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German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78.

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The actor Ian Lavender has died, aged 77. (February 2nd.)

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Louis Gossett, film actor with career from 50s to 00s, died today.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/entertain ... ies-at-87/
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Missed this: Peter Higgs, theoretical physicist and predictor of the Higgs boson, has died, aged 94.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68774853
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OJ Simpson kicked the bucket. Womp womp.
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Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs”, left us after 98 years. https://apnews.com/article/roger-corman ... 9d4b881645
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Robert Heath Dennard has died, aged 91.

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Gordon Bell dies at 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/tech ... -dead.html

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Actor Bob Newhart has died at age 94.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/b ... -1.7268308
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James Earl Jones, US actor, most(?) famously the voice of Darth Vader, has died at 93.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o
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May he rest in peace, his Dark Vadar voice was awesome. Shame that he didn't get the credit that he deserved until much later in his career.

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