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January 11th
180 Notable deaths
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Chief justice of bangladesh supreme court (1930-2014).
Born December 3rd, 1930 in Murshidabad.
Died January 11th, 2014 at 83 years old in Dhaka (pneumonia).
Werner March
German architect.
Born January 17th, 1894 in Charlottenburg.
Died January 11th, 1976 at 81 years old in Berlin, Dahlem.
Oswaldo Cruz
Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (1872-1917).
Born August 5th, 1872 in São Luiz do Paraitinga.
Died January 11th, 1917 at 44 years old in Petrópolis (kidney failure).
François Van der Elst
Belgian footballer (1954–2017).
Born December 1st, 1954 in Opwijk.
Died January 11th, 2017 at 62 years old in Aalst (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Bill McKell
Former governor-general of australia (1891-1985).
Born September 26th, 1891 in Pambula.
Died January 11th, 1985 at 93 years old in Waverley.
Klaus Tennstedt
German conductor (1926-1998).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Merseburg. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1998 at 71 years old in Heikendorf (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]
Max Lorenz
German operatic tenor.
Born May 10th, 1901 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1975 at 73 years old in Salzburg.
Josef Gingold
American musician (1909-1995).
Born October 28th, 1909 in Brest.
Died January 11th, 1995 at 85 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Harriet A. Hall
Medical doctor and skeptic.
Born July 2nd, 1945 in St. Louis.
Died January 11th, 2023 at 77 years old in Puyallup. [ref]
Fritz Wiedemann
German diplomat (1891-1970).
Born August 16th, 1891 in Augsburg.
Died January 11th, 1970 at 78 years old in Eggenfelden.
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