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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Hรฉctor Camacho
Sports & Athletics
14
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Hรฉctor Camacho

Hรฉctor Luis Camacho Matรญas
๐ŸŒ Puerto Rico
1962 โ€“ 2012 (50 years old)

Flamboyant and blindingly fast Puerto Rican professional boxer who captured world titles in three weight classes and electrified the sport with his blazing hand speed, theatrical ring entrances, and charisma.

New York City, United States
Larry Hagman
Arts & Music
11
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Larry Hagman

Larry Martin Hagman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1931 โ€“ 2012 (81 years old)

Iconic American actor who became one of the most recognizable figures in television history as astronaut Tony Nelson in 'I Dream of Jeannie' and the delightfully ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the worldwide sensation 'Dallas'.

Dallas, United States
Boris Strugatsky
Literature & Poetry
14
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Boris Strugatsky

ะ‘ะพั€ะธั ะะฐั‚ะฐะฝะพะฒะธั‡ ะกั‚ั€ัƒะณะฐั†ะบะธะน
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1933 โ€“ 2012 (79 years old)

Russian science fiction author who with his brother Arkady wrote Roadside Picnic (adapted into Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker) and Hard to Be a God, creating timeless allegories of totalitarianism and moral conscience.

Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art
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Leandro Mbomio Nsue

Leandro Mbomio Nsue
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Guinea
1938 โ€“ 2012 (74 years old)

Internationally renowned sculptor and ceramist hailed as 'The Black Picasso' by Pablo Picasso himself, whose bronze and wood masterpieces synthesized Fang ancestral reliquaries with modernist avant-garde sculpture.

Evinayong, Centro Sur, Equatorial Guinea
Lucille Bliss
Arts & Music
11
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Lucille Bliss

Lucille Paullette Bliss
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1916 โ€“ 2012 (96 years old)

Pioneering American voice actress dubbed the 'Girl with a Thousand Voices' who lent her voice to Crusader Rabbit in TV's first animated series, stepsister Anastasia in Disney's 'Cinderella', and Smurfette in 'The Smurfs'.

Los Angeles, United States
Clive Dunn
Arts & Music
11
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Clive Dunn

Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1920 โ€“ 2012 (92 years old)

Beloved British comedic actor and entertainer immortalized as the excitable, doddering butcher Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the iconic BBC sitcom 'Dad's Army', famous for catchphrases 'Don't panic!' and 'They don't like it up 'em!'.

Faro, Portugal
Terry Callier
Arts & Music
15
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Terry Callier

Terrence Orlando Callier
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1945 โ€“ 2012 (67 years old)

Celebrated American singer-songwriter and guitarist whose distinctive synthesis of folk, jazz, soul, and gospel produced critically acclaimed 1970s albums and a remarkable British acid jazz rediscovery in the 1990s.

Chicago, United States
Lincoln Alexander
Politics
4
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Lincoln Alexander

The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1922 โ€“ 2012 (90 years old)

Trailblazing statesman who served in the RCAF during WWII, made history as Canada's first Black Member of Parliament in 1968, first Black federal cabinet minister, and first Black Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Hamilton (Ontario), Canada
Sylvia Kristel
Arts & Music
12
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Sylvia Kristel

Sylvia Kristel
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
1952 โ€“ 2012 (60 years old)

Dutch actress and model who achieved global cultural superstardom playing the titular protagonist in the groundbreaking 1974 erotic romance film 'Emmanuelle', becoming one of European cinema's most famous faces.

Utrecht, Netherlands
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