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68 Notable deaths
 by infectious disease

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner

British statesman and colonial administrator (1854-1925).

Born March 23rd, 1854 in Giessen.

Died May 13th, 1925 at 71 years old in Canterbury (infectious disease).

Gerald Finzi

British composer.

Born July 14th, 1901 in London.

Died September 27th, 1956 at 55 years old in Oxford (infectious disease).

Art Clokey

American animator (1921-2010).

Born October 12th, 1921 in Detroit.

Died January 8th, 2010 at 88 years old in Los Osos (infectious disease). [ref]

Vladimir Tatlin

Russian artist (1885–1953).

Born December 28th, 1885 in Moscow. [ref]

Died May 31st, 1953 at 67 years old in Moscow (infectious disease). [ref]

Pavel Grachev

Russian general.

Born January 1st, 1948 in Rvy.

Died September 23rd, 2012 at 64 years old in Krasnogorsk (infectious disease). [ref]

Richard Schweiker

American politician (1926-2015).

Born June 1st, 1926 in Norristown.

Died July 31st, 2015 at 89 years old in Pomona (infectious disease).

Brendan Byrne

American politician and prosecutor (1924-2018).

Born April 1st, 1924 in West Orange.

Died January 4th, 2018 at 93 years old in Livingston (infectious disease). [ref]

Teo Macero

American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer (1925–2008).

Born October 30th, 1925 in Glens Falls.

Died February 19th, 2008 at 82 years old in Riverhead (infectious disease). [ref]

Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani

Qatari politician (1892–1974).

Born June 5th, 1895 in Doha.

Died August 31st, 1974 at 79 years old in Beirut (infectious disease).

Norris Bradbury

American physicist.

Born May 30th, 1909 in Santa Barbara.

Died August 20th, 1997 at 88 years old in Los Alamos (infectious disease). [ref]

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