January 1st
| Barry Austin | Aged 52 | Died of a heart attack
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Barry Austin was a man from Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, England, who was widely reputed to be the fattest man in the United Kingdom.
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| Carlos do Carmo | Aged 81 | Died of a ruptured aneurysm
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Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida ComIH, better known as Carlos do Carmo, was a Portuguese fado singer. Here’s him singing Fly me to the Moon.
| Simone Chrisostome | Aged 97 | Death unknown
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Simone Chrisostome was a French Resistance member. She fought for the organization and survived the German concentration camps Ravensbrück and Fünfeichen.
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| Mark Eden | Aged 92 | Died from complications with Alzheimer’s disease
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Douglas John Malin, known professionally as Mark Eden, was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1989. As well as playing Marco Polo in 1964’s Doctor Who.
| Seizō Fukumoto | Aged 77 | Died of lung cancer
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He is a Japanese actor known for the films The Last Samurai and 13 Assassins, as well as many other titles.
| George Gerdes | Aged 72 | Died of a brain aneurysm
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George Gerdes was an American singer-songwriter and character actor. He was born in Queens, New York City. He formed a group, the Alumicron Fab Tabs, with friend Loudon Wainwright III, before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969. Known for acting in the film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
| Floyd Little | Aged 78 | Died of cancer
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Floyd Douglas Little was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League and later the National Football League.
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| Sun Qiaolu | Aged 25 | Died of a heart attack
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Sun Qiaolu was a Chinese actress who rose to fame as a child. Known for a few films, one of them being Acrobatic Fairies.
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