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Sigottier

Sigottier is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Sorbiers, Hautes-Alpes

Sorbiers is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
John Geddert

John Gerald Geddert (December 21, 1957 – February 25, 2021) was an American gymnastics coach. He coached Olympic champion Jordyn Wieber and was a head coach for the London 2012 US Olympic Gymnastics Team. He worked with sex offender Larry Nassar. He was born in Michigan.

Geddert was charged with physical, psychological and sexual abuse. One day after USA Gymnastics announced suspension of Geddert's membership pending investigation into the abuse allegations, Geddert retired from coaching.

On February 25, 2021, Geddert shot himself at a rest area off Interstate 96 in Grand Ledge, Michigan, just hours after he had been charged with 24 felony crimes. He was 63 years old.

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1957 births
2021 deaths
Suicides by firearm in the United States
American rapists
Sportspeople from Michigan
Criminals from Michigan
Grand Ledge, Michigan

Grand Ledge is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is mostly within Eaton County, though a small portion is also in Clinton County to the north. 7,786 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Cities in Michigan
Ivy Bottini

Ivy Bottini (August 15, 1926 – February 25, 2021) was an American activist. She supported women's rights and LGBT rights. She also was a visual artist. She was born in New York City. In 1966, she helped found the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women.

Her memoir, The Liberation of Ivy Bottini: A Memoir of Love and Activism, as told to Judith V. Branzburg, was published by Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company in November, 2018.

Bottini died in Florida on February 25, 2021 at the age of 94.

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1926 births
2021 deaths
American LGBT rights activists
American feminists
Lesbian feminists
LGBT artists
LGBT writers
American autobiographers
Artists from New York City
Writers from New York City
LGBT people from New York City
Trescléoux

Trescléoux is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Philippe Jaccottet

Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. He was born in Moudon, Switzerland. 

He translated the writings of Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Homer and Ungaretti.

In 2014, Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. 

Jaccottet died in Grignan, France, on 24 February 2021 at the age of 95.

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1925 births
2021 deaths
French poets
Swiss poets
Translators
Val-des-Prés

Val-des-Prés is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Gary Halpin

Gary Halpin (14 February 1966 – 23 February 2021) was an Irish rugby union international player.  He played as a prop for Wanderers F.C., Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins and the Irish national rugby union team.  He was born in Dublin.

Halpin died on 23 February 2021 in Dublin, aged 55.

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1966 births
2021 deaths
Irish rugby union players
Sportspeople from Dublin
Valserres

Valserres is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Les Vigneaux

Les Vigneaux is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Villar-d'Arêne

Villar-d'Arêne is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Bulantrisna Djelantik

Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik (8 September 1947 – 24 February 2021) was a Dutch-born Indonesian traditional Balinese dancer. She was an ENT specialist and a lecturer at the faculty of medicine at Padjadjaran University. 

Bulantrisna died on 24 February 2021 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 73.

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1947 births
2021 deaths
Dancers
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Indonesian people
Villar-Loubière

Villar-Loubière is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Villar-Saint-Pancrace

Villar-Saint-Pancrace is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Antonio Catricalà

Antonio Catricalà (7 February 1952 – 24 February 2021) was an Italian public manager, politician, professor, lawyer, and magistrate. He was born in Catanzaro, Italy. From 2011 to 2013, he was Secretary of the Council of Ministers during the Mario Monti cabinet.

Catricalà died on 24 February 2021 at his Rome apartment after shooting himself, aged 69.

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1952 births
2021 deaths
Suicides by firearm
Italian politicians
Italian businesspeople
Italian academics
Italian lawyers
Hannie Bruinsma-Kleijwegt

Johanna "Hannie" Bruinsma-Kleijwegt (14 July 1936 – 21 February 2021) was a Dutch politician. She was a member of the Labour Party. 

She was a member of the municipal council of East-Dongeradiel, of the provincial council of Friesland, and a Friesland provincial executive.

She was mayor of Zaanstad from 1992 until 1996.

Bruinsma-Kleijwegt was born in Nij Beets and died in Drachten at the age of 84.

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1936 births
2021 deaths
Dutch councillors
Dutch mayors
Dutch provincial politicians
Dutch women politicians
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Politicians from Friesland
Heinz Hermann Thiele

Heinz Hermann Thiele (2 April 1941 – 23 February 2021) was a German businessman. He was the chairman of Knorr-Bremse AG and Vossloh. At the time of his death, he was also the largest shareholder in the German carrier Lufthansa AG.

With a net worth of $20.2 billion, he was the fourth richest person in Germany at the time of his death.

Thiele died on 23 February 2021 in Munich at age 79.

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1941 births
2021 deaths
German businesspeople
People from Mainz
Néstor Mario Rapanelli

Néstor Mario Rapanelli (April 23, 1929 – February 23, 2021) was an Argentine economist, businessman and politician. He was Minister of Economy in 1989. Rapanelli was born in Buenos Aires. A businessman, he chaired Bunge & Born.

Rapanelli died on February 23, 2021 in Buenos Aires, aged 91.

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1929 births
2021 deaths
Argentine businesspeople
Argentine politicians
Argentine economists
People from Buenos Aires
Wolfango Montanari

Wolfango Montanari (16 May 1931 – 23 February 2021) was an Italian sprinter. He was born in Terni, Italy. He won five medals at the International athletics competitions. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, he has 14 caps in national team from 1951 to 1957.

Montanari died on 23 February 2021 in Terni, aged 89.

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1931 births
2021 deaths
Italian Olympians
Sprinters
Margaret Maron

Margaret Maron (née Brown; August 25, 1938 – February 23, 2021) was an American writer. She was known for writing many mystery novels. Maron was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was known for her Sigrid Harald and Deborah Knott series. 

Maron died on February 23, 2021 in Raleigh, North Carolina from problems caused by a stroke, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
American novelists
Deaths from stroke
Writers from North Carolina
People from Greensboro, North Carolina
Yves Martin

Yves Martin  (22 November 1929 – 23 February 2021) was a Canadian sociologist. He was the rector at the Université de Sherbrooke and was one of the founders of the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail.

Martin died on 23 February 2021 at the age of 91.

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1929 births
2021 deaths
Canadian academics
Sociologists
Canadian scientists
People from Quebec
Tormod Knutsen

Tormod Kåre Knutsen (7 January 1932 – 23 February 2021) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier. He won the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and came second at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He won four national championships, and in 1960. Knutsen was born in Eidsvoll, Norway. 

Knutsen died in Eidsvoll on 23 February 2021, aged 89.

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1932 births
2021 deaths
Norwegian Olympians
Olympic silver medalists
Olympic gold medalists
Skiers
Othman Kechrid

Othman Kechrid () (26 June 1920 – 23 February 2021) was a Tunisian politician. He was born in Kairouan, French Tunisia. From 1979 until 1980, he was the Minister of the Interior.

Kechrid died on 23 February 2021 in Tunis, aged 100.

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1920 births
2021 deaths
Centenarians
Tunisian politicians
Abdul Qadir Djaelani

Abdul Qadir Djaelani (20 October 1938 – 23 February 2021) was an Indonesian Islamic preacher, writer, activist, and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 2000 until 2004. He was a member of the Crescent Star Party.

Djaelani died on 23 February 2021 in Jakarta, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Indonesian politicians
Indonesian writers
Indonesian activists
Jos Waals

Jos Waals (21 October 1943 – 22 February 2021) was a Dutch politician. He was member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He was mayor of Nootdorp from 1980 until 1991 and of Venray from 1991 until 2010. He was born in Dreumel, Netherlands.

Waals died on 22 February 2021 in Venray, aged 77.

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1943 births
2021 deaths
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Dutch mayors
Politicians from Gelderland
A Sip of Love

A Sip of Love () is a 1984 Turkish drama movie directed by Atıf Yılmaz and starring Kadir İnanır, Hale Soygazi, Macit Koper, Meral Çetinkaya.

Other websites

1984 drama movies
Turkish movies
Movies directed by Atıf Yılmaz
Thomas Vinciguerra

Thomas Vinciguerra  (October 8, 1963 – February 22, 2021) was an American journalist, editor, and author. He was a founding editor of The Week magazine. He published about popular culture in the New York Times, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and GQ.

Vinciguerra died on February 22, 2021 in Garden City, New York at the age of 57.

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1963 births
2021 deaths
American editors
Journalists from New York City
Garden City, New York

Garden City is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, in the town of Hempstead.

As of the 2010 census, Garden City had 22,371 people living there.

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Villages in New York
Lamberto Leonardi

Lamberto Leonardi (8 August 1939 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian professional footballer and coach. He was born in Rome. He played as a midfielder. Leonardi's playing career lasted from 1958 until 1973. He later managed football clubs from 1974 until 2001. He played for Varese Calcio S.S.D. eighty-six times between 1966 until 1969. He also managed A.S.G. Nocerina.

Leonardi died on 22 February 2021 in Latina, Italy at the age of 81.

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1939 births
2021 deaths
Italian footballers
Italian football managers
Sportspeople from Rome
Aignan, Gers

Aignan is a commune in the Gers department. It can be found in the southwestern part of France.

Related pages 
 Communes of the Gers department

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Communes in Gers
Avessac

Avessac is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Jerzy Dietl

Jerzy Dietl (28 April 1927 – 23 February 2021) was a Polish economist and politician. He was a Senator from 1989 until 1991. He was a member of the Civic Parliamentary Club. Dietl was born in Inowrocław, Poland.

Dietl died on 23 February 2021 in Warsaw, aged 93.

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1927 births
2021 deaths
Polish politicians
Polish economists
Barbechat

Barbechat used to be a commune. It was in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new commune, Divatte-sur-Loire.

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Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Basse-Goulaine

Basse-Goulaine is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Batz-sur-Mer

Batz-sur-Mer is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
La Baule-Escoublac

La Baule-Escoublac is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Stan Williams (baseball)

Stanley Wilson Williams (September 14, 1936 – February 20, 2021) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox between 1958 and 1972.  

Williams died on February 20, 2021, at his home in Laughlin, Nevada from heart and respiratory failure, aged 84.

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1936 births
2021 deaths
Los Angeles Dodgers players
New York Yankees players
Cleveland Indians players
Minnesota Twins players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Boston Red Sox players
Sportspeople from New Hampshire
Sportspeople from Colorado
Deaths from heart failure
Deaths from respiratory failure
Belligné

Belligné is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loireauxence.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Varades

Varades is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loireauxence.

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Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Enfield, New Hampshire

Enfield is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. 4,582 people lived here at the 2010 census.

References

Towns in New Hampshire
Laughlin, Nevada

Laughlin  is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

References

Unincorporated communities in Nevada
Census-designated places in Nevada
La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur, Loire-Atlantique

La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loireauxence.

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Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
La Rouxière

La Rouxière is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Loireauxence.

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Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Douglas Turner Ward

Douglas Turner Ward (May 5, 1930February 20, 2021) was an American playwright, actor, director, and theatrical producer. He was known for being the founder of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).  He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1974 for his role in The River Niger, which he also directed.

Ward died on February 20, 2021 in New York City, aged 90.

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Drama Desk Award winners
1930 births
2021 deaths
American stage actors
American playwrights
American theatre directors
Theatre producers
Writers from Louisiana
Actors from Louisiana
Actors from New York City
Writers from New York City
ATM Shamsuzzaman

Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman (known as ATM Shamsuzzaman; 10 September 1941 – 20 February 2021) was a Bangladeshi actor, director, screenwriter and playwright. He was known for his roles in Madam Fuli (1999),  Churiwala (2001), Mon Bosena Porar Table E (2009) and Chorabali (2012). Shamsuzzaman was born in Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency. 

Shamsuzzaman died at his home in Dhaka on 20 February 2021 at the age of 79.

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1941 births
2021 deaths
Bangladeshi movie actors
Bangladeshi writers
Screenwriters
Playwrights
Stage actors
Theatre directors
Chris Craft (racing driver)

Christopher Craft (17 November 1939 – 20 February 2021) was a British racing driver who competed in many different forms of motor sport.

Craft was born in Porthleven, Cornwall.

He began his career in 1962, with a Ford Anglia and became known as a leading saloon car racer. He moved to sports cars from 1968, with a Chevron and then joined forces with Alain de Cadenet to drive his Porsche 908 and McLaren M8C.

Craft died on 20 February 2021, aged 81.

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1939 births
2021 deaths
British racecar drivers
People from Cornwall
La Bernerie-en-Retz

La Bernerie-en-Retz is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Besné

Besné is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Le Bignon

Le Bignon is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

References 

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Blain, Loire-Atlantique

Blain is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Henri Courtine

Henri Courtine (11 May 1930 – 20 February 2021) was a French judoka. He was born in Paris. He won a bronze medal at the 1956 World Judo Championships. He won a gold medal at the 1962 European Judo Championships.

Courtine died on 20 February 2021 in Paris, aged 90.

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1930 births
2021 deaths
Judoka
Sportspeople from Paris
Bourgneuf-en-Retz

Bourgneuf-en-Retz is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz.

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Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Villeneuve-en-Retz

Villeneuve-en-Retz is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The municipality was created on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Bourgneuf-en-Retz (the seat) and Fresnay-en-Retz.

References 

2016 establishments in France
Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Mwasi Collective

Mwasi Collective is an Afrofeminist group. It was started in France in 2014. Mwasi participates in protests and does activism among black women in France. Its political beliefs are Pan-Africanist, feminist, and anti-capitalist. Mwasi has members from the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe.

References

Feminism
Activism
Pan-Africanists
Gerald Cardinale

Gerald Cardinale (February 27, 1934 – February 20, 2021) was an American Republican Party politician. He was a member of the New Jersey State Senate from 1982 until his death in 2021. Before, he was in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1980 until 1982. Cardinale was born in New York City.

Cardinale died on February 20, 2021 at a hospital in Westwood, New Jersey at the age of 86.

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1934 births
2021 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from New York City
Politicians from New Jersey
US Republican Party politicians
Fresnay-en-Retz

Fresnay-en-Retz is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Villeneuve-en-Retz.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
La Boissière-du-Doré

La Boissière-du-Doré is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
I Gede Ardhika

I Gede Ardhika (15 February 1945 – 19 February 2021) was an Indonesian politician. He was the Minister for Culture and Tourism in Indonesia from 2000 to 2004 during the cabinets of Abdurahman Wahid and Megawati Soekarnoputri. Ardhika was born in West Java, Indonesia.

Ardhika died four days after his 76th birthday on 19 February 2021 in Jakarta.

References

Other websites
 I Gede Ardika  - Tokoh Indonesia

1945 births
2021 deaths
Indonesian politicians
Steven A. White

Steven Angelo White (September 18, 1928 – February 1, 2021) was an American four-star admiral who served in the United States Navy from 1948 until 1985. He was the 19th and last Chief of Naval Material.

White died on February 1, 2021 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 92.

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1928 births
2021 deaths
American military personnel of the Korean War
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Jean-François Voguet

Jean-François Voguet (8 August 1949 – 2 February 2021) was a French politician. He was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Val-de-Marne department.  He was a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group. 

Voguet died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France on 2 February 2021, aged 71.

References

Other websites
 Page on the Senate website

1949 births
2021 deaths
French politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France
Norbert Eimer

Norbert Eimer (19 March 1940 – 3 February 2021) was a German politician. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Eimer was a member of the Bundestag from 1976 to 1994. Eimer was born in Trautenau, Germany.

Eimer died on 3 February 2021 in Berlin at the age of 80.

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1940 births
2021 deaths
Politicians of the Free Democratic Party of Germany
Jessie Smith (singer)

Jessie Smith (1941 – February 4, 2021) was an American R&B singer. She began her career singing with musician Benny Sharp, recording as Little Miss Jessie. 

Smith was best known as one of the original Ikettes in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She later sang backing vocals for many artists, including Dr. John, Paul Williams, Al Kooper, José Feliciano, and Leon Ware.

Smith died on February 4, 2021.

References

Other websites
 Jessie Smith on AllMusic

1941 deaths
2021 deaths
American gospel singers
American R&B singers
Singers from St. Louis, Missouri
Rajie Cook

Rajie Cook (July 6, 1930 – February 6, 2021), also known as Roger Cook, was an American graphic designer, artist, Palestinian peace activist, humanitarian and photographer.

Cook was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was president of Cook and Shanosky Associates, a graphic design firm he founded in 1967.

His graphic design and photography have been used by IBM, Container Corporation of America, Montgomery Ward, Bristol Myers Squibb, Black & Decker, Volvo, Subaru, AT&T, New York Times, Bell Atlantic, BASF and Lenox.

Cook died in Newtown, Pennsylvania on February 6, 2021 at the age of 90.

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1930 births
2021 deaths
American artists
Humanitarians
American human rights activists
American photographers
People from Newark, New Jersey
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,248 at the 2010 census. It is located just west of the Trenton, New Jersey metropolitan area.

References

Boroughs in Pennsylvania
Mirebeau

Mirebeau is a commune. It is found in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the Vienne department in the west of France.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D7, D7A, D15, D24, D72, D342 and D725 roads pass through the commune.

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Communes in Vienne
Edward W. Crosby

Edward Warren Crosby (November 4, 1932 – February 10, 2021), was an African-American professor at Kent State University (KSU). He created the Institute for African American Affairs and was the predecessor of the Department of Pan-African Studies and The Center of Pan-African Culture at KSU.

Crosby died on February 10, 2021 at the age of 88.

References

1932 births
2021 deaths
American philosophers
American historians
American academics
Writers from Cleveland, Ohio
Educators from Cleveland, Ohio
L. Desaix Anderson

L. Desaix Anderson (1936 – February 11, 2021) was an American politician and United States Foreign Service officer. His works focused in East Asian affairs. He was American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Vietnam from 1995 until 1997 during the Bill Clinton presidency. Anderson was born in Sumner, Mississippi.

Anderson died on February 11, 2021 at the age of 84.

References

Other websites
 L. Desaix Anderson biography, National Committee on North Korea

1936 births
2021 deaths
Ambassadors of the United States
US Democratic Party politicians
Politicians from Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi

Sumner is a town in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. 407 people lived here at the 2000 census. Sumner is one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. 

It is located on the west side of the county and the Tallahatchie River, which runs through the county north-south.

References

Towns in Mississippi
County seats in Mississippi
Xabier Agirre

Xabier Agirre López (8 April 1951 – 13 February 2021) was a Spanish administrator and politician. He was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. He was a member of the Basque Nationalist Party. Agirre was a member of the Basque Parliament from 2004 until 2007 and again from 2012 until 2016. 

Agirre died in Pamplona, Spain on 13 February 2021, aged 69.

References
 

1951 births
2021 deaths
Spanish politicians
Nicola Tempesta

Nicola Tempesta (28 June 1935 – 20 February 2021) was an Italian judoka who competed at the 1964 and 1972 Olympics. He finished in sixth place in 1964 and was disqualified in 1972. Tempesta won more than 10 European medals, including two gold – in 1957 and 1961.

Tempesta died on 20 February 2021 in Naples at the age of 85.

References

1935 births
2021 deaths
Judoka
Italian Olympians
People from Naples
Yuri Shvachkin

Yuri Petrovich Shvachkin (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Швачкин; 15 November 1930 – 20 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian chemist. He was a Professor of the Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Chemistry at Moscow State University. He was one of the first Soviet scientists who worked on the development of methods for the use of human insulin. Shvachkin was born in Moscow.

Shvachkin died in Moscow on 20 February 2021, aged 90.

References
 

Russian chemists
1930 births
2021 deaths
Bonnœuvre

Bonnœuvre was a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Leopold Lippens

Leopold Raymond Maurice François Marie Ghislain Lippens (20 October 1941 – 19 February 2021) was a Belgian politician. He was mayor of Knokke-Heist for over 40 years, between 1979 until his death in 2021. Lippens was born in Knokke, Belgium. He was accused of abusing children in the infamous Marc Dutroux case in Belgium.

Lippens died on 19 February 2021 in Knokke from leukaemia, aged 79.

References

1941 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from leukemia
Belgian mayors
People from West Flanders
Vritz

Vritz was a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Saint-Mars-la-Jaille

Saint-Mars-la-Jaille was a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Arturo Di Modica

Arturo Di Modica (January 26, 1941 – February 19, 2021) was an Italian-born American sculptor. He was known for his Charging Bull sculpture which he left outside the New York Stock Exchange on December 15, 1989, as his gift to the United States. Di Modica received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1999. Di Modica was born in Vittoria, Sicily.

Di Modica died on February 19, 2021 in Vittoria, aged 80. The cause of death was cancer.

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1941 births
2021 deaths
Cancer deaths in Italy
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Italian sculptors
American sculptors
Artists from New York City
People from Sicily
Maumusson, Loire-Atlantique

Maumusson is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes, Loire-Atlantique

Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in Loire-Atlantique
Michel Bernard (politician)

Michel Bernard (3 November 1932 – 19 February 2021) was a French politician. He was born in La Villedieu, France. Bernard was a member of the National Assembly of France from 1986 until 1988.

Bernard died on 19 February 2021, aged 88.

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1932 births
2021 deaths
French politicians
Đorđe Balašević

Đorđe Balašević (; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Novi Sad, PR Serbia. His genres were folk, soft rock, pop and chanson.

Death
Balašević died on 19 February 2021 in Novi Sad from pneumonia caused by COVID-19, aged 67.

Solo works
 Pub (1982)
 Celovečernji The Kid (1983)
 003 (1985)
 Bezdan (1986)
 Panta Rei (1988)
 Tri posleratna druga (1989)
 Marim ja... (1991)
 Jedan od onih života... (1993)
 Naposletku... (1996)
 Devedesete (2000)
 Dnevnik starog momka (2001)
 Rani mraz (2004)

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1953 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
Deaths from pneumonia
Serbian singers
Yugoslavian people
Serbian musicians
Songwriters
Freigné

Freigné is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Before 1 January 2018, it was part of the Maine-et-Loire department. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Vallons-de-l'Erdre.

References 

Former communes in France
Communes in Maine-et-Loire
Bouaye

Bouaye is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Kristofer Schipper

Kristofer Marinus Schipper (23 October 1934 – 18 February 2021), also known as Rik Schipper and by his Chinese name Shi Zhouren (), was a Dutch sinologist. He was an emeritus professor of Oriental studies at Leiden University.

Schipper has worked as researcher for École française d'Extrême-Orient and later taught as directeur de recherche in History of Daoism studies at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.

References

Other websites
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 Founding information on library.
 Schipper in the Library of the Western Belvedere.
 Reference to three interviews (in Dutch).
 Schipper received permanent residency in China in 2005.
 K. Schipper audio archives of Ritual Music in Taiwan

1934 births
2021 deaths
Dutch academics
Dutch scientists
Bouée

Bouée is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Yehoshua Sagi

Yehoshua Sagi (; 27 September 1933 – 18 February 2021) was an Israeli intelligence officer and politician. He was director of the Military Intelligence Directorate from 1979 until 1983. He was a Knesset member of Likud from 1988 until 1992. Sagi was also mayor of Bat Yam from 1993 until 2003. Sagi was born in Jerusalem.

Sagi died on 18 February 2021 in Bat Yam, aged 87.

References

Other websites
 Bio at Knesset website

1933 births
2021 deaths
Former Members of Knesset
Israeli mayors
Israeli military people
Jewish Israeli politicians
Jewish military people
Likud politicians
People from Jerusalem
Tel Aviv University alumni
Juan Pizarro (baseball)

Juan Pizarro a.k.a. "Terín" (February 7, 1937 – February 18, 2021) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played for 18 seasons on 9 teams, from 1957 through 1974. He was known for his career with the Chicago White Sox from 1961 until 1966.

Pizarro died on February 18, 2021 in Carolina, Puerto Rico from cancer at the age of 84.

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1937 births
2021 deaths
Atlanta Braves players
Chicago White Sox players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Boston Red Sox players
Cleveland Indians players
Oakland Athletics players
Chicago Cubs players
Houston Astros players
Puerto Rican people
Deaths from cancer
Andrey Myagkov

Andrey Vasilyevich Myagkov (; (8 July 1938 – 18 February 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was best known for his roles movies directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate (1975), Office Romance (1977), The Garage (1979) and A Cruel Romance (1984).

Myagkov died on 18 February 2021 at his Moscow apartment from heart failure, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Russian movie actors
Russian television actors
Russian stage actors
Soviet movie actors
Soviet television actors
Actors from Moscow
Deaths from heart failure
Adolf Mathis

Adolf Mathis (22 May 1938 – 19 February 2021) was a Swiss alpine skier. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was born in Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland.

Mathis died on 19 February 2021, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Swiss sportspeople
Olympians
Skiers
Jan Mans

J. H. H. (Jan) Mans (9 April 1940 – 18 February 2021) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). In 1982, he was named mayor of Meerssen. Six years later, in 1988 he became mayor in Kerkrade. From 1994 until 2005 he was mayor of Enschede. Mans was born in Heerlen, Netherlands.

Mans died on 18 February 2021 in Meerssen, Netherlands at the age of 80.

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1940 births
2021 deaths
Dutch mayors
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
People from Heerlen
Politicians from Limburg (Netherlands)
Sergo Karapetyan

Sergo Karapetyan (; 6 August 1948 – 18 February 2021) was an Armenian politician. He was Agriculture Minister between 2010 and 2016. 

On 18 February 2021, Karapetyan died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia at a hospital in Yerevan, aged 72.

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1948 births
2021 deaths
Armenian politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
Graeme English

Graeme English (25 September 1964 – 18 February 2021) was a Scottish wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 90 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kilsyth, Scotland.

English died on 18 February 2021, aged 56.

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1964 births
2021 deaths
Scottish sportspeople
Olympians
Wrestlers
Bouguenais

Bouguenais is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Dendropsophus bogerti

Dendropsophus bogerti is a frog that lives in the Andes Mountains in Colombia.

References

Frogs
Animals of South America
Abdullahi Dikko

Abdullahi Dikko Inde MFR, OFR (11 May 1960 – 18 February 2021) was a Nigerian government official. He was the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service from August 2009 to August 2015.

Dikko died at an Abuja hospital on February 18, 2021 at the age of 60.

References

1960 births
2021 deaths
Nigerian politicians
Alan Curtis (British actor)

Alan Curtis (30 July 1930 – 18 February 2021) was an English actor and cricket announcer. He was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, England. His career lasted from 1956 until 2003. He appeared as Major Green in some Doctor Who episodes during the 1960s.

Curtis died on 18 February 2021 in London at the age of 90.

Movies
 Ladies Who Do (1963) 
 Tomorrow at Ten (1965)
 Agente Logan - missione Ypotron (1966)
 Carry On Henry (1971)
 Die Screaming, Marianne (1971)
 Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
 The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) 
 Carry On Abroad (1972) 
 Tiffany Jones (1973)
 Professor Popper's Problem (1974)
 The Vision (1988)

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Other websites

1930 births
2021 deaths
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
Actors from London
Actors from Surrey
Vittore Bocchetta

Vittore Bocchetta (15 November 1918 – 18 February 2021) was an Italian sculptor, painter, and academic. Bocchetta was a member of the anti-fascist Italian resistance movement during World War II. He was born in Sassari, Sardinia. 

He was an instructor of Spanish at Saint Xavier College in Chicago and a lecturer in Italian at the University of Chicago. He was also an assistant professor of Spanish Literature at Loyola University Chicago.

Bocchetta died on 18 February 2021 aged 102 in Verona, Italy.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

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1918 births
2021 deaths
Italian painters
Italian sculptors
Italian academics
Italian centenarians
People from Sardinia
Jyrki Yrttiaho

Jyrki Valto Yrttiaho (4 May 1952 – 17 February 2021) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2007 until 2015. He was a member of the Left Alliance. Yrttiaho was born in Pelkosenniemi, Finland. Yrttiaho was also a member of the Raisio City Council from 2004 until his death.

Yrttiaho died in Raisio on 17 February 2021, aged 68.

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1952 births
2021 deaths
Finnish politicians
Gene Summers

David Eugene Summers (January 3, 1939 – February 17, 2021) was an American rock singer. He was known for his songs: "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That",  "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake", "Fancy Dan" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds". 

Summers was honored into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1997.

Summers died in Dallas, Texas after falling at his home on February 17, 2021 at the age of 82.

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1939 births
2021 deaths
American rock singers
American singer-songwriters
American rock guitarists
Accidental deaths from falls in the United States
Singer-songwriters from Texas
Musicians from Dallas, Texas
Writers from Dallas, Texas
Singers from Dallas, Texas
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

Hamilton Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States

References

Townships in New Jersey
Martha Stewart (actress)

Martha Ruth Stewart Shelley ( Haworth; October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021), better known as Martha Stewart, was an American actress. She was known for playing Mildred Atkinson in In a Lonely Place (1950) with Humphrey Bogart.

Stewart died on February 17, 2021 at the age of 98.

References

Other websites
 

1922 births
2021 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Kentucky
Mike Renshaw

Michael Lawrence Renshaw (28 April 1948 – 17 February 2021) was an English-American football left winger. He was born in Manchester, England.

Renshaw began as a youth player with Blackpool before moving to the United States to join the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League in 1968. He also spent time with Margate F.C. and Rhyl F.C.  He made two appearances for the United States national football team in 1973.

Renshaw died on 17 February 2021 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 72.

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1948 births
2021 deaths
Naturalized citizens of the United States
English footballers
English football managers
American soccer players
Sportspeople from Manchester
Sportspeople from Dallas, Texas
John K. Rafferty

John K. "Jack" Rafferty (May 1, 1938 – February 17, 2021) was an American politician. He was the Mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey from 1976 to 1999. He also was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 1988. He was a Republican. Rafferty was born in Trenton, New Jersey.

Rafferty died on February 17, 2021 in Hamilton Township at the age of 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
State legislators of the United States
American mayors
Politicians from New Jersey
US Republican Party politicians
People from Trenton, New Jersey
Mushahid Ullah Khan

Mushahid Ullah Khan (Urdu:) (30 November 1952 – 18 February 2021) was a Pakistani politician. He was Minister for Climate Change from August 2017 to May 2018. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 until his death. 

Mushahid died on 18 February 2021 after a long-illness, aged 68.

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Pakistani politicians
1952 births
2021 deaths
Hennie Kenkhuis

Hennie Kenkhuis (19 April 1952 – 17 February 2021) was a Dutch politician. He was alderman for GroenLinks / The Greens from October 2007 to April 2010 in the Dutch city of Zwolle. 

Kenkhuis died in Zwolle on 17 February 2021 at the age of 68.

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1952 births
2021 deaths
Aldermen of the Netherlands
Raffaele Cutolo

Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss. He was leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO).

Cutolo had many nicknames including 'o Vangelo ("the gospel"), 'o Princepe ("the prince"), 'o Professore ("the professor") and 'o Monaco ("the monk").

Cutolo lived inside maximum-security jails or psychiatric prisons from 1963 until his death. At the time of his death he was serving multiple life sentences for murder.

On 17 February 2021, Cutolo died in the prison unit of the Maggiore Hospital in Parma, at the age of 79.

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1941 births
2021 deaths
People who died in prison custody
Italian people
People convicted of murder
Mobsters
Jacinto Cayco

Jacinto S. Cayco (c. 1924 – 17 February 2021) was a Filipino swimmer and referee. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He also had a brother named, Pedro who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Cayco won two gold medals at the 1951 Asian Games. 

Cayco died on 17 February 2021 at the age of 96.

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1924 births
2021 deaths
Filipino sportspeople
Swimmers
Olympians
Pedro Cayco

Pedro S. Cayco (born 1932) is a Filipino retired swimmer. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics at the Men's 100 metre backstroke event. His older brother Jacinto was also an Olympic swimmer.

References

Living people
Filipino sportspeople
Olympians
Swimmers
1932 births
Egbert Mulder

Egbert Mulder (10 April 1940 – 16 February 2021) was a Dutch football referee. He was referee between 1973 and 1988. He was born in Steenwijk, the Netherlands. He was a referee of the Eredivisie, European Cup, UEFA Cup and international matches.

Mulder died in Groningen on 16 February 2021, aged 80, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

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1940 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Dutch football referees
Sportspeople from Overijssel
Lew Krausse Jr.

Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr. (April 25, 1943February 16, 2021) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves from 1961 to 1974. 

Krausse Jr. died on February 16, 2021 in Kansas City, Missouri from cancer, aged 77.

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1943 births
2021 deaths
Kansas City Athletics players
Oakland Athletics players
Milwaukee Braves players
Boston Red Sox players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Atlanta Braves players
Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
Cancer deaths in the United States
Doğan Cüceloğlu

Mehmet Doğan Cüceloğlu (9 February 1938 – 16 February 2021) was a Turkish academic in Media psychology and writer. He was a visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. From 1980 until 1996, he worked at the California State University, Fullerton. During this time, he published his first book İnsan İnsana ("Human To Human").

Cüceloğlu died at his home in Istanbul on 16 February 2021, seven days after his 83rd birthday from an aortic dissection.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Turkish writers
Academics
Deaths from aortic dissection
Psychologists
Turkish scientists
Ștefan Tudor

Ştefan Tudor (3 March 194315 February 2021) was a Romanian rower. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1972. 

In 1970 he became the first world champion in rowing from Romania. He also won two bronze medals at the European championships in 1967 and 1973. 

Tudor died less than one month before his 78th birthday on 15 February 2021.

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1943 births
2021 deaths
Romanian sportspeople
Olympic bronze medalists
Rowers
Nechan Karakéhéyan

Nechan Karakéhéyan, I.C.P.B. (17 April 1932 – 15 February 2021) was an Armenian Catholic archbishop. 

He was the ordinary of Eastern Europe for Armenian Catholics from 2005 until 2010. He was the Armenian Catholic bishop of Isfahan from 2001 until 2003 and Armenian Catholic ordinary of Greece for Armenian Catholics from 1991 until 2000.

Karakéhéyan died on 15 February 2021, aged 88.

References

Other websites
 Archbishop Nechan Karakéhéyan [Catholic-Hierarchy]
 Apostolic Administrator

1932 births
2021 deaths
Armenian people
Archbishops
Hylke Tromp

Hylke Wybe Tromp (27 July 1935 – 14 February 2021) was a Dutch polemologist. He was born in Sneek, Netherlands. Beginning in the 1960s, he worked at the Polemological Institute. In 1980, he was appointed professor at the University of Groningen. 

He was a member of the advisory board of the International Peace Institute (IIP) in Vienna.

Tromp died on 14 February 2021 in Groningen, Netherlands at the age of 85.

References

1935 births
2021 deaths
Dutch academics
Writers from Friesland
Boussay, Loire-Atlantique

Boussay is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

Communes in Loire-Atlantique
Reg Lewis (bodybuilder)

Reginald Bernie Lewis (January 23, 1936 – February 11, 2021) was an American bodybuilder and actor. Lewis was born in Niles, California. He was in the television gameshow You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx. In the 1970s, Lewis appeared in many movies such as in Mae West's Sextette in 1978.

Lewis died in California on February 11, 2021 in Los Angeles at the age of 85.

References

Other websites
 

1936 births
2021 deaths
American movie actors
Bodybuilders
Actors from California
Jeanette Lee

Jeanette Lee (born Lee Jin-Hee, Hangul: 이진희, July 9, 1971) is an American professional pool player. She was nicknamed the Black Widow. Lee was born in New York City. She won an individual gold medal at the World Games in 2001. Lee is thought to be one of the greatest billiards player.

In 2013, Lee was honored into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame.

In February 2021, Lee announced that she was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

References

1971 births
Living people
People with cancer
Cue sports players
Sportspeople from New York City
Fuslie

Leslie Fu (born November 23, 1992), also known by her online name fuslie, is an American Twitch streamer. She was born in San Francisco, California. She is known for playing Valorant, Among Us, Minecraft and Animal Crossing.

Fu is engaged to former OfflineTV manager Edison Park.

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1992 births
Living people
American YouTubers
Entertainers from California
People from San Francisco
Twitch (service) streamers
Emilio Insolera

Emilio Insolera (born 29 January 1979) is an Italian-Argentine deaf actor and producer, known for Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes (2017). In September 2019, Insolera joined the cast of Universal Pictures' spy movie The 355 by X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg.

Career
Insolera wrote, directed and produced the long feature superhero movie Sign Gene. The movie, shot between Japan, the US and Italy, centers on deaf superheroes who have the ability to create superhuman powers through the use of sign language.

Sign Gene received positive reviews from critics. On Los Angeles Times, Michael Rechtshaffen describes the “fresh, unique filmmaking voice” “as wildly inventive as it is empowering.”

In September 2019 it was announced that Insolera had joined the Simon Kinberg espionage The 355 alongside Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong'o, Fan Bingbing, Édgar Ramírez and Sebastian Stan. Insolera will be playing a character called Hacker.

Personal life 
Insolera is in relationship with Carola Insolera. They have two daughters.

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1979 births
American movie actors
Italian movie actors
Argentine movie actors
Deaf people
Actors from Buenos Aires
Actors from New York
Living people
Pyrrhura

Pyrrhura is a genus of medium-sized parrot.

Pyrrhura is in the Psittacinae subfamily (neotropical parrots). They're range is in central South America. They can loving and affectionate pets if you take good care of them. 

Pyrrhura can grow up to 12 inches depending on the species.

Arinae
Animal Crossing

is a social simulation video game series made by Nintendo.  

Throughout the Animal Crossing series, the player character is a human who lives in a village where many anthropomorphic animals live, carrying out various activities such as fishing, bug catching, and fossil hunting. The series is known for its open-ended gameplay and use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to show real passage of time.

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Nintendo video games