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March 29, 2024

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Aday
Michael Lee (alias: Meat Loaf). 2022-01-20

74

Born 1947-09-27. Domain:Music. Cause of death:COVID

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. Aday appeared in over 50 films and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His film roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Bob Paulson in Fight Club (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original Broadway cast of The Rocky Horror Show, and he also appeared in the musical Hair, both on-and off-Broadway.

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Robert
René. 2022-01-20

85

Born 1936-03-04. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Accident

René Robert (4 March 1936 – 20 January 2022) was a Swiss photographer who specialized in photographing flamenco dancers. On the evening of 19 January 2022, Robert was walking through the Place de la République in Paris when he suddenly fell ill and collapsed in the street. Nine hours later, he was discovered by a passerby who called emergency services, but it was too late. Robert died of hypothermia on 20 January 2022, at the age of 85.

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Perrot
François. 2019-01-20

94

Born 1924-02-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

François Perrot was a French film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1954.

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Bocuse
Paul. 2018-01-20

91

Born 1926-02-11. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Paul Bocuse was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. A student of Eugénie Brazier, he was one of the most prominent chefs associated with the nouvelle cuisine, which is less opulent and calorific than the traditional cuisine classique, and stresses the importance of fresh ingredients of the highest quality. Paul Bocuse claimed that Henri Gault first used the term, nouvelle cuisine, to describe food prepared by Bocuse and other top chefs for the maiden flight of the Concorde airliner in 1969. Bocuse died of Parkinson's disease in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, in the same room above his restaurant, L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, in which he was born in 1926. He was 91.

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Parker Fraley
Naomi. 2018-01-20

96

Born 1921-08-26. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Naomi Parker Fraley was an American war worker who is now considered the most likely model for the iconic "We Can Do It!" poster. During World War II, she worked on aircraft assembly at the Naval Air Station Alameda. She was photographed operating a machine tool and this widely used photograph was thought to be an inspiration for the poster. Geraldine Hoff Doyle was initially credited as the subject but research by a professor at Seton Hall University set the record straight. After the war, she worked as a waitress in Palm Springs and married three times. When she died, aged 96 in 2018, she was survived by her son and six step-children.

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Rodford
James Walter. 2018-01-20

76

Born 1941-07-07. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

James Walter Rodford was an English musician, who played bass guitar for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, which was led by his cousin Rod Argent, and performed with them from their formation in 1969 until they disbanded in 1976. He was the bass guitarist for the Kinks from 1978 until they disbanded in 1997. In 2004, he joined the reunited Zombies, whom he had been closely associated with since the early 1960s, and remained a member until his death in 2018. He was also a member of the Swinging Blue Jeans and the Kast Off Kinks. Rodford met his wife, Jean, at the Pioneer Club, St Albans, in the early days of his music career. They have two sons, Steve, a drummer, Russell a guitarist and a daughter, Paula. Rodford died after a fall at the age of 76, a few days after returning from America where he had played a few gigs with The Zombies. His son Steve is currently the drummer for the Zombies.

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Yourdon
Edward Nash. 2016-01-20

71

Born 1944-04-30. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Operation

He was an American software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer, and software engineering methodology pioneer. He was one of the lead developers of the structured analysis techniques of the 1970s and a co-developer of both the Yourdon/Whitehead method for object-oriented analysis/design in the late 1980s and the Coad/Yourdon methodology for object-oriented analysis/design in the 1990s. In his final years, Yourdon served as an internationally recognized expert witness and computer consultant specializing in project management, software engineering methodologies, and Web 2.0 development. He died as a result of a post-surgical blood infection

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Froese
Edgar Willmar. 2015-01-20

70

Born 1944-06-06. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

He was a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W. Froese". Froese died suddenly in Vienna from a pulmonary embolism.

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Hawkins
Jamesetta (alias: Etta James). 2012-01-20

73

Born 1938-01-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:cancer (blood)

She was an American singer whose style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz.

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Wosnitza
Carolin (alias: Sexy Cora). 2011-01-20

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Born 1987-05-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Operation

She was a German pornographic actress, model, and reality show participant. She was born Carolin Ebert.
Cora was hospitalized in 2009 after trying to break the world record for the number of fellatios performed in one day. She was trying for 200 men but was unable to pass 75.

Cora had a heart attack on January 11, 2011, during her breast enlargement surgery at a plastic surgery clinic in Hamburg. It was her sixth such operation. Minutes into the procedure, she went into the cardiac arrest. She was moved to a local hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma for a week. Police investigated the clinic afterward for possible treatment errors. Cora was in a relationship at the time of her death. She had him at her side at the hospital continuously from January 11 to her death.

On January 21, the two doctors who performed the surgery on Sexy Cora were charged with negligent manslaughter. A statement from the clinic said the doctors were "extremely upset and deeply regret the death of patient C.W." and that they are giving "full and complete support" to authorities investigating her death.

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Sarrai
Kalthoum (alias: Super Nanny). 2010-01-20

47

Born 1962-09-25. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

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Vierny
Dina. 2009-01-20

89

Born 1919-01-25. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Vierny began as an artists' model in her mid-teens and evolved from being a simple muse to taking a serious interest in the business of curating the art of those for whom she worked. She regarded Maillol as her finest benefactor and mentor. He in turn produced so many works based on her inspiration that some of the maquettes remained un-cast until well after the artist's death. One such example is entitled Nymph, a life-sized figure study modeled when she was seventeen but not cast until 1953, and is permanently on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
After Maillol’s death, in a car crash, Vierny collected the work of Maillol and dozens of his contemporaries, including Matisse and Bonnard, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Ilya Kabakov and Vladimir Yankilevsky. These works are now displayed at the Musée Maillol in Paris. She died in Paris at the age of 89.

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de Cazenave
Louis. 2008-01-20

111

Born 1897-10-16. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

One of the two last poilus at his death.
« La guerre ? Hay hay hay ! Un truc absurde, inutile ! A quoi ça sert de massacrer des gens ? Rien ne peut le justifier, rien ! »
« La gloire, l'héroïsme ? De la fumisterie ! »
« Le patriotisme ? Un moyen de vous faire gober n'importe quoi ! »
« Les médailles ? Certains de mes camarades n'ont même pas eu le droit à une croix de bois ! »
« La Légion d'honneur ? Je me serais bien passé. Dites-le bien que l'Etat n'a pas été correct avec moi. »

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Aubijoux
Eric. 2007-01-20

42

Born 1964-12-08. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Eric Aubijoux was a French motorcycle rider. He competed in the Dakar Rally six times, before being killed during the 2007 edition of the event. He was the second fatality of the 2007 Dakar, following the death of fellow motorcyclist, South African Elmer Symons, eleven days earlier. He died on the 14th and penultimate stage between Tambacounda and Dakar. Initially it was thought that this was due to heart failure, however after investigation the cause of death was determined to be the result of an accident. The confusion was caused by the fact that his bike appeared to be undamaged. It is believed he pulled over feeling unwell and then collapsed due to a seizure. He never regained consciousness and died at the scene. He was declared 18th position overall, and was competing in his 6th Dakar Rally.

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Guichard
Olivier. 2004-01-20

83

Born 1920-07-27. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Unknown

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Abney
John Donald (alias: Don Abney). 2000-01-20

76

Born 1923-03-10. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Kidney failure

Don Abney (b. John Donald Abney, Mar. 10, 1923, Baltimore, Maryland - d. Jan. 20, 2000, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz pianist. Abney studied piano and french horn at the Manhattan School of Music, and he played the latter in an Army band during military service. After returning he played in ensembles with Wilbur de Paris, Bill Harris, Kai Winding, Chuck Wayne, Sy Oliver, and Louis Bellson. He had a sustained career as a session musician, playing on recordings for Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Oscar Pettiford, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Eartha Kitt, and Pearl Bailey. He also played on a large number of recordings for more minor musicians and on R&B, pop, rock, and doo wop releases. After moving to Hollywood, he worked as musical director for Universal Studios. He appeared as a pianist in the film Peter Kelly's Blues behind Ella Fitzgerald. He toured with Anita O'Day in the 1980s. Early in the 1990s he moved to Japan and toured there with considerable success, playing weekly at the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo. Upon his return to the United States in 2000, he died of complications from kidney dialysis.

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Chapatte
Robert. 1997-01-20

74

Born 1922-10-04. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Unknown

Craft=Sport, then Reporter. Death occured in the night of the 19 to the 20th

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Ruston
Audrey (alias: Audrey Hepburn). 1993-01-20

63

Born 1929-05-04. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (colorectal)

The future actress's father later appended the surname of his maternal grandmother Kathleen Hepburn to the family's, and her surname became Hepburn-Ruston.

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Seigner
Louis. 1991-01-20

87

Born 1903-06-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

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Weismuller
Janos (alias: Johnny Weissmuller). 1984-01-20

79

Born 1904-06-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke

Johnny Weissmuller was born in Timisoara, Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A sickly child, he took up swimming on the advice of a doctor.
Won 5 Olympic Gold Medals 1924-28 for swimming. Broke the record in each race. From 1921-29 he won every free style race he entered.
At his request, a recording of his trademark Tarzan yell which he invented was played as his coffin was lowered into the ground.
Was the first man in the world to swim 100 m. Freestyle in less than a minute

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Sée
Camille. 1919-01-20

72

Born 1847-03-10. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

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Čabrinović
Nedeljko. 1916-01-20

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Born 1895-02-02. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

Nedeljko Čabrinović was a Bosnian Serb member of the pro-Yugoslav Young Bosnia movement and one of seven young men of a secret society known as the Black Hand who conspired to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand during his June 1914 visit to Sarajevo. All seven men were arrested; during the trial, Čabrinović and other members stated that the assassination reflected their anarchist beliefs. In response, Austria-Hungary issued a démarche to Serbia known as the July Ultimatum, leading to the outbreak of World War I.

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Gramme
Zénobe. 1901-01-20

75

Born 1826-04-04. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Gramme died at Bois-Colombes, France and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery. In the city of Liège there is a High School, L'Institut Gramme, named after him. In 2005 he ended on the 23th place in the election of Le plus grand Belge (The Greatest Belgian), the television show broadcasted by the French-speaking RTBF.

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