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            "name": "Leonid Radvinsky Majority owner of OnlyFans dead at age 43",
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            "name": "Alain Brillet Virgo interferometer dead at age 78",
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            "name": "Vladimir Shumny Geneticist dead at age 92",
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            "name": "Rodger Brulotte Canadian sportscaster dead at age 79",
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            "name": "Calvin Tomkins American author and art critic, stroke dead at age 100",
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            "name": "Dennis Condrey American professional wrestler dead at age 76",
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            "name": "Filaret Denysenko Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, patriarch of Kyiv dead at age 97",
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            "name": "Waldyr Pugliesi Dentist dead at age 90",
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            "name": "Robert Fox English film and television producer dead at age 73",
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            "description": "Robert Fox, an English film and television producer whose work included The Hours, The Crown and Iris, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 73. Fox’s work on the 2002 film The Hours brought him an Academy Award nomination. Born Robert Michael John Fox on March 25, 1952, in Cuckfield, England, he worked as a film and theatre producer from 1982 to 2026. He was also a theatrical producer in the West End and on Broadway for more than four decades.",
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            "name": "Clive Leach English cricketer and media executive, pneumonia dead at age 91",
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            "name": "Lala Alizadeh Azerbaijani scientist dead at age 76",
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            "name": "Steve Gaines Pastor, 61st President of the Southern Baptist Convention dead at age 68",
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            "name": "Jessie Jones American actress dead at age 75",
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            "name": "Los Piojos Argentine drummer dead at age 54",
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            "name": "Smith Gilley American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives dead at age 86",
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            "name": "Sam Goodwin American football coach dead at age 82",
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            "name": "Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo Spanish lawyer and writer dead at age 84",
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            "name": "Ben Keaton Irish actor dead at age 69",
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            "death_date": "2026-03-20",
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            "description": "Ben Keaton, the Irish actor known for roles in Emmerdale, Casualty and Father Ted, died on March 20, 2026, aged 69. Born Benjamin J. Burke-Kennedy in Dublin on 3 May 1956, he appeared in Emmerdale as Jeff Brannigan and in Casualty as Spencer between 1999 and 2002. He also played Father Austin Purcell in Think Fast, Father Ted, an episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. Under his stage name, Keaton also worked in theatre and as a comedian.",
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            "name": "Muhammad Kamal Hassouna Palestinian politician, minister of national economy dead at age 84",
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            "name": "Božo Koprivica Serbian essayist, dramatic adviser and literary critic dead at age 75",
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            "death_date": "2026-03-20",
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            "name": "Steve Houben Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist dead at age 76",
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            "age": 76,
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            "reported_date": "2026-03-20",
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            "name": "Agosto Machado American performance artist dies",
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                    "title": "Giorno Poetry Systems Gives Grants to 12 Artists Including Jacolby Satterwhite, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), and the Late Agosto Machado"
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            "name": "Raivo Mänd Estonian ecologist and zoologist dead at age 71",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/raivo-mand",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 71,
            "death_date": "2026-03-20",
            "reported_date": "2026-03-20",
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            "name": "Madhumita Raut Indian Odissi classical dancer, cardiac arrest dead at age 59",
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            "age": 67,
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            "name": "Aref Iranian pop singer dead at age 84",
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            "age": 84,
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            "name": "Robert Mueller American lawyer, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, deputy attorney general and director of the FBI dead at age 81",
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