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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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Anikeyenko
Vitaly. 2011-09-07

24

Born 1987-02-01. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

He was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player. Anikeyenko was killed in a plane crash when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team, crashed at Tunoshna Airport, just outside the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials confirmed that the entire main roster was on the flight, including four players from the junior team. The bodies of Ukrainian teammates Anikeyenko and Daniil Sobchenko were repatriated following the crash for burial in Ukraine.

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Bellil
Samira. 2004-09-07

31

Born 1972-11-24. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer (stomach)

Bellil became close to the movement "Ni putes ni soumises" (Neither whores nor submissives) and wrote her testimony in her book. She denounced the gang-rapes (tournantes) and described how she overcame both her traumatic experiences and the need for revenge.

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Frot
Maurice. 2004-09-07

76

Born 1928-00-00. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

In the 50s he became Ferré's assistant. They had a quarrel in 1973 and they never met again. In 1977 Frot co-founded le printemps de Bourges.

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Cartlidge
Katrin. 2002-09-07

41

Born 1961-05-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Other

She became well known for her film work with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier.
Cartlidge died aged 41 of complications from pneumonia and septicaemia, stemming from a pheochromocytoma.
A phaeochromocytoma (pheochromocytoma in the US) is a neuroendocrine tumor of the medulla of the adrenal glands (originating in the chromaffin cells) or extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue which failed to involute after birth, which secretes excessive amounts of catecholamines, usually epinephrine and norepinephrine. Extra-adrenal paragangliomas (often described as extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas) are closely related, though less common, tumors that originate in the ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system and are named based upon the primary anatomical site of origin.
Traditionally it is known as the "10% tumor":
bilateral disease is present in approximately 10% of patients
approximately 10% of tumours are malignant
approximately 10% are located in chromaffin tissue outside of the adrenal gland
approximately 10% arise in childhood
approximately 10% are familial
approximately 10% recur after being resected

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Claveyrolat
Thierry. 1999-09-07

40

Born 1959-03-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Suicide

Involved in a car accident in the summer, having made 4 injured (2 seriously). Could not get through it. Shooting himself.

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Mobutu
Joseph-Désiré (alias: Mobutu Sese Seko). 1997-09-07

66

Born 1930-10-14. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:cancer (prostate)

His disastrous mismanagement of his country's economy, and enriching himself off its financial and natural resources, makes his name synonymous with kleptocracy in Africa.

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Brooks Luyties
Elisabeth. 1997-09-07

46

Born 1951-07-02. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:cancer (brain)

Elisabeth Brooks Luyties was a Canadian actress. Elisabeth is probably best remembered for her role as the evil, leather-clad siren Marsha Quist in The Howling (1981). Her other film appearances included Deep Space (1988), and The Forgotten One (1989), starring Kristy McNichol. Elisabeth was born in Toronto, Ontario, and adopted by William Harrison "Sandy" Luyties Jr. (1927–1996) and his wife Joan (née Brooks; 1935–2010) when she was six months old. After a two and half year struggle with brain cancer, Brooks died in Haven Hospice near her home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 46.

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Baptiste
Yvette (alias: Muriel Baptiste). 1995-09-07

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Born 1943-07-11. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide

Marguerite de Bourgogne in "les rois maudits".

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Young
Terence. 1994-09-07

79

Born 1915-06-20. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Heart attack

During the filming of From Russia with Love, Young and a photographer nearly drowned when their helicopter crashed into the sea while filming a key sequence. They were rescued by other members of the film crew. Ever the tough guy, Young was back behind the camera thirty minutes after being rescued.
Young died in Cannes.

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Pólya
George. 1985-09-07

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Born 1887-12-13. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

George Pólya (/ˈpoʊljə/; Hungarian: Pólya György [ˈpoːjɒ ˈɟřrɟ]) was a Hungarian mathematician. He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education. He has been described as one of The Martians. Pólya was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary to Anna Deutsch and Jakab Pólya, Hungarian Jews who had converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1886. He died in Palo Alto, California, United States.

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Moon
Keith. 1978-09-07

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Born 1946-08-23. Domain:Music. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs

Keith Moon's final night out was as a guest of Paul McCartney at the preview of the film The Buddy Holly Story on 7 September 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, left the party early and returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson in Curzon Place, London. He died at the age of 32, having overdosed on Clomethiazole, a medication taken as part of a program to wean him off alcohol. When the police investigated the cause of his death they determined that there were about 32 pills in his system. Some of the pills were undissolved.
Moon died a couple of weeks after the release of the last Who album he appeared on, Who Are You. All four band members are shown on the album cover, with Moon seated on a chair back-to-front in order to hide all the weight he had gained in the previous three years, as discussed in Tony Fletcher's book "Dear Boy". Ironically, the chair was labeled "Not to be taken away".

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Vallet
Dominique (alias: Alexis). 1977-09-07

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Born 1946-09-18. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Other

Alexis started working for Pilote in 1968, providing illustrations and gags. In 1969, he began a collaboration with Fred on the series Timoléon, and started his working relationship with Gotlib on the film parody series Cinémastok in 1970. The partnership with Gotlib continued for several years, leading to the creation of the magazine Fluide Glacial in 1975 where the advertising parody series La Publicité dans la Joie was published. In 1976, Alexis started the humorous western series Al Crane, in collaboration with Gérard Lauzier, and in 1977 he succeeded Gotlib as artist of the series Superdupont, written by Jacques Lob.
While working on the post-apocalyptic work Le Transperceneige, Alexis died as a result of a ruptured aneurysm on September 7, 1977. His final work was later completed by Jean-Marc Rochette.

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Douglas
Jesse. 1965-09-07

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Born 1897-07-03. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

Jesse Douglas was an American mathematician and Fields Medalist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem. Douglas was one of two winners of the first Fields Medals, awarded in 1936. He was honored for solving, in 1930, the problem of Plateau, which asks whether a minimal surface exists for a given boundary. The problem, open since 1760 when Lagrange raised it, is part of the calculus of variations and is also known as the soap bubble problem. Douglas also made significant contributions to the inverse problem of the calculus of variations. The American Mathematical Society awarded him the Bôcher Memorial Prize in 1943. Douglas later became a full professor at the City College of New York (CCNY), where he taught until his death. At the time CCNY only offered undergraduate degrees and Professor Douglas taught the advanced calculus course. Sophomores (and freshmen with advanced placement) were privileged to get their introduction to real analysis from a Fields medalist.

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Montez
Maria. 1951-09-07

39

Born 1912-06-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Unknown

"The Queen of Technicolor." Over her career, Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America and five in Europe.
The 39-year-old Montez died in Paris, France, after apparently suffering a heart attack and drowning in her bath. She was buried in the Cimetičre du Montparnasse in Paris where her tombstone displays her theatrical year of birth, 1918.
She had a child, Tina Aumont, with Jean-Pierre Aumont.

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