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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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Joyce
Stephen James. 2020-01-23

87

Born 1932-02-15. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Stephen James Joyce was the grandson of James Joyce and the executor of Joyce's literary estate. He was born in France, the son of James Joyce's son, Giorgio, and Helen Joyce (née Kastor). Stephen graduated in 1958 from Harvard University, where he once roomed with Paul Matisse, grandson of French impressionist painter Henri Matisse, and with Sadruddin Aga Khan. When the Central Bank of Ireland issued a ten euro James Joyce commemorative coin on 10 April 2013, Joyce described the coin and the circumstances of its issue as "one of the greatest insults to the Joyce family that has ever been perpetrated in Ireland". He complained of a lack of consultation over the coin; he objected to an error in a Joycean quotation inscribed on the coin; he was upset by the design of the portrait on the coin, calling it "the most unlikely likeness of Joyce ever produced"; and he described as highly insensitive and offensive the decision to issue the coin on the anniversary of the death of his grandmother, Nora Joyce, who died in 1951.

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Joyce Rogers. 2017-10-23

78

Born 1939-10-08. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

She was an American mathematician, the Ford Foundation Professor of Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests were primarily in applied mathematics, and in particular in inverse problems.

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Hatto
Joyce. 2006-06-30

77

Born 1928-09-05. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer

She was a British pianist and piano teacher whose performing career spanned some twenty-five years, coming to an end in the mid-1970s. Late in her life, recordings released under her name won considerable critical acclaim, but after her death it was discovered that many of these recordings were taken from CDs recorded by other performers. On 26 February 2007, Gramophone Magazine published a confession from Hatto's husband-producer, admitting his sole responsibility in falsely passing off others' works as hers. His version of events has not been universally accepted.

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James. 1941-01-13

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Born 1882-02-02. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Operation

He underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer. While at first improved, he relapsed the following day, and despite several transfusions, fell into a coma. He awoke at 2 a.m. on 13 January 1941, and asked for a nurse to call his wife and son before losing consciousness again. They were still en route when he died fifteen minutes later.

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