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Dead at age 61
802 Notable deaths
Theodor Scherer
German general.
Born September 17th, 1889 in Höchstädt an der Donau.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 61 years old in Ludwigsburg (traffic collision).
Constantin Karadja
Romanian diplomat (1889-1950).
Born November 24th, 1889 in The Hague.
Died December 28th, 1950 at 61 years old in Bucharest.
L. F. L. Oppenheim
German legal scholar.
Born March 30th, 1858 in Windecken.
Died October 7th, 1919 at 61 years old in Cambridge.
Fritz Busch
German conductor.
Born March 13th, 1890 in Siegen. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1951 at 61 years old in London. [ref]
Aristarkh Lentulov
Russian artist (1882-1943).
Born January 16th, 1882 in Nizhny Lomov. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1943 at 61 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Miguel Mariano Gómez
President of cuba (1889-1950).
Born October 6th, 1889 in Sancti Spíritus.
Died October 26th, 1950 at 61 years old in Havana.
Loro Boriçi
Albanian association football player (1922-1984).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Shkodër.
Died April 24th, 1984 at 61 years old in Tirana.
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa
Italian general and prefect (1920-1982).
Born September 27th, 1920 in Saluzzo. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1982 at 61 years old in Palermo (gunshot wound). [ref]
Raymond Pearl
American biogerontologist (1879-1940).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 802
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