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Steve Ripley

United States

c. 1950 – 2019 (69 years old)

Paul Steven Ripley was an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Joe Casely-Hayford

Great Britain

c. 1957 – 2019 (62 years old)

Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford was a British fashion designer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Darius Perkins

Australia

c. 1965 – 2019 (54 years old)

Darius Anton Perkins was an Australian actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Canberra, Australia

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Marko Nikolić

Switzerland

c. 1947 – 2019 (72 years old)

Marko Nikolić was a Serbian actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Bob Einstein

United States

c. 1943 – 2019 (76 years old)

Stewart Robert Einstein was an American actor, comedy writer, and producer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Mustapha Adane

مصطفى عدان

Algeria

1933 – 2019 (86 years old)

Master sculptor, ceramicist, and painter who co-authored the 1967 Aouchem Manifesto, creating public monumental sculptures and teaching fine arts for decades.

Algiers, Algeria

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Nils Utsi

Norway

c. 1944 – 2019 (75 years old)

Nils Reidar Utsi was a Norwegian Sámi actor, stage director and film director.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Oslo, Norway

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Kris Kelmi

Russia

c. 1956 – 2019 (63 years old)

Kris Kelmi was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Moscow, Russia

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Joan Guinjoan

Spain

c. 1932 – 2019 (87 years old)

Joan Guinjoan i Gispert was a Catalan composer and pianist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Madrid, Spain

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Ivo Gregurević

Switzerland

c. 1953 – 2019 (66 years old)

Ivo Gregurević was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Hamid Zahir

حميد الزاهر (حميد بلقاس)

Morocco

1938 – 2018 (80 years old)

Legendary Marrakshi popular singer, oud master, and folk pioneer who modernized the traditional Dakka Marrakchia rhythm with immortal festive hits like Lalla Fatima and Achema.

Marrakesh, Morocco

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Mimoun Bakouch (Mimoun El Oujdi)

ميمون الوجدي

Morocco

1950 – 2018 (68 years old)

Morocco's foremost pioneer of Raï music whose expressive voice, poetic Moroccan Darija lyrics, and smash hits like 'Nar Raï Gueddat' and 'Sawlouh' defined eastern Moroccan youth culture for thirty years.

Oujda, Morocco

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Abdelbasset Ben Dahman

عبد الباسط بن دحمان

Morocco

1949 – 2018 (69 years old)

Tangier-born painter celebrated for luminous hyper-realistic portraits and dreamlike figurative compositions that captured the mysterious light and spiritual serenity of Moroccan faces.

Tangier, Morocco

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Rachid Taha

رشيد طه

Algeria

1958 – 2018 (59 years old)

Trailblazing punk-rock and Raï icon born in Sig, who fronted 'Carte de Séjour', electrified global audiences with 'Ya Rayah', and performed the legendary '1, 2, 3 Soleils'.

Sig (Mascara), Algeria

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Djamel Allam

جمال علام

Algeria

1947 – 2018 (71 years old)

Acclaimed Algerian singer-songwriter, actor, and musical pioneer from Bejaia whose modern, joyful Mediterranean arrangements and songs like 'Mara-d Youghal' conquered international stages.

Bejaia, Algeria

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin

United States

1942 – 2018 (76 years old)

The undisputed 'Queen of Soul' whose incomparable four-octave voice and anthem Respect defined American vocal mastery.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Hassan El Glaoui

حسن الكلاوي

Morocco

1924 – 2018 (93 years old)

Foremost pioneer of modern Moroccan figurative painting whose dramatic, light-infused canvases of charging Berber horses, Tbourida fantasias, and Atlas landscapes were encouraged by Winston Churchill.

Rabat, Morocco

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Khadija Jamal

خديجة جمال

Morocco

1935 – 2018 (83 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan actress who joined the national resistance against French colonialism in her youth, celebrated for decades of memorable roles in classical theater and hit television sitcoms like Lalla Fatima.

Casablanca, Morocco

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