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Dead at age 69

1,318 Notable deaths

Typhoid Mary

Infected houseworker in new york city.

Born September 23rd, 1869 in Cookstown.

Died November 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in North Brother Island (pneumonia).

Afeni Shakur

American activist.

Born January 10th, 1947 in Lumberton.

Died May 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in Sausalito (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jerry Orbach

American actor and singer (1935-2004).

Born October 20th, 1935 in New York City.

Died December 28th, 2004 at 69 years old in New York City (prostate cancer). [ref]

Paul Castellano

American mobster.

Born June 26th, 1916 in Brooklyn.

Died December 16th, 1985 at 69 years old in Manhattan.

Yuri Andropov

General secretary of the communist party of the soviet union (1914-1984).

Born June 15th, 1914 in Soluno-Dmitriyevskoye.

Died February 9th, 1984 at 69 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]

Hannah Arendt

German-american political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975).

Born October 14th, 1906 in Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover.

Died December 4th, 1975 at 69 years old in Upper West Side (myocardial infarction).

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973).

Born July 12th, 1904 in Parral. [ref]

Died September 23rd, 1973 at 69 years old in Santiago (prostate cancer). [ref]

Jackie Coogan

American actor (1914–1984).

Born October 26th, 1914 in Los Angeles.

Died March 1st, 1984 at 69 years old in Santa Monica (heart disease).

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1873–1943).

Born April 1st, 1873 in Starorussky Uyezd. [ref]

Died March 28th, 1943 at 69 years old in Beverly Hills (melanoma). [ref]

Dennis Farina

American actor (1944–2013).

Born February 29th, 1944 in Chicago. [ref]

Died July 22nd, 2013 at 69 years old in Scottsdale (pulmonary embolism). [ref]

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