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March 28, 2024

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Arden John (b. 1930-10-26 / d. 2012-03-28)

He was a English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Rivasi
Michèle. 2023-11-29

70

Born 1953-02-09. Domain:Politics. Cause of death:Heart attack

Michèle Rivasi was a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until her death in 2023, for Europe Écologie–The Greens. Rivasi died from a heart attack in Brussels.

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Marcos Danilo (alias: Danilo). 2016-11-29

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Born 1985-07-31. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

He was a Brazilian footballer who last played for Chapecoense as a goalkeeper. Danilo was one of the 71 people who died in the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crash on 28 November 2016.

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Monicelli
Mario. 2010-11-29

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Born 1915-05-16. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Suicide


He was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana

Monicelli died at the age of 95 after he threw himself from a window of the San Giovanni hospital in Rome, where he was admitted a few days earlier for prostate cancer.

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Wilkes
Maurice Vincent. 2010-11-29

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Born 1913-06-26. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing. At the time of his death, Wilkes was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Cambridge. He received a number of distinctions: he was a knight bachelor, Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1951, he developed the concept of microprogramming from the realisation that the Central Processing Unit of a computer could be controlled by a miniature, highly specialised computer program in high-speed ROM. This concept greatly simplified CPU development. Microprogramming was first described at the Manchester University Computer Inaugural Conference in 1951, then published in expanded form in IEEE Spectrum in 1955. This concept was implemented for the first time in EDSAC 2, which also used multiple identical "bit slices" to simplify design. Interchangeable, replaceable tube assemblies were used for each bit of the processor. This was extremely advanced for the time.

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Lestage
Patrice. 2010-11-29

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Born 1961-10-07. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown

French footballer. Died after a long illness.

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Wade
Robert Graham. 2008-11-29

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Born 1921-04-10. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age

He was a British chess player, writer, arbiter, coach, and promoter. He was New Zealand champion three times, British champion twice, and played in seven Chess Olympiads and one Interzonal tournament. Wade held the titles of International Master and International Arbiter.
Wade was hospitalized on November 26, 2008, with severe pneumonia and died three days later.

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Gélin
Daniel. 2002-11-29

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Born 1921-05-19. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Other

He is the father of Maria Schneider with German model Marie Christine Schneider. However, Gélin never acknowledged his paternity of Maria Schneider.

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Harrison
George. 2001-11-29

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Born 1943-02-25. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer

Oral cancer

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Astafiev
Victor. 2001-11-29

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Born 1924-00-00. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

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Mitchum
John. 2001-11-29

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Born 1919-09-06. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Stroke

John Mitchum was an American actor from the 1940s to the 1970s in film and television. Early in his career, he was credited as Jack Mitchum. Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet Mitchum (née Gunderson) and James Thomas Mitchum, who was killed in a railyard accident seven months before he was born. He was the younger brother of Julie Mitchum and Robert Mitchum. He served in the United States Army, 361st Harbor Craft Company, in Florida and Hawaii. Mitchum died after complications of three strokes.

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Berry
John. 1999-11-29

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Born 1917-12-06. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Other

Pleurisy.
He fled from U.S.A. during McCartysm, because he was Blacklisted in Hollywood after making the documentary The Hollywood Ten, (1951). He married Myriam Boyer. Fathered Denis Berry, who is also a director (Chloé - 1996, many episodes for Highlander on TV) and once married Anna Karina.

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Freudenberger
Herbert. 1999-11-29

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Born 1926-11-26. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Kidney failure

He was a German-born American psychologist. Though Freudenberger had many jobs in his life, including practitioner, editor, theoretician, and author, his most significant contribution is in the understanding and treatment of stress, burnout, and substance abuse. From 1994 to 1999, Freudenberger battled kidney disease along with failing physical health. He continued to work until he died in the New York City Hospital on November 29, 1999.

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Dieudonné
Jean. 1992-11-29

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Born 1906-07-01. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

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Zakharenko
Natalya (alias: Natalie Wood). 1981-11-29

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Born 1938-07-20. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Accident

Wood drowned while their yacht The Splendor was anchored at Catalina Island. An investigation by Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi resulted in an official verdict of accidental drowning, although speculation about the circumstances continued.
Wood was on board the yacht with Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. There were reports Wagner and Walken had a loud argument about Walken's behavior towards Natalie and was disrespectful and Wood apparently tried to either leave the yacht or to secure a dinghy that was banging against the hull when she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. A woman on shore said she heard cries for help from the water that night, along with voices replying "we're coming." Wagner, Walken, and the pilot of the Splendor said they heard nothing. Noguchi revealed that Wood was legally intoxicated when she died and there were marks and bruises on her body, which could have been received as a result of her fall. In Noguchi's memoir, Coroner, he stated that had Natalie not been intoxicated, she would likely have realized that her heavy down-filled coat and wool sweater was pulling her underwater, and would have removed it. Noguchi said he found Natalie's fingernails still embedded in the rubber boat's side.

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Hill
Graham. 1975-11-29

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Born 1929-02-15. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

In November 1975, Graham was killed when his Piper Aztec aeroplane (which he was piloting at the time) crashed in foggy conditions over Arkley Golf Course in North London. The crash resulted in not only the death of Hill but team manager Ray Brimble, mechanics Tony Alcock and Terry Richards, up-and-coming driver Tony Brise and designer Andy Smallman; all from the Embassy Hill team.
As Hill was uninsured his wife was prosecuted by the families of the other victims. Settling the claims wiped out Hill's estate.

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Bendixson
Ivar. 1935-11-29

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Born 1861-08-01. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Age

He was a Swedish mathematician. The Poincaré-Bendixson theorem, which says an integral curve which does not end in a singular point has a limit cycle, was first proved by Henri Poincaré but a more rigorous proof with weaker hypotheses was given by Bendixson in 1901.

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