Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Arts & Music

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Mauro Staccioli

Italy

c. 1938 – 2018 (80 years old)

Mauro Staccioli (1938–2018) was a distinguished Italy public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in arts.

Rome, Italy

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Arts & Music

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Robert Mann

United States

c. 1921 – 2018 (97 years old)

Robert Nathaniel Mann was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Arts & Music

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Milt Jamin

United States

c. 1940 – 2018 (78 years old)

Milton "Milt" Jamin, often known professionally as Milton James, was an American voice and film actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Manuel Olivencia

Spain

c. 1930 – 2018 (88 years old)

Manuel Olivencia Ruiz was a Spanish lawyer with a career as a professor, economist, and diplomat. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Madrid, Spain

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Humberto Coutinho

Brazil

c. 1947 – 2018 (71 years old)

Humberto Ivar Araújo Coutinho was a Brazilian physician and politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Brasília, Brazil

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Arts & Music

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Abdallah Benanteur

عبد الله بن عنتر

Algeria

1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Master painter and engraver whose ethereal, contemplative landscapes and hand-printed artist books bridged classical Mediterranean literature and abstract expressionism.

Thiais, France

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Sports & Athletics

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Johnny Bower

The China Wall

Canada

8 November 1924 – 26 December 2017 (93 years old)

Beloved Hall of Fame goaltender who lied about his age to serve in WWII, perfected the poke check, and backstopped the Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in his forties.

Toronto, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Mohammed Hasan

محمد حسن

Libya

1944 – December 17, 2017 (73 years old)

Legendary Libyan composer, vocalist, and cultural pioneer whose monumental musical epics, orchestral bedouin suites, and poignant folkloric ballads defined the modern Libyan musical identity for five decades.

Tripoli, Libya

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Arts & Music

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Jellal Ben Abdallah

جلال بن عبد الله

Tunisia

May 30, 1921 – November 9, 2017 (96 years old)

Distinguished Tunisian painter and foundational figure of the École de Tunis whose exquisite miniatures and portraits captured the quiet elegance, light, and architectural enchantment of Sidi Bou Said.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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Mahmoud Zemmouri

محمود زموري

Algeria

1946 – 2017 (70 years old)

Satirical filmmaker and screenwriter from Boufarik whose razor-sharp comedies like 'Prends 10 000 balles et casse-toi' and 'De Hollywood à Tamanrasset' skewered social hypocrisy.

Boufarik (Blida), Algeria

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Sports & Athletics

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Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta

United States

10 July 1922 – 19 September 2017 (95 years old)

Giacobbe 'Jake' LaMotta, 'The Raging Bull', was a legendary American middleweight champion renowned for possessing one of the most indestructible chins in sports history and a savage, swarming inside-fighting style. Reining as world middleweight champion from 1949 to 1951, his brutal six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson and turbulent life inspired Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece Raging Bull.

Aventura, Florida, United States

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Politics

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Allan MacEachen

The Laird of Mabou

Canada

6 July 1921 – 12 September 2017 (96 years old)

Son of a Cape Breton coal miner who became Canada's first Deputy Prime Minister, steering the Canada Labour Code, Medicare, and the Charter through Parliament.

Mabou, Canada

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Sports & Athletics

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Sir Colin Earl Meads

Sir Colin Earl Meads

New Zealand

1936 – 2017 (81 years old)

New Zealand rugby union lock for the All Blacks, voted New Zealand's Rugby Player of the Century, the definitive symbol of Kiwi rugby grit and toughness.

Te Kuiti, New Zealand

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Literature & Poetry

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Abdelkrim Ghallab

عبد الكريم غلاب

Morocco

1919 – 2017 (97 years old)

Pioneering Moroccan Arabic novelist and journalist, longtime editor-in-chief of the nationalist daily Al-Alam, and author of the classic anti-colonial novel Dafanna al-Madi.

Rabat, Morocco

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Sports & Athletics

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Angel Nieto

Angel Nieto Roldan

Spain

1947 – 2017 (70 years old)

Spanish motorcycle racing legend who won thirteen Grand Prix World Championships (which he superstition-guarded as '12+1') and ninety Grands Prix, igniting Spain's rise as the world capital of motorcycle racing.

Ibiza, Spain

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Cinema

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Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

France

1928 – 2017 (89 years old)

Legendary French actress, director, and singer whose husky voice, sensual intelligence, and iconic roles in Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud and François Truffaut's Jules et Jim made her the definitive muse of the French New Wave.

Paris, France

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Redha Malek

رضا مالك

Algeria

1931 – 2017 (85 years old)

Eminent Algerian diplomat, philosopher, official spokesman of the GPRA at the 1962 Evian Accords, and Prime Minister who guided Algeria through the anti-terrorist struggle of the 1990s.

Algiers, Algeria

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Sports & Athletics

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Abdelmajid Dolmy

عبد المجيد الظلمي

Morocco

1953 – 2017 (64 years old)

Legendary Moroccan midfielder who represented the Atlas Lions at the historic 1986 World Cup, celebrated for his peerless elegance on the pitch and receiving the UNESCO Fair Play Trophy for never receiving a red card in 20 years.

Casablanca, Morocco

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