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January 7th
212 Notable deaths
Colin McPhee
Canadian composer and musicologist.
Born March 15th, 1901 in Montreal. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1964 at 62 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Simonne Mathieu
French tennis player, commander of the corps des volontaires françaises in wwii (1908-1980).
Born January 31st, 1908 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died January 7th, 1980 at 71 years old in Chatou.
Andrew Marton
Hungarian-american film director (1904-1992).
Born January 26th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died January 7th, 1992 at 87 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player.
Born September 3rd, 1878 in Ealing.
Died January 7th, 1960 at 81 years old in Kensington. [ref]
Moisei Ginzburg
Russian architect, soviet writer.
Born June 4th, 1892 in Minsk. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1946 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Dorothy Wilson
American film actress (1909–1998).
Born November 14th, 1908 in Minneapolis.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 89 years old in Lompoc (disease).
John Deely
American philosopher and semiotician.
Born April 26th, 1942 in Chicago.
Died January 7th, 2017 at 74 years old in Greensburg (cancer). [ref]
John Joubert
British composer of south african descent.
Born March 20th, 1927 in Cape Town.
Died January 7th, 2019 at 91 years old [ref]
Philippe Séguin
French politician (1943-2010).
Born April 21st, 1943 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2010 at 66 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 212
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