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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 1937-10-07. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
Édouard-Jean, 3rd Baron Empain was a French-Belgian industrialist, best known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978. Between 1969 and 1981, Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group (Schneider-Empain). The Baron was the son of Jean, 2nd Baron Empain, and the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain. He married the Italian Silvana Betuzzi in 1957 by whom he has two daughters and a son: they were divorced shortly after Empain's kidnapping. He lived in the suburbs of Paris with his second wife Jacqueline (née Ragonaux), a former model, whom he married in 1990.
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Born 1926-12-11. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was a French mathematician with contributions to harmonic analysis. Kahane was also known for his lifelong activism as part of the French Communist Party.
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Born 1962-09-17. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer
She was a German luger who competed during the 1980s, representing East Germany. She won two Olympic gold medals in the women's singles event, two gold medals at FIL World Luge Championships, one gold medal at FIL World Luge Championships, and two silver medals at FIL European Luge Championships. Martin died from cancer. She had been diagnosed in October 2016
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Born 1962-02-18. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Accident
He was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car class in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Powerade Drag Racing Series.
Kalitta was fatally injured during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Kalitta’s Toyota Solara was traveling at about 300 mph when the engine exploded into flames near the finish line. The parachutes were damaged and failed to slow the vehicle. Kalitta's vehicle went through a sand trap at the end of the track, cleared a fence that normally would stop the car, and impacted a concrete-filled post that supports the safety net. Kalitta was transported to the Old Bridge Division of Raritan Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The NHRA said on Kalitta's passing that “Scott shared the same passion for drag racing as his legendary father, Connie. He also shared the same desire to win, becoming a two-time series world champion. He left the sport for a very long period of time, to devote more time to his family, only to be driven to return to the drag strip to regain his championship form."
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Born 1916-08-05. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He has long been associated as a designer/builder with the Muppets, in particular those on Sesame Street, where he also portrayed Willy, the hot dog vendor. Despite the coincidence of names, both Kermit Love and the Henson company have long denied that Kermit the Frog was named after him. Henson and Love first met after the creation and naming of the frog Muppet.
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Born 1927-05-04. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Fond of travelling, he was a chronicler on the television channel "Voyage" from 1997 to his death.
He died in June 21, 2006, aged 79, in Paris, the city that he had celebrated in his song Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille.
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Born 1917-08-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
He fell ill just before a tour of Europe in 2001 and died soon afterwards at the age of 83.
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Born 1951-07-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
Et il semble que son acte fatal soit du a un coup de cœur ? Il s'est pendu dans son café théâtre.
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Born 1911-04-08. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age
De l'inconvénient d'être né (1973)
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Born 1907-07-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
One of the most significative poet of his time.
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Born 1942-05-27. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a racing driver from England. He participated in 29 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 2 January 1967. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 20 championship points. In 1970, Courage qualified 9th to the Dutch Grand Prix around the Zandvoort circuit. Running in the middle of the field (some part of) the De Tomaso's front suspension or steering broke on the bump at Tunnel Oost, causing the car to suddenly go straight on instead of finishing the (flat-out in top) bend. It then rode up an embankment (one of the Zandvoort dunes) and disintegrated, the engine breaking loose from the monocoque upon which it burst into flames (no automatic petrol seals at that time). To lighten the De Tomaso magnesium was used in its chassis and suspension. The magnesium burned so intensely that many nearby trees and bushes were set alight. During the impact one of the front wheels broke off the car and obviously hit Courage's head, tearing away his helmet (both came rolling out of the cloud of dust at the same time). It may safely be assumed that this impact broke Courage's neck and/or caused fatal head injuries and that he died instantly as a result (compare Mike Spence's accident at Indianapolis in 1968). Just three years later Roger Williamson crashed fatally when his car came to rest upside down and burst into flames at exactly the same spot - the Tunnel Oost bump - where Courage's accident started.
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Born 1880-04-24. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Heart
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden. He was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. Gideon Sundback is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
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Born 1915-03-17. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Suicide
He was born in Berlin. He had to flee Germany with his family in 1933.
Doeblin got French nationality in 1938. He then was called Vincent Doblin.
In 1940, he preferred to commit suicide rather than being caught by the Germans. He shot himself in the head, in Housseras where he is still interred.