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January 6th
200 Notable deaths
José Ramón Fernández
Cuban politician (1923-2019).
Born November 4th, 1923 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died January 6th, 2019 at 95 years old in Havana. [ref]
Dick Savitt
American tennis player (1927–2023).
Born March 4th, 1927 in Bayonne.
Died January 6th, 2023 at 95 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943).
Born December 13th, 1856 in Boston.
Died January 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Boston.
Octavio Lepage
President of venezuela (acting) in 1993.
Born November 24th, 1923 in Parroquia Santa Rosa.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Caracas (surgical complications).
Emma Calvé
French operatic soprano (1858-1942).
Born August 15th, 1858 in Decazeville. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montpellier, Millau (disease).
Xavier Vallat
French politician. coordinator of jewish affairs in france’s vichy government during 1941 and 1942 (1891–1972).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Villedieu.
Died January 6th, 1972 at 80 years old in Annonay.
Heinrich Lammasch
Last prime minister of imperial austria (1853-1920).
Born May 21st, 1853 in Seitenstetten.
Died January 6th, 1920 at 66 years old in Salzburg.
Adolph de Meyer
German photographer (1868-1946).
Born September 1st, 1868 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1946 at 77 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Albrecht Brandi
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born June 20th, 1914 in Dortmund.
Died January 6th, 1966 at 51 years old in Cologne.
Ernest Laszlo
American cinematographer (1898-1984).
Born April 23rd, 1898 in Budapest.
Died January 6th, 1984 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 200
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin