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26 Notable deaths
by melanoma
Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981).
Born February 6th, 1945 in Nine Mile. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1981 at 36 years old in Jackson Memorial Hospital (melanoma). [ref]
Burgess Meredith
American actor.
Born November 16th, 1907 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1997 at 89 years old in Malibu (melanoma). [ref]
Terry Melcher
American musician and record producer.
Born February 8th, 1942 in New York City.
Died November 19th, 2004 at 62 years old in Beverly Hills (melanoma). [ref]
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996).
Born February 2nd, 1963 in Washington Hospital Center. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1996 at 33 years old in Bowie (melanoma). [ref]
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1873–1943).
Born April 1st, 1873 in Starorussky Uyezd. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1943 at 69 years old in Beverly Hills (melanoma). [ref]
James Rebhorn
American character actor (1948-2014).
Born September 1st, 1948 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2014 at 65 years old in South Orange (melanoma).
Richard Jaeckel
American actor (1926-1997).
Born October 10th, 1926 in Long Beach. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1997 at 70 years old in Woodland Hills (melanoma). [ref]
Frank McCourt
Irish-american teacher and pulitzer prize–winning writer.
Born August 19th, 1930 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2009 at 78 years old in Manhattan (melanoma). [ref]
Jamie Gillis
American pornographic actor and director (1943-2010).
Born April 20th, 1943 in New York City.
Died February 19th, 2010 at 66 years old in New York City (melanoma). [ref]
Amos Tversky
Israeli psychologist.
Born March 16th, 1937 in Haifa. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 59 years old in Stanford (melanoma). [ref]
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