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Anne-Marie Nziรฉ

Anne-Marie Nziรฉ
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon
1932-01-01 โ€“ 2016-05-24 (84 years old)

Revered as the 'Queen of Bikutsi' and 'The Golden Voice of Cameroon', whose powerhouse six-decade vocal career and freedom anthem 'Libertรฉ' (1984) inspired generations across Africa.

Haute-Sanaga, Cameroon
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Papa Wemba

Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo
1949-06-14 โ€“ 2016-04-24 (66 years old)

Globally celebrated Congolese singer and world music icon known as the King of Rumba Rock, who founded Viva La Musica and elevated 'La Sape' high fashion into an art form.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Arts & Music
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Zaha Hadid

ุฒู‡ุง ุญุฏูŠุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
31 October 1950 โ€“ 31 March 2016 (65 years old)

First woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, legendary deconstructivist architect renowned worldwide as the 'Queen of the Curve'.

Woking, United Kingdom
Johan Cruyff
Sports & Athletics
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Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
25 April 1947 โ€“ 24 March 2016 (68 years old)

Johan Cruyff was a revolutionary Dutch footballer and tactical mastermind who personified Rinus Michels' 'Total Football' (Totaalvoetbal) and redefined the modern philosophy of the sport. A three-time Ballon d'Or winner who guided Ajax to three European Cups, he later built Barcelona's 'Dream Team' and established the La Masia academy model that shaped contemporary football.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Iolanda Balaศ™
Sports & Athletics
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Iolanda Balaศ™

Iolanda Balaศ™ (Sล‘tรฉr)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
12 December 1936 โ€“ 11 March 2016 (79 years old)

Iolanda Balaศ™ was a legendary Romanian high jumper who achieved the most dominant winning streak in the history of track and field, remaining undefeated in 150 consecutive competitions between 1956 and 1967. Winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964), she broke the high jump world record fourteen times using the classical scissors technique.

Bucharest, Romania
Berta Cรกceres
Resistance & Human Rights
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Berta Cรกceres

Berta Isabel Cรกceres Flores
๐ŸŒ Honduras
4 March 1971 โ€“ 2 March 2016 (44 years old)

Honduran indigenous Lenca environmental activist who co-founded COPINH and led a grassroots campaign against the internationally financed Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the sacred Gualcarque River before being assassinated in her home.

La Esperanza, Honduras
Lรบcio Lara
Politics
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Lรบcio Lara

Lรบcio Lรบcio Barreto de Lara
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola
1929-04-09 โ€“ 2016-02-27 (86 years old)

Key intellectual architect and organizer of the Angolan national liberation movement who served as Secretary-General of the MPLA and stood alongside Agostinho Neto at the proclamation of independence.

Luanda, Angola
Tayeb Saddiki
Arts & Music
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Tayeb Saddiki

ุงู„ุทูŠุจ ุงู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1938 โ€“ 2016 (77 years old)

The undisputed titan of modern Moroccan theater who authored and directed over eighty plays, adapting Halqa traditions and medieval Maqamat into globally celebrated theatrical masterworks.

Casablanca, Morocco
John Murrell
Sciences & Discovery
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John Murrell

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
c. 1933 โ€“ 2016 (83 years old)

John Norman Murrell FRS was a British theoretical chemist who played a leading role in revolutionising the UK's reputation for theoretical chemistry during the second half of the 20th century.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom
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