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Maudet Christian (b. 1904-08-04 / d. 1994-07-08) alias Christian-Jaque
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Born 1922-01-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Betty Marion White Ludden was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a career spanning seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment industry. She was among the first women to exert control both in front of and behind the camera and the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life with Elizabeth), which contributed to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955. White is often referred to as the "First Lady of Television", a title used for a 2018 documentary detailing her life and career.
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Born 1941-12-19. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
He was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and arranger. He was the founder and leader of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. White served as the band's main songwriter, record producer and co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. White died in his sleep from the effects of Parkinson's disease at his home in Los Angeles, California. He was 74 years old. His brother Verdine posted the following on Facebook: My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away peacefully last night in his sleep. While the world has lost another great musician and legend, our family asks that our privacy is respected as we start what will be a very difficult and life-changing transition in our lives. Thank you for your prayers and well-wishes. Yours Truly, Verdine White
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Born 1930-07-27. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Stroke
He was a Scottish drummer, primarily a session musician. He is best known for replacing Ringo Starr on drums on the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do". White was featured on the American 7" single release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album, Please Please Me. He also played on "P.S. I Love You", which was the B-side of "Love Me Do". White died after a stroke in Caldwell, New Jersey.
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Born 1950-11-19. Domain:science (economics). Cause of death:Cancer
He was well-known in the field of econometrics for his 1980 paper on robust standard errors, which is the most-cited paper in economics since 1970. He also contributed to numerous other areas such as neural networks and medicine. In 1999, White co-founded an economic consulting firm, Bates White, which has offices in Washington, D.C. and San Diego, California.
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Born 1944-09-21. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other
White had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in renal failure in the autumn of 2002 . He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, at the age of 58 from renal failure. White was cremated, and his ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast. He was a very good friend to Pavarotti and in an interview Pavarotti confirmed that he would be missed.
Barry White's death bed words were, "Leave me alone - I'm fine".
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Born 1930-11-14. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. White was killed during the Apollo 1 training accident and posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart Medal.
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Born 1904-11-11. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Unknown
Known as Henry, he was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1960. In the late 1950s, Whitehead approached Robert Maxwell, then chairman of Pergamon Press, to start a new journal, Topology, but died before its first edition appeared in 1962. He was the nephew of Alfred Whitehead.
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Born 1861-02-15. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was an English mathematician who became a philosopher. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education. He co-authored the epochal Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell.