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March 28, 2024

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Arden John (b. 1930-10-26 / d. 2012-03-28)

He was a English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Piasecki
Francis. 2018-03-06

66

Born 1951-07-28. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Francis Piasecki was a French professional football midfielder.

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Anne Frances (alias: Nancy Reagan). 2016-03-06

94

Born 1921-07-06. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

She was an American film actress and the second wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. She was the first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Reagan died of congestive heart failure.

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Borg
René. 2014-03-06

80

Born 1933-03-28. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

He was a French cartoonist, well known for the series he created "the shadocks"

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Bertuccelli
Jean-Louis. 2014-03-06

71

Born 1942-06-03. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

He was a French film director and screenwriter. (Docteur Françoise Gailland)

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Barnes
Graham Alvin (alias: Alvin Lee). 2013-03-06

68

Born 1944-12-19. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Operation

Alvin Lee was an English rock guitarist.

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Gicquel
Roger. 2010-03-06

77

Born 1933-02-22. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age

He was a TV presenter from 1975 to 1981

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Linkous
Mark. 2010-03-06

47

Born 1962-09-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide

He was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best-known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Nina Persson, David Lynch, and Danger Mouse.
Linkous committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart outside a friend's house in Knoxville at 1:20pm. According to a spokesperson for the Police Department, the musician was staying with two friends, who told authorities that he had been drinking heavily and had become upset after trading text messages with an unknown person. The friends said Linkous went upstairs for a short period, then told the two that he was going for a walk and exited through a back door. A witness saw him sit down in the alley near Irwin Street, pull out his rifle, and fire into his own chest. Linkous was declared dead at the scene; police did not find a suicide note, but told the press that he was having "personal problems." The musician's publicist confirmed the details of his death to a number of publications on the same day.
Within a few hours of his death, a message attributed to the Linkous family was posted on the official Sparklehorse website: “It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts. May his journey be peaceful, happy and free. There’s a heaven and there’s a star for you.”

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Baudrillard
Jean. 2007-03-06

77

Born 1929-07-20. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Cancer

He was Satrap at the Collège de 'Pataphysique until his death. He died on March 6, 2007 at the age of 77 after a long illness.

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Wahl
Arthur. 2006-03-06

88

Born 1917-09-08. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

He was an American chemist who, as a PhD student of Glenn T. Seaborg at UC Berkeley, first isolated plutonium in February 1941. He also worked on the Manhattan Project.

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Rheims
Maurice. 2003-03-06

93

Born 1910-01-04. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

His son, Louis, was a sollicitor and died from cancer in 1988, age 33.

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Bowden
Benjamin George. 1998-03-06

91

Born 1906-06-03. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

Benjamin George Bowden was a British industrial designer, who is known mostly for his work on automobiles and bicycles. Bowden designed the coachwork of Healey's Elliott, an influential British sports car. He was also the designer of the Spacelander, a space-age bicycle which was commercially unsuccessful when in production, but has since become a collector's item.

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Mercouri
Maria (alias: Melina Mercouri). 1994-03-06

68

Born 1925-10-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

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Sullivan
James Anthony. 1975-03-06

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Born 1940-08-13. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Unknown

James Anthony Sullivan (August 13, 1940 – disappeared March 6, 1975) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who released two albums before he disappeared without a trace in New Mexico. Sullivan left Los Angeles on March 4, 1975, to drive to Nashville alone in his Volkswagen Beetle. The next day, after being cautioned by a highway patrol officer regarding his driving, he checked into the La Mesa Motel in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Later reports suggest he did not sleep there, and left his key inside the room, and that he bought vodka at the town store. He was seen the following day about 26 miles (42 km) away, at a remote ranch owned by the Gennitti family. His car was later found abandoned at the ranch, and he was reportedly last seen walking away from it. The car contained Sullivan's money, papers, guitar, clothes, and a box of his unsold records. He was never seen again, and reports have variously attributed his disappearance to being murdered, becoming disoriented and lost, or, particularly in the light of the title of his first album, alien abduction. Search parties failed to find any trace of him. A decomposed body resembling Sullivan was later found in a remote area several miles away, but was determined not to be his.

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Buck
Pearl. 1973-03-06

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Born 1892-06-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

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Colpitts
Edwin Henry. 1949-03-06

77

Born 1872-01-19. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Edwin Henry Colpitts was a communications pioneer best known for his invention of the Colpitts oscillator. As research branch chief for Western Electric in the early 1900s, he and scientists under his direction achieved significant advances in the development of oscillators and vacuum tube push–pull amplifiers. In 1915, his team successfully demonstrated the first transatlantic radio telephone. Colpitts died at home in 1949 in Orange, New Jersey, United States and his body was interred in Point de Bute, New Brunswick, Canada. He was survived by his wife Grace Penney Colpitts and his son Donald B. Colpitts. In 1940, Colpitts was called out of retirement to head a committee reviewing the state of sonar development in the United States Navy. The committee report identified critical limitations of American sonar compared with German developments, which spurred American fundamental sonar research. He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1948.

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von Lindemann
Carl Louis Ferdinand. 1939-03-06

87

Born 1852-04-12. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π (pi) is a transcendental number, i.e., it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients.

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Daimler
Gottlieb. 1900-03-06

66

Born 1834-03-17. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

He was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg, a federal state of the German Confederation), in what is now Germany. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the first high-speed petrol engine and the first four-wheel automobile.

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