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1,834 Notable deaths
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist.
Born March 21st, 1902 in Lyon.
Died October 19th, 1988 at 86 years old in Chicago, Detroit (cancer). [ref]
Hank Greenberg
Baseball outfielder.
Born January 1st, 1911 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1986 at 75 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Gwendolyn Brooks
African american writer.
Born June 7th, 1917 in Topeka. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2000 at 83 years old in Chicago (cancer). [ref]
Amos Oz
Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939-2018).
Born May 4th, 1939 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2018 at 79 years old in Petah Tikva (cancer). [ref]
Ian McDonald
English musician, co-founder of king crimson and foreigner (1946–2022).
Born June 25th, 1946 in Osterley. [ref]
Died February 9th, 2022 at 75 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Melina Mercouri
Greek actress, singer and politician. minister of culture of greece (1920-1994).
Born October 18th, 1920 in Athens.
Died March 6th, 1994 at 73 years old in Upper East Side (cancer).
John Phillip Law
American film actor (1937-2008).
Born September 7th, 1937 in Hollywood.
Died May 13th, 2008 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Edward Everett Horton
American actor (1886-1970).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Encino (cancer). [ref]
J.B.S. Haldane
Geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892-1964).
Born November 5th, 1892 in Oxford. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1964 at 72 years old in Bhubaneswar (cancer). [ref]
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911-1988).
Born June 13th, 1911 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1988 at 77 years old in Berkeley (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1834
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