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Dead at age 69
1,245 Notable deaths
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
American mechanical engineer.
Born October 12th, 1860 in Cortland County.
Died June 16th, 1930 at 69 years old in Brooklyn.
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist.
Born February 7th, 1934 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 17th, 2003 at 69 years old in New Orleans (diabetes). [ref]
Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben
German general.
Born October 30th, 1894 in Eisenach.
Died June 18th, 1964 at 69 years old in Giessen.
John Wain
British writer.
Born March 14th, 1925 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1994 at 69 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
English conductor and composer (1893-1962).
Born May 26th, 1893 in Camden Town. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1962 at 69 years old in Hillingdon. [ref]
Marjorie Lawrence
Australian singer.
Born February 17th, 1909 in Victoria. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1979 at 69 years old in Little Rock (heart failure). [ref]
Otto von Stülpnagel
German noble (1878-1948).
Born June 16th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died February 6th, 1948 at 69 years old in Cherche-Midi prison (hanging).
Miroslav Žbirka
Slovak pop singer and composer.
Born October 21st, 1952 in Bratislava.
Died November 10th, 2021 at 69 years old in Prague (pneumonia). [ref]
Mohammad Ali Fardin
Iranian wrestler and actor.
Born April 7th, 1930 in Tehran.
Died April 6th, 2000 at 69 years old in Tehran.
Toke Talagi
Premier of niue (1951-2020).
Born January 9th, 1951 in Alofi. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2020 at 69 years old in Alofi (disease). [ref]
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson