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In the year 1995
702 Notable deaths
John Peters Humphrey
Canadian legal scholar (1905-1995).
Born April 30th, 1905 in New Brunswick.
Died March 14th, 1995 at 89 years old in Montreal.
Arthur Lubin
American film director (1898-1995).
Born July 25th, 1898 in Los Angeles.
Died May 12th, 1995 at 96 years old in Glendale.
Matti Pellonpää
Finnish actor (1951–1995).
Born March 28th, 1951 in Helsinki.
Died July 13th, 1995 at 44 years old in Vaasa (myocardial infarction).
Kurt Becher
Ss officer (1909–1995).
Born September 12th, 1909 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1995 at 85 years old in Bremen.
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Academic, politician, author, lawyer (1908-1995).
Born December 13th, 1908 in São Paulo.
Died October 3rd, 1995 at 86 years old in São Paulo.
Dmitri Volkogonov
Russian military officer (colonel-general) and historian (1928-1995).
Born March 22nd, 1928 in Chita.
Died December 6th, 1995 at 67 years old in Moscow, Krasnogorsk (brain cancer).
Qiu Miaojin
Novelist.
Born May 29th, 1969 in Changhua County.
Died June 25th, 1995 at 26 years old in Paris (exsanguination).
Albert Hackett
American screenwriter (1900-1995).
Born February 16th, 1900 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1995 at 95 years old in New York City.
Corneliu Coposu
Romanian politician (1914–1995).
Born May 20th, 1914 in Bobota.
Died November 11th, 1995 at 81 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).
Kukrit Pramoj
Thai politician (1911-1995).
Born April 20th, 1911 in In Buri.
Died October 9th, 1995 at 84 years old in Bangkok (diabetes).
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet newspaper editor (1905-1995).
Born November 5th, 1905 in Ashgabat.
Died August 18th, 1995 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Setsuko, Princess Chichibu
Japanese princess; wife of yasuhito, prince chichibu (1909–1995).
Born September 9th, 1909 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died August 25th, 1995 at 85 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).
Howard Koch
American screenwriter (1901-1995).
Born December 12th, 1901 in New York City.
Died August 17th, 1995 at 93 years old in Kingston.
Jean-Patrick Manchette
French writer (1942-1995).
Born December 19th, 1942 in Marseille.
Died June 3rd, 1995 at 52 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Edmond Jouhaud
French general (1905-1995).
Born April 2nd, 1905 in Bousfer. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1995 at 90 years old in Royan. [ref]
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995).
Born December 25th, 1941 in Roanoke.
Died April 22nd, 1995 at 53 years old in East Orange (lymphoma).
Giancarlo Baghetti
Racecar driver.
Born December 25th, 1934 in Milan.
Died November 27th, 1995 at 60 years old in Milan (cancer).
Jimmy Raney
American musician.
Born August 20th, 1927 in Louisville. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1995 at 67 years old in Louisville.
Elleston Trevor
British novelist and playwright (1920–1995).
Born February 17th, 1920 in Bromley.
Died November 15th, 1995 at 75 years old in Cave Creek.
Annie Fischer
Classical pianist.
Born July 5th, 1914 in Budapest. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1995 at 80 years old in Budapest.
Georges J. F. Köhler
German immunologist (1946–1995).
Born April 17th, 1946 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1995 at 48 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (myocardial infarction).
O Jin-u
North korean marshal and politician (1917–1995).
Born March 8th, 1917 in Pukchong County.
Died February 25th, 1995 at 77 years old in Pyongyang (lung cancer).
Willem Frederik Hermans
Dutch writer (1921-1995).
Born September 1st, 1921 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1995 at 73 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Sicco Mansholt
Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat (1908–1995).
Born September 13th, 1908 in Ulrum.
Died June 29th, 1995 at 86 years old in Wapserveen.
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling