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Born 1938-11-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
In August 1979, she went missing, and was found dead 11 days later in the back seat of her car in a Paris suburb. The police report stated that she had taken a massive overdose of barbiturates and alcohol (8g per litre). A suicide note ("Forgive me. I can no longer live with my nerves") was found in her hand, and suicide was ultimately ruled the official cause of death. However, it is often questioned how she could have driven with that amount of alcohol in her body, and without the glasses she absolutely needed for driving
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Born 1895-04-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident
She joined the Comédie Française in 1923 and was one of its most revered actress for over twenty years before being fired. In 1944, she was arrested and sent to Fresnes prison, near Paris: she was accused of collaborating with the Germans during the war as well as being instrumental to her son's arrest by the Gestapo. During her trial, she admitted she had contacted the Vichy police in 1943 and asked them to prevent her son François from joining the Resistance. Despite a severe warning by the police, he still managed to flee to Spain but was arrested and deported to Buchenwald where he died in January 1944. Mary Marquet was acquitted in January 1945 but was not allowed to return to the Comédie Française.
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Born 1900-06-25. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
Mountbatten went sailing in his thirty-foot wooden boat, the Shadow V, which was moored in the small harbour at Mullaghmore. The IRA had earlier fitted a radio controlled fifty-pound bomb which was detonated before the boat reached Donegal Bay. Others killed in the blast were Nicholas Knatchbull, his elder daughter's fourteen-year-old son, Paul Maxwell, a 15-year-old youth from County Fermanagh who was working as a crew member and Baroness Brabourne, his elder daughter's 83-year-old mother-in-law who was seriously injured in the explosion, and died from her injuries the following day.
Nicholas Knatchbull's mother and father, along with his twin brother Timothy, survived the explosion but were seriously injured.
On that same day, the IRA also ambushed and killed eighteen British Army soldiers from the Parachute Regiment at Warrenpoint, County Down in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush.
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Born 1909-07-23. Domain:Painting. Cause of death:Age
He passed away unexpectedly in 1979 in New York.
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Born 1911-12-15. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Stroke
Stanley Newcomb Kenton was a pianist who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator. Kenton continued leading and touring with his big band up to his final performance in August, 1979, a week before he suffered a stroke while on tour in Reading, PA. Kenton did not recover and passed away. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles.
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Born 1898-07-19. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin and then at Freiburg, where he received his PhD. He was a prominent figure in the Frankfurt-based Institute for Social Research – what later became known as the Frankfurt School. He was married to Sophie Wertheim (1924–1951), Inge Neumann (1955–1973), and Erica Sherover (1976–1979). In his written works, he criticized capitalism, modern technology, historical materialism and entertainment culture, arguing that they represent new forms of social control. Between 1943 and 1950, Marcuse worked in US government service for the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency) where he criticized the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the book Soviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis (1958). After his studies, in the 1960s and the 1970s he became known as the preeminent theorist of the New Left and the student movements of West Germany, France, and the United States; some consider him the "father of the New Left". His best known works are Eros and Civilization (1955) and One-Dimensional Man (1964). His Marxist scholarship inspired many radical intellectuals and political activists in the 1960s and 1970s, both in the United States and internationally.
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Born 1912-07-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident
Michael Wilding died in Chichester, West Sussex, due to head injuries suffered from a fall down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered.
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Born 1919-06-25. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Suicide
He fell in depression in 1977.
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Born 1907-05-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (stomach)
In 1964, Wayne was diagnosed with lung cancer, and underwent surgery to remove his entire left lung and two ribs. Despite rumors that the cancer was caused by filming The Conqueror in Utah where the US government had tested nuclear weapons (following which a surprising percentage of the cast and crew developed cancer), Wayne himself believed his five-pack-a-day cigarette habit was the cause.
In March 1978 Wayne underwent open-heart surgery to repair an artery damaged by a bout of pneumonia four years previously.
Although he recovered, at Christmas 1978, he fell ill again, and in January of the following year underwent a nine-hour operation to remove his stomach, which was entirely cancerous.
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Born 1899-06-23. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was an Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France.
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Born 1892-04-04. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids (almost 400 of them), beginning with 796 Sarita in 1914, working at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory on the Königstuhl hill above Heidelberg, Germany from 1912 to 1957. His most notable discoveries include 1322 Coppernicus, the Apollo asteroids 1862 Apollo (the namesake of the group) and 69230 Hermes. He also discovered the Trojan asteroids 911 Agamemnon, 1143 Odysseus, 1172 Äneas, 1173 Anchises, 1208 Troilus, 1404 Ajax, 1437 Diomedes, 1749 Telamon. He also discovered 5535 Annefrank which was later visited by the Stardust spacecraft. He discovered two comets, namely the periodic comets 30P/Reinmuth and 44P/Reinmuth. Asteroid 1111 Reinmuthia is named after him (and discovered by him, a practice that would become disallowed later on). The initials of the minor planets 1227 through 1234, all discovered by Reinmuth, spell out "G. Stracke". This German astronomer and orbit computer had asked that no planet be named after him. In this manner Reinmuth was able to honour the man whilst honouring his wish.
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Born 1924-08-31. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Suicide
He was a German film actor. He appeared in over 40 films and television productions between 1948 and 1975. In the 1960s he worked as a successful theater director in West-Germany. He was born and died in Hamburg, Germany. Meyen was married to actress Romy Schneider from 1966 to 1975. Their son David (1966–1981) died accidentally two years after his death.
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Born 1928-01-05. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
Bhutto's trial began on October 24 on charges of "conspiracy to murder" Ahmed Raza Kasuri. The prosecution produced a witness in Masood Mahmood, who had been the chief of the Federal Security Force under Bhutto. A very questionable and dubious witness, Mr Mahmood testified that Bhutto had ordered the killing of Kasuri. Four men who were arrested and charged as Kasuri's assassins testified to confirm Mahmood's testimony. Bhutto charged that the army had fabricated the evidence and accused the Justice Maulvi Mushtaq Ali of taking orders from Zia. The Lahore High Court sentenced Bhutto to death on March 18, 1978; he was also to pay Rs. 25,000 in fines or face six months rigorous imprisonment. (It is not clear whether the two sentences were to be concurrent or consecutive: clearly the fine could be collected posthumously, but there are obvious difficulties in imprisoning a dead man.)
While General Zia published a white paper accusing Bhutto of rigging the 1977 elections, the Supreme Court of Pakistan agreed to hear Bhutto's appeal. Chief Justice S. Anwarul Haq adjourned the court until the end of July 1978, supposedly because 5 of the 9 appeals court judges were willing to overrule the Lahore verdict. One of the pro-Bhutto judges was due to retire in July. Chief Justice S. Anwarul Haq presided over the trial, despite being close to Zia, even serving as Acting President when Zia was out of the country. Bhutto's lawyers managed to secure for Bhutto the right to conduct his own defense before the Supreme Court. On December 18, 1978, Bhutto made his appearance in public before a packed courtroom in Rawalpindi and addressed the court for four days continuously. On February 6, 1979 the Supreme Court, in an ethnic split, upheld the verdict by a narrow 4-3 vote. Bhutto appealed to the court to review its decision, but the plea was rejected on March 24.
International pressure had mounted on General Zia to commute Bhutto's death sentence. Despite personal appeals from various heads of state, Zia refused to commute the sentence. Bhutto was executed by hanging in the early hours of the morning of April 4. Immediately after his hanging, there were violent protests in Pakistan, many of whom felt that Zia would meet the same fate. His remains were taken to Larkana, where he was buried in a public ceremony near his family home.
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Born 1908-04-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
78
Born 1901-11-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1894-09-15. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack
Son of the famous Impressionist painter, he married Catherine Hessling, for whom he began to make movies; he wanted to make a star of her. They separated in 1930, although he remained married to her until 1943. His next partner was Marguerite Renoir, whom he never married, although she took his name.
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Born 1957-05-10. Domain:Music. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
During his time at Rikers Island jail, he had been weaned off heroin, and was clean. However, at a dinner gathering, he obtained some heroin from his mother and overdosed that night. Robinson revived him. Much later that night, the couple fell asleep together. Ritchie was discovered dead the next morning. New York Chief Coroner Michael Baden explained at the time, when a person has an accidental heroin overdose, and then falls asleep, their heart slows with every REM phase. Ritchie died at around 10:00 AM, after the repeated REM phases throughout the night. Forensic experts subsequently found the heroin was 80% pure, as opposed to the normal for the time 5%. This could also explain Vicious' overdose since his tolerance to the drug had been lowered during his time in prison. On HBO's Autopsy: Post Mortem, Dr. Baden claims Vicious' lungs were filled with fluid and water, which is common for someone who has overdosed on heroin. Ultimately, Vicious drowned in his own fluids. Others say Sid's death was a suicide, as he had overdosed more than once.
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Born 1953-05-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
He was an American factory worker who was the first known human to be killed by a robot. While working at the Ford Motor Company Flat Rock Casting Plant, Williams was killed by an industrial robot arm.
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Born 1922-04-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:orphan disease
By the mid-1970s, Mingus was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (popularly known as Lou Gehrig's disease), a wastage of the musculature. His once formidable bass technique suffered, until he could no longer play the instrument. He continued composing, however, and supervised a number of recordings before his death.
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Born 1932-08-23. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Other
In 1978, his appearances became increasingly rare. After lingering in a coma for 39 days, he died of a rare blood disease, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, following unsuccessful treatment in Moscow. Rumors about his being assassinated or poisoned have surfaced occasionally in Algerian politics, perhaps due to the rarity of the disease. The death of Boumédienne left a power vacuum in Algeria which could not easily be filled; a series of military conclaves eventually agreed to sidestep the competing left- and rightwing contenders, and designate the highest-ranking military officer, Col. Chadli Bendjedid, as a compromise selection. Still, factional intrigue mushroomed after Boumédienne's death, and no Algerian president has since gained the same complete control over the country as he had.
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Born 1951-01-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident
Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s. Chris Bell left the group after their first album.
Bell died in December 1978 when he lost control of his small Triumph TR-7 sports car, sometime after 1 a.m. on the morning of the 27th, on his way home from his family's restaurant in East Memphis. The car struck a wooden light pole on the side of the road, killing him instantly.
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Born 1924-10-10. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack
Wood's depression worsened, and with it a serious drinking problem. His drink of choice was Imperial Whiskey, but he switched to Popov Vodka after the Ralph's supermarket on Highland went out of business. Evicted from his Hollywood apartment on Yucca Street, Wood and his wife moved into the North Hollywood apartment of friend Peter Coe. Only days after the move, Wood died of a heart attack while watching a football game alone in Coe's bedroom.
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Born 1898-05-03. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Cancer
In the wake of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Meir appealed to the world to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed." Outraged at the perceived lack of global action, she authorized the Mossad to hunt down and assassinate the Black September and PFLP operatives who took part in the massacre. The 1986 TV film Sword of Gideon, based on the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas, and Steven Spielberg’s movie Munich (2005) were loosely based on these events.