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Farina Sergio (b. 1926-09-08 / d. 2012-07-03) alias Sergio Pininfarina
He was an Italian automobile designer and Senator for life. In 1965 it was Sergio Pininfarina who personally persuaded Enzo Ferrari to adopt a "mid-engined" engine configuration for a new line of road cars, with the engine positioned behind the driver, but ahead of the rear wheels. The resulting Ferrari Dino Berlinette Speciale was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October, although it would be another two years before the cars were offered for sale. After his father's death in 1966, Pininfarina became chairman of the company. In 2006 Sergio and his son Andrea, who died in 2008 were named Honorary Chairmen of Pininfarina,
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Born 1948-03-30. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer
Edmund Patrick Jordan was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One. In December 2024, Jordan announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate and bladder cancer earlier in the year. He died peacefully at his home in Cape Town at the age of 76.
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Born 1922-12-19. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age
Les jeux de 20 heures
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Born 1907-05-03. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
She was an American entertainer who worked as a stage assistant to magician Harry Houdini from 1925-26. She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926. She appears in the 2005 television documentary, Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery. She was the author of two novels loosely based on her life: Diary Without Dates and Dancing on a Dime, the latter of which was made into a feature film in 1940 by Universal Studios, as well as the booklet Touring with Houdini, published in 2003.
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Born 1925-06-18. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Known as Johnny Pearson, he was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist. He led the Top of the Pops orchestra for sixteen years, wrote a catalogue of library music, and had many of his pieces used as the theme music to television series.
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Born 1922-01-21. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (blood)
He declined the offer of a knighthood on three occasions, but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001.
Scofield died at the age of 86 at a hospital near his home in Sussex, England from leukemia.
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Born 1949-01-02. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Accident
He directed films such as P.R.O.F.S. and Et la tendresse Bordel !
He was killed in a car crash near his home, by losing the control of his car in a curve and crashing into a bus. Hospitalized, he died during the night.
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Born 1929-05-26. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Cancer
She had been sharing the life of Pierre Brasseur and Gérard Paris.
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Born 1925-03-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack
Made the music of "radiosscopie" of J. Chancel
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Born 1925-08-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French actor. In Gervaise, he was Goujet, a smith, a friend of Henri and Gervaise.
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Born 1907-06-17. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He made "laporteuse de pain" with Suzanne Flon, in 1963.
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Born 1914-10-01. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe was an English actor known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working class parts. Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 during the period that he was rehearsing for a revival of Equus. He committed suicide a few days later by leaping from a hospital fire escape while a patient at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon.
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Born 1889-02-03. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Pneumonia
Although his career spanned from the 1910s to the 1960s, his meticulousness, dictatorial methods, idiosyncratic shooting style, and stubborn devotion to his art ensured that his output remained low. In spite of this, he produced some of the most enduring classics of international cinema.
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Born 1899-06-27. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
He studied at ENS. Then, he became a member of the croix-de-feu. He was a member of the governement of Vichy from 1941 through 1942, where he created the sections speciales, ancestor of the CRS.
After the murder of a German officer in Paris in 1941, he made and communicated to the Germans a list of 50 hostages to be executed in reprisals. Among them was Guy Moquet.
Pucheu joined the allied army in Africa in november, 1942, evidently to try to save his life.
He was arrested in Alger, on the request of gaullist and communist people. He was sentenced to death by a military court.
He was executed by a firing squad. General de Gaulle refused to give him mercy.