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April 6th
161 Notable deaths
Anita Borg
American computer scientist (1949-2003).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Chicago.
Died April 6th, 2003 at 54 years old in Sonoma (brain cancer).
Pannalal Patel
Gujarati author from india.
Born May 7th, 1912 in Dungarpur.
Died April 6th, 1989 at 76 years old in Ahmedabad.
Bigas Luna
Spanish cineast.
Born March 19th, 1946 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2013 at 67 years old in La Riera de Gaià (leukemia). [ref]
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident.
Born February 12th, 1936 in Beijing.
Died April 6th, 2012 at 76 years old in Tucson (disease). [ref]
Anatoly Dobrynin
Soviet russian diplomat and statesman (1919-2010).
Born November 16th, 1919 in Mozhaysk.
Died April 6th, 2010 at 90 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Bill Ponsford
Cricketer (1900-1991).
Born October 19th, 1900 in Melbourne.
Died April 6th, 1991 at 90 years old in Kyneton.
Emil Brunner
Swiss theologian (1889-1966).
Born December 23rd, 1889 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1966 at 76 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Red Norvo
American musician.
Born March 31st, 1908 in Beardstown. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1999 at 91 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Jacques Higelin
French actor and singer (1940-2018).
Born October 18th, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2018 at 77 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Giovanni Pascoli
Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912).
Born December 31st, 1855 in San Mauro Pascoli. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1912 at 56 years old in Bologna (liver cancer). [ref]
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