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Dead at age 61
804 Notable deaths
Vsevolod Kochetov
Russian-soviet writer.
Born February 4th, 1912 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died November 4th, 1973 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Arthur Legat
Belgian racing driver (1898-1960).
Born November 1st, 1898 in La Louvière.
Died February 23rd, 1960 at 61 years old in Haine-Saint-Paul.
Alfred Heinrich Ilg
Swiss engineer and advisor to ethiopian emperor menelik ii (1854-1916).
Born March 30th, 1854 in Frauenfeld.
Died January 7th, 1916 at 61 years old in Zürich.
Frank Heller
Swedish writer.
Born July 20th, 1886 in Lösen parish. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1947 at 61 years old in Malmö City. [ref]
Nikolai Pogodin
Soviet writer (1900-1962).
Born November 16th, 1900 in Gundorovsky.
Died September 19th, 1962 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Lothar Thoms
East german racing cyclist (1956-2017).
Died November 5th, 2017 at 61 years old in Forst (Lausitz). [ref]
Pyotr Chardynin
Film director, screenwriter.
Born February 9th, 1873 in Ulyanovsk.
Died August 14th, 1934 at 61 years old in Odesa (liver cancer).
Zvonimir Cimermančić
Croatian footballer (1917-1979).
Born August 26th, 1917 in Zagreb.
Died May 14th, 1979 at 61 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).
José Suárez
Spanish actor (1919-1981).
Born September 19th, 1919 in Trubia.
Died August 6th, 1981 at 61 years old in Morea.
Allie Morrison
Olympic wrestler.
Born June 29th, 1904 in Marshalltown.
Died April 18th, 1966 at 61 years old in Omaha.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde