Dead at age 61
863 Notable deaths
Teofilo Spasojević
Serbian footballer (1909-1970).
Born January 21st, 1909 in Belgrade.
Died February 28th, 1970 at 61 years old in Belgrade.
Pyotr Zayev
Soviet boxer.
Born July 29th, 1953 in Lipetsk.
Died November 29th, 2014 at 61 years old in Lipetsk (cerebrovascular disease).
Charles Dufresne
French painter (1876-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1876 in Millemont.
Died August 8th, 1938 at 61 years old in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
Gunnar Eriksson
Swedish cross-country skier.
Born January 3rd, 1921 in Mora. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1982 at 61 years old in Mora.
John Peter
Field hockey player (1937-1998).
Born June 19th, 1937 in Chennai.
Died June 30th, 1998 at 61 years old in Chennai.
Mariusz Dmochowski
Polish actor (1930–1992).
Born October 29th, 1930 in Piotrków Trybunalski. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1992 at 61 years old in Popowo. [ref]
Austin Clapp
American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1910–1971).
Born November 8th, 1910 in Farmington.
Died December 22nd, 1971 at 61 years old in Woodside.
Klara Zamenhof
Polish esperantist.
Born October 6th, 1863 in Kaunas. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1924 at 61 years old in Warsaw (hepatocellular carcinoma). [ref]
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
Olympic wrestler (1943-2004).
Born February 4th, 1943 in Tehran.
Died March 16th, 2004 at 61 years old in Tehran.
Eduard Pütsep
Estonian wrestler and coach (1898–1960).
Born October 21st, 1898 in Lossina.
Died August 22nd, 1960 at 61 years old in Kuusamo.
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