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George Edward "Skip" Prosser was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He is the only coach i…
Skip Prosser, American basketball player and coach (born 1950)
James Oyebola was a Nigerian and British heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the British heavywei…
James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (born 1961)
Karl Charles Istaz, known by the ring name Karl Gotch , was a Belgian-born American professional wrestler, catch wrestler, amateur wrestler, and trainer. Considered one of the most…
Karl Gotch, Belgian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)
Jim LeRoy was an American aerobatics pilot. He died upon impact in a crash at the Dayton Air Show in Ohio.
Jim LeRoy, American soldier and pilot (born 1961)
Michael Reid was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter. He played the role of Frank Butcher in the soap opera EastEnders and hosted the children's …
Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (born 1940)
Michel Serrault was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.
Michel Serrault, French actor (born 1928)
Thomas James Snyder was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows Tomorrow, on NBC in the 1970s and 1980s, and…
Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (born 1936)
Marvin Harold Zindler was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States. His investigative journalism, through which he mostly represented the cit…
Marvin Zindler, American journalist (born 1921)
Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for a trio of films often dubbed the "alienation trilogy": L'Avventura (1960), La No…
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1912)
Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.
Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (born 1915)
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most not…
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918)
William Ernest Walsh was an American professional and college football coach. He served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal, during which time he pop…
Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (born 1931)
Thomas Makem was an Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banj…
Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)
Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr. was an American journalist noted for his work primarily on issues of the African-American community. He served as editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post in…
Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (born 1950)
John Edmund Gardner was an English writer of spy and thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series of Boysie Oakes books and thr…
John Gardner, English author (born 1926)
Peter Eiberg Thorup was a Danish guitarist, singer, composer and record producer. He was one of the most important blues musicians in Denmark, and he was known outside his own coun…
Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
Raul Hilberg was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist, historian, and Holocaust researcher. He was widely considered to be the preeminent scholar on the Holocaust.
Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)
Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by P…
Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (born 1926)
Florian Pittiș was a Romanian stage and television actor, theatre director, folk music singer, and radio producer.
Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (born 1943)
Zsolt Daczi was a Hungarian guitarist. He was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary.
Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (born 1969)
Ernesto Ramírez Alonso was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "El Señor Telenovela" because most of his work centered on telenovelas known ar…
Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (born 1917)
Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and sin…
Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)
Sir Angus McMillan Tait was a New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman.
Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman, founded Tait Communications (born 1919)
Ma Lik, GBS, JP, was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong.
Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952)