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TOPSHOT – This black and white photo taken in May 1982 shows Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, whose death was announced on March 8, 2024. Akira Toriyama, the creator of the hugely popular and influential Japanese manga Dragon Ball and the anime manga, has passed away. He passed away at the age of 68, the production team announced on March 8, 2024 (Photo provided by Jiji Press/AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo provided by STR/Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images)

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Analyst Chris Mortensen watches the pregame Alliance of American Football game between the Birmingham Iron and the Salt Lake Stallions at Legion Field on February 16, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama. Chris Mortensen, an award-winning journalist who covered the NFL for nearly 40 years, including at age 32 as a senior analyst for ESPN, died Sunday morning. He was 72 years old. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/AAF/Getty Images)

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Comedian/actor Richard Lewis moderated the Video Software Dealers Association's Annual Home Video Convention at the Bellagio on July 27, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dressed all in black, Lewis, the acclaimed comedian known for exploring his own neuroses with wild, flowing rants, earned him the nickname “Prince of Pain.” He passed away. He was 76 years old. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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In this file photo taken on Saturday, July 20, 2019, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny participates in a protest in Moscow, Russia. Russian prison authorities have announced that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47 years old. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that Navalny became unwell and lost consciousness after a walk on Friday, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

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Conductor Seiji Ozawa arrives at a reception for himself and Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2015, and pauses to greet a young child in the audience. The former music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has passed away, his office announced on Friday, February 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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This April 7, 2014 file photo shows Toby Keith performing at ACM Presents an All-Star Salute to the Troops in Las Vegas. “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died. He passed away at the age of 62. Keith passed away peacefully on Monday, February 5, 2024, surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the country singer's website. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE – Carl Weathers arrives at a special screening of 'The Mandalorian' season 3 premiere at the Roosevelt Hotel on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 in Los Angeles. A former NFL linebacker, he played nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in Rocky, went toe-to-toe with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator, taught golf in Happy Gilmore, and played Hollywood Weathers became an action movie and comedy star. He passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. He died at the age of 76. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE – Chita Rivera arrives at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in New York. Rivera, a Tony Award-winning dancer, singer and actress who paved the way for Latin artists, has died at the age of 91. Rivera's death was announced by her daughter Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a short illness. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE – Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. answers questions during a news conference in New Orleans, May 25, 2001. Connick Sr. was the New Orleans district attorney for 30 years, but he later faced suspicions that his staff sometimes harbored. Evidence behind the scenes, died Thursday, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

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FILE – Melanie Safka opens day two of “A Day in the Garden” festival in Bethel, New York, August 15, 1988 1970s hits like “Brand New Key” Melanie, the singer-songwriter who created the song, has passed away. Melanie's publicist told The Associated Press that Melanie passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. She passed away at the age of 76. Her real name, Melanie Safka, rose to prominence on the New York folk scene, and she was one of only three female soloists to perform at Woodstock. Her hits included “Lay Down” and “Look What They've Done to My Song Ma.” (AP Photo/Ken Busigotti, File)

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FILE – Actress Joyce Randolph attends the Museum of the Moving Image honoring Ben Stiller at 42nd Street in Cipriani on Tuesday, November 12, 2008 in New York. Randolph, who played Ed Norton's sarcastic wife Trixie on “The Honeymooners,” has died at the age of 99. Ms. Randolph passed away of natural causes on Saturday night, January 13, 2024, at her home on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Randolph Charles told The Associated Press on Sunday. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

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FILE – German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, chairman of the German Organizing Committee for the Soccer World Cup, plays with the World Cup Golden Ball in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on April 18, 2006. Franz is the coach of the World Cup-winning German national team. Mr. Beckenbauer has passed away. He was 78 years old. Beckenbauer was one of the central figures in German football. He helped his West Germany team win the World Cup in 1974 as captain. He also coached the national team that won against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer, File)

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FILE – American actor Christian Oliver arrives at the premiere of “Speed ​​Racer'' during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on May 3, 2008 in New York. Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a small private island in the eastern Caribbean Sea on January 4, 2024, police in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines said. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)

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Actress Glynnis Johns is shown in this photo taken on September 11, 1982. Johns is a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who introduced the world to what would become a bittersweet standard when she played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic Mary Poppins. Stephen Sondheim's “Send in the Clowns” passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2023. She was 100 years old. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)