Deaths by...
216 Notable deaths
by brain cancer
Georg Ots
Estonian singer and actor (1920-1975).
Born March 21st, 1920 in Petrograd. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1975 at 55 years old in Tallinn (brain cancer).
Peter Gethin
British racing driver (1940-2011).
Born February 21st, 1940 in Ewell.
Died December 5th, 2011 at 71 years old in Haslemere (brain cancer). [ref]
Oğuz Atay
Turkish novelist, engineer.
Born October 12th, 1934 in İnebolu.
Died December 13th, 1977 at 43 years old in Istanbul (brain cancer).
Hamlet Mkhitaryan
Armenian footballer (1962–1996).
Born September 14th, 1962 in Yerevan.
Died May 6th, 1996 at 33 years old in Yerevan (brain cancer).
Lev Polugaevsky
Chess player (1934-1995).
Born November 20th, 1934 in Mogilev.
Died August 30th, 1995 at 60 years old in Paris (brain cancer).
Henry Butler
American musical artist.
Born September 21st, 1949 in New Orleans.
Died July 2nd, 2018 at 68 years old in New York City (brain cancer). [ref]
Max Abraham
German physicist (1875-1922).
Born March 26th, 1875 in Gdańsk.
Died November 16th, 1922 at 47 years old in Munich (brain cancer).
Fyodor Cherenkov
Russian footballer (1959-2014).
Born July 25th, 1959 in Moscow.
Died October 4th, 2014 at 55 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
May-Louise Flodin
Swedish model and beauty queen.
Born September 5th, 1934 in Stockholm.
Died February 4th, 2011 at 76 years old in Stockholm (brain cancer).
Irena Jarocka
Singer, writer.
Born August 18th, 1946 in Srebrna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Died January 21st, 2012 at 65 years old in Warsaw (brain cancer). [ref]
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