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Dead at age 66
1,552 Notable deaths
Omar Amiralay
Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist (1944–2011).
Born October 20th, 1944 in Damascus. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2011 at 66 years old in Damascus (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Leela Devi
Indian writer.
Born February 13th, 1932 in Pala.
Died May 19th, 1998 at 66 years old in Kottayam.
Minoru Kitani
Japanese go player (1909-1975).
Born January 25th, 1909 in Kobe. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1975 at 66 years old in Japan. [ref]
Karl Taylor Compton
American physicist (1887–1954).
Born September 14th, 1887 in Wooster.
Died June 22nd, 1954 at 66 years old in New York City.
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Spanish editor, theatre director and writer (1881–1947).
Died October 1st, 1947 at 66 years old in Madrid (cancer).
Arno Holz
German naturalist poet and dramatist (1863-1929).
Born April 26th, 1863 in Kętrzyn.
Died October 26th, 1929 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Friedrich Welwitsch
Austrian botanist and explorer (1806-1872).
Born February 25th, 1806 in Maria Saal. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1872 at 66 years old in London. [ref]
Lena Mukhina
Russian writer (1924-1991).
Born November 21st, 1924 in Ufa.
Died August 5th, 1991 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Rafael Chirbes
Spanish writer (1949–2015).
Born June 27th, 1949 in Tavernes de la Valldigna.
Died August 15th, 2015 at 66 years old in Beniarbeig (lung cancer). [ref]
Giorgi Leonidze
Georgian poet, prose writer and literary scholar (1899–1966).
Born January 8th, 1900. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1966 at 66 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche