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Michael Lerner
Arts & Music
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Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1941 โ€“ 2023 (81 years old)

Formidable American character actor who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as studio mogul Jack Lipnick in the Coen brothers' Barton Fink, and appeared in Elf and Godzilla.

Los Angeles, United States
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Arts & Music
24
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Ryuichi Sakamoto

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1952 โ€“ 2023 (71 years old)

Visionary Japanese composer, pianist, and electronic music trailblazer. Co-founder of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Oscar-winning film composer for The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and The Revenant.

Tokyo, Japan
Gordon Earle Moore
Sciences & Discovery
24
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Gordon Earle Moore

Gordon Moore
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1929 โ€“ 2023 (94 years old)

American engineer, entrepreneur, and Intel co-founder who formulated "Moore's Law"โ€”predicting that the number of transistors on a microchip would double roughly every two yearsโ€”which governed the global digital technology revolution for six decades.

Waimea, United States
Willis Reed
Sports & Athletics
49
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Willis Reed

Willis Reed Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
25 June 1942 โ€“ 21 March 2023 (80 years old)

Willis Reed Jr., beloved as 'The Captain', was the revered leader and spiritual heart of the New York Knicks' golden era, captaining the team to two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973. In 1970, he became the first player in NBA history to win the All-Star MVP, regular season MVP, and Finals MVP in the same season, immortalized for his legendary hobbled entrance onto the court in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals.

Houston, Texas, United States
Wayne Shorter
Arts & Music
23
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Wayne Shorter

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1933 โ€“ 2023 (89 years old)

Titan of modern jazz saxophone and one of the genre's greatest composers. Key member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and co-founder of jazz fusion pioneers Weather Report.

Glendale, California, United States
Just Fontaine
Sports & Athletics
53
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Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
18 August 1933 โ€“ 1 March 2023 (89 years old)

Just Fontaine was a legendary French striker who holds the eternal, unbreakable record for the most goals scored in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, netting an astonishing 13 goals in six games at the 1958 tournament in Sweden. A star of Stade de Reims, he scored 30 goals in just 21 international matches for France before injury ended his playing career at age twenty-eight.

Toulouse, France
Gordon Pinsent
Art
0
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Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
12 July 1930 โ€“ 25 February 2023 (92 years old)

Iconic Newfoundland actor and writer whose unforgettable performances in The Rowdyman, The Shipping News, and Away from Her embodied Canadian storytelling.

Toronto, Canada
Gregory Foster
Sports & Athletics
25
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Gregory Foster

Greg Foster
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1958 โ€“ 2023 (64 years old)

Dominant American track and field hurdler who became the only athlete in history to win three consecutive World Championship gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles (1983, 1987, 1991), also winning silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

Chicago, United States
Jo Raquel Tejada
Arts & Music
25
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Jo Raquel Tejada

Raquel Welch
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 2023 (82 years old)

American actress and international sex symbol of the 1960s and 1970s whose prehistoric doe-skin bikini poster for One Million Years B.C. became a defining cultural phenomenon, winning a Golden Globe for The Three Musketeers.

Los Angeles, United States
Paul Berg
Sciences & Discovery
25
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Paul Berg

Paul Berg
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1926 โ€“ 2023 (96 years old)

American biochemist who constructed the world's first recombinant DNA molecule in 1972, founding modern genetic engineering, and subsequently convened the landmark 1975 Asilomar Conference on biological safety.

Stanford, United States
Akira Matsumoto
Arts & Music
25
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Akira Matsumoto

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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1938 โ€“ 2023 (85 years old)

Titan of Japanese manga and anime whose sweeping romantic space operas, including Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999, and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, captivated international audiences and inspired Daft Punk's Interstella 5555.

Tokyo, Japan
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