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1,892 Notable deaths
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Inés Ayala
Spanish politician.
Born March 28th, 1957 in Zaragoza.
Died July 25th, 2024 at 67 years old (cancer). [ref]
Anna Lizaran
Catalan actress.
Born August 31st, 1944 in Esparreguera.
Died January 12th, 2013 at 68 years old in Barcelona (cancer).
Jean Nicolay
Belgian footballer (1937–2014).
Born December 27th, 1937 in Liège.
Died August 18th, 2014 at 76 years old in City of Brussels (cancer). [ref]
Erno Paasilinna
Finnish writer and journalist.
Born March 14th, 1935 in Pechenga. [ref]
Died September 30th, 2000 at 65 years old in Tampere (cancer). [ref]
Max Greger
German conductor and bandleader.
Born April 2nd, 1926 in Munich.
Died August 15th, 2015 at 89 years old in Munich (cancer). [ref]
Francesc Antich Oliver
Spanish politician.
Born November 28th, 1958 in Caracas.
Died January 2nd, 2025 at 66 years old in Mallorca (cancer). [ref]
István Kocsis
Hungarian footballer (1949-1994).
Born October 6th, 1949 in Csorna.
Died June 9th, 1994 at 44 years old in Csorna (cancer).
Mykola Shmatko
Ukrainian artist (1943-2020).
Born August 17th, 1943 in Krasnohorivka.
Died September 15th, 2020 at 77 years old in Mukachevo (cancer). [ref]
Amaliya Panahova
Azerbaijani actress and director.
Born June 15th, 1945 in Ganja.
Died November 8th, 2018 at 73 years old in Baku (cancer). [ref]
Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov
Former president of the udmurt republic (1951-2017).
Born December 25th, 1951 in Bryansk.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 65 years old in Germany (cancer). [ref]
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