Deaths by...
1,933 Notable deaths
by cancer
Aida Imanguliyeva
Azerbaijani academic (1939–1992).
Born October 10th, 1939 in Baku.
Died September 19th, 1992 at 52 years old in Baku (cancer).
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Danish composer (1932–2016).
Born November 21st, 1932 in Copenhagen.
Died June 27th, 2016 at 83 years old (cancer). [ref]
Volodymyr Sabodan
Head of the ukrainian orthodox church (moscow patriarchate) (uoc-mp).
Born November 23rd, 1935 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died July 5th, 2014 at 78 years old in Kyiv (cancer). [ref]
Selma Kurz
Singer (1874–1933).
Born October 15th, 1874 in Bielsko-Biała.
Died May 10th, 1933 at 58 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Jesús María Pereda
Spanish football player/manager (1938-2011).
Born June 15th, 1938 in Medina de Pomar.
Died September 27th, 2011 at 73 years old in Barcelona (cancer). [ref]
Rosa Morena
Spanish singer.
Born July 11th, 1943 in Badajoz.
Died December 4th, 2019 at 76 years old in Badajoz (cancer). [ref]
Władysław Broniewski
Polish poet (1897–1962).
Born December 17th, 1897 in Płock.
Died February 10th, 1962 at 64 years old in Warsaw (cancer).
Dieter Pfaff
German actor (1947-2013).
Born October 2nd, 1947 in Dortmund.
Died March 5th, 2013 at 65 years old in Hamburg (cancer).
Nino Khurtsidze
Georgian chess player (1975-2018).
Born September 28th, 1975 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2018 at 42 years old in Tbilisi (cancer). [ref]
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Spanish editor, theatre director and writer (1881–1947).
Born May 6th, 1881 in Madrid. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1947 at 66 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1571 to 1580 of 1933
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