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Dead at age 81
1,747 Notable deaths
Leonid Shamkovich
Chess player.
Born June 1st, 1923 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died April 22nd, 2005 at 81 years old in Brooklyn (Parkinson's disease).
Bogdan Śliwa
Polish chess grandmaster (1922–2003).
Born February 4th, 1922 in Kraków.
Died May 16th, 2003 at 81 years old in Kraków.
Manfred Wolke
East german boxer (1943–2024).
Born January 14th, 1943 in Babelsberg.
Died May 29th, 2024 at 81 years old in Frankfurt (Oder). [ref]
Jürgen Roland
German director screenwriter, film director, and producer (1925–2007).
Born December 25th, 1925 in Hamburg.
Died September 21st, 2007 at 81 years old in Hamburg.
Hans Molisch
Austrian botanist (1856-1937).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Brno. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1937 at 81 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Anne Pashley
Athletics competitor (1935-2016).
Born June 5th, 1935 in Skegness.
Died October 7th, 2016 at 81 years old in Chilton (disease). [ref]
Heinrich Behnke
German mathematician (1898–1979).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died October 10th, 1979 at 81 years old in Münster.
Henri Queffélec
French writer (1910–1992).
Born January 29th, 1910 in Brest.
Died January 13th, 1992 at 81 years old in Maisons-Laffitte.
Ludwik Krzywicki
Polish academic.
Born August 21st, 1859 in Płock.
Died June 10th, 1941 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Maarten Biesheuvel
Dutch writer (1939-2020).
Born May 23rd, 1939 in Schiedam.
Died July 30th, 2020 at 81 years old in Leiden.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe