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March 28, 2024

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Arden John (b. 1930-10-26 / d. 2012-03-28)

He was a English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Daniel. 2023-08-20

70

Born 1953-06-16. Domain:science (economics). Cause of death:cancer (blood)

Daniel Cohen was a prominent French economist, a co-founder and professor at the Paris School of Economics, as well as a senior advisor to the bank Lazard. Cohen was born in Tunis, Tunisia and died in Paris from a blood disease, at the age of 70.

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Leonard Norman. 2016-11-07

82

Born 1934-09-21. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death and romantic relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen died at the age of 82 at his home in Los Angeles; leukemia was a contributing cause. According to his manager, Cohen's death was the result of a fall at his home on the night of November 7, and he subsequently died in his sleep.

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Bernard Leonard. 2012-03-17

87

Born 1924-06-14. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

He was born in Pittsburgh, and was Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Cohen was a staunch opponent to the so called Linear no-threshold model (LNT) which postulates there exists no safe threshold for radiation exposure. His views, what was in the 1980s and 1990s considered a self-marginalizing posture had gained within 20 years support from a strong minority. He claimed: "All estimates of the cancer risk from low level radiation are based on the linear-no threshold theory (LNT) which is based solely on largely discredited concepts of radiation carcinogenesis, with no experimental verification in the low dose region of the most important applications. These risk estimates are now leading to the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars to protect against dangers whose existence is highly questionable. It is therefore of utmost importance to test the validity of this theory." When Ralph Nader described plutonium as "the most toxic substance known to mankind", Cohen, then a tenured professor, offered to consume on camera as much plutonium oxide as Nader could consume of caffeine, the stimulant found in coffee and other beverages, which in its pure form has an oral(LD50) of 192 milligrams per kilogram in rats.

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Samuel Theodore. 2010-11-28

89

Born 1921-01-25. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

He was an American physicist who invented the W70 warhead, more popularly known as the neutron bomb.
He died from complications of his stomach cancer.

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Emile Jean (alias: Dominique Zardi). 2009-12-13

79

Born 1930-03-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Joseph-Raoul (alias: Georges Cravenne). 2009-01-10

94

Born 1914-01-24. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

He married French actress Françoise Arnoul in 1956. They divorced in 1964.
On October 18 1973, his second wife Danielle Cravenne was shot dead on the Marignane airport. Danielle, who was mentally unstable, had tried to hijack a Boeing 727 to protest against the release of the film The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob which was being promoted by Cravenne.

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Albert. 1981-10-17

86

Born 1895-08-16. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Cohen had a limb broken. Then, complications occurred with anemia and pneumonia, and he died.

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Meyer Harris (alias: Mickey Cohen). 1976-07-29

62

Born 1913-09-04. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer (stomach)

He was a gangster based in Los Angeles and part of the Jewish Mafia, and also had strong ties to the American Mafia from the 1930s through 1960s. In 1961, Cohen was convicted of tax evasion and sent to Alcatraz. His heavily armored Cadillac from this period was confiscated by Los Angeles Police Department and is now on display at the Southward Car Museum in New Zealand. During his time on "the Rock," another inmate attempted to kill Cohen with a lead pipe. In 1972, Cohen was released from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where he had spoken out against prison abuse. He had been misdiagnosed with an ulcer, which turned out to be stomach cancer. After undergoing surgery, he continued touring the U.S., including television appearances, once with Ramsey Clark. Mickey Cohen died in his sleep in 1976.

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Ellen (alias: Cass Elliot). 1974-07-29

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Born 1941-09-19. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack

The Mamas and the Papas

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