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Dead at age 69
1,399 Notable deaths
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
American orthodox rabbi.
Born June 21st, 1880 in Lyubavichi, Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1950 at 69 years old in 770 Eastern Parkway. [ref]
Ki Hajar Dewantara
Indonesian educator, activist (1889-1959).
Born May 2nd, 1889 in Yogyakarta.
Died April 28th, 1959 at 69 years old in Yogyakarta.
G. D. H. Cole
British historian, economist, writer (1889-1959).
Born September 25th, 1889 in Cambridge.
Died January 14th, 1959 at 69 years old in London.
Charles Alston
African-american visual artist (1907-1977).
Born November 28th, 1907 in Charlotte.
Died April 27th, 1977 at 69 years old in New York City (cancer).
Jeff Morris
American actor (1934–2004).
Born September 20th, 1934 in St. Joseph.
Died July 12th, 2004 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Vasily Degtyaryov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1880-1949).
Born January 2nd, 1880 in Tula.
Died January 16th, 1949 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Jackie Lomax
English recording artist; guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Born May 10th, 1944 in Wallasey.
Died September 15th, 2013 at 69 years old in Wirral Peninsula. [ref]
Franklin Pangborn
American actor (1889–1958).
Born January 23rd, 1889 in Newark.
Died July 20th, 1958 at 69 years old in Laguna Beach (cancer).
Harry Pollitt
British communist (1890–1960).
Born November 22nd, 1890 in Droylsden.
Died June 27th, 1960 at 69 years old in Australia (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sylvia Hitchcock
American model (1946–2015).
Born January 31st, 1946 in Haverhill.
Died August 16th, 2015 at 69 years old in Polk County (cancer). [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde