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January 1st
211 Notable deaths
Gary Ablett
English footballer and manager (1965-2012).
Born November 19th, 1965 in Liverpool.
Died January 1st, 2012 at 46 years old in Tarleton (lymphoma).
Claiborne Pell
United states senator from rhode island (1918-2009).
Born November 22nd, 1918 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2009 at 90 years old in Newport. [ref]
Vincent Auriol
16° president of the french republic (1884-1966).
Born August 27th, 1884 in Revel. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1966 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
Indian chemist.
Born February 21st, 1894 in Bhera.
Died January 1st, 1955 at 60 years old in New Delhi.
Helen Wills
American tennis player and writer.
Born October 6th, 1905 in Fremont.
Died January 1st, 1998 at 92 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Dale Bumpers
American politician (1925–2016).
Born August 12th, 1925 in Charleston.
Died January 1st, 2016 at 90 years old in Little Rock (Alzheimer's disease).
Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinck
Dutch microbiologist (1851-1931).
Born March 16th, 1851 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1931 at 79 years old in Gorssel. [ref]
Albert Battel
German righteous among the nations.
Born January 21st, 1891 in Prężynka.
Died January 1st, 1952 at 60 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
British economist.
Born September 4th, 1944 in Caerleon.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Oxford (bone cancer). [ref]
Royce D. Applegate
American actor.
Born December 25th, 1939 in Midwest City.
Died January 1st, 2003 at 63 years old in Hollywood Hills.
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs