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Dead at age 61
863 Notable deaths
Jenny Montigny
Belgian painter (1875-1937).
Born December 8th, 1875 in Ghent.
Died October 31st, 1937 at 61 years old in Deurle.
József Bencsics
Hungarian footballer (1933-1995).
Born August 6th, 1933 in Szombathely.
Died July 13th, 1995 at 61 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Sydney Middleton
Australian rugby union footballer (1884–1945).
Born February 24th, 1884 in Sydney.
Died September 2nd, 1945 at 61 years old in Kensington.
Alfred Ost
Belgian designer, watercolorist, illustrator, painter, draftsman, political cartoonist and poet (1884-1945).
Born February 14th, 1884 in Zwijndrecht.
Died October 9th, 1945 at 61 years old in Antwerp.
Abraham Plessner
Russian mathematician (1900-1961).
Born February 13th, 1900 in Łódź.
Died April 18th, 1961 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Gennadiy Valyukevich
Soviet athlete.
Born June 1st, 1958 in Liachavičy District.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 61 years old in Minsk. [ref]
Igor Nikulin
Hammer thrower who represented the ussr, the unified team, and later russia.
Born August 14th, 1960 in Moscow.
Died November 7th, 2021 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ernst Betche
German-australian horticulturist and botanist (1851-1913).
Born December 31st, 1851 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1913 at 61 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Karl Mantzius
Danish actor (1860-1921).
Born February 20th, 1860 in Copenhagen.
Died May 17th, 1921 at 61 years old in Frederiksberg.
Ken Hill
Botanist notable for work on eucalypts and cycads (1948-2010).
Born August 6th, 1948 in Armidale. [ref]
Died August 4th, 2010 at 61 years old in Sydney. [ref]
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