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Jun 8, 2021

David Dushman (1923–2021), one of the last living liberators of Auschwitz

David Dushman was a Soviet veteran of World War II who was one of the last living soldiers who liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Feb 1, 2019

Stewart Adams (1923–2019), inventor of ibuprofen, used himself as test subject

“I always felt it was important to take the first dose.”

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Jun 2, 2017

Roberto De Vicenzo (1923 - 2017)

Argentine golf legend won the 1967 Open Championship…

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Mar 3, 2017

Paula Fox (1923 - 2017), award-winning children's author

Paula Fox, whose children’s books won numerous awards, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Brooklyn, according to multiple news sources. She was 93. Fox's daughter, Linda Carroll, told The Associated Press that her mother had been in declining health. Fox’s children’s book “The Slave Dancer” won the 1974 Newbery Medal. Based on historical accounts, it tells the tale of a white 13-year-old boy who must play a pipe while slaves are forced to dance upon a slave ship to keep their strength up. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international award for children’s literature, in 1978.

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Dec 6, 2016

Peter Vaughan (1923 - 2016), Game of Thrones actor

Peter Vaughan, an English character actor who played Maester Aemon on the HBO series "Game of Thrones," died Dec. 6, 2016, in West Sussex, England. He was 93. Vaughan played the "Game of Thrones" character from 2011 to 2015. He also played Grouty in three episodes the British sitcom "Porridge" as well as in the movie version. His credits also include the part of Tom Franklin on the British series "Chancer."

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Sep 3, 2016

Dabney Montgomery (1923–2016), Tuskegee Airman

Dabney Montgomery, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who marched for civil rights with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Sept. 3, 2016, of natural causes, according to The Associated Press. He was 93.

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Mar 28, 2016

Mother Mary Angelica (1923–2016), Eternal Word Television Network founder

Roman Catholic nun Mother Mary Angelica founded a global religious television network that reaches hundreds of millions of believers.

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Apr 20, 2013

Tito Puente's Timbales

On the 90th anniversary of his birth, we remember Latin jazz legend Tito Puente, “El Rey de los Timbales."

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Apr 12, 2013

Ann Miller: Top of the Taps

Ann Miller was a multi-talented star – she could sing, she could act, she was funny – but all these skills were eclipsed by her magnificent dancing...

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Feb 3, 2013

Al Lewis as Grandpa Munster

Al Lewis didn't mind being typecast as the genial vampire Grandpa from The Munsters.

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Apr 22, 2012

Four Decades of Aaron Spelling

For four decades, Aaron Spelling and television went hand in hand.

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