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His work helped the establishing of a new conservation ethic, and received the Lady Bird Johnson Conservation Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997.
Notable Deaths on July 11
89 people
472 – 2025
July 11 has seen 89 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 472 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2004 — Laurance Rockefeller
American financier and philanthropist (born 1910)
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Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist
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Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D
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As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for Intel, Apple Computer and many other successful start-ups
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Rockefeller was known for his involvement in wilderness preservation, ecology and the protection of wildlife
472
Rudolph II was King of Upper Burgundy from 912 until 933, and then King of the united Kingdom of Burgundy from 933 until his death in 937. He was also King of Italy from 922 to 926. He initially succeeded his father,…
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937
Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor.…
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969
Amalric, formerly known in historiography as Amalric I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 until his death. His Muslim adversaries described him as the bravest and cleverest of the crusader kings.
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1174
Duke of Bavaria (born 1117)
Otto I, called the Redhead, was Duke of Bavaria from 1180 until his death. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach, a dynasty which reigned until the abdication of King Ludwig III of Bavaria in the…
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1183
1302
French politician and lawyer
Pierre Flotte or Pierre Flote was a French legalist, Chancellor of France and Keeper of the Seals of Philip IV the Fair.
He was taught Roman law at the University of Montpellier, and was considered one of the best…
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1302
Count of Württemberg (born c. 1286)
Ulrich III was Count of Württemberg from 1325 until his death in 1344.
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1344
empress of Charles IV (born 1339)
Anna of Schweidnitz (Świdnica) was Queen of Bohemia, German Queen, and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. She was the third wife of Emperor Charles IV.
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1362
French philosopher (born 1325)
Nicole Oresme, also known as Nicolas Oresme, Nicholas Oresme, or Nicolas d'Oresme, was a French philosopher of the later Middle Ages. He wrote influential works on economics, mathematics, physics, astrology, astronomy,…
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1382
Slovenian noblewoman
Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje, was the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. She was actively involved in politics and economy of her times,…
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1451
Italian sculptor (born c. 1429)
Mino da Fiesole, also known as Mino di Giovanni, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Poppi, Tuscany. He is noted for his portrait busts.
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1484
Elector of Brandenburg (born 1484)
Joachim I Nestor was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1499–1535), the fifth member of the House of Hohenzollern. His nickname was taken from King Nestor of Greek mythology.
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1535
1581
Italian painter (born 1527)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi, was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.
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1593
Japanese daimyō (born 1539)
Chōsokabe Motochika was a daimyō in Japanese Sengoku-period.
He was the 21st chief of the Chōsokabe clan of Tosa Province, the ruler of Shikoku region.
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1599
1688
1st Baronet, Irish-English general (born 1715)
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Royal Navy…
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1774
American farmer and politician (born 1724)
Simon Boerum was a farmer, miller, and political leader from Brooklyn, New York. He represented New York in the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775. He signed the Continental Association.
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1775
Romanian historian and philologist (born 1740)
Ienăchiță Văcărescu was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family. A polyglot, he was able to speak Ancient and Modern Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, Persian,…
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1797
Irish-American lawyer and politician (born 1719)
James Smith, a Founding Father of the United States, was an Irish-American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.
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1806
American soldier and politician (born 1744)
Thomas Peabody Grosvenor was a United States representative from New York.
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1825
Russian philosopher and poet (born 1800)
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was a Russian poet. He was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian…
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1844
Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (born 1831)
Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings, was an Irish-Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales.
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1897
Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1849)
Muḥammad ʿAbduh was an Egyptian Islamic scholar, judge, and Grand Mufti of Egypt. He was a central figure of the Arab Nahḍa and Islamic Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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1905
German sprinter and tennis player (born 1876)
Friedrich Adolf "Fritz" Traun was a German athlete and tennis player. Born into a wealthy family, he participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men's doubles. He committed suicide after being…
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1908
Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835)
Simon Newcomb was a Canadian–American astronomer, applied mathematician, and autodidactic polymath. He served as Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and at Johns Hopkins University. Born in Nova Scotia,…
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1909
English footballer and engraver (born 1857)
William Mosforth was an English footballer who played either as an inside or outside left. Born in Sheffield he played for several Sheffield clubs but the majority of his career was spent at The Wednesday. He later…
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1929
American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898)
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral…
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1937
English cricketer, coach, and umpire (born 1882)
Charles Warrington Leonard Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.
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1959
American poet and short story writer (born 1913)
Delmore Schwartz was an American poet and short story writer.
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1966
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1917)
Guy Favreau was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.
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1967
American journalist and author (born 1910)
John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote …
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1971
Mexican racing driver (born 1940)
Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega was a Mexican racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1971. Rodríguez won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons. In endurance racing, Rodríguez won the 24 Hours of Le…
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1971
Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
Pär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1974
Colombian poet and educator (born 1895)
Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler, was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as León de Greiff, he often used different…
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1976
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1925)
Claude Wagner was a Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. Throughout his career, he was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge.
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1979
American-Canadian author (born 1915)
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective…
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1983
1987
American rabbi and scholar (born 1901)
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman was a Russian-born American Talmudic scholar and rabbi who founded and served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
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1987
English actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of…
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1989
Malaysian footballer and coach (born 1953)
Dato' Mohd Mokhtar bin Dahari (Jawi: محمد مختار بن داهاري, IPA: ; was a Malaysian professional footballer who played for Selangor. He is considered a legendary footballer in Malaysian history. FIFA acknowledged his 89…
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1991
American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (born 1942)
Gary Arlen Kildall was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the operating system CP/M among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently…
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1994
Greek philosopher and author (born 1943)
Panagiotis Kondylis was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his work into Greek. He can be placed in a…
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1998
American singer (born 1917)
Helen Forrest was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era, thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name…
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1999
Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945)
The Sloot Digital Coding System (SDCS) is an alleged technique for data encoding claimed to have been invented in 1995 by Romke Jan Bernhard Sloot (1944–1999), an electronics engineer in the Netherlands. Sloot claimed…
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1999
2000
English archbishop (born 1921)
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely to spread…
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2000
Dutch musician and painter (born 1946)
Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet. As a musician he achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and was called "the greatest and only Dutch rock 'n' roll star".…
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2001
Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948)
Zahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photojournalist. She gained notoriety for her arrest in Iran and the circumstances in which she was held by Iranian authorities, in whose custody she was…
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2003
French actress and producer (born 1904)
Renée Saint-Cyr was a French actress. Born Marie-Louise Catherine Eugénie Renée Vittore, she appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the…
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2004
English actress and dancer (born 1911)
Gretchen Gordon Franklin was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC1 soap opera EastEnders on a regular basis from 1985…
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2005
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965)
Shinya Hashimoto was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter and actor. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling…
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2005
Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
Jesús Ricardo Iglesias, was a racing driver from Argentina. He initially competed with some success in long distance races in Argentina with a Chevrolet Special, before being invited to drive one of the works Gordini…
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2005
American actress and singer (born 1913)
Frances Langford was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades.
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2005
American actor (born 1915)
Bernard Aloysius Kiernan "Barnard" Hughes was an American actor. His most successful roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder. He won the 1978 Tony Award…
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2006
Australian sculptor (born 1959)
Bronwyn Joy Oliver was an Australian sculptor whose work primarily consisted of metalwork. Her sculptures are admired for their tactile nature, aesthetics, and technical skills demonstrated in their production.
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2006
English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935)
John Spencer was an English professional snooker player. One of the most dominant players of the 1970s, he won the World Snooker Championship three times, in 1969, 1971 and 1977. He worked as a snooker commentator for…
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2006
Australian author and academic (born 1939)
Glenda Emilie Adams was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for Dancing on Coral. She was a teacher of creative writing, and helped develop…
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2007
American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She had previously been the second lady of the United…
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2007
Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (born 1913)
Alfonso López Michelsen was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo", a popular Colombian idiom for people with precocious careers.
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2007
American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (born 1914)
Yehuda Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish, was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his flagship business, Honest Ed's, a landmark discount…
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2007
American surgeon and educator (born 1908)
Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the…
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2008
Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936)
Reginald Stephen "Reggie, the Ruffian" Fleming was a professional hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and…
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2009
Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972)
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
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2009
Chinese linguist and paleographer (born 1911)
Ji Xianlin was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer who has been honored by the governments of both India and China. Ji was proficient in many languages including Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic,…
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2009
Iranian-American inventor (born 1923)
Emik Avakian was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including breath-operated computer, a mechanism that facilitates putting wheelchairs on automobiles, and a self operating robotic wheel that…
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2013
German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
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2013
American admiral (born 1918)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of USS Nautilus, the world's first…
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2013
American bassist and composer (born 1937)
Charles Edward Haden was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz,…
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2014
Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)
Carin Mannheimer was a Swedish dramatist, screenwriter, author and film director, born in Osby, Sweden. She garnered acclaim with Rapport om kvinnor, which was published in 1969. The book is a collection of interviews…
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2014
American basketball player (born 1939)
Bill "the Hill" McGill was an American basketball player best known for inventing the jump hook. McGill was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1962 NBA draft out of the University of Utah, with whom he led the NCAA in…
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2014
Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)
Thomas Erdelyi, known professionally as Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian musician. He was the drummer for the influential punk rock band the Ramones from its debut in 1974 to 1978, later serving as its producer, and was…
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2014
American journalist and academic (born 1927)
John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
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2014
American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)
Randall Paul Stout was an American architect based in Los Angeles.
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2014
Italian cardinal (born 1928)
Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
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2015
Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959)
Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, he was the fourth president of Nintendo, as well as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013…
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2015
Belgian businessman (born 1927)
André Leysen was a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping family from Bremen, Germany. Together they have four children: Bettina, Christian, Thomas, and Sabina.
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2015
Canadian poet (born 1949)
Jim Wong-Chu was a Canadian activist, community organizer, poet, author, editor, and historian. Wong-Chu is one of Canada's most celebrated literary pioneers. He was a community organizer known for his work in…
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2017
American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (born 1968)
Marc Etienne Angelucci was an American attorney, men's rights activist, and the vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (NCFM). As a lawyer, he represented several cases related to men's rights issues, and the…
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2020
American baseball second baseman (born 1931)
Francis Elmore Bolling was an American baseball second baseman who played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves from 1954 until 1966. He batted and…
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2020
American actor (born 1945)
Charlie Robinson was an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom Night Court as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson, the clerk of the court and a Vietnam War veteran.
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2021
French actress (born 1911)
Jeanne Renée Deneuve, known professionally as Renée-Jeanne Simonot, was a French actress and voice artist. Partially italian, she was married to actor Maurice Dorléac, the mother of actresses Catherine Deneuve and…
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2021
Czech-French writer (born 1929)
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
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2023
American actress (born 1949)
Shelley Alexis Duvall was an American actress and producer. Known for her distinctive screen presence, portrayals of eccentric characters, and later productions in children's programming, her accolades include a Cannes…
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2024
American football coach (born 1940)
Monte George Kiffin was an American football coach. He is widely considered to have been one of the preeminent defensive coordinators in modern football, as well as one of the greatest defensive coordinators in NFL…
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2024
South African soccer player and coach (born 1949)
Stanley "Screamer" Tshabalala was a South African soccer player, coach and administrator.
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2024
American author and screenwriter (born 1942)
Martin Cruz Smith was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was…
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2025
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Laurance Rockefeller — American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist (1910-2004)
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Death year2004
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