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1,882 Notable deaths
by cancer
Patricia Crone
Danish orientalist and historian (1945–2015).
Born March 28th, 1945 in Lejre Municipality. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 70 years old in Princeton (cancer). [ref]
Sally Forrest
Actress (1928-2015).
Born May 28th, 1928 in San Diego.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Ray Peterson
American musician.
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Denton.
Died January 25th, 2005 at 65 years old in Smyrna (cancer). [ref]
Aleksei Kapler
Soviet film director (1903–1979).
Born October 24th, 1904 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1979 at 74 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Wolfgang Kapp
Prussian civil servant and journalist. nominal leader of the kapp-putsch (1858-1922).
Born July 24th, 1858 in New York City.
Died June 12th, 1922 at 63 years old in Klinikum St. Georg (cancer).
Max Perutz
Austrian-born british molecular biologist (1914-2002).
Born May 19th, 1914 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2002 at 87 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Kathleen Antonelli
Irish computer programmer (1921-2006).
Born February 12th, 1921 in Creeslough.
Died April 20th, 2006 at 85 years old in Wyndmoor (cancer). [ref]
Veda Ann Borg
Actress (1915-1973).
Born January 11th, 1915 in Boston.
Died August 16th, 1973 at 58 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Robert James Waller
American writer.
Born August 1st, 1939 in Charles City. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2017 at 77 years old in Fredericksburg (cancer). [ref]
Guillaume Faye
French political activist and essayist (1949-2019).
Born November 7th, 1949 in Angoulême.
Died March 6th, 2019 at 69 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 681 to 690 of 1882
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