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Top causes of death
| 11 | Myocardial Infarction |
| 6 | Pneumonia |
| 5 | Cancer |
| 4 | Lung Cancer |
| 3 | Laryngeal Cancer |
Top death places
| 6 | Los Angeles |
| 5 | Paris |
| 5 | Moscow |
| 4 | Copenhagen |
| 4 | New York City |
Top 5 notable deaths.
Alfred Hitchcock
British filmmaker (1899–1980).
Born August 13th, 1899 in Leytonstone. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1980 at 80 years old in Bel Air (kidney failure). [ref]
Irrfan Khan
Indian actor (1967–2020).
Born January 7th, 1967 in Tonk.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 53 years old in Mumbai (neuroendocrine tumor). [ref]
Bob Hoskins
English actor (1942–2014).
Born October 26th, 1942 in Bury St Edmunds.
Died April 29th, 2014 at 71 years old in Bury St Edmunds (pneumonia). [ref]
John Singleton
American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1968–2019).
Born January 6th, 1968 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2019 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (stroke, arterial hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951).
Born April 26th, 1889 in Neuwaldegg. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1951 at 62 years old in Cambridge (prostate cancer). [ref]
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Top birth places
| 9 | New York City |
| 7 | Budapest |
| 7 | Berlin |
| 6 | London |
| 6 | Rome |
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis