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1,777 Notable deaths
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Leora Dana
American actress.
Born April 1st, 1923 in New York City.
Died December 13th, 1983 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer).
Rudi Dornbusch
German economist.
Born June 8th, 1942 in Krefeld.
Died July 25th, 2002 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer). [ref]
Warner Anderson
American actor (1911-1976).
Born March 10th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 26th, 1976 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Patrick Williams
American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television (1938-2018).
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Bonne Terre.
Died July 25th, 2018 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Jean-Claude Brialy
French actor and director.
Born March 30th, 1933 in Sour El-Ghozlane. [ref]
Died May 30th, 2007 at 74 years old in Monthyon (cancer). [ref]
Mordechai Gur
Israeli politician (1930-1995).
Born May 6th, 1930 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1995 at 65 years old in Tel Aviv (cancer).
Dorothy Sebastian
American actress (1903-1957).
Born April 26th, 1903 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1957 at 53 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer). [ref]
Ross Hunter
American film and television producer, actor (1920-1996).
Born May 6th, 1920 in Cleveland.
Died March 10th, 1996 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Margot Adler
Author, neopagan, and national public radio reporter.
Born April 16th, 1946 in Little Rock.
Died July 28th, 2014 at 68 years old in New York City (cancer).
Natalie Zemon Davis
Canadian-american historian (1928-2023).
Born November 8th, 1928 in Detroit.
Died October 21st, 2023 at 94 years old in Toronto (cancer). [ref]
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