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January 4th
213 Notable deaths
Gert Jonke
Austrian writer (1946–2009).
Born February 8th, 1946 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died January 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Anatoliy Kuksov
Soviet footballer (1949–2022).
Born November 21st, 1949 in Luhansk.
Died January 4th, 2022 at 72 years old in Luhansk. [ref]
Forest Able
American basketball player.
Born July 27th, 1932 in Louisville.
Died January 4th, 2026 at 93 years old in Fairdale. [ref]
Nel van Vliet
Dutch swimmer (1926-2006).
Born January 17th, 1926 in Hilversum.
Died January 4th, 2006 at 79 years old in Naarden. [ref]
Diane Foster
Athletics competitor (1928-1999).
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Vancouver.
Died January 4th, 1999 at 70 years old in Oliver.
Ives Roqueta
French writer.
Born February 29th, 1936 in Sète.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 78 years old in Saint-Affrique.
Vladimir Yankilevsky
Russian artist (1938-2018).
Born February 15th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died January 4th, 2018 at 79 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (leukemia).
René Basset
French linguist and orientalist.
Born July 24th, 1855 in Lunéville.
Died January 4th, 1924 at 68 years old in Algiers (disease).
Claude France
French actress.
Born March 9th, 1893 in Emden.
Died January 4th, 1928 at 34 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (asphyxia).
James Foster
British ice hockey player (1905-1969).
Born September 13th, 1905 in Glasgow.
Died January 4th, 1969 at 63 years old in Winnipeg.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot