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September 1st
160 Notable deaths
Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor
2nd yang di-pertuan agong.
Born May 13th, 1898 in Selangor.
Died September 1st, 1960 at 62 years old in Kuala Lumpur.
Morris Carnovsky
American politician (1897-1992).
Born September 5th, 1897 in St. Louis.
Died September 1st, 1992 at 94 years old in Easton (disease).
Ahmed Abdi Godane
Leader of harakat al-shabaab mujahideen, somali insurgent group (1977-2014).
Born July 10th, 1977 in Hargeisa.
Died September 1st, 2014 at 37 years old in Somalia.
Jang Jin-young
South korean actress.
Born June 14th, 1972 in Jeonju.
Died September 1st, 2009 at 37 years old in Seoul (stomach cancer). [ref]
Dennis Brain
British virtuoso horn player (1921-1957).
Born May 17th, 1921 in London.
Died September 1st, 1957 at 36 years old in Hatfield (traffic collision).
W. Richard Stevens
American writer.
Born February 5th, 1951 in Zambia.
Died September 1st, 1999 at 48 years old in Tucson.
Zvonko Bušić
Croatian.
Born January 23rd, 1946 in Gorica, Čapljina.
Died September 1st, 2013 at 67 years old in Zagreb (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Doris Kenyon
American actress (1897-1979).
Born September 5th, 1897 in Syracuse. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1979 at 81 years old in Beverly Hills (heart failure). [ref]
Wols
German painter and photographer (1913-1951).
Born May 27th, 1913 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1951 at 38 years old in Paris, Champigny-sur-Marne. [ref]
Liviu Rebreanu
Romanian writer (1885-1944).
Born November 27th, 1885 in Târlișua. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1944 at 58 years old in Valea Mare-Podgoria (lung disease). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 160
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain