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April 24, 2024

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Portas Miguel (b. 1958-05-01 / d. 2012-04-24)

He was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries. He died of lung cancer in April 2012. The disease was diagnosed in 2010.

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Patricia. 2016-08-13

84

Born 1931-10-00. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

She was an American born, British television actress.

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Françoise (alias: Françoise Mallet-Joris). 2016-08-13

86

Born 1930-07-06. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

She was a Belgian author.

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Lester William (alias: Les Paul). 2009-08-13

94

Born 1915-06-09. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Pneumonia

He was an American innovator, inventor, musician and songwriter. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which "made the sound of rock and roll possible". He is credited with many recording innovations, including overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.
Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York.

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Dino. 2008-08-13

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Born 1969-02-11. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Cancer

In 2001, he followed former Jordan colleague Mike Gascoyne to Benetton, which had been sold to Renault the previous year and was rebranded as such in 2002. At the end of 2003 he replaced the departing John Iley as Chief Aerodynamicist, and held this position until June 2008, when he left due to ill health. His stint with Renault included the team's back-to-back Drivers' and Constructors' championships in 2005 and 2006.
In 2003, I had a meeting with him in to discuss a new electronic management of the wind tunnel. He looked well.

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Cartan
Henri Paul. 2008-08-13

104

Born 1904-07-08. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a French mathematician with substantial contributions in algebraic topology. He was the son of the French mathematician Élie Cartan.

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Ferrari
Nino (alias: Nino Ferrer). 1998-08-13

63

Born 1934-08-15. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide

Mounette’s death left a vacuum in his life. A month later, on August 13th, Ferrer shot himself in the heart in the middle of a cornfield a few kilometres from his home, two days before his 64th birthday.

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Green
Julien. 1998-08-13

98

Born 1900-09-06. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Julian Hartridge Green, or Julien Green, was a French born American author of several novels including Léviathan and Each in His Own Darkness. He wrote primarily in French, but was not a French citizen.

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Hélias
Pierre-Jacques (alias: Per-Jakez Helias). 1995-08-13

81

Born 1914-02-17. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Le cheval d'orgueil.

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Guilhaume
Philippe. 1994-08-13

51

Born 1943-05-30. Domain:Society. Cause of death:cardiovascular disease

Directed A2 and FR3 in 89 and 90

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Tigran. 1984-08-13

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Born 1929-06-17. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer (stomach)

He was World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.

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Størmer
Carl. 1957-08-13

83

Born 1874-09-03. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a Norwegian mathematician and physicist, known both for his work in number theory and for studying the movement of charged particles in the magnetosphere and the formation of aurorae. Carl Størmer is also the grandfather of the mathematician Erling Størmer.

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Wells
Herbert George. 1946-08-13

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Born 1866-09-21. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:cancer (liver)

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Massenet
Jules. 1912-08-13

70

Born 1842-05-12. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age

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Nightingale
Florence. 1910-08-13

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Born 1820-05-12. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

She was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. An Anglican, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse. Among other things she used the pie chart, which had first been developed by William Playfair in 1801.

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