Ventura Raymond (b. 1908-04-16 / d. 1979-03-29) alias Ray Ventura
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Born 1924-08-01. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age
Charpak was born in the village of Dąbrowica in Poland (modern Dubrovytsia, Ukraine). Charpak's family moved from Poland to Paris when he was seven years old.
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Born 1925-06-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
His parents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary. Hungarian was Curtis' only language until he was five or six, postponing his schooling.
When Curtis was eight, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for a month because their parents could not afford to feed them. Four years later, Julius was struck and killed by a truck.
Curtis was married six times. His first wife was actress Janet Leigh, to whom he was married from 1951–1962, and with whom he fathered actresses Kelly and Jamie Lee Curtis
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Born 1927-02-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer (bowel)
Born Lois Hooker.
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Born 1933-11-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Other
Gloria Foster was an American actress. She had acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. She played the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003) films, the latter film being her last. She played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985. The cause of her death was diabetes.
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Born 1907-10-12. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Unknown
He was a candidate in the 1965 french presidential election when his campaign manager was Jean-Marie Le Pen. He won 1,260,208 votes, which was 5.2% of the total, giving him fourth place after De Gaulle, Mitterrand and Jean Lecanuet. In the second round, he supported François Mitterrand.
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Born 1917-09-04. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age
Henry Ford II was the grandson of Henry Ford.
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Born 1888-12-10. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Murder
In 1913 he set a world record for the hour run with 19,021 metres (11 miles, 1,454 yards). Bouin served in World War I for France as a solider with the 163rd infantry. He was killed in action by enemy fire.
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Born 1840-04-02. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Accident
Zola died in Paris on of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a stopped chimney. He was 62 years old. His enemies were blamed, but nothing was proven. (Decades later, a Parisian roofer claimed on his deathbed to have closed the chimney for political reasons.) Zola was initially buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, but on 4 June 1908, almost six years after his death, his remains were moved to the Panthéon.