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Dead at age 69
1,791 Notable deaths
Patrick Caulfield
British artist (1936-2005).
Born January 29th, 1936 in London.
Died September 29th, 2005 at 69 years old in London. [ref]
Loren Eiseley
American philosopher (1907-1977).
Born September 3rd, 1907 in Lincoln.
Died July 9th, 1977 at 69 years old in Philadelphia (pancreatic cancer).
Marcel Camus
French film director (1912-1982).
Born April 21st, 1912 in Chappes.
Died January 13th, 1982 at 69 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Ernest Cassel
British businessman (1852-1921).
Born March 3rd, 1852 in Cologne.
Died September 21st, 1921 at 69 years old in Brook House.
Guillaume Faye
French political activist and essayist (1949-2019).
Born November 7th, 1949 in Angoulême.
Died March 6th, 2019 at 69 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950).
Born June 28th, 1880 in Lyubavichi, Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1950 at 69 years old in 770 Eastern Parkway Chabad Lubavitch HQ.
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.
Osborne Reynolds
Anglo-irish innovator (1842-1912).
Born August 23rd, 1842 in Belfast.
Died February 21st, 1912 at 69 years old in Watchet (influenza).
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).
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson