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Dead at age 77

1,612 Notable deaths

Otto Dix

German painter and printmaker (1891–1969).

Born December 2nd, 1891 in Untermhaus. [ref]

Died July 25th, 1969 at 77 years old in Singen (stroke). [ref]

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]

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]

Robert Helpmann

Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer.

Born April 9th, 1909 in Mount Gambier. [ref]

Died September 28th, 1986 at 77 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Robert B. Parker

American crime writer (1932–2010).

Born September 17th, 1932 in Springfield.

Died January 18th, 2010 at 77 years old in Cambridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

British military commander and field marshal; governor general of canada (1891-1969).

Born December 10th, 1891 in London.

Died June 16th, 1969 at 77 years old in Slough.

Cynthia Lynn

American actress, memoirist (1936-2014).

Born April 2nd, 1936 in Riga.

Died March 10th, 2014 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (hepatitis).

David Eddings

American novelist.

Born July 7th, 1931 in Spokane.

Died June 2nd, 2009 at 77 years old in Carson City. [ref]

Karl Polanyi

Hungarian economist, philosopher and historian.

Born October 25th, 1886 in Vienna.

Died April 23rd, 1964 at 77 years old in Pickering.

William Boyd

American actor (1895-1972).

Born June 5th, 1895 in Hendrysburg. [ref]

Died September 12th, 1972 at 77 years old in Laguna Beach (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

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