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Dead at age 66
1,554 Notable deaths
Tallulah Bankhead
Actress.
Born January 31st, 1902 in Huntsville.
Died December 12th, 1968 at 66 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Savitribai Phule
Indian social reformer (1831-1897).
Born January 3rd, 1831.
Died March 10th, 1897 at 66 years old in Pune (plague). [ref]
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 (1954–2021).
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
British-american poet (1907–1973).
Born February 21st, 1907 in York.
Died September 29th, 1973 at 66 years old in Vienna.
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 and founder of the pahlavi dynasty.
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 in Santa Monica.
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci