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1,834 Notable deaths
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Marion Hutton
American actress and singer (1919-1987).
Born March 10th, 1919 in Battle Creek.
Died January 12th, 1987 at 67 years old in Kirkland (cancer).
Franklin Pangborn
Actor (1889-1958).
Born January 23rd, 1889 in Newark.
Died July 20th, 1958 at 69 years old in Laguna Beach (cancer).
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]
Khieu Ponnary
Cambodian writer (1920-2003).
Born February 3rd, 1920 in Battambang Province.
Died July 1st, 2003 at 83 years old in Pailin Province (cancer). [ref]
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
German general.
Born January 24th, 1889 in Schleswig.
Died July 4th, 1968 at 79 years old in Kappeln (cancer).
Theodore Levitt
German american economist and professor at harvard business school.
Born May 1st, 1925 in Vollmerz. [ref]
Died June 28th, 2006 at 81 years old in Belmont (cancer). [ref]
Leopold Godowsky
Polish american pianist, composer, and teacher.
Born February 13th, 1870 in Vilnius, Žasliai. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1938 at 68 years old in New York City, Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Rafael Hernández Marín
Puerto rican musician, united states army soldier (1891–1965).
Born October 24th, 1892 in Aguadilla.
Died December 11th, 1965 at 73 years old in San Juan (cancer).
Sally Forrest
Actress (1928-2015).
Born May 28th, 1928 in San Diego.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (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).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche