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1,931 Notable deaths
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Toshihiko Koga
Japanese judoka (1967–2021).
Born November 21st, 1967 in Kitashigeyasu.
Died March 24th, 2021 at 53 years old in Takatsu-ku (cancer). [ref]
Franklyn Farnum
American actor (1878-1961).
Born June 5th, 1878 in Boston.
Died July 4th, 1961 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
Victor A. McKusick
American internist and medical geneticist (1921-2008).
Born October 21st, 1921 in Parkman.
Died July 22nd, 2008 at 86 years old in Towson (cancer). [ref]
Julius Dorpmüller
German politician and railway manager (1869-1945).
Born July 24th, 1869 in Elberfeld.
Died July 5th, 1945 at 75 years old in Malente (cancer).
Rolf Landauer
American-german physicist, engineer (1927-1999).
Born February 4th, 1927 in Stuttgart.
Died April 27th, 1999 at 72 years old in Westchester County (cancer). [ref]
Allan McLeod Cormack
American physicist (1924-1998).
Born February 23rd, 1924 in Johannesburg.
Died May 7th, 1998 at 74 years old in Winchester (cancer).
Yosef Shiloach
Israeli actor.
Born July 9th, 1941 in Iranian Kurdistan.
Died January 3rd, 2011 at 69 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer). [ref]
Stanislav Hurenko
Soviet politician (1936-2013).
Born May 30th, 1936 in Ilovaisk.
Died April 14th, 2013 at 76 years old in Kyiv (cancer).
Paul Reeves
New zealand viceroy, cleric (1932–2011).
Born December 6th, 1932 in Wellington.
Died August 14th, 2011 at 78 years old in Auckland (cancer). [ref]
Larry W. Hurtado
American biblical scholar.
Born December 29th, 1943 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died November 25th, 2019 at 75 years old in Edinburgh (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1101 to 1110 of 1931
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir