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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gavin Arvizo
Victim
Dec-1989   Michael Jackson's special friend
Sonny Barger
Criminal
8-Oct-1938   Oakland Hells Angels
Constantine P. Cavafy
Poet
29-Apr-1863 29-Apr-1933 Greek poet in Alexandria
Lady Diana
Royalty
1-Jul-1961 31-Aug-1997 Princess of Wales
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Roger Ebert
Critic
18-Jun-1942 4-Apr-2013 Siskel and Ebert
King Fahd
Royalty
1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Federico Fellini
Film Director
20-Jan-1920 30-Oct-1993 La Dolce Vita
Stan Getz
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1927 6-Jun-1991 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Al Goldstein
Publisher
10-Jan-1936 19-Dec-2013 Founder of Screw magazine
Mika Häkkinen
Auto Racing
28-Sep-1968   Formula 1 World Champion, 1998-99
Vaclav Havel
Head of State
5-Oct-1936 18-Dec-2011 Playwright President of Czechia
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
8-Jan-1942   Wheelchair-bound physicist
Jesse Helms
Politician
18-Oct-1921 4-Jul-2008 US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Laura Innes
Actor
16-Aug-1959   Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER
Pope John Paul II
Religion
18-May-1920 2-Apr-2005 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Michel Leiris
Author
20-Apr-1901 30-Sep-1990 Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer
Gordon Lightfoot
Musician
17-Nov-1938   Canadian balladeer
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Billy Preston
Singer/Songwriter
9-Sep-1946 6-Jun-2006 You Are So Beautiful
Christopher Reeve
Actor
25-Sep-1952 10-Oct-2004 Superman
William Rehnquist
Judge
1-Oct-1924 3-Sep-2005 US Chief Justice, 1986-2005
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Terri Schiavo
Victim
3-Dec-1963 31-Mar-2005 Human vegetable, 1990-2005
Giorgos Seferis
Poet
1-Mar-1900 20-Sep-1971 Imerolyion katastrmatos
Ariel Sharon
Head of State
26-Feb-1928 11-Jan-2014 Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
Grace Slick
Singer
30-Oct-1939   Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Mo Udall
Politician
15-Jun-1922 12-Dec-1998 Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91
Luther Vandross
Singer
20-Apr-1951 1-Jul-2005 R&B Singer, Never Too Much
Johnny Weissmuller
Actor
2-Jun-1904 20-Jan-1984 Gold Medalist became Tarzan
Mary Wells
Singer
13-May-1943 26-Jul-1992 My Guy
Ted Williams
Baseball
30-Aug-1918 5-Jul-2002 Cryonically preserved .400 hitter
Deng Xiaoping
Politician
22-Aug-1904 19-Feb-1997 Communist Chinese leader
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Actor
25-Sep-1969   Traffic




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