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Einstein Albert (b. 1879-04-14 / d. 1955-04-18)
He died at 1:15 AM in Princeton hospital in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 18, 1955 at the age of 76 from internal bleeding, which was caused by the rupture of an aortic aneurism, leaving the Generalized Theory of Gravitation unsolved.
An autopsy was performed on Einstein's barin. One found nothing unusual with his brain, but in 1999 further analysis by a team at McMaster University revealed that his parietal operculum region was missing and, to compensate, his inferior parietal lobe was 15% wider than normal. The inferior parietal region is responsible for mathematical thought, visuospatial cognition, and imagery of movement. Einstein's brain also contained 73% more glial cells than the average brain.
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Born 1942-04-16. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
Zvi Arad was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College.
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Born 1940-06-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (throat)
Charles John Mahoney was a British-born American actor. He first became known for his roles in such films as Moonstruck (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). He was best known for playing Martin Crane in the American sitcom Frasier, which aired on NBC from 1993 to 2004. He also worked as a voice actor, and was passionate about his stage work on Broadway and in Chicago theatre. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1986 for his performance in The House of Blue Leaves. Mahoney died in a Chicago hospice of complications from throat cancer, originally diagnosed in 2014. He was 77 years old.
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Born 1930-09-17. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
He was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon. The legacy of his post-NASA scientific and parapsychology work is carried on through the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Mitchell died under hospice care in West Palm Beach, Florida. His death occurred on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his lunar landing. Mitchell's passing was widely reported. Fellow MIT doctoral alumnus and Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin tweeted the following morning, "It's the 45th Anniv of the #Apollo14 landing on the moon & yesterday we lost another Lunar Pioneer Edgar Mitchell."
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Born 1971-04-21. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs
He was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with World Championship Wrestling in 1991, but he was best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1993 to 1999. Knighton suffered from a spine injury in his final years that forced him out of the ring and required the use of a wheelchair. He was living in Anchorage Rehab Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Knighton was found dead by police in a McDonald's bathroom in Linthicum, Maryland. An autopsy showed that Knighton's cause of death was a heroin overdose.
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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 1974-04-04. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Suicide
He was an American BMX rider who later competed in rallycross racing. Mirra held the record for most X Games medals in BMX Freestyle, and medalled in every X Games from when they started in 1995 up to 2009. As a BMX rider, he was known primarily as a vert ramp and park rider. He had also competed for several years with the Subaru Rally Team USA as a rallycross driver. He rode and was sponsored by Haro Bikes from the mid 1990s until starting his own bike company. Mirra was a member of the team which won the 2014 Race Across America four-person male (under 50) category. Mirra died by suicide. He was inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame on June 11, 2016. Mirra was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In addition to the "countless" concussions he suffered during his career, his skull was fractured when he was hit by a car at 19 years old and he took up boxing after retirement. He became the first action sports star to be diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease.
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Born 1977-11-12. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
Boxing star Jeff "Hell Raza" Fraza, who appeared on the TV reality show "The Contender," was hit by a train and killed. Fraza appeared to be talking on a cellphone when he was hit by a MBTA train on the tracks along Hale Street just before 1:30 a.m., police Deputy Chief Donald Thompson said. The collision happened near Fraza's home at 7 Mulberry St. Police said they are investigating why the Haverhill native was on the tracks at the time. The train was travelling 35 mph, police said. After a successful boxing performance on NBC's "The Contender" Fraza had lost his contract for a series of televised fights. A successful boxer for several years, he recently had been training young boxers in Haverhill. "The Contender" was a reality-based television show which aired in 2005. It focused on the lives of a group of boxers, competing against one another. It was hosted by boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and celebrity Sylvester Stallone.
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Born 1938-07-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart
She was a Japanese-born American actress and former exotic dancer. She was best known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. She developed breasts very early and, despite being an excellent student, was constantly harassed for her figure and Asian heritage. Walking home from school at the age of nine she was gang raped by five men. According to Satana, her attackers were never prosecuted and it was rumored that the judge had been paid off. This prompted her to learn the martial arts of aikido and karate and, over the next 15 years, she claimed that she had tracked down each rapist and exacted revenge. "I made a vow to myself that I would someday, somehow get even with all of them," she said years later. "They never knew who I was until I told them." Satana dated Elvis Presley but turned down his marriage proposal, though she did keep the ring.
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Born 1922-00-00. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age
He was a former Hockey on ice referee, who turned to be a TV referee for "jeux sans Frontières" from 1964 to 1982.
He became famous with his phrase "3, 2, 1..."
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Born 1924-04-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
Lionel Jospin's half brother.
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Born 1921-01-19. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:cancer (blood)
She was an alcoholic who never had a relationship that lasted for more than a few years, and was seen by some of her contemporaries and acquaintances as misanthropic and cruel. She famously preferred the company of animals to that of people, and once said, "My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people."
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Born 1915-08-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
He was the younger and probably lesser-known brother of actor Don Ameche. Jim Ameche was radio's original "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy."
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Born 1892-01-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Lucienne Bogaert (born Lucienne Jeanne Gabrielle Lefebvre) was a French actress. She started her career in theatre, but later also worked in film. After she divorced her husband Robert Bogaert, she retained his name for professional purposes. After her stage debut, Bogaert joined the company at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and then worked with Louis Jouvet at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées where she played the role of The Sphinx in Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine. On film she was often cast in the role of mothers such as in Robert Bresson's Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne and in Julien Duvivier's Voici le temps des assassins.
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Born 1950-03-02. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Other
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American singer and drummer who, along with her older brother Richard, was part of the duo the Carpenters. She was praised for her 3-octave contralto vocal range. Her drumming abilities were viewed positively by other musicians and critics. Her struggles with eating disorders would later raise awareness of anorexia and body dysmorphia. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir after graduating. After several years of touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in 1969, achieving commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but gradually took the role of frontwoman as drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. While the Carpenters were on hiatus in the late 1970s, she recorded a solo album, which was released years after her death. Briefly married in the early 1980s, Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, which was little-known at the time. Her death from heart failure at age 32, related to complications of her illness, led to increased visibility and awareness of eating disorders. Her work continues to attract praise, including being listed among Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers of all time.
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Born 1878-10-16. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
He was an Austrian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.