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July 11, 2025

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Brugsch Theodor (b. 1878-10-11 / d. 1963-07-11)

He was a German internist born in Graz. He became an associate professor in 1910, and practiced medicine at the Charité Hospital in Berlin prior to, and after World War I. In 1917-19 he served with distinction as a physician with the 9th Army in Romania. From 1927 to 1935 he was a professor at the University of Halle. In 1935 Brugsch resigned from the university due to the political climate in 1930s Germany, and opened a private practice in Berlin. After World War II, he returned to the Charité, where he remained for the remainder of his career. His father, Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1827-1894) was a well-known Egyptologist. With Friedrich Kraus he published a 19-volume medical textbook titled Spezielle Pathologie und Therapie (1919-1929), and with Friedrich H. Lewy he published Die Biologie der Person (1926-1930). He was the 1954 recipient of the Goethe Prize, and in 1978 was depicted on the 25-pfennig postage stamp by the East German government. Brugsch's syndrome: a multi-symptom disorder that is similar to Touraine-Solente-Golé syndrome without acromegaly.

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Wolinski
Maryse. 2021-12-09

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Born 1943-05-03. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

Maryse Wolinski, née Bachčre, was a French writer and journalist. She is the widow of cartoonist Georges Wolinski who died on 7 January 2015 during the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris.

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Georges. 2015-01-07

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Born 1934-06-28. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Murder

He was a French cartoonist and comics writer. Wolinski was killed in a terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo along with other sta

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