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January 20th
127 Notable deaths
Rosemarie Bowe
American actress (1932-2019).
Born September 17th, 1932 in Butte.
Died January 20th, 2019 at 86 years old in Cuernavaca.
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014).
Born June 26th, 1933 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2014 at 80 years old in Bologna (disease). [ref]
Amílcar Cabral
Guinea-bissauan politician (1924-1973).
Born September 12th, 1924 in Bafatá.
Died January 20th, 1973 at 48 years old in Conakry.
José Guadalupe Posada
Mexican lithographer.
Born February 2nd, 1852 in Aguascalientes City. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1913 at 60 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Nedra Volz
American actress.
Born June 18th, 1908 in Montrose.
Died January 20th, 2003 at 94 years old in Mesa (cancer).
Al Hirschfeld
American artist and caricaturist (1903-2003).
Born June 21st, 1903 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2003 at 99 years old in New York City. [ref]
Edgar Froese
German electronic music pioneer (1944-2015).
Born June 6th, 1944 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2015 at 70 years old in Vienna (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Nedeljko Čabrinović
Bosnian activist (1895-1916).
Born February 2nd, 1895 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1916 at 20 years old in Terezín (tuberculosis). [ref]
Mehdi Bazargan
Iranian politician and islamic thinker.
Born September 1st, 1907 in Tehran.
Died January 20th, 1995 at 87 years old in Zürich (myocardial infarction).
Naruhiko Higashikuni
Japanese prince (1887-1990).
Born December 3rd, 1887 in Kyoto.
Died January 20th, 1990 at 102 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).
Deaths 21 to 30 of 127
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht