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682 Notable deaths
by heart failure
James Van Allen
American astrophysicist (1914-2006).
Born September 7th, 1914 in Mount Pleasant.
Died August 9th, 2006 at 91 years old in Iowa City (heart failure). [ref]
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Japanese singer and actress (1920-2014).
Born February 12th, 1920 in Dengta.
Died September 7th, 2014 at 94 years old in Chiyoda-ku (heart failure).
John Sherman Cooper
American politician, jurist, and diplomat (1901–1991).
Born August 23rd, 1901 in Somerset.
Died February 21st, 1991 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Jane Froman
American actress (1907–1980).
Born November 10th, 1907 in University City.
Died April 22nd, 1980 at 72 years old in Columbia (heart failure).
Taylor Caldwell
Novelist.
Born September 7th, 1900 in Manchester.
Died August 30th, 1985 at 84 years old in Greenwich (heart failure).
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Author, artist (1918-2007).
Born February 6th, 1918 in Weimar. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2007 at 89 years old in Starnberg (heart failure). [ref]
Samuel Okwaraji
Nigerian footballer (1964-1989).
Died August 12th, 1989 at 25 years old in Lagos (heart failure).
Ieng Sary
Cambodian politician (1925-2013).
Born October 24th, 1925 in Mekong Delta.
Died March 14th, 2013 at 87 years old in Phnom Penh (heart failure). [ref]
Gustav Hasford
United states marine (1947-1993).
Born November 28th, 1947 in Russellville. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1993 at 45 years old in Aegina (heart failure). [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde