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Rouxel Jacques (b. 1931-02-26 / d. 2004-04-25)
Rouxel is perhaps best known for his initially controversial animated French TV series Les Shadoks, which first appeared in 1968.
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Born 1902-07-01. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack
On July 24, 1981, Wyler gave an interview with his daughter, producer Catherine Wyler for Directed by William Wyler, a PBS documentary about his life and career. A mere three days later, Wyler died from a heart attack. Wyler's last words on film concern a vision of directing his "next picture...Going Home". Wyler is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Born 1927-00-00. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
Likely born in 1927, since he was 28 at the time of Dean's accident in 1955.
he was the passenger in Dean's car and was thrown from the vehicle and sustained extensive injuries.
Died in germany from another car crash.
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Born 1931-07-16. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer
Poet. Wrote "Mon truc en plumes".
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Born 1942-04-24. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
Werner Teske was an East German Hauptmann (Captain) of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi). Teske was a senior intelligence officer in the Stasi's economic espionage division when he was accused of plotting to defect to West Germany with sensitive information and embezzled money. In the one-day trial, Teske was found guilty of espionage and desertion. He was sentenced to death and subsequently executed in June 1981. Teske's sentence was posthumously overturned after German reunification when it was deemed unlawful by standards of East German law, and two jurists from his trial were prosecuted. The execution was the last time a death sentence was carried out in East Germany, before its abolishment in 1987, making Teske the last person executed in Germany. On 26 June 1981, shortly after his trial, Teske was executed in a secret part of Leipzig Prison on Alfred-Kästner-Straße, Leipzig, by executioner Hermann Lorenz. Teske was shot in the back of the head using a semi-automatic pistol, after which his body was cremated and buried at the Südfriedhof. His death certificate stated that he died of "heart failure". Knowledge of Teske's trial, execution, and funeral were all kept secret by East German authorities, and this information was withheld even from Teske's closest relatives, including his wife who did not know she was a widow until after German reunification in 1990. Until then, she had assumed her husband was being held somewhere in custody.
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Born 1950-04-20. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Killed in an accident during the bike's GP of Yougoslavia.
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Born 1896-10-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
It was in 1949 that Warner first played the role with which he would forever after be associated, that of PC George Dixon in the film, The Blue Lamp.
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Born 1954-03-09. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Suicide
Sands died in the prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. The announcement of his death prompted several days of riots in nationalist areas of Northern Ireland. A milkman and his son, Eric and Desmond Guiney, died as a result of injuries sustained when their milk float crashed after being stoned by rioters in a predominantly nationalist area of north Belfast. Over 100,000 people lined the route of Sands' funeral. Sands was a Member of the Westminster Parliament for twenty-five days, though he never took his seat or oath.
In response to a question in the House of Commons on 5 May 1981, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said, "Mr. Sands was a convicted criminal. He chose to take his own life. It was a choice that his organisation did not allow to many of its victims".
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Born 1914-05-13. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart attack
He had two operations which long-time friend Frank Sinatra paid for. Sinatra flew Louis to Houston to have Michael DeBakey perform surgery.
Later Louis suffered a stroke, and a year later his heart finally failed him.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia with full military honors.
Concerning the date of birth and precise date of death, sources differ.
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Born 1940-04-02. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time.
Mike Hailwood set off in his Rover SD1 with his children Michelle and David to collect some fish and chips. As they returned along the A435 Alcester Road through Portway Warwickshire near their home in Tanworth-in-Arden, a truck made an illegal turn through the barriers into the central reservation, and their car hit it. Michelle, aged nine, was killed instantly; Mike and David were taken to hospital, where Mike died two days later, aged 40. David survived. The truck driver was fined £100.
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Born 1925-07-06. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other
A self-admitted alcoholic (as indicated in a 1974 radio interview for the BBC), Haley fought a battle with liquor well into the 1970s. Nonetheless, he and his band continued to be a popular touring act, enjoying a career resurgence in the late 1960s with the Rock and Roll Revival movement and the signing of a lucrative record deal with the European Sonet Records label. After performing for Queen Elizabeth II at a command performance in 1979, Haley made his final performances in South Africa in May and June of 1980. Prior to the South African tour, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and a planned tour of Germany in the fall of 1980 was canceled. Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography (accounts differ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he retired to his home in Harlingen, Texas where he died. Media reports immediately following his death indicated Haley displayed deranged and erratic behavior in his final weeks, although beyond a biography of Haley by John Swenson released a year later which describes Haley painting the windows of his home black and making rambling late-night phone calls to friends and relatives, there is little information extant about Haley's final days. The exact cause of his death is controversial. Media reports, supported by Haley's death certificate (reproduced in the book Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll by John Swenson), suggest he died of "natural causes most likely heart attack". Members of Haley's family, however, contest that he died from the brain tumor. Haley was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
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Born 1900-02-16. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1910-03-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
He was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is among his most popular compositions and widely considered a masterwork of modern classical music (Theme for elephant man and platoon).
Barber spent many years in isolation (eventually diagnosed with clinical depression) after the harsh rejection of his third opera Antony and Cleopatra (which he believed contained some of his best music. "This was supposed to have been my opera!" he said).
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Born 1887-03-11. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Walsh was set to direct and star in the Western In Old Arizona in 1929, but had to abandon the project when a jackrabbit jumped through the windshield of a jeep he was driving and cost Walsh an eye. Walsh's replacement Warner Baxter won an Academy Award for playing the Cisco Kid in the film, and Irving Cummings was nominated for his direction.
After losing his eye, his doctor reportedly asked if he'd like an artificial glass. "Hell, no," Walsh snapped. "Everytime I'd get in a fight, I'd have to put it in my pocket." He wore an eyepatch for the rest of his life.
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Born 1905-08-28. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was an American Broadway and film actor. He played a small but vital role in the 1939 film classic Golden Boy as William Holden's taxi-driving brother-in-law "Siggie". He also appeared in many film noir classics, including The Killers, Brute Force, and Crossfire.
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Born 1950-05-23. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
Richard Trenton Chase was an American serial killer, rapist, cannibal, and necrophile who killed six people in the span of a month in 1977 and 1978 in Sacramento, California. He was nicknamed The Vampire of Sacramento because he drank his victims' blood and cannibalized their remains. Chase was found dead in his prison cell. An autopsy revealed that he had committed suicide with an overdose of prescribed medications.
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Born 1891-09-16. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Heart attack
After Nuremberg trial, he was imprisoned for ten years in Spandau Prison in West Berlin.
Dönitz was released on 1 October 1956, and he retired to the small village of Aumühle in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany). There he worked on two books. His memoirs, Zehn Jahre, Zwanzig Tage (Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days), appeared in Germany in 1958 and became available in an English translation the following year. This book recounted Dönitz's experiences as U-boat commander (ten years) and President of Germany (twenty days). In it, Dönitz explains the Nazi regime as a product of its time, but argues he was not a politician and thus not morally responsible for much of the regime’s crimes. He likewise criticizes dictatorship as a fundamentally flawed form of government and blames it for much of the Nazi era’s failings.
Dönitz’s second book, Mein wechselvolles Leben (My Ever-Changing Life) is less known, perhaps because it deals with the events of his life before 1934. This book was first published in 1968, and a new edition was released in 1998 with the revised title Mein soldatisches Leben (My Life as a Soldier). Most editions today combine Mein wechselvolles Leben and Mein soldatisches Leben into a single volume.
Late in his life, Dönitz’s reputation was rehabilitated to a large extent and he made every attempt to answer correspondence and autograph postcards for others. Unlike Albert Speer, Dönitz was unrepentant regarding his role in the World War II since he firmly believed no one will respect an individual who compromises with his belief or duty towards his nation in any way, whether an individual's betrayal was small or big
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Born 1943-05-05. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (liver)
Divorced Paul-Loup Sulitzer 2 months after their marriage.
Mayerling
Le tatoué
Mon oncle Benjamin.
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Born 1940-10-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Murder
Revolver, by Mark Chapman
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Born 1914-05-08. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide
Suffering from depression from getting old and after Seberg's 1979 suicide, Gary shot himself in the mouth.
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Born 1893-08-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1906-02-18. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Unknown
Interestingly, as a child, Hans Asperger appears to have exhibited features of the very condition named after him. He was described as a remote and lonely child, who had difficulty making friends. He was talented in language; in particular he was interested in the Austrian poet Franz Grillparzer, whose poetry he would frequently quote to his uninterested classmates.
Asperger Syndrom:
Asperger syndrome — also referred to as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger's disorder, Asperger's, or just AS — is a pervasive developmental condition related to autism. It manifests in individual ways and can have both positive and negative effects on a person. It is recognized by the medical community as one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) considered to be part of the autistic spectrum. It is typically characterized by issues with social and communication skills. Due to the mixed nature of its effects, it remains controversial among researchers, physicians, and people who are diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.
Asperger syndrome is differentiated from other PDDs and from high functioning autism (HFA) in that early development is normal and there is no language delay.
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Born 1921-06-10. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Car crash.
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Born 1938-02-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
As a Driector :
1970 : M comme Mathieu with Sami Frey, Brigitte Fossey, Bulle Ogier, Roland Dubillard, Laurent Douieb
1975 : Le Jeu du solitaire with Sami Frey, Alida Valli, Tanya Lopert, Emmanuel Ullmo, Romain Tagli, François Perrot, Jean-Claude Carrière, Sabine Haudepin, Danielle Chuteaux
1979 : Retour à la bien-aimée with Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Bruno Ganz, Christian Rist and Jean-François Adam
He had lived with Brigitte Fossey.
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Born 1908-05-20. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Also an actor in Mais ou et donc Ornicar (An old man in the bar).
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Born 1948-05-31. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident
He was an English drummer and member of the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
On September 24, 1980, John Bonham was picked up by Led Zeppelin assistant Rex King to attend rehearsals at Bray Studios for the upcoming tour of the United States, the band's first since 1977. During the journey Bonham had asked to stop for breakfast, where he downed four quadruple vodkas (roughly sixteen shots (~2/3 imperial quart, or ~8dl) of vodka), with a ham roll. After taking a bite of the ham roll he said to his assistant, "Breakfast". He then continued to drink heavily when he arrived at the studio. A halt was called to the rehearsals late in the evening and the band retired to Page's house — The Old Mill House in Clewer, Windsor. After midnight, Bonham had fallen asleep and was taken to bed and placed on his side. Benji LeFevre (who had replaced Richard Cole as Led Zeppelin's tour manager) and John Paul Jones found him dead the next morning.
The cause of death was asphyxiation from vomit. A subsequent autopsy found no other drugs in Bonham's body. The alcoholism that had plagued the drummer since his earliest days with the band ultimately led to his death.