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In the year 2014
1,224 Notable deaths
Volkmar Groß
German footballer (1948-2014).
Born January 31st, 1948 in Berlin.
Died July 3rd, 2014 at 66 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Luciana Angiolillo
Italien actress (1925–2014).
Born December 22nd, 1925 in Rome.
Died August 8th, 2014 at 88 years old in Naples.
Ailo Gaup
Saami writer (1944–2014).
Born June 18th, 1944 in Kautokeino Municipality. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2014 at 70 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Edda Buding
German tennis player (1936–2014).
Born November 13th, 1936 in Lovrin.
Died July 15th, 2014 at 77 years old in Aalen.
Gerald B. Whitham
American mathematician (1927-2014).
Born December 13th, 1927 in Halifax.
Died January 26th, 2014 at 86 years old [ref]
Ara Shiraz
Armenian sculptor (1941-2014).
Born June 8th, 1941 in Yerevan.
Died March 18th, 2014 at 72 years old in Yerevan (stroke).
Rodney Wilkes
Trinidad and tobago weightlifter (1925–2014).
Born March 11th, 1925 in San Fernando.
Died March 24th, 2014 at 89 years old in San Fernando.
Abdelmajid Lakhal
Tunisian theatre director and actor (1939-2014).
Born November 29th, 1939 in Bizerte.
Died September 27th, 2014 at 74 years old in Tunis. [ref]
Tony Settember
Racecar driver (1926-2069).
Born July 10th, 1926 in Manila. [ref]
Died May 4th, 2014 at 87 years old in Reno. [ref]
Philip Bradbourn
British politician.
Born August 9th, 1951 in Tipton.
Died December 19th, 2014 at 63 years old in Sutton Coldfield (colorectal cancer).
Carmelo Bossi
Italian boxer.
Born October 15th, 1939 in Milan.
Died March 23rd, 2014 at 74 years old in Milan.
Orlanda Amarílis
Cape verdean writer (1924–2014).
Born October 8th, 1924 in Assomada.
Died February 1st, 2014 at 89 years old in Lisbon.
Maher Abd al-Rashid
Former prominent iraqi general.
Born July 24th, 1942 in Tikrit.
Died June 29th, 2014 at 71 years old in Sulaymaniyah.
Andrei Kharlov
Russian chess grandmaster (1968-2014).
Born November 20th, 1968 in Prokopyevsk.
Died June 15th, 2014 at 45 years old in Kazan.
Donald F. Steiner
American biochemist (1930–2014).
Died November 11th, 2014 at 84 years old in Chicago.
Salwa Bughaighis
Libyan activist.
Born April 24th, 1963 in Benghazi. [ref]
Died June 25th, 2014 at 51 years old in Benghazi.
Jerzy Semkow
Polish conductor (1928–2014).
Born October 12th, 1928 in Radomsko.
Died December 23rd, 2014 at 86 years old in Lausanne.
Vira Silenti
Actress.
Born April 16th, 1931 in Naples.
Died November 1st, 2014 at 83 years old in Rome (traffic collision). [ref]
Ruben Kun
President of nauru (1942-2014).
Born March 30th, 1942 in Nauru.
Died September 21st, 2014 at 72 years old [ref]
Fred Bertelmann
German singer and actor (1925-2014).
Born October 7th, 1925 in Duisburg.
Died January 22nd, 2014 at 88 years old in Berg.
Vicente Leñero
Mexican novelist, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2014).
Born June 9th, 1933 in Guadalajara.
Died December 3rd, 2014 at 81 years old in Mexico City.
Jamal al-Jamal
Palestinian diplomat.
Born August 1st, 1957 in Sabra.
Died January 1st, 2014 at 56 years old in Prague (explosive device).
Vera Gebuhr
Danish actress (1916-2014).
Born May 15th, 1916 in Odense.
Died December 22nd, 2014 at 98 years old in Gentofte.
Madhavi Sardesai
Indian academic.
Born July 7th, 1962 in Lisbon.
Died December 22nd, 2014 at 52 years old in Goa.
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