January 31st
166 Notable deaths
Harry Blanchard
Racecar driver.
Born June 13th, 1929 in Burlington.
Died January 31st, 1960 at 30 years old in Buenos Aires.
Gundi Busch
German figure skater (1935–2014).
Born April 29th, 1935 in Milan.
Died January 31st, 2014 at 78 years old in Stockholm.
John Marshall
Australian swimmer, olympic silver medallist, former world record-holder.
Born March 29th, 1930 in Sydney.
Died January 31st, 1957 at 26 years old in Melbourne (traffic collision).
Lino Aldani
Italian science fiction writer.
Born March 29th, 1926 in San Cipriano Po. [ref]
Died January 31st, 2009 at 82 years old in Pavia (lung cancer). [ref]
Greta Arwidsson
Sweden's first female professor of archeology.
Born July 5th, 1906 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1998 at 91 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Ivan Pregelj
Writer.
Born October 27th, 1883 in Most na Soči.
Died January 31st, 1960 at 76 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Marguerite Audoux
French writer (1863-1937).
Born July 7th, 1863 in Sancoins. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1937 at 73 years old in Saint-Raphaël. [ref]
Franklin Sumner Earle
American mycologist (1856-1929).
Born September 4th, 1856 in Dwight.
Died January 31st, 1929 at 72 years old in Cuba.
Gregorio Blasco
Spanish footballer (1909-1983).
Born June 10th, 1909 in Mundaka.
Died January 31st, 1983 at 73 years old in Mexico City.
Alasgar Alakbarov
Actor (1910-1963).
Born March 26th, 1910 in Baku.
Died January 31st, 1963 at 52 years old in Baku (liver failure).
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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