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1,932 Notable deaths
by cancer
Andrew Marton
Hungarian-american film director (1904-1992).
Born January 26th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died January 7th, 1992 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Manfred Max-Neef
Professor of economics; environmentalist; chilean presidential candidate (1932-2019).
Born October 26th, 1932 in Valparaíso.
Died August 8th, 2019 at 86 years old in Valdivia (cancer). [ref]
Hassan Zirak
Iranian kurdish songwriter-singer.
Born November 29th, 1921 in Bukan.
Died June 26th, 1972 at 50 years old in Iran (cancer).
Steven R. Nagel
American astronaut (1946-2014).
Born October 27th, 1946 in Canton.
Died August 21st, 2014 at 67 years old in Columbia (cancer). [ref]
Antonio Cassese
Italian judge (1937–2011).
Born January 1st, 1937 in Atripalda.
Died October 22nd, 2011 at 74 years old in Florence (cancer). [ref]
Bernard Lazare
French jewish literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist (1865-1903).
Born June 14th, 1865 in Nîmes.
Died September 1st, 1903 at 38 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Ghena Dimitrova
Bulgarian lyric singer.
Born May 6th, 1941 in Beglež. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2005 at 64 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]
Wayne Collett
American sprinter (1949–2010).
Born October 20th, 1949 in Los Angeles.
Died March 17th, 2010 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Jürgen Graf
Swiss holocaust denier.
Born August 15th, 1951 in Basel.
Died January 14th, 2025 at 73 years old in Basel (cancer). [ref]
Lembit Ulfsak
Estonian stage and film actor (1947-2017).
Died March 22nd, 2017 at 69 years old in Tallinn (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1261 to 1270 of 1932
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel