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March 29, 2024

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Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura

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Clark
Lancelot Pease. 2018-02-27

81

Born 1936-04-30. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Lancelot Pease Clark was an English shoemaker, businessman, and member of the Clark family, which is the majority owner of shoe retailer Clarks.

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Parent
Claude. 2016-02-27

93

Born 1923-02-26. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Claude Parent was a French architect.

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Nimoy
Leonard. 2015-02-27

83

Born 1931-03-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was an American actor, film director, poet, singer and photographer. Nimoy was best known for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek series (1966–69), and in multiple film, television and video game sequels. Nimoy revealed that he had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). On Twitter, he said: "I quit smoking 30 yrs ago. Not soon enough. I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!! LLAP (Live Long and Prosper)." On February 19, 2015, Nimoy was rushed to UCLA Medical Center for severe chest pains after a call to 911. According to accounts, he had been in and out of hospitals for the "past several months.

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Elias
Quentin. 2014-02-27

39

Born 1974-05-10. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack

He was a singer, actor, and model. Originally from France, of Algerian origin, he was the former lead singer for French boy band Alliage from 1996 to 1999. After his departure from the group, he relocated to New York City. Elias ran away from home after his father died in a car accident. and at age 15, Elias relocated to Paris, where he worked odd jobs while auditioning for singing or dancing gigs. In order to maintain his physique, Elias exercised regularly, declaring he avoided drugs, and denying rumors that he used steroids. He also dispelled many rumors that he cosmetically enhanced his lips, stating that they are natural. Candidly addressing sexuality issues, when asked in an exclusive interview with Les InRocks about possible homosexuality of members of various boybands of the time, and was this a taboo subject not to discuss at height of success he answered: "I don't know, I am not gay, none of the other Alliage members were gay. Now, I don't know about the sexuality in other bands". In 2008, Elias (using the pseudonym of "Q") appeared on the pornography site "Randy Blue," performing in a solo video directed by Jeremy Lucido. died of a massive heart attack at his home.

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Hessel
Stéphane. 2013-02-27

95

Born 1917-10-20. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

He was born a German, and was naturalized French in 1937.

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Seligmann
Françoise. 2013-02-27

93

Born 1919-06-09. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

French journalist an résistant.

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Aubert
André (alias: Don Patillo). 2010-02-27

86

Born 1924-00-00. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age

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Rebroff
Ivan. 2008-02-27

76

Born 1931-07-31. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was a German singer of Russian ancestry with an extraordinary vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to bass registers.
Being well in his 70s in a recent Australian tour Ivan still performed 12 shows in 14 days.
He died of heart and circulatory failure.

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Sullivan
Jean. 2003-02-27

79

Born 1923-05-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She was an American actress and dancer. She died from a cardiac arrest.

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Sirchis
Stéphane (alias: stéphane sirkis). 1999-02-27

39

Born 1959-06-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Hepathitis B

Guitarist of the group Indochine
hepatitis foudroyante
hepatitis link

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Chaumette
François. 1996-02-27

72

Born 1923-09-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

French voice of Darth Vador in Star Wars Episode IV.

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de Guiche
Lillian (alias: Lillian Gish). 1993-02-27

100

Born 1893-10-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She died in her sleep of heart failure.

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Lorenz
Konrad. 1989-02-27

85

Born 1903-11-07. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age

He was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, and ornithologist.
He was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1941. He sought to be a motorcycle mechanic, but instead he was assigned as a medic. He was a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union from 1942 to 1948. In captivity he continued to work as a medical doctor and "got quite friendly with some Russians, mostly doctors." When he was repatriated, he was allowed to keep the manuscript of a book he had been writing, and his pet starling. He arrived back in Altenberg "with manuscript and bird intact." The manuscript became his book Behind the Mirror. The Max Planck Society established the Lorenz Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Buldern, Germany, in 1950. In 1958, Lorenz transferred to the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for discoveries in individual and social behavior patterns" with two other important early ethologists, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. In 1969, he became the first recipient of the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca.

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Pavlov
Ivan. 1936-02-27

87

Born 1849-09-14. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age

Conscious until his very last moment, Pavlov asked one of his students to sit beside his bed and to record the circumstances of his dying. He wanted to create unique evidence of subjective experiences of this terminal phase of life. The great scientific courage of Pavlov is exhibited by this story: he tried to learn, and to increase knowledge of physiology, even on his deathbed.

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