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170 Notable deaths
by breast cancer
Sara Danius
Swedish academic.
Born April 5th, 1962 in Täby. [ref]
Died October 12th, 2019 at 57 years old in Stockholm (breast cancer). [ref]
Rosanna Schiaffino
Italian actress (1939-2009).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Genoa.
Died October 17th, 2009 at 70 years old in Milan (breast cancer). [ref]
Pauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer.
Born March 10th, 1861 in Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1913 at 51 years old in Vancouver (breast cancer). [ref]
Hannelore Elsner
German actress (1942–2019).
Born July 26th, 1942 in Burghausen.
Died April 21st, 2019 at 76 years old in Munich (breast cancer). [ref]
Toshiko Fujita
Japanese actress and voice actress.
Born April 5th, 1950 in Dalian.
Died December 28th, 2018 at 68 years old in Japan (breast cancer). [ref]
Violette Leduc
French writer.
Born April 7th, 1907 in Arras.
Died May 28th, 1972 at 65 years old in Faucon (breast cancer). [ref]
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent.
Born April 4th, 1953 in Queens.
Died March 29th, 1998 at 44 years old in Manhattan (breast cancer).
Yūko Mizutani
Japanese actress and voice actress (1964–2016).
Born November 4th, 1964 in Ama district.
Died May 17th, 2016 at 51 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Yao Beina
Chinese female singer.
Born September 26th, 1981 in Wuhan.
Died January 16th, 2015 at 33 years old in Shenzhen (breast cancer).
María Kodama
Argentine writer.
Born March 10th, 1937 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 26th, 2023 at 86 years old in Vicente López (breast cancer). [ref]
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