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2021 deaths
- Yasuo ŌtsukaYasuo Otsuka was a Japanese animator whose career touched nearly every major studio in the history of Japanese animation.
- Phil SpectorPhil Spector's father chose three words for his own gravestone: "To Know Him Was To Love Him." His son Harvey, nine years old when Benjamin Spector died by…
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins orbited the Moon thirty times in July 1969 and never set foot on it. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the Sea of…
- Gerd MüllerGerd Müller scored 68 goals in 62 international appearances for West Germany. That is not a misprint. Most top-level strikers celebrate if they average a…
- David Seyfort RueggDavid Seyfort Ruegg was born on the 1st of August 1931, and over the following nine decades he became one of the most respected scholars of Buddhist…
- Maureen CleaveMaureen Cleave was the first woman ever invited to speak at the Oxford Union. She later built a career on getting people to talk, including some of the…
- Kentaro MiuraKentaro Miura was ten years old when he created his first manga, a series he called Miuranger, photocopied and handed out to his classmates in a school…
- John MaddenJohn Earl Madden coached the Oakland Raiders to their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XI, then spent three more decades reshaping how Americans watch…
- DMXDMX sold 251,000 copies of his debut album in its very first week. That number alone would be remarkable for any artist.
- Rob InglisRob Inglis spent six intense weeks in a New York recording studio in 1990, giving voice to hundreds of characters across one of the longest novels ever…
- Stephen B. OatesStephen Baery Oates spent decades asking a single uncomfortable question: what does it cost a person to fight for equality in America?