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Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
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Robin Gibb (1949-2012)
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Lucy Gordon (1980-2009)
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Linda Lee Thomas (1883-1954)
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Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
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Erin O'Brien (1934-2021)
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Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
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Carmelo Pace (1906-1993)
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Malik Sealy (1970-2000)
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Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)
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Roger Angell (1920-2022)
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Pat Collins (1896-1960)
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Waldo Williams (1904-1971)
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James Dole (1877-1958)
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Ernest Noel (1831-1931)
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Bill Gold (1921-2018)
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Hamilton Jordan (1944-2008)
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Jarno Saarinen (1945-1973)
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Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000)
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Ricardo Franco (1949-1998)
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