Dead at age 66
1,096 Notable deaths
Leon Rupnik
Slovenian general (1880–1946).
Born August 10th, 1880 in Lokve.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Ljubljana (ballistic trauma).
Mamie Phipps Clark
American psychologist.
Born April 18th, 1917 in Hot Springs.
Died August 11th, 1983 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Henning von Holtzendorff
German admiral (1853-1919).
Born January 9th, 1853 in Berlin.
Died June 7th, 1919 at 66 years old in Prenzlau.
Gilbert Adair
Scottish writer, journalist, translator, film critic and poet (1944–2011).
Born December 19th, 1944 in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock.
Died December 8th, 2011 at 66 years old in London (stroke).
Fereydoon Abbasi
Iranian nuclear scientist and politician (1958–2025).
Born July 11th, 1958 in Abadan.
Died June 13th, 2025 at 66 years old in Tehran (airstrike). [ref]
Hermann Gmeiner
Austrian philanthropist (1919-1986).
Born June 23rd, 1919 in Alberschwende.
Died April 26th, 1986 at 66 years old in Innsbruck.
Juan Vucetich
Anthropologis, police official and inventor.
Born July 20th, 1858 in Hvar. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1925 at 66 years old in Dolores.
Momoko Kōchi
Japanese actress (1932-1998).
Born March 7th, 1932 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1998 at 66 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer).
Chang Myon
South korean politician (1899-1966).
Born August 28th, 1899 in Incheon.
Died June 4th, 1966 at 66 years old in Seoul (liver disease).
Vojtech Tuka
Slovak minister of foreign affairs of the slovakia, prime minister of the slovakia and war criminal (1880-1946).
Born July 4th, 1880 in Štiavnické Bane. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Bratislava (hanging). [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks