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2,815 Notable deaths
by myocardial infarction
Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker (1928–1999).
Born July 26th, 1928 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1999 at 70 years old in Childwickbury Manor (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jackie Robinson
American baseball player.
Born January 31st, 1919 in Cairo.
Died October 24th, 1972 at 53 years old in Stamford (myocardial infarction).
Orson Welles
American actor, director, writer, and producer (1915–1985).
Born May 6th, 1915 in Kenosha. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1985 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of the soviet union from 1953 to 1964.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Kalinovka, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 77 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Clark Gable
American actor (1901-1960).
Born February 1st, 1901 in Cadiz. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1960 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kimbo Slice
American mixed martial artist and boxer (1974-2016).
Born February 8th, 1974 in Nassau.
Died June 6th, 2016 at 42 years old in Coral Springs (myocardial infarction). [ref]
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940).
Born September 24th, 1896 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1940 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Roy Orbison
American singer.
Born April 23rd, 1936 in Vernon. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1988 at 52 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kim Jong-il
Supreme leader of the democratic people's republic of korea (1994—2011).
Born February 16th, 1941 in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai.
Died December 17th, 2011 at 70 years old in Pyongyang (myocardial infarction). [ref]
N. T. Rama Rao
Indian actor and government minister (1923–1996).
Born May 28th, 1923 in Nimmakuru.
Died January 18th, 1996 at 72 years old in Hyderabad (myocardial infarction).
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