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Dead at age 69

1,247 Notable deaths

Margaret Price

Welsh opera singer (1941-2011).

Born April 13th, 1941 in Blackwood. [ref]

Died January 28th, 2011 at 69 years old in Cardigan (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Othon Friesz

French artist (1879-1949).

Born February 6th, 1879 in Le Havre. [ref]

Died January 10th, 1949 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]

Bernard Membe

Tanzanian politician.

Born November 9th, 1953 in Lindi Region.

Died May 12th, 2023 at 69 years old in Dar es Salaam. [ref]

Óscar R. Benavides

President of peru (1876-1945).

Born March 15th, 1876 in Lima.

Died July 2nd, 1945 at 69 years old in Lima.

Bob Kauffman

American basketball player and coach.

Born July 13th, 1946 in Brooklyn.

Died July 27th, 2015 at 69 years old in Lilburn. [ref]

Maironis

Lithuanian writer.

Born November 2nd, 1862 in Pasandravys. [ref]

Died June 28th, 1932 at 69 years old in Kaunas.

Shigeru Honjō

Japanese general (1876-1945).

Born May 10th, 1876 in Hyogo Prefecture.

Died November 30th, 1945 at 69 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).

John Heysham Gibbon

American surgeon.

Born September 29th, 1903 in Philadelphia.

Died February 5th, 1973 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.

Silpa Bhirasri

Italian artist & professor.

Born September 15th, 1892 in Florence.

Died May 14th, 1962 at 69 years old in Siriraj Hospital (myocardial infarction).

Hovhannes Shiraz

Armenian poet.

Born April 27th, 1914 in Gyumri.

Died March 14th, 1984 at 69 years old in Yerevan.

Deaths 521 to 530 of 1247

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon