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Dead at age 61
1,141 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
Soviet poet (1910–1971).
Born June 21st, 1910 in Zagorye.
Died December 18th, 1971 at 61 years old in Vatutinki (lung cancer).
Hans Zinsser
American physician, bacteriologist (1878–1940).
Born November 17th, 1878 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Štefan Tiso
Slovak minister of justice of the slovakia, minister of foreign affairs of the slovakia, prime minister of the slovakia and lawyer (1897-1959).
Born October 18th, 1897 in Bytča. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1959 at 61 years old in Leopoldov.
Mihály Lantos
Hungarian footballer (1928-1989).
Born September 29th, 1928 in Budapest.
Died December 31st, 1989 at 61 years old in Budapest.
Prince Adalbert of Prussia
Prussian admiral; fifth child of prince wilhelm of prussia and princess marie anna of hesse-homburg.
Born October 29th, 1811 in Berlin.
Died June 6th, 1873 at 61 years old in Karlovy Vary.
Deborah Coleman
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer (1956-2018).
Born October 3rd, 1956 in Portsmouth.
Died April 12th, 2018 at 61 years old (bronchopneumonia).
Heinrich Rau
German communist politician (1899–1961).
Born April 2nd, 1899 in Germany, Feuerbach.
Died March 23rd, 1961 at 61 years old in East Berlin (myocardial infarction).
Fifi Young
Indonesian actress.
Born January 12th, 1914 in Aceh.
Died March 5th, 1975 at 61 years old in Jakarta.
Wolfgang Kieling
German actor (1924–1985).
Born March 16th, 1924 in Neukölln.
Died October 7th, 1985 at 61 years old in Hamburg (cancer).
Carter Brown
English writer (1923-1985).
Born August 1st, 1923 in London.
Died May 5th, 1985 at 61 years old in Cremorne.
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