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Jon Paul Steuer
Arts & Music
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Jon Paul Steuer

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1985 – 2018 (33 years old)

Jon Paul Steuer was an American actor and musician, best known for being the first actor to play Alexander Rozhenko in Star Trek: The Next Generation and for being the first actor to regularly portray Quentin Kelly on the ABC show Grace Under Fire. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States
Robert Mann
Arts & Music
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Robert Mann

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1921 – 2018 (97 years old)

Robert Nathaniel Mann was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States
Milt Jamin
Arts & Music
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Milt Jamin

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1940 – 2018 (78 years old)

Milton "Milt" Jamin, often known professionally as Milton James, was an American voice and film actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States
Abdallah Benanteur
Arts & Music
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Abdallah Benanteur

عبد الله بن عنتر
🇩🇿 Algeria
1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Master painter and engraver whose ethereal, contemplative landscapes and hand-printed artist books bridged classical Mediterranean literature and abstract expressionism.

Thiais, France
Mohammed Hasan
Arts & Music
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Mohammed Hasan

محمد حسن
🇱🇾 Libya
1944 – December 17, 2017 (73 years old)

Legendary Libyan composer, vocalist, and cultural pioneer whose monumental musical epics, orchestral bedouin suites, and poignant folkloric ballads defined the modern Libyan musical identity for five decades.

Tripoli, Libya
Jellal Ben Abdallah
Arts & Music
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Jellal Ben Abdallah

جلال بن عبد الله
🇹🇳 Tunisia
May 30, 1921 – November 9, 2017 (96 years old)

Distinguished Tunisian painter and foundational figure of the École de Tunis whose exquisite miniatures and portraits captured the quiet elegance, light, and architectural enchantment of Sidi Bou Said.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Arts & Music
11
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Mahmoud Zemmouri

محمود زموري
🇩🇿 Algeria
1946 – 2017 (70 years old)

Satirical filmmaker and screenwriter from Boufarik whose razor-sharp comedies like 'Prends 10 000 balles et casse-toi' and 'De Hollywood à Tamanrasset' skewered social hypocrisy.

Boufarik (Blida), Algeria
Blaoui Houari
Arts & Music
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Blaoui Houari

بلاوي الهواري
🇩🇿 Algeria
1920 – 2017 (97 years old)

Patriarch of western Algerian popular music who modernized the Bedouin heritage of Oranie, composed over 500 songs, and mentored the legendary stars of modern Raï including Cheb Mami and Khaled.

Oran, Algeria
Ali-Akbar Tajvidi
Arts & Music
6
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Ali-Akbar Tajvidi

علی‌اکبر تجویدی
🇮🇷 Iran
1926 – 10 June 2017 (91 years old)

Eminent Iranian miniaturist and art historian who earned a doctorate at the Sorbonne and authored the definitive history of Persian painting from the 5th to 10th centuries.

Tehran, Iran
Sid Ahmed Naguib
Arts & Music
7
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Sid Ahmed Naguib

سيد أحمد نجيب
🇩🇿 Algeria
1946 – 2017 (71 years old)

Refined master of Chaabi music known for his profound scholarly respect for classical Arabic qasidas and his graceful interpretation of the Casbah tradition.

Algiers, Algeria
Mohamed Hassan El Joundi
Arts & Music
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Mohamed Hassan El Joundi

محمد حسن الجندي
🇲🇦 Morocco
1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Giant of Arab stage and screen whose commanding voice and towering performances—notably as Abu Jahl in Moustapha Akkad's epic 'The Message'—made him an immortal dramatic icon.

Marrakech, Morocco
Choukri Mesli
Arts & Music
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Choukri Mesli

شكري مسلي
🇩🇿 Algeria
1931 – 2017 (85 years old)

Major figure of modern Algerian visual art who co-founded the historic 'Aouchem' movement in 1967, reviving ancestral Berber tattoo symbology in contemporary painting.

Algiers, Algeria
Om Puri
Arts & Music
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Om Puri

🇮🇳 India
c. 1951 – 2017 (66 years old)

Om Prakash Puri was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Hindi films, he appeared in several English, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu, and Marathi films. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India
Sylvester Potts
Arts & Music
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Sylvester Potts

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1939 – 2017 (78 years old)

Sylvester Potts was a singer and composer as well as an off and on member of The Contours and a one-time member of The Four Sonics. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States
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