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1,834 Notable deaths
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Rina Zelyonaya
Soviet actress (1901-1991).
Born November 7th, 1901 in Tashkent.
Died April 1st, 1991 at 89 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Charles Dumas
American high jumper.
Born February 12th, 1937 in Tulsa.
Died January 5th, 2004 at 66 years old in Inglewood (cancer).
Simon Leys
Belgian-australian writer, sinologist and essayist.
Born September 28th, 1935 in Uccle.
Died August 11th, 2014 at 78 years old in Sydney (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]
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]
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician.
Born May 28th, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died January 18th, 2020 at 73 years old in New Jersey (cancer). [ref]
Mansoor Hekmat
Iranian politician (1951-2002).
Born June 4th, 1951 in Tehran.
Died July 4th, 2002 at 51 years old in London (cancer).
Tilsa Tsuchiya
Peruvian painter and printmaker (died 1984).
Born September 24th, 1929 in Supe District.
Died September 23rd, 1984 at 54 years old in Lima (cancer).
Jun Fukuda
Japanese film director.
Born February 17th, 1923 in Manchuria. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2000 at 77 years old in Setagaya-ku (cancer).
Josef Meinrad
Austrian actor.
Born April 21st, 1913 in Vienna.
Died February 18th, 1996 at 82 years old in Großgmain (cancer).
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