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Dead at age 77
1,491 Notable deaths
John Schlesinger
English director and actor (1926-2003).
Born February 16th, 1926 in London. [ref]
Died July 25th, 2003 at 77 years old in Palm Springs (stroke). [ref]
Winston Groom
American writer (1943-2020).
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 17th, 2020 at 77 years old in Fairhope. [ref]
Michel Aflaq
Syrian philosopher, sociologist and arab nationalist (1910–1989).
Born January 19th, 1912 in Damascus. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1989 at 77 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Thomas Eagleton
American politician.
Born September 4th, 1929 in St. Louis.
Died March 4th, 2007 at 77 years old in St. Louis (heart failure). [ref]
Rinus Michels
Dutch footballer and manager (1928–2005).
Born February 9th, 1928 in Amsterdam.
Died March 3rd, 2005 at 77 years old in Aalst.
Cynthia Lynn
American actress, memoirist (1936-2014).
Died March 10th, 2014 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (hepatitis).
Robert Bloch
American fiction writer.
Born April 5th, 1917 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1994 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Reinhard Gehlen
German general, nazi, spy (1902-1979).
Born April 3rd, 1902 in Erfurt.
Died June 8th, 1979 at 77 years old in Berg.
Michael Lang
American concert promoter and record producer (1944-2022).
Born December 11th, 1944 in Brooklyn.
Died January 8th, 2022 at 77 years old in New York City (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
David Eddings
American novelist.
Born July 7th, 1931 in Spokane.
Died June 2nd, 2009 at 77 years old in Carson City. [ref]
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin