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Overton Joseph Paul (b. 1960-01-04 / d. 2003-06-30)
He was a senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He held a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Overton is known for conceiving of the idea now known as the Overton window, the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream at a given time. He died at age 43 from injuries suffered in a crash while piloting an ultralight aircraft, soon after taking off from the Tuscola Area Airport near Caro, Michigan. Overton had just married a few weeks before the accident.
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Born 1949-06-25. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Patrick Daniel Tambay was a French racing driver, commentator, and politician, who competed in 123 Formula One races between 1977 and 1986, securing five pole positions and winning twice. Between 1977 and 1981, he raced for an assortment of teams including Surtees, Theodore, Ligier, and McLaren with mixed results; he additionally won two Can Am championships under Carl Haas in 1977 and 1980. Tambay was hired by Scuderia Ferrari after his close friend Gilles Villeneuve died during the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix; he took his maiden victory four races later in Germany. His second and final victory came the following year in emotional circumstances at Imola. In 1984, Tambay moved to Renault and ended his F1 career at Haas Lola. Tambay competed in various forms of motorsport following his departure from Formula One, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the World Sportscar Championship, and the Dakar Rally. After retiring from full-time racing, Tambay worked as a commentator for French television. He also served as the deputy mayor of Le Cannet, a suburb of Cannes. He was the godfather to 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, while his son Adrien raced in the DTM championship between 2012 and 2016. After suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years, Tambay died at age 73. His son Adrien announced his death.
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Born 1938-05-29. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Age
Pierre Rabhi (born Rabah Rabhi) was a French writer, farmer, and environmentalist. Originally a Muslim, he converted to Christianity before abandoning that religion as well. Rabhi studied in France, and is considered an important figure in French agroecology. He invented the concept of an oasis en tous lieux ("an oasis in any place"). Rabhi advocated a society which respects its population and land, supporting the development of agricultural techniques which preserve natural resources. His theories relate particularly, although not exclusively, to arid countries. His use of anthroposophically-based biodynamic agriculture was controversial. He died on 4 December 2021, at the age of 83.
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Born 1929-05-26. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
François Leterrier, born in Margny-lès-Compiègne, is a French film director and actor. He entered the film industry when he was cast in Robert Bresson's film A Man Escaped. After this he went on to become a director himself. François's son Louis is a film director notable for his action and blockbuster films such as the first two Transporter films, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans and Now You See Me.
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Born 1934-01-24. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Accident
Leonard J. Goldberg was an American film and television producer. He had his own production company, Panda Productions (formerly Mandy Films). He served as head of programming for ABC, and was president of 20th Century Fox. Goldberg was also the executive producer of the CBS series Blue Bloods. Goldberg died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. He was 85 years old.
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Born 1946-09-15. Domain:Science (Medical/Bio style). Cause of death:Murder
Tetsu Nakamura (中村 哲, Nakamura Tetsu, Pashto: تېڅو ناکامورا), also known as Kaka Murad, was a Japanese physician and honorary Afghan citizen who headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), an aid group known as Peshawar-kai in Japanese. Nakamura devoted to building canal projects, from the Kunar River in eastern Afghanistan and was credited for transforming the desert of Gamberi, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, into lush forests and productive wheat farmlands. He also constructed two hospitals and two mosques. In October 2019, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani granted him honorary Afghan citizenship. On 4 December 2019, as Nakamura was heading to work in his aid vehicle in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, he was assassinated by gunmen along with his bodyguards and driver.
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Born 1936-09-06. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Patrick Pym was a British sailor. He competed in the Finn event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Born 1939-01-29. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age
Michel Verhoeve was a French footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Born 1934-07-14. Domain:Art. Cause of death:Age
He was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, L'Écho des savanes and Fluide Glacial, he was a key figure in the switch in French-language comics from their children's entertainment roots to an adult tone and readership. His series include Rubrique-à-Brac, Gai-Luron, and Superdupont. In 1995, having taken a back seat for a couple of years, Diament and Gotlib sold Fluide Glacial and Audie to publisher Flammarion and relinquished responsibilities, though Gotlib continued his column for some time. Fluide Glacial remains profitable and has outlived all its competitors such as Vaillant/Pif, Pilote and the Hara-Kiri stable.
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Born 1954-02-19. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Infection
He was a Brazilian footballer. He was also a qualified doctor, and was the elder brother of Raí, who was a member of Brazil's World Cup winning squad in 1994. Pelé named him as one of the Top 125 Living Footballers in March 2004, and World Soccer named him one of 100 best footballers in history. In October 2008, Sócrates was inducted into the Pacembu Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame. Sócrates was admitted to intensive care in the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo on 19 August 2011 with gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension and was put on life-support, suffering from septic shock. On 4 December 2011, it was announced that he had died.
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Born 1975-12-10. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Unknown
He was an American professional wrestler who had competed on North American independent promotions throughout the 1990s including East Coast Wrestling Association, IWA Puerto Rico and the National Wrestling Alliance as well as spending over three years in World Wrestling Entertainment developmental territories including Power Pro Wrestling, Heartland Wrestling Association, Memphis Championship Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling under the ring name Steve Bradley.
Bradley was found dead in a parking lot across the street from where he once operated a pro wrestling school in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bradley's cause of death has yet to be determined. According to former WWE announcer and talent scout Kevin Kelly on Wrestlezone.com, Bradley had a past with heroin and painkillers.
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Born 1973-12-29. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Unknown
Pimp C, 33, was found dead in a Hollywood hotel room. While the cause of Pimp C's death is still unknown, he was found with two prescription drugs given to him by his doctor. Pimp C leaves behind a wife and three children as well as his mother and father. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Port Arthur.
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Born 1926-11-04. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Age
Valdes was a conga player. He did not seem to tire of touring. “I feel the same way when I play today as when I was 16,” he said in 2005. “I haven't changed at all.” He died shortly after playing a concert in San Francisco.
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Born 1916-01-04. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Age
Director on A journey to the far side of the sun.
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Born 1934-04-03. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Suicide
Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo, (professionally known as Pina Pellicer, was a Mexican actress, best known for her role as Louisa alongside Marlon Brando in the Brando-directed movie One Eyed Jacks.
Pina Pellicer committed suicide on December 4, 1964, aged 30. The presumed cause was depression.