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            "name": "Terry L. Bruce American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 82",
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            "name": "Sergio Landucci Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy dead at age 88",
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            "description": "Sergio Landucci died on April 17, 2026. He was an Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy. His work placed him within two closely connected fields of study, philosophy and its history.",
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            "name": "Tuimasi Manuca Fijian footballer dead at age 40",
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            "name": "Shiran Kaïdine French guitarist, cancer dead at age 44",
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            "name": "Beatriz de Moura Brazilian-born Spanish publisher and translator dead at age 86",
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            "name": "Billy Knight British tennis player dead at age 90",
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            "death_date": "2018-07-11",
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            "description": "Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles. He was a clay-court specialist whose results also included titles on grass and indoor wood courts. Knight reached the quarter-finals of the 1959 French Championships and won the mixed doubles there with Yola Ramírez. As a junior, he won the boys’ singles titles at Wimbledon in 1953 and the Australian Championships in 1954, and earlier won the English singles table tennis title in 1951.",
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            "name": "Jacqueline Rayet French ballet dancer dead at age 92",
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            "description": "Jacqueline Rayet, a French ballet dancer, died on April 17, 2026, in Paris. She was 92. A native of Paris, she attended the Paris Opera Ballet School and danced with Peter Van Dijk at the premiere of La Symphonie inachevée. She also appeared in Maurice Béjart ballets including The Rite of Spring and Werbern opus 5.",
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            "name": "Ian Pinard Dominican politician, MP dead at age 54",
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            "description": "Ian Pinard, a Dominican politician and former member of parliament, died on April 17, 2026. He was 54. Pinard was first elected to the House of Assembly in 2005, representing the Soufrière constituency on the Dominica Labour Party ticket, and served until 2009, when he did not seek re-election because of health-related reasons. He returned to parliament after the 2014 election and was sworn in on December 12, 2014, as minister for public works and ports. In 2016, he resigned as minister and MP amid allegations that he had inappropriate conduct with an under-aged girl.",
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            "name": "Ernie Dosio public figure dead at age 75",
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            "name": "Barry Seton public figure dead at age 89",
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            "death_date": "2026-04-17",
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            "description": "Barry Seton, an Australian racing driver, died on April 17, 2026, aged 89. Known as Bo, he won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth in a Ford Cortina GT500. Seton competed in the Bathurst 500 and later 1000 km 22 times, from 1963 to 1984, completing the race in 15 of those starts. He was also noted for his performances in the Ford Capri in the mid-1970s, including class wins at Bathurst and three Sun-7 Rothmans 3-Litre Series titles at Amaroo Park.",
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            "name": "Mariclare Costello American actress dead at age 90",
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            "description": "Mariclare Costello, an American actress, died on April 17, 2026, at age 90. She was known for her roles in the cult horror film \"Let's Scare Jessica to Death\" and the television series \"The Waltons\" and \"The Fitzpatricks.\" Costello’s most notable role was Rosemary Hunter Fordwick on \"The Waltons,\" which she played from 1972 to 1977. In 1977, she portrayed matriarch Maggie Fitzpatrick on \"The Fitzpatricks.\" She was a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and was active from 1967 to 2002.",
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            "name": "Finnian Garbutt British actor, Skin cancer dead at age 28",
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            "description": "Finnian Garbutt died on April 17, 2026, from skin cancer. He was a British actor known for his role in Hope Street.",
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            "name": "Percy O’Driscoll dead at age 91, Canadian Anglican bishop",
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            "description": "Percy O'Driscoll, the Canadian Anglican bishop who served as bishop of Huron from 1990 to 2000 and as metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario from 1993 to 2000, died on April 17, 2026. Born on October 4, 1934, O'Driscoll was educated at Bishop's University. He was ordained a deacon in 1964 and a priest in 1966, and later held ministry posts in Ottawa, Kitchener, London and Sarnia before becoming Dean of Huron in 1980 and then suffragan bishop in 1987.",
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            "name": "David McKinley American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 79",
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            "description": "David McKinley, the American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, died on April 17, 2026, at age 79. Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, on March 28, 1947, he represented West Virginia’s 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A Republican, McKinley previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 1994 and chaired the West Virginia Republican Party from 1990 to 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University in 1970.",
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            "name": "John Hockridge American first assistant director, liver cancer dead at age 79",
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            "name": "Oscar Schmidt Brazilian basketball player dead at age 68",
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            "description": "Oscar Schmidt, the Brazilian basketball player who played for SE Palmeiras, JuveCaserta and the national team, died on April 17, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 68. Born in Natal on February 16, 1958, Schmidt, nicknamed Mão Santa, was a professional player who primarily served at power forward and small forward. He also played in Italy for JuveCaserta and Pavia, and in Spain for Fórum Valladolid. Schmidt was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, received the Olympic Order in 1997, was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2010, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.",
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            "name": "Pierre Lefebvre French politician, senator dead at age 87",
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            "description": "Pierre Lefebvre, the French politician and senator from 1997 to 2001, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Escaudain on September 11, 1938, he worked with the SNCF and became active in the General Confederation of Labour, serving as secretary of its Douai chapter and on its national council. A member of the French Communist Party, he entered elected politics in 1985 with his election to the General Council of Nord, representing the Canton of Douai-Sud, and was re-elected in 1992 and 1998. He died in Dechy.",
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            "name": "Nadia Farès French actress dead at age 57",
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            "description": "Nadia Farès, a French actress, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 57. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 20, 1968, she made her film debut in 1992 in My Wife’s Girlfriends. She rose to prominence with the police thriller The Crimson Rivers and later appeared as Jade Agent Kinler in the 2007 action thriller War and as Pia in the 2007 horror film Storm Warning. On April 11, she was found inanimate in a pool at the private sports complex of Blanche in Paris, was rescued by fellow swimmers, and taken to a hospital, where she was placed in an artificially induced coma.",
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            "name": "Bob Kevoian American radio presenter, stomach cancer dead at age 75",
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            "description": "Bob Kevoian, an American radio presenter best known for The Bob & Tom Show, died on April 17, 2026, at age 75, of stomach cancer. Born Robert James Kevoian in Los Angeles on December 2, 1950, he was a 1973 graduate of California State University, Long Beach. He began his radio career at WMBN in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1979 after touring the United States for three years as sound engineer of The Young Americans. Kevoian later teamed with Tom Griswold on a morning show in Petoskey and went on to co-host the nationally syndicated program broadcast from WFBQ's studios in Indianapolis.",
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            "name": "Nathalie Baye French actress, Lewy body dementia dead at age 77",
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            "description": "Nathalie Baye, the French actress known for Every Man for Himself, Strange Affair and Le Petit Lieutenant, died on April 17, 2026, at age 77. She died in Paris, France. Baye began her career in 1970 and appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won four times for Every Man for Himself, Strange Affair, La Balance and The Young Lieutenant. Born in Mainneville, France, on July 6, 1948, she worked in film, television and stage acting until 2026.",
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            "name": "Joaquim Granger Portuguese Olympic gymnast dead at age 97",
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            "name": "Avelina Besolí Bacó Andorran woman, country’s oldest woman dead at age 106",
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