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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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Jackson
Joseph Walter (alias: Joe Jackson). 2018-06-27

89

Born 1928-07-26. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Joseph Walter “Joe” Jackson was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes his children Michael and Janet. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014. On June 22, 2018, TMZ reported that Jackson was hospitalized in Las Vegas in the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer. He died at a hospice in Las Vegas on June 27, two days after the ninth anniversary of his son Michael's death and less than a month before his 90th birthday.

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Bond
Thomas Michael. 2017-06-27

91

Born 1926-01-13. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

He was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.

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Rolf Ake Mikael (alias: Michael Nyqvist). 2017-06-27

56

Born 1960-11-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known for playing police officer Banck in the 1997–1998 Martin Beck TV series and for his leading role in the 2001 film Grabben i graven bredvid. He was internationally recognized for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in the acclaimed Millennium series and as the lead villains in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (as Kurt Hendricks) and John Wick (as Viggo Tarasov). In 2004, he played the leading role in As It Is in Heaven which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards.

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Paille
Stéphane. 2017-06-27

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Born 1965-06-27. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer

He was a French former professional footballer who played for the French national team as well as for various clubs sides in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Scotland. After he retired from playing he developed a career in football management. He died of fulgurant cancer the day of his birthday.

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Pedersoli
Carlo (alias: Bud Spencer). 2016-06-27

86

Born 1929-10-31. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. The duo "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats". Spencer and Hill appeared in, produced and directed over 20 films together. In his youth, Bud Spencer was a successful athlete and swimmer for the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. He obtained a law degree and registered several patents. Spencer also became a certified commercial airline and helicopter pilot, and supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund. Spencer died at 86 years of age n Rome. As son Giuseppe Pedersoli stated, his father "died without pain in presence of his family, and his last word was 'grazie'".

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Womack
Robert Dwayne. 2014-06-27

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Born 1944-03-04. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s, when he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 50 years and spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country. His passing was announced by a publicist at XL Recordings. He suffered diabetes, prostate cancer, heart diseases, colon cancer, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.

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Mimoun
Alain. 2013-06-27

92

Born 1921-01-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Born in the arrondissement of Maïder in the town of Telagh, then in French Algeria (his birth name was Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha), Mimoun lost several years of competition to World War II. After the war (in which he was a combatant), he was French champion in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres. His second place finishes behind Zátopek gave him the nickname "Zátopek's Shadow." He finally won a gold medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (2h25mn00s), Zatopek finished sixth.

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Glover
Jesse Raymond. 2012-06-27

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Born 1934-10-16. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Cancer

He was Bruce Lee's first student and first assistant instructor in the United States. He met Lee in 1959, as they both attended Edison Technical College and was the one who first taught Lee judo. Bruce Lee had his reaction time measured at Glover's house. In the book "Bruce Lee - Between Wing Chun and JKD", Glover states: The timer was hooked up to a light switch that activated it when the light was turned off. It was stopped by striking a pad with a cut off switch behind it. Bruce tested his reactions several times and they were all about five hundredths of a second (0.05 second). Bruce´s first punches were thrown from a distance of three feet. When he closed from five feet his reactions were slower but they were still around eight hundredths of a second (0.08 second). My own times from three feet were between 11 and 18 hundredths of a second (0.11 and 0.18 second). From a distance they were in the low twenties.

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Nagata
Nanae. 2009-06-27

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Born 1956-02-08. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:cancer (colorectal)

She was born as Nanae Sasaki.
She was a high school teacher in Ōfunato, Iwate when she set a Japanese record of 2:40:56 at the Boston Marathon in 1981.
She retired from competition after setting her personal best time of 2:33:57 at the Nagoya Marathon in March 1995, and she then served as a coach at the S & B Athletic Club for a while.

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Lefèbvre
Raymond (alias: Raymond Lefèvre). 2008-06-27

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Born 1929-11-20. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

Raymond Lefevre conducted the orchestra for many live TV shows in the 60's and the 70's. He also composed for a large number of French movies, including most of Louis de Funès' comedies.
Do you do you St Tropez.

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Botton
Frédéric. 2008-06-27

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Born 1936-08-05. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He wrote la grande Zoa.

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Walton
John Thomas. 2005-06-27

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Born 1946-10-08. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Accident

He was a decorated American war hero, and a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He was the chairman of True North Partners, a venture capital firm.
Walton died when the CGS Hawk Arrow homebuilt aircraft (Experimental Aircraft under FAA regulation) that he was piloting crashed in Jackson, Wyoming. Walton's plane crashed at 12:20 p.m. local time (1820 GMT), shortly after taking off from Jackson Hole Airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the pilot/owner's improper reinstallation of the rear locking collar on the elevator control torque tube, which allowed the torque tube to move rearward during flight and loosen the elevator control cable tension.
Just before his death, Walton was estimated to be worth US$18.2 billion by Forbes magazine, and he was tied with his brother Jim as the 4th richest person in the United States and 11th-richest person in the world.

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Harvey
Domino. 2005-06-27

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Born 1969-08-07. Domain:Society. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs

She was an English bounty hunter.
Harvey's fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino that was loosely based on her life, with Harvey portrayed by Keira Knightley.
Harvey was found dead in a bathtub in West Hollywood after she became unresponsive while talking to Peter Dice, a "sobriety guardian." Harvey had hired Dice to help control her drug use. On 3 September, the Los Angeles County coroner reported that a toxicological exam determined that Harvey died from a overdose of fentanyl, an extremely potent opiate painkiller. Her mother Paulene Stone suggested that Harvey may have been prescribed fentanyl for injuries she sustained in February 2005 when she fell taking her dog for a walk. Her funeral took place on 1 July 2005. Among the attendees were Tony Scott, Mickey Rourke, and Steve Jones.

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Caloni
Philippe. 2003-06-27

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Born 1940-06-24. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)

TV and radio Journalist.

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Lemmon
John (alias: Jack Lemmon). 2001-06-27

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Born 1925-02-08. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

Jack Lemmon died of "carcinomatosis and metastatic cancer of bladder to colon".
He had been fighting the disease, very privately, for two years before losing the battle.
Lemmon was born in an elevator in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where his father, John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., was the president of a doughnut company. His mother was Mildred Burgess Noel.

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Estève
Maurice. 2001-06-27

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Born 1904-05-02. Domain:Painting. Cause of death:Age

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Boutang
Pierre. 1998-06-27

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Born 1916-09-20. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age

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Broccoli
Albert. 1996-06-27

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Born 1909-04-05. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Heart attack

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Bigard
Albany Leon (alias: Barney Bigard). 1980-06-27

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Born 1906-03-03. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet.

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Dubout
Albert. 1976-06-27

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Born 1905-05-15. Domain:Painting. Cause of death:Age

Humorist, Illustrator and Painter.

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Jacobs
Arthur. 1973-06-27

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Born 1922-03-07. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Heart attack

Arthur P. Jacobs was a press agent turned film producer responsible for such films in the 1960s and 1970s as the Planet of the Apes series, Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Play It Again, Sam and Tom Sawyer through his company APJAC Productions. During production of the film Huckleberry Finn, Jacobs died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 51.

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Dumarchey
Pierre (alias: Pierre Mac Orlan). 1970-06-27

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Born 1882-02-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Near the end of his life he had becoming more and more miser, though he was very wealthy.

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Lowry
Malcolm. 1957-06-27

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Born 1909-07-28. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Accident

Alcohol+medicaments

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Horakova
Milada. 1950-06-27

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Born 1901-12-25. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder

After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in 1939, she joined the underground resistance movement, but was arrested by the Gestapo in 1940. She was initially sentenced to death, but later her punishment was reduced to life imprisonment and Horáková was sent to a concentration camp Terezín and then to various prisons in Germany.
After the liberation in May 1945, she returned to Prague, rejoining her party. She was elected a Member of Parliament, where she remained until the Communist coup in February 1948, when she resigned. Even though she was urged by her friends to leave Czechoslovakia, she remained in the country and was still politically active. On September 27, 1949 she was arrested and eventually accused of being the leader of a supposed plot to overthrow the Communist regime.
The trial of her and her twelve colleagues began on May 31, 1950. It was intended to be a show trial like those of the Soviet Great Purges in the 1930s.
She was sentenced to death along with three of her co-defendants on June 8, 1950. Many famous people, notably Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill or Eleanor Roosevelt, petitioned for her life, but in spite of this the sentence was confirmed and she was hanged in Pankrác Prison.

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