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Marita Petersen
Prime minister of the faroe islands (1940-2001).
Born October 21st, 1940 in Vágur.
Died August 26th, 2001 at 60 years old in Tórshavn (cancer).
Jurga Ivanauskaitė
Lithuanian writer (1961-2007).
Born November 14th, 1961 in Vilnius.
Died February 17th, 2007 at 45 years old in Vilnius (cancer). [ref]
Agneta Andersson
Swedish canoeist.
Born April 25th, 1961 in Karlskoga. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2023 at 62 years old (cancer). [ref]
Nadia Hilou
Israeli politician.
Born July 5th, 1953 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died February 27th, 2015 at 61 years old in Jaffa (cancer).
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Soviet and ukrainian actor (1941-1987).
Born June 15th, 1941 in Chortoryia.
Died August 3rd, 1987 at 46 years old in Kyiv (cancer).
John Glenn Beall Jr.
American politician (1927-2006).
Born June 19th, 1927 in Cumberland.
Died March 24th, 2006 at 78 years old in Cumberland (cancer).
Roger Pierre
French comedic actor (1923-2010).
Born August 30th, 1923 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2010 at 86 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
Eduard Dubinski
Ukrainian footballer (1935-1969).
Born April 6th, 1935 in Kharkiv.
Died May 11th, 1969 at 34 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Vasco Graça Moura
Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician (1942–2014).
Born January 3rd, 1942 in Freguesia de Foz do Douro.
Died April 27th, 2014 at 72 years old in Lisbon (cancer).
Dominique Zardi
French actor.
Born March 2nd, 1930 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2009 at 79 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
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