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Lynne
Gillian Barbara. 2018-07-01

92

Born 1926-02-20. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne, DBE (née Pyrke) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 New Year Honours List. The New London Theatre, where the original West End production of Cats played, was officially renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre in 2018. This made Lynne the first non-royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her. Lynne died at a London hospital from pneumonia, aged 92.

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Garrigues
Chantal. 2018-06-29

73

Born 1944-11-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Chantal Garrigues was a French actress. Over the course of her career, she appeared in a dozen films. She was also a stage and television actress, and she played Gisèle Favrot in Soda.

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O'Connor
Derrick. 2018-06-29

77

Born 1941-01-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Pneumonia

Derrick O'Connor was an Irish theatre and character actor. O'Connor was best known for his performance as South African mercenary Pieter Vorstedt in Lethal Weapon 2 and for his roles in three Terry Gilliam films. He starred as Jack Stone in The Professionals episode "You'll be Alright". He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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McCubbin
Julian Russell (alias: Russ McCubbin). 2018-06-28

83

Born 1935-01-16. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Julian Russell "Russ" McCubbin was an American television and film actor and stunt man. He is best known for his work on Sudden Impact (1983) and High Plains Drifter (1973). As a teenager he excelled in sports at Charleston High School. At Hargrave Military Academy, he was captain of the football and track teams, earning him athletic scholarships at numerous colleges and universities. He chose to accept an offer from Virginia Tech. Volunteering for the draft in 1954, he spent the next three years in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1957. After leaving the service, he hitchhiked his way across country to California to become an actor.

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Jackson
Joseph Walter (alias: Joe Jackson). 2018-06-27

89

Born 1928-07-26. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Joseph Walter “Joe” Jackson was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes his children Michael and Janet. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014. On June 22, 2018, TMZ reported that Jackson was hospitalized in Las Vegas in the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer. He died at a hospice in Las Vegas on June 27, two days after the ninth anniversary of his son Michael's death and less than a month before his 90th birthday.

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Pilon
Daniel. 2018-06-26

77

Born 1940-11-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Daniel Pilon was a Canadian actor, known for his role on Dallas as Renaldo "Naldo" Marchetta. Pilon was born in Montreal, Quebec. In addition to Dallas, he has appeared in daytime soap operas such as Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives.

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Welles
Jennifer. 2018-06-26

81

Born 1937-03-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Jennifer Welles was an American former pornographic actress in films of the 1970s, although she began her acting career in the late 1960s in the softcore sexploitation genre films produced in New York. Some of these include: Sex by Advertisement (1967), Career Bed, Submission, and This Sporting House, by pornographic film director Henri Pachard (all from 1969). Welles left the industry abruptly in 1977 after she married a wealthy fan.

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Harrison
Richard Benjamin (alias: the Old Man). 2018-06-25

77

Born 1941-03-04. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr., also known by the nicknames The Old Man and The Appraiser, was an American businessman and reality television personality, best known as the co-owner of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, as featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars. Harrison was the co-owner of the pawn shop with his son Rick Harrison. They opened the store together in 1989. Harrison was usually referred to by his nickname, "The Old Man", which he earned at the age of 38. Harrison died on June 25, 2018, after a battle with Parkinson's disease. Harrison was survived by wife Joanne, three sons, 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Harrison placed his son Rick in charge of his estate. Christopher Keith Harrison, the youngest of Harrison's three sons, was intentionally omitted as a beneficiary in his father's will. Following his death, Pawn Stars ran a commemorative episode, ("A Treasure Remembered"), featuring clips from the show and interviews about him.

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Anderson
Stanley. 2018-06-24

78

Born 1939-10-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (brain)

Stanley Anderson was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Drew Carey's father on The Drew Carey Show.

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Heart
Frank Evans. 2018-06-24

89

Born 1929-05-15. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Frank Evans Heart was an American computer engineer influential in computer networking. After nearly 15 years working for MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Heart worked for Bolt, Beranek and Newman from 1966 to 1994, during which he led a team that designed the first routing computer for the ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet. Frank Heart died of melanoma at age 89 in a retirement community in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Simms
David John. 2018-06-24

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Born 1933-01-13. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

David John Simms was an Indian-born Irish mathematician who was a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Sankeshwar, Mysore (the state now known as Karnataka), India, he specialized in differential geometry and geometric quantisation. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 1978 and was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the SS City of Cairo in November 1942.

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Barenblatt
Grigory Isaakovich. 2018-06-22

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Born 1927-07-10. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt was a Russian mathematician. Barenblatt graduated in 1950 from Moscow State University, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in 1953 from Moscow State University under the supervision of A. N. Kolmogorov.

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Abbott
Vincent Paul (alias: Vinnie Paul). 2018-06-22

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Born 1964-03-11. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart

Vincent Paul Abbott, also known as Vinnie Paul, was an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known for being the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Pantera. He was a member of Hellyeah for 12 years from 2006 until his death in 2018. He also co-founded the heavy metal band Damageplan in 2003 with his younger brother, Dimebag Darrell. Abbott died at his Las Vegas, Nevada home, at the age of 54. It was later revealed that Abbott had died from a "dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease."

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Empain
Édouard-Jean. 2018-06-21

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Born 1937-10-07. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain was a French-Belgian industrialist, best known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978. Between 1969 and 1981, Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain). The Baron was the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain. He married the Italian Silvana Betuzzi in 1957 by whom he has two daughters and a son: they were divorced shortly after Empain's kidnapping. He lived in the suburbs of Paris with his second wife Jacqueline (née Ragonaux), a former model, whom he married in 1990.

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Guzman-Feliz
Lesandro. 2018-06-20

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Born 2002-11-11. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder

Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, known as "Junior", was 15 years old at the time of his death. The killing of Guzman-Feliz was purportedly a case of mistaken identity. Initial reports indicated that the killing was related to a sex video online that involved 15 year-old Stephanie Astacio, the presumed sister of Jose Muniz; and Irving Ozuna, a curly-haired male teenager, who some thought looked like Guzman-Feliz. The police reported that the alleged killers, all members of the Trinitarios subset "Los Sures", mistakenly believed that Guzman-Feliz was a member of the rival "Sunset" gang. Bronx County District Attorney Darcel Clark said that Guzman-Feliz had no ties to any gang activity. Nearly a full year after Guzman-Feliz was brutally slain outside of the Bronx bodega, five accused suspects were convicted of his murder. In a Bronx courtroom on June 14, 2019, a jury convicted Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, Manuel Rivera, Elvin Garcia, Jose Muniz, and Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, gang assault, and conspiracy. By also convicting the defendants of first-degree murder, the jury acknowledged that Guzman-Feliz was tortured before his death.

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Cavell
Stanley Louis. 2018-06-19

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Born 1926-09-01. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age

Stanley Louis Cavell was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and ordinary language philosophy. As an interpreter, he produced influential works on Wittgenstein, Austin, Emerson, Thoreau, and Heidegger. His work is characterized by its conversational tone and frequent literary references. Cavell died in Boston, Massachusetts of heart failure at the age of 91.

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Cronin Scanlon
ane Smiley. 2018-06-19

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Born 1922-07-17. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

Jane Smiley Cronin Scanlon was an American mathematician and an emeritus professor of mathematics at Rutgers University. Her research concerned partial differential equations and mathematical biology.

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Hiseman
Philip John (alias: Jon Hiseman ). 2018-06-12

73

Born 1944-06-21. Domain:Music. Cause of death:cancer (brain)

Philip John "Jon" Hiseman was an English drummer, recording engineer, record producer, and music publisher. In May 2018, Hiseman's family reported that he was struggling with a brain tumor. He died at the age of 73 in Sutton, England. He was nine days short of his 74th birthday.

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Hornère
Yvette Marie Eugénie (alias: Yvette Horner). 2018-06-11

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Born 1922-09-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Yvette Horner was a French accordionist known for performing with the Tour de France during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Sargaison
Eunice Elizabeth (alias: Eunice Gayson). 2018-06-08

90

Born 1928-03-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison, known professionally as Eunice Gayson, was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love) and is therefore considered to have been the first-ever "Bond girl".

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Kirwan
Daniel David. 2018-06-08

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Born 1950-05-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia

Daniel David Kirwan was a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. He released three albums as a solo artist from 1975 to 1979, recorded albums with Otis Spann, Chris Youlden, and Tramp, and worked with his former Fleetwood Mac colleagues Jeremy Spencer and Christine McVie on some of their solo projects. An obituary in The New York Times quoted Kirwan's former wife as saying that he had died in his sleep "after contracting pneumonia earlier in the year and never fully recovering from it." Alcohol and drugs appear to have contributed to Kirwan's decline. Green's biographer Martin Celmins said that by the age of 21, after two and a half years as a professional musician, Kirwan was "lost in a drink and drugs wasteland." A lot of pressure and responsibility had fallen on his shoulders after Green left the band in 1970 and he had found it difficult to cope. By the end of 1970 his excessive drinking was causing concern. By 1972 he was said to be drinking heavily and showing signs of alcoholism and he had experimented with LSD and mescaline. Celmins quoted Fleetwood's first wife, Jenny Boyd, who knew Kirwan, as saying, "I think drugs and alcohol got Danny totally nuts in the end. He was just too sensitive a soul." In the late 1970s Kirwan's mental health deteriorated, and after a difficult time recording his final solo album in January 1979 he played no further part in the music industry. In 1994 he was said to be "a homeless alcoholic, divorced, with a son he hardly ever sees." In March 1996 he was reported to be sleeping on park benches and was a semi-permanent resident of a hostel for the homeless. Around this time his ex-wife was quoted as saying, "[Danny] lives a very simple life and is pretty much disconnected from what you or I would call reality." In July 2000, a few weeks after his 50th birthday, Kirwan was settled in a care home for alcoholics in South London. Martin Celmins, who had interviewed Kirwan in 1996, said he was now looking "fitter, stronger and more together" and kept a guitar in his room. He noted, "[Danny] remains a very private person who keeps himself to himself." In 2002 Jeremy Spencer visited with Kirwan's ex-wife and son. Spencer said later that the meeting had been pleasant, although Kirwan was "in his own world". Kirwan was well looked after and was visited by family and friends.

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O'Neill
Michael Alan. 2018-06-06

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Born 1971-00-00. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident

Michael Alan O'Neill was an Irish actor best known for his roles as Hugh in Sons of Anarchy and as Keith McGrath in the Irish soap Fair City. O'Neill was found dead by a friend in his Los Angeles, California apartment. The cause of death was complications from head trauma, as a result of being intoxicated.

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von Tiesenhausen
Georg Heinrich Patrick. 2018-06-04

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Born 1914-05-18. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Georg Heinrich Patrick Baron von Tiesenhausen was a United States-based German rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the United States Army, and later, NASA. He is credited with the first complete design of the Lunar Roving Vehicle and made a variety of other contributions to the space program. He was a member of Baltic German noble family of Tiesenhausen. Tiesenhausen worked with Wernher von Braun developing V-2 rockets in Germany during World War II. He came to America in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, where he again worked with von Braun on guided missiles such as the Redstone, this time for the United States Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. He was later transferred to NASA, where he worked on various spaceflight programs, including the Apollo program, which landed men on the Moon.

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Orgeret
Marc. 2018-06-04

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Born 1932-02-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Marc Ogeret was a French singer.

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Wayne
Kyra Petrovskaya. 2018-06-03

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Born 1918-12-31. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne was a Russian-American author, actress and a sniper during World War II. A survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, she married an American diplomat and came to the United States, becoming the author of 14 books. Among her various activities in America, she made many appearances on television programs, gave lectures on literature and history on cruise ships, and sang on concert stages.

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Clifton
Peter. 2018-05-31

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Born 1941-00-00. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

Peter Clifton, perhaps best known for directing the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same (1976).

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Pitt
Steven. 2018-05-31

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Born 1959-03-12. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Murder

Steven Pitt was an American forensic psychiatrist. Pitt was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In 2006 Pitt helped the police identify the Baseline killer who had raped and murdered a series of women in Phoenix, Arizona. Pitt worked extensively on the JonBenét Ramsey case — where he was retained by both the police and prosecutor. He also worked in the investigation of the Columbine High School massacre, the Deer Creek Middle School shooting, and the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. In May and June 2018, a spree killer sought out and fatally shot six people in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. The shooting spree began on May 30 and ended June 4, when the shooter killed himself as police closed in. The shooter was Dwight Lamon Jones, aged 56. The story was covered on Dateline NBC on June 29, 2018. The victims of the initial shootings were a noted forensic psychiatrist, two paralegals, and a counselor; all were shot within 24 hours of each other and within a 10 mile radius in Scottsdale and Phoenix. The other two victims were discovered June 4. Steven Pitt (59), a well-known forensic psychiatrist was shot and killed outside his office at 5:20pm on Thursday 31 May. Pitt had examined Jones in connection with a "bitter" divorce. In 2006 Pitt helped the police identify the Baseline killer who had raped and murdered a series of women in Phoenix, Arizona. Veleria Sharp (48), and Laura Anderson (49), paralegals, were shot and killed at 2:15pm on Friday, 1 June in the downtown Scottsdale offices of Burt, Feldman, Grenier, the law firm where they worked. A lawyer at the firm had worked on the Jones divorce. By 11:30 pm on Friday June 1, police knew that the same gun had been used to kill Anderson, Sharp and Pitt. The body of Marshall Levine (72), a psychologist and counselor, was found just after midnight, as Friday turned to Saturday, June 2, in his Scottsdale office. Levine was subletting his office from a woman who had provided counseling services to his son during the divorce, Jones' intended target. By Sunday afternoon, police had Jones under surveillance as he drove around Fountain Hills in his gold Mercedes Benz. At one point, Jones ditched a small bag containing a .22-caliber pistol, which police later determined to belong to one of two people, 70-year-old Mary Simmons and 72-year-old Bryon Thomas, who were shot and killed inside a Fountain Hills home. Their bodies were not discovered until Monday, 4 June. Police stated that ballistics ruled out the 22-caliber gun from having been used in any of the shootings.

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Kneen
Daniel Richard. 2018-05-30

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Born 1987-06-26. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Daniel Richard Kneen was a professional motorcycle racer from Douglas, Isle of Man. Kneen was a race winner at the Manx Grand Prix (three times) and the Ulster Grand Prix, and finished on the podium at the 2017 Isle of Man TT, in the Superstock race. Kneen died of multiple injuries after an accident during qualifying for the 2018 Isle of Man TT, the 147th competitor to be killed at the Mountain Course during a TT meeting.

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Coquatrix
Paulette. 2018-05-28

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Born 1916-04-26. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Paulette Coquatrix (born Clara Paulette Possicelsky) was a French costume designer. Clara Paulette Possicelsky married Bruno Coquatrix. At the beginning of the 1950s, she was a costume designer for the Comédie-Caumartin shows, directed by Bruno Coquatrix from 1952. When he died in 1979, she inherited Olympia Hall in equal shares with her daughter Patricia. She entrusted the general direction to her nephew Jean-Michel Boris, who joined the company in 1954. Coquatrix sold the auditorium to the Vivendi group in August 2001. Her daughter Patricia was the artistic director of Olympia until January 2002.

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Dassault
Serge. 2018-05-28

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Born 1925-04-04. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Serge Dassault was a French billionaire heir, businessman and politician. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Group, and a conservative politician. According to Forbes, Dassault's net worth was estimated in 2016 at US$15 billion.

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