Famous people died this week
The Most Famous people died this week | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Manuel Noriega | February 11, 1934 | Panamanian | Manuel Noriega was a Panamanian dictator, who ruled Panama as military dictator from 1983 to 1989 |
| Joan of Arc | 1412 | French | Joan of Arc was a young woman who led the French army to victory over the British in a crucial battle during the Hundred Years' War |
| Jack Dempsey | June 24, 1895 | American | Jack Dempsey was a professional boxer who held the World Heavyweight Championship title from 1919 to 1926 |
| Audie Murphy | June 20, 1925 | American | Audie Murphy was a legendary American combat soldier who fought during World War II |
| Nancy Dow | July 22, 1936 | American | Nancy Dow, born as Nancy Maryanne Dow, was an American actress |
| Humphry Davy | December 17, 1778 | British | Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who made major contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine |
| Adolf Eichmann | March 19, 1906 | German | Adolf Eichmann or Otto Adolf Eichmann was a lieutenant colonel in the German Army responsible for organizing the Holocaust in which almost six million Jews were exterminated. |
| Maya Angelou | April 4, 1928 | American | Maya Angelou was a famous writer, activist, singer, and actor, known best for her autobiography, ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ |
| David Parker Ray | November 6, 1939 | American | David Parker Ray was a serial rapist, torturer of women, and a suspected serial killer |
| Hristo Botev | January 6, 1848 | Bulgarian | Hristo Botev was a Bulgarian poet and revolutionary |
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