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Armstrong Louis (b. 1901-08-04 / d. 1971-07-06) alias Satchmo
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Born 1949-10-13. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
He was a Belgian racing driver. He participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 16 May 1976. He was notable for being the very first driver for Williams Grand Prix Engineering. He scored no championship points. His younger brother, Guy, was also a racing driver.
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Born 1932-11-14. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was a Belgian (and then French) mathematician, specializing in probability theory. He is one of the founders of the French school (post WW II) of probability and statistics.
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Born 1892-12-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1919-08-11. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident
Ginette Neveu gave her last concert on October 20, 1949. A week later, on October 27, she and her brother boarded an Air France flight en route to another series of concert engagements. All 48 passengers on board the flight, including the famous French boxing champion Marcel Cerdan, died when the plane flew into a mountain after two failed attempts to make a landing at the Săo Miguel Island airport in the Azores.
It is said that Ginette Neveu's body was found still clutching her Stradivarius in her arms
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Born 1792-05-18. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
Margaret Ann Neve was the first recorded female supercentenarian and the second validated human to reach the age of 110 after Geert Adriaans Boomgaard. Neve lived at Saint Peter Port on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. She was also the first proven individual whose life spanned three centuries (18th to the 20th centuries).