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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker

1932 – 2026 · U.S. Senator; politician; radio-station executive; public servant

“Kansas senator who led HIPAA, broke barriers, and chose independence over party lines.”

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Jean-Paul Rappeneau

1932 – 2026 · Film director, screenwriter

“He made French cinema gallop: Cyrano, screwball grace, and the art of the fugue.”

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Sport

Tony Mundine

1951 – 2026 · Professional boxer; boxing trainer / gym founder-manager; former rugby league player; Indigenous youth mentor

“Four-division Australian champion who never lost to another Aussie, then opened Redfern's doors to the next generation.”

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Victor Miller

1940 – 2026 · Screenwriter, television writer (daytime drama), novelist, voiceover actor, teacher

“He wrote the original Friday the 13th, then spent decades making daytime drama and reclaiming his words.”

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Chen Kuan-tai

1945 – 2026 · Martial arts actor, film director, action choreographer, producer; formerly firefighter

“Shaw Brothers hard man whose real kung fu made Ma Yongzhen immortal.”

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Richard O'Sullivan

1944 – 2026 · Actor; also credited as composer for Robin's Nest theme; cookbook author

“Master of effortless charm who brought warmth and wit into millions of British living rooms.”

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Tony Gatlif

1948 – 2026 · Film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, actor

“He filmed music, exile and freedom until the road ran out. Latcho drom.”

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Science

Toyohiro Akiyama

1942 – 2026 · Television journalist (TBS); research cosmonaut; organic farmer; university professor

“First Japanese in space. Journalist on Mir. Farmer after the flight.”

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Science

Hideki Shirakawa

1936 – 2026 · Chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba; co-discoverer of conductive polymers; 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

“The chemist who made plastic conduct electricity and opened a new era of materials.”

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Film/TV

Carla Jeffery

1993 – 2026 · Actor best known as Bree in Disney’s Zombies franchise

“The Seabrook cheerleader who made friendship look easy - and taught a generation that joy could be a craft.”

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Samuel “Sam” Okafor

1971 – 2026 · Bus driver and youth football coach

“Never missed a match. Never missed a shift. Never missed a chance to make you laugh.”

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Rosa Lindqvist

1934 – 2025 · Piano teacher

“She taught half of Brighton to play, and the other half to listen.”

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Chuck Berry

1926 – 2017 · Musician

“Roll over Beethoven.”

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George Michael

1963 – 2016 · Singer and songwriter

“You gotta have faith.”

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Katharine Hepburn

1907 – 2003 · Actress

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”

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Christopher Reeve

1952 – 2004 · Actor and activist

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere.”

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Theatre

Stephen Sondheim

1930 – 2021 · Composer and lyricist

“Send in the clowns.”

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Olivia Newton-John

1948 – 2022 · Singer and actress

“Let's get physical.”

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Brian Wilson

1942 – 2025 · Musician, The Beach Boys

“God only knows what I'd be without you.”

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Val Kilmer

1959 – 2025 · Actor

“I'm your huckleberry.”

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Gene Hackman

1930 – 2025 · Actor

“I was trained to be an actor, not a star.”

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Liam Payne

1993 – 2024 · Singer, One Direction

“Strip that down.”

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Quincy Jones

1933 – 2024 · Record producer and composer

“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.”

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Maggie Smith

1934 – 2024 · Actress

“What is a weekend?”

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Harry Belafonte

1927 – 2023 · Singer, actor and activist

“Day-O.”

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Tony Bennett

1926 – 2023 · Singer

“I left my heart in San Francisco.”

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Sinéad O'Connor

1966 – 2023 · Singer; songwriter; activist

“Nothing compares to you.”

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Television

Matthew Perry

1969 – 2023 · Actor

“Could I BE any more...”

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Diane Keaton

1946 – 2025 · Actress

“La-di-da.”

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Robert Redford

1936 – 2025 · Actor, director and founder of Sundance

“Storytellers broaden our minds.”

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Ozzy Osbourne

1948 – 2025 · Singer, Black Sabbath

“The Prince of Darkness.”

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Science

Jane Goodall

1934 – 2025 · Primatologist and conservationist

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

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Medicine

Florence Nightingale

1820 – 1910 · Nurse and statistician

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”

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Kofi Annan

1938 – 2018 · Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.”

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Law

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

1933 – 2020 · Justice of the US Supreme Court

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

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Jimmy Carter

1924 – 2024 · 39th President of the United States

“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”

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Pope Francis

1936 – 2025 · Pope

“Who am I to judge?”

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Pope John Paul II

1920 – 2005 · Pope

“Be not afraid.”

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Mother Teresa

1910 – 1997 · Catholic nun and missionary

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev

1931 – 2022 · Leader of the Soviet Union

“If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”

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Desmond Tutu

1931 – 2021 · Archbishop and anti-apartheid activist

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

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Winston Churchill

1874 – 1965 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“Never, never, never give up.”

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John F. Kennedy

1917 – 1963 · 35th President of the United States

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

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