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Dead at age 61
1,143 Notable deaths
Alfred Malherbe
French magistrate and amateur naturalist (1804-1865).
Born July 14th, 1804 in Port Louis.
Died August 14th, 1865 at 61 years old in Metz.
Karl Isidor Beck
Austrian-hungarian poet.
Born May 1st, 1817 in Baja. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1879 at 61 years old in Währing. [ref]
Maurice Dugowson
Film director, screenwriter (1938–1999).
Born September 23rd, 1938 in Saint-Quentin.
Died November 11th, 1999 at 61 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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 (1958–2019).
Died December 30th, 2019 at 61 years old in Minsk. [ref]
Juliusz Osterwa
Polish actor (1885–1947).
Born June 23rd, 1885 in Kraków.
Died May 10th, 1947 at 61 years old in Warsaw.
Igor Nikulin
Hammer thrower who represented the ussr, the unified team, and later russia (1960–2021).
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]
Anton Martin Schweigaard
Norwegian jurist and economic reformer (1808-1870).
Born April 11th, 1808 in Kragerø.
Died February 1st, 1870 at 61 years old in Christiania.
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