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May 27th
138 Notable deaths
George Klir
American computer scientist.
Born April 22nd, 1932 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2016 at 84 years old in Vestal.
John Howard Northrop
American biochemist (1891-1987).
Born July 5th, 1891 in Yonkers.
Died May 27th, 1987 at 95 years old in Wickenburg. [ref]
Nils Christie
Norwegian sociologist and criminologist.
Born February 24th, 1928 in Oslo.
Died May 27th, 2015 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Frank Nelson Cole
American mathematician (1861–1926).
Born September 20th, 1861 in Ashland.
Died May 27th, 1926 at 64 years old in New York City.
Ingrid Visser
Dutch female volleyball player (1977-2013).
Died May 27th, 2013 at 35 years old in Murcia. [ref]
Rani
Pakistani actress and model (1946–1993).
Born December 8th, 1946 in Lahore.
Died May 27th, 1993 at 46 years old in Karachi.
Egon Petri
Dutch musician (1881-1962).
Born March 23rd, 1881 in Hanover. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1962 at 81 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Samad Vurgun
Azerbaijani-soviet writer (1906-1956).
Born March 21st, 1906 in Yukhary Salahly.
Died May 27th, 1956 at 50 years old in Baku (cancer, lung cancer).
Srečko Kosovel
Slovene poet.
Born March 18th, 1904 in Sežana. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1926 at 22 years old in Tomaj (meningitis). [ref]
Helma Sanders-Brahms
German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014).
Born November 20th, 1940 in Emden. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2014 at 73 years old in Berlin (cancer).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir