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Dead at age 61

1,143 Notable deaths

Fons Bastijns

Belgian association football player and manager (1947–2008).

Born January 28th, 1947 in Bruges.

Died November 15th, 2008 at 61 years old in Bruges.

Jean-Marie Delavay

French botanist (1834-1895).

Born December 28th, 1834 in Les Gets.

Died December 31st, 1895 at 61 years old in Kunming.

Gunārs Cilinskis

Soviet and latvian actor and film director (1931-1992).

Born May 23rd, 1931 in Riga.

Died July 25th, 1992 at 61 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).

Vela Blagoeva

Bulgarian writer and educator, editor.

Born September 29th, 1859 in Veliko Tarnovo. [ref]

Died July 21st, 1921 at 61 years old in Sofia. [ref]

Vera Zhelikhovsky

Russian writer (1835–1896).

Born April 29th, 1835 in Dnipro.

Died May 17th, 1896 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Nicolaas van Wijk

Dutch linguist.

Born October 4th, 1880 in Delden.

Died March 25th, 1942 at 61 years old in Leiden.

Roald Larsen

Norwegian speed skater (1898–1959).

Born February 1st, 1898 in Christiania.

Died July 28th, 1959 at 61 years old in Oslo.

Johann Georg Noël Dragendorff

German pharmacist, chemist and botanist (1836–1898).

Born August 8th, 1836 in Rostock.

Died April 7th, 1898 at 61 years old in Rostock.

Wilhelm Streitberg

German linguist (1864-1925).

Born February 23rd, 1864 in Rüdesheim am Rhein.

Died August 19th, 1925 at 61 years old in Leipzig.

Filippo Parlatore

Botanist from italy (1816-1877).

Born August 8th, 1816 in Palermo.

Died September 9th, 1877 at 61 years old in Florence.

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