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1. This comedic actor, perhaps best known for his role as Artie on "The Larry Sanders Show", died on July 9, 2019. He is also a cousin of Sissy Spacek. Who is this actor?
2. This famous comedic actor, who died on July 9, is Isabel Sanford who passed away in 2004. Sanford is best known for her portrayal of Weezy on which sitcom?
3. July 9, 1996 saw the passing of the famed Melvin Belli who worked as a what?
4. Famed journalist Eric Sevareid died on July 9, 1992. Which of the following was NOT one of the news items he is best known for reporting?
5. Which women's rights pioneer, who fought for the inclusion of women's rights in the 1964 Civil Rights Act, died on July 9, 1977?
6. July 9, 1974 saw the passing of which influential Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who wrote some of the Court's most famous decision including Loving v. Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education?
7. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Benjamin Cardozo, died on July 9, 1938. What is Cardozo judicial philosophy described?
8. Which U.S. President, nicknamed Old Rough and Ready, died under somewhat mysterious circumstances on July 9, 1850?
9. July 9, 1850 saw the death of which religious leader, born Ali Muhammad, who was executed by firing squad?
10. Jan van Eyck, the famous painter who died on July 9, 1441, was of what nationality?
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