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Dead at age 61
861 Notable deaths
Yury Olesha
Russian writer (1899-1960).
Born March 3rd, 1899 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died May 10th, 1960 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Benoy Kumar Sarkar
Indian academic.
Born December 26th, 1887 in Malda. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1949 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Siri von Essen
Finland swedish actress married to august strindberg.
Born August 17th, 1850 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1912 at 61 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Constantin Karadja
Romanian diplomat (1889-1950).
Born November 24th, 1889 in The Hague.
Died December 28th, 1950 at 61 years old in Bucharest.
Gabriella Ferri
Italian singer (1942-2004).
Born September 18th, 1942 in Rome.
Died April 3rd, 2004 at 61 years old in Corchiano (falling).
Aristarkh Lentulov
Russian artist (1882-1943).
Born January 16th, 1882 in Novaya Pyatina. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1943 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Kan
Japanese singer (1962–2023).
Born September 24th, 1962 in Fukuoka.
Died November 12th, 2023 at 61 years old (Meckel's diverticulum cancer).
Gillian Rolton
Australian equestrian (1956-2017).
Born May 3rd, 1956 in Adelaide.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 61 years old in Adelaide (endometrial cancer). [ref]
Arthur Hacker
English painter (1858-1919).
Born September 25th, 1858 in London.
Died November 12th, 1919 at 61 years old in London.
Tao Zhu
Chinese politician (1908-1969).
Born January 16th, 1908 in Qiyang.
Died November 30th, 1969 at 61 years old in Hefei (gallbladder cancer).
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