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Dead at age 63

852 Notable deaths

Steve Fossett

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer.

Born April 22nd, 1944 in Jackson. [ref]

Died September 3rd, 2007 at 63 years old in Lima (aviation accident). [ref]

Robert Alphonso Taft

American politician, son of 27th u.s. president william howard taft.

Born September 8th, 1889 in Cincinnati.

Died July 31st, 1953 at 63 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).

Johnnie Ray

American singer and pianist (1927–1990).

Born January 10th, 1927 in Dallas. [ref]

Died February 24th, 1990 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Lin Biao

Vice chairman of the communist party of china (1907-1971).

Born December 5th, 1907.

Died September 13th, 1971 at 63 years old in Öndörkhaan (aviation accident). [ref]

Terry Hall

British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician (1959–2022).

Born March 19th, 1959 in Coventry.

Died December 18th, 2022 at 63 years old (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Annette Charles

American actress.

Born March 5th, 1948 in Los Angeles.

Died August 3rd, 2011 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]

Richard Deacon

American actor (1921-1984).

Born May 14th, 1921 in Philadelphia.

Died August 8th, 1984 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (disease).

Pandita Ramabai

Indian feminist historian and social reformer.

Born April 23rd, 1858 in Mangalore.

Died April 5th, 1922 at 63 years old in Pune.

Franz Stangl

Austrian-born ss officer, commandant at first sobibór extermination camp and then treblinka extermination camp (1908-1971).

Born March 26th, 1908 in Altmünster. [ref]

Died June 28th, 1971 at 63 years old in Düsseldorf (heart failure). [ref]

Olga Khokhlova

Russian-ukrainian model and dancer (1891-1955).

Born June 17th, 1891 in Nizhyn. [ref]

Died February 11th, 1955 at 63 years old in Cannes (cancer). [ref]

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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius