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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Said Mohamed Djohar

Said Mohamed Djohar
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar
1918-08-22 โ€“ 2006-02-23 (87 years old)

President of Comoros affectionately known as 'Papadjรณ' who dismantled Bob Denard's mercenary network, promulgated the democratic 1992 Constitution, and instituted the first multi-party elections.

Moroni, Grande Comore, Comoros
Mustapha Fersi
Literature & Poetry
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Mustapha Fersi

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุงู„ูุงุฑุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1931 โ€“ 2006 (74 years old)

Pioneering modernist playwright, novelist, and cultural administrator whose plays revolutionized Tunisian theatrical drama and whose translations introduced world literature to Arabic readers.

Tunis, Tunisia
Birgit Nilsson
Music
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Birgit Nilsson

Mรคrta Birgit Nilsson
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1918-05-17 โ€“ 2005-12-25 (87 years old)

The undisputed supreme Wagnerian dramatic soprano of the 20th century whose laser-like vocal power conquered Bayreuth, the Met, and La Scala as Isolde, Brรผnnhilde, and Turandot.

Bรฅstad, Sweden
Arts & Music
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Dรฉbora Arango

Dรฉbora Arango Pรฉrez
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
1907-11-11 โ€“ 2005-12-04 (98 years old)

Fearless expressionist painter whose raw, satirical canvases exposed military dictatorship, corrupt politicians, and female oppression, defying clerical censorship to become an icon on the 2,000-peso banknote.

Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
Richard Burns
Sports & Athletics
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Richard Burns

Richard Alexander Burns
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1971 โ€“ 2005 (34 years old)

British rally driver who won the 2001 World Rally Championship for Subaru following an epic season-long battle, celebrated for his calm analytical precision and ten WRC victories before his tragic death at age thirty-four.

Cholsey (Oxfordshire), United Kingdom
George Best
Sports & Athletics
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George Best

George Best
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
22 May 1946 โ€“ 25 November 2005 (59 years old)

George Best was a Northern Irish footballing genius whose breathtaking dribbling, balance, and bohemian rock-and-roll lifestyle made him the world's first celebrity footballer. Known as 'El Beatle', he scored 179 goals in 470 appearances for Manchester United, inspired them to the 1968 European Cup, and won the Ballon d'Or at age twenty-two.

London, Great Britain
Henry Taube
Science
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Henry Taube

Henry Taube
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
30 November 1915 โ€“ 16 November 2005 (89 years old)

Saskatchewan-born chemist who deciphered electron-transfer mechanisms in coordination complexes (inner and outer sphere), winning the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Palo Alto, United States
Mustapha Skandrani
Arts & Music
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Mustapha Skandrani

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุงุณูƒู†ุฏุฑุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1920 โ€“ 2005 (84 years old)

Supreme piano virtuoso who adapted the Western acoustic piano to the microtonal modes (istikhbar) of Algerian Chaabi and Andalusian classical music for six decades.

Algiers, Algeria
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