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Dead at age 66
1,552 Notable deaths
Frank Wild
British antarctica explorer (1873-1939).
Born April 10th, 1873 in Skelton.
Died August 19th, 1939 at 66 years old in Klerksdorp.
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, nobel laureate (1910-1976).
Born February 9th, 1910 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 31st, 1976 at 66 years old in Cannes (leukemia).
Erwin Lambert
German holocaust perpetrator (1909-1976).
Born December 7th, 1909 in Schildow.
Died October 15th, 1976 at 66 years old in Stuttgart.
Elyesa Bazna
Secret agent for nazi germany during world war ii, operating under the code name cicero (1904–1970).
Born July 28th, 1904 in Pristina.
Died December 21st, 1970 at 66 years old in Munich.
Italo Svevo
Italian writer (1861-1928).
Born December 19th, 1861 in Trieste.
Died September 13th, 1928 at 66 years old in Motta di Livenza (struck by vehicle).
Komitas
Ottoman armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet (1869–1935).
Born October 8th, 1869 in Kütahya.
Died October 22nd, 1935 at 66 years old in Paris.
Mary Whiton Calkins
American philosopher and psychologist (1863–1930).
Born March 30th, 1863 in Hartford.
Died February 26th, 1930 at 66 years old in Newton (cancer).
Sam Wood
Director, producer, actor (1883-1949).
Born July 10th, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died September 22nd, 1949 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Nobutake Kondō
Japanese admiral (1886-1953).
Born September 25th, 1886 in Osaka.
Died February 19th, 1953 at 66 years old
Adolf Wölfli
Swiss painter (1864-1930).
Born February 29th, 1864 in Bowil.
Died November 30th, 1930 at 66 years old in Bern.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 1552
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon