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Dead at age 33
10 Notable deaths
Sam Cooke
American singer and songwriter (1931–1964).
Born January 22nd, 1931 in Chicago, Clarksdale.
Died December 11th, 1964 at 33 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound).
Carole Lombard
American actress (1908-1942).
Born October 6th, 1908 in Fort Wayne.
Died January 16th, 1942 at 33 years old in Nevada (aviation accident).
John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist.
Born October 2nd, 1887 in Portland.
Died October 19th, 1920 at 33 years old in Moscow (scrub typhus).
Lee Morgan
American jazz trumpeter (1938–1972).
Born July 10th, 1938 in Philadelphia.
Died February 19th, 1972 at 33 years old in New York City.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906).
Born June 27th, 1872 in Dayton.
Died February 9th, 1906 at 33 years old in Dayton (tuberculosis).
John Amery
British nazi collaborator (1912–1945).
Born March 14th, 1912 in Chelsea.
Died December 19th, 1945 at 33 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).
Paul Chambers
American jazz double bassist (1935–1969).
Born April 22nd, 1935 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 4th, 1969 at 33 years old in New York City (tuberculosis).
Dorothy Hale
American socialite, actress (1905–1938).
Born January 11th, 1905 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 21st, 1938 at 33 years old in New York City.
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer.
Born July 10th, 1907 in Wadesboro, Anson County.
Died February 13th, 1941 at 33 years old in Durham.
James Leslie Mitchell
Scottish writer (1901-1935).
Born February 13th, 1901 in Aberdeenshire.
Died February 7th, 1935 at 33 years old in Welwyn Garden City (peritonitis).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel