."
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Born 1913-12-10. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Maker of the theme for "l'armée des ombres"
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Born 1919-11-04. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
In twelve angry men:
The jury consists of the following (identified only by numbers, all are white men):
The Foreman (Juror #1, played by Martin Balsam) A high-school assistant football coach; An every-man who clearly wants to do the right thing, but isn't quite sure what it is. He's neither too bright, nor too dumb, and tries not altogether unsuccessfully to maintain order throughout the deliberations.
Juror #2 (John Fiedler)
Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb)
Juror #4 (E.G. Marshall)
Juror #5 (Jack Klugman is the only survivor at this time - 2007-03-16)
Juror #6 (Edward Binns)
Juror #7 (Jack Warden)
Juror #8 (Henry Fonda)
Juror #9 (Joseph Sweeney)
Juror #10 (Ed Begley)
Juror #11 (George Voskovec)
Juror #12 (Robert Webber)
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Born 1912-08-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s, until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. Kelly's health declined steadily in the late 1980s. In July 1994, he suffered a stroke and stayed in a hospital for seven weeks. In early 1995, he had another stroke in Beverly Hills. Kelly died at the age of 83. His body was cremated, without a funeral or memorial service.
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Born 1943-10-29. Domain:Business. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Donald Clarence Simpson was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor. Simpson and his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer produced such hit films as Flashdance (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Top Gun (1986), and The Rock (1996). Their films earned $3 billion worldwide. On January 19, 1996, Simpson was found dead in the bathroom of his Bel Air, Los Angeles home. His death was initially attributed to "natural causes". An autopsy and toxicology report later determined that Simpson had died of heart failure caused by combined drug intoxication (cocaine and prescription medications). At the time of his death, there were 21 different drugs in his system, including antidepressants, stimulants, sedatives, and tranquilizers. In August 1996, investigative reporter Chuck Philips of the Los Angeles Times revealed that Simpson had been obtaining large quantities of prescription drugs from 15 different doctors, and that police found 2,200 prescription pills lined up in alphabetical order in his bedroom closet.
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Born 1896-09-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Do you think of death ? Of course yes, but I don't want to get sick with this.
Interred in Arradon.
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Born 1916-10-26. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:cancer (prostate)
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Born 1920-07-11. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
She had recounted that her daughter had been contaminated by Cyril Collard.
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Born 1917-06-07. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
At his side in his last years was ex-wife Jeannie (Bieggers) Martin, whom he had divorced years earlier. The pair became close again, although they resisted suggestions that they wed and seemed content to just being together.
Martin died of respiratory failure, at home with Jeannie by his side, on Christmas morning 1995.
Martin's world began to crumble on March 21, 1987, when his son Dean Paul Martin was killed when his jet fighter crashed while flying with the Air National Guard. A much-touted tour with Davis and Sinatra in 1988 sputtered, with Martin's heart just not into it. On one occasion, he infuriated Sinatra when he turned to him and muttered "Frank, what the hell are we doing up here?" Martin, who always responded best to a club audience, felt lost in the huge stadiums they were performing in (at Sinatra's insistence), and he was not the least bit interested in drinking until dawn after their performances.
In fact, Martin never completely recovered from losing his son, and as a lifelong smoker was suffering from emphysema. In September 1993, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He courageously kept his private life to himself, emerging briefly for a public celebration of his 77th birthday with friends and family.
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Born 1910-06-22. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse has often been regarded as the inventor of the modern computer.
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Born 1940-06-17. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Unknown
Annik Beauchamp, or Annick Gouyou-Beauchamps. She had a role in "Elle court elle court la banlieue". She played a nice nurse.