Dead at age 61
755 Notable deaths
Michael Massee
American actor.
Born August 16th, 1955 in Kansas City.
Died October 20th, 2016 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]
Alex Higgins
Northern irish snooker player.
Born March 18th, 1949 in Belfast.
Died July 24th, 2010 at 61 years old in Belfast (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Ray Wilkins
English footballer and manager (1956-2018).
Born September 14th, 1956 in Hillingdon.
Died April 4th, 2018 at 61 years old in St George's Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Earl Hindman
American actor.
Born October 20th, 1942 in Bisbee.
Died December 29th, 2003 at 61 years old in Stamford (lung cancer).
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Somalian military officer (1934-1996).
Born December 15th, 1934 in Beledweyne.
Died August 2nd, 1996 at 61 years old in Mogadishu. [ref]
Nicholas Colasanto
American actor and television director (1924-1985).
Born January 19th, 1924 in Providence.
Died February 12th, 1985 at 61 years old in Studio City (myocardial infarction).
Matteo Messina Denaro
Italian mob boss.
Born April 26th, 1962 in Castelvetrano.
Died September 25th, 2023 at 61 years old in San Salvatore Hospital (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Joachim Peiper
German ss officer and convicted nazi war criminal (1915-1976).
Born January 30th, 1915 in Berlin.
Died July 14th, 1976 at 61 years old in Traves. [ref]
Ma Barker
American mother of several criminals who ran the barker gang.
Born October 8th, 1873 in Ash Grove.
Died January 16th, 1935 at 61 years old in Marion County (ballistic trauma).
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist.
Born December 28th, 1955 in Changchun.
Died July 13th, 2017 at 61 years old in First Hospital of China Medical University (liver cancer). [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs