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July 06, 2025

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Armstrong Louis (b. 1901-08-04 / d. 1971-07-06) alias Satchmo

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De Smedt
Pierre-Alain. 2019-12-01

75

Born 1944-04-04. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Pierre-Alain baron De Smedt became the new president of the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB) in 2011, succeeding Thomas Leysen. Until then he was vice-president of the same organization. De Smedt was a commercial engineer and graduated in economic and financial sciences from the ULB. From 2006 to 2011, De Smedt was also chairman of Febiac, the umbrella organization within the car industry and organizer of the Brussels Motor Show. Previously, he was IT Director at Solvay and Director at Bosch Belgium, as well as Managing Director at Volkswagen. As operations director at Renault, he was number two, under former Renault chairman Louis Schweitzer. He was also chairman of Autolatina, a Brazilian joint venture between Volkswagen and the American Ford. He also held directorships at Belgacom, the Antwerp car importer Alcopa, Avis and the National Portfolio Company. He was chairman of the board at Deceuninck, producer of PVC window profiles.

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Weitz
Paul Joseph. 2017-10-22

85

Born 1932-07-25. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. After retiring, Weitz lived in Arizona until his death from myelodysplastic syndrome at the age of 85.

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Hugh Charles (alias: Hugh O'Brian). 2016-09-05

91

Born 1925-04-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television series Search (1972–1973). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film, The Shootist (1976). He was highly regarded for creating the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, a nonprofit youth leadership-development program for high-school scholars. It has sponsored more than 400,000 students since O'Brian founded the program in 1958, following an extended visit with physician and theologian Albert Schweitzer.

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Schweitzer
Albert. 1965-09-04

90

Born 1875-01-14. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age

The will to live is naturally both parasitic and antagonistic towards other forms of life. Only in the thinking being has the will to live become conscious of other wills to live, and desirous of solidarity with it. This solidarity, however, cannot be brought about, because human life does not escape the puzzling and horrible circumstance that it must live at the cost of other life. But as an ethical being one strives to escape whenever possible from this necessity, and to put a stop to this disunion of the Will to live, so far as it is within one's power.

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