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June 21st
135 Notable deaths
Edward Abramowski
Polish philosopher, libertarian socialist, anarchist, psychologist and ethician (1868-1918).
Born August 17th, 1868 in Vasilkovskiy Uyezd. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1918 at 49 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Eduard Erdmann
German musician.
Born March 5th, 1896 in Cēsis. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1958 at 62 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
İlhan Selçuk
Turkish journalist.
Born March 11th, 1925 in Aydın.
Died June 21st, 2010 at 85 years old in Istanbul (organ dysfunction). [ref]
Lev Kassil
Soviet writer (1905-1970).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Engels.
Died June 21st, 1970 at 64 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karl Krolow
German poet and translator (1915-1999).
Born March 11th, 1915 in Hanover. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1999 at 84 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Heinrich Kaminski
German composer.
Born July 4th, 1886 in Waldshut-Tiengen. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1946 at 59 years old in Kochel. [ref]
Elise Richter
Austrian romanist.
Born March 2nd, 1865 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1943 at 78 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Anastasio Ballestrero
Catholic cardinal (1913-1998).
Born October 3rd, 1913 in Genoa. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1998 at 84 years old in Ameglia. [ref]
György Bálint
Hungarian gardener, politician, journalist (1919-2020).
Born July 28th, 1919 in Gyöngyös.
Died June 21st, 2020 at 100 years old in Kistarcsa (pneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman
Swedish botanist (1856-1928).
Born April 6th, 1856 in Halmstad. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1928 at 72 years old in Adolf Fredriks parish. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 135
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom