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Dead at age 83

2,173 Notable deaths

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Tunisian politician.

Born September 3rd, 1936 in Hammam Sousse. [ref]

Died September 19th, 2019 at 83 years old in Jeddah. [ref]

Joe DeRita

American actor and comedian (1909–1993).

Born July 12th, 1909 in Philadelphia.

Died July 3rd, 1993 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia).

Maurice Sendak

American illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012).

Born June 10th, 1928 in Brooklyn.

Died May 8th, 2012 at 83 years old in Danbury Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Ann Wedgeworth

American actress (1934-2017).

Born January 21st, 1934 in Abilene.

Died November 16th, 2017 at 83 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]

Casimir Funk

Jewish-polish biochemist.

Born February 23rd, 1884 in Warsaw.

Died November 20th, 1967 at 83 years old in Albany (cancer).

Faten Hamama

Egyptian producer and actress (1931–2015)..

Born May 27th, 1931 in Abdin.

Died January 17th, 2015 at 83 years old in Cairo (circulatory collapse).

Cy Twombly

American painter, sculptor and photographer (1928–2011).

Born April 25th, 1928 in Lexington. [ref]

Died July 5th, 2011 at 83 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]

Paul Burke

American actor (1926–2009).

Born July 21st, 1926 in New Orleans.

Died September 13th, 2009 at 83 years old in Palm Springs (lymphoma, leukemia). [ref]

Harry R. Truman

American volcano victim (1896-1980).

Born October 30th, 1896 in Ivydale.

Died May 18th, 1980 at 83 years old (pyroclastic flow).

George Cukor

American film director and producer (1899–1983).

Born July 7th, 1899 in New York City.

Died January 24th, 1983 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).

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