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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Earl Simmons
Arts & Music
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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
Isamu Akasaki
Sciences & Discovery
25
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Isamu Akasaki

่ตค๏จ‘ ๅ‹‡
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1929 โ€“ 2021 (92 years old)

Japanese semiconductor physicist awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using gallium nitride, enabling energy-saving white LED lighting and modern smartphone screens.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Larry Jeff McMurtry
Literature & Poetry
35
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Larry Jeff McMurtry

Larry McMurtry
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1936 โ€“ 2021 (84 years old)

Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning American novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West in masterpieces including Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, and co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.

Archer City, Texas, United States
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
Elgin Baylor
Sports & Athletics
50
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Elgin Baylor

Elgin Gay Baylor
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
16 September 1934 โ€“ 22 March 2021 (86 years old)

Elgin Gay Baylor was a revolutionary American basketball player who transformed the sport by taking it off the hardwood and into the air. A transcendent forward for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers, his mid-air body control, hanging bank shots, and 61-point outburst in the 1962 NBA Finals paved the way for Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Nawal El Saadawi
Literature & Poetry
25
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Nawal El Saadawi

ู†ูˆุงู„ ุงู„ุณุนุฏุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1931 โ€“ 2021 (89 years old)

Fierce and visionary Egyptian feminist writer, psychiatrist, and activist whose revolutionary books including Women and Sex and Woman at Point Zero broke deep taboos around female genital mutilation, patriarchy, and religious fundamentalism in the Arab world.

Giza, Egypt
Sabine Schmitz
Sports & Athletics
28
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Sabine Schmitz

Sabine Schmitz
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
1969 โ€“ 2021 (51 years old)

Celebrated German professional racing driver revered worldwide as the "Queen of the Nรผrburgring", who became the first woman to win the 24 Hours of Nรผrburgring overall (1996) and delighted millions as a spirited presenter on BBC's Top Gear.

Nรผrburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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