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Dead at age 61
863 Notable deaths
Jacques Cariou
French equestrian (1870-1951).
Born September 23rd, 1870 in Peumerit.
Died October 7th, 1931 at 61 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Noël Foré
Belgian road bicycle racer (1932–1994).
Born December 23rd, 1932 in Maldegem.
Died February 16th, 1994 at 61 years old in Ghent.
Nathaniel Carl Goodwin
American actor (1857-1919).
Born July 25th, 1857 in Boston.
Died January 31st, 1919 at 61 years old in New York City.
Viktor Tyumenev
Ice hockey player.
Born June 1st, 1957 in Moscow.
Died August 2nd, 2018 at 61 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Clarence Pinkston
American diver (1900–1961).
Born February 1st, 1900 in Wichita.
Died November 18th, 1961 at 61 years old in Detroit.
Hans Loch
German politician (1898-1960).
Born November 2nd, 1898 in Cologne.
Died July 13th, 1960 at 61 years old in East Berlin.
Florentin Crihălmeanu
Romanian greek-catholic bishop.
Born September 17th, 1959 in Iași.
Died January 12th, 2021 at 61 years old in Cluj-Napoca (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Charles Willy Kayser
German actor (1881–1942).
Born January 28th, 1881 in Metz.
Died July 10th, 1942 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Vasily Mate
Russian artist (1856-1917).
Born March 6th, 1856 in Virbalis.
Died April 27th, 1917 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
Donald Beer
American rower.
Born May 31st, 1935 in New York City.
Died January 25th, 1997 at 61 years old in Princeton (brain cancer).
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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