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Ali Omar Ermes
Arts & Music
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Ali Omar Ermes

ุนู„ูŠ ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุฑู…ูŠุต
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
1945 โ€“ 2021 (76 years old)

Internationally acclaimed Libyan visual artist and master calligrapher whose monumental canvases transforming Arabic letters into abstract philosophical compositions hang in the British Museum and Smithsonian.

London, United Kingdom
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni
Arts & Music
23
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Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni

Raffaella Carrร 
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1943 โ€“ 2021 (78 years old)

Electric Italian television presenter, singer, dancer, and feminist pop icon celebrated across Italy, Spain, and Latin America for joyful disco anthems like "A far l'amore comincia tu", her platinum bob, and liberating sexual empowerment on European television.

Monte Argentario, Tuscany, Italy
Richard Donner
Arts & Music
22
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Richard Donner

Richard Donner
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1930 โ€“ 2021 (91 years old)

Trailblazing American filmmaker who created the modern superhero genre with Superman (1978) and directed era-defining blockbusters including The Omen, The Goonies, and the Lethal Weapon franchise.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Billy Joe Thomas
Arts & Music
22
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Billy Joe Thomas

B. J. Thomas
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1942 โ€“ 2021 (78 years old)

Five-time Grammy-winning American singer whose soulful, warm voice produced timeless pop and country classics including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Hooked on a Feeling", and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".

Arlington, Texas, United States
Francesco Battiato
Arts & Music
22
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Francesco Battiato

Franco Battiato
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1945 โ€“ 2021 (76 years old)

Maverick Italian singer-songwriter, avant-garde composer, and intellectual who revolutionized Italian pop music by blending electronic experimentation, Sufi mysticism, and philosophical satire on his million-selling masterpiece La voce del padrone.

Riposto, Sicily, Italy
Mustapha Dassoukine
Arts & Music
4
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Mustapha Dassoukine

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุงู„ุฏุงุณูˆูƒูŠู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1942 โ€“ 2021 (78 years old)

Pioneer of Moroccan popular theatrical comedy and television satire whose five-decade duo with Mustapha Zaari in Masrah al-Najm defined Moroccan comedy across generations.

Casablanca, Morocco
Paul Van Doren
Arts & Music
23
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Paul Van Doren

Paul Van Doren
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1930 โ€“ 2021 (90 years old)

American shoe manufacturer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Van Doren Rubber Company in Anaheim in 1966, creating Vans sneakers and revolutionizing skateboarding, punk rock, and youth street culture worldwide.

Anaheim, California, United States
Albert Elbaz
Arts & Music
21
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Albert Elbaz

ืืœื‘ืจ ืืœื‘ื–
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1961 โ€“ 2021 (59 years old)

Celebrated Israeli-Moroccan fashion designer who revitalized historic French couture house Lanvin during a dazzling fourteen-year tenure (2001โ€“2015), famed for making women feel radiant, elegant, and comfortable.

Holon, Israel
Christa Ludwig
Arts & Music
22
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Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
1928 โ€“ 2021 (93 years old)

Beloved German dramatic mezzo-soprano regarded as one of the supreme opera and lieder singers of the 20th century, renowned for her radiant tone and historic interpretations of Wagner, Mahler, and Richard Strauss under Karajan and Bernstein.

Klosterneuburg, Austria
Earl Simmons
Arts & Music
27
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Earl Simmons

DMX
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1970 โ€“ 2021 (50 years old)

Raw, passionate American hip-hop icon and actor who became the first artist in music history to debut his first five consecutive albums at number one on the Billboard 200, defining hardcore 1990s rap with Ruff Ryders.

Yonkers, New York, United States
Hajja Hamdaouia
Arts & Music
22
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Hajja Hamdaouia

ุงู„ุญุงุฌุฉ ุงู„ุญู…ุฏุงูˆูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1930 โ€“ 2021 (91 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan vocalist and cultural icon who modernized the traditional rural 'Aita Marsawiya' genre, defying French colonial authorities with patriotic songs in the 1950s.

Casablanca, Morocco
George Segal Jr.
Arts & Music
20
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George Segal Jr.

George Segal
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1934 โ€“ 2021 (87 years old)

Charming Oscar-nominated American actor known for his witty dramatic and comedic roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Where's Poppa?, A Touch of Class, and beloved late-career television roles in Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs.

Santa Rosa, California, United States
Raja Farhat
Arts & Music
10
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Raja Farhat

ุฑุฌุงุก ูุฑุญุงุช
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1945 โ€“ 2021 (75 years old)

Master storyteller, dramatist, and cultural historian who brought modern Tunisian history to the stage in monumental solo plays examining Bourguiba and the founding fathers.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
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