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Westergaard Kurt (b. 1935-07-13 / d. 2021-07-14)
Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard) was a Danish cartoonist famous for creating the controversial cartoon of a terrorist, although not the Islamic prophet Muhammad as it is often claimed, wearing a bomb in his turban. This cartoon was the most contentious of the 12 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which met with strong reactions from Muslims worldwide who condemned the act, including Western countries. After the drawing of the cartoon, Westergaard received numerous death threats and was a target of assassination attempts. As a result, he was under constant police protection
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Born 1969-05-09. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart attack
Hugo Hernán Maradona, also known as El Turco, was an Argentine football player and coach. He was the younger brother of legendary player Diego Maradona. He played as a midfielder for clubs in South America, Europe, Japan, and Canada, and was a member of the Argentina U-16 national team. He died from a heart attack at his home in Monte di Procida, near Naples.
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Born 1960-10-30. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine football manager and retired professional legendary footballer. In January 2019, Maradona underwent surgery after a hernia caused internal bleeding in his stomach. On 2 November 2020, Maradona was admitted to a hospital in La Plata, supposedly due to psychological reasons. A representative of the ex-footballer said his condition was not serious. A day later, he underwent emergency brain surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain. He was released on November 12 after successful surgery and will continue to be supervised by doctors as an outpatient.
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Born 1942-04-16. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
Zvi Arad was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College.
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Born 1924-06-18. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French Writer and biographer, member of the Oulipo.
He was, with Jacques Jouet, Paul Fournel and Hervé Le Tellier, from l'Oulipo, one of the regular participants of a radio braodcast on France Culture: « Des Papous dans la tęte »
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Born 1948-03-04. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a French navigator. He died during the race "La route du rhum" in 1986.