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Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas, and the handsome astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie
Notable Deaths on November 23
109 people
386 – 2024
November 23 has seen 109 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 386 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2012 — Larry Hagman
American actor, director, and producer (born 1931)
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His television appearances also included guest roles on dozens of shows spanning from the late 1950s until his death, and a reprise of his signature role on the 2012 revival of Dallas
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He died on November 23, 2012, from complications of acute myeloid leukemia.
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Hagman underwent a life-saving liver transplant in 1995
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Larry Martin Hagman was an American actor, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J
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1161
2nd Earl of Gloucester (born 1116)
William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon, and nephew of Empress Matilda.
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1407
Hungarian king (born 1440)
Ladislaus V, more commonly known as Ladislaus the Posthumous, was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsburg with Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert had…
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1457
Margaret of Savoy was Marchioness of Montferrat, and a Dominican Sister.
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1464
pretender to the English throne (born c. 1474)
Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, would…
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1499
Bona of Savoy was Duchess of Milan as the second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), Duke of Milan. Following her husband's assassination in 1476, she served as regent of Milan for her son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza,…
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1503
Margaret of York, also known as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477 as the third wife of Charles the Bold, and after his death (1477) acted as a protector of the Burgundian State. She was a…
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1503
Spanish Latinist and educator (born c. 1465)
Beatriz Galindo, sometimes spelled Beatrix and also known as La Latina, was a Spanish Latinist and educator. She was a writer, humanist and a teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children. She was one of the…
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1534
1572
English composer (born c.1505)
Thomas Tallis was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's…
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1585
English priest and author (born 1552)
Richard Hakluyt was an English writer and Anglican Protestant priest. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America…
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1616
French-Italian painter and engraver (born 1604)
Claude Lorrain was a painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era originally from the Duchy of Lorraine. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest significant artists, aside from his…
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1682
German field marshal and diplomat (born 1673)
Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff was a Franconian field marshal and diplomat, in the service of the imperial Habsburg monarchy of Austria. Later he served as commander of the Bavarian army and fought…
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1763
Greek prince (born 1711)
Constantine Mavrocordatos was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several intervals between 1730 and 1769. As a ruler he issued reforms in the laws of each of the two Danubian…
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1769
English politician (born 1719)
Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1742 and 1780. He was a collector of antiquities.
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1803
English minister and author (born 1715)
Richard Graves was an English cleric, poet, and novelist. He is remembered especially for his picaresque novel The Spiritual Quixote (1773).
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1804
Italian violinist and composer (born 1747)
Ivan Mane Jarnović was a violinist and composer during the 18th century, often said to have been Italian but whose family was of Ragusan origin. There is no evidence that he ever lived in the Croatian lands to which…
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1804
French lawyer and politician (born 1747)
Jean-François Reubell or Rewbell was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution.
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1807
American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (born 1744)
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, who as a member of the Second Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. From…
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1814
French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1762)
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. He…
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1833
Scottish astronomer (born 1798)
Thomas Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, the…
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1844
William III was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890, and was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866. Having reigned for 41 years,…
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1890
Japanese writer (born 1872)
Natsuko Higuchi , known by her pen name Higuchi Ichiyō , was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era. She was Japan's first professional woman writer of modern literature, specializing in short stories and poetry, and…
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1896
English businessman, founded White Star Line (born 1837)
Thomas Henry Ismay was an owner of the White Star Line. His eldest son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the White Star Line and survived the sinking of its ocean liner RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912.
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1899
English physiologist and academic (born 1828)
Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet, FRS, HFRSE D.Sc. was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne, and a member of a well known Northumbrian family.
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1905
1907
American physician and murderer (born 1862)
Hawley Harvey Crippen, colloquially known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser who was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, for the murder of his second wife, Cora…
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1910
Irish Republican died on hunger strike
Andy O'Sullivan was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was an intelligence officer and regional leader in the Irish Republican Army. He died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes while in prison.
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1923
Italian cyclist (born 1895)
Giovanni Giuseppe Brunero was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
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1934
Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (born 1858)
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio microwave optics, made significant contributions to botany, and was…
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1937
Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (born 1858)
George Albert Boulenger was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the…
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1937
Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (born 1867)
Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE, MRCS, LRCP, was an Australian radiologist and politician. He served as premier of Victoria from 1932 to 1935 and was the state leader of the Nationalist Party and United Australia Party…
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1940
Greek discus thrower (born 1880)
Nikolaos Georgantas was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
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1958
Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (born 1882)
Seán Thomas O'Kelly, originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also served as deputy prime minister of Ireland from 1932 to…
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1966
Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (born 1910)
Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj was a Singaporean journalist, civil servant, and politician who served as the head of state of Singapore from 1959 to 1970, as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore between 1959 and 1965…
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1970
American actress (born 1916)
Marie Wilson was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.
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1972
Japanese actor, director, and producer (born 1889)
Kintarō Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor…
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1973
Lij Abiye Abebe was an Ethiopian politician and son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie.
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1974
Aman Mikael Andom was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who was the first post-imperial head of state of Ethiopia. Aman was also the first Chairman of the Derg. He was appointed to this position following the…
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1974
Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold was an Ethiopian statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I from 1961 to 1974 until his resignation due to the civil…
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1974
Leul Ras Aserate Kassa GCVO was a Viceroy of Eritrea and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was the fourth son of Ras Kassa Haile Darge, and his wife Princess (Le'ult) Tsige Mariam Beshah. He was…
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1974
Lij Endelkachew Makonnen was an Ethiopian politician. Born in Addis Ababa, his father, Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew, served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the 1950s. Endelkachew Makonnen was a member of the…
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1974
Irish-American journalist and author (born 1920)
Cornelius Ryan was an Irish journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last…
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1974
French theorist and author (born 1901)
Georges André Malraux was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (1933) is set during the 1927 Shanghai uprising and won…
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1976
Indian-born British actress (born 1911)
Merle Oberon was a British actress of Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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1979
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
Judith Lynne Sill was an American singer-songwriter and composer. She was influenced by Bach, and wrote lyrics drawing on Christian themes of rapture and redemption.
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1979
American minister and author (born 1934)
Grady Lee Nutt was a Southern Baptist minister, humorist, television personality, and author. His humor revolved around rural Southern Protestantism and earned him the title of "The Prime Minister of Humor".
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1982
1983
Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
Waheed Murad, also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting, Murad was…
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1983
1984
British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (born 1916)
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of…
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1990
German-American actor and director (born 1926)
Klaus Kinski was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and his notoriously eccentric and volatile personality, he appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948…
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1991
1992
Belgian politician (born 1922)
Jean-François Thiriart, often known as Jean Thiriart, was a Belgian far-right political theorist.
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1992
1994
American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (born 1911)
Irwin Kostal was an American musical arranger of films and an orchestrator of Broadway musicals.
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1994
French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Louis Marie Malle was a French filmmaker who worked in France and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "difficult to pin down", his works often depict provocative or controversial subject matter.
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1995
American singer and saxophonist (born 1931)
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session and live-performing saxophonist…
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1995
1996
Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (born 1961)
Arthur Lee Porter Jr. was an American jazz saxophonist. He was the son of jazz musician Art Porter Sr. and the namesake of "The Art Porter Bill".
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1996
Indian author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition.
Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition. Shah wrote over three dozen books on…
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1996
Cuban-American businessman (born 1939)
Jorge Lincoln Mas Canosa was a Cuban-American businessman who founded the Cuban American National Foundation and MasTec, a publicly traded company. Regarded within the United States as a powerful lobbyist on Cuban and…
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1997
American baseball player (born 1936)
Robert Belinsky was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball from 1962 to…
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2001
English educator and activist (born 1910)
Constance Mary Whitehouse was a British teacher and conservative activist. She campaigned against social liberalism and the mainstream British media, both of which she accused of encouraging a more permissive society.…
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2001
Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1911)
Roberto Antonio Sebástian Matta-Echaurren, usually known simply as Matta, also as Sebastián Matta or Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and figures in 20th century surrealist art across the Americas…
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2002
American radio host (born 1928)
Pete Franklin, nicknamed "The King", "Sweet Pete" and "Pigskin Pete", was an American sports talk radio host who worked in Cleveland, New York and San Francisco. He is widely credited with pioneering the more…
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2004
American-English actress (born 1910)
Constance Cummings CBE was an American-British actress with a career spanning over 50 years. She starred in films such as Movie Crazy (1932) and American Madness (1932).
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2005
American football player and soldier (born 1919)
Frank "Gunner" Gatski was an American professional football center who played for the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL) in the 1940s and 1950s. Gatski…
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2005
Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine (born 1936)
J. Jesús Blancornelas was a Mexican journalist who co-founded the Tijuana-based Zeta magazine, known for its reporting on corruption and drug trafficking. His work encompassed extensive research on how the drug industry…
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2006
English journalist (born 1948)
Nicholas Campbell Clarke, was an English radio and television presenter and journalist, primarily known for his work on BBC Radio 4.
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2006
American actress, singer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
Betty Comden was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green spanned six…
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2006
Russian spy and defector (born 1962)
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tackling organised crime. A prominent critic of Russian…
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2006
2006
American singer (born 1919)
Anita O'Day was an American singer known for her work in the jazz genre. She was considered an influential jazz vocalist for her ability to keep up with fast-tempo arrangements and for her characteristic vocal delivery.…
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2006
American boxer and referee (born 1922)
Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as Willie Pep, was an American professional boxer who held the World Featherweight Championship twice between the years of 1942 and 1950. Known for his speed, finesse, and elusiveness,…
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2006
American baseball player (born 1979)
Joseph Darley Kennedy was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 2001 to 2007 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Toronto Blue…
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2007
Bolivian footballer and manager (born 1971)
Óscar Carmelo Sánchez Zambrana was a Bolivian footballer who played for the Bolivia national football team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States. Born in Cochabamba, he was capped 78 times by Bolivia and…
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2007
American-Cuban financier (born 1935)
Robert Lee Vesco was an American criminal financier. After several years of risky investments and dubious credit dealings, Vesco was alleged to have committed securities fraud. He immediately fled the ensuing U.S.…
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2007
2007
Chilean journalist and historian (born 1921)
José Santos Arraño Acevedo was a Chilean journalist and historian who worked in several regional newspapers, including El Rancagüino from Rancagua, La Discusión from Chillán, amid others. He also wrote two books on the…
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2009
Greek-American painter and sculptor (born 1914)
Nassos Daphnis was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder.
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2010
English-American actress (born 1922)
Joyce Howard was an English actress, writer, and film executive.
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2010
American race car driver (born 1928)
Royal Richard "Jim" Rathmann, was an American racing driver who competed primarily in Championship Cars. Rathmann is best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, emerging victorious after a race-long duel with…
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2011
Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
José Luis Borau Moradell was a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He won the Goya Award for Best Director in 2000 for Leo.
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2012
American baseball player (born 1923)
Charles Edward Allen Diering was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 752 games in Major League Baseball as outfielder and third baseman over all or part of nine seasons between 1947 and 1956 for the…
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2012
English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1921)
Diana Isaac, Lady Isaac was a New Zealand conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist and arts patron who supported a wide range of projects within Canterbury. She was best known for co-founding and running Isaac…
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2012
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1932)
Thomas Connell Broden was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Broden is the only player to have won the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Championships and the Stanley Cup in the same year (1958).
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2013
Italian philosopher and theorist (born 1943)
Costanzo Preve was an Italian philosopher and a political theoretician.
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2013
American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (born 1936)
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia,…
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2014
American tennis player (born 1916)
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships,…
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2014
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)
Murray Clifford Oliver was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, coach, and scout. Murray also played Minor League Baseball for the Batavia Indians, then an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.
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2014
2014
Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (born 1925)
Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI, also known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar.
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2015
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1980)
Manmeet Singh Bhullar was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Greenway as a Progressive Conservative. He served as a cabinet minister from…
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2015
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
Douglass Cecil North was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. In the words of the Nobel Committee,…
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2015
Spanish politician (born 1948)
María Rita Barberá Nolla was a Spanish politician who was the mayor of Valencia from 1991 until 2015.
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2016
American baseball player (born 1926)
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca, nicknamed "Hawk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1944 through 1956. Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit…
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2016
German-born British actor (born 1930)
Andreas Siegfried Sachs, known professionally as Andrew Sachs, was a German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel…
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2016
road manager for Elvis Presley (born 1938)
Joseph Carmine Esposito was an American businessman and author known for his close association with singer-actor Elvis Presley. Esposito met Presley when both were serving in the US Army, and Esposito worked for Presley…
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2016
Romanian actress (born 1935)
Stela Popescu was a Romanian actress and TV personality considered the greatest comedy actress and one of best female actresses of all time in Romania.
With Ștefan Bănică and Alexandru Arșinel she was successively half…
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2017
Indian Chief Minister of Assam (born 1934)
Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.…
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2020
Dominican baseball player (born 1939)
Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty, nicknamed "Beeg Boy", was a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Atlanta…
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2024
American politician (born 1930)
Fred Roy Harris was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate.
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2024
American game show host and television personality (born 1941)
Charles Herbert Woolery was an American television host, actor, and musician. He had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune from 1975…
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2024
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2019
The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country. Wikipedia →
2018
Founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled. Wikipedia →
2015
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