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Dead at age 61
1,142 Notable deaths
Susan Atkins
American convicted murderer from california (1948-2009).
Born May 7th, 1948 in San Gabriel.
Died September 24th, 2009 at 61 years old in Chowchilla (brain cancer).
Oliver Reed
British actor (1938–1999).
Born February 13th, 1938 in Wimbledon.
Died May 2nd, 1999 at 61 years old in Valletta (myocardial infarction).
Puyi
Last emperor of qing dynasty and manchukuo (1906–1967).
Born February 7th, 1906 in Xicheng District.
Died October 17th, 1967 at 61 years old in Dongcheng District (kidney cancer).
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime minister of india (1964-1966).
Born October 2nd, 1904 in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 61 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist (1951–2012).
Born May 26th, 1951 in Los Angeles.
Died July 23rd, 2012 at 61 years old in La Jolla (pancreatic cancer).
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and augustinian friar (1822–1884).
Born July 20th, 1822 in Hynčice. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1884 at 61 years old in Brno (nephritis, kidney failure). [ref]
James Horner
American film composer and conductor (1953-2015).
Born August 14th, 1953 in Los Angeles.
Died June 22nd, 2015 at 61 years old in Los Padres National Forest (aircraft crash).
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880).
Born November 22nd, 1819 in Nuneaton. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1880 at 61 years old in London (kidney disease). [ref]
Marie Fredriksson
Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo roxette (1958–2019).
Died December 9th, 2019 at 61 years old in Djursholm (cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
Ismail Haniyeh
Hamas leader (1962–2024).
Born May 8th, 1963 in Al-Shati refugee camp. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2024 at 61 years old in Tehran (bomb attack). [ref]
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman