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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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Peretti
Achille. 1983-04-14

71

Born 1911-06-13. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Heart

Peretti was the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1947 until his death. He was succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy, his secretary's son, who had become his political protégé.
The first wife of Sarkozy was a Peretti's niece

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Svensson
Gloria (alias: Gloria Swanson). 1983-04-04

84

Born 1899-03-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Swanson had an affair with married tycoon Joseph Kennedy for a number of years. He became her business partner and their affair was an open secret in Hollywood circles.

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Debronckart
Jacques. 1983-03-25

49

Born 1934-01-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:cancer (blood)

JE SUIS HEUREUX Paroles et musique: Jacques Debronckart, 1969 J'ai la télé, les deux chaînes et la couleur J'ai ma voiture et la radio à l'intérieur Mon logement qui prend tous les jours de la valeur Et l'espoir de gravir l'échelon supérieur Je suis HEUREUX. Une femme et deux fils qui n'obéissent guère A Chatou une résidence secondaire Le barbecue l'été, le feu de bois l'hiver Et pendant le mois d'août je me dore à la mer Je suis HEUREUX. Je sais choisir mon déodorant corporel Ma crème, mon tonic au parfum personnel Je comprends mieux ma femme, je me rapproche d'elle Je sais danser le jerk, j'ai un slip Rasurel Je suis HEUREUX. Ma femme sort sans moi quelquefois c'est son droit Elle a ses connaissances, ça ne me regarde pas Je vois tous les mardis une fille du nom d'Olga Elle a une bouche grande et ça compte pour moi Je suis HEUREUX. Je suis un homme de gauche mais la gauche a vieilli Il faut évoluer c'est la loi de la vie Je ne dis pas cela parce que je suis nanti D'ailleurs tout ce que j'ai, je l'ai eu à crédit Je suis HEUREUX. Si j'ai peur du cancer, j'ai pas peur des Chinois J'ai du coeur, j'ai donné dix francs pour le Biafra J'ai besoin d'érotisme, j'aime Barbarella Et De Funès et Dracula quand je les vois Je suis HEUREUX. Je rêve chaque nuit et des rêves barbares Je suis toujours pirate, cosaque ou tartare Egorgeur ou violeur, incendiaire ou pillard. Puis quand je me réveille au matin c'est bizarre Je suis HEUREUX. Je ne perds pas mes cheveux, je ne perds pas mes réflexes Je ne suis pas raciste, je n'ai pas de complexes Je suis bien dans mon âge, je suis bien dans mon sexe Aucune raison d'être angoissé ni perplexe Je suis HEUREUX. J'ai la télé, les deux chaînes et la couleur J'ai ma voiture et la radio à l'intérieur Mon logement qui prend tous les jours de la valeur Et l'espoir de gravir l'échelon supérieur JE SUIS HEUREUX... JE SUIS HEUREUX... JE SUIS HEUREUX

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Hyvernaud
Georges. 1983-03-24

81

Born 1902-02-22. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Georges Hyvernaud was a French writer.

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Lanoux
Armand. 1983-03-23

69

Born 1913-10-24. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Le commandant Watrin.

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Boecher
Tyge Wittrock. 1983-03-15

73

Born 1909-10-25. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age

He was a Danish botanist, evolutionary biologist, plant ecologist and phytogeographer.

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Robinet
Maurice (alias: Maurice Ronet). 1983-03-14

55

Born 1927-04-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

He was married to Maria Pacôme from 1950 until 1956 (divorce), and to Josephine Chaplin, daughter of Charles Chaplin, from 1977 until his death.

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Bobet
Louis (alias: Louison Bobet). 1983-03-13

58

Born 1925-03-12. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown

Bobet's career effectively ended when the car carrying him and his brother Jean crashed outside Paris in the autumn of 1960. Jean was also a professional.
Louison Bobet had a succession of businesses after he stopped racing, including a clothes shop, but he became best known for investing in and developing the then little known seawater health treatment of thalassotherapy. He fell ill, however, and died the day after his 58th birthday. There is a museum to Louison's memory in St Méen-le-Grand, the idea of village postmaster Raymond Quérat.

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Martinet
Jean Siegfried Maria (alias: Jean Martinelli). 1983-03-13

73

Born 1909-08-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

Jean Martinelli was a French actor who appeared in over 50 French films between 1933 and 1983, mostly in supporting roles. One of his few international films was Alfred Hitchcock's classic film To Catch a Thief (1955), where he played the role of a one-legged waiter. Martinelli also worked in television and theatre. He was married to the actress Nadine Basile. He also did a lot of dubbing, lending his soft, deep voice to actors such as John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster and Raymond Burr, as well as to animated characters such as Shere Khan and Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book. For children in particular, he remained the voice of the famous Nounours in Bonne nuit les petits (replacing Georges Aubert).

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Eigendorf
Lutz. 1983-03-07

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Born 1956-07-16. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown

Lutz Eigendorf was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. BFC Dynamo travelled to West Germany to play a friendly match against Kaiserslautern on 20 March 1979. The team made a visit to the city of Gießen the day after the match, on their return trip to East Berlin. During their visit, Lutz Eigendorf managed to escape from the rest of the team. He jumped into a taxi without money and fled back to Kaiserslautern. The destination was the offices of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Eigendorf had thereby defected to the West, hoping to play for the football team. But because of his defection he was banned from playing for one year by UEFA and instead spent that time as a youth coach with the club. His wife Gabriele remained behind in Berlin with their daughter and was placed under constant police surveillance. Lawyers working for the Stasi quickly arranged a divorce and Gabriele Eigendorf remarried. Her new husband was eventually revealed as a Romeo agent codenamed Lothario. A Romeo agent was an agent of the state police whose role it was to spy on a suspect while romancing them. In 1983, Eigendorf moved from Kaiserslautern to join Eintracht Braunschweig, all the while under the scrutiny of the Stasi who employed a number of West Germans as informants. On 5 March of that year, he was badly injured in a suspicious traffic accident in which he had driven his car into a tree. Apparently, a large truck had blinded him by turning on its main headlights just as Eigendorf was approaching a curve. He died at the hospital within two days. An autopsy indicated a high blood alcohol level despite the testimony of people he had met with that evening which indicated that Eigendorf had only drunk a small amount of beer. The police ruled the case an accident and Eigendorf was buried without autopsy.

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Remi
Georges (alias: Hergé). 1983-03-03

75

Born 1907-05-22. Domain:Art. Cause of death:cancer (blood)

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Koestler
Arthur. 1983-03-03

77

Born 1905-09-05. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide

In 1983, suffering from Parkinson's disease and leukemia, Koestler committed joint suicide with his third wife Cynthia by taking an overdose of drugs. He had long been an advocate of voluntary euthanasia, and in 1981 had become vice-president of EXIT (now the United Kingdom's Voluntary Euthanasia Society).

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Williams
Thomas (alias: Tennessee Williams). 1983-02-25

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Born 1911-03-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Accident

Tennessee Williams died after he choked on a bottle cap in his room at the Hotel Elysee in New York. However, some, including his brother Dakin, believe he was murdered. In contrast, the police report from his death seems to indicate that drugs were involved; many prescription drugs were found in the room, and the lack of an adequate gag response that would have released the bottle cap from his throat may have been due to drug and alcohol influence.

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Maes
Romain. 1983-02-22

70

Born 1912-08-10. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

He was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France. He also won Paris-Roubaix, but quite bizarrely, this victory wasn't given to him by mistake.

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Rochet
Waldeck. 1983-02-17

77

Born 1905-04-05. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

The son of a cobbler, Rochet was named in honor of the anti-clerical politician Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau.
Favorable to left-wing cooperation, Rochet directed the PCF votes towards François Mitterrand in the presidential elections of 1965. The problem he faced as general secretary was the balance between a needed rejuvenation of the PCF structure and maintaining an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ideology. In consequence, he publicly stated his disregard for the leftist movement of May 1968, while later in the same year he had to deal with the Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring (when he tended to be favorable to the latter). The considerable stress of dealing with the latter event took a great toll on Rochet's nervous health.

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Ameche
James. 1983-02-04

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Born 1915-08-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was the younger and probably lesser-known brother of actor Don Ameche. Jim Ameche was radio's original "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy."

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Lefebvre
Lucienne Jeanne Gabrielle (alias: Lucienne Bogaert). 1983-02-04

91

Born 1892-01-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Lucienne Bogaert (born Lucienne Jeanne Gabrielle Lefebvre) was a French actress. She started her career in theatre, but later also worked in film. After she divorced her husband Robert Bogaert, she retained his name for professional purposes. After her stage debut, Bogaert joined the company at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and then worked with Louis Jouvet at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées where she played the role of The Sphinx in Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine. On film she was often cast in the role of mothers such as in Robert Bresson's Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne and in Julien Duvivier's Voici le temps des assassins.

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Carpenter
Karen Anne. 1983-02-04

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Born 1950-03-02. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other

Karen Anne Carpenter was an American singer and drummer who, along with her older brother Richard, was part of the duo the Carpenters. She was praised for her 3-octave contralto vocal range. Her drumming abilities were viewed positively by other musicians and critics. Her struggles with eating disorders would later raise awareness of anorexia and body dysmorphia. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir after graduating. After several years of touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in 1969, achieving commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but gradually took the role of frontwoman as drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. While the Carpenters were on hiatus in the late 1970s, she recorded a solo album, which was released years after her death. Briefly married in the early 1980s, Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, which was little-known at the time. Her death from heart failure at age 32, related to complications of her illness, led to increased visibility and awareness of eating disorders. Her work continues to attract praise, including being listed among Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers of all time.

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de Funès
Louis. 1983-01-27

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Born 1914-07-31. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke

In his later years, De Funès suffered from a heart condition after having suffered a heart attack for straining himself too much with his stage antics. He eventually died of a massive stroke.
One of his sons, Olivier de Funès, pursued an acting career alongside him before giving up and becoming an Air France pilot.

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Biraud
Maurice. 1982-12-24

60

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

Died in his car at a traffic light

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Aragon
Louis. 1982-12-24

85

Born 1897-10-03. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

After the death of his wife on June 16, 1970, Aragon came out as bisexual, appearing at gay pride parades in a pink convertible. Drieu La Rochelle had evoked Aragon's homosexuality in Gilles, written in the 1930s.

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Rubinstein
Arthur. 1982-12-20

95

Born 1887-01-28. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

One of the greatest piano virtuosi of the 20th Century.

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Feldman
Martin (alias: Marty Feldman). 1982-12-02

48

Born 1934-07-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack

He'd got bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves Disease.
Feldman died from a heart attack (as a result of shellfish food poisoning) in a hotel room in Mexico City, Mexico during the making of the film Yellowbeard. The famous cartoonist Sergio Aragones was filming a movie nearby and when he introduced himself to Feldman earlier that night, he frightened Feldman and possibly induced his heart attack. He has told the story with the punchline "I killed Marty Feldman".
Mel Brooks on the DVD commentary of Young Frankenstein, cites a number of factors that may have contributed to Feldman's early death from a heart attack. He was a very heavy smoker (smoking 4-5 packs of cigarettes a day), drank copious amounts of coffee and, although a vegetarian, ate a diet high in eggs and dairy products. The increased stress placed upon his body by the high altitude environment of Mexico City (it is located at an altitude of 2,300m where the air contains 26% less oxygen than at sea level may also have been a factor in his sudden death.

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Gaxotte
Pierre. 1982-11-21

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Born 1895-01-29. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

He is famous for his critical vision of the French Revolution, notably in The French Revolution (1928), and for his rehabilitation of the French 18th century (Louis XV's Century, 1933). He is also known as a right-wing journalist of the Entre-deux-Guerres period. He was elected at the Académie Française in 1953.

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Tatischeff
Jacques (alias: Jacques Tati). 1982-11-04

75

Born 1907-10-09. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

His birthday is doubtful "naissance de jacques tati" got:
1907: 25 hits on google
1908: 6 hits on google
1909: 2 hits on google

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Dunlop
Carol. 1982-11-02

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Born 1947-04-02. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Unknown

She was a writer and photographer. She was born in Boston and died in Paris. After her divorce from photographer François Hebert (one son, Stéphane), she was married to writer Julio Cortázar from 1978 until her death in 1982. Among her works "Amélie dans le Miroir," "Llenos de Niños los Árboles" and "Los Autonautas de la Cosmopista" with Cortázar.

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Vidor
King. 1982-11-01

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Born 1894-02-08. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

Vidor entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest career as a film director: beginning in 1913 with Hurricane in Galveston and ending in 1980 with a short documentary on painting entitled The Metaphor.

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Ziolkowski
Korczak. 1982-10-20

74

Born 1908-09-06. Domain:Sculpting. Cause of death:Heart attack

In 1939 Ziółkowski's marble sculpture of Ignacy Jan Paderewski won first prize at the New York World's Fair. The fame as well as his familiarity with the Black Hills prompted several Lakota Chiefs to approach him about a monument honoring Native Americans. Chief Henry Standing Bear of the Lakota wrote him, saying, "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too."
Korczak met with the leaders shortly afterward and began planning a monument. Over the next few years, he conducted research and began planning the sculpture. He also met Ruth Ross, a young art enthusiast, who would later become his wife.
Korczak put the project on hold when the United States entered World War II. He volunteered for service in the United States Army and was wounded in 1944 at Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France.
In 1947 Ziółkowski moved to the Black Hills, and began to search for a suitable mountain for his sculpture. Korczak thought the Wyoming Tetons would be the best choice, where the rock would be better for carving, but the Lakota wanted the memorial in the sacred Black Hills on a 600-foot (180 m)-high mountain. The monument was to be the largest sculpture in the world. When completed, it would be 563 feet (172 m) high by 641 feet (195 m) long. Crazy Horse's head would be large enough to contain all the 60-foot (18 m)-high heads of the Presidents at Mount Rushmore.
On June 3, 1948, the first blast was made, and the memorial was dedicated to the Native American people. In 1950 Korczak and Ruth Ross, who had become a volunteer at the monument, were married. Work continued slowly, since he refused to accept government grants. He raised money for the project by charging admission to the monument work area.
Korczak continued his work until he died of acute pancreatitis at the monument site in 1982. He was buried in a tomb at the base of the mountain. After his death, his wife Ruth took over the project as director of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation. Seven of his ten children have continued the carving of the monument or are active in the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.

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Mendès France
Pierre. 1982-10-18

75

Born 1907-01-11. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Heart attack

He was a French politician who served as President of the Council of Ministers (equivalent in the French Fourth Republic to Prime Minister) for eight months from 1954 to 1955. He represented the Radical Party, and his government had the support of the Communist Party. His main priority was ending the war in Indochina, which had already cost 92,000 dead, 114,000 wounded and 28,000 captured on the French side. Public opinion polls showed that, in February 1954, only 7% of the French people wanted to continue the fight to regain Indochina out of the hands of the Communists, led by Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh movement. At the Geneva Conference of 1954 he negotiated a deal that gave the Viet Minh control of Vietnam north of the seventeenth parallel, and allowed him to pull out all French forces. The United States then provided large-scale financial, military and economic support to South Vietnam.

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Gould
Glenn. 1982-10-04

50

Born 1932-09-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Stroke

Gould was so afraid of being cold that he wore heavy clothing, including gloves, even in warm places. He also disliked social functions. He had an aversion to being touched (because he had an obsessive compulsive disorder), and in later life he limited personal contact, relying on the telephone and letters for communication.
Early in his life Gould suffered a spine injury which prompted his physicians to prescribe him an assortment of painkillers and other drugs. His continued use of prescribed medications throughout his career is speculated to have had a deleterious effect on his health. He was highly concerned about his health throughout his life, such as his high blood pressure, and was always concerned about the safety of his hands.
Dr. Timothy Maloney (PhD), the director of the Music Division of the National Library of Canada, has written about and discussed the possibility that Gould had Asperger syndrome, a disorder related to autism.

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