Famous people died this week
The Most Famous people died this week | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Marcheline Bertrand | May 9, 1950 | American | Marcheline Bertrand was an American actress and humanitarian worker, best known as mother of Angelina Jolie |
| Mark Salling | August 17, 1982 | American | Mark Wayne Salling was an American actor, singer and musician |
| Roza Shanina | April 3, 1924 | Russian | Roza Shanina was a Russian sniper who came to be known as “the unseen terror of East Prussia” during World War II |
| Lucky Luciano | November 11, 1897 | American | Lucky Luciano was a Sicilian-born American mobster considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States |
| John Banner | January 28, 1910 | American | John Banner was an actor known for his role in the series ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ |
| Thurgood Marshall | July 2, 1908 | American | Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States’ Supreme Court |
| Charlemagne | April 2, 742 | German | Charlemagne was a medieval ruler, who once ruled many parts of Western Europe |
| Allen Dulles | April 7, 1893 | American | Allan Dulles was an America lawyer and diplomat who later became the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| H. E. Bates | May 16, 1905 | British | Herbert Ernest Bates was a famous English writer |
| Larry Fine | October 5, 1902 | American | Larry Fine was a comedian known for his work with The Three Stooges |
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