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Rouxel Jacques (b. 1931-02-26 / d. 2004-04-25)
Rouxel is perhaps best known for his initially controversial animated French TV series Les Shadoks, which first appeared in 1968.
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Born 1929-07-19. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Emmanuel Bernard Le Roy Ladurie was a French historian whose work was mainly focused upon Languedoc in the Ancien Régime, particularly the history of the peasantry. One of the leading historians of France, Le Roy Ladurie has been called the "standard-bearer" of the third generation of the Annales school and the "rock star of the medievalists", noted for his work in social history.
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Born 1945-05-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age
Bernadette Mayer was an American poet, writer, and visual artist associated with both the Language poets and the New York School.
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Born 1929-01-19. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Jean Douchet was a French film director, historian, film critic and teacher who began his career in the early 1950s at Gazette du Cinéma and Cahiers du cinema with members of the future French New Wave.
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Born 1926-01-24. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
He was a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr.
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Born 1924-10-29. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
Born Danielle Émilienne Isabelle Gouze, she was the widow of French President François Mitterrand, and was president of the foundation France Libertés Fondation Danielle Mitterrand.
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Born 1926-02-28. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
Later known as Lana Peters, she was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife. In 1967, she caused an international furor when she defected and became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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Born 1928-05-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart
He was a French film actor. He was born in Morlaix, Finistère.
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Born 1914-12-21. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Age
He was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. His two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, and the control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus. He died in Canberra after a brief illness, and days after the birth of his first great-grandchild.
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Born 1927-01-01. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
Heart and kidney failure.
He was a French choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He was the son of the French philosopher Gaston Berger.
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Born 1922-09-19. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Other
A hero in his native country, Zátopek was an influential figure in the Communist Party. However, he supported the party's democratic wing, and after the Prague Spring, he was removed from all important positions and forced to work in a uranium mine as punishment. Zátopek died in Prague, after a long illness, in 2000 at the age of 78. He was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal posthumously in December 2000.
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Born 1902-04-09. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
He was a French naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar.
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Born 1960-01-22. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Suicide
The new INXS album, Elegantly Wasted, was released in April 1997. Hutchence and INXS went on a world tour. The final leg of the tour was to be in Australia in November and December. However, on the morning of November 22, 1997, Hutchence, aged 37, was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Double Bay, Sydney (now the Stamford Plaza). A belt found at the scene suggested that he had died by hanging.
The Coroner of New South Wales determined that Hutchence's death was the result of suicide but analysis of the witness statements in the Coroner's report, the lack of a suicide note and other anecdotal evidence, such as the fact that Hutchence was found nude has led some - including some of Hutchence's closest relatives, including his brother - to suggest that the cause of death may have resulted from autoerotic asphyxiation.
Kym Wilson and her then boyfriend Andrew Reyment were the last people to see Michael alive. Kym later became known as the "Suicide Blonde", after one of INXS' hits, which was originally written for Kylie Minogue.
Michael Hutchence's coffin was carried out of St. Andrews Cathedral by members of the band and his younger brother Rhett. "Never Tear Us Apart" was played in the background. The song is now known to many original fans as his anthem.
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Born 1925-10-16. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer
Michael Conrad was an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of veteran cop Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, in which he ended the introductory roll call to each week's show with "Let's be careful out there". He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Hill Street Blues in 1981 and 1982. Conrad died from urethral cancer in November 1983 during the fourth season of Hill Street Blues. The show's writers wrote his death into the show, although they credited the character's death to a different reason.
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Born 1893-08-17. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age
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Born 1901-06-01. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart attack
Heart attack while making the 56th episode « Un gros pépin dans le chasselas ». Claude Loursais and Claude-Jean Bonnardot decided to introduce a new judge to finish their film.
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Born 1894-07-26. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Cancer
In 1960, Huxley was diagnosed with cancer. Huxley drew his last breath, under the influence of LSD.
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Born 1917-05-29. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Murder
Kennedy dated actress Gene Tierney, who was separated from her then husband fashion designer Oleg Cassini in 1946. In her book Self-portrait Ms. Tierney recalls how over an informal brunch Jack just stated that he could never marry her because of her pending divorce, if he was to be the first elected Catholic President (moreover, she was also a Protestant). Subsequently, Tierney folded her napkin and left the cafe. Mr. Cassini was hired as the exclusive designer for the First Lady after the election. The President and Cassini quickly become friends.
Behind the glamorous facade, the Kennedys also suffered many personal tragedies. Jacqueline suffered a miscarriage in 1955 and gave birth to a stillborn daughter, Arabella Kennedy, in 1956. The death of their newborn son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, in August 1963, was a great loss. Since Kennedy's death, allegations have been made that Kennedy carried on numerous extramarital dalliances during his presidency with women such as Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe and socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer.
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Born 1863-03-30. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Age
Joseph Marie Auguste Caillaux was a French politician of the Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical party and minister of finance, but his progressive views in opposition to the military alienated him from conservative elements. He was accused of corruption, but was cleared by a parliamentary commission. This political weakness strengthened the right wing elements in the radical party. Again rehabilitated after the war, Caillaux served at various times in the left wing governments of the 1920s. He died, almost totally forgotten, several weeks after the liberation in 1944.
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Born 1882-12-28. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Cancer
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS, was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour. Eddington died of cancer in the Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge.
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Born 1845-07-28. Domain:Philosophy. Cause of death:Age
He was an eminent 19th century French philosopher of Science and Religion, and an historian of Philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended the idea that religion and science are compatible at a time when the power of science was rising inexorably. His work is overshadowed in English by that of the more celebrated Henri Bergson. He was elected membership of the Academy of Science in 1898 and in 1912 to the Académie française.
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Born 1876-01-12. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Suicide
Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing. Jack London's death is controversial. Many older sources describe it as a suicide, and some still do. However, this appears to be at best a rumor, or speculation based on incidents in his fiction writings. His death certificate gives the cause as uremia, also known as uremic poisoning. He died November 22, 1916, in a sleeping porch in a cottage on his ranch. It is known he was in extreme pain and taking morphine, and it is possible that a morphine overdose, accidental or deliberate, may have contributed