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de Obaldia
René. 2022-01-27

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Born 1918-10-22. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

René de Obaldia was a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française on 24 June 1999.

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Leachman
Cloris. 2021-01-27

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Born 1926-04-30. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedienne whose career spanned more than seven decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded actress in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. In film, she appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971) as the jaded wife of a closeted schoolteacher in the 1950s; she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance, and the film is widely considered to be one of the greatest of all time. Additionally, she was part of Mel Brooks's ensemble cast, appearing in roles such as Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein (1974) and Madame Defarge in History of the World, Part I (1981). Leachman won additional Emmys for the television film A Brand New Life (1973); the variety sketch show Cher (1975); the ABC serial The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983); and the television shows Promised Land (1998) and Malcolm in the Middle (2001–06). Her other notable film and television credits include The Twilight Zone (1961; 2003), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), WUSA (1970), Yesterday (1981), the English-language dub of the Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky (1998), Spanglish (2004), Mrs. Harris (2005), and Raising Hope (2010-2014). From 1953 to 1979, Leachman was married to Hollywood impresario George Englund. Her former mother-in-law was character actress Mabel Albertson. The marriage produced four sons and one daughter: Bryan (died 1986), Morgan, Adam, Dinah, and George. Some of them are in show business. Her son Morgan played Dylan on Guiding Light for several years. The Englunds were Bel Air neighbors of Judy Garland, Sid Luft and their children, Lorna and Joey Luft, during the early 1960s. Lorna Luft stated in her memoir Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir that Leachman was "the kind of mom I'd only seen on TV". Knowing of the turmoil at the Luft home, but never mentioning it, Leachman prepared meals for the children and made them feel welcome when they needed a place to stay. Leachman was also a friend of Marlon Brando's, whom she met while studying under Elia Kazan in the 1950s. She introduced him to her husband, who became close to Brando, as well, directing him in The Ugly American and writing a memoir about their friendship called Marlon Brando: The Way It's Never Been Done Before (2005).

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Burns
John Francis. 2020-01-27

86

Born 1933-11-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

John Francis Burns was an American comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and producer. During the 1960s, he was part of two comedy partnerships, first with George Carlin and later Avery Schreiber. By the 1970s, he had transitioned to working behind the camera as a writer and producer on such comedy series as The Muppet Show and Hee Haw.

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Shapiro
Henri (alias: Henry Chapier). 2019-01-27

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Born 1933-11-14. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age

Henry Chapier was a French journalist, film critic, television presenter and feature film director. Henry Chapier was born in Bucharest, Romania, the son of an international lawyer and an actress of Austrian descent. He left Romania along with his family in 1947. Chapier died in his sleep at home in the early hours of Sunday 27 January 2019.

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Kamprad
Feodor Ingvar. 2018-01-27

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Born 1926-03-30. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Feodor Ingvar Kamprad was a Swedish business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.

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Lattès
Jean-Claude. 2018-01-27

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Born 1941-09-03. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

He was the founder of editions Jean-Claude Lattès.

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Hirt
Leonora Virginia (alias: Éléonore Hirt). 2017-01-27

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Born 1919-12-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She was a Swiss-French actress. She was the first wife of Michel Piccoli.

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Riva
Emmanuelle. 2017-01-27

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Born 1927-02-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

She was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Amour (2012). Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Hiroshima mon amour, and won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962). For her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour, she won a BAFTA Award and the César Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Seeger
Peter. 2014-01-27

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Born 1919-05-03. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was an American folk singer and activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture and environmental causes. Seeger died peacefully in his sleep.

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Poulain
Bernard Yves Raoul (alias: Bernard Dhéran). 2013-01-27

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Born 1926-06-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Bernard Yves Raoul Dhéran was a French actor, who was active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over six decades. Dhéran was well remembered in French cinema's as the French dub of David Niven, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, Ian McKellen and Leslie Nielsen. He was also recognized in dubbing as the voice of Count Dooku in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, he also dubbed Christopher Lee's performance in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. In 1961, Dhéran was inducted into Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française.

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Salinger
Jerome David. 2010-01-27

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Born 1919-01-01. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

He is best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980.
He made headlines around the globe in June 2009, after filing a lawsuit against another writer for copyright infringement resulting from that writer's use of one of Salinger's characters from Catcher in the Rye.

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Zinn
Howard. 2010-01-27

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Born 1922-08-24. Domain:science (economics). Cause of death:Heart attack

He was an American historian and Professor of Political Science at Boston University from 1964 to 1988. He was the author of more than 20 books. Zinn was active in and wrote extensively about the civil rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. In his best-selling A People's History of the United States (1980), "he concentrated on what he saw as the genocidal depredations of Christopher Columbus, the blood lust of Theodore Roosevelt and the racial failings of Abraham Lincoln. He also shined an insistent light on the revolutionary struggles of impoverished farmers, feminists, laborers and resisters of slavery and war. Such stories are more often recounted in textbooks today; they were not at the time."
While traveling, Zinn died of an apparent heart attack while swimming in Santa Monica, California.

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Updike
John Hoyer. 2009-01-27

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Born 1932-03-18. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series.
Updike died, aged 76, of lung cancer.

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Suharto
. 2008-01-27

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Born 1921-06-08. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

Like many Javanese, Suharto has only one name.

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Bertrand
Marcheline. 2007-01-27

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Born 1950-05-09. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (uterus)

Got a role in "the man who loved women".
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bertrand married actor Jon Voight on December 12 1971 . The couple had two children: director James Haven and actress Angelina Jolie. Bertrand and Voight separated in 1976 and divorced in 1978.

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Lafaille
Jean-Christophe. 2006-01-27

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Born 1965-03-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

missing presumed dead on January 27, 2006 on Makalu. He was a French climber who made numerous difficult ascents including a few first ascents.
He disappeared on or about the 27th January 2006 on Makalu, trying to make the first winter ascent of the fifth highest peak in the world. Lafaille was attempting a truly solo ascent.

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Lever
Maurice. 2006-01-27

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Born 1935-08-08. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Maurice Lever was a French historian of literature.

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Poivre
Solenn. 1995-01-27

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Born 1975-12-11. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide

Solenn, committed suicide at a Paris metro station (Les Sablons), having been a long-term anorexic.
In her farewel message to her father she wrote: Thank you for everything, but I don't like the life. I want to be incenerated and kept in a little box, but not thrown to the sea"
Since then, her plight has become the symbol in France of the problems of anorexia and bulimia, with Poivre becoming a noted campaigner and writer on the issue. In December 2004, Bernadette Chirac, wife of the French President Jacques Chirac, whose daughter has also suffered from the disorder, opened a new treatment centre in Paris for adolescents with the condition and named it “Maison de Solenn” in memory of Solenn.
Poivre caused controversy by presenting his regular news bulletin the very next evening after Solenn's death.

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Roussimoff
André René (alias: André le géant). 1993-01-27

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Born 1946-05-19. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Heart

Best known as André the Giant, he was a French professional wrestler and actor. His great size was a result of a condition known as acromegaly, and led to him being dubbed "The Eighth Wonder of the World."
In the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Roussimoff briefly held the WWF Championship. In 1993, he was the first inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. Roussimoff was one of the most famous professional wrestlers of the 1970s and 1980s, and was involved in a legendary match with Hulk Hogan in 1987 at WrestleMania III.
Andre the Giant was the largest athlete the world had ever seen, and was sports-entertainment’s most famous attraction throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s. Standing 7 feet 4 inches (2m24) tall and weighing between 475 and 540 pounds over the course of his career, he truly earned his nickname

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Peiser
Lillie (alias: Lilli Palmer). 1986-01-27

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Born 1914-05-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

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de Funès
Louis. 1983-01-27

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Born 1914-07-31. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke

In his later years, De Funès suffered from a heart condition after having suffered a heart attack for straining himself too much with his stage antics. He eventually died of a massive stroke.
One of his sons, Olivier de Funès, pursued an acting career alongside him before giving up and becoming an Air France pilot.

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Grissom
Virgil (alias: Gus Grissom). 1967-01-27

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Born 1926-04-03. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident

Grissom was backup command pilot for Gemini 6 when he shifted to the Apollo program and was assigned as commander of AS-204, which was meant to be the first manned Apollo flight. He was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee when the Apollo 1 command module caught fire and burned on the launchpad during a training exercise and pre-launch test at Cape Kennedy. The fire's ignition source was never determined but their deaths were attributed to a wide range of lethal design hazards in the early Apollo command module such as its highly pressurized 100% oxygen atmosphere during the test, many wiring and plumbing flaws, flammable materials in the cockpit, a hatch which might not open at all in an emergency and even the flightsuits worn by the astronauts. These along with other flaws and design problems were fixed and the Apollo program carried on successfully.

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White
Edward. 1967-01-27

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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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Chaffee
Roger. 1967-01-27

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Born 1935-02-15. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident

He was chosen in the third group of astronauts in 1963 and had made no spaceflights before being selected as lunar module pilot for the first Apollo program flight. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward White in the Apollo 1 fire at Cape Kennedy.

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Tenco
Luigi. 1967-01-27

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Born 1938-03-21. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide

He was an Italian singer, songwriter and actor, best known for his suicide. In 1967 he took part in the Italian Song Festival in Sanremo. It was rumoured that he participated against his will. The song he presented was "Ciao Amore Ciao" ("Bye Love, Bye"), which he sang together with Dalida. Tenco allegedly committed suicide, by shooting himself in the head. He was only 28 years old, after learning that his song had been eliminated from the final competition. Tenco was found in his hotel room with a bullet wound in his left temple and a note announcing that his gesture was against the jury and public's choices during the competition, and not at all because he was fed up with life. Only days earlier Tenco's wedding to Dalida had been announced. It was she who discovered his body. Tenco was buried in Ricaldone. In 1974 the Tenco Award was instituted, and has been held every year since in Sanremo. Many of the most renowned Italian singer-songwriters from the 1970s declared explicitly the influence of Tenco on their work. Francesco De Gregori's album Bufalo Bill of 1976 contained a song, "Festival", about Tenco's suicide; it points out the hypocrisy with which the music establishment tried to minimize the dramatic event, in order to let the show go on. The French television channel TV5 recently carried a full-length dramatization of the love affair of Tenco and Dalida. Tenco was played by Alessandro Gassman while Dalida was played by Sabrina Ferilli. The Italian judicial system later began re-examinining Luigi Tenco's suicide. It was pointed out that the bullet hole was on the left temple, while the singer was right-handed. It had also been revealed that no autopsy had been done on the singer's corpse, and no calligraphic analysis on the suicide note with which he explained his final gesture. On 15 February 2006, Italian police exhumed Tenco's body for further investigation. The next day, results from the new autopsy and ballistics analysis were reported. According to Italian experts, what had been thought to be the entry hole on the left temple was actually the exit site. The bullet trajectory was said to be compatible with suicide.

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Landauer
Karl. 1945-01-27

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Born 1887-10-12. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Murder

Karl Landauer was a German psychoanalyst and co-founder of the first Frankfurt Psychoanalytic Institute. He died of starvation in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lower Saxony, a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Verdi
Giuseppe. 1901-01-27

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Born 1813-10-10. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

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