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Richard Dale

"King of the Surf Guitar" though he didn't wanted the title in later years. Certainly a wonderful and influencing musician.

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Valery Bykovsky - s sowjet Kosmonaut who held the record for longest flight in space for some time in the 60's

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Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s, has died (05.04.19). He was 93.

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@drewnogal said
Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s, has died (05.04.19). He was 93.
Did he paint himself into a corner?

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Tony Buzan who invented and populaized the Mind-Map.

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@great-big-stees said
Did he paint himself into a corner?
His number was up I guess?

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I just heard of his death on April 9, thanks to Numberphile, but:

Elwyn Berlekamp.

And if you don't know who that is, oh boy do you have a treat in store, because (amongst other things) he was one of the authors of Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays.

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Actor, Peter Mayhew.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48147012

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@moonbus said
Actor, Peter Mayhew.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48147012
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

RIP, Chewie.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48142765

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@suzianne said
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

RIP, Chewie.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48142765
I enjoyed him in Star wars, well something we do have incommon!!!

He really was that tall 7'3"!!!!
That part I didn't know.

-VR

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LOL....Even got a thumbs down for saying I liked him in the Star Wars movie!!! πŸ˜‰

-VR

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@very-rusty said
LOL....Even got a thumbs down for saying I liked him in the Star Wars movie!!! πŸ˜‰

-VR
It was probably from Darth Vader.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
It was probably from Darth Vader.
Is that what you are calling yourself now? πŸ˜› πŸ˜‰

-VR

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@very-rusty said
I enjoyed him in Star wars, well something we do have incommon!!!

He really was that tall 7'3"!!!!
That part I didn't know.

-VR
I found it interesting reading about him too. His relatives said that they recognised his mannerisms and knock kneed walk in Chewbacca. πŸ˜€

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