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887 Notable deaths
by disease
Osa Massen
Danish actress (1914-2006).
Born January 13th, 1914 in Copenhagen.
Died January 2nd, 2006 at 91 years old in Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
Jane Connell
Actress.
Born October 27th, 1925 in Berkeley.
Died September 22nd, 2013 at 87 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home (disease). [ref]
Dušan Simović
First prime minister of yugoslavia in exile (1882-1962).
Born October 28th, 1882 in Kragujevac.
Died August 26th, 1962 at 79 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Drastamat Kanayan
Armenian military officer.
Died March 5th, 1956 at 72 years old in Boston (disease).
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012).
Born February 12th, 1936 in Beijing.
Died April 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Tucson (disease). [ref]
Jean-Pierre Marielle
French actor (1932-2019).
Born April 12th, 1932 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2019 at 87 years old in Saint-Cloud (disease). [ref]
Morris Carnovsky
American politician (1897-1992).
Born September 5th, 1897 in St. Louis.
Died September 1st, 1992 at 94 years old in Easton (disease).
Fay Compton
English actress (1894–1978).
Born September 18th, 1894 in Kensington.
Died December 12th, 1978 at 84 years old in London (disease).
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player (1930–2014).
Born January 14th, 1930 in St. Catharines.
Died September 18th, 2014 at 84 years old in London (disease).
Joan Lorring
Hong kong-born american actress (1926-2014).
Born April 17th, 1926 in British Hong Kong.
Died May 30th, 2014 at 88 years old in Sleepy Hollow (disease).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe