Varazdat Samuel "Varaz" Samuelian (Armenian: Վարազդատ Սամվելի "Վարազ" Սամվելյան , 1917 – November 7, 1995) was a prominent Armenian American writer, painter and sculptor.
Ninan Cuyochi (1490–1527) the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and was first in line to inherit the Inca Empire; however, he died of smallpox shortly before or after his father's death, bringing about aConflicting factions and the fact that the Spanish chroniclers' accounts stemmed from the winners of the ensuing civil war led to conflicting versions of what actually happened.
 Thus, although Huayna Capac named the infant Ninan Cuyochi as his first heir, sources differ as to whether the boy died first, was unacceptable because of an unfavorable divination, or even if Huayna simply forgot that he had named him when asked to confirm the nomination.
 In any event a second choice was requested and again sources vary.
 He may have named Huáscar half-brother Atahualpa who then refused, or named Huáscar himself, or perhaps even the nobles put forward Huáscar.
 Whatever the truth, the result of Huáscar's accession and the dispute over it before and after led to civil war between Huáscar (made Emperor by a faction based in Cuzco) and Atahualpa (backed by leaders who were based in the north with Huayna).
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Donald J. Manoukian (June 9, 1934 – September 23, 2014) was an American football guard and professional wrestler of Armenian descent from Reno, Nevada.
Grand Theft Parsons is a 2003 film based on the true story of country rock musician Gram Parsons (played by Gabriel Macht), who died of an overdose in 1973.
 Parsons and his road manager, Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxville), made a pact in life that whoever died first would be cremated by the other in what was then the Joshua Tree National Monument, an area of desert they both loved and cherished.

Question: Who died first, Don Manoukian or Varaz Samuelian?
Answer: Varazdat Samuel "Varaz" Samuelian