December 29th
185 Notable deaths
Cássia Eller
Brazilian singer (1962-2001).
Born December 10th, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 29th, 2001 at 39 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Julius Axelrod
American biochemist.
Born May 30th, 1912 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2004 at 92 years old in Bethesda. [ref]
Besik Kudukhov
Olympic wrestler (1986-2013).
Born August 15th, 1986 in Tskhiloni.
Died December 29th, 2013 at 27 years old in Krasnodar Krai (traffic collision).
Akmal Shaikh
Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in china.
Born April 5th, 1956 in Pakistan.
Died December 29th, 2009 at 53 years old in Ürümqi (lethal injection). [ref]
Claude Bolling
French musician.
Born April 10th, 1930 in Cannes.
Died December 29th, 2020 at 90 years old in Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Brian Garfield
American writer (1939–2018).
Born January 26th, 1939 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2018 at 79 years old in Pasadena.
Don Marquis
American humorist.
Born July 29th, 1878 in Illinois. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1937 at 59 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Nadezhda Mandelstam
Russian writer and educator.
Born November 11th, 1899 in Saratov.
Died December 29th, 1980 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Frunzik Mkrtchyan
Soviet actor and theatre director (1930-1993).
Born July 4th, 1930 in Gyumri.
Died December 29th, 1993 at 63 years old in Yerevan (cancer).
John Paul Jr.
American racecar driver born in 1960.
Born February 19th, 1960 in Muncie.
Died December 29th, 2020 at 60 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 185
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir