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278 Notable deaths
by leukemia
Cornel Wilde
Hungarian-american actor and film director.
Born October 13th, 1915 in Prievidza. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1989 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia). [ref]
Gifford Pinchot
American forester and politician (1865-1946).
Born August 11th, 1865 in Simsbury. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1946 at 81 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Nate Thurmond
American basketball player.
Born July 25th, 1941 in Akron.
Died July 16th, 2016 at 74 years old in San Francisco (leukemia). [ref]
Steven Bochco
Television producer and writer (1943-2018).
Born December 16th, 1943 in New York City.
Died April 1st, 2018 at 74 years old in Pacific Palisades (leukemia). [ref]
Steve Goodman
American folk music singer-songwriter.
Born July 25th, 1948 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1984 at 36 years old in Seattle (leukemia). [ref]
Paul Scofield
English actor (1922-2008).
Born January 21st, 1922 in West Sussex. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2008 at 86 years old in Sussex (leukemia). [ref]
Fred DeLuca
American businessman.
Born October 3rd, 1947 in Brooklyn.
Died September 14th, 2015 at 67 years old in Lauderdale Lakes (leukemia). [ref]
Soong Ching-ling
Former vice president of the people's republic of china and third wife of sun yat-sen (1893–1981).
Born January 27th, 1893 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1981 at 88 years old in Beijing (leukemia). [ref]
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek writer and philosopher (1883-1957).
Born March 2nd, 1883 in Heraklion. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1957 at 74 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (leukemia). [ref]
George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013).
Born January 12th, 1946 in San Rafael. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2013 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia). [ref]
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