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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 1930-03-13. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:COVID
He was a French film actor and producer. He was known for his role in Jean-Pierre Melville's 1956 crime film Bob le flambeur. His son Didier Cauchy also became an actor.
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Born 1960-11-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack
Claudine Luypaerts, better known as Maurane was a Francophone Belgian singer and actress. Maurane was found dead at the age of 57 beside her bath at her home in Schaerbeek in the area of Brussels, Belgium. The following day, the magistrate of the Brussels public prosecutor's office confirms the opening of a judicial inquiry, although the death of the singer is not considered as suspect. The first conclusions point to a probable heart attack.
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Born 1943-08-06. Domain:science (economics). Cause of death:Suicide
He was a Hungarian economist, who served as the last governor of the Hungarian National Bank during the Communist regime. He was a member of the Hungarian Economical Society, South Eastern Europe Business Advisory Council, Science Council of the MTA's World Economic Research Institute. He received Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. According to the Veszprém County Police Department, he committed suicide in his cottage in Tihany. Viktória Komár, spokesperson of the Veszprém County Police, said "she does not know that Bartha would have left behind a suicide note.
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Born 1957-04-09. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:cancer (brain)
He was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. At Madrid-Barajas Airport on 6 October 2008, Ballesteros lost consciousness and was admitted to hospital. Six days later, he confirmed that he had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. In January 2009 a message on his website said he had responded well to one course of chemotherapy. "I am very motivated and working hard although I am aware that my recovery will be slow and therefore I need to be patient and have a lot of determination. For these reasons I am following strictly all the instructions that the doctors are giving me. Besides, the physiotherapists are doing a great job on me and I feel better every day." On 6 May 2011, his family released a press release announcing that Ballesteros's neurological condition had "suffered a severe deterioration". He died within hours of the announcement in the early hours of 7 May 2011.
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Born 1932-11-14. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Suicide
Günter Sachs was a German photographer, author and multi-millionaire industrialist. A trained mathematician and economist, Sachs was an investor and industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researches the claims of astrology. As a young man he became a sportsman, then gained international fame as a documentary film-maker and documentary photographer. He was "passionately interested" in astrology and its connection with mathematics/statistics. His first wife, Anne-Marie Faure, died in 1958 during an operation. He courted his second wife, Brigitte Bardot, by flying over her villa on the French Riviera in a helicopter and dropping hundreds of roses. The couple were married on the 14 July 1966 in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1969. His final marriage was to Swedish former model, Mirja Larsson, which lasted from 1969 until his death. He had one son with his first wife, and a further two sons with his third wife. Sachs committed suicide through a gun shot wound to the head at his home in Gstaad. The suicide note stated that he acted because of what he defined as "no hope illness A" adding that "The loss of mental control over my life was an undignified condition, which I decided to counter decisively".
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Born 1931-07-20. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
"Tony" Marsh was a British racing driver from England. His Formula One career was short and unsuccessful, but he later enjoyed great success in hillclimbing, winning the British Hill Climb Championship on a record six occasions, divided into two sets of three successive titles. His first 'batch' came in a Cooper-JAP in 1955-56-57, while exactly a decade later (1965-66-67) he repeated the hat-trick at the wheel of his own Marsh-GM special.
Marsh continued to compete in hillclimbs until 2008.
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Born 1971-12-19. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide
Shortly after completing the manuscript for Kornwolf, Egolf committed suicide with a shotgun. He left behind a 9-month daughter.
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Born 1910-09-14. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
He died in office as Mayor of Marseille.
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Born 1930-09-21. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
She was a ubiquitous leading lady in several episodes of The Saint, which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar (1963 - 1967).
Her last film roles were largely in low-budget 'B' horror films, unfortunately.
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Born 1936-12-30. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 8, 1963. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 27 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races, as well as sports car racing. Following Jim Clark's death in early 1968, Colin Chapman invited Spence back to Lotus as part of their Indianapolis 500 race team. Spence was due to race the revolutionary Lotus 56 gas turbine car. However, during practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway three weeks before the race, Spence misjudged his entry to turn one and collided heavily with the concrete wall. The right-front wheel of the Lotus swivelled backwards into the cockpit and struck Spence on the helmet. Mike Spence died in the hospital, from massive head injuries, a few hours after the accident.
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Born 1857-03-22. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
On May 6, 1932, he was shot in Paris at the opening of a book fair by Paul Gorguloff, a mentally unstable Russian émigré. He died at 04:37 a.m., the day after. He was the President of France from June 13, 1931 until his assassination.