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Cowan George (b. 1920-02-15 / d. 2012-04-20)
He was an American physical chemist, a businessman and philanthropist. Cowan received a B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1941. He did graduate studies at Princeton, where he worked under future Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner, whose investigation of uranium confirmed the feasibility of the Fermi pile. He continued his nuclear research with the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago, Oak Ridge, Columbia University, and Los Alamos. Because he was transferred to various locations as a technological troubleshooter for the effort, he was among the very few people with knowledge of the separate components of the bomb, kept apart for security reasons. He joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. He earned a Ph.D. from the Mellon College of Science in 1950. Weeks after his arrival at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1949, he directed the detection of radioactive fallout from samples collected near the Russian border indicating the Soviets were in possession of a nuclear bomb. He later served on the Bethe Panel that convinced government decision makers the radiochemistry detected represented weapons uses rather than peaceful pursuits.
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Born 1987-05-23. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Heart attack
Windham Lawrence Rotunda was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in WWE from 2010 to 2021, and then again from 2022 until his death in 2023, where he performed under the ring name Bray Wyatt. Rotunda died of a heart attack on August 24, 2023, at the age of 36. His death was announced by WWE chief content officer Triple H on X. Prior to his death, Rotunda had been dealing with an undisclosed illness since February, which was reportedly life-threatening. According to reports just days before his death, he had been making positive progress towards recovery. Shortly after his death, it was revealed that the illness was COVID-19, which had exacerbated a pre-existing heart condition. Following Triple H's announcement, several of Rotunda's peers paid tribute to him on social media. Promotions such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Impact Wrestling, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) issued statements on his death and legacy. WWE plans to donate all of the net proceeds from Rotunda's merchandise sales to his family. The August 25, 2023, episode of SmackDown honored Rotunda and Terry Funk, who had died the day prior, by airing tributes and behind-the-scenes footage.
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Born 1941-06-02. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Charles Robert Watts was an English musician who was the drummer for the rock band The Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. One of the band's core members, Watts performed on all of their studio albums, and he, Jagger and Richards are the only members to have been featured on all of the band's albums. Watts cited jazz as a major influence on his drumming style.
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Born 1926-09-14. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
He was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, graduating in 1947. He taught in Egypt, Manchester, Thessaloniki, the United States, and Geneva. He won many literary awards for his work, including the Prix Apollo, the Prix Fénéon; and the Prix Renaudot.
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Born 1978-07-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident
He was a British professional open-wheel racing driver. Just before his death, he was competing part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 25 Honda for Andretti Autosport. Earlier, he competed in the Champ Car series from 2004 to 2007, scoring four wins. He also competed in Formula One in the 2003 season with Minardi and Jaguar and was the winner of the 2001 International Formula 3000 championship. He was also a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona. To date, he is the tallest person to have raced in Formula One. On 23 August 2015, Wilson suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident at the Pocono Raceway, which caused his death the following day. This was the first death in IndyCar since 2011, when Dan Wheldon died in a crash during the IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The day after Wilson's death, his younger brother Stefan indicated that Wilson saved six lives by donating his organs.
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Born 1923-08-29. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
was an English actor, film director, film producer, and entrepreneur. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street, and Jurassic Park. Attenborough died from illness on 24 August 2014, five days before his 91st birthday.
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Born 1914-06-18. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)
In twelve angry men:
The jury consists of the following (identified only by numbers, all are white men):
The Foreman (Juror #1, played by Martin Balsam)
Juror #2 (John Fiedler)
Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb)
Juror #4 (E.G. Marshall) An intellectual but unemotional stock broker. He epitomizes conservativism, and simply wants to follow the letter of the law and convict the defendant based on the evidence. To his credit, he has no patience for the sarcasm, indifference or racism displayed respectively by jurors #3, #7 and #10, and once the evidence is shown to be less than conclusive he does not hesitate to admit his mistake.
Juror #5 (Jack Klugman is the only survivor at this time - 2007-03-16)
Juror #6 (Edward Binns)
Juror #7 (Jack Warden)
Juror #8 (Henry Fonda)
Juror #9 (Joseph Sweeney)
Juror #10 (Ed Begley)
Juror #11 (George Voskovec)
Juror #12 (Robert Webber)
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Born 1925-01-09. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Accident
Died from a head trauma following a fall.
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Born 1943-01-30. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:AIDS
In "Death Wish" he was one of the rapists, along with Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Logan.
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Born 1904-08-04. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
He was born in Paris, Kentucky, and died in Toulouse.
In 1935 he moved for the first time to France. He later spent time in Egypt working with Herman Chittison. In 1943 he worked with the American saxophonists Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.
He returned to France in 1948 and spent the rest of his life there in part due to racial segregation.
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Born 1910-04-07. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
Her son, Michael killed himself in the sixties.
her husband, Charles Boyer, commited suicide two days after her death. They are buried together in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California
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Born 1910-12-07. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Unknown
Louis Prima and Keely Smith were very much the model for Sonny & Cher.
In 1967 Prima's distinctive voice and jazzy delivery landed him a role in Walt Disney's animated feature The Jungle Book, as the raucous orangutan King Louie. He performed the hit song "I Wanna Be Like You" on the soundtrack, leading to the recording of two albums with Phil Harris: The Jungle Book and More Jungle Book, on Disneyland Records. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of another cartoon feature, The Man Called Flintstone.
In 1975, following headaches and episodes of memory loss, Louis Prima sought medical attention, and found out he had a brain tumor. He went into a coma following surgery to remove the tumor. He never recovered, and died three years later, having been moved back to New Orleans. He was buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans; his gray marble crypt is topped by a figure of Gabriel, the trumpeter-angel. The inscription on the crypt's door quote the lyrics from one of his hits: "When the end comes, I know, they'll all say 'just a gigolo' as life goes on without me. Lovingly, your little family..."
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Born 1909-02-03. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Infection (Lungs)
In 1942, she travelled first to the USA, then to London, where she joined the French Resistance. The punishing work regime she assumed soon took a heavy toll; in 1943 she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and instructed to rest and eat well. However, she refused special treatment because of her long-standing political idealism and activism, and her detachment from material things. Instead, she limited her food intake to what she believed residents of the parts of France occupied by the Germans ate. She most likely ate even less, as she refused food on most occasions. Her condition quickly deteriorated, and she was moved to a sanatorium in Ashford, Kent, England.
After a lifetime of battling illness and frailty, Weil died from cardiac failure at the age of 34. The coroner's report said that "the deceased did kill and slay herself by refusing to eat whilst the balance of her mind was disturbed."
In 1943 the term anorexia nervosa was not well known and the condition not always recognised, it would appear that it was a factor in the death of Simone Weil.