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            "name": "Mihail Secichin Moldovan pianist dead at age 82",
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            "name": "Ed Learn Canadian football player dead at age 90",
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            "description": "Ed Learn, a Canadian football player for the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 90. He played 12 seasons in the Canadian Football League, starring as a defensive back for Montreal from 1959 to 1966 before finishing his career with Toronto. Learn had 34 interceptions with the Alouettes, with six in both the 1959 and 1966 seasons, and added seven interceptions in 1968 and eight in 1969 with the Argonauts. He was named a CFL East all-star in 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1969. He also returned 496 punts in his career, averaging 6.0 yards per return.",
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            "name": "Ekaterina Vedunova Russian actress dead at age 45",
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            "description": "Ekaterina Vedunova, a Russian theatre and film actress known for her work in \"Sklifosovsky,\" died on March 7, 2026. Vedunova, whose full name was Ekaterina Viktorovna Vedunova, was born on July 9, 1980. In 2004, she studied at the studio of VZ Fedoseev and graduated from the theatre department of Sobinov Saratov State Conservatory. Her stage credits included \"The Suicide\" as Maria Lukyanovna, \"Blaise\" as Marie-Madeleine, \"No. 13\" as Jane Worthington, and \"Sylvia\" as Leslie the psychotherapist. She also appeared in children's productions such as \"The Golden Chick\" as the Fox and \"The Snow Queen\" as the Robber Girl.",
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            "name": "Ninel Petrova Ballerina dead at age 101",
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            "description": "Ninel Petrova, a Russian ballet dancer and ballerina, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 101. Born on March 15, 1924, she performed in Leonid Yakobson’s ballets \"Spartacus\" and \"Eternal Spring.\" Petrova was honored as a People's Artist of the Russian Federation.",
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            "name": "David Wilde English cricketer dead at age 75",
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            "description": "David Wilde, an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, died on March 7, 2026. Born in Glossop on 3 July 1950, he played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1971 and 1972. Wilde began with Derbyshire in 1969, appearing for the junior sides and the second XI, and became a regular bowler for the second eleven in 1970. He made his first-class debut against Somerset in May 1971, taking three wickets, and went on to play three more first-class matches that season. In 1972, he appeared more often for the first team and recorded his best bowling figures of 3–27 against Essex.",
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            "name": "Goblin Italian drummer dead at age 72",
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            "description": "Goblin, the Italian progressive rock band known for its film scores, died on March 7, 2026. The group, which also recorded under names including Goblin Legacy, Back to the Goblin, New Goblin, Goblin Rebirth, the Goblin Keys, the Goblins and Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, was frequently associated with director Dario Argento. It collaborated with him on the scores for Profondo Rosso in 1975 and Suspiria in 1977, works noted for their eerie and ominous tone. Goblin returned to live performance with concerts in Europe in 2009 and in North America in 2013.",
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            "name": "Country Joe McDonald American singer and songwriter dead at age 84",
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            "description": "Country Joe McDonald, the American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer and co-founder of Country Joe and the Fish and for writing \"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag,\" died on March 7, 2026. Born Joseph Allen McDonald on January 1, 1942, in Washington, D.C., he was a musician and film composer who helped lead the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock group and wrote some of its best-known songs, including \"Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine.\" After the group broke up in 1971, he continued performing as a solo artist and carried on writing songs that reflected his political views.",
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            "name": "Constantin Cojocariu Romanian rugby union player dead at age 60",
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            "description": "Constantin Cojocariu, a Romanian rugby union player, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 60. He played as a lock and earned 40 caps for Romania between his debut in 1990 and his final appearance in 1996. Cojocariu scored two tries, for eight points in all, and was part of Romania’s squads for the 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups, appearing in six group matches without scoring. He was also part of the side that beat France in Auch on May 24, 1990.",
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            "name": "Jan Lenferink Dutch radio and television presenter dead at age 80",
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            "description": "Jan Lenferink, the Dutch radio and television presenter and columnist best known for RUR (Rechtstreeks uit Richter), died on March 7, 2026. Born in Dalfsen on 9 December 1945, he studied Dutch language and psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, served three years as editor-in-chief of the Nijmeegse Universiteitsblad, and later worked as a teacher of Dutch. In the 1970s he worked on the radio programme Dit is het begin and later moved to the VPRO. His first television work was as an interviewer on Het Gat van Nederland in the 1973–74 season. He developed RUR with Gert-Jan Dröge; the programme began in 1982 as a Sunday-afternoon talk show in the Amsterdam nightclub Richter before later returning on Veronica, RTL 4, RTL 5 and SBS6.",
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            "name": "Rose Marie Heck American politician dead at age 93",
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            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Rose Marie Heck, an American politician and former mayor of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 93. She served as mayor from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2008 to 2015. Heck also served on the South West Community Development Committee from 1970 and was its chair from 1983 to 1990. In addition, she served on the Hasbrouck Heights Council from 1985 to 1987, the borough’s Zoning Board from 1978 to 1984, and the Planning Board during her first mayoral term. She was later a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 38th legislative district from 1991 to 2003.",
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            "name": "Asghar Hijazi Cleric, politician dead at age -1",
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            "age": -1,
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            "description": "Ali Asghar Mir Hijazi, an Iranian cleric and politician who served as deputy chief of staff to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei until 2026, died on March 7, 2026. He previously held the post of deputy for foreign affairs in Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. Hijazi was also involved in coordinating high-level affairs among Iran’s branches of government, intelligence agencies and the implementation of state policies on behalf of the Supreme Leader. He was regarded as one of the most influential figures in the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran and was sanctioned by the European Union in 2012 and by the U.S. Treasury in 2020.",
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            "name": "Augie Meyers American musician",
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            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Augie Meyers, an American musician, songwriter, studio musician, record producer and record label owner, died on March 7, 2026, at age 85. He was best known as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados. Born August Edmond George Meyer Jr. in San Antonio, Texas, on May 31, 1940, Meyers helped found the Sir Douglas Quintet with Doug Sahm in the early 1960s. His Vox organ was a familiar part of the group’s sound on songs including \"She’s About a Mover,\" \"Mendocino\" and \"Nuevo Laredo.\" In the 1990s, he co-founded the Texas Tornados with Sahm, Flaco Jiménez and Freddy Fender.",
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            "name": "Jamie Dunn Agro dead at age 75",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 75,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "name": "Marie-Christine Boutonnet French politician dead at age 77",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 77,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Marie-Christine Boutonnet, a French politician and former Member of the European Parliament representing Île-de-France, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Albi, France, on February 10, 1949, she was a French National Front politician.",
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            "name": "Mahendra Pal Singh Indian legal scholar dead at age 85",
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            "age": 85,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Mahendra Pal Singh, an Indian legal scholar and jurist, died on March 7, 2026. He was a scholar of constitutional law, administrative law and comparative law, and professor emeritus at the University of Delhi. He later served as a research professor of law, Distinguished Scholar in Public Law & Comparative Law, director of the Centre for Comparative Law and chairman of the Law School Doctoral Committee at Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University. Singh was best known to students of the Constitution of India as the author of V.N. Shukla's Constitution of India, and was also known internationally for German Administrative Law in Common Law Perspective.",
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            "name": "David Brigati American singer dead at age 85",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
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            "age": 85,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "David Brigati, an American singer, died on March 7, 2026, at age 85. Sometimes known as “the fifth Rascal,” he was born on October 29, 1940, in Passaic, New Jersey, and raised in Garfield, New Jersey. He began his musical career as the lead singer of the doo-wop group the Hi-Fives, who recorded for Decca Records in 1958. One of the group’s songs, “Dorothy,” became a regional hit in the New York City and Philadelphia area. Brigati later performed with the Starliters and the Rascals, and his career spanned from 1958 to 2024.",
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            "name": "Franco Vito Gaiezza Italian musician dead at age 66",
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            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Franco Vito Gaiezza, an Italian musician and writer, died on March 7, 2026. Born in Rome on October 29, 1962, he performed in concerts for organ, piano, and harpsichord in Italy and abroad. He also recorded numerous broadcasts for Radio 3 in 1985 and 1986. In 2007, he performed in Paris with organist Jean Guillou at the 18th St. Eustache International Festival in the world premiere of The Revolt of the Organs. Gaiezza founded the Albert Schweitzer Association in Palermo, through which he organized concerts in Italy and Europe.",
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        {
            "name": "Nuno Morais Sarmento Lawyer dead at age 65",
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            "sources": [],
            "age": 65,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Nuno Morais Sarmento, a Portuguese politician and lawyer, died on March 7, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 65. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he served as Minister of the Presidency from 2002 to 2005 and was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2005 to 2009. He was born in Lisbon on January 31, 1961.",
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        {
            "name": "Holly Warlick American college basketball coach dead at age 67",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 67,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
            "published_at": "2026-03-07T12:00:00+01:00",
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            "description": "Holly Warlick, the American college basketball coach who led the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, died on March 7, 2026. Warlick served as head coach of the Lady Volunteers from prior to the 2012–13 season through the end of the 2018–19 season, after replacing Pat Summitt. Born Frances Hollingsworth Warlick in Knoxville, Tennessee, she played for Tennessee under Summitt as a three-time All-American point guard, set several school records, and was the first player in Tennessee sports history to have her jersey retired at the end of her playing career. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and was named to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.",
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        {
            "name": "Sadok Belaïd Tunisian jurist and academic dead at age 87",
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            "age": 87,
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            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Sadok Belaïd, a Tunisian jurist and academic, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on March 3, 1939, he was a longtime professor at Tunis University and later director of Tunis Private University. Belaïd was a member of the Conseil tunisien de la recherche scientifique et technologique, the Association tunisienne de droit constitutionnel, the Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel and the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts. He also served on the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Constituent Assembly for Ben Arous in 2011.",
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        {
            "name": "Vidi Aldiano Indonesian singer-songwriter dead at age 35",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 35,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "description": "Vidi Aldiano, the Indonesian singer-songwriter known professionally as Vidi Aldiano, died on March 7, 2026, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Born Oxavia Aldiano on March 29, 1990, he began his musical career in 2008 with his debut album Pelangi di Malam Hari. The songs \"Nuansa Bening\" and \"Status Palsu\" from the album became hits and brought him to prominence. In 2009, he received the Most Favorite Male Artist award at the MTV Indonesia Awards. His 2016 album Persona was certified triple platinum after selling 250,000 physical copies in five months.",
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        {
            "name": "Nick Ciancio Australian Olympic weightlifter dead at age 79",
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            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "name": "Antonio Camps Spanish football player and manager dead at age 87",
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            "name": "Matt Salter English former rugby union and rugby league footballer dead at age 49",
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            "age": 49,
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            "name": "Eddie Illingworth Australian cricketer dead at age 87",
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            "death_date": "2026-03-07",
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            "name": "Troy Murray Canadian ice hockey player",
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            "name": "Judith L. Rapoport American psychiatrist dead at age 92",
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