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1,834 Notable deaths
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Bob Shaw
Science fiction author from northern ireland.
Born December 31st, 1931 in Belfast.
Died February 12th, 1996 at 64 years old in Manchester (cancer). [ref]
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Italian actor (1941-1994).
Born December 6th, 1941 in Cercola.
Died January 7th, 1994 at 52 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]
Elena Obraztsova
Soviet and russian opera singer.
Born July 7th, 1939 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2015 at 75 years old in Leipzig (cancer). [ref]
Gevork Vartanian
Soviet spy.
Born February 17th, 1924 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 10th, 2012 at 87 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Sid Fleischman
American writer.
Born March 16th, 1920 in New York City, Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.
United states army general (1884-1941).
Born September 23rd, 1884 in Junction City.
Died August 22nd, 1941 at 56 years old in Massachusetts General Hospital (cancer).
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Australian virologist (1899-1985).
Born September 3rd, 1899 in Traralgon. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1985 at 85 years old in Melbourne (cancer). [ref]
Małgorzata Braunek
Actress (1947-2014).
Born January 30th, 1947 in Szamotuły.
Died June 23rd, 2014 at 67 years old in Warsaw (cancer).
Markus Beyer
German boxer.
Born April 28th, 1971 in Erlabrunn.
Died December 3rd, 2018 at 47 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977).
Born July 31st, 1904 in Chicago.
Died February 4th, 1977 at 72 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
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