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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 1932-06-10. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Marc Fumaroli was a French historian and essayist.
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Born 1939-10-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (brain)
Stanley Anderson was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Drew Carey's father on The Drew Carey Show.
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Born 1929-05-15. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
Frank Evans Heart was an American computer engineer influential in computer networking. After nearly 15 years working for MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Heart worked for Bolt, Beranek and Newman from 1966 to 1994, during which he led a team that designed the first routing computer for the ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet. Frank Heart died of melanoma at age 89 in a retirement community in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Born 1933-01-13. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
David John Simms was an Indian-born Irish mathematician who was a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Sankeshwar, Mysore (the state now known as Karnataka), India, he specialized in differential geometry and geometric quantisation. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy since 1978 and was a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. As a child Simms survived 13 days at sea following the sinking of the SS City of Cairo in November 1942.
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Born 1915-12-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
He was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. For his performance as Silva Vacarro in Baby Doll, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other notable portrayals include Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes (both 1990), and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday (2006). One of America's most prolific screen actors, Wallach remained active well into his nineties, with roles as recently as 2010 in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and The Ghost Writer.
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Born 1948-04-29. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
She was "sociétaire de la Comédie Française" from 1977 through her suicide, and dean of the institution since 2010.
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Born 1926-05-15. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age
He was a Chinese mathematician. He graduated from National Chekiang University (Zhejiang University) in 1948, and received a doctorate degree in physics and mathematical science from Moscow University in 1959. He was primarily engaged in the research on partial differential equation, differential geometry, and mathematical physics. He served as vice president of Fudan University and from 1988 to 1993 president of the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1980, he was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Born 1967-05-21. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Suicide
Canadian wrestler.
On June 25, 2007, Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel were found dead in their Fayetteville, Georgia, home at around 2:30 p.m. Lieutenant Tommy Pope of the Fayette County, Georgia Sheriff's Department reported to ABC News that police entered Benoit's home on a "welfare check" after several missed appointments, leading to concerns. Pope also stated the police were not searching for any suspects outside of the house, as the instruments of death were located at the scene of the crime.
Detective Bo Turner of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department told television station WAGA-TV that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide. The station reported that investigators believe that Benoit murdered his wife and son over the weekend and hanged himself sometime on Monday.
It was first reported to fans of WWE on their WWE Mobile Alerts Service and posted to their official website soon after. On their website, World Wrestling Entertainment released the following statement:
“ World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their home. There are no further details at this time, other than the Benoit family residence is currently being investigated by local authorities. Tonight’s Raw on USA Network will serve as a tribute to Chris Benoit and his family. WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family’s relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy. ”
WWE cancelled the scheduled three hour long live RAW show on June 25, and replaced the broadcast version with a tribute to his life and career, featuring his past matches, segments from the Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story DVD, and comments from wrestlers and announcers. However, once the details of the tragedy became apparent, the WWE quickly and quietly began distancing itself from the wrestler by removing merchandise and no longer mentioning him in any way, shape or form.
Toxicology reports released on July 17, 2007 revealed that at their time of death, Nancy Benoit had three different drugs in her system; Xanax, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone, all of which were found at the therapeutic, rather than toxic, levels.
Daniel Benoit was found to have Xanax in his system, which led the chief medical examiner, Kris Sperry to believe that he was sedated before he was murdered.
Chris Benoit was found to have Xanax as well as hydrocodone in his system. It was also revealed that in his body was an elevated level of testosterone, which is caused by synthetic testosterone and was the only steroid in his system. The chief medical examiner has considered this a mystery, but attributed it to Benoit possibly being treated for a testosterone deficiency caused by previous steroid abuse.
The examiner also ruled that the drug GHB was not present in any of the three bodies, and that there was no indication that anything in Chris' body contributed to his violent behavior that led to his death as well as his wife and son's, concluding that there was no "roid rage" involved.
Many of Benoit's close friends, including former WWE wrestler Chris Jericho defended the accusations of "roid rage", saying Chris was a quiet individual, and instead strongly believe Benoit was fighting a private battle with mental illness, which was most likely exacerbated by the death of Benoit's close friend and fellow WWE wrestler, Eddie Guerrero two years ago.
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Born 1931-12-17. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Unknown
Anne Barrère's father, whose husband is Robert Namias.
Anne Barrère is a personal advisor of Bernadette Chirac.
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Born 1917-05-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke
He was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as George Banks in the movie Mary Poppins.
He died peacefully in his sleep at the King Edward the VII Hospital, Westminster at 04:00 after suffering a series of strokes.
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Born 1909-03-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
He committed suicide, with his wife, actress Jandeline.
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Born 1916-02-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
"Nothing in Common" proved to be Gleason's final film role. A six-pack-a-day smoker for years, he was fighting colon cancer, liver cancer and thrombosed hemorrhoids even while he worked on the film. He was hospitalized at one point in 1986–87 but checked himself out and died quietly at age 71 at his Inverrary home. In the same year, Miami Beach honored his contributions to the city and its tourism by renaming the Miami Beach Auditorium — where he had done his television show once moving to Florida — as the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts. Jackie Gleason is interred in an outdoor mausoleum at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami, Florida. Below the graceful Roman columns, at the base, is the inscription "And Away We Go."
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Born 1923-12-17. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident
Road accident.
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Born 1876-02-21. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide
Joseph Meister was the first person to be inoculated against rabies by Louis Pasteur, and the first person to be successfully treated for the infection. In 1885, nine-year-old Meister was badly bitten by a rabid dog. After consulting with Alfred Vulpian and Jacques-Joseph Grancher and obtaining their assistance, Louis Pasteur agreed to inoculate the boy with spinal tissue from rabid rabbits, which he had successfully used to prevent rabies in dogs. The treatment was successful and the boy did not develop rabies. As an adult, Meister served as a caretaker at the Pasteur Institute until his death in 1940 at age 64. On 24 June 1940, ten days after the German army occupied Paris during World War II, Meister committed suicide with his gas gun. Although often repeated, the version of his suicide stating he chose to commit suicide rather than allow the Wehrmacht to enter the Pasteurs' crypt is not sustainable. Instead, a contemporary journal article as well as the testimony of Meister's granddaughter indicate that he was overwhelmed by the guilt of having sent his family away, thinking it had resulted in their deaths. In a tragic irony, they actually came back the same day he took his life. Meister was played by Dickie Moore in the 1936 film The Story of Louis Pasteur. The story of Meister's potentially dangerous inoculation against rabies by Pasteur was also featured in an episode of the TV series Dark Matters: Twisted But True and the 1974 BBC drama-documentary series Microbes and Men. He lived no 25, rue du Docteur-Roux.
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Born 1887-12-11. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Accident
He was perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango.
The place of Gardel's birth is a matter of considerable controversy that still provokes passionate debate in Uruguay, Argentina and France.
Gardel died in 1935 on an airplane crash in Medellín, Colombia. Le Pera, two of their guitarists (Guillermo Desiderio Barbieri and Ángel Domingo Riverol) and several business associates and friends of the group died in the crash as well. It is believed that a third guitarist, José María Aguilar, died a few days after the crash. Others state that Aguilar lived until 1951, although he never regained full use of his hands and sight.