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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 1928-12-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Richard "Dick" Miller was an American character actor. He was known for his roles in Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Explorers, Piranha, The Howling, A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, Chopping Mall, Night of the Creeps, The Terminator, The 'Burbs, Pulp Fiction and Small Soldiers. Miller was born in The Bronx, New York. He died in Toluca Lake, California from pneumonia, aged 90.
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Born 1934-11-12. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox) was an American criminal and cult leader. In mid-1967, he formed what became known as the "Manson Family", a quasi-commune based in California. His followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. According to the Los Angeles County district attorney, Manson plotted to start a race war, though he and others disputed this motive. In 1971, he was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution conceded that Manson never literally ordered the murders, but they contended that his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy. Manson was also convicted of first-degree murder for the deaths of Gary Hinman and Donald Shea. On January 1, 2017, Manson was suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding at California State Prison in Corcoran when he was rushed to Mercy Hospital in downtown Bakersfield. A source told the Los Angeles Times that Manson was seriously ill, and TMZ reported that his doctors considered him "too weak" for surgery. He was returned to prison on January 6, and the nature of his treatment was not disclosed. On November 15, 2017, an unauthorized source said that Manson had returned to a hospital in Bakersfield, but the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not confirm this in conformity with state and federal medical privacy laws. He died from cardiac arrest resulting from respiratory failure and colon cancer at the hospital.
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Born 1928-12-30. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
He was a French food critic and author. Born in Paris, he began his career as a journalist in the "interior policy" department of Le Monde newspaper. In 1965 he founded the Gault Millau restaurant guide Le Nouveau Guide with Henri Gault and André Gayot.
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Born 1930-07-12. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was a French rugby player, racing driver and later a Formula One team owner.
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Born 1989-10-28. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
She was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. In March 2015, part of a group of French sports stars participating in a reality TV show called Dropped, she was one of 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in mid-air during filming in northwestern Argentina.
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Born 1942-02-20. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
1976 : La Meilleure Façon de marcher 1977 : Dites lui que je l'aime 1981 : Garde à vue 1983 : Mortelle randonnée 1985 : L'Effrontée 1988 : La Petite Voleuse 1992 : L'Accompagnatrice 1994 : Le Sourire 1998 : La Classe de neige 2000 : La Chambre des magiciennes 2001 : Betty Fisher et autres histoires 2003 : La Petite Lili 2007 : Un secret 2009 : Marching Band 2009 : Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante coréalisé avec son fils Nathan Miller 2011 : Voyez comme ils dansent 2012 : Thérèse D
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Born 1913-03-26. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age
She was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. Of Jewish ancestry, she was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in 1988, the second woman to enter the Académie Française. She was also known for her work on the culture and language of ancient Greece, and in particular on Thucydides. She was born Jacqueline David in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir.
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Born 1971-02-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
Randy Miller was an American musician and drummer for the Seattle-based band, The Myriad.
Miller was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma, form of bone cancer, in 2008, the same year that With Arrows, With Poise was released. He underwent treatments, including chemotherapy. His condition improved enough that he was able to tour with The Myriad during the Fall of 2009.
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Born 1912-02-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
She was the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which occurred on 15 April 1912. At nine weeks of age, she was also the youngest passenger on board.
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Born 1917-03-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American screenwriter and novelist. His works include the Academy Award-nominated Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). He was also one of the creators of Mr. Magoo.
McSweeney's published Kaufman's first novel, titled Bowl of Cherries, in October 2007. Kaufman was 86 years old when he began work on the novel and 90 when it was published. His second novel, Misadventure, will be published posthumously.
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Born 1955-00-00. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
A Renault Formula One engineer is believed to have shot himself at the team's headquarters.
Thames Valley Police said they are not treating the death of William Millar as suspicious, after he was found on a footpath within the grounds of the Whiteways Research Centre, near Enstone, Oxfordshire.
A police spokeswoman today confirmed that the body was identified by the Oxfordshire coroner as that of the 53-year-old research and development engineer, of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire.
His body was discovered shortly after 11am on Wednesday after staff heard a gunshot. Mr Millar was found with a single head wound.
The apparent suicide came days before the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, where Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr will take to the track.
Renault issued a tribute to Mr Millar following his death.
'Everyone at the team is deeply shocked to lose such a valued member of staff who had been with the team for 27 years.
'Before the team was taken over by Renault, he worked for Benetton Formula One. We have a very large site but it happened within the premises on a footpath.
'Known as Bill, he was involved in designing anything that can improve the car.'
Local reports said Mr Millar was a married father of two.
Renault stressed yesterday they did not believe the suicide was work-related.
Neighbours of Bill, who lived with bed-ridden wife Valerie in the Cotswolds village of Minster Lovell said he had personal problems.
One added:"Sadly, it seems it all got to much. It's a tragedy. He was a lovely man."
Daughter Lawrie Millar, who answered the door at the family home, said: "We have nothing to say. "
A Thames Valley Police spokeswoman confirmed that the death was not being treated as suspicious. She said: "We were called just after 11am after staff at Renault witnessed a man walking to the bridleway near to the headquarters.
"A gunshot was heard and then the body of a man was discovered on the path."
Renault said the centre's 500 staff had been offered counselling in the wake of Wednesday's tragedy.
A spokeswoman said Mr Millar was popular with his colleagues. She added: "We are all very sad and shocked. William was very well liked. He'll be greatly missed."
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Born 1908-02-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
In the years leading up to his death, he appeared on television only on special occasions, his sight having failed almost completely in 1992. After that, his film roles were brief but notable cameos.
He died aged 97 at his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire following a chest infection. A few months after Sir John's death, Mary Hayley Bell died on 1 December 2005.
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Born 1915-10-17. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
In December 2004, the 89-year-old Miller announced that he has been living with a 34-year-old artist Agnes Barley at his Connecticut farm since 2002, and that they intended to marry. Miller's final play, Finishing the Picture, opened at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, in the fall of 2004. He stated that the work was based on the experience of filming The Misfits.
Miller died at his home in Roxbury of congestive heart failure (the 56th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Death of a Salesman) at the age of 89, surrounded by his family.
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Born 1939-04-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
Miller was the father of actors Jason Patric (by first wife Linda Gleason, daughter of Jackie Gleason) and Joshua John Miller (by second wife Susan Bernard).
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Born 1906-03-01. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Camilla Spira was a German film actress. She appeared in 68 films between 1924 and 1986. She was born in Hamburg, Germany, of Jewish ancestry on her father's side, and died in Berlin, Germany. Her father was the Austrian actor Fritz Spira who died in the Ruma concentration camp in 1943. Her mother was actress Lotte Spira and her sister was the East German actress Steffie Spira.
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Born 1902-00-00. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age
She is best known for the creation and the animation of a radio broadcast "les français donnent aux français" from 1947 to 1981 on France Inter.
She was the daughter of the journalist and writer Pierre Mille.
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Born 1894-02-10. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Dubbed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability. Macmillan had often play-acted being an old man long before real old age set in. As early as 1948 Humphry Berkeley wrote of how "he makes a show of being feeble and decrepit", mentioning how he had suddenly stopped shambling and sprinted for a train. Nigel Fisher tells an anecdote of how Macmillan initially greeted him to his house leaning on a stick, but later walked and climbed steps perfectly well, twice acting lame again and fetching his stick when he remembered his "act". However, in genuine old age he became almost blind, causing him to need sticks and a helping arm. Macmillan died at Birch Grove, the Macmillan family mansion on the edge of Ashdown Forest near Chelwood Gate in East Sussex, four days after Christmas in 1986. His age was 92 years and 322 days—the greatest age attained by a British Prime Minister until surpassed by Lord Callaghan on 14 February 2005. His grandson and heir Alexander, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, said: "In the last 48 hours he was very weak but entirely reasonable and intelligent. His last words were, 'I think I will go to sleep now'.
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Born 1907-01-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
Milland was in all probability born Alfred Roger Jones in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Elizabeth Annie (née Truscott) and Alfred Jones. It has been suggested that Ray Milland was born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, however, there is no such person in the General Registry of Births for England and Wales, so this must have been an early affectation designed to further his career, the possession of a double-barrelled surname often being taken as a sign of class superiority in Britain.
Milland gave the shortest acceptance speech of any Oscar winner: he simply bowed and left the stage.
Milland had a near-fatal accident on the set of Hotel Imperial (1939). One scene called for him to lead a cavalry charge through a small village. An accomplished horseman, Milland insisted upon doing this scene himself. As he was making a scripted jump on the horse, his saddle came loose, sending him flying straight into a pile of broken masonry. Laid up in the hospital for weeks with multiple fractures and lacerations, he was lucky to be alive.
Milland died of lung cancer in Torrance, California.
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Born 1914-10-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
She was born in London, England, the second daughter of future Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill: she was the third of the couple's five children. Sarah was named after Churchill's ancestor, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
She is fondly remembered for her role in the film Royal Wedding (1951) as Anne Ashmond, starring opposite Fred Astaire.
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Born 1890-09-15. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
On 8 December 1926, while living in Sunningdale in Berkshire, she disappeared for ten days, causing great interest in the press. Her car was found in a chalk pit in Newland's Corner, Surrey. She was eventually found staying at the Swan Hydro (now the Old Swan hotel) in Harrogate under the name of the woman with whom her husband had recently admitted to having an affair. She claimed to have suffered a nervous breakdown and a fugue state caused by the death of her mother and her husband's infidelity. Opinions are still divided as to whether this was a publicity stunt. Public sentiment at the time was negative, with many feeling that an alleged publicity stunt had cost the taxpayers a substantial amount of money. A 1979 film, Agatha, starring Vanessa Redgrave as Christie, recounted a fictionalised version of the disappearance.
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Born 1934-10-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Unknown
Michael Dunn (born Gary Neil Miller) was an American actor and singer. He inspired a number of actors significantly smaller and shorter (those with dwarfism) than most people, including Zelda Rubinstein, Eric the Actor, Mark Povinelli, and Ricardo Gil. Spinal deformities, including scoliosis, caused a distorted ribcage that restricted Dunn's lung growth and function. The resulting respiratory insufficiency caused overload of the heart's right chambers, a chronic condition called cor pulmonale. He died in his sleep in his room at the Cadogan Hotel in London at age 38, while on location for The Abdication.
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Born 1881-08-12. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Heart
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Born 1868-03-22. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Heart attack
He was an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect. Millikan died of a heart attack at his home in San Marino, California in 1953 at age 85.
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Born 1895-12-25. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Unknown
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Born 1906-05-23. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Accident
Glenn Allan Millikan,American physiologist, was an inventor and mountaineer. Millikan invented the first practical, portable pulse oximeter in 1940–1942. The Millikan oximeter "is generally acknowledged as the beginning of oximetry in physiology and clinical medicine." The word oximeter was introduced by Millikan. In 1938 Millikan married Clare Leigh Mallory, daughter of George Mallory, the mountaineer who died while climbing Mount Everest. In 1947 Millikan himself was killed by a falling rock while climbing "Buzzard's Roost" near Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee.
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Born 1904-03-01. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Murder
Alton Glenn Miller , was an American jazz musician and band leader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands". Miller's signature recordings include, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Little Brown Jug", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000". While travelling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found and his death is presumably on December 15, 1944. In fact, on December 15, 1944, Miller, now a major, was to fly from the United Kingdom to Paris in France, to play for the soldiers who recently had liberated Paris. His plane departed from RAF Twinwood Farm, in Clapham, Bedfordshire, but disappeared over the English Channel. Miller's remains and the wreckage of the plane (a single-engine UC-64 Norseman, USAAF serial 44-70285) have never been found. Since Miller's disappearance more than sixty years ago, there have been many theories about what happened. Buddy DeFranco, one of the leaders of the post-war Glenn Miller orchestra, told biographer George T. Simon of the many theories of Miller's disappearance that were told to him while he was leading the band in the 1970s. DeFranco said "If I were to believe all those stories, there would have been about twelve thousand four hundred and fifty eight people there at the field in England seeing him off on that last flight!" Miller's plane may have been bombed accidentally by Royal Air Force aircraft over the English Channel after an abortive air raid on Siegen, Germany. One hundred and thirty-eight Lancaster bombers, short on fuel, jettisoned approximately 100,000 incendiaries in a designated area before landing, per standing orders. The logbooks of Royal Air Force navigator Fred Shaw recorded that he saw a small single-engined monoplane spiraling out of control and crashing into the water. If this was indeed Miller's plane, the RAF crews were not culpable for the plane carrying Miller straying off course into their designated drop area. However, a second source, while acknowledging the possibility, casts doubt on the version, citing other RAF crew members flying the same mission who state the drop area was in the North Sea, a more likely location. Miller's surname resides on the 'Wall of Missing' at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. A monument stone was also placed in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut next to the campus of Yale University. General Jimmy Doolittle said, “[...]next to a letter from home, that organization was the greatest morale builder in the European Theater of Operations.
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Born 1864-12-08. Domain:Sculpting. Cause of death:Age
From 1905 on, Claudel acted mentally deranged. She destroyed many of her statues, disappeared for long periods of time and acted paranoid.
She died after having lived 30 years in the asylum at Montfavet (known then as the Asile de Montdevergues, now the modern psychiatric hospital Centre Hospitalier de Montfavet), and without a visit from her mother or sister. (Her mother died on June 20, 1929.) Some biographies list her death as 1920. Her body was interred in the cemetery of Monfavet.
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Born 1835-10-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia
It is alleged that his last words were: "Cette fois, je crois que c'est vraiment la fin"