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Carl Weathers
Arts & Music
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Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1948 โ€“ 2024 (76 years old)

American actor, director, and former NFL linebacker immortalized as Apollo Creed in the Rocky film franchise, Colonel Al Dillon in Predator, and Greef Karga in Star Wars: The Mandalorian.

Los Angeles, United States
Adan Canto
Arts & Music
26
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Adan Canto

Adan Canto
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1981 โ€“ 2024 (42 years old)

Mexican actor, musician, and director who made a powerful impact in Hollywood, starring as Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past, White House Chief of Staff Aaron Shore in Designated Survivor, and Arman Morales in The Cleaning Lady.

Glendale, United States
David Richard Solberg
Arts & Music
27
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David Richard Solberg

David Soul
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1943 โ€“ 2024 (80 years old)

American-British actor and singer world-famous as blonde detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the iconic 1970s crime series Starsky & Hutch, who also scored international chart-topping pop hits including "Don't Give Up on Us".

London, United Kingdom
Mbongeni Ngema
Arts & Music
23
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Mbongeni Ngema

Mbongeni Ngema
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
1955 โ€“ 2023 (68 years old)

Renowned South African playwright, composer, and anti-apartheid cultural pioneer who created the triumphant Broadway musical Sarafina! and co-wrote Woza Albert!, winning Tony and Grammy nominations for showcasing African liberation struggle.

Durban, South Africa
Lee Sun-kyun
Arts & Music
26
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Lee Sun-kyun

์ด์„ ๊ท 
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea
1975 โ€“ 2023 (48 years old)

Acclaimed South Korean actor celebrated for his deep resonant voice, compelling television dramas like Coffee Prince and My Mister, and his leading role as the wealthy patriarch Park Dong-ik in Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning Parasite.

Seoul, South Korea
Norman Milton Lear
Arts & Music
28
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Norman Milton Lear

Norman Lear
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1922 โ€“ 2023 (101 years old)

Centenarian American television writer and producer who revolutionized American popular culture in the 1970s by bringing real-world social and political issues to sitcoms such as All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, and The Jeffersons.

Los Angeles, United States
Malika Agueznay
Arts & Music
9
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Malika Agueznay

ู…ู„ูŠูƒุฉ ุฃุฌุฒู†ุงูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1943 โ€“ 2023 (80 years old)

Trailblazing female pioneer of Moroccan abstract painting and printmaking, celebrated for five decades for her signature undulating organic motifs inspired by sea algae and calligraphic energy.

Casablanca, Morocco
Matthew Langford Perry
Arts & Music
27
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Matthew Langford Perry

Matthew Perry
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1969 โ€“ 2023 (54 years old)

American-Canadian actor and author who achieved universal fame and five Emmy nominations as the sarcastic, quick-witted Chandler Bing on the iconic television sitcom Friends, later becoming a passionate advocate for addiction recovery.

Los Angeles, United States
Lovella May Borg
Arts & Music
26
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Lovella May Borg

Carla Bley
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1936 โ€“ 2023 (87 years old)

Visionary American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader who co-founded the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, created the monumental 1971 jazz opera Escalator over the Hill, and pioneered artist-owned independent record labels with WATT Records.

Willow, United States
Cherif Hamani
Arts & Music
4
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Cherif Hamani

ุดุฑูŠู ุญู…ุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1956 โ€“ 2023 (67 years old)

Virtuoso Kabyle mandole master and singer whose poetic compositions like 'A Thallwith' (Peace) expressed deep social, philosophical, and patriotic introspection.

Beni Douala (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
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