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Dead at age 77
1,616 Notable deaths
Tanaka Raizō
Japanese admiral.
Born April 27th, 1892 in Yamaguchi.
Died July 9th, 1969 at 77 years old
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist (1944–2021).
Born September 9th, 1944 in Písek.
Died September 16th, 2021 at 77 years old in Prague. [ref]
Reynolds Price
American writer (1933–2011).
Born February 1st, 1933 in Macon.
Died January 20th, 2011 at 77 years old in Durham (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tiny Thompson
Ice hockey goaltender: first goaltender to stop the puck by catching it (1903-1981).
Born May 31st, 1903 in Sandon.
Died February 9th, 1981 at 77 years old in Calgary.
John Ostrom
American paleontologist (1928-2005).
Born February 18th, 1928 in New York City.
Died July 16th, 2005 at 77 years old in Litchfield (Alzheimer's disease).
June Almeida
British virologist.
Born October 5th, 1930 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died December 1st, 2007 at 77 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Otto Lasch
German general.
Born June 25th, 1893 in Pszczyna.
Died April 29th, 1971 at 77 years old in Bad Godesberg.
Sheridan Downey
American politician.
Born March 11th, 1884 in Laramie.
Died October 25th, 1961 at 77 years old in San Francisco.
Georges Marchais
Former general secretary of the french communist party (1920-1997).
Born June 7th, 1920 in La Hoguette. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1997 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner