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March 9th
179 Notable deaths
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria
Pope of the coptic orthodox church and saint.
Born August 2nd, 1902 in Damanhur.
Died March 9th, 1971 at 68 years old in Cairo.
C. Northcote Parkinson
British naval historian.
Born July 30th, 1909 in Barnard Castle. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1993 at 83 years old in Canterbury. [ref]
Richard K. Guy
British mathematician (1916-2020).
Born September 30th, 1916 in Nuneaton.
Died March 9th, 2020 at 103 years old in Calgary. [ref]
Bobby Locke
South african golfer.
Born November 20th, 1917 in Germiston.
Died March 9th, 1987 at 69 years old in Johannesburg (meningitis).
Charles Brackett
American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer.
Born November 26th, 1892 in Saratoga Springs.
Died March 9th, 1969 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Jung Jae-sung
South korean badminton player.
Born August 25th, 1982 in Jeonju. [ref]
Died March 9th, 2018 at 35 years old in Hwaseong (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
German general.
Born June 15th, 1889 in Kołobrzeg.
Died March 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Alexis Vastine
French boxer.
Born November 17th, 1986 in Pont-Audemer. [ref]
Died March 9th, 2015 at 28 years old in Villa Castelli (aviation accident). [ref]
Erling Lorentzen
Norwegian businessman (1923-2021).
Born January 28th, 1923 in Oslo, Christiania. [ref]
Died March 9th, 2021 at 98 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist.
Born August 2nd, 1944 in Recife.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 71 years old in Recife (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 179
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson