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April 23, 2024

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Yeltsin Boris (b. 1931-02-01 / d. 2007-04-23)

Those russian names are boring. In French, it spells "Eltsine"

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Espinasse
Claude Pierre (alias: Claude Brasseur). 2020-12-22

84

Born 1936-06-15. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux and grandson of Jules Brasseur. He is the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur. He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx. He played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq.

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Clarke
Edmund Melson. 2020-12-22

75

Born 1945-07-27. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:COVID

Edmund Melson Clarke Jr. was an American computer scientist and academic noted for developing model checking, a method for formally verifying hardware and software designs. He was the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. Clarke, along with E. Allen Emerson and Joseph Sifakis, was a recipient of the 2007 Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award.

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Bourgain
Jean Louis. 2018-12-22

64

Born 1954-02-28. Domain:Science (Math style). Cause of death:cancer (pancreas)

Jean Louis, baron Bourgain (French: [buʁɡɛ̃]) was a Belgian mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 in recognition of his work on several core topics of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics. Bourgain was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late 2014. He died of it on 22 December 2018 at a hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium.

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Lowndes
Jason. 2017-12-22

23

Born 1994-12-14. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Accident

Jason Lowndes was an Australian cyclist, who rode professionally for the Garneau–Québecor, Drapac Professional Cycling and Israel Cycling Academy teams. He died after being hit from behind by a car while cycling near Bendigo, Australia.

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Cocker
John Robert. 2014-12-22

70

Born 1944-05-20. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer (lung)

He was originally a plumber.

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Poirier
Louis (alias: Julien Gracq). 2007-12-22

97

Born 1910-07-27. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Age

Best known for Le Rivage des Syrtes, 1951.

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Ducros
Gilbert. 2007-12-22

79

Born 1928-02-12. Domain:Business. Cause of death:Age

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Teisseire
Lucien. 2007-12-22

88

Born 1919-12-11. Domain:Sport. Cause of death:Age

He was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Saint-Laurent-du-Var. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1948 Road World Championships.

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Mellor
John (alias: Joe Strummer). 2002-12-22

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Born 1952-08-21. Domain:Other. Cause of death:Heart

(The Clash) Strummer died in his home at Broomfield in Somerset, the victim of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.

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Tobey
Kenneth. 2002-12-22

85

Born 1917-03-23. Domain:Performing. Cause of death:Age

He was a prolific american actor.

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Mayol
Jacques. 2001-12-22

74

Born 1927-04-01. Domain:Society. Cause of death:Suicide

Mayol committed suicide by hanging himself in Elba, Italy, at the age of 74. His ashes were spread over the Tuscany coast.

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Beckett
Samuel. 1989-12-22

83

Born 1906-04-13. Domain:Writing. Cause of death:Other

His wife, Suzanne, died on 17 July 1989. Beckett, suffering from emphysema and possibly Parkinson's disease and confined to a nursing home, died on December 22 of the same year. The two were interred together in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris, and share a simple marble gravestone which follows Beckett's directive that it be "any colour, so long as it's grey."

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Favalelli
Max. 1989-12-22

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Born 1905-02-23. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age

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Zanuck
Darryl. 1979-12-22

77

Born 1902-09-05. Domain:Directing. Cause of death:Pneumonia

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