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In the year 2021
1,567 Notable deaths
Graham McRae
New zealand racing driver.
Born March 5th, 1940 in Wellington.
Died August 4th, 2021 at 81 years old in Auckland. [ref]
Cornelius Sim
Catholic bishop (1951–2021).
Born September 16th, 1951 in Seria.
Died May 29th, 2021 at 69 years old in Taipei. [ref]
Larisa Flamenbaum
Russian politician (1953—2021).
Born January 21st, 1953 in Chadan.
Died June 10th, 2021 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Nino Vaccarella
Racecar driver.
Born March 4th, 1933 in Palermo. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 2021 at 88 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Yıldırım Akbulut
Prime minister of turkey (1935–2021).
Born September 2nd, 1935 in Erzincan.
Died April 14th, 2021 at 85 years old in Ankara. [ref]
Hana Hegerová
Czech actress, singer and chansonier (1931–2021).
Born October 20th, 1931 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2021 at 89 years old in Na Homolce Hospital. [ref]
Joël Robert
Motocross racer (1943-2021).
Born November 24th, 1943 in Grandrieu. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2021 at 77 years old in Gilly (COVID-19). [ref]
Shirley Fry
American tennis and badminton player (1927–2021).
Born June 30th, 1927 in Akron.
Died July 13th, 2021 at 94 years old in Naples. [ref]
Luis del Sol
Spanish footballer (1935-2021).
Born April 6th, 1935 in Arcos de Jalón.
Died June 20th, 2021 at 86 years old in Seville. [ref]
Marie-Claire Blais
Playwright working in quebec (1939–2021).
Born October 5th, 1939 in Quebec City.
Died November 30th, 2021 at 82 years old in Key West. [ref]
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician (1942–2021).
Born July 3rd, 1942 in Lackawanna.
Died September 28th, 2021 at 79 years old in Fort Lauderdale (pulmonary fibrosis). [ref]
Milan Živadinović
Serbian footballer and football manager (1944–2021).
Born December 15th, 1944 in Belgrade.
Died July 17th, 2021 at 76 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Jean-François Stévenin
French actor, film director and screenwriter (1944–2021).
Born April 23rd, 1944 in Lons-le-Saunier.
Died July 27th, 2021 at 77 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Ferhan Şensoy
Turkish actor (1951–2021).
Born February 26th, 1951 in Çarşamba.
Died August 31st, 2021 at 70 years old in Fatih. [ref]
David Dushman
Soviet liberator of auschwitz (1923–2021).
Born April 1st, 1923 in Gdańsk.
Died June 4th, 2021 at 98 years old in Munich. [ref]
Amalia Aguilar
Cuban-mexican rumbera and actress (1924–2021).
Born July 3rd, 1924 in Matanzas. [ref]
Died November 8th, 2021 at 97 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Desmond Davis
British television director.
Born May 24th, 1926 in London. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 2021 at 95 years old [ref]
John Erman
American television and film director, actor and producer (1935-2021).
Born August 3rd, 1935 in Chicago.
Died June 25th, 2021 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Cornelia Oberlander
Canadian architect (1921-2021).
Born June 20th, 1921 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died May 22nd, 2021 at 99 years old in Vancouver.
Cyril Mango
British scholar (1928–2021).
Born April 14th, 1928 in Constantinople.
Died February 8th, 2021 at 92 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Oleg Baklanov
Soviet politician, scientist and businessman.
Born March 17th, 1932 in Kharkiv.
Died July 28th, 2021 at 89 years old in Moscow.
John Lawton
British singer (1946–2021).
Born July 11th, 1946 in Halifax.
Died June 29th, 2021 at 74 years old [ref]
Rémy Julienne
French racing driver (1930–2021).
Born April 17th, 1930 in Cepoy.
Died January 21st, 2021 at 90 years old in Amilly (COVID-19).
Alix Dobkin
American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist.
Born August 16th, 1940 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2021 at 80 years old in Woodstock (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Ayong Maliksi
Filipino politician (1938–2021).
Born March 25th, 1938.
Died February 24th, 2021 at 82 years old
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