Dead at age 61
863 Notable deaths
Vilhelm Krag
Norwegian writer (1871–1933).
Born December 24th, 1871 in Kristiansand.
Died July 10th, 1933 at 61 years old in Søgne.
Allie Morrison
Olympic wrestler.
Born June 29th, 1904 in Marshalltown.
Died April 18th, 1966 at 61 years old in Omaha.
Henryk Średnicki
Amateur boxer from poland (1955-2016).
Born January 17th, 1955 in Siemianowice Śląskie.
Died April 10th, 2016 at 61 years old in Piotrków Trybunalski. [ref]
Zvonimir Cimermančić
Croatian footballer (1917-1979).
Born August 26th, 1917 in Zagreb.
Died May 14th, 1979 at 61 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).
John T. Dillon
American actor of the silent era (1876-1937).
Died December 29th, 1937 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Jan Arlazorov
Russian actor and stand-up comic (1947-2009).
Born August 26th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died March 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Pedro Lazaga
Spanish film director (1918-1979).
Born October 3rd, 1918 in Valls.
Died November 30th, 1979 at 61 years old in Madrid.
Mikhail Svetlov
Russian poet.
Born June 17th, 1903 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1964 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Els Vader
Dutch sprinter (1959–2021).
Born September 24th, 1959 in Vlissingen.
Died February 8th, 2021 at 61 years old in Culemborg. [ref]
Emilie Snethlage
German-brazilian naturalist and ornithologist (1868-1929).
Born April 13th, 1868 in Gransee.
Died November 25th, 1929 at 61 years old in Porto Velho.
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