Death
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Hint
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Person
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1650
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Philosopher of "I think, therefore I am"
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René Descartes
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1863
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General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
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Stonewall Jackson
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1886
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Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic Period
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Franz Liszt
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1899
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Austrian "Waltz King" of "The Blue Danube"
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Johann Strauss
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1903
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Frontierswoman, sharpshooter, acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
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Calamity Jane
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1909
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Apache leader and medicine man
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Geronimo
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1910
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War and Peace, Anna Karenina
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Leo Tolstoy
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1911
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Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor
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Gustav Mahler
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1913
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Abolitionist of the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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1987
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Dancing actor who partnered with Ginger Rogers
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Fred Astaire
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1990
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The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth
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Jim Henson
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1991
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Singer who died from AIDS-related pneumonia
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Freddie Mercury
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1996
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Cosmos and Contact
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Carl Sagan
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2002
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Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, The Apartment director
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Billy Wilder
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2003
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Minister with a children's TV show about his Neighborhood
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Fred Rogers
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2003
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Actor, comedian, and USO entertainer who lived to be 100
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Bob Hope
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2003
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Tough guy actor of Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen
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Charles Bronson
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2004
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President who died of pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's
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Ronald Reagan
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2006
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The Godfather of Soul
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James Brown
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2007
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"King of the High Cs" who was one of the Three Tenors
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Luciano Pavarotti
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2008
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Comedian of The Original Kings of Comedy
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Bernie Mac
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2010
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Starred in seven movies alongside Corey Feldman
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Corey Haim
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2010
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Prolific Canadian actor of Airplane and The Naked Gun
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Leslie Nielsen
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2011
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Atheist author of God is Not Great
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Christopher Hitchens
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2012
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General who led Operation Desert Storm against Iraq
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Norman Schwarzkopf
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2014
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Actor in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Super Mario Bros.
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Bob Hoskins
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2017
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World middleweight champion nicknamed "Raging Bull"
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Jake LaMotta
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2018
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Co-created Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk
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Stan Lee
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