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Cowan George (b. 1920-02-15 / d. 2012-04-20)
He was an American physical chemist, a businessman and philanthropist. Cowan received a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1941. He did graduate studies at Princeton, where he worked under future Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner, whose investigation of uranium confirmed the feasibility of the Fermi pile. He continued his nuclear research with the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago, Oak Ridge, Columbia University, and Los Alamos. Because he was transferred to various locations as a technological troubleshooter for the effort, he was among the very few people with knowledge of the separate components of the bomb, kept apart for security reasons. He joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. He earned a Ph.D. from the Mellon College of Science in 1950. Weeks after his arrival at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1949, he directed the detection of radioactive fallout from samples collected near the Russian border indicating the Soviets were in possession of a nuclear bomb. He later served on the Bethe Panel that convinced government decision makers the radiochemistry detected represented weapons uses rather than peaceful pursuits.
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Born 1925-12-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors. Piccoli died from complications of a stroke.
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Born 1936-07-24. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
Phyllis Douglas was an actress who played Yeoman Mears in Startrek: "The Galileo Seven". She also appeared as Girl #2 in Startrek: "The Way to Eden".
Douglas made her feature acting debut at the age of three in the epic classic Gone With the Wind, although she was not credited for her work. She later appeared (again, without credit) in the film Raintree County, which also featured DeForest Kelley. In 1959's Girls Town she played the character Eleanor alongside Elinor Donahue. She also appeared in two episodes of Batman.
Douglas retired from acting and sold recreational vehicle lots in Palm Springs, California.
Born as Phyllis Callow, the daughter of director Ridgeway Callow, she was one of the last surviving cast members of Gone with the Wind.
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Born 1905-01-18. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
He was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became the boss of the Bonanno crime family. He was nicknamed "Joe Bananas", a name he reputedly dispised because it made him sound crazy.
The Judge Dredd character Joe Bananas, henchman for Don Uggie Apelino, was named for Bonanno.