Deaths by...
815 Notable deaths
by lung cancer
Kornel Filipowicz
Polish author (1913–1990).
Born October 27th, 1913 in Ternopil.
Died February 28th, 1990 at 76 years old in Kraków (lung cancer).
Witold Woyda
Polish fencer.
Born May 10th, 1939 in Poznań.
Died May 5th, 2008 at 68 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Josef Vinklář
Czech actor and dubbing actor (1930–2007).
Born November 14th, 1930 in Podůlší. [ref]
Died September 18th, 2007 at 76 years old in Prague (lung cancer). [ref]
Masaru Furukawa
Swimmer (1936–1993).
Born January 6th, 1936 in Hashimoto.
Died November 21st, 1993 at 57 years old (lung cancer).
Karo Halabyan
Soviet architect.
Born July 26th, 1897 in Ganja.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Zhang Li
Chinese table tennis player.
Born May 3rd, 1951 in Xinxiang.
Died February 13th, 2019 at 67 years old (lung cancer).
René Pétillon
French cartoonist (1945–2018).
Born December 12th, 1945 in Lesneven.
Died September 30th, 2018 at 72 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Nelson Prudêncio
Athletics competitor (1944–2012).
Died November 23rd, 2012 at 68 years old in São Paulo (lung cancer).
Mikhail Svetlov
Russian poet.
Born June 17th, 1903 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1964 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Patricio Rodríguez
Chilean tennis player.
Born December 20th, 1938 in Santiago.
Died June 23rd, 2020 at 81 years old in Miami (lung cancer). [ref]
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