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Lyudmila Kasatkina
Arts & Music
12
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Lyudmila Kasatkina

ะ›ัŽะดะผะธะปะฐ ะ˜ะฒะฐะฝะพะฒะฝะฐ ะšะฐัะฐั‚ะบะธะฝะฐ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1925 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actress, People's Artist of the USSR, and star of the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army, immortalized in the comedy classic 'Tiger Girl' and war drama 'Remember Your Name'.

Moscow, Russia
Mohammed Wardi
Arts & Music
19
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Mohammed Wardi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ูˆุฑุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan
July 19, 1932 โ€“ February 18, 2012 (79 years old)

Legendary Sudanese Nubian singer, composer, and patriotic icon acclaimed as 'The Last Pharaoh', whose majestic baritone voice, revolutionary anthems, and mastery of five-tone pentatonic scales made him Sudan's most beloved cultural figure.

Khartoum, Sudan
Sergey Kolosov
Arts & Music
11
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Sergey Kolosov

ะกะตั€ะณะตะน ะะธะบะพะปะฐะตะฒะธั‡ ะšะพะปะพัะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1921 โ€“ 2012 (90 years old)

Pioneering Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter who created the very first Soviet television miniseries, 'Calling Fire upon Ourselves', and directed acclaimed films including 'The Taming of the Shrew' and 'Remember Your Name'.

Moscow, Russia
Whitney Houston
Arts & Music
13
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Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1963 โ€“ 2012 (48 years old)

Peerless American vocal superstar hailed simply as 'The Voice', whose soaring gospel-infused range, record seven consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-ones, and I Will Always Love You redefined pop music.

Westfield, United States
Don Cornelius
Arts & Music
12
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Don Cornelius

Donald Cortez Cornelius
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1936 โ€“ 2012 (75 years old)

Visionary American television producer and host who created and presided over 'Soul Train', the longest-running first-run syndicated show in American television history, showcasing Black music, fashion, and dance to the world.

Los Angeles, United States
Cherif Kheddam
Arts & Music
16
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Cherif Kheddam

ุดุฑูŠู ุฎุฏุงู…
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1927 โ€“ 2012 (85 years old)

Visionary Algerian composer, poet, and teacher who elevated Kabyle music to classical symphonic grandeur and mentored multiple generations of iconic Algerian singers, including Idir.

Bouzeguรจne (Kabylie), Algeria
Etta James
Arts & Music
15
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Etta James

Jamesetta Hawkins
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1938 โ€“ 2012 (73 years old)

Powerhouse American blues, R&B, rock and soul vocalist whose magnificent, emotionally raw delivery on At Last, Tell Mama, and I'd Rather Go Blind cemented her as one of America's greatest singers.

Inglewood, United States
Mohamed Sousdi
Arts & Music
7
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Mohamed Sousdi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุณูˆุณุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1952 โ€“ 2012 (60 years old)

Legendary lead singer and charismatic soul of the group Lemchaheb from Hay Mohammadi, whose piercing high tenor voice and evocative lyrics on 'Daouini' and 'Baghi N'etoub' made him an idol of Moroccan youth.

Casablanca, Morocco
Johnny Otis
Arts & Music
14
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Johnny Otis

Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1921 โ€“ 2012 (90 years old)

Pioneering musician, bandleader, talent scout, and civil rights advocate dubbed the 'Godfather of Rhythm and Blues', who discovered Etta James, Little Richard, and Big Mama Thornton and scored the 1958 hit 'Willie and the Hand Jive'.

Altadena, United States
Mohamed Rouicha
Arts & Music
18
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Mohamed Rouicha

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุฑูˆูŠุดุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1950 โ€“ 2012 (62 years old)

Legendary Amazigh musician and singer from the Middle Atlas whose four-stringed 'loutar' virtuosity and haunting bilingual poetry in Tamazight and Arabic created masterpieces like 'Inas Inas'.

Khenifra, Morocco
John Chamberlain
Arts & Music
12
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John Chamberlain

John Angus Chamberlain
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1927 โ€“ 2011 (84 years old)

Pioneering American sculptor who translated Abstract Expressionism into three dimensions by crushing, welding, and assembling discarded, painted automobile steel into dynamic monumental art.

New York City, United States
Ken Russell
Arts & Music
14
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Ken Russell

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1927 โ€“ 2011 (84 years old)

Flamboyant and controversial British film director renowned for flamboyant, visually extravagant biographies of composers and bold films like Women in Love, The Devils, and The Who's Tommy.

Lymington, United Kingdom
Lev Borisov
Arts & Music
15
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Lev Borisov

ะ›ะตะฒ ะ˜ะฒะฐะฝะพะฒะธั‡ ะ‘ะพั€ะธัะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1933 โ€“ 2011 (77 years old)

Eminent Russian stage and film actor, younger brother of Oleg Borisov, who starred in over ninety films and achieved cult television status as crime boss 'Antibiotic' in Bandit Petersburg.

Moscow, Russia
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