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1914 – 2000Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000)Died 19 January 2000, aged 85Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s, promoted as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and seen in Samson and Delilah. With the composer George Antheil she co-patented a 1942 frequency-hopping system meant to guide torpedoes, a concept later foundational to spread-spectrum wireless. Her scientific work was recognised only late in life.
1934 – 2000Bettino Craxi (1934-2000)Died 19 January 2000, aged 65Bettino Craxi led the Italian Socialist Party and was prime minister from 1983 to 1987, one of the longest tenures of the postwar era. He was brought down by the Tangentopoli corruption inquiries of the early 1990s and, facing prison, fled to Tunisia in 1994. He died there in exile, still a convicted fugitive.
2000Becomes part-owner and president of WizardsJordan takes a front-office role with the Washington Wizards as part-owner and president of basketball operations.