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70 Notable deaths
by laryngeal cancer
Rehman
Indian film actor.
Born June 23rd, 1923 in Lahore.
Died November 5th, 1984 at 61 years old in Mumbai (laryngeal cancer).
Edna Purviance
Actress (1895-1958).
Born October 21st, 1895 in Paradise Valley.
Died January 13th, 1958 at 62 years old in Hollywood (laryngeal cancer).
Bogd Khan
Great khan of outer mongolia (1869–1924).
Born October 13th, 1869 in Litang County.
Died April 17th, 1924 at 54 years old in Ulaanbaatar (laryngeal cancer).
Tod Browning
American film director (1880-1962).
Born July 12th, 1880 in Louisville.
Died October 6th, 1962 at 82 years old in Santa Monica (laryngeal cancer).
Karen Dalton
American musician (1937-1993).
Born July 19th, 1937 in Bonham. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1993 at 55 years old in Hurley (laryngeal cancer).
Eugene Pallette
American actor (1889–1954).
Born July 8th, 1889 in Winfield. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1954 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (laryngeal cancer).
Kōji Wada
Japanese singer (1974-2016).
Born January 29th, 1974 in Kyoto.
Died April 3rd, 2016 at 42 years old in Tokyo (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984).
Born May 24th, 1905 in Kruzhilin. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1984 at 78 years old in Vyoshenskaya (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Abba Kovner
Jewish hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader (1918-1987).
Born March 14th, 1918 in Sevastopol, Ashmyany. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1987 at 69 years old in Ein HaHoresh (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Glenn Branca
American composer and guitarist (1948-2018).
Born October 6th, 1948 in Harrisburg.
Died May 13th, 2018 at 69 years old in New York City (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
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