Deaths by...
188 Notable deaths
by colorectal cancer
Meshach Taylor
American actor (1947-2014).
Born April 11th, 1947 in Boston.
Died June 28th, 2014 at 67 years old in Altadena (colorectal cancer).
Sorrell Booke
American actor (1930–1994).
Born January 4th, 1930 in Buffalo.
Died February 11th, 1994 at 64 years old in Sherman Oaks (colorectal cancer).
David Nelson
American actor, director, producer (1936-2011).
Born October 24th, 1936 in New York City.
Died January 11th, 2011 at 74 years old in Century City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Dutch computer scientist.
Born May 11th, 1930 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2002 at 72 years old in Nuenen (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Lois Maxwell
Canadian actress (1927-2007).
Born February 14th, 1927 in Kitchener.
Died September 29th, 2007 at 80 years old in Fremantle (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Russi Taylor
American voice actress (1944-2019).
Born May 4th, 1944 in Cambridge.
Died July 26th, 2019 at 75 years old in Glendale (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Ronald Fisher
British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist.
Born February 17th, 1890 in East Finchley. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1962 at 72 years old in Adelaide (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Sam Simon
American director, producer, writer, boxing manager and philanthropist (1955-2015).
Born June 6th, 1955 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died March 8th, 2015 at 59 years old in Pacific Palisades (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Alice Ghostley
American actress.
Born August 14th, 1926 in Vernon County.
Died September 21st, 2007 at 81 years old in Studio City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
John Wetton
British musician.
Born June 12th, 1949 in Willington.
Died January 31st, 2017 at 67 years old in Bournemouth (colorectal cancer). [ref]
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