December 30th
195 Notable deaths
Fritz Leonhardt
German engineer.
Born July 11th, 1909 in Stuttgart.
Died December 30th, 1999 at 90 years old in Stuttgart.
Mikhail Somov
Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer.
Born April 7th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died December 30th, 1973 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Franjo Šeper
Croatian cardinal.
Born October 2nd, 1905 in Osijek.
Died December 30th, 1981 at 76 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
Joan Brossa
Spanish artist.
Born January 19th, 1919 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1998 at 79 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Elene Akhvlediani
20th-century georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator (1901–1975).
Born April 18th, 1901 in Telavi. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1975 at 74 years old in Tbilisi.
Riichi Yokomitsu
Japanese writer (1898-1947).
Born March 17th, 1898 in Aizuwakamatsu.
Died December 30th, 1947 at 49 years old in Tokyo (peritonitis).
Paul Richter
Austrian actor.
Born April 1st, 1895 in Vienna.
Died December 30th, 1961 at 66 years old in Vienna.
Bert Bolin
Swedish meteorologist.
Born March 15th, 1925 in Nyköping.
Died December 30th, 2007 at 82 years old in Danderyd (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hermann Paul Müller
German motorcycle racer (1909–1975).
Born November 21st, 1909 in Bielefeld. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1975 at 66 years old in Ingolstadt.
Lya Luft
Brazilian writer (1938–2021).
Born September 15th, 1938 in Santa Cruz do Sul.
Died December 30th, 2021 at 83 years old in Porto Alegre (melanoma). [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks