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Famous Deaths

Given the date and cause of death, name the figure who died
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Cause
Date/Location
Person
1) Stabbed to death
44 BC, Rome
Julius Caesar
2) Crucifixion
33 AD, Judaea
Jesus
3) Shot in the eye
1066, Hastings, UK
Harold Godwinson
4) Dysentery
1216, Newark, UK
King John
5) Stroke
1519, Amboise, France
Leonardo DaVinci
6) Shot in a duel
1804, New York
Alexander Hamilton
7) Assassinated
1865, Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln
8) Self inflicted gunshot
1890, Auvers, France
Vincent Van Gogh
9) Heart Attack
1910, Redding, CT
Mark Twain
10) Burst Appendix
1926, Detroit, MI
Harry Houdini
Cause
Date/Location
Person
11) Suicide
1945, Berlin, Germany
Adolf Hitler
12) Assassinated
1963, Dallas, TX
John F Kennedy
13) Shot by jealous fan
1980, New York
John Lennon
14) Shot by father
1984, Los Angeles
Marvin Gaye
15) Suicide by gunshot
1994, Seattle
Kurt Cobain
16) Plane Crash
2001, Bahamas
Aaliyah
17) Stingray barb
2006, Batt Reef, Australia
Steve Irwin
18) Overdose by doctor
2009, Los Angeles
Michael Jackson
19) Pancreatic Cancer
2011, Palo Alto, CA
Steve Jobs
20) Helicopter Crash
2020, Calabasas, CA
Kobe Bryant
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