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This list is limited to brain seizures which received media attention.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Brady	Government	29-Aug-1940	4-Aug-2014	White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley
Bobby Brown	Singer	5-Feb-1969		My Prerogative
John E. Bryson	Business	24-Jul-1943		US Secretary of Commerce, 2011-12
Lindsey Buckingham	Musician	3-Oct-1949		Fleetwood Mac
Julius Caesar	Head of State	13-Jul-100 BC	15-Mar-44 BC	Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC
William Casey	Spy	13-Mar-1913	29-Jan-1987	CIA Director, 1981-87
Gary Coleman	Actor	8-Feb-1968	28-May-2010	Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes
Jeff Conaway	Actor	5-Oct-1950	27-May-2011	Grease
Ian Curtis	Singer	15-Jul-1956	18-May-1980	Lead singer of Joy Division
Fyodor Dostoevsky	Novelist	30-Oct-1821	28-Jan-1881	Crime and Punishment
David Hasselhoff	Actor	17-Jul-1952		Knight Rider, Baywatch
Florence Griffith Joyner	Track and Field	21-Dec-1959	21-Sep-1998	Olympic sprinter
Ted Kennedy	Politician	22-Feb-1932	25-Aug-2009	US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Martin Lawrence	Comic	16-Apr-1965		Martin
Tony Lazzeri	Baseball	6-Dec-1903	6-Aug-1946	Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer
Vladimir Lenin	Head of State	22-Apr-1870	21-Jan-1924	Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
Teena Marie	Singer/Songwriter	5-Mar-1956	26-Dec-2010	White soul singer/songwriter
Guy de Maupassant	Author	5-Aug-1850	6-Jul-1893	French short story writer
Rik Mayall	Actor	7-Mar-1958	9-Jun-2014	Rick on The Young Ones
Mindy McCready	Country Musician	30-Nov-1975	17-Feb-2013	Troubled country music singer
Bret Michaels	Singer	15-Mar-1963		Poison frontman
Demi Moore	Actor	11-Nov-1962		Ghost
Kelly Osbourne	Relative	27-Oct-1984		Ozzy's daughter
Alferd Packer	Criminal	21-Nov-1842	23-Apr-1907	Celebrated cannibal killer
River Phoenix	Actor	23-Aug-1970	31-Oct-1993	My Own Private Idaho
Jimmy Reed	Singer	6-Sep-1925	29-Aug-1976	Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man
Buddy Rich	Drummer	30-Sep-1917	2-Apr-1987	Legendary drummer
John G. Roberts, Jr.	Judge	27-Jan-1955		US Chief Justice
Rick Ross	Rapper	28-Jan-1976		Port of Miami
Jack Ruby	Assassin	25-Mar-1911	3-Jan-1967	Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Elizabeth Taylor	Actor	27-Feb-1932	23-Mar-2011	Cleopatra
Verne Troyer	Actor	1-Jan-1969		Mini-Me
Lil' Wayne	Rapper	27-Sep-1982		Tha Carter
Hugo Weaving	Actor	4-Apr-1960		Agent Smith in The Matrix
Amy Winehouse	Singer	14-Sep-1983	23-Jul-2011	Rehab

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