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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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de Gaulle
François. 2020-04-02

98

Born 1922-02-13. Domain:Religious. Cause of death:COVID

The nephew of Charles de Gaulle, François joined the White Fathers in 1940, and entered seminary in Tunisia. Starting in 1950, he spent 50 years in French Upper Volta, and watched as it transitioned to Burkina Faso. De Gaulle was the author of J'ai vu se lever l'Église d'Afrique, produced from interviews with Victor Macé de Lépinay and published in 2011. De Gaulle died on 2 April 2020 in Bry-sur-Marne at the age of 98 due to COVID-19 during the pandemic in France

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Anspach
Susan Florence. 2018-04-02

75

Born 1942-11-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart

Susan Florence Anspach was an American stage, film and television actress, who was best known for her roles in films during the 1970s and 1980s such as Five Easy Pieces (1970), Play It Again, Sam (1972), Blume in Love (1973), Montenegro (1981), Blue Monkey (1987), and Blood Red (1989).

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Ternyik
Wilbur Earl. 2018-04-02

92

Born 1926-01-26. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Wilbur E. Ternyik was an American civic leader who has been characterized as a founding father of coastal planning, a coastal advocate, and a guardian of the Oregon Coast. News coverage of his work has described him as an international expert on sand dunes, and has noted his "decades of work to protect the environment that draws thousands to the Oregon coast." Ternyik's outreach to skeptical local officials in the early 1970s, persuading them to engage with then-Governor Tom McCall's call for land use planning in advance of the state's landmark land use legislation, has been identified as his most significant achievement. He served multiple terms as the mayor of Florence, Oregon, as well as 16 years on the Florence City Council and 29 years as a commissioner on the Port of Suislaw

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Barbieri
Leandro (alias: Gato Barbieri). 2016-04-02

83

Born 1932-11-28. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia

He was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spanish for "cat". One of his titles was chosen by Foulquier as a generic for Pollen.

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de Oliveira
Manoel. 2015-04-02

106

Born 1908-12-11. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

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Aristidès
Frédéric (alias: Fred). 2013-04-02

82

Born 1931-03-05. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Known by his pseudonym Fred, he was a French comics artist and comic book creator in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. He is best known for his series Philémon.

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Little
James Oswald. 2012-04-02

75

Born 1937-03-01. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was an Australian Aboriginal musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career spanned six decades. For many years he was the main Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene. His music was influenced by Nat King Cole and American country music artist Jim Reeves.

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Klucsaritis
Christopher (alias: Kanyon). 2010-04-02

40

Born 1970-01-04. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Suicide

Kanyon was found dead in his Sunnyside, Queens, New York apartment, due to an apparent overdose of medication. Initial reports indicated a possible suicide.

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Wojtyla
Karol (alias: Pope John-Paul II). 2005-04-02

84

Born 1920-05-18. Domain:Religious. Cause of death:Age

Pope John Paul II died (buried 8 April 2005) after a long fight against Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. Immediately after his death, many of his followers demanded that he be elevated to sainthood as soon as possible, shouting "Santo Subito" (meaning "Make Him Saint Immediately" in Italian).

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Labbé
Jacqueline (alias: Jacky Sardou). 1998-04-02

78

Born 1919-04-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She was called Jackie Rollin, and married Fernand Sardou, a singer. She is the mother of singer Michel Sardou; and grandmother of Romain Sardou, an author.

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Pompidou
Georges. 1974-04-02

62

Born 1911-07-05. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:cancer (blood)

While still in office, Pompidou unexpectedly died from Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. It is a type of lymphoproliferative disease, and shares clinical characteristics with the indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas (Cheson, 2006). It is named after the Swedish physician Jan G. Waldenström (1906-1996), who first identified the condition.

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Delastelle
Félix-Marie. 1902-04-02

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Born 1840-01-02. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

Félix-Marie Delastelle was a French cryptographer, best known for inventing the bifid cipher, first presented in the Revue du Génie civil in 1895 under the name of "cryptographie nouvelle". This cipher combines fractionation with transposition, and was an early cipher to implement the principles of confusion and diffusion. David Kahn described it as a "system of considerable importance in cryptology." Following his retirement in 1900, he rented a single room in a holiday hotel where he wrote a 150 page book Traité Élémentaire de Cryptographie which he completed in May 1901. On hearing news of his brother's sudden death, he collapsed and died in April 1902. His book appeared three months later, published by Gauthier-Villars of Paris.

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