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May 17 1990
film director · 1912–2013
Days lived
37,063
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American computer scientist (born 1940) · b. 1940
Days alive
18,262
founder of a Buddhist order (1898–1985) · 1898–1985
Days lived
31,653
German schlager singer · b. 1952
Days alive
13,879
Stand-up comedian · 1956–2022
Days lived
23,978
film director · 1903–1991
Days lived
32,071
German actress · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
British actor · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
association football player · b. 1999
Swiss writer · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
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artist · 1936–2010
Days lived
27,040
Austrian actor (1926-2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,204
German architect (1904–1989) · 1904–1989
Days lived
31,148
athlete · 1878–1946
Days lived
25,015
singer · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Russian female tennis player, winner of 1993 French Open (mixed doubles) · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
chemist · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,692
character actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335
athlete · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Italian-French entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
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actor (1924-1991) · 1924–1991
Days lived
24,640
entrepreneur · 1879–1946
Days lived
24,629
military person · 1895–1945
Days lived
18,268
English rugby union footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
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writer · 1873–1935
Days lived
22,749
Politician · b. 1989
Days alive
365
singer · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,480
musician · 1901–1994
Days lived
33,832
military person · 1898–1959
Days lived
22,182
swimmer · b. 2002
artist · 1911–1992
Days lived
29,483
German actress (1909–1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,851
American football player, quarterback · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
French Jesuit and scholar (1925–1986) · 1925–1986
Days lived
22,152
Turkish theologian (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
German actress (1945-2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,402
Actor · b. 1934
Days alive
20,454
American computer scientist · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
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actor · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Japanese association football player · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
architectural historian (1923–1991) · 1923–1991
Days lived
24,784
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Mormon leader · 1932–2017
Days lived
30,976
Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991
Days lived
37,244
Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,288
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,757
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,628
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