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January 29th
186 Notable deaths
Carlo Cassola
Italian novelist (1917-1987).
Born March 17th, 1917 in Rome. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1987 at 69 years old in Montecarlo. [ref]
Dickie Burnell
British rower (1917-1995).
Born July 26th, 1917 in Henley-on-Thames.
Died January 29th, 1995 at 77 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Jakub Karol Parnas
Polish biochemist and politician (1884–1949).
Born January 16th, 1884 in Mokriany, Ternopil. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1949 at 65 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Thomas Ball Barratt
Norwegian pentecostal pastor (1862–1940).
Born July 22nd, 1862 in Albaston. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1940 at 77 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Armando Palacio Valdés
Spanish writer (1853-1938).
Born October 4th, 1853 in Entrialgo.
Died January 29th, 1938 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni
Catholic cardinal (1879–1968).
Born November 3rd, 1879 in Mosul.
Died January 29th, 1968 at 88 years old in Beirut.
Freddy Thielemans
Belgian politician (1944-2022).
Born September 11th, 1944 in Laeken - Laken. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2022 at 77 years old in Neder-Over-Heembeek. [ref]
Blagoja Georgievski
Macedonian basketball player (1950-2020).
Born October 15th, 1950 in Zelenikovo Municipality.
Died January 29th, 2020 at 69 years old in Skopje (traffic collision). [ref]
Stanisław Dygat
Polish writer (1914–1978).
Born December 5th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died January 29th, 1978 at 63 years old in Warsaw.
Isaías de Noronha
President of brazil (1874-1963).
Born July 6th, 1874 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died January 29th, 1963 at 88 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 186
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel