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Dead at age 61
1,143 Notable deaths
Herm Schaefer
American basketball player-coach (1918-1980).
Born December 20th, 1918 in Fort Wayne.
Died March 21st, 1980 at 61 years old in Indianapolis.
Yuri Belov
Soviet actor (1930–1991).
Born July 31st, 1930 in Rzhev.
Died December 31st, 1991 at 61 years old in Moscow.
Ivan Vasilyevich Smirnov
Russian flying ace (1895-1956).
Born February 12th, 1895 in Vladimir.
Died October 28th, 1956 at 61 years old in Palma.
Antal Szabó
Hungarian footballer (1910-1972).
Born September 4th, 1910 in Budapest District XXIII.
Died April 18th, 1972 at 61 years old in Nürtingen. [ref]
Elena Shvarts
Russian poet (1948-2010).
Born May 17th, 1948 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 11th, 2010 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Thomas Archer Hirst
Mathematician (1830–1892).
Born April 22nd, 1830 in Heckmondwike.
Died February 16th, 1892 at 61 years old in London.
Igor Gamula
Ukrainian-russian footballer and coach (1960–2021).
Born February 17th, 1960 in Alchevsk.
Died December 8th, 2021 at 61 years old [ref]
Aleksander Majkowski
Polish writer.
Born July 17th, 1876 in Kościerzyna.
Died February 10th, 1938 at 61 years old in Gdynia.
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 Zurich.
Valda Valkyrien
Danish actress (1895-1956).
Born September 30th, 1895 in Reykjavík.
Died October 22nd, 1956 at 61 years old in Los Angeles.
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