Deaths by...
1,931 Notable deaths
by cancer
Friedrich Gundolf
German poet.
Born July 20th, 1880 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1931 at 50 years old in Heidelberg (cancer).
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
Russian chess grandmaster (1947-2005).
Born January 8th, 1947 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 17th, 2005 at 58 years old in St. George (cancer).
Itō Shinsui
Japanese artist (1898-1972).
Born February 4th, 1898 in Tokyo.
Died May 8th, 1972 at 74 years old in Tokyo (cancer).
Philip Ford
Film director, actor (1900-1976).
Born October 16th, 1900 in Portland.
Died January 12th, 1976 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Heinrich von Brentano
German politician and lawyer (1904-1964).
Born June 6th, 1904 in Offenbach am Main.
Died November 14th, 1964 at 60 years old in Darmstadt (cancer).
Alan A'Court
English footballer (1934-2009).
Born September 30th, 1934 in Rainhill.
Died December 14th, 2009 at 75 years old in Nantwich (cancer). [ref]
Tefta Tashko-Koço
Albanian artist (1910–1947).
Born November 2nd, 1910 in Faiyum.
Died December 29th, 1947 at 37 years old in Tirana (cancer).
Natalia Bessmertnova
Soviet prima ballerina (1941-2008).
Born July 19th, 1941 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2008 at 66 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Siegfried Handloser
German physician, chief of the german armed forces medical services, and convicted war criminal (1885-1954).
Born March 25th, 1885 in Konstanz. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1954 at 69 years old in Munich (cancer).
Daniel Bensaïd
French philosopher (1946-2010).
Born March 25th, 1946 in Toulouse. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2010 at 63 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1341 to 1350 of 1931
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci