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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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Tosh
Donald. 2019-12-03

84

Born 1935-03-16. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Donald Tosh was a BBC screenwriter who contributed to Doctor Who in 1965. He was the last surviving script editor and writer from the William Hartnell era.

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Murphy
Geoffrey Peter. 2018-12-03

80

Born 1938-10-12. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age

Geoffrey Peter Murphy ONZM was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His second feature Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its own soil. Murphy directed several Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second-unit director on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Murphy was also at different times a scriptwriter, special effects technician, schoolteacher and trumpet player. He was married to Merata Mita, also a film director, actor, writer.

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Henry
Patrick Daniel. 2017-12-03

64

Born 1953-03-31. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was a French criminal, cause célèbre and the subject of public and judicial controversy. He was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Philippe Bertrand in January 1976. The trial began on 18 January 1977 and he was defended by Robert Bocquillon and Robert Badinter. A contentious issue in the trial was the validity of capital punishment in France; Badinter, a fervent supporter of its abolition, would ultimately convince the jury not to execute his client. This case is said to have had an influence in leading to the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981. Henry was instead sentenced to life imprisonment and was paroled in 2001; however, he returned to prison two years later after having been caught trying to smuggle drugs into France.

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Darby
Sidney Newman. 2016-12-03

88

Born 1928-01-31. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

He was an American inventor best known as the inventor of the sailboard.

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Pflimlin
Rémy. 2016-12-03

62

Born 1954-02-17. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Cancer

He was a French media executive. He served as the CEO of France 3 from 1999 to 2005, the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne (later known as Presstalis) from 2006 to 2010, and France Télévisions, France's public national television broadcaster, from 2010 to 2015. Pfimlin was married to an heiress to the Peugeot fortune, Pflimlin died of cancer at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.

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Kline
Scott Richard (alias: Scott Weiland). 2015-12-03

48

Born 1967-10-27. Domain:Music. Cause of death:alcohol, other drugs

He was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2002 and 2008 to 2013, making six records with them. He was also lead vocalist of supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008, recording two albums, and he recorded one album with another supergroup, Art of Anarchy. He also established himself as a solo artist, releasing three studio albums, two cover albums, and collaborations with several other musicians throughout his career. Weiland was found dead on his tour bus on December 3, 2015, in Bloomington, Minnesota, while on tour with the Wildabouts. The band's scheduled gig that evening in nearby Medina, Minnesota, had been cancelled several days earlier. They were still planning to play the next night in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 48. Police searched Weiland's tour bus and confirmed there were small amounts of cocaine in the bedroom where Weiland was discovered dead.

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Williams
Melvin Douglas (alias: Little Melvin). 2015-12-03

73

Born 1941-12-14. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Cancer

He was an American actor and criminal. He was known for trafficking heroin in his native Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared as an actor in the HBO series The Wire, which explores many Baltimore-related subjects, including narcotics trafficking, and served as an inspiration for the character of Avon Barksdale.

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Marty
Jean. 2015-12-03

89

Born 1925-12-11. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

Jean Marty is a French carom player, specializing in serial games.

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Stewart
James Drewry. 2014-12-03

73

Born 1941-03-29. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Cancer

He was a Canadian mathematician, violinist, and the professor emeritus of mathematics at McMaster University. Stewart received his Master of Science at Stanford University and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1967. He worked for two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of London. Stewart's research focused on harmonic analysis and functional analysis. Stewart is most well known for his series of textbooks used for high school-, college-, and university-level courses. His books on Calculus are standard textbooks in universities across many countries. Perhaps one of his most popular textbooks is Single Variable Essential Calculus Early Transcendentals. In the summer of 2014, Stewart was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

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Schroeder
Robert. 2011-12-03

85

Born 1926-05-11. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

He was a racing driver from the United States, born in Medina, Wisconsin. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1962 United States Grand Prix, on October 7, 1962. He finished tenth, seven laps behind the winner, and scored no championship points.

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Gomes Lopes
Leila. 2009-12-03

40

Born 1969-11-19. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Suicide

Her last work had been as a presenter of the television program, Entre 4 Paredes com Leila Lopes.
The cause of death is believed to be a heart attack brought on by an overdose. Suicide has not been ruled out. Officials state that antidepressants were found next to her body.

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Fourrey
Robert (alias: Robert Dhéry). 2004-12-03

83

Born 1921-04-27. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Heart

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Chern
Shiing-Shen. 2004-12-03

93

Born 1911-10-28. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:Heart

Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician and poet. He made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology. He has been called the "father of modern differential geometry" and is widely regarded as a leader in geometry and one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, winning numerous awards and recognition including the Wolf Prize and the inaugural Shaw Prize. In memory of Shiing-Shen Chern, the International Mathematical Union established the Chern Medal in 2010 to recognize "an individual whose accomplishments warrant the highest level of recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics".

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Scipion
Robert. 2001-12-03

81

Born 1921-00-00. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Best remembered as a French crossword puzzle author. He once met with Hemingway who said to him : "I am not Hannibal".

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Carlu
Jacques. 1976-12-03

86

Born 1890-04-07. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age

Jacques Carlu was a French architect and designer, working mostly in Art Deco style, active in France, Canada, and in the United States. His most famous building is likely the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, near the Eiffel Tower, which was designed for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). The building's long wings now serve as museum space, and it features sculptural groups on the attic by Raymond Delamarre, Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau. His other buildings include the 1957 NATO HQ (see of the Secretary General) in Paris (until 1967), now Université Paris-Dauphine. Among his important interiors are the 1930 Eaton Auditorium in Toronto (now known as "The Carlu"), the 1943 French Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, and other venues. Carlu is buried at the Passy Cemetery with his spouse Anne. He was the brother of French graphic designer Jean Carlu. Carlu was married to little-known artist Anne Carlu (née Peckard 1895-1972). A mural of Anne's resides in the hall of the United Nations, Palais des Nations, in Geneva Switzerland.

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Archambaud
Maurice (alias: Le nabot). 1955-12-03

49

Born 1906-08-30. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown

He was a French professional cyclist

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Renoir
Pierre-Auguste (alias: Auguste Renoir). 1919-12-03

78

Born 1841-02-25. Domain:Painting. Cause of death:Other

Around 1892, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis. In 1907, he moved to the warmer climate of "Les Collettes," a farm at Cagnes-sur-Mer, close to the Mediterranean coast. Renoir painted during the last twenty years of his life, even when arthritis severely limited his movement, and he was wheelchair-bound. He developed progressive deformities in his hands and ankylosis of his right shoulder, requiring him to adapt his painting technique. In the advanced stages of his arthritis, he painted by having a brush strapped to his paralyzed fingers.

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Hoffmann
Friedrich Eduard. 1900-12-03

82

Born 1818-10-18. Domain:Science (Physics style). Cause of death:Age

Friedrich Eduard Hoffmann was a Berlin architect and inventor, born on October 18, 1818 in Gröningen and died on December 3, 1900. He developed the continuous fire oven called "Hoffmann oven".

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