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Dead at age 77
1,612 Notable deaths
Weston Price
American dentist.
Born September 6th, 1870 in Stone Mills.
Died June 23rd, 1948 at 77 years old
Gilbert Cates
American film director and television producer.
Born June 6th, 1934 in New York City.
Died October 31st, 2011 at 77 years old in Los Angeles.
Ruth Perry
President of liberia (1939-2017).
Born July 16th, 1939 in Grand Cape Mount County.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 77 years old in Columbus. [ref]
Hsuan Hua
American buddhist monk (1918-1995).
Born April 16th, 1918 in Kirin Province.
Died June 7th, 1995 at 77 years old in Los Angeles.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist.
Born May 5th, 1921 in Mount Vernon. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1999 at 77 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Cary Middlecoff
American professional golfer (1921–1998).
Born January 6th, 1921 in Halls.
Died September 1st, 1998 at 77 years old in Memphis.
Alistair MacLeod
Canadian author and professor of english.
Born July 20th, 1936 in North Battleford.
Died April 20th, 2014 at 77 years old in Windsor (stroke).
Tom Brown
American model & actor (1913–1990).
Born January 6th, 1913 in New York City.
Died June 3rd, 1990 at 77 years old in Woodland Hills (lung cancer).
Alan Howard
British actor (1937-2015).
Born August 5th, 1937 in London.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 77 years old in London (pneumonia).
László Papp
Hungarian boxer (1926-2003).
Born March 25th, 1926 in Budapest.
Died October 16th, 2003 at 77 years old in Budapest.
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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