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Emile Griffith
Sports & Athletics
40
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Emile Griffith

Emile Alphonse Griffith
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
3 February 1938 โ€“ 23 July 2013 (75 years old)

Emile Griffith was a brilliant US Virgin Islands-born boxer who captured world championships in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions, fighting an astonishing 339 championship roundsโ€”more than any other boxer in history. A gentle and compassionate man who carried the psychological burden of his tragic 1962 televised bout with Benny Paret, he was an early barrier-breaker for LGBTQ+ visibility in professional sports.

Hempstead, New York, United States
Henri Alleg
Literature & Poetry
19
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Henri Alleg

ู‡ู†ุฑูŠ ุนุงู„ูŠุบ
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1921 โ€“ 2013 (91 years old)

Algerian journalist, editor of the iconic daily 'Alger Rรฉpublicain', whose harrowing 1958 book 'The Question'โ€”smuggled out of prisonโ€”exposed the systematic torture practiced by French forces in Algeria.

Paris, France
Alex Colville
Art
4
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Alex Colville

Alex Colville
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
24 August 1920 โ€“ 16 July 2013 (92 years old)

Iconic Canadian magic realist painter whose iconic compositions Horse and Train, To Prince Edward Island, and 1967 Centennial coins defined Canadian visual culture.

Wolfville, Canada
Music
0
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Bana

Adriano Gonรงalves
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde
1932-03-05 โ€“ 2013-07-13 (81 years old)

Legendary vocalist affectionately crowned the 'King of Morna', whose giant seven-foot stature and booming, velvet baritone voice popularized Cape Verdean music across four continents over fifty years.

Lisbon, Portugal
Alain Mimoun
Sports & Athletics
38
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Alain Mimoun

Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1 January 1921 โ€“ 27 June 2013 (92 years old)

Alain Mimoun was a beloved French distance runner and decorated World War II hero who, after winning three Olympic silver medals behind his great friend and rival Emil Zรกtopek, achieved glorious redemption at age thirty-five by winning the Olympic Marathon at the 1956 Melbourne Games in scorching 100-degree heat. Winner of 29 French national titles, he remains France's most decorated track athlete.

Saint-Mandรฉ, Val-de-Marne, France
Ally Sykes
Politics
4
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Ally Sykes

Ally Kleist Sykes
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania
1926-09-10 โ€“ 2013-05-19 (86 years old)

Founding nationalist father who signed the founding charter of TANU in 1954, pioneering jazz musician who led the Coast Social Orchestra, and diplomat.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Yamina Mechakra
Literature & Poetry
6
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Yamina Mechakra

ูŠู…ูŠู†ุฉ ู…ุดุงุทุฑุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1949 โ€“ 2013 (64 years old)

Celebrated novelist and child psychiatrist whose 1979 masterwork 'La Grotte รฉclatรฉe', prefaced by Kateb Yacine, is one of the most powerful poetic novels of the War of Independence.

Algiers, Algeria
Elijah Harper
Politics
4
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Elijah Harper

Elijah Harper
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1949 โ€“ 2013 (63 years old)

Cree leader and Manitoba legislator who achieved historic national acclaim in 1990 by clutching a sacred eagle feather and refusing unanimous procedural consent, effectively sinking the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord.

Red Sucker Lake (Manitoba), Canada
Mohamed Benbrahim
Arts & Music
8
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Mohamed Benbrahim

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู†ุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1949 โ€“ 2013 (64 years old)

Brilliant Moroccan character actor whose spontaneous improvisation, gravelly voice, and unforgettable presence enriched landmark films like Casanegra and Kharboucha.

Meknes, Morocco
Science
3
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Christian de Duve

Christian Renรฉ Marie Joseph de Duve
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1917 โ€“ 2013 (95 years old)

Belgian cytologist and biochemist who shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Claude and George Palade for discovering lysosomes and peroxisomes, revolutionizing cell biology.

Grez-Doiceau (Walloon Brabant), Belgium
Science
4
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Franรงois Jacob

Franรงois Jacob
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1920 โ€“ 2013 (92 years old)

Hero of the Free French in WWII, Companion of the Liberation, and geneticist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering messenger RNA and the operon mechanism with Jacques Monod and Andrรฉ Lwoff.

Paris, France
Bi Kidude
Music
4
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Bi Kidude

Fatuma binti Baraka
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania
1910-01-01 โ€“ 2013-04-17 (103 years old)

Centenarian musical matriarch and WOMAD award winner who preserved the ancient Unyago drumming rituals, performed barefoot worldwide, and reigned as Queen of Taarab.

Zanzibar City, Tanzania
Abdelhamid Kermali
Sports & Athletics
7
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Abdelhamid Kermali

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุญู…ูŠุฏ ูƒุฑู…ุงู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1931 โ€“ 2013 (81 years old)

Historic forward of the FLN Football Team in 1958 and visionary national coach who guided the Algerian National Football Team to its historic first Africa Cup of Nations title in 1990.

Sรฉtif, Algeria
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