Died on This Day (11-Jul)
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Brendan Grace | Brendan Grace was an Irish comedian and singer. He was best known for his comedy schoolboy character 'Bottler', the 1995 film Moondance, and his 1996 appearance in the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted as Father Fintan Stack. | Irish comedian and singer | 68 | 1 |
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John Brademas | Stephen John Brademas Jr. was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. | American politician and educator | 89 | 4 |
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Egbert Brieskorn | Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution. | German mathematician | 77 | 7 |
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Helen Crummy | Helen Crummy MBE was a founder of The Craigmillar Festival Society, and served as the Organising Secretary for the group until 1985. | Social Activist | 91 | 9 |
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Frances Langford | Julia Frances Langford was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film appearances for over two decades. | American singer and actress | 91 | 15 |
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Mickey Deans | Michael DeVinko, Jr. , known as Mickey Deans, was an American musician and entrepreneur and the fifth and last husband of actress and singer Judy Garland. | Husband of Judy Garland | 68 | 17 |
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Herman Brood | Hermanus "Herman" Brood was a Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet. | Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet | 54 | 19 |
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Aino Taube | Aino Regina Taube was a Swedish film and theatre actress. | Swedish film and theatre actress | 78 | 30 |
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André Lurçat | André Lurçat was a French modernist architect, landscape architect, furniture designer, city planner, and founding member of CIAM. | French architect | 75 | 50 |
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Gustav von Myrdacz | Gustav von Myrdacz was an Austrian noble who was instrumental in organizing the Royal Albanian Army from the early 1920s to 1945. | Austrian noble | 70 | 75 |
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Pat Swindall | Patrick Lynn Swindall was an American politician, attorney, and businessman who served as a Republican member of the U. | US Representative | 67 | 2 |
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Satoru Iwata | Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. | President and CEO of Nintendo | 55 | 5 |
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Rutger Kopland | Rutger Kopland was a Dutch poet who gained great popularity for his "accessible, thoughtful style, his mild irony, his sentimentality" and whose collections sold over 200,000 copies. | Dutch writer | 77 | 8 |
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Ann Mari Sjögren | Ann Mari Sjögren was a Swedish fantasy artist and illustrator. | Swedish artist | 92 | 10 |
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Joe Gold | Joe Gold was an American bodybuilder and businessman. | American bodybuilder | 82 | 16 |
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Finnis D. McCleery | Finnis Dawson McCleery was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 74 | 18 |
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Robert Runcie | Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. | Archbishop of Canterbury | 78 | 20 |
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Peggy Knudsen | Margaret Ann Knudsen was an American character actress. | American character actress | 57 | 40 |
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Ray Collins | Ray Bidwell Collins was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. | American character actor | 75 | 55 |
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James Caleb Jackson | James Caleb Jackson was the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal which he called granula. | American inventor | 84 | 125 |