January 9th
171 Notable deaths
Liang Sicheng
Chinese architect and scholar (1901-1972).
Born April 20th, 1901 in Tokyo.
Died January 9th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Hakaru Hashimoto
Physician, endocrinologist.
Died January 9th, 1934 at 52 years old in Mie Prefecture (typhoid fever).
Edward Bok
Dutch-born american editor and writer.
Born October 9th, 1863 in Den Helder. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1930 at 66 years old in Lake Wales. [ref]
Paul Hasluck
Governor-general of australia, politician, author (1905-1993).
Born April 1st, 1905 in Fremantle.
Died January 9th, 1993 at 87 years old in Subiaco (prostate cancer).
Ivan Passer
Czech film director.
Born July 10th, 1933 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2020 at 86 years old in Reno (pneumonia). [ref]
Herman Bing
1930s-1940's character actor.
Born March 30th, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died January 9th, 1947 at 57 years old in Hollywood (ballistic trauma).
Grigory Petrovsky
Soviet politician.
Born February 4th, 1878 in Pechenihy.
Died January 9th, 1958 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Belgian politician (1919-2001).
Born May 22nd, 1919 in Forest.
Died January 9th, 2001 at 81 years old in Aalst (pneumonia).
Kenichi Fukui
Japanese chemist (1918-1998).
Born October 4th, 1918 in Heijō.
Died January 9th, 1998 at 79 years old in Kyoto (cancer).
Odvar Nordli
28th prime minister of norway.
Born November 3rd, 1927 in Stange. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2018 at 90 years old in Oslo (prostate cancer). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 171
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami