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July 21, 2025

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Young Robert George (b. 1907-02-22 / d. 1998-07-21)

Despite the fact that he portrayed happy, well-adjusted characters, Young suffered from depression and alcoholism, which contributed to his suicide attempt in 1991. Afterwards he spoke candidly about his problems in an effort to encourage people to seek help with their own. The Robert Young Center for Community Mental Health, an affiliate of Trinity Regional Health System, located in Rock Island, Illinois, is a comprehensive community mental health center. It is named after Young for his work with passage of the 708 Illinois Tax Referendum.
Young died at his home in Westlake Village, California at 91 from respiratory failure. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.

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Daniel Clive. 2011-10-16

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Born 1978-06-22. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

"Dan" Wheldon was a British racing driver. He was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the Indianapolis 500 in both 2005 and 2011. Wheldon died from injuries shortly after a collision at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, at the age of 33.

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Sidney. 2007-01-30

89

Born 1917-02-11. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Pneumonia

In a 1982 interview Sheldon told of how he created his novels; "I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down. I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter."

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Sheldon Allan (alias: Shel Silverstein). 1999-05-09

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Born 1930-09-25. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Heart attack

He was an American poet who write the ballad of Lucy Jordan. He was found dead after a heart attack.

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Martin Erich Fritz. 1992-01-31

83

Born 1908-11-11. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Martin Erich Fritz Held was a German television and film actor. Roses for the Prosecutor (German: Rosen für den Staatsanwalt) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held (portraying prosecutor Schramm), Walter Giller and Ingrid van Bergen. It was one of the few German movies of the 1950s which openly addressed the German Nazi era. It was shot at the Göttingen studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

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