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Dead at age 61

1,141 Notable deaths

Pedro Henríquez Ureña

Dominican republic writer (1884-1946).

Born June 29th, 1884 in Santo Domingo.

Died May 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Buenos Aires.

Dmitri Egorov

Russian mathematician (1869–1931).

Born December 2nd, 1869 in Moscow.

Died September 10th, 1931 at 61 years old in Kazan (starvation).

Ján Kadár

Czechoslovak director (1918–1979).

Born April 1st, 1918 in Budapest. [ref]

Died June 1st, 1979 at 61 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Ramón Villeda Morales

President of honduras.

Born November 26th, 1909 in Ocotepeque.

Died October 8th, 1971 at 61 years old in New York City.

Georg Ebers

German egyptologist and novelist (1837–1898).

Born March 1st, 1837 in Berlin.

Died August 7th, 1898 at 61 years old in Tutzing.

Holger Drachmann

Poet and painter (1846-1908).

Born October 9th, 1846 in Copenhagen.

Died January 14th, 1908 at 61 years old in Hornbæk.

Spiru Haret

Romanian mathematician, astronomer and politician (1851–1912).

Born February 15th, 1851 in Iași.

Died December 17th, 1912 at 61 years old in Bucharest.

John Gottowt

Austrian actor (1881–1942).

Born June 15th, 1881 in Lviv. [ref]

Died August 29th, 1942 at 61 years old in Wieliczka.

Raymond Pearl

American biogerontologist (1879-1940).

Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.

Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.

Lew Landers

American film and television director (1901–1962).

Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.

Died December 16th, 1962 at 61 years old in Palm Desert (myocardial infarction).

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