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Chalhoub Michel Demitri (b. 1932-04-10 / d. 2015-07-10) alias Omar Sharif
He was an Egyptian actor. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s, but is best known for his appearances in both British and American productions. His films included Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968). He was nominated for an Academy Award. He won three Golden Globe Awards and a César Award. Sharif had a triple heart bypass in 1992 and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994. Until his bypass, Sharif smoked 100 cigarettes a day. He quit smoking after the operation. In May 2015 it was reported that Sharif was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. His son Tarek Sharif said that his father was becoming confused when remembering some of the biggest films of his career; he would mix up the names of his best-known films, Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia, often forgetting where they were filmed.
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Born 1918-10-16. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
Charles-Henri Jean Dewisme, better known by his pen name Henri Vernes, was an author of action and science-fiction novels. He published over 200 titles in the action and science-fiction genre. He was most noted for the creation of the character Bob Morane, a hero whose adventures spanned fifty years and went from straight adventure and science-fiction to fantasy. Vernes also wrote the text of many comics albums and animated movies. Dewisme used a number of other pseudonyms, including Jacques Colombo, Robert Davids, Duchess Holiday, C. Reynes, Jacques Seyr, Lew Shannon, and Ray Stevens, as well as his real name.
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Born 1944-02-14. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Sir Alan William Parker CBE was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. Parker was married twice; first to Annie Inglis from 1966 until their divorce in 1992, and then to producer Lisa Moran, to whom he was married until his death. He had five children, including screenwriter Nathan Parker. Parker died in London at age 76, following a lengthy illness.
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Born 1969-08-04. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Cancer
Sébastien Demorand was a French journalist and food critic. He was the brother of journalist and radio presenter Nicolas Demorand and sculptor Catherine Demorand. Since 2010, he was a member of the jury in the French version MasterChef on TF1. He was the only food critic among the chefs Frédéric Anton, Yves Camdeborde and Amandine Chaignot (since 2013). He was fluent in English and also appeared as a special guest in episode 18 of the second season of MasterChef US.
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Born 1960-10-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
She was an American actress, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the television sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. An autopsy report from the Harrison County coroner indicated the cause of death to be complications of stage four squamous cell carcinoma of the throat. Moran's husband, in an open letter released through her co-star Scott Baio, confirmed that she had first experienced symptoms of throat cancer around Thanksgiving 2016 and deteriorated rapidly from that point, and that the facilities that had unsuccessfully attempted to treat her cancer had not made anyone aware of how badly the cancer had metastasized
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Born 1931-06-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker also published works as Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot and Edoard Moran. He published the non-fiction The Language of Film under his own name. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved best-seller status, and published under several names, but was best known as Trevanian. Between 1972 to 1983, five of his novels sold more than a million copies each. He was described as "the only writer of airport paperbacks to be compared to Zola, Ian Fleming, Poe and Chaucer." He revealed his real name in an interview with the New York Times in 1979.
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Born 1902-09-01. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
Riccardo Morandi was an Italian civil engineer best known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, although over the years some of his particular cable-stayed bridges have had some maintenance trouble. Amongst his best-known works are the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, an 8 km (5 mi) cable-stayed bridge crossing Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela; a similar bridge in Genoa commonly known as Ponte Morandi (officially Viadotto Polcevera), which partially collapsed in 2018 for reasons under investigation; and the Subterranean Automobile Showroom in Turin.
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Born 1888-03-13. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Morand's reputation has been marred by his stance during the Second World War, when he collaborated with the Vichy regime and was a vocal antisemite. When the Second World War ended, Morand served as an ambassador in Bern, but his position was revoked and he lived in exile in Switzerland.
Paul Morand was a close friend of Marcel Proust and has left valuable observations about him.
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Born 1864-04-06. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Sardines à l’huile
Dans leur cercueil de fer-blanc
plein d’huile au puant relent
marinent décapités
ces petits corps argentés
pareil aux guillotinés
là-bas au champ de navets !
Elles ont vu les mers, les
côtes grises de Thulé,
sous les brumes argentés
la Mer du Nord enchantée...
Maintenant dans le fer-blanc
et l’huile au puant relent
de toxiques restaurants
les servent à leurs clients !
Mais loin derrière la nuée
leur pauvre âmette ingénue
dit sa suave chanson
au Paradis-des-Poissons,
une mer fraîche et lunaire
pâle comme un poitrinaire,
la Mer de Sérénité
aux longs reflets argentés
où durant l’éternité,
sans plus craindre jamais les
cormorans ou les filets,
après leur mort nageront
tous les bons petits poissons !...
Sans voix, sans mains, sans genoux
sardines, priez pour nous !...