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Dead at age 76
1,506 Notable deaths
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891-1967).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1967 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Cammie King
American child actress (1934-2010).
Born August 5th, 1934 in Los Angeles.
Died September 1st, 2010 at 76 years old in Fort Bragg (lung cancer). [ref]
Milt Jackson
American musician.
Born January 1st, 1923 in Detroit. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1999 at 76 years old in New York City, Manhattan (liver cancer). [ref]
Keith Joseph
British barrister and politician (1918-1994).
Born January 17th, 1918 in London.
Died December 10th, 1994 at 76 years old in London.
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Born June 3rd, 1897 in Louisiana. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1973 at 76 years old in Memphis (stroke). [ref]
G. Sankara Kurup
Indian malayali poet and literary critic (1901-1978).
Born June 3rd, 1901 in Nayathod.
Died February 2nd, 1978 at 76 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Ray Barretto
American percussionist and bandleader of puerto rican ancestry.
Born April 29th, 1929 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2006 at 76 years old in Hackensack. [ref]
Eliel Saarinen
Finnish-american architect.
Born August 20th, 1873 in Rantasalmi. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1950 at 76 years old in Bloomfield Hills. [ref]
Sax Rohmer
English novelist.
Born February 15th, 1883 in Birmingham.
Died June 1st, 1959 at 76 years old in White Plains. [ref]
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Boer general (1866-1942).
Born April 3rd, 1866 in Wellington.
Died November 21st, 1942 at 76 years old in Pretoria.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche