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Whittle Frank (b. 1907-06-01 / d. 1996-08-09)
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine (some years earlier than Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain) and is regarded by many as the father of jet propulsion. Von Ohain allegedly stated that if the RAF had taken Whittle's design seriously when it was first submitted, there would have been no World War II. As it was found later in the war the fighter superiority over Europe was key to winning the war in Europe.
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Born 1923-11-12. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
Pierre Georges Marie de Barrigue de Montvallon dit Piem was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist.
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Born 1932-06-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:COVID
Maurice Barrier was a French actor and singer. Barrier was married to the actress Hélène Manesse. The pair resided in Montréal, France from 1962 until Maurice's death on 12 April 2020 in Montbard at the age of 87 due to COVID-19.
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Born 1935-11-18. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Alain Barrière (born Alain Bellec) was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s until his death and was known for participating in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. Barrière died of cardiac arrest.
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Born 1938-02-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident
He was an American actor, singer, voice actor, and writer. He played Pontius Pilate on the original recording and later in the film of Jesus Christ Superstar. In June 2017, Dennen suffered a fall in his Burbank home and required hospital care. He never fully recovered.
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Born 1941-01-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (blood)
He began acting during his college years at West Chester University, in Pennsylvania. After graduation, Jenner moved to New York City where he found roles in Club Champion’s Widow, opposite Maureen Stapleton, and Put Them All Together with Mariette Hartley. Along with Olympia Dukakis, he was a founding member of the innovative Whole Theatre Company where he starred opposite Dukakis in Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Jenner also received wide acclaim as the self-destructive pitcher in Jonathan Reynolds' hit play, Yanks 3, Detroit 0, Top of the Ninth, directed by Alan Arkin at New York City’s American Place Theatre. Jenner had a recurring role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Admiral William Ross. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from acute myeloid leukemia at the age of 75.
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Born 1987-05-29. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
He was a Spanish bullfighter from Segovia. He was killed by a bull during the Feria del Ángel festival in Teruel; the bullfight was broadcast live on television. He was the first bullfighter to be killed in Spain since 1985 (excluding the banderilleros Manolo Montoliú and Ramón Soto Vargas, who died in 1992). Barrio was killed by a 529-kg bull named Lorenzo. The bull's horns perforated Barrio's chest several times. He was transported to the bullring's infirmary and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. The autopsy revealed that Barrio's lungs and thoracic aorta had been pierced. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy paid tribute to him. Due to Barrio's death, most of the festival acts were cancelled
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Born 1944-08-24. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Cancer
He was an American experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns, as well as cinematography for Lizzie Borden's "Born in Flames," Sheila McLaughlin and Lynne Tillman's "Committed," assorted films by artist Red Grooms and Albert Maysles' The Gates.
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Born 1967-04-08. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Suicide
Kate Barry was a British fashion photographer, who worked for Vogue and The Sunday Times Magazine. was the daughter of British actress and singer Jane Birkin and the composer John Barry. Her maternal grandmother was the actress Judy Campbell and her uncle was the director Andrew Birkin. She moved from Britain to France as a child and was raised by her mother and her partner Serge Gainsbourg. she died as a result of a fall from the fourth floor of her apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Born 1932-08-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
The voice of Saturnin the duck (and the song of Colargol was also sung by him)
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Born 1933-11-03. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack
He was an English film score composer. He was best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style. Barry suffered a rupture of the oesophagus in 1988, following a toxic reaction to a health tonic he had consumed. The incident rendered him unable to work for two years and left him vulnerable to pneumonia. He died suddenly from a heart attack. Barry was married four times. His first three marriages ended in divorce: Barbara Pickard (1959-63); Jane Birkin (1965-68); and Jane Sidey (1969-71). He married his current wife, Laurie, on 3 January 1978. Barry has four children, one each from his first, second, and fourth marriages, and one with Ulla Larsson, with whom he lived for a while in the sixties, but did not marry.
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Born 1919-06-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
In the 1973, Barry starred in the ITV television series The Adventurer, with Barry Morse and Catherine Schell. Also in the 1970s, Barry was cast as a murdering psychiatrist in the two-hour Columbo pilot episode.
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Born 1932-02-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Nurse Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series, Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and for being the voice of most onboard computer interfaces throughout the series. She was also the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Barrett-Roddenberry died on December 18, 2008, at her home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, as a result of leukemia.
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Born 1925-06-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
She was born as Charlotte May Wind in Minneapolis. She earned her music degree at the University of Minnesota in 1947. She moved to New York, and worked as a researcher for Time-Life and studied musical composition. She studied music with Wallingford Riegger and Henry Cowell. She married Louis in 1947. They lived in Greenwich Village. It was Anaïs Nin who nicknamed her "Bebe". She died on April 20, 2008 in Los Angeles. Bebe and Louis Barron were two American pioneers in the field of electronic music. They are credited with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape, and the first entirely electronic film score for the MGM movie Forbidden Planet (1956).
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Born 1918-06-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Some of his best-known television roles included: Lt. Philip Gerard on the 1960s series The Fugitive with David Janssen; 'Prof. Victor Bergman' in the 1975-1976 season of Space: 1999 with Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Zienia Merton; 'Mr. Parminter' in The Adventurer with Gene Barry; and "Alec 'The Tiger' Marlowe" in The Zoo Gang with Sir John Mills, Lilli Palmer, and Brian Keith. In 1982 he played the Ronald Reagan-esque U.S. President Johnny Cyclops in the satirical sitcom Whoops Apocalypse in the UK and hosted the series Strange But True for the CBC.
The Parkinsons disease cause held a special place in Morse's heart as his wife of more than 60 years, actress Sydney Sturgess, had a 14-year long battle with the disease prior to her death in 1999. In recent years, he also became an advocate for senior citizens in his adopted homeland of Canada.
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Born 1924-04-12. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Kidney failure
On several occasions, Raymond Barre made remarks that were interpreted as antisemitic, or at least supportive of antisemitism. In 1980, when he was Prime minister, a bombing was attempted against a synagogue in the rue Copernic in Paris; however the bomb detonated in the street when the Jews attending shabbat were inside the synagogue, and not when they were out; as a result only some non-Jewish bystanders were killed. Raymond Barre then famously denounced:
"A hateful attack which wanted to strike at the Jews who were in that synagogue, and which [instead] struck innocent French people who were crossing the street."
A controversy erupted because Raymond Barre's sentence seemed to imply that the Jews inside the synagogue were guilty of something, or were not French.
On February 5, 2005, Raymond Barre declared about Bruno Gollnisch, one of the leaders of the controversial Front National party
"Gollnisch is a likeable person, he gets sometimes carried away by outrageous speech, but he's a good person."
His parents separated when he was 4-year old. This was the last time he saw his father. Though his father died in 1975, in Paris, Raymond Barre had never seen him again.
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Born 1946-01-06. Domain:Music. Cause of death:cancer (pancreas)
There has been much speculation concerning the psychological well-being of Syd Barrett. Many believe he suffered from schizophrenia, although he didn't exactly fit the typical profile for that condition. A diagnosis of bipolar disorder is also possible, most likely Bipolar I. In addition there have been many ongoing speculations that Syd Barrett suffered from Asperger syndrome (a mild form of Autism)
David Gilmour proposed, in an interview with the National Post's John Geiger, that the stroboscopic lights used in their shows combined with the drugs could have had a seriously detrimental effect on Barrett's mental health if he was a photo-epileptic who suffered partial seizures. When partial seizures occur in the temporal lobes patients are often misdiagnosed with schizophrenia or psychosis.
His sister denied he was a recluse or that he was vague about his past: "Roger may have been a bit selfish — or rather self-absorbed — but when people called him a recluse they were really only projecting their own disappointment. He knew what they wanted but he wasn’t willing to give it to them." Barrett, she said, took up photography, and sometimes they went to the seaside together. "Quite often he took the train on his own to London to look at the major art collections — and he loved flowers. He made regular trips to the Botanic Gardens and to the dahlias at Anglesey Abbey, near Lode. But of course, his passion was his painting", she said.
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Born 1944-09-21. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other
White had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in renal failure in the autumn of 2002 . He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, at the age of 58 from renal failure. White was cremated, and his ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast. He was a very good friend to Pavarotti and in an interview Pavarotti confirmed that he would be missed.
Barry White's death bed words were, "Leave me alone - I'm fine".
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Born 1927-08-21. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was a British actor who played numerous film roles and gained acclaim as the TV detective in the five-series-long ITV program Van der Valk that spanned 20 years.
He played the necktie murderer in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.
Some obituaries (e.g. BBC Online) incorrectly stated his year of birth as 1931, the British Film Institute website provides definitive year of birth as 1927, based on a check of the birth and marriage certificates held at the Family Records Centre, London.
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Born 1931-12-17. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Unknown
Anne Barrère's father, whose husband is Robert Namias.
Anne Barrère is a personal advisor of Bernadette Chirac.
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Born 1920-04-23. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
As a young man, Louis had an affinity for working with a soldering gun and electrical gear. He studied music at the University of Chicago. He died on 1 November 1989 in Los Angeles. Bebe and Louis Barron were two American pioneers in the field of electronic music. They are credited with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape, and the first entirely electronic film score for the MGM movie Forbidden Planet (1956).
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Born 1903-07-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
"Yes sir!"
Believed in Metempsychosis.
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Born 1939-07-16. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder
Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal was a commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. He was murdered in 1986 by contract killers hired by the cartel. On the evening of February 19, 1986, Seal was shot to death in front of the Salvation Army Center, three weeks into his probation. When Seal pulled into the house's lot and parked, a man got out of a car behind the center's donation drop boxes and opened fire with a suppressed MAC-10 machine gun. Seal was hit six times and died instantly. Six Colombians were quickly arrested in connection with the murder. Three of them, Luis Carlos Quintero-Cruz, Miguel Vélez, and Bernardo Antonio Vásquez, were indicted on state charges for capital murder. A fourth man was indicted separately on lesser charges, and evidence of direct involvement was insufficient for two, who were released and deported. In addition to the state charges against the killers, federal charges were filed against Fabio Ochoa, Pablo Escobar, and a third cartel member, Rafael Cardona, for conspiring to violate Seal's civil rights by murdering him.
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Born 1910-02-21. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Paul Bryar (born Gabriel Paul Barrere) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly half a century, he appeared in numerous films and television series. He was married to actress Claudia Bryar until his death in 1985. They had three children, including Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer with the rock band Little Feat.
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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 1913-11-04. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr) was an American actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). On October 19, 1978, three weeks after his marriage to Schmidt, the couple were found dead in their Manhattan apartment. Police surmised that Young shot his wife and then himself. A motive for the murder–suicide was never discovered. Police said there was a diary opened to September 27 with "we got married today" written on it. The couple appear to have died around 2:30 pm, and their bodies were found five hours later. Young was at one time under the care of the psychologist and psychotherapist Eugene Landy, who later had his professional California medical license revoked amidst accusations of ethical violations and misconduct with patients.
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Born 1928-00-00. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide
Born in Lille, he was a member of the group Les Capenoules.
His best known song is undoubtedly Quand la mer monte, written by his friend Jean-Claude Darnal. He also sang the P'tit quinquin.
He hanged himself on a beam of a house under construction in front of the sea at Cap Gris Nez.
The song Quand la mer monte is featured in the movie by Yolande Moreau with the same title.
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Born 1882-02-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cirrhosis of the liver
Barrymore collapsed while appearing on a radio show and died some days later in his hospital room. His dying words were "Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him." Gene Fowler attributes different dying words to Barrymore in his biography Good Night, Sweet Prince. According to Fowler, John Barrymore roused as if to say something to his brother Lionel; Lionel asked John to repeat himself, and John simply replied, "You heard me, Mike."
In the late 1930s, alcoholism and possibly Alzheimer's Disease encroached on his ability to remember his lines, and his diminished abilities were apparent in an surviving screen test that he made for an aborted film of Hamlet in 1934. From then on, he insisted on reading his dialogue from cue cards. He continued to give creditable performances in lesser pictures, for example as Inspector Nielson in some of Paramount Pictures' Bulldog Drummond mysteries, and offered one last bravura dramatic turn in RKO's 1939 feature The Great Man Votes.
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Born 1909-03-24. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder
In the famous "Eastham Breakout" of 1934, Clyde's lifetime goal appeared to come true, as he masterminded the escape of Henry Methvin, Raymond Hamilton and several others. The Texas Department of Corrections received national negative publicity over the jailbreak, and Clyde appeared to have achieved what Phillips describes as the burning passion in his life — revenge on the Texas Department of Corrections. It was an expensive revenge, for all concerned, as the killing of a guard (by Joe Palmer) brought the full power of the Texas and federal governments to bear on the manhunt for Bonnie and Clyde, ultimately resulting in their deaths. As the guard, Major Crowson, lay dying, Lee Simmons of the Texas Department of Corrections reportedly promised him every person involved in the breakout would be hunted down and killed
Manhunter Frank Hamer organized an ambush to get the gang.
the lawmen opened fire, killing Bonnie and Clyde while shooting a combined total of approximately 130 rounds. By 9:15, the couple were dead. The posse, under Hamer's direct orders, did not call out a warning, or order the duo to surrender. Clyde was killed instantly from Oakley's initial head shot. Bonnie did not die as easily as Clyde. The posse reported her uttering a long, horrified scream as the bullets tore into the car. The officers emptied the specially-ordered automatic rifle, as well as rifles, shotguns and pistols at the car.
Some sources say Bonnie and Clyde were shot more than 50 times, while other sources claim a total closer to 25 bullet wounds per corpse, or fifty total.
Bonnie and Clyde wished to be buried side by side, but the Parker family would not allow it.
Clyde Barrow is buried in the Western Heights Cemetery, and Bonnie Parker in the Crown Hill Memorial Park, both in Dallas, Texas.