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Alicia Alonso

Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martรญnez del Hoyo
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
1920-12-21 โ€“ 2019-10-17 (98 years old)

Legendary Prima Ballerina Assoluta who overcame near-total blindness to become one of the greatest ballerinas in world history, creating the Cuban National Ballet and the Cuban ballet methodology.

Havana, Cuba
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Politics
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

ุฒูŠู† ุงู„ุนุงุจุฏูŠู† ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1936 โ€“ 2019 (83 years old)

Second President of Tunisia who succeeded Bourguiba in 1987, governing for twenty-three years of rapid macroeconomic modernization until being ousted by the nationwide revolution of January 14, 2011.

Medina, Saudi Arabia
Amina Rachid
Arts & Music
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Amina Rachid

ุฃู…ูŠู†ุฉ ุฑุดูŠุฏ (ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุจู†ุนู…ุฑ)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1936 โ€“ 2019 (83 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan actress whose six-decade career across theater, radio, and cinema made her the beloved matriarch of Moroccan performing arts.

Casablanca, Morocco
Beji Caid Essebsi
Politics
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Beji Caid Essebsi

ุงู„ุจุงุฌูŠ ู‚ุงุฆุฏ ุงู„ุณุจุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1926 โ€“ 2019 (92 years old)

Fifth President of Tunisia and the first democratically elected president by universal suffrage, whose consensus leadership steered Tunisia's democratic transition following the 2011 Revolution.

Tunis, Tunisia
John Havlicek
Sports & Athletics
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John Havlicek

John Joseph Havlicek
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
8 April 1940 โ€“ 25 April 2019 (79 years old)

John Joseph 'Hondo' Havlicek was an eight-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and one of the most exhaustingly relentless two-way players in basketball history. Inventing the modern 'sixth man' superstar role under Red Auerbach, his tireless cardiovascular stamina, clutch scoring, and iconic game-saving steal in the 1965 Eastern Conference Finals ('Havlicek stole the ball!') made him a legendary figure.

Jupiter, Florida, United States
Mahjoub Erraji
Arts & Music
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Mahjoub Erraji

ู…ุญุฌูˆุจ ุงู„ุฑุงุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1940 โ€“ 2019 (79 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan dramatic actor and solo monologue master, known for poetic stage performances with the Maรขmora troupe and unforgettable roles in television classics like Men Dar l'Dar.

Rabat, Morocco
Bibi Andersson
Art
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Bibi Andersson

Berit Elisabet Andersson
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1935-11-11 โ€“ 2019-04-14 (83 years old)

One of Sweden's greatest actresses whose unforgettable performances in Ingmar Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries', 'The Seventh Seal', and 'Persona' won the Cannes Best Actress Award.

Stockholm, Sweden
Hรฉdi Turki
Arts & Music
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Hรฉdi Turki

ุงู„ู‡ุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
May 15, 1922 โ€“ March 31, 2019 (96 years old)

Celebrated Tunisian painter and senior master of abstract expressionism who bridged Mediterranean visual heritage with international modernist abstraction, nurturing generations of North African painters.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Literature & Poetry
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Bernard Dadiรฉ

Bernard Binlin Dadiรฉ
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire
1916-01-10 โ€“ 2019-03-09 (103 years old)

Centenarian giant of African francophone literature and UNESCO prize laureate whose novels 'Climbiรฉ', 'Bรฉatrice du Congo', and poetry celebrated African cultural identity, freedom, and human solidarity.

Abidjan, Cรดte d'Ivoire
Zhores Alferov
Science
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Zhores Alferov

ะ–ะฐั€ัั ะ†ะฒะฐะฝะฐะฒั–ั‡ ะะปั„ั‘ั€ะฐัž
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
1930-03-15 โ€“ 2019-03-01 (88 years old)

Vitebsk-born physicist awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in fiber-optic communications, mobile phones, lasers, and solar cells.

Saint Petersburg, Russia
Politics
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Antoine Gizenga

Antoine Gizenga
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo
1925-10-05 โ€“ 2019-02-24 (93 years old)

Patrice Lumumba's Deputy Prime Minister who led the recognized sovereign government in Stanleyville in 1960โ€“1961, founded PALU, and served as Prime Minister under the Third Republic.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gordon Banks
Sports & Athletics
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Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
30 December 1937 โ€“ 12 February 2019 (81 years old)

Gordon Banks was an English goalkeeping titan named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year six consecutive times (1966โ€“1971), who started in goal for England's triumphant 1966 World Cup team. Renowned for his positional perfection, agility, and legendary safe hands ('safe as the Banks of England'), he produced what is celebrated as the 'Save of the Century' against Pelรฉ in Mexico in 1970.

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Great Britain
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