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Westergaard Kurt (b. 1935-07-13 / d. 2021-07-14)
Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard) was a Danish cartoonist famous for creating the controversial cartoon of a terrorist, although not the Islamic prophet Muhammad as it is often claimed, wearing a bomb in his turban. This cartoon was the most contentious of the 12 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which met with strong reactions from Muslims worldwide who condemned the act, including Western countries. After the drawing of the cartoon, Westergaard received numerous death threats and was a target of assassination attempts. As a result, he was under constant police protection
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Born 1962-04-24. Domain:Music. Cause of death:Cancer
He was a French violist and specialist in contemporary music.
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Born 1925-06-18. Domain:TV/Radio. Cause of death:Age
He was a producer at the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française from 1952 to 1974, and was one of the first high profile practitioners of Eastern religion in France. He worked on television documentaries with many spiritual traditions unknown to Europeans at the time, including Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, and Sufism from Afghanistan.