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March 29, 2024

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Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura

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Beziat
Gérard (alias: Jehan Jonas). 1980-04-29

35

Born 1944-08-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other

He was a French singer and song writer. He participated in the libertarian movement of the 70's. He Died in 1980 from a brain tumor in the hospital La Salpetriere.

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Bava
Mario. 1980-04-27

65

Born 1914-07-31. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack

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Carpentier
Alejo. 1980-04-24

75

Born 1904-12-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer

Carpentier died in Paris. He was struggling with cancer as he completed his final novel.

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Sartre
Jean-Paul. 1980-04-15

74

Born 1905-06-21. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

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Chevallier
Olivier. 1980-04-06

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Born 1949-02-06. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

He was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1977 when he finished in sixth place in the 350cc world championship. His only Grand Prix victory came at the 1976 350cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix at Opatija. He was killed while competing at the Grand Prix of Le Castelet in 1980.

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Owens
James (alias: Jesse Owens). 1980-03-31

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Born 1913-09-12. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

between first symptoms and confirmed prognosis of lung cancer the average elapsed time is 72 days.

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Barthes
Roland. 1980-03-26

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Born 1915-11-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Accident

On 25 February 1980, after leaving a lunch party held by François Mitterrand, Barthes was struck by a laundry truck while walking home through the streets of Paris. He succumbed to his injuries a month later.
Roland Barthes aimait raconter cette petite blague à ses étudiants : un infirme se plonge dans l’eau de Lourdes pour que sa situation s’améliore et en ressort avec une chaise roulante toute neuve. Passé maître dans les discours aux multiples sens, qu’il s’amusera à démystifier, Barthes accouche en 1968 de cet article bizarre qu’est « La mort de l’auteur ».

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Boussac
Marcel. 1980-03-21

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Born 1889-04-17. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

On his passing in 1980, Boussac's estate was liquidated and "L'Aurore" sold to Robert Hersant who merged it with his "Le Figaro" newspaper.

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Fromm
Erich Seligmann. 1980-03-18

80

Born 1900-03-23. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age

Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the US. He was a social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was one of the Founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

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Elvgren
Gil. 1980-02-29

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Born 1914-03-15. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Unknown

Elvgren was a commercial success. His clients ranged from Brown and Bigelow and Coca-Cola to General Electric and Sealy Mattress Company. In addition, during the 1940s and 1950s he illustrated stories for a host of magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping.
His death occured on a 29th february, which is very unusual, and interesting for this deadabase.

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Scott
Ronald Belford (alias: Bon Scott). 1980-02-19

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Born 1946-07-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs

He was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.
He passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club called MusicMachine (hosted at the Camden Palace, later known as the KOKO). He was left to sleep in a car owned by an acquaintance named Alistair Kinnear, at 67 Overhill Road in East Dulwich, South London. The following afternoon, Kinnear found Scott lifeless, and alerted the authorities. Scott was rushed to King's College Hospital in Camberwell, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Although common folklore claims that ingestion of vomit or drugs were the cause of Scott's death, the official cause was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning" and "death by misadventure." Scott was cremated and his ashes were interred by his family in Fremantle, Western Australia, the area to which they had moved to when he was a boy. Bon Scott's grave. Statue of Bon Scott, Fremantle, Western Australia.Inconsistencies in media accounts of Scott's death (incorrect spelling of Alistair Kinnear's first name, amongst others) have been cited in conspiracy

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Simonin
Albert. 1980-02-15

74

Born 1905-04-18. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Unknown

Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux.

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Besnard
Marie (alias: La bonne dame de Loudun). 1980-02-14

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Born 1896-08-15. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Born Marie Davaillaud in Loudun, France, Marie married Auguste Antigny in 1920. The marriage lasted until his death in 1927 of pleurisy (Antigny was known to suffer from tuberculosis). In 1928, Marie married Léon Besnard. When two wealthy aunts of Léon died, and left the bulk of their estates to Léon's parents, the couple invited the parents to move in with them. Soon thereafter, Léon's father died, apparently from eating poisoned mushrooms. Léon's mother followed three months later, apparently a victim of pneumonia. The parents' estate was left to Léon and his sister, Lucie, who supposedly committed suicide a few months later. Around this time, Marie's also father died, most likely due to cerebral hemorrhage. Shortly after this, the Besnards subletted rooms to a wealthy childless couple, the Rivets. Monsieur Rivet died of pneumonia, and Madame Rivet passed soon after from tuberculosis. The Rivets' will had named Marie Besnard as their only heir. Pauline and Virginie Lalleron, cousins of Marie, had also named Marie as their only beneficiary. Pauline died after mistaking a bowl of lye for her dessert one night, and Virginie made the same mistake a week later. After Marie discovered Léon was having an affair, Léon remarked to close friends that he believed he was being poisoned, and asked them to demand an autopsy if he died. He passed shortly thereafter, apparently of uremia. Having now accumulated most of the wealth of both families, suspicions were aroused of foul play. Marie was arrested, the bodies of her alleged victims were exhumed, and Marie was charged with 13 counts of murder. Two trials ended in hung juries, with a third ending in acquittal, and Marie was never convicted of any crime.

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Meyer
David (alias: David Janssen). 1980-02-13

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Born 1931-03-27. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Heart attack

Following his parents' divorce when he was five, his mother took him to Los Angeles; she eventually married Eugene Janssen.
He was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the hit television series The Fugitive (1963–1967) with Barry Morse.
A smoker and a heavy drinker, plus a constant worker, Janssen died of a sudden heart attack in 1980 in Malibu, California two days into filming.

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Rejewski
Marian. 1980-02-13

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Born 1905-08-16. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Heart attack

He was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who reconstructed the sight-unseen Nazi German military Enigma cipher machine in 1932. The cryptologic achievements of Rejewski and colleagues Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski enabled the British to begin reading German Enigma-encrypted messages in the Second World War, seven years after Rejewski's original reconstruction of the machine. The intelligence that was gained by the British was code-named Ultra and contributed—perhaps decisively—to the defeat of Germany. He died at age 74 of a heart attack and was interred with military honors at Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery.

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Campini
Secondo. 1980-02-07

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Born 1904-08-28. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Secondo Campini was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine.

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Nencini
Gastone. 1980-02-01

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Born 1930-03-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer

He won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia. Nicknamed Le Leone de Mugella, "The Lion of Mugella", Nencini was a powerful all-round rider, but particularly strong in the mountains.
He was a spectacular descender. "The only reason to follow Nencini downhill would be if you had a death wish", said the French rider Raphaël Géminiani.

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Valton
Jean. 1980-01-01

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Born 1921-07-14. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Unknown

Used to represent Monaco in the TV show Francophonissime or Les jeux de 20h.
Exact date of death unknown. Who can help ? ==>garzol@free.fr

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Hasse
Helmut. 1979-12-26

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Born 1898-08-25. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of p-adic numbers to local classfield theory and diophantine geometry (Hasse principle), and to local zeta functions. Politically he was a right-wing nationalist, and applied for membership in the Nazi Party in 1937 but this was denied to him because he had Jewish ancestors. After war work he returned to Göttingen briefly in 1945 but was excluded by the British authorities. After brief appointments in Berlin from 1948 he settled permanently as professor in Hamburg.

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Zanuck
Darryl. 1979-12-22

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Born 1902-09-05. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Pneumonia

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Marx
Herbert (alias: Zeppo). 1979-11-30

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Born 1901-02-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

Offstage Zeppo was reputed to be a mechanical wizard and held many patents. He got his start with machines early. When Gummo and Groucho bought a car (back in the early vaudeville days) it was Zeppo who kept it running. Zeppo would go through many careers in his lifetime. He worked machining parts for the war effort during WWII. He grew grapefruits. He ran a theatrical agency with Gummo. And he was a commercial fisherman.
On 12 April 1927, Zeppo married Marion Benda. The couple would adopt one child, Timothy, in 1944 and would later divorce on 12 May 1954. On 18 September 1959, Zeppo married Barbara Blakeley, whose son, Bobby Oliver, he adopted and gave his surname. Zeppo and Blakely would divorce in 1972 or 1973. Blakely would later marry singer Frank Sinatra.

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LHerbier
Marcel. 1979-11-26

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Born 1888-04-23. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

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OBrien
Estelle merle. 1979-11-23

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Born 1911-02-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke

She was selected to star in Korda's film I, Claudius (1937) as Messalina, but a serious car accident resulted in filming being abandoned. Oberon was scarred for life, but skilled lighting technicians were able to hide her injuries from cinema audiences.

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Mesrine
Jacques. 1979-11-02

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Born 1936-12-28. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Murder

L'ennemi public numero 1

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Préjean
Albert. 1979-11-01

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Born 1894-10-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Boulin
Robert. 1979-10-30

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Born 1920-07-20. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Unknown

The circumstances of his death are unclear. He was "ministre du travail" at this time, as the prime minister was R. Barre.
Following the conclusion of the official investigation, Boulin committed suicide.
Though, due to the specific coloration of the body, there are evidences that the corpse was moved after the death. There were also multiple wounds on the nose and the wrist was fractured.

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Lubin
Germaine. 1979-10-27

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Born 1890-02-01. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

In 1950 Germaine Lubin had returned to Paris and sought to resume her career with a recital. Although she met with some sympathy and gave a few further performances, it was a difficult transition, and when in 1953 her son committed suicide she abandoned public performance entirely. For the remainder fo her life she became a voice teacher, giving lessons at her home on the Quai Voltaire in Paris. Among her notable pupils was the leading soprano Régine Crespin.

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Heuschling
Andrée Madeleine (alias: Catherine Hessling). 1979-09-28

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Born 1900-06-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She was a French actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

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Hunnicutt
Arthur Lee. 1979-09-26

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Born 1910-02-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

Arthur Lee Hunnicutt was an American actor known for his portrayal of wise, grizzled, and old rural characters. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Big Sky (1952). He was also known for his role in the Western television series Sugarfoot (1957-1961).

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Goldman
Pierre. 1979-09-20

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Born 1944-06-22. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder

He was a French left-wing intellectual who was convicted of several robberies and assassinated mysteriously. It has been suspected that the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) death squad was involved in his murder. His half-brother Jean-Jacques Goldman is a popular French singer. he was assassinated at point-blank range in Paris. Eye-witnesses described three Spanish-looking persons. In April 2006, Libération published an interview of former police officer Lucien Aimé-Blanc, who stated that one of his informants, Jean-Pierre Maïone, had admitted, a few years later, having killed Goldman on behalf of the GAL: “ Marseille boys members of GAL killed him with Maïone, who also talked about a commandant, former member of the SDECE [French secret service], without revealing me his identity."

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