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In the year 2014
1,224 Notable deaths
Gordon Hessler
British film director, producer and screenwriter (1930–2014).
Born December 12th, 1930 in Berlin.
Died January 19th, 2014 at 83 years old in London.
Karlheinz Deschner
German writer and activist (1924-2014).
Born May 23rd, 1924 in Bamberg.
Died April 8th, 2014 at 89 years old in Haßfurt (disease).
Veronica Lazăr
Italian actress (1938-2014).
Born October 16th, 1938 in Bucharest.
Died June 8th, 2014 at 75 years old in Rome (dementia).
Martin Gutzwiller
Swiss physicist (1925-2014).
Born October 12th, 1925 in Basel.
Died March 3rd, 2014 at 88 years old in Rio Rancho. [ref]
Edmund Szoka
Catholic cardinal (1927–2014).
Born September 14th, 1927 in Grand Rapids.
Died August 20th, 2014 at 86 years old in Novi. [ref]
Bert Williams
English footballer (1920-2014).
Born January 31st, 1920 in Staffordshire.
Died January 19th, 2014 at 93 years old in Wolverhampton.
René Burri
Swiss photographer (1933-2014).
Born April 9th, 1933 in Zurich.
Died October 20th, 2014 at 81 years old in Zurich (cancer).
Peter Clarke
South african artist and writer (1929 - 2014).
Born June 2nd, 1929 in Simon's Town.
Died April 13th, 2014 at 84 years old in Ocean View.
Esther M. Conwell
American physicist.
Born May 23rd, 1922 in New York City.
Died November 16th, 2014 at 92 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Otis G. Pike
Democratic member of the united states house of representatives (1921-2014).
Born August 31st, 1921 in Riverhead.
Died January 20th, 2014 at 92 years old in Vero Beach.
Helma Sanders-Brahms
German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014).
Born November 20th, 1940 in Emden. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2014 at 73 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Çolpan İlhan
Turkish actor (1936–2014).
Born August 8th, 1936 in İzmir.
Died July 25th, 2014 at 77 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction).
Lucien Clergue
French photographer (1934-2014).
Born August 14th, 1934 in Arles.
Died November 15th, 2014 at 80 years old in Nîmes (disease).
Tullio Regge
Italian physicist (1931–2014).
Born July 11th, 1931 in Turin.
Died October 24th, 2014 at 83 years old in Orbassano. [ref]
Brian Hart
British racing driver and engineer.
Born September 7th, 1936 in Enfield.
Died January 5th, 2014 at 77 years old in Epping. [ref]
Howard Cooke
Jamaican politician (1915-2014).
Born November 13th, 1915 in Saint James Parish.
Died July 11th, 2014 at 98 years old in Kingston.
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Brazilian author (1941-2014).
Born January 23rd, 1941 in Itaparica.
Died July 18th, 2014 at 73 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pulmonary embolism).
Yury Lyubimov
Soviet and russian theatre director, actor (1917-2014).
Born September 30th, 1917 in Yaroslavl.
Died October 5th, 2014 at 97 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Wallace Jones
American basketball player (1926–2014).
Born July 14th, 1926 in Harlan.
Died July 27th, 2014 at 88 years old in Lexington.
George Modelski
Political scientist.
Born January 9th, 1926 in Poznań.
Died February 21st, 2014 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Catholic cardinal (1924–2014).
Born February 5th, 1924 in Kalleri.
Died June 2nd, 2014 at 90 years old in Rome.
Gleb Yakunin
Soviet dissident (1934-2014).
Born March 4th, 1934 in Moscow.
Died December 25th, 2014 at 80 years old in Moscow (disease).
Matthew Sands
American accelerator physicist (1919–2014).
Born October 20th, 1919 in Oxford. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2014 at 94 years old in Santa Cruz.
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
Nigerian writer (1951-2014).
Born October 26th, 1951 in Orlu.
Died March 18th, 2014 at 62 years old in Imo State (kidney failure).
Janaky Athi Nahappan
Founding member:malaysian indian congress/one of the earliest women involved in: malaysian independence (1925-2014).
Born February 25th, 1925 in Kuala Lumpur.
Died May 9th, 2014 at 89 years old in Cheras (pneumonia).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner