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popular name: Jack Lemmon

date_of_death: June 27, 2001

age: 76

cause_of_death: Bladder cancer

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Born the only child of a wealthy Boston family (his father was president of a baking company) Jack Lemmon was an American actor and musician who, after naval service and graduation from Harvard, headed for New York and fame - with just $300 in his pocket. In his extensive career he starred in over 60 films, received 8 Academy Award nominations, and won twice for his roles in 'Mister Roberts' and 'Save the Tiger'.

popular name: Yves Montand

date_of_death: November 9, 1991

age: 70

cause_of_death: Heart attack

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Yves Montand was an Italian-French actor and singer who began his career in show business as a music-hall singer and, in 1944, he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act. He is perhaps best known for the films in his later years such as Le Cercle Rouge (2003), Manon of the Spring (1987), Jean de Florette (1987) and Clair de Femme (1980). Actor, singer and music-hall dancer famous throughout the world, Yves Montand is one of France’s most emblematic artists. He had a successful career as an actor, and had roles alongside Edith Piaf, Simone Signoret and Marilyn Monroe, as well as working with directors Costa-Gavras and Alain Resnais. Additionally, Montand is often known for being the first singer to perform "Autumn Leaves," a song by Prévert and Kosma, which continues to be a standard throughout the world. Yves Montand died of a heart attack on the set of his final movie, IP5: L'île aux pachydermes, on the very last day of filming and just after his very last shot. He was laid to rest at Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris, France.

popular name: Joanne Siegel

date_of_death: February 12, 2011

age: 93

cause_of_death: Natural Causes

claim_to_fame: Show Business

best_know_for: Joanne Siegel was an American model, who in the 1930s worked with Superman artist Joe Shuster as the model for Lois Lane, Superman's love interest. She later married Superman's co-creator Jerry Siegel and sued for restoration of her husband's authorship copyright in the Superman character. In 2008 a federal judge restored Siegel's co-authorship share of the original Superman copyrights. Unfortunately a ruling by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that cements the studio's control over the lucrative superhero character. The decision drew on precedent established that a 2001 agreement between the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Warner Bros was indeed binding and that a district judge in a 2008 case had "erred" in granting the Siegel heirs partial copyright.