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November 9th
185 Notable deaths
Al Cervi
American basketball player and coach (1917-2009).
Born February 12th, 1917 in Buffalo.
Died November 9th, 2009 at 92 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Greg Ballard
American basketball player.
Born January 29th, 1955 in Los Angeles.
Died November 9th, 2016 at 61 years old (prostate cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Chertkov
Russian editor.
Born November 3rd, 1854 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1936 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Carl Ben Eielson
American aviator and explorer (1897-1929).
Born January 20th, 1897 in North Dakota.
Died November 9th, 1929 at 32 years old in Alaska.
Jakucho Setouchi
Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021).
Born May 15th, 1922 in Tokushima.
Died November 9th, 2021 at 99 years old in Kyoto (heart failure). [ref]
Cecília Meireles
Brazilian writer.
Born November 7th, 1901 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1964 at 63 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer). [ref]
Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Nikola Simić
Actor, theater actor, film actor.
Born May 18th, 1934 in Belgrade.
Died November 9th, 2014 at 80 years old in Belgrade (cancer).
Isaac Newton Lewis
American soldier and inventor of the lewis gun (1858–1931).
Born October 12th, 1858 in Pennsylvania.
Died November 9th, 1931 at 73 years old in Hoboken.
Vittorio Vidali
Italian spy and politician.
Born September 27th, 1900 in Muggia.
Died November 9th, 1983 at 83 years old in Trieste.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 185
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius