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April 29th
174 Notable deaths
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
German general.
Born June 22nd, 1893 in Elberfeld.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 51 years old in Halbe.
Leonid Khachiyan
Russian mathematician.
Born May 3rd, 1952 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 29th, 2005 at 52 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction).
Reuven Feuerstein
Israeli educator (1921-2014).
Born August 21st, 1921 in Botoșani. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2014 at 92 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Lin Zhao
Poet and writer.
Born December 16th, 1931 in Suzhou.
Died April 29th, 1968 at 36 years old in Shanghai (ballistic trauma).
Zdzisław Marchwicki
Polish serial killer.
Born October 18th, 1927 in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Died April 29th, 1977 at 49 years old in Katowice (hanging).
Maj Sjöwall
Swedish writer (1935–2020).
Born September 25th, 1935 in Stockholm.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 84 years old in Landskrona. [ref]
Rose Laurens
French singer-songwriter.
Born March 4th, 1951 in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2018 at 67 years old in 3rd arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Lester James Peries
Sri lankan film director.
Born April 5th, 1919 in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.
Died April 29th, 2018 at 99 years old in Colombo.
J. B. Lenoir
African american blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Born March 5th, 1929 in Monticello. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1967 at 38 years old in Urbana (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Luis García Meza Tejada
Bolivian dictator (1929-2018).
Born August 8th, 1929 in La Paz. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2018 at 88 years old in La Paz (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 174
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan