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George A. Olah (1927 - 2017)
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George Andrew Olah (born Oláh György; May 22, 1927 - March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian and American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. Read more
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Ronald Drever (1931 - 2017)
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Ronald William Prest Drever (26 October 1931 - 7 March 2017) was a Scottish experimental physicist. He was a Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, co-founded the LIGO project. Read more
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Tobias C. Owen
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Cassini co-investigator Dr. Tobias C. Owen studies the origin and composition of planetary atmospheres and comets. An alumnus of the University of Chicago and professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii, Owen uses ground-based telescopes and spectrometers as well as remote sensing and i...
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Peter Mansfield (1933 - 2017)
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Sir Peter Mansfield FRS, (9 October 1933 - 8 February 2017) was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Read more
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Magnus Erlendsson (1080 - 1115)
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Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, sometimes known as Magnus the Martyr, was Earl of Orkney from 1106 to about 1115. Read more
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Richard Lawrence Hatch (1945 - 2017)
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Richard Lawrence Hatch (May 21, 1945 - February 7, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and producer. Hatch begun his career as a stage actor, before moving on to television work in the 1970s. Hatch is best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series. R...
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Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley (1945 - 1981)
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Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley, OM (6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. Read more
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Peter Capaldi
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Peter Capaldi to leave Doctor Who Actor Peter Capaldi is stepping down from the lead role in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. Capaldi shocked fans by making the announcement during a BBC Radio 2 show with presenter Jo Whiley. He said he will leave Doctor Who at the end of the year. "I feel its time to move...
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John Hurt (1940 - 2017)
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Sir John Hurt: Bafta-winning actor dies aged 77 Veteran actor Sir John Hurt has died aged 77, his agent has said. The Bafta-winning star, known for his roles in Alien and The Elephant Man, had been treated for pancreatic cancer in 2015. Read more
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Giovanni Celoria (1842 - 1920)
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Giovanni Celoria (29 January 1842, Casale Monferrato - 17 August 1920, Milan) was an Italian astronomer and politician. After graduating from the University of Turin in September 1863 he began working at the Brera astronomical observatory in Milan, which was directed at the time by Giovanni Virg...
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Robert G Chambers (1924 - 2016)
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Professor Bob Chambers, 1924-2016 Robert G (Bob) Chambers, Professor of Physics and Professor Emeritus in the School of Physics, died in Southmead Hospital on December 17, 2016 with complications following a fall. His former colleagues and friends Professors Emeriti Bob Evans and Mike Springf...
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Colo
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Happy birthday to Colo: Oldest gorilla in US turns 60 She is a mother of three, grandmother of 16, great-grandmother of 12 and great-great-grandmother of three. She recently had surgery to remove a malignant tumor, but doctors say she's doing well. She's Colo, the nation's oldest living gorilla, a...
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Eugene Cernan
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Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut and engineer. He has been into space three times: as pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972, the final Apol...
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Carrie Frances Fisher
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Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and performance artist. She is best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and for voicing Angela in Family Guy. She is also known for her bestselling novel Postcards f...
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Maggie Philbin
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Maggie Philbin (born 23 June 1955) is an English radio and television presenter whose credits include Tomorrow's World and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Read more
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