Dead at age 66

1,127 Notable deaths

Tallulah Bankhead

Actress.

Born January 31st, 1902 in Huntsville.

Died December 12th, 1968 at 66 years old in New York City (pneumonia).

Vesna Vulović

Serbian former flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute.

Born January 3rd, 1950 in Belgrade.

Died December 23rd, 2016 at 66 years old in Belgrade.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

American boxer and actor.

Born May 23rd, 1954 in Newark. [ref]

Died March 13th, 2021 at 66 years old in Bartlett. [ref]

Mark Rothko

American painter of latvian-jewish descent (1903-1970).

Born September 25th, 1903 in Daugavpils. [ref]

Died February 25th, 1970 at 66 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

W. H. Auden

Anglo-american poet.

Born February 21st, 1907 in York. [ref]

Died September 29th, 1973 at 66 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Denny Doherty

Canadian singer (1940–2007).

Born November 29th, 1940 in Halifax.

Died January 19th, 2007 at 66 years old in Mississauga (kidney failure). [ref]

Clarence Gilyard

American actor (1955–2022).

Born December 24th, 1955 in Moses Lake.

Died November 28th, 2022 at 66 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]

Reza Shah

Shah of iran from 1925 to 1941.

Born March 15th, 1878 in Alasht.

Died July 26th, 1944 at 66 years old in Johannesburg (cardiovascular disease).

Juan Gabriel

Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016).

Born January 7th, 1950 in Parácuaro.

Died August 28th, 2016 at 66 years old

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955).

Born November 24th, 1888 in Maryville.

Died November 1st, 1955 at 66 years old in New York City, Forest Hills (lymphoma).

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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht