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March 8 2006

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Alfred Keller🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian painter and architect (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,466
Anton Räderscheidt🇩🇪
deceased
German artist (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,271
Brigitte Mira🇩🇪
deceased
German actress and singer (1910–2005) · 1910–2005
Days lived
34,656
Dick Esser
deceased
field hockey player (1918-1979) · 1918–1979
Days lived
22,157
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
deceased
Notable Trials · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,670
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin🇩🇪
deceased
German resistance member (1922–2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,114
Francis Wolff🇺🇸
deceased
American record producer · 1907–1971
Days lived
23,347
George Martin🇬🇧
deceased
English record producer (1926–2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,937
George Stevens🇺🇸
deceased
American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975) · 1904–1975
Days lived
25,647
Hans Müller-Einigen🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian author (1882–1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,605
Harold Lloyd🇺🇸
deceased
American actor and comedian (1893–1971) · 1893–1971
Days lived
28,445
Jack Lummus🇺🇸
deceased
United States Marine Corps officer (1915-1945) · 1915–1945
Days lived
10,730
José Ignacio Rivero🇨🇺
deceased
Cuban journalist (1920–2011) · 1920–2011
Days lived
33,003
José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras🇪🇸
deceased
Spanish theologian (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,184
Justus Pfaue🇩🇪
deceased
actor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,097
Karl Harbacher🇦🇹
deceased
actor · 1879–1943
Days lived
23,136
Ken Johnson🇬🇧
deceased
British jazz band-leader and dancer (1914–1941) · 1914–1941
Days lived
9,676
Lyudmila Frolova
deceased
Soviet field hockey player · 1953–2013
Days lived
21,772
Max Gerson🇺🇸
deceased
German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,264
Otto Wolff von Amerongen🇩🇪
deceased
entrepreneur · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,356
Paul Hymans🇧🇪
deceased
Belgian politician (1865–1941) · 1865–1941
Days lived
27,743
Sergei Mandreko🇦🇹
deceased
Russian footballer (1971–2022) · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,482
Walter Kolm-Veltée🇦🇹
deceased
actor · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,213
William Howard Taft🇺🇸
deceased
president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930
Days lived
26,471

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