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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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Adler
Alexandre. 2023-07-18

72

Born 1950-09-23. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

Alexandre Adler was a French historian, journalist and expert of contemporary geopolitics, the former USSR, and the Middle East. He is a Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur (2002). A Maoist in his youth and then a member of the Communist Party (PCF), he shifted to the right at the end of the 1970s and has since become close to US neoconservatives, as did his wife Blandine Kriegel (daughter of the communist Resistant Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont). Adler was the counsellor of Roger Cukiermann, chairman of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France). Adler was one of the rare French intellectuals to defend George W. Bush's candidacy against Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election. He has qualified the altermondialist movement as an "enemy of freedom," and supported both the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. His positions have sometimes led to polemics, such as his qualification of France Inter radio journalist Daniel Mermet as a "Brejnevian journalist," head of Politis newspaper Bernard Langlois as a "repugnant journalist" (journaliste répugnant) and Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières France as a "Jewish traitor" because of his criticisms of Israel and the US' policies.

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Graule
Danièle. 2022-07-18

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Born 1944-10-01. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart

Danièle Graule (1 October 1944 – 18 July 2022), known as Dani, was a French actress and singer.

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Quemener
Roger. 2021-07-18

80

Born 1941-06-17. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Roger Quemener was a French racewalker, who was a legend of the Ultramarathon race Paris-Colmar winning seven times. He was thus the record of the number of wins, until Polish racewalker Grzegorz Adam Urbanowski brought it to ten wins.

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Cronauer
Adrian Joseph. 2018-07-18

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Born 1938-09-08. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Adrian Joseph Cronauer was a United States Air Force Airman 1st Class and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer.

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Yoyotte
Marguerite Marie-Josèphe. 2017-07-18

87

Born 1929-11-05. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

She was a French film and television editor and actress. Her extensive editing credits include The 400 Blows, Winged Migration and Microcosmos, the latter of which garnered Yoyotte a César Award for Best Editing.

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Gallo
Max. 2017-07-18

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Born 1932-01-07. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

He was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. He had parkinson.

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Taylor
John. 2015-07-18

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Born 1942-09-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

He was a British jazz pianist born in Manchester; he occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser. On 17 July 2015, he had a heart attack during a concert of the trio Stéphane Kerecki at the Jazz Flavours festival. He was quickly transported in serious condition at University Hospital of Angers. His wife revealed on July 19 that her husband died the day after the concert.

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Petricone
Alessandro Federico (alias: Alex Rocco). 2015-07-18

79

Born 1936-02-29. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (pancreas)

Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr., known professionally as Alex Rocco, was an American actor. Often cast as a villain, he is best known for his portrayal of Moe Greene in The Godfather and his Primetime Emmy Award-winning role in The Famous Teddy Z. He did a significant amount of voice-over work later in his career, and was known for his gravelly voice.

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Belmadi
Yasmine. 2009-07-18

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Born 1976-01-26. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident

He was a French actor of Algerian origin. He appeared in 13 films, and had completed his final role, in a television production, the day before his death.
On the day of his death, at 6 a.m., the scooter which Belmadi was riding collided with a lamp post at the intersection of the Pont de Sully and the Boulevard Henri IV in Paris. He was taken to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

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Léger
Lucien. 2008-07-18

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Born 1937-03-30. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

He had served 41 years of prison for the assassination of child Luc Taron 11-year old in 1964.
He holds the record of time spent in prison.
He was discovered dead on the 18th of July in his home of Laon. The exact date of his death is not known.

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Fachleitner
Edouard. 2008-07-18

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Born 1921-02-24. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

He was a French former professional road bicycle racer. He was an Italian citizen until June 23, 1939. He was a professional between 1943 and 1952. Fachleitners's best results were overall victories in the 1948 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 1950 Tour de Romandie and second place overall in the 1947 Tour de France.

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Hadley
Jerry. 2007-07-18

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Born 1952-06-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide

He was an American operatic tenor, who was a protegé of famous soprano Dame Joan Sutherland and her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge.
On July 10, 2007, Hadley suffered brain damage after apparently shooting himself in the head with an air rifle at his home in Clinton Corners, New York. His female partner heard the shot and called 911. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York and had CAT scans as well as X-rays that show severe brain injury and was put on life support. On July 16, 2007, Hadley was taken off life support. Family friend and spokeswoman Celia Novo remarked, "The hospital is just making him comfortable at this point, so his passing could be at any time". He died two days later.

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Westmoreland
William. 2005-07-18

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Born 1914-03-26. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

Westmoreland's brother-in-law, Lt. Col. Frederick Van Deusen, was killed in combat in Vietnam on July 7, 1968, just hours after Westmoreland was sworn in as Army Chief of Staff.

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Castelot
André. 2004-07-18

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Born 1911-01-23. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

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Shoemaker
Eugene Merle. 1997-07-18

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Born 1928-04-28. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Accident

Eugene Merle (Gene) Shoemaker was an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televised around the world. Shoemaker also studied terrestrial craters, such as Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and along with Edward Chao provided the first conclusive evidence of its origin as an impact crater. He was also the first director of the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology Research Program. He was killed in a car accident while visiting an impact crater site in Australia. After his death, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon with the Lunar Prospector mission.

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Casartelli
Fabio. 1995-07-18

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Born 1970-08-16. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

He was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist, who died in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.

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Dargaud
Georges. 1990-07-18

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Born 1911-11-24. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

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Paeffgen
Christa (alias: Nico). 1988-07-18

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Born 1938-10-16. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Unknown

Christa Päffgen was a German singer, composer, fashion model, actress, and Warhol Superstar. She is known for both her vocal collaboration on The Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, and her work as a solo artist from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. She also had roles in several films, including a cameo in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966), as herself. She was related to Hermann Päffgen, who founded the Päffgen brewery in 1883 in Cologne. While on holiday with her son in Ibiza, Spain, Nico had a minor heart attack while riding a bicycle and hit her head as she fell. A passing taxi driver found her unconscious and had difficulty getting her admitted to local hospitals. She was incorrectly diagnosed as suffering from heat-exposure and died at eight o'clock that evening. X-rays later revealed a severe cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death.

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Hawkins
John Edward. 1973-07-18

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Born 1910-09-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (throat)

Hawkins began experiencing voice problems in the late 1950s; unknown to the public he had undergone cobalt treatment in 1959 for what was then described as a secondary condition of the larynx, but which was probably cancer. In private, he used a mechanical larynx to aid his speech. In December 1965, he was diagnosed with throat cancer and his entire larynx was removed in January of the following year; thereafter his performances were dubbed, often (with Hawkins's approval) by actor Charles Gray.
Following an unsuccessful operation to fit him with an artificial voice box, he died at St Stephen's Hospital, Fulham Road, London, on 18 July 1973: he was 62. His final appearance was in the television miniseries QB VII. His autobiography, Anything For a Quiet Life, was published after his death. He was cremated and interred at the Golders Green Crematorium.

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Alavoine
Jean. 1943-07-18

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Born 1888-04-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

In 1943 he died during a veteran course in Argenteuil.
He won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only 8 riders have won more stages - and wore the yellow jersey for 5 days. In Daniel Marszalek's list of best road riders in history, he is ranked 96th (in 2008)

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Malot
Hector. 1907-07-18

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Born 1830-05-20. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

In 1905, he went paralyzed and ceased to write.

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