Important People Who Died Recently

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Maria Bochkareva, a Russian army officer, personally petitioned the Czar, via telegram, to allow her to serve. She died aged 30 on May 16 1920.
She was executed by a Bolshevik firing squad.

Maria Bochkareva with her all-female unit. She was on the losing side of history — supporting an unpopular war that ultimately led to her downfall.

 

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Burning Man festival co-founder dies of massive stroke, aged 70 -
Larry Harvey made a whimsical decision to burn down a wooden man with friends in 1986. Decades on, the festival now attracts 70,000 people each year
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/unit...g-man-festival-co-founder-dies-massive-stroke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Harvey

 

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Jean Gump, Tireless Fighter for Social Justice, Dies at 90 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/...ss-fighter-for-social-justice-dies-at-90.html

 

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Ex-Commons Speaker Michael Martin dies aged 72
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43941759

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Epstein

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Pereira_dos_Santos

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Cone

 

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AFP photographer Shah Marai among at least 21 people killed in two suicide blasts in Kabul this morning. RIP.

 

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Janice Gabrielle "Jan" Cameron (née Murphy; born 1947)[1], who has died aged 70, was an Australian former competition swimmer and coach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Cameron_(coach)

Former NZ swimming coach Jan Cameron dies suddenly in Queensland
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other...coach-jan-cameron-dies-suddenly-in-queensland

PARALYMPIC COACH PROFILE; JAN CAMERON (SWIMMING – AUSTRALIA)
https://femalecoachingnetwork.com/2...coach-profile-jan-cameron-swimming-australia/

 

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Former NEVERMORE And FORBIDDEN Guitarist TIM CALVERT Dies At 52
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-nevermore-and-forbidden-guitarist-tim-calvert-dies-at-52/

 

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British director Michael Anderson, whose films included war epic "The Dam Busters" and sci-fi classic "Logan's Run," has died at age 98.
http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrit...michael-anderson-1920-2018-legendary-director

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Anderson_(director)

 

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The extraordinary life and death of the world’s oldest known spider
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...s-oldest-known-spider/?utm_term=.9cb74a72bc31

 

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Playboy Illustrator Art Paul has died aged 93 and photographer Art Shay aged 96.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Paul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Shay

 

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John Reardon has died aged 66.

 

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John "Jab'o" Starks, drummer with James Brown's funk band, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, after a long illness, according to the Associated Press. He was 79. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/John-Jab-o-Starks-106062456

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Pereira_dos_Santos

 

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Anatole Katok, 73, of State College, Pennsylvania, died Monday, April 30, 2018. He was born August 9, 1944, the son of the late Berl and Dveira Sorkin Katok, who at the time of Anatole's birth were in Washington, D.C., as members of the Russian delegation to the United States lend-lease program.

 

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Marcia Hafif, Painter of Monochromatic Works, Is Dead at 89

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Hafif

 

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Luis García Meza, Bolivian Dictator Jailed for Genocide, Dies at 88

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_García_Meza

 

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Barbara G. Toomer, a champion for human and civil rights, died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, due to respiratory failure. She was 88 years old.http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sa...barbara-g-toomer&pid=188851712&eid=sp_ommatch