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767 Notable deaths
by lung cancer
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser.
Born July 11th, 1942 in Rzeszów.
Died July 29th, 2018 at 76 years old in Warsaw (lung cancer). [ref]
Mark Burns
English actor (1936-2007).
Born March 30th, 1936 in Bromsgrove.
Died May 8th, 2007 at 71 years old in London (lung cancer).
Kyōka Izumi
Japanese writer (1873-1939).
Born November 4th, 1873 in Kanazawa.
Died September 7th, 1939 at 65 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Howard Temin
American geneticist.
Born December 10th, 1934 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1994 at 59 years old in Madison (lung cancer).
Katherine Dunn
American novelist, journalist, poet (1945–2016).
Born October 24th, 1945 in Garden City.
Died May 11th, 2016 at 70 years old in Portland (lung cancer). [ref]
Mate Parlov
Croatian boxer and olympic gold medalist.
Born November 16th, 1948 in Split.
Died July 29th, 2008 at 59 years old in Pula (lung cancer).
Harold Guy Hunt
49th governor of alabama (1933-2009).
Born June 17th, 1933 in Holly Pond.
Died January 30th, 2009 at 75 years old in Birmingham (lung cancer). [ref]
Mike Oxley
Ohio politician (1944-2016).
Born February 11th, 1944 in Findlay.
Died January 1st, 2016 at 71 years old in McLean (lung cancer).
Ray Phiri
South african jazz musician.
Born March 23rd, 1947 in Mbombela.
Died July 12th, 2017 at 70 years old in Mbombela (lung cancer). [ref]
Wilfrid Voynich
Polish revolutionary, antiquarian, bibliophile, historian and eponym of voynich manuscript (1865-1930).
Born October 31st, 1865 in Telšiai.
Died March 19th, 1930 at 64 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
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