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1,926 Notable deaths
by cancer
Tilly Losch
Ballerina, dancer, actress (1903-1975).
Born November 15th, 1903 in Vienna.
Died December 24th, 1975 at 72 years old in New York City (cancer).
Jeanne Sauvé
Canadian politician (1922-1993).
Born April 26th, 1922 in Prud'homme.
Died January 26th, 1993 at 70 years old in Montreal (cancer).
Jack Twyman
American basketball player.
Born May 21st, 1934 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 30th, 2012 at 78 years old in Cincinnati (cancer). [ref]
William Thurston
American mathematician (1946–2012).
Born October 30th, 1946 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 21st, 2012 at 65 years old in Rochester (cancer). [ref]
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1922-2008).
Born October 29th, 1922 in Hastings.
Died October 11th, 2008 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Brigid Bazlen
American actress (1944-1989).
Born June 9th, 1944 in Fond du Lac.
Died May 25th, 1989 at 44 years old in Seattle (cancer).
Andre Gunder Frank
German-american economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984 (1929–2005).
Born February 24th, 1929 in Berlin.
Died April 23rd, 2005 at 76 years old in Luxembourg (cancer).
Barry Coe
American actor (1934-2019).
Born November 26th, 1934 in Los Angeles.
Died July 16th, 2019 at 84 years old in Palm Desert (cancer).
Beryl Bainbridge
English writer (1932–2010).
Born November 21st, 1932 in Liverpool.
Died July 2nd, 2010 at 77 years old in University College Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Ernest Bloch
American composer (1880-1959).
Born July 24th, 1880 in Geneva. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1959 at 78 years old in Portland (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 601 to 610 of 1926
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde