Dead at age 61

1,142 Notable deaths

Jack London

British athlete (1905–1966).

Born January 13th, 1905 in Georgetown.

Died May 2nd, 1966 at 61 years old in London.

Eddie Clamp

English footballer (1934-1995).

Born September 14th, 1934 in Coalville.

Died December 14th, 1995 at 61 years old in Wolverhampton.

Eugen Lovinescu

Romanian writer and academic (1881–1943).

Born October 31st, 1881 in Fălticeni.

Died July 16th, 1943 at 61 years old in Bucharest.

Milan Rakić

Serbian poet (1876-1938).

Born September 18th, 1876 in Belgrade.

Died June 30th, 1938 at 61 years old in Zagreb.

Andrzej Mostowski

Polish mathematician (1913–1975).

Born November 1st, 1913 in Lviv.

Died August 22nd, 1975 at 61 years old in Vancouver.

Vilis Lācis

Latvian writer, politician (1904-1966).

Born May 12th, 1904 in Vecmīlgrāvis.

Died February 6th, 1966 at 61 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).

Owen Morgan Edwards

Welsh historian, educationalist and writer (1858-1920).

Born December 25th, 1858 in Llanuwchllyn.

Died May 15th, 1920 at 61 years old in Llanuwchllyn.

John George Wood

English writer on natural history (1827–1889).

Born July 21st, 1827 in London.

Died March 3rd, 1889 at 61 years old in Coventry.

Jules Lemaître

French critic and dramatist (1853-1914).

Born April 27th, 1853 in Vennecy.

Died August 4th, 1914 at 61 years old in Tavers.

Carl Fredrik Hill

Swedish artist (1849-1911).

Born May 31st, 1849 in Lund.

Died February 22nd, 1911 at 61 years old in Lund.

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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid