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March 29, 2024

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Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura

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Frankel
Theodore. 2017-08-05

88

Born 1929-06-17. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a mathematician who introduced the Andreotti–Frankel theorem.

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Lunn
Royston Charles. 2017-08-05

92

Born 1925-06-26. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

He was an engineer in the automotive industry. He had forty-one years in the design development and production of vehicles and most notably served as the head of engineering at American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1971 to 1987. Lunn is credited as being the "father of the modern SUV" and "the godfather of the Ford GT40."

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Dubois-Millot
Christian (alias: Christian Millot). 2017-08-05

88

Born 1928-12-30. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

He was a French food critic and author. Born in Paris, he began his career as a journalist in the "interior policy" department of Le Monde newspaper. In 1965 he founded the Gault Millau restaurant guide Le Nouveau Guide with Henri Gault and André Gayot.

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Anosov
Dmitri Victorovich. 2014-08-05

77

Born 1936-11-30. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, known for his contributions to dynamical systems theory.

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Vargas
Chavela. 2012-08-05

93

Born 1919-04-17. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia

Isabel Vargas Lizano, better known as Chavela Vargas, was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She was especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras, but she is also recognized for her contribution to other genres of popular Latin American music.

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Lustiger
Jean-Marie. 2007-08-05

80

Born 1926-09-17. Domain:Religious. Cause of death:Cancer

He died on a Sunday, the Lord's day.

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Amouroux
Henri. 2007-08-05

87

Born 1920-07-01. Domain:Journalism. Cause of death:Age

He was cited in the Papon's trial, to talk in his favour.
Director of France-Soir from 1974 through 1975.

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Niépce
Janine. 2007-08-05

86

Born 1921-02-12. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Photographer

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Derlich
Didier. 2000-08-05

35

Born 1965-04-22. Domain:Society. Cause of death:AIDS

He was born in Moulins and was an astrologer. If you like auto-references, look at Derlich's astrological chart on some site (for example: astrotheme.fr).

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Porcaro
Jeffrey (alias: Jeff Porcaro). 1992-08-05

38

Born 1954-04-01. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Heart attack

Jeff Porcaro suffered a fatal and completely unexpected heart attack on August 5, 1992 at the age of 38. He was using a pesticide in his yard and an allergic reaction to the substance triggered the attack. An autopsy revealed a serious heart condition that had been previously undiagnosed. A report issued by the office of the Los Angeles County Coroner a month later also mentioned that a minute trace of cocaine was found in his body, and this is disputed to this day (many close to him felt he had not used the drug in years, if at all). However, many on both sides of the argument state it was not a big factor in the death of Porcaro.

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Drummond
Jack. 1952-08-05

61

Born 1891-01-12. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Murder

On the evening of 4 August 1952, while on holiday in France in their green Hillman estate car, the Drummonds stopped by the side of the N96 main road, less than 200 metres from a picturesque farmhouse called La Grand'Terre. The site is marked by a milestone as exactly 6km south of Peyruis and 6km north of La Brillanne. A footpath leads from the site down to the banks of the river Durance. La Grand'Terre was the home of the Dominicis, a family of Franco-Italian peasant farmers: the patriarch Gaston, his wife Marie, their son Gustave, Gustave's wife Yvette and their baby son Alain. It was Gustave who claimed to have found the three dead bodies around 5:30am on the morning of 5 August, and who flagged down a passing motorcyclist, Jean-Marie Olivier, telling him to fetch the police.
Anne's body was found near the car. Jack's lay on the other side of the N96, covered by a camp bed. They had both been shot by a Rock-Ola rifle. The body of 10-year-old Elizabeth was found 77 metres away, down the path leading to the river, on the other side of the bridge over the railway. Her head had been brutally smashed in by the stock of the rifle. The barrel of the murder weapon was soon found in the river, with the stock a short distance downstream. It is likely that the force of the blow or blows used to kill Elizabeth had also broken the stock off the rifle.
Gaston Dominici was convicted of the murders in November 1954, and sentenced to the Guillotine. However, both the police investigation and the conduct of the trial had been widely criticised, and after two inconclusive inquiries, President René Coty commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Coty was succeeded in 1959 by President Charles de Gaulle, who ordered Dominici's release on humanitarian grounds, but did not pardon him, nor grant his request for a retrial.
The Drummond are buried in the classified cemetery of the well-known touristic town of Forcalquier, about 25 km East of Lurs. As Sir Jack had no more family, and the mother of Anne, Mrs Wilbraham didn't ask for the bodies, exceptionnally three British citizens are not buried in the UK. On the site of the drama near the stone bridge over the railway, there is a cross with childish votive offerings to mark the place where Elizabeth was found.
The murders remain a subject of hot dispute to this day in France, where they are referred to as L'affaire Dominici. Alain Dominici, a baby at the time of the murders, has spent a lifetime campaigning for the innocence of his grandfather.

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