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Arthur Edward Ellis
English association football referee.
Born July 8th, 1914 in Halifax.
Died May 23rd, 1999 at 84 years old in Brighouse (cancer).
Boris Tishchenko
Soviet composer.
Born March 23rd, 1939 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 9th, 2010 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer). [ref]
Belle Bennett
Film actress (1891-1932).
Born April 22nd, 1891 in Milaca.
Died November 4th, 1932 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Emma Cohen
Actress (1946-2016).
Born November 21st, 1946 in Barcelona.
Died July 11th, 2016 at 69 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]
Laurent Tirard
French film director.
Born February 18th, 1967 in Roubaix.
Died September 5th, 2024 at 57 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Olivera Marković
Actress.
Born May 3rd, 1925 in Belgrade.
Died July 2nd, 2011 at 86 years old in Belgrade (cancer). [ref]
Claude Piéplu
French actor (1923-2006).
Born May 9th, 1923 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 24th, 2006 at 83 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Helma Sanders-Brahms
German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014).
Born November 20th, 1940 in Emden. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2014 at 73 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Wojciech Młynarski
Polish singer.
Born March 26th, 1941 in Warsaw.
Died March 15th, 2017 at 75 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Jonathan Hawkins
British chess player.
Born May 1st, 1983 in Consett. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2025 at 42 years old in Torbay Hospital (cancer). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir