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March 27th
171 Notable deaths
Ettore Majorana
Italian physicist.
Born August 5th, 1906 in Catania.
Died March 27th, 1938 at 31 years old in Italy. [ref]
David McClelland
American psychological theorist (1917-1998).
Born May 20th, 1917 in Mount Vernon.
Died March 27th, 1998 at 80 years old in Lexington.
Warren Stevens
American actor (1919–2012).
Born November 2nd, 1919 in Clarks Summit.
Died March 27th, 2012 at 92 years old in Sherman Oaks (lung disease). [ref]
Joseph Lowery
American minister (1921–2020).
Born October 6th, 1921 in Huntsville.
Died March 27th, 2020 at 98 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
James R. Schlesinger
United states secretary of defense; united states secretary of energy; economist, academic and educator (1929-2014).
Born February 15th, 1929 in New York City.
Died March 27th, 2014 at 85 years old in Baltimore (pneumonia).
Grant Withers
American film actor (1905-1959).
Born January 17th, 1905 in Pueblo.
Died March 27th, 1959 at 54 years old in North Hollywood (drug overdose).
Vasily Smyslov
Soviet chess grandmaster.
Born March 24th, 1921 in Moscow.
Died March 27th, 2010 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Kate Reid
English-born canadian stage, film and television actress (1930-1993).
Born November 4th, 1930 in London.
Died March 27th, 1993 at 62 years old in Stratford (brain cancer).
Michael Joseph Savage
First labour prime minister of new zealand (1872-1940).
Born March 23rd, 1872 in Tatong.
Died March 27th, 1940 at 68 years old in Wellington (colorectal cancer).
Ahmad Zaki
Egyptian actor (1949–2005).
Born November 18th, 1949 in Banha.
Died March 27th, 2005 at 55 years old in 6th of October City (lung cancer).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 171
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi