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Cowan George (b. 1920-02-15 / d. 2012-04-20)
He was an American physical chemist, a businessman and philanthropist. Cowan received a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1941. He did graduate studies at Princeton, where he worked under future Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner, whose investigation of uranium confirmed the feasibility of the Fermi pile. He continued his nuclear research with the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago, Oak Ridge, Columbia University, and Los Alamos. Because he was transferred to various locations as a technological troubleshooter for the effort, he was among the very few people with knowledge of the separate components of the bomb, kept apart for security reasons. He joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. He earned a Ph.D. from the Mellon College of Science in 1950. Weeks after his arrival at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1949, he directed the detection of radioactive fallout from samples collected near the Russian border indicating the Soviets were in possession of a nuclear bomb. He later served on the Bethe Panel that convinced government decision makers the radiochemistry detected represented weapons uses rather than peaceful pursuits.
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Born 1945-09-11. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈʔantoːn ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ]) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed "der Kaiser" ('the Emperor'), he was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero). He is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or.
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Born 1941-02-10. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Michael David Apted was a British director, producer, writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing the Up series (1964–2019), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). The last was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination, and the critically-acclaimed films Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Enigma (2001). On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors' Guild of America, a position he served until 2009. Apted directed Amazing Grace, which premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
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Born 1925-12-05. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
Jacques Dessange was a French hairdresser.
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Born 1974-08-14. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide
Silvio Horta (August 14, 1974 – January 7, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea into the ABC series Ugly Betty. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the series. Horta was openly gay, coming out to his family at 19. He was found dead in a Miami hotel room . Variety reported that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Born 1936-01-02. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Colin Jordan Seeley was an English motorcycle retailer who later became a successful motorcycle sidecar racer, motorcycle designer, constructor and retailer of accessories. In 1992 he was involved in running the Norton Rotary race team. His designs proved so successful in competition that he earned a reputation as one of the best motorcycle frame designers in the industry. In the 1970s, Seeley moved to automobile racing when Bernie Ecclestone hired him as joint Managing Director of Motor Racing Developments to work on Brabham racing car production, and in 1986 with the Brabham Formula One team.
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Born 1947-10-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
She was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest. Between 1973 and 1992, she collaborated with singer-songwriter Michel Berger. A long-term breast cancer survivor, Gall died, aged 70, of an infection after a two-year battle with a cancer of undisclosed primary origin, at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Born 1924-12-07. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He was a Portuguese politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first Secretary-General of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. He had been admitted to the hospital on 13 December, and although his condition at first showed slight signs of improvement, he lapsed into a coma on 26 December from which he never recovered.
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Born 1923-03-09. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Courrèges defined the go-go boot and along with Mary Quant, is one of the designers credited with inventing the miniskirt. Courrèges suffered from Parkinson's disease for the last 30 years of his life.
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Born 1927-01-30. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was a French jeweller who became known as Monsieur Bijou. The son of a metal foundry worker, he was born in Paris, France. In his younger years, he served an apprenticeship in jewelry making, perfecting the techniques of casting, engraving, and embossing semi-precious and simulated stones into gold and silver metals. In his decades of creating fine jewelry, Goossens mixed the genuine stones with the fakes, a blend of the artificial gems with the semi-precious for clients including Coco Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Madame Grès, Christian Dior and others.
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Born 1960-03-09. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Murder
She was a French psychoanalyst and columnist who died in the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices. She wrote a biweekly column "Le Divan" ('"The Couch") in Charlie Hebdo. The column was partially based on facts she sifted about society. Dr. Elsa Cayat was also the author of several works on the couple and sexuality, one in collaboration with Antonio Fischetti, a physics teacher and researcher. Cayat's cousin noted that Cayat had received threatening phone calls because she was Jewish.
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Born 1941-11-25. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Murder
Known by the pen-name Honoré, he was a French cartoonist. He died on January 7, 2015, during the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper office. Honoré was a staff cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo.
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Born 1967-08-21. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Murder
He was a French caricaturist and journalist; most known for his work with Charlie Hebdo where he became editor in 2009. Charb was placed on Al-Qaeda's most wanted list in 2013, after editing an edition of Charlie Hebdo that satirised the prophet Muhammad. He was murdered in the shooting at Charlie Hebdo 's Paris offices in 2015
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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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Born 1938-01-13. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Murder
better known as Cabu, he was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was killed in the terrorist attack that targeted his office at Charlie Hebdo.
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Born 1957-00-00. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Murder
He was a French cartoonist. He was one of the collaborators of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. On 7 January 2015, he was killed in a shooting at Charlie Hebdo 's offices in Paris.
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Born 1946-09-23. Domain:science (economics). Cause of death:Murder
He was born in Toulouse, and assassinated in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo magazine shooting in Paris. He was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in Charlie Hebdo magazine.
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Born 1907-11-23. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
He was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist. He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in the world, and Television Broadcasts Limited, the dominant television company in Hong Kong. Many sources use 23 November 1907 as his birthdate. However, the 14th day of the 10th month of the Chinese calendar in 1907 corresponds to 19 November 1907 on the Gregorian calendar, which according to China Daily was his birthdate. Yet other sources report he was born in 1906. He was born either in Shanghai or in Ningbo, Zhejiang and moved to Shanghai as a child. And his name at birth was Shao Yifu or Shao Renleng.
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Born 1943-04-21. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Heart attack
His father had died aged 22 during the WWII. Philippe Séguin was only one year old.
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Born 1913-05-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954.
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Born 1926-01-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman; among other films, Thulin appeared in Bergman's The Magician (where she acted dressed as a boy), in Winter Light (1962), as well as The Silence (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1972).
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Born 1909-01-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
After the killing of Camus and Gallimard in a road accident, Etiemble made investigations. He said he'd got the evidence that the car Facel Vega was a true coffin on wheels
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Born 1938-04-04. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Cancer
he was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In 2000, He makes a film entitled "The Long Holiday" which is about his life after he had learned of his cancer in 1988.
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Born 1915-02-11. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer science and telecommunications.
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Born 1962-03-21. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a motorcycle racer, who died in a collision with an official car of the Dakar organization. He just had taken the decision that this race would be his last race as a motorcyclist, and that he would switch to 4-wheel races.
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Born 1901-04-29. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Cancer
On September 22, 1987, the Emperor underwent surgery on his pancreas after having digestive problems for several months. This was the very first time a Japanese emperor underwent surgery. The doctors discovered that he had duodenal cancer, but in accordance with Japanese tradition, they did not tell him. He seemed to be recovering well for several months after the surgery. About a year later, however, on September 19, 1988, he collapsed in his palace, and his health worsened over the next several months as he suffered from continuous internal bleeding. On January 7, 1989, at 7:55 AM, the grand steward of Japan's Imperial Household Agency, Shoichi Fujimori, officially announced the Emperor's death, and revealed details about his cancer for the first time. At last, he was succeeded by his son, Akihito. The emperor's death ended the Shōwa era. On the same day a new era began: the Heisei era. From January 7 until January 31, the emperor's formal appellation was "Taikō Tennō", which means the departed emperor. His definitive posthumous name, Emperor Shōwa (Shōwa Tennō), was determined on January 13 and formally released on January 31 by Toshiki Kaifu, the prime minister.
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Born 1922-09-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke
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Born 1913-09-29. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:flu
He died from a combination of bronchitis, influenza and jaundice.
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Born 1923-01-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was Henry, the bartender in "les Tontons Flingueurs. He played also many roles with his friend Jean Yanne (including "les routiers mélomanes").
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Born 1914-10-25. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide
Berryman's life was dominated by suicide. In 1926, when the poet was twelve, his father, John Smith, a banker in Florida, shot himself. The poet was the first person to discover the body. After his father's death, the poet's mother remarried, and thus he came to his new surname of Berryman. The vision of his father's suicide haunted John Berryman's poetic imagination, and the subject is addressed indirectly in the Dream Songs several times and directly once, where the poet wishes that he could kill the corpse of his father. Berryman was an alcoholic, and friends reported that even as a student at Columbia University he was two different people when drinking and sober. As a mature poet, Berryman's alcoholism and depression interfered with his ability to give readings, to speak in public, and to work appropriately. In 1972, Berryman's depression led him to follow the example of his father and to kill himself by jumping from the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He missed the water and died, not by drowning or trauma, but by smothering, according to the Minneapolis Star, which reported his death.