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Chance Perdomo
Arts & Music
29
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Chance Perdomo

Chance Perdomo
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1996 โ€“ 2024 (27 years old)

Talented British-American actor nominated for a BAFTA for Killed by My Debt, who captivated global audiences as Ambrose Spellman on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Andre Anderson on Prime Video's superhero satire Gen V.

Southampton, United Kingdom
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr.
Arts & Music
22
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Louis Cameron Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1936 โ€“ 2024 (87 years old)

Pioneering African American actor who became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Drill Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman, having won an Emmy for portraying Fiddler in Roots.

Los Angeles, United States
Richard Serra
Arts & Music
25
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Richard Serra

Richard Serra
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1938 โ€“ 2024 (85 years old)

American monumental sculptor and minimalist master renowned for colossal, site-specific installations of weathered Cor-Ten steel that redefined the physical experience of space, gravity, and bodily perception.

Orient, United States
Maurice El Mรฉdioni
Arts & Music
5
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Maurice El Mรฉdioni

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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 2024 (95 years old)

Virtuoso Jewish-Algerian pianist from Oran who revolutionized North African music by inventing 'Pianoriental', fusing Arabic quarter-tones and Andalusian modes with boogie-woogie piano.

Oran, Algeria
Michael Emmet Walsh
Arts & Music
23
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Michael Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1935 โ€“ 2024 (88 years old)

Incomparable American character actor who appeared in over 220 films and TV series, famous as Captain Bryant in Blade Runner, the deranged sniper in The Jerk, and the sleazy private eye Loren Visser in the Coen brothers' Blood Simple.

Swanton, United States
Mutsumi Inomata
Arts & Music
24
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Mutsumi Inomata

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1960 โ€“ 2024 (63 years old)

Celebrated Japanese illustrator, animator, and character designer famed for her delicate watercolor aesthetic, large soulful eyes, and beloved character designs across the Tales video game series and anime classics like Windaria and Gundam Seed.

Yokohama, Japan
Akira Toriyama
Arts & Music
29
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Akira Toriyama

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1955 โ€“ 2024 (68 years old)

Visionary Japanese manga artist and character designer who created Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, selling over 300 million books and profoundly transforming global popular culture, anime, and the video game industry.

Nagoya, Japan
Iris Apfel
Arts & Music
23
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Iris Apfel

Iris Barrel
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1921 โ€“ 2024 (102 years old)

American interior designer, businesswoman, and centenarian fashion icon famed for her flamboyant personal style, oversized round glasses, layers of costume jewelry, and high-profile White House restoration projects.

Elmont, United States
David Jay Bordwell
Arts & Music
26
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David Jay Bordwell

David Bordwell
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1947 โ€“ 2024 (76 years old)

Preeminent American film theorist, historian, and longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison professor whose textbook Film Art: An Introduction and neoformalist theories transformed international cinema studies and the analysis of cinematic form.

Madison, United States
Stephen Richard Wright
Arts & Music
23
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Stephen Richard Wright

Steve Wright
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1954 โ€“ 2024 (69 years old)

Beloved British radio pioneer who transformed national broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2, introducing the American "zoo format" to the UK with Steve Wright in the Afternoon and entertaining millions with "Sunday Love Songs".

London, United Kingdom
Kenji Suzuki
Arts & Music
23
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Kenji Suzuki

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1950 โ€“ 2024 (74 years old)

Japanese vocalist and improvisational pioneer who fronted the seminal German krautrock band Can from 1970 to 1973, singing in a multilingual stream-of-consciousness style on landmark albums Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, and Future Days.

Cologne, Germany
Seiji Ozawa
Arts & Music
22
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Seiji Ozawa

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
1935 โ€“ 2024 (88 years old)

World-renowned Japanese orchestra conductor who served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a historic 29 seasons and music director of the Vienna State Opera, renowned for his kinetic podium style and interpretations of modern and romantic works.

Tokyo, Japan
Arthur Ian Lavender
Arts & Music
20
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Arthur Ian Lavender

Ian Lavender
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1946 โ€“ 2024 (77 years old)

English stage and screen actor beloved across generations as the naive, scarf-wearing Private Frank Pike in the iconic BBC World War II comedy series Dad's Army, the last surviving member of the legendary Home Guard platoon.

Woolpit, United Kingdom
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