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March 29, 2024

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Chassagne
Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne (alias: Micheline Presle). 2024-02-21

101

Born 1922-08-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Micheline Presle, born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne, was a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting her career in 1937, she starred in over 50 films, appearing firstly in productions in her native France and also in Hollywood during the era of Classical Hollywood Cinema. Subsequently she returned to French films from the mid-1960s until 2014.

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Navalny
Alexei Anatolyevich. 2024-02-16

47

Born 1976-06-04. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder

Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (Russian: Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj]) was a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner. He organised anti-government demonstrations and ran for office to advocate reforms against corruption in Russia and against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Navalny was founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). He was recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights. In December 2023, Navalny went missing from prison for almost three weeks. He re-emerged in an Arctic Circle corrective colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. On 16 February 2024, the Russian prison service reported that Navalny had died at the age of 47. His death sparked protests, both in Russia and in various other countries. Accusations against the Russian authorities in connection with his death have been made by many Western governments and international organisations.

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Badinter
Robert. 2024-02-09

95

Born 1928-03-30. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.

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Jazy
Michel. 2024-02-01

87

Born 1936-06-13. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Michel Jazy was a French middle-distance runner and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as two golds (in 1962 and 1966) and one silver (in 1966) at the European Championships. He set nine world records in the mile (once), 2000 metres (twice) and 3000 metres (twice), the two miles (twice) and the 4×1500 metres relay (twice).

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Hadji-Lazaro
François. 2023-02-25

66

Born 1956-06-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Infection

François Hadji-Lazaro was a French actor, musician and producer. Hadji-Lazaro was born in Paris 15eme. He founded the French independent label Boucherie Productions (1985–2001) and played in many bands such as Les Garçons Bouchers (1986–1995) and Pigalle (1986–2018). Hadji-Lazaro appeared in more than 20 films since 1987, including a lead role in Cemetery Man. Hadji-Lazaro had a remarkable collaboration with Roland Topor that lead to the album "François détexte Topor". Hadji-Lazaro died from septicemy at the age of 66.

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Deville
Michel. 2023-02-16

91

Born 1931-04-13. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

Michel Deville was a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and international recognition of some of his contemporaries such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol, possibly because of his more conventional filmmaking style. Nevertheless, his films, especially his comedies from the 1970s and 1980s, were popular in his native France. One of Deville's comedies, La Lectrice (The Reader) was probably his biggest success with international audiences. La Lectrice is about a woman (played by Miou-Miou), who finds work reading novels for the blind but gradually finds herself unwittingly attracting a clientele of fetishists who enjoyed being read to. At one time his films were difficult to find in North America but presently (2007) seven of his films are available in DVD in the U.S. His 1980 film Le Voyage en douce was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. Five years later, his film Death in a French Garden was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. A clip from his 1968 film Benjamin is included in Robert Bresson’s Une Femme Douce (1969). Deville died at the age of 91.

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Welch
Jo Raquel. 2023-02-15

82

Born 1940-09-05. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada) was an American actress and model. In 1995, Welch was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History". Playboy ranked Welch No. 3 on their "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list. Welch died at her home in Los Angeles, following a brief illness. She was 82.

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Matsumoto
Leiji. 2023-02-13

85

Born 1938-01-25. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Heart

Leiji Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本零士, Hepburn: Matsumoto Reiji, born Akira Matsumoto (松本晟)) was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist. Matsumoto was famous for his space operas such as Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. His style was characterized by mythological and often tragic storylines with strong moral themes, noble heroes, feminine heroines, and a love of strange worlds and melancholy atmosphere.

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Goraguer
Alain. 2023-02-13

91

Born 1931-08-20. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Alain Goraguer was a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. Goraguer was a composer/arranger of music for Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Ferrat, Serge Reggiani and Nana Mouskouri. In 1965 he was the orchestra conductor for Luxembourg's winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, "Poupée de cire, poupée de son". (Though it represented Luxembourg, the song had an entirely French creative team behind it, as it was sung by France Gall, written by Gainsbourg, and conducted by Goraguer.) He composed some or all of the music for films including La Planète Sauvage (1973), La Vie de bohème (1992), Deux jours à tuer (2008) and Saint Laurent (2014). Goraguer died at the age of 91.

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Saura Atarés
Carlos. 2023-02-10

91

Born 1932-01-04. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

Carlos Saura Atarés was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain's most renowned filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century. His films won many international awards. Saura died of respiratory failure in his residence of Collado Mediano at the age of 91. He was due to receive the life-achievement Goya honorary award the following day during the 37th Goya Awards.

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Bacharach
Burt. 2023-02-08

94

Born 1928-05-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ˈbækəræk/ BAK-ə-rak) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. He composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s onwards, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Bacharach's music is characterized by unusual chord progressions, influenced by his background in jazz harmony, and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras. He arranged, conducted, and produced much of his recorded output.

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Jabouille
Jean-Pierre Alain. 2023-02-02

80

Born 1942-10-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille was a French racing driver. He raced in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, collecting two wins during the first years of Renault's turbocharged programme in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Jabouille also raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, driving for Alpine, Matra, Sauber, and Peugeot and collecting four 3rd overall finishes in 1973, 1974, 1992, and 1993. Jabouille was one of the last of a breed of Formula One drivers who were also engineers.

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Paturel
Dominique. 2022-02-28

90

Born 1931-04-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Dominique Paturel was a French voice, stage and film actor.

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Le Royer
Michel. 2022-02-25

89

Born 1932-08-31. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Michel Le Royer was a French actor, known for his roles in La Fayette, Nutty, Naughty Chateau, and Her Harem.

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Kellerman
Sally Clare. 2022-02-24

84

Born 1937-06-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart

Sally Clare Kellerman was an American actress and singer. Kellerman's acting career spanned over 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects, namely the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protégé, Alan Rudolph), The Player (1992), and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1965), Star Trek (1966), Bonanza (1966, 1970) The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985).

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Ceciarelli
Maria Luisa (alias: Monica Vitti). 2022-02-02

90

Born 1931-11-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Monica Vitti (born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli) was an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the early-to-mid 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed focus and began making comedies, working with director Mario Monicelli on many films. She has appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, Michael Caine, and Dirk Bogarde. Vitti won five David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, seven Italian Golden Globes for Best Actress, the Career Golden Globe, and the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion Award.

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Ponthus
Joseph. 2021-02-24

42

Born 1978-09-04. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer

Joseph Ponthus was a French writer. He was best known for writing the book À la ligne, which received the Grand prix RTL-Lire and the Prix Eugène-Dabit du roman populiste. Ponthus earned his khâgne in Reims and Nancy. He first worked in the town hall of Nanterre as a special education teacher. He co-authored a book with four of his students in 2012, titled Nous ... la cité and published by La Découverte. In 2015, he moved to Lorient to live with his wife, where he first worked in a fish cannery and a slaughterhouse. For two years, Ponthus recorded his impressions and feelings as well as those of his colleagues. These recordings were published in January 2019 under the title À la ligne by Éditions de la Table ronde. The book followed a flow of free verse poetry. He explained that "the plant [...] has set the pace: on a production line, everything is linked very quickly. There is no time for pretty subordinates. The gestures are mechanical and the thoughts go to line".

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Jaccottet
Philippe. 2021-02-24

95

Born 1925-06-30. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Philippe Jaccottet was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. In 2014, Philippe Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.

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Gresini
Fausto. 2021-02-23

60

Born 1961-01-23. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:COVID

Fausto Gresini was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, who was World Champion in 1985 and 1987. He was in his later years team manager for the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini MotoGP team. On 27 December 2020, Gresini was hospitalised at the Ospedale Maggiore in Bologna after contracting COVID-19. After an apparent initial improvement in his condition, on 18 February 2021 he worsened with a serious lung infection. He died in hospital on 23 February 2021, at the age of 60.

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Dhordain
Isabelle. 2021-02-21

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Born 1959-00-00. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer

Isabelle Dhordain was a French journalist and music critic. She had battled cancer for 10 years.

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de Châteleux de Villeneuve-Bargemont de Duras
Philippe (alias: Philippe Chatel). 2021-02-19

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Born 1948-02-23. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Philippe de Châteleux de Villeneuve-Bargemont de Duras was a French singer and song writer.

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Grammont
David (alias: Tonton David). 2021-02-16

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Born 1967-10-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Stroke

David Grammont, better known under his stage name Tonton David was a French Reggae singer born in La Réunion. He was renowned for his raggamuffin performances, but used influences of soul music, gro kâ (from the French West Indies), the Zairian rumba. Tonton David had a turbulent childhood in a suburb of Paris. He left his family aged 14 and had a successful career in music with songs featuring powerful and political lyrics. In 1990, Tonton David had his big break when he was featured in a TV report about "Black Paris". Following that performance, Tonton David was signed by the Virgin record label. Shortly after, he recorded "Peuples du monde", which was featured in French rap compilation Rapattitudes. He is best remembered for his hit Chacun sa route. Suffering from a stroke when getting off his train at Metz station on February 14, 2021, he was transferred to Nancy hospital where he died two days later.

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Vlasov
Yury. 2021-02-13

85

Born 1935-12-05. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Yury Petrovich Vlasov was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964; at both games, he was the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union. During his career, Vlasov won four world titles and set 31 ratified world records. He retired in 1968 and became a prominent writer and later a politician. He was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union (1989) and then of the Russian State Duma (1993) and took part in the 1996 Russian presidential election. In February of 2021, Hollywood superstar and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote a message on Twitter about the passing of Yuri Vlasov, who he called his inspiration when he was a young weightlifter. Vlasov’s life story explains why Schwarzenegger said that “it is because of people like him that I refuse to call myself self-made”. Arnold Schwarzenegger later made an impassioned online plea to Russians in March 2022, urging them to ignore the war “propaganda” spewed by the Kremlin and “spread truth” about the bleak reality of the unprovoked attack on Ukraine. In a nine-minute long video clip meant to slip through strict Moscow censors, Schwarzenegger, 74, also invoked his father’s experience fighting with the Nazis in World War II after the annexation of Austria — telling Russians his dad was “pumped up on the lies of his government” and lived the rest of his life in “guilt” and “pain.” The one-time Mr. Universe began by talking about his reverence for the Russian people, cemented when he met world champion weightlifter Yuri Petrovich Vlasov at the age of 14. Schwarzenegger told viewers that Moscow was lying to both the Russian public and troops about their mission to “denazify” Ukraine.

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Flynt
Larry Claxton. 2021-02-10

78

Born 1942-11-01. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 assassination attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. 1 on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list. Flynt disowned his eldest daughter, Tonya Flynt-Vega, after she became a Christian anti-pornography activist. In her 1998 book Hustled, she says that Flynt sexually abused her as a child, often calling her names. Flynt denied the charges, saying he passed a polygraph test and to be in possession of a tape recording of his daughter admitting she made up the accusations for money. Flynt said he had bipolar disorder. His daughter Lisa Flynt-Fugate died in a car crash in Ohio in October 2014 at the age of 47. Flynt died from heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 78.

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Corea
Armando Anthony (alias: Chick Corea). 2021-02-09

79

Born 1941-06-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows" are widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever. Along with Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, he is considered one of the major piano players to emerge in jazz during the post-John Coltrane era. Corea continued to pursue multiple collaborations and to explore different musical styles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He was also known for promoting and fundraising for a number of social issues. Corea won 23 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times. Corea died from cancer at his home in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.

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Carrière
Jean-Claude. 2021-02-08

89

Born 1931-09-17. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Jean-Claude Carrière was a French novelist, screenwriter, actor, and Academy Award honoree. He was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president of La Fémis, the French state film school. Carrière was a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of Buñuel's late French films.

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Diamond
Dustin Neil. 2021-02-01

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Born 1977-01-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

Dustin Neil Diamond was an American actor, director, stand-up comedian, and musician best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers throughout the Saved by the Bell franchise. Diamond was born in San Jose, California. His father taught digital electronics for a computer-processing firm and his mother was a computer operator for Pacific Bell. On January 14, 2021, Diamond's manager announced that Dustin had been diagnosed with small-cell lung carcinoma, and was undergoing chemotherapy in Florida.

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Dyson
Freeman John. 2020-02-28

96

Born 1923-12-15. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Freeman John Dyson FRS was an English-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. He was professor emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a member of the Board of Visitors of Ralston College and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. On 28 February 2020 Dyson died at a hospital near Princeton, New Jersey, from complications following a fall. He was 96.

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Toledo
Braian Ezequiel. 2020-02-26

26

Born 1993-09-08. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Braian Ezequiel Toledo was an Argentine javelin thrower who improved the World Youth Best in boys' javelin throw by more than six metres. Toledo died in a motorcycle accident.

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El Sayed Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni. 2020-02-25

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Born 1928-05-04. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age

Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak was an Egyptian military and political leader who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. On 13 April 2011, a prosecutor ordered Mubarak and both of his sons (Alaa and Gamal) to be detained for 15 days of questioning about allegations of corruption and abuse of power. Mubarak was then ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence for failing to halt the killing of peaceful protesters during the revolution. These trials began on 3 August 2011. On 2 June 2012, an Egyptian court sentenced Mubarak to life imprisonment. After sentencing, he was reported to have suffered a series of health crises. On 13 January 2013, Egypt's Court of Cassation (the nation's high court of appeal) overturned Mubarak's sentence and ordered a retrial. On retrial, Mubarak and his sons were convicted on 9 May 2015 of corruption and given prison sentences. Mubarak was detained in a military hospital and his sons were freed 12 October 2015 by a Cairo court. He was acquitted on 2 March 2017 by the Court of Cassation and released on 24 March 2017.

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