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2020-09-24Former Australian Test CricketerCardiac Arrest, aged 59
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2020-09-24Lead singer - Max Merritt and the MeteorsGoodpasture syndrome - aged 79
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2020-09-24football playeraged 68
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2020-09-24ReverendArchbishop; Author - Space Vultureaged 79
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2020-09-24A star high school pitcher in Lomita, CA, he was the first $100,000 'bonus baby' in major league history. Only 19 years old in 1951, he only pitched for the Pirates in 1953, going 1-2aged 88
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2020-09-24WWII: ETO. Veteran of the 5th Army, Company F, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry 'Texas' Division. He fought in Naples and the battle of Monte Casino, where he was taken a POW on February 14th, 1944aged 95
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2020-09-23Centenarian, artist and muralist born in Auburn, New Yorkaged 103
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2020-09-23French singer, sometimes actressaged 93
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2020-09-23WWII: PTO. Guadalcanal, the Northern Solomon Islands and Luzon. 35th Infantry
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2020-09-23Johnny Cash's drummeraged 85
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2020-09-23Has worked on the Hubble telescopeaged 90
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2020-09-23Canadian politician and former Senator. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the first woman to become a cabinet minister in the provinceaged 91
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2020-09-23HOF NFL player; movie was made about he & the late Brian Piccolo - 'Brian's Song'aged 77
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2020-09-23Olympians polo vaultaged 68
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2020-09-23French cook and writeraged 92
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2020-09-22Former Grambling State and pro football defensive backaged 74
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2020-09-22Actor: Remington Steele, General Hospital, Real Men, Quantum Leap, Hunter, Hardcastle & McCormick, Haunts, FM, Shrunken Heads
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2020-09-22German actoraged 78, after a short illness
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2020-09-22WWF wrestler Legion Of doom AWA Road warrioraged 60
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2020-09-22Sweden Soccer Worldcup 1958
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2020-09-21American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. He is the oldest Nobel Laureate in history. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of the topical field of optical tweezers, for which he was awardedaged 98
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2020-09-21Star Wars Episode IV:A New Hope(Conceptual Creature Designs), Production designer for Alien, Conan and many othersLew body dementia - aged 83
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2020-09-21original member of 4 Seasons (Frankie Valli & Four Seasons), Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, actor (aged 92, COVID-19
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2020-09-21Blue-Eyed Soul/C&W/Rockabilly Singer (b: 1941) - Treat Her Right, Just A Little Bit, My Babe, Apple Of My Eye, Get Back, Harlem Shuffle, To Make A Big Man Cry, Come To Me, Tonight's The Night, The Most Wanted Woman In Town. Rockabilly Hall of Fameaged 79
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2020-09-21Actor - Moonraker, Name of the Roseaged 89
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2020-09-21Former NHL right winger. Played with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1957-58 to 1963-64), New York Rangers (1963-54 to 1970-71), Minnesota North Stars (1971-72 to 1972-73), Los Angeles Kings (1973-74 to 1975-76), Edmonton Oilers (1976-77)
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2020-09-21Mountain climbercomplications from a stroke - aged 72
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2020-09-21astrologer mother of sylvester also on GLOWaged 98
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2020-09-21US jazz musicianmetastatic pancreatic cancer - aged 89
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2020-09-20US WWII Army Nurse, born 1925. Served 1944-45 on Tinian in the South Pacificdied peacefully aged 97
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2020-09-20Director: All the Right Moves, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Viking Sagas // Cinematographer: Taxi Driver, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Raging Bull, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Suspect Zeroaged 84
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2020-09-20WWII - Air Force, Pacific Theater. Crew member of B-29 'Little Gem' who flew notably succesful missions on the Japanese mainland. Berlin Airlift after the waraged 97
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2020-09-20Reverend to Rosa Park's Church; Secretary of the MIA aka Montgomery Improvement Association that helped support the boycott, appeared at meetings led by MLK
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2020-09-20Navy Gunner, USS Nevada, Pearl Harbor Survivor!aged 99
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2020-09-20Cameroon Soccer Worldcup 1982
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2020-09-20'Space:1999','The House of Eliott'aged 78
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2020-09-20Negro Leagueraged 87
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2020-09-20Art director Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Backaged 81
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2020-09-19Tuskegee Airmen, flew the b-25, b-29, b-52, b-24, b-50, b-17, b-47aged 95
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2020-09-19British actor, worked as a Stormtrooper on 'Star Wars: A New Hope' and 'Return of the Jedi'
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2020-09-19AuthorHeart attack, aged 56
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2020-09-19Musician Band Uriah Heepprostate cancer - aged 73
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2020-09-19Former NHL defenseman.Played for Montreal Canadiens(1957/58 - 1960-61) New York Rangers (1961/62 - 1963/64) Detroit Red Wings (1963/64 - 1964/65) and Boston Bruins (1965/66) Nicknamed Junior.Stanley Cups in 1959& 60. Last Bruin to wear #4 before Bobby Orraged 85
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2020-09-19Poker Playercomplications from surgery - aged 56
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2020-09-19basketball playercancer - aged 76
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2020-09-18Original member of the Marvelettesaged 78
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2020-09-18Assoc. Justice of Supreme Courtaged 87
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2020-09-18WWII veteran, gunner on a B-29 crew. 33 bombing missions over Japan, shot down a Zero Japanese plane. Part of the fly-over of B-29s at the Japanese Surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bayaged 95
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2020-09-18Author
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2020-09-18Iban Scout from Johore in Malaya, who won the British George Cross for gallantryaged 91
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2020-09-1870's football player, with the atlanta falcons, born 3-30-44aged 76
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2020-09-1817th Prime Minister of Canada. Served from June 30th, 1984 to Sept. 17, 1984aged 91
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2020-09-17author (faith of the fallen, the pillars of creation)aged 72
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2020-09-17Inductee in National Inventors Hall of Fameaged 83
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2020-09-17basketball playeraged 82
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2020-09-17football hof def. backaged 82
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2020-09-17WWII USS Hornet (CV-8) plankowner (original crewmember), participant in the Doolittle Raid, and a survivor of the sinking of the Hornet at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islandsaged 96
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2020-09-16R & B singer (shotgun wedding)aged 81
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2020-09-16Author
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2020-09-16Author: Forrest Gump, Gump & Coaged 77
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2020-09-16American soul singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1965 hit, "Shotgun Wedding". Tenor of the 1950s group "The Genies", who had a minor #71 Billboard hit in 1958, "Who's That Knockin'", now considered a DooWop classicaged 81
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2020-09-16Stunts/Stunt Coordinator - Chuck (2 Emmys: 2008- 2009), Nash Bridges (122 eps.), The Shield (26 eps.), Vanishing Son 1-4, Pearl Harbor, Minority Report, The Wedding Planner, Spider-Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four. Actor - Days Of Our Lives (1984-1990)cancer - aged 62
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2020-09-15Militaryleukemia - aged 82
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2020-09-15Noted Civil War and World War II Historian. WWII Marine, 3rd Raider Battalion (Battle of Guadalcanal), Chief historian for the National Park Service 1981 - 1994aged 97
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2020-09-15Conductoraged 94
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2020-09-15WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. US Navy
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2020-09-15President of Mali from 1968 to 1991aged 83
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2020-09-15Co-Pilot on first 747 test flightaged 96
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2020-09-14Japanese actress, TV-serie: Riaru kurozu. Movies: Kamu gaiden, Kazura, Kingu gemusuicide - aged 36
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2020-09-14Songwriter (w/Joel Hirschhorn) - The Morning After (from The Poseidon Adventure, Oscar win), We May Never Love Like This Again (from The Towering Inferno, Oscar win), Pete's Dragon score & song, Candle On The Water (Oscar noms. for both)aged 83
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2020-09-14An American former professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. Dennis Sommers spent the first 18 years of his baseball career as a player and manager in the San Francisco Giants' farm systemaged 81
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2020-09-14Former Football Player. Played 1960-1961. Was a Defensive End and Kicker
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2020-09-13Actress
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2020-09-13swimmer
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2020-09-13WWII: ETO. France, Germany, Austria, 86th Blackhawk Infantry Division. PTO: Luzonaged 94
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2020-09-13Minor league ball playeraged 46, COVID-19
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2020-09-13WWII: B-29 tail gunner in the Pacific- and China-Burma-India-Theater. He was assigned to a B-29 crew stationed in Guam. His plane 'The Uninvited' was called 'the last plane to bomb Japan.'aged 95
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2020-09-13WWII: CBI. 1 Bn (White Combat Team) of the Merrillâ-™s Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit. Purple Heart. Bronze Staraged 96
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2020-09-13German Olympic Heavyweight Boxer
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2020-09-12Retired football player played for the chicago bears debut 1953aged 87
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2020-09-12English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
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2020-09-12NSW Premier in Australian from 1992 to 1995 during which time he was a key player in helping to bring the 2000 Olympics to SydneyCancer
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2020-09-12German Actressaged 83
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2020-09-12Actress - From Russia With Love (dubbed the voice of Daniela Bianchi), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ulysses, House of Elliott, The Ninth Gate, Lust for a Vampire, Hitler: The Last Ten Days
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2020-09-12Jewel Thief Minister
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2020-09-12Actor & Stuntman; one of his most iconic scenes shows him crashing into a window in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)aged 80
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2020-09-12Pornstaraged 24
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2020-09-11French movie and voice actor. French voice of 'ASTERIX',''C3PO','FRED FEUERSTEIN','KERMIT' etcaged 93
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2020-09-11ActressCovid-19
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2020-09-11Jamaican Reggae Singer
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2020-09-11Opera Singer - Mezzo-Sopranoaged 62
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2020-09-11Reggie Johnson (2)
Jazz musicianaged 79 -
2020-09-11impact scientistaged 73
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2020-09-1193 Year old German Historianaged 96
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2020-09-11Singer with The Monotones who did 'Who Wrote the Book of Love', born September 11 1938
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2020-09-10Former U.S. Shadow Senator for Washington, DC (1991-2007)aged 94
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2020-09-10Actress-The Avengers,A Midsummers Night Dream,On Her Majesty's Secret Service,Theatre of Blood,The Serpent Son,Evil Under The Sun,Bleak House,Mother Love,Good Man in Africa,Zoya,Parting Shots,Mrs.Bradley Mysteries,Mystery!, The Great Muppet Caperaged 82
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2020-09-10Barry Scott (2) Actor: Ernest goes to Jail, Existoaged 65
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2020-09-09Activist, Writer. Born 1918; Was the first lady of Costa Rica during President Jose Figueres Ferrer first term. After divorcing him she moved back to the United States. Is the subject of the documentary Married to the Revolution,aged 102
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2020-09-09Sex Educator/Author-Playboy June 1977aged 77
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2020-09-09Of the 3 stooges, curlys grandsonBone cancer
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2020-09-09undisputed middleweight boxing champaged 69
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2020-09-09German former footballer
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2020-09-09navy admiralaged 87
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2020-09-09WWII: Tuskegee Airmen. Crew chief for the 332nd Fighter Groupaged 97
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2020-09-08baseball ex. educator
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2020-09-08WWII: PTO. Underwater Demolition 5 (UTD5). Bronze Staraged 96
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2020-09-08Screenwriter - The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, The Pianist, Being Julia, The Dresser, Australiaaged 85
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2020-09-08Baseball player - 1955-1967 (Phi, Cin, Hou)aged 86
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2020-09-08RAF fighter ace 5 victorys test pilotaged 99
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2020-09-08British Classic Actor, born 27 July 1932aged 87
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2020-09-08Former wide receiver for the Seahawks and Saints.aged 46
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2020-09-07physicistaged 94
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2020-09-07WW2 1943-1945 B-17 Tail Gunner/shot down by German Jets on 3rd mission, only survivor/POW captured by Hitler Youth/POW Medal & Purple Heart/Honored 70 years after service/2005 met the German fighter pilot who shot down his planeaged 95
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2020-09-07WW2 1943-1945 B-17 Tail Gunner/shot down by German Jets on 3rd mission, only survivor/POW captured by Hitler Youth/POW Medal & Purple Heart/Honored 70 years after service/2005 met the German fighter pilot who shot down his planeaged 95
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2020-09-07The Fenn Treasure is a treasure reportedly worth $1m-$3m hidden by art dealer and writer Forrest Fenn in the Rocky Mountains. According to Fenn, many people have claimed to have found the treasure, but no one has provided any evidence to him supporting thaged 90
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2020-09-06English Actress - TV Series - 'Take A Letter To Mr Jones' (1981), 'Sweet Sixteen' (1983), 'Chocky's Challenge' (1986), 'Home To Roost' (1987), 'Judge John Deed' 2003-2006), 'Doctors' (Guest Roles) (2005-2015). Movie - 'Bridget Jones's Diary' (2001)
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2020-09-06MLB H.O.F. outfielder from 1961-79 for Cubs, Cardinals. 1974 Player of the Year. 6x All-Star. 7x stolen base leader. Known as 'The Franchise' & 'The Rocket'. Stole 118 bases in 1974. World Series in 64, 67, 68 with .391 BA, 13 extra base hits (4 HR's)aged 81
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2020-09-06Actor: Kojak, Knot's Landing, Shannon, F/X - The Series, The Bold & the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, Midway, The Immigrants, House of Lies, 1408Aged 77
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2020-09-06Singeraged 86
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2020-09-06Comic Book Artistaged 98
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2020-09-06Basketball administrator credited with guiding the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship to the elite sporting event it is today. In 38 consecutive years with the NCAA (1972-2010),
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2020-09-06singer
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2020-09-06Musician/Guitarist
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2020-09-06WWII: One of the first WAC during the war. She wrote a book about her experience, titled 'First WAC'aged 101
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2020-09-06commentator (world poker tour)prostate cancer - aged 72
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2020-09-06Singer with 'The Temptations'Covid-19, aged 49
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2020-09-05AAGPBL
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2020-09-05Dwight Anderson (2) Former NBA basketball player for NEW YORK IN 1983 and SAN DIEGO IN 1984aged 59
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2020-09-05footballaged 74
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2020-09-05Czech actor, and film director, academy award winner 1966aged 82
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2020-09-05French actress, native Polishaged 85
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2020-09-05Bandleader Director of Bands Emeritus at Purdue University and Chairman of the Board of the John Philip Sousa Foundationaged 104
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2020-09-04AAGPBL
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2020-09-04Born: 01/02/1949 (Drongen) Died: 04/09/2020 (Sint Amandsberg) Belgian singer 'Hallo, hier ben ik dan', 'Hé hé 't is zomer'aged 71
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2020-09-04WWII: D-Day. Company K, 116th Infantry, 29th Division. Landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach; later served across France, like Saint Lo and Brest, then Belgium, Siegfried Line, Germany. Purple Heart, three Bronze Stars, Silver Staraged 97
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2020-09-04Belgian singer & actress: 'Le chanteur de Mexico', 'Le passager de la pluie', 'Le chat', 'Rue haute', 'Cigarettes, whisky et petites pépées', 'Viktor und Viktoria', 'Ces messieurs de la famille'
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2020-09-04Jazz Bassistaged 85
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2020-09-04French-Canadian singer - famous for 'The French Song' - aka Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnesaged 82
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2020-09-04Swedish writeraged 85
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2020-09-03American Former Female Sports Caster. 'Kansas City Athletics', ' Kansas City T - Bones' And 'Milwaukee Braves' Baseball Radio Announcer (1964-1965, And 2008-?)aged 89
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2020-09-03WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Hickam Field. Believed to be the last living Pearl Harbor survivor in South Dakotaaged 100
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2020-09-03Former czech soccer player, silver medal OG 1964
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2020-09-03French actor
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2020-09-03Supercentenarian born 1906 5th oldest person living in Franceaged 114
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2020-09-03Turkish Actor (Schimanski: Geschwister), *18. August 1961cancer - aged 59
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2020-09-03Played basketball for 1961 Cincinnati Royalsaged 81
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2020-09-02Supercentenarian. Born 1906 she is the oldest person living in The Netherlandsaged 114
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2020-09-02Former leader in the Khmer Rouge, sentenced to 35 years in prison, is currently in a prison in Cambodiaaged 77
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2020-09-02Charles Mansons Lawyer in the Tate-Labianca caseaged 100
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2020-09-02A member of the Bay City Rollers during in 1976aged 62
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2020-09-02Cardinalaged 88
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2020-09-02Czech retired hockey playeraged 88
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2020-09-02swimmeraged 87
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2020-09-01Owner of D Maganzinebladder cancer - aged 72
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2020-09-01U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (1972-1975)aged 102
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2020-09-01French actoraged 89
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2020-09-01Singer of the 1994 hit 'I Like to Move It,'aged 49
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2020-09-01TV series on AMCcancelled
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2020-09-01Presents blue review on channel Live TVsevere pneumonia, aged 51
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2020-09Football player for 1963 Boston Patriots
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2020-09Uruguay Soccer Worldcup 1970
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2020-09Child Actress (b: 1952) - The Last Voyage, Back Street '61, Wonderful World-Bros. Grimm, A Thunder Of Drums, Bob Cummings Show, Twilight Zone (Death Ship episode). In the '70s, she became an Exotic Dancer (as Tamra) & a Las Vegas Danceraged 68
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2020-09NFL All Pro Defensive End (Cardinals, Eagles, Lions)aged 91
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2020-08-31Actress from 1953 to 1991 Mother of actress Victoria Paige Meyerinkaged 93
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2020-08-31Ukraine Born Female Soviet Athlete. Gymnast. Won 2 Gold Medals ( Team Competition Women, Balance Beam Women), and 2 Silver Medals ( Individual All-Round Women, Portable Apparatus Women Team) At 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games
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2020-08-31American Former Female Actress And Dancer - TV Series - 'The Munsters' (Guest Role)(1965), 'The Bing Crosby Show' (Guest)(1965), 'The Tab Hunter Show' (Guest)(1960), 'The Red Skelton Show' (Guest)(1959). Movie - 'The Ten Commandments' (Uncredited)(1956)
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2020-08-31Former NASCAR Owner
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2020-08-31Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (born 11 December 1935) is the 13th and current President of India, in office since July 2012. In a political career spanning six decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministeriacomplications from a fall and COVID-19 - aged 84
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2020-08-31MLB H.O.F. pitcher 1967-86 for Mets, Red Sox, Reds, White Sox. 'Tom Terrific' was 12X All-Star; 3X Cy Young,; 1967 R.O.Y., 3x ERA Title. Wins 3x, K's 5x, W-L % with 14-2. No-hitter 1978. In 1969 went 25-7, 2.21 ERA & 1971, 20-10, 1.76 ERA . 311 wins
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2020-08-31Voice actor, voice of Cyclops in the X-Men and Spider-Man animated series.aged 62
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2020-08-31basketball player/coachaged 78
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2020-08-30American dancer and actress, (1926-2020). Created the role of Jean in the original 1947 Bway run of Brigadoon, and then played it in the Gene Kelly film version. An Agnes DeMille favorite, she also appeared in the film version of Oklahoma!
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2020-08-30WWII: PTO. USMC Fighter Pilotaged 98
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2020-08-30wrestlingaged 76
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2020-08-30Classic Bodybuilder, business partner with Glenn Bishop who published and distributed Physique magazines
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2020-08-30Actoraged 96
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2020-08-30WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor (USS Reid). Reid supported landings at Adak on 30 Aug 1942 (sank an enemy submarine 31 Aug 1942). Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Britain. Got transferred off the ship in 44 and then served in the Battle of Okinawa
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2020-08-30British actressaged 86
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2020-08-30WWII: PTO. Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS California
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2020-08-29Former German Soccer Player (Preußen Münster 63/64)
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2020-08-29University of Connecticut (85/86-88/89), Drafted by Portland (1989, 2nd Round [38th Overall]), Trail Blazers (89/90-96/97), Suns (97/98-00/01), Pistons (01/02-02/03), Warriors (03/04-04/05), Nets (04/05-present),Survivor Cagayanaged 53
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2020-08-29German Cartoonistaged 73
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2020-08-28Actor - 42 (as Jackie Robinson), Persons Unknown, Lincoln Heights, All My Childrencolon cancer
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2020-08-28WWII - Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941; Kaneohe Bay NASaged 96
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2020-08-28Character Actor in TV/movies 1964-96= 35: Murder, She Wrote; Knight Rider, 'The Stunt Man' (1980), Wonder Woman, Kojak, Cannon, Bewitched, The Immortal, Man From U.N.C.L.E. (THRUSH Agent), Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, 12 O'clock Highaged 93
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2020-08-28Volleyballer, Born: 04/08/1949 (Essen) Died: 28/08/2020 (Brasschaat) Belgium He plays for 'Brabo' and he played 215 games for the national team
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2020-08-28Joan Harris (2) UK Actress 1940's-80's Born: 03/26/1920
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2020-08-28WWII - 355th Fighter Group, 354th Fighter Squadron, European Theater, 5 victories. Also flew in the Korean Warin Davenport, FL
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2020-08-28Julia Reed (2) Author - Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialtiesaged 59
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2020-08-28Former politicianaged 92
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2020-08-27Professional Wrestler,2011 WWE HOF inducteebone cancer - aged 80
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2020-08-27Actor/Filmmaker/Stuntman - TRON , and many TV series throughout the years, father of David Cass Jr. - First & Second Assistant Director/Production Managercomplications from cancer - aged 78
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2020-08-27Police Chief - Columbia, SC - Former Twins minor league baseball playeraged 87
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2020-08-27Musician, Composeraged 89
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2020-08-27Paul Terenzi in Killer Klowns From Outer Spaceaged 61
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2020-08-27Authoraged 90
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2020-08-27TV/Radio Presenteraged 70
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2020-08-27former University of Arizona Head basketball coachaged 85
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2020-08-27PBA Bowlingaged 81
