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Dead at age 61
802 Notable deaths
Wolfgang Kieling
German actor (1924-1985).
Born March 16th, 1924 in Neukölln.
Died October 7th, 1985 at 61 years old in Hamburg (cancer).
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]
Heinrich Rau
German communist politician (1899–1961).
Born April 2nd, 1899 in Feuerbach.
Died March 23rd, 1961 at 61 years old in East Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Mihály Lantos
Hungarian footballer (1928-1989).
Born September 29th, 1928 in Budapest.
Died December 31st, 1989 at 61 years old in Budapest.
Arthur Hacker
English painter (1858-1919).
Born September 25th, 1858 in London.
Died November 12th, 1919 at 61 years old in London.
Riccardo Zandonai
Italian composer.
Born May 28th, 1883 in Rovereto, Borgo Sacco. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1944 at 61 years old in Pesaro. [ref]
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
Soviet poet.
Born June 21st, 1910 in Zagorye. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1971 at 61 years old in Vatutinki (lung cancer). [ref]
Luo Ronghuan
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1902-1963).
Born November 26th, 1902 in Ronghuan Town.
Died December 26th, 1963 at 61 years old in Beijing.
Recep Peker
Turkish politician (1889-1950).
Born February 5th, 1889 in Constantinople.
Died April 2nd, 1950 at 61 years old in Istanbul.
Yury Olesha
Russian writer (1899-1960).
Born March 3rd, 1899 in Kropyvnytskyi. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1960 at 61 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 381 to 390 of 802
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner