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November 21st
202 Notable deaths
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Turkish general (1940–2019).
Born September 1st, 1940 in Eyüp.
Died November 21st, 2019 at 79 years old in Sarıyer (heart failure).
Borisav Stanković
Serbian writer (1875–1927).
Born March 22nd, 1876 in Vranje.
Died November 21st, 1927 at 51 years old in Belgrade.
Hermann Sudermann
German dramatist and novelist (1857–1928).
Born September 30th, 1857 in Mažeikiai.
Died November 21st, 1928 at 71 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet
Scottish ornithologist and naturalist (1800–1874).
Born February 23rd, 1800 in Edinburgh.
Died November 21st, 1874 at 74 years old in Sandown.
Władysław Bortnowski
Polish historian and general.
Born November 12th, 1891 in Radom.
Died November 21st, 1966 at 75 years old in Glen Cove.
Maurizio Arena
Italian actor (1933–1979).
Born December 26th, 1933 in Rome.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 45 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest, renal colic).
Yulia Drunina
Soviet poet (1924–1991).
Born May 10th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died November 21st, 1991 at 67 years old in Sovietsky Pisatel (asphyxia, carbon monoxide poisoning).
Asja Lācis
Latvian actor and theatre director (1891–1979).
Born October 19th, 1891 in Līgatne, Ķempji Parish.
Died November 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Riga.
Felice Bonetto
Italian racing driver.
Born June 9th, 1903 in Manerbio.
Died November 21st, 1953 at 50 years old in Silao.
Walter Rilla
German actor (1894–1980).
Born August 22nd, 1895 in Neunkirchen.
Died November 21st, 1980 at 85 years old in Rosenheim.
Florence Reed
American stage and film actress (1883-1967).
Born January 10th, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died November 21st, 1967 at 84 years old in East Islip (disease).
Nina Ruslanova
Soviet and russian actress (1945-2021).
Born December 5th, 1945 in Bohodukhiv.
Died November 21st, 2021 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Herbert Saffir
American civil engineer, co-author of the saffir-simpson scale of hurricanes.
Born March 29th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died November 21st, 2007 at 90 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Dorothy Jeakins
American costume designer (1914-1995).
Born January 11th, 1914 in San Diego.
Died November 21st, 1995 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.
Jerónimo Saavedra
Spanish politician and academic (1936–2023).
Born July 3rd, 1936 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Died November 21st, 2023 at 87 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Bruno Leoni
Italian philosopher and lawyer (1913–1967).
Born April 26th, 1913 in Ancona.
Died November 21st, 1967 at 54 years old in Turin.
Ernest Lluch
Spanish politician and economist (1937-2000).
Born January 21st, 1937 in Vilassar de Mar.
Died November 21st, 2000 at 63 years old in Barcelona (gunshot wound). [ref]
Benjamin Ward Richardson
British physician and medical historian (1828–1896).
Born October 31st, 1828 in Somerby.
Died November 21st, 1896 at 68 years old in London.
Petre Ispirescu
Romanian writer, collector of fairy tales, and printer (1830–1887).
Born January 21st, 1830 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1887 at 57 years old in Bucharest.
Gustav Roch
Mathematician from germany.
Born December 9th, 1839 in Dresden.
Died November 21st, 1866 at 26 years old in Venice (tuberculosis).
Oliver Friggieri
20th century maltese philosopher and writer (1947–2020).
Born March 27th, 1947 in Floriana.
Died November 21st, 2020 at 73 years old [ref]
Mariano Fortuny Marsal
Spanish painter (1838-1874).
Died November 21st, 1874 at 36 years old in Rome.
Teijirō Toyoda
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy (1885-1961).
Born August 7th, 1885 in Wakayama Prefecture.
Died November 21st, 1961 at 76 years old in Tokyo (kidney cancer).
Hans Zassenhaus
German mathematician (1912–1991).
Born May 28th, 1912 in Koblenz.
Died November 21st, 1991 at 79 years old in Columbus.
Pierre Blanchar
French actor (1892–1963).
Born June 30th, 1892 in Skikda.
Died November 21st, 1963 at 71 years old in Suresnes (brain cancer).
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black