Dead at age 69

1,791 Notable deaths

Gail Patrick

American actress and television producer.

Born June 20th, 1911 in Birmingham.

Died July 6th, 1980 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).

Len Wein

American comic book writer and editor (1948–2017).

Born June 12th, 1948 in New York City. [ref]

Died September 10th, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Kundan Shah

Indian film director (1947-2017).

Born October 19th, 1947 in Mumbai.

Died October 7th, 2017 at 69 years old in Mumbai.

Ziad Rahbani

Lebanese musician and writer.

Born December 31st, 1955 in Antelias.

Died July 26th, 2025 at 69 years old in Beirut (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Cap Anson

American baseball player (1852–1922).

Born April 17th, 1852 in Marshalltown.

Died April 14th, 1922 at 69 years old in Chicago.

Eric Williams

First prime minister of trinidad and tobago (1911–1981).

Born September 25th, 1911 in Trinidad. [ref]

Died March 29th, 1981 at 69 years old in Port of Spain (cancer). [ref]

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

American geologist and astronomer.

Born April 28th, 1928 in Los Angeles.

Died July 18th, 1997 at 69 years old in Alice Springs (traffic collision).

Chris Burden

American sculptor and performance artist (1946–2015).

Born April 11th, 1946 in Boston.

Died May 10th, 2015 at 69 years old in Topanga (melanoma).

Vyacheslav Ivankov

Russian mob boss (1940–2009).

Born January 2nd, 1940 in Moscow.

Died October 9th, 2009 at 69 years old in Moscow (peritonitis). [ref]

Michael Blake

American writer (1945-2015).

Born July 5th, 1945 in Fort Bragg.

Died May 2nd, 2015 at 69 years old in Tucson.

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