Died on This Day (23-May)
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Zakir Rashid Bhat | Zakir Rashid Bhat was an Islamist, Kashmiri-separatist militant who became the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after the killing of Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhat, who were the former commanders of the same outfit. | Indian militant | 24 | 1 |
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Roger Moore | Sir Roger George Moore KBE was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. | English actor | 89 | 3 |
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Elliot Rodger | The 2014 Isla Vista killings were a series of misogynistic terror attacks in Isla Vista, California. | American mass murderer | 22 | 6 |
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Paul Fussell | Paul Fussell Jr. was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. | Recipient of the Purple Heart medal | 88 | 8 |
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Simon Monjack | Simon Mark Monjack was an English screenwriter, film director, producer and make-up artist. | English screenwriter | 39 | 10 |
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Sally Gilmour | Sarah Gilmour , was a British ballet dancer, and Ballet Rambert's "leading ballerina of the 1940s". | British ballet dancer | 82 | 16 |
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Eddy Blondeel | Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. Edouard "Eddy" Blondeel DSO was the wartime commander of the Belgian 5th SAS. | Belgian Army commander | 94 | 20 |
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Charlie Keller | Charles Ernest Keller was an American professional baseball player. | American baseball player and coach | 73 | 30 |
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Moms Mabley | Loretta Mary Aiken , known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. | Stand-up comedian | 81 | 45 |
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Heinrich Himmler | Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel , and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. | Reichsführer of the Nazi SS | 44 | 75 |
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László Tábori | László Tábori was a Hungarian middle- and long-distance runner, best known for equalling the 1500 metres world record and placing 4th in that event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. | Hungarian middle- and long-distance runner | 86 | 2 |
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John Forbes Nash, Jr. | John Forbes Nash Jr. was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. | American mathematician | 86 | 5 |
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Brian Sternberg | Brian Sternberg was a world record holder in the men's pole vault who was paralyzed from the neck down after a trampoline accident in 1963. | American pole vaulter | 69 | 7 |
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Alejandro Roces | Alejandro Reyes Roces was a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. | Filipino author | 86 | 9 |
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Ernst Jakob Henne | Ernst Jakob Henne ) was a German motorcycle racer and racecar driver. | German motorcycle racer | 101 | 15 |
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Larry C. Brewer | Larry Clinton Brewer was the offensive end for the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs during the 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969 football seasons. | American businessman | 54 | 17 |
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Gavriil Kachalin | Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin was a Soviet/Russian football player and coach. | Russian footballer | 84 | 25 |
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Pedro Coronel | Pedro Coronel was a Mexican sculptor and painter, part of the Generación de la Ruptura, bringing innovation into Mexican art in the mid 20th century. | Mexican abstract painter | 62 | 35 |
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Hans Streuli | Hans Streuli was a Swiss politician. Streuli was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 22 December 1953 and handed over office on 31 December 1959. | Swiss politician | 77 | 50 |
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Doc Kennedy | Michael Joseph "Doc" Kennedy was an American professional baseball player. | Baseball player | 66 | 100 |