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January 27th
176 Notable deaths
Marcel Mauron
Swiss footballer.
Born March 5th, 1929 in Geneva.
Died January 27th, 2022 at 92 years old [ref]
Nikolay Ivanov
Russian general (1851-1919).
Born August 3rd, 1851 in Mosalsk.
Died January 27th, 1919 at 67 years old in Novocherkassk (typhus).
Sándor Gombos
Hungarian fencer (1895-1968).
Born December 4th, 1895 in Sombor.
Died January 27th, 1968 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Helga Klein
German sprinter.
Born August 15th, 1931 in Mannheim.
Died January 27th, 2021 at 89 years old in Mannheim. [ref]
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
German general.
Born March 27th, 1905 in Lubin. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1980 at 74 years old in Munich. [ref]
Zinaida Samsonova
Hero of the soviet union.
Born October 14th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died January 27th, 1944 at 19 years old in Gomel Region (sniper).
Leonard Meredith
English racing cyclist.
Born February 2nd, 1882 in London.
Died January 27th, 1930 at 47 years old in Davos.
John James
Racecar driver (b. 1914).
Born May 10th, 1914 in Warwickshire.
Died January 27th, 2002 at 87 years old in St. Julian's.
Aleksander Krawczuk
Polish politician, historian and writer (1922–2023).
Born June 7th, 1922 in Kraków.
Died January 27th, 2023 at 100 years old [ref]
Sergei Scherbakov
Boxer.
Born July 20th, 1918 in Moscow.
Died January 27th, 1994 at 75 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 176
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche