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January 1st
211 Notable deaths
Alfredo Battisti
Roman catholic archbishop.
Born January 17th, 1925 in Masi.
Died January 1st, 2012 at 86 years old in Udine (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Hiroaki Sato
Japanese association football player (born 1932).
Born February 5th, 1932 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died January 1st, 1988 at 55 years old in Japan.
Yevgeny Groshev
Ice hockey player.
Born April 3rd, 1937 in Moscow.
Died January 1st, 2013 at 75 years old
Kurt Sucksdorff
Ice hockey player.
Born May 10th, 1904 in Stockholm.
Died January 1st, 1960 at 55 years old in Stockholm.
Knud Vermehren
Gymnast.
Born December 19th, 1890 in Copenhagen.
Died January 1st, 1985 at 94 years old in Gentofte.
Chang Chih-Chia
Olympic baseball player.
Born May 6th, 1980 in Taichung. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2024 at 43 years old in Shenzhen (myocardial infarction).
Elena Lacková
Slovak poet and writer.
Born March 22nd, 1921 in Veľký Šariš. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2003 at 81 years old in Košice. [ref]
Andrey Krasnov
Russian botanist and geographer (1862-1914).
Born November 8th, 1862 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 1st, 1915 at 52 years old in Tbilisi.
Joel Antônio Martins
Brazilian footballer (1931-2003).
Born November 23rd, 1931 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died January 1st, 2003 at 71 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius