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In the year 1962
501 Notable deaths
C. Wright Mills
American sociologist.
Born August 28th, 1916 in Waco. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1962 at 45 years old in Nyack (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Benny Paret
Cuban boxer (1937–1962).
Born March 14th, 1937 in Santa Clara.
Died April 3rd, 1962 at 25 years old in New York City.
Joseph Kearns
American actor (1907-1962).
Born February 12th, 1907 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 17th, 1962 at 55 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist (1884–1962).
Born January 28th, 1884 in Basel.
Died March 24th, 1962 at 78 years old in Chexbres (myocardial infarction).
Rudolf Anderson
Usaf pilot, the only person killed by enemy fire during the cuban missile crisis (1927-1962).
Born September 15th, 1927 in Spartanburg.
Died October 27th, 1962 at 35 years old in Cuba (killed in action).
A.K. Fazlul Huq
Bengali-pakistani statesman and jurist (1873–1962).
Born October 26th, 1873 in Barishal.
Died April 27th, 1962 at 88 years old in Dhaka.
Dhondo Keshav Karve
Indian social reformer (1858–1962).
Born April 18th, 1858 in Dapoli.
Died November 9th, 1962 at 104 years old in Pune.
Georgios Papanikolaou
Greek pathologist (1883-1962).
Died February 19th, 1962 at 78 years old in Miami.
Gianna Beretta Molla
Italian saint (1922-1962).
Born October 4th, 1922 in Magenta.
Died April 28th, 1962 at 39 years old in Monza (peritonitis).
Shunroku Hata
Japanese general (1879-1962).
Born July 26th, 1879 in Fukushima Prefecture.
Died May 10th, 1962 at 82 years old in Tokyo (cancer). [ref]
Prince Maximilian, 1st Duke of Hohenberg
Austrian noble (1902–1962).
Born September 29th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died January 8th, 1962 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Lei Feng
Chinese soldier and communist icon (1940–1962).
Born December 18th, 1940 in Wangcheng District.
Died August 15th, 1962 at 21 years old in Anshan (traffic collision).
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian violinist and composer (1875-1962).
Born February 2nd, 1875 in Vienna.
Died January 29th, 1962 at 86 years old in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
Tod Browning
American film director (1880-1962).
Born July 12th, 1880 in Louisville.
Died October 6th, 1962 at 82 years old in Santa Monica (laryngeal cancer).
Menen Asfaw
Ethiopian empress consort (1891-1962).
Born April 3rd, 1891 in Ethiopian Empire.
Died February 15th, 1962 at 70 years old in Addis Ababa.
Stanley Lord
Captain of the ss californian (1877–1962).
Born September 13th, 1877 in Bolton.
Died January 24th, 1962 at 84 years old in Wallasey.
Louise Beavers
American actress (1900–1962).
Born March 8th, 1902 in Cincinnati.
Died October 26th, 1962 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Will Wright
American character actor.
Born March 26th, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died June 19th, 1962 at 68 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
René Coty
17th president of the french republic (1882–1962).
Born March 20th, 1882 in Le Havre.
Died November 22nd, 1962 at 80 years old in Le Havre (myocardial infarction).
Gaston Bachelard
French writer and philosopher (1884-1962).
Born June 27th, 1884 in Bar-sur-Aube. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1962 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Arthur Holly Compton
American physicist (1892–1962).
Born September 10th, 1892 in Wooster.
Died March 15th, 1962 at 69 years old in Berkeley (cerebral hemorrhage).
Hu Shih
Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891–1962).
Born December 17th, 1891 in Shanghai.
Died February 24th, 1962 at 70 years old in Taipei.
Frank Lovejoy
American actor (1914–1962).
Born March 28th, 1912 in The Bronx.
Died October 2nd, 1962 at 50 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Franz Kline
American painter (1910-1962).
Born May 23rd, 1910 in Wilkes-Barre. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1962 at 51 years old in New York City. [ref]
Ossip Bernstein
Ukrainian-french chess player.
Born September 20th, 1882 in Zhytomyr.
Died November 30th, 1962 at 80 years old in Saint-Arroman.
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner