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Pasqua Charles (b. 1927-04-18 / d. 2015-06-29)
He was a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur.
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Born 1951-06-01. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Accident
Olivier Dassault was a French politician and billionaire, and a deputy in the French National Assembly. He was the son of Nicole (née Raffel) and Serge Dassault, and the grandson of Marcel Dassault. Dassault died when the helicopter he was on crashed in Touques in northwestern France. He was 69 years old. The pilot, the only other person on board, was also killed.
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Born 1930-01-21. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident
Coma following an accidental fall.
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Born 1913-09-16. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, itself close to the monarchist.
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Born 1944-12-30. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Heart attack
The son of a Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, according to him, made him "a delicate Franco-Russian dessert," Topaloff began his career on Europe 1, where his comic antics drew a wide audience, especially among children who delighted in his many silly catch phrases.
In his later years, problems in Topaloff's private life overshadowed his professional successes. Deeply in debt, he frequently worked without billing in an effort to avoid liens being placed on his salary. In 1995, he was sentenced to a year in prison for non-payment of alimony and taxes. Paroled after four months, he forged for himself a new and highly successful career in legitimate theatre.
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Born 1922-01-30. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
A French singer.
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Born 1922-02-13. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Cancer
was a British Conservative Party politician who, during his political career, held several Cabinet positions.
He was born at Penpergwm Lodge, near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, and was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. During World War II he served in North Africa and Italy as a Captain in the 9th Lancers and he was awarded the Military Cross.
He was a managing director and landowner, and became a councillor on Herefordshire County Council.
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Born 1961-03-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
Christopher Reeve's Widow.
Never lit a cigarette.
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Born 1912-11-30. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Cancer
He was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director.
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Born 1939-05-22. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
There were originally more scenes of his character, Lt. Traxler, in The Terminator (1984) that were cut to keep the film's pace moving but are now available on the special edition DVD from MGM. There were scenes that showed him and his partner in crime, played by Lance Henriksen, taking part in the chase sequence that ensues after the Tech Noir shoot out. The last two scenes took place in the police station that revealed that Traxler believed Reese, played by Michael Biehn, to be telling the truth--one taking place after the questioning of Reese and one where Reese and Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton are about to escape from the police station during the Terminator's, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger_ siege where Traxler gave Reese his gun and car keys.
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Born 1928-07-26. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Unknown
During the making of "the shining", Stanley Kubrick would call Stephen King at 3:00 a.m. and ask him questions like "Do you believe in God?"
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Born 1907-06-28. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Age
He was born in Geneva Switzerland. He graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 1928. Paul-Émile Victor was the initiator of the Expéditions polaires françaises, the French polar expedition after the Second World War. Mount Victor, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica, is named after him.
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Born 1923-03-11. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
One member of "les compagnons de la chanson". Baryton.
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Born 1945-10-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart
He was an actor and singer, best known for his drag persona, Divine, especially in the role of "Edna Turnblad" in the 1988 comedy film Hairspray. The New York Times said of Milstead's films in the 1980s, "Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick.
In 1988, Milstead was chosen to play Peggy's mother on the new FOX prime-time series Married... With Children. However, he died from an enlarged heart in Los Angeles, California.
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Born 1956-07-16. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown
Lutz Eigendorf was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. BFC Dynamo travelled to West Germany to play a friendly match against Kaiserslautern on 20 March 1979. The team made a visit to the city of Gießen the day after the match, on their return trip to East Berlin. During their visit, Lutz Eigendorf managed to escape from the rest of the team. He jumped into a taxi without money and fled back to Kaiserslautern. The destination was the offices of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Eigendorf had thereby defected to the West, hoping to play for the football team. But because of his defection he was banned from playing for one year by UEFA and instead spent that time as a youth coach with the club. His wife Gabriele remained behind in Berlin with their daughter and was placed under constant police surveillance. Lawyers working for the Stasi quickly arranged a divorce and Gabriele Eigendorf remarried. Her new husband was eventually revealed as a Romeo agent codenamed Lothario. A Romeo agent was an agent of the state police whose role it was to spy on a suspect while romancing them. In 1983, Eigendorf moved from Kaiserslautern to join Eintracht Braunschweig, all the while under the scrutiny of the Stasi who employed a number of West Germans as informants. On 5 March of that year, he was badly injured in a suspicious traffic accident in which he had driven his car into a tree. Apparently, a large truck had blinded him by turning on its main headlights just as Eigendorf was approaching a curve. He died at the hospital within two days. An autopsy indicated a high blood alcohol level despite the testimony of people he had met with that evening which indicated that Eigendorf had only drunk a small amount of beer. The police ruled the case an accident and Eigendorf was buried without autopsy.
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Born 1860-04-19. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Pneumonia
Francis Thibaudeau was a French typographer and creator of the first well-established system for classifying typefaces, the Thibaudeau classification. He devised his system while developing the catalogues for the Renault & Marcou and G. Peignot & Fils foundries in the early 20th century. He worked at G. Peignot & Fils (1898–1919), Peignot & Cie (1919–1923), and Deberny & Peignot (1923–1925). His book, La lettre d'imprimerie (The Letter of the Printing Office), is printed in Auriol, a typeface designed by its namesake, George Auriol and reflecting typical Art Nouveau design. In this text, he states clearly his patriotic purpose: "May this work of popularization [...] inspire interest in the nature of the printed letter and then in the art of its use and applications, [...] for the greatest profit of the national industry and the triumph of French art."