Famous people died this week
The Most Famous people died this week | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Jennifer Syme | December 7, 1972 | American | Jennifer Syme was an American actress and personal assistant |
| Monika Dannemann | June 24, 1945 | German | Check out all that you wanted to know about Monika Dannemann, the famous German Figure Skater & Painter; her birthday, her family and personal life, her boyfriends, fun trivia facts and more. |
| Mutsuhiro Watanabe | January 18, 1918 | Japanese | Mutsuhiro Watanabe was an Imperial Japanese Army corporal in the Second World War |
| Selena | April 16, 1971 | American | Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, famously known as the ‘Queen of Tejano music’, was a Mexican-American singer, composer, actress, spokesperson and fashion designer |
| Begum Hazrat Mahal | 1820 | Indian, Nepali | Begum Hazrat Mahal was the first wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and one of the earliest female freedom fighters during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
| Brenda Benet | August 14, 1945 | American | Brenda Benet was an American TV and film actress |
| Layne Staley | August 22, 1967 | American | Layne Staley was an American rock musician who was a member of the American rock band ‘Alice in Chains’ |
| Isaac Newton | January 4, 1643 | British | Isaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician, who discovered gravitation and Newtonian Mechanics |
| Zaha Hadid | October 31, 1950 | British | The famous Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid is known for her designs of the ‘Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art’ and ‘Heydar Aliyev Center’ |
| Tammy Wynette | May 5, 1942 | American | Tammy Wynette was a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter |
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