Dead at age 64
1,001 Notable deaths
Pete Postlethwaite
British actor (1946-2011).
Born February 7th, 1946 in Warrington. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 2011 at 64 years old in Shrewsbury (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal.
Born September 22nd, 1882 in Helmscherode.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 64 years old in Nuremberg (hanging).
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982).
Born October 10th, 1917 in Rocky Mount. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1982 at 64 years old in Weehawken (stroke). [ref]
Pat Summitt
American basketball player and coach.
Born June 14th, 1952 in Clarksville.
Died June 28th, 2016 at 64 years old in Knoxville (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950).
Born May 26th, 1886 in Seredžius. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1950 at 64 years old in San Francisco (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Longest reigning dictator of pakistan (1924-1988).
Born August 12th, 1924 in Jalandhar. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1988 at 64 years old in Bahawalpur (aircraft crash). [ref]
Howard Carter
British egyptologist.
Born May 9th, 1874 in Brompton, Kensington. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1939 at 64 years old in London (lymphoma). [ref]
Dick Sargent
American actor (1930-1994).
Born April 19th, 1930 in Carmel-by-the-Sea. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1994 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer). [ref]
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist.
Born February 25th, 1861 in Donji Kraljevec. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1925 at 64 years old in Dornach. [ref]
Slim Pickens
American rodeo performer, film and television actor.
Born June 29th, 1919 in Kingsburg.
Died December 8th, 1983 at 64 years old in Modesto (brain cancer).
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson