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1,776 Notable deaths
by cancer
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. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1994 at 73 years old in Upper East Side (cancer). [ref]
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]
Mark Hollis
British singer.
Born January 4th, 1955 in Tottenham.
Died February 25th, 2019 at 64 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Larry Drake
American actor.
Born February 21st, 1950 in Tulsa.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Steve Harley
British musician and songwriter (1951–2024).
Born February 27th, 1951 in Deptford. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2024 at 73 years old in Suffolk (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1776
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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