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June 22nd
154 Notable deaths
Jens Otto Krag
Danish politician (1914-1978).
Born September 15th, 1914 in Randers.
Died June 22nd, 1978 at 63 years old in Skiveren (heart failure).
Pierino Prati
Italian footballer (1946-2020).
Born December 13th, 1946 in Cinisello Balsamo.
Died June 22nd, 2020 at 73 years old in Catania (cancer). [ref]
Ilya Frank
Soviet physicist.
Born October 23rd, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 22nd, 1990 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Marston Morse
American mathematician (1892–1977).
Born March 24th, 1892 in Waterville.
Died June 22nd, 1977 at 85 years old in Princeton.
Horst-Dieter Höttges
German association football player (1943–2023).
Born September 10th, 1943 in Mönchengladbach.
Died June 22nd, 2023 at 79 years old in Verden. [ref]
Karl Taylor Compton
American physicist (1887–1954).
Born September 14th, 1887 in Wooster.
Died June 22nd, 1954 at 66 years old in New York City.
George Siegmann
American actor and film director (1882-1928).
Born February 8th, 1882 in New York City.
Died June 22nd, 1928 at 46 years old in Hollywood (pernicious anemia).
Per Wahlöö
Swedish writer (1926-1975).
Born August 5th, 1926 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1975 at 48 years old in Malmö (cancer). [ref]
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi
Syrian theologian and philosopher.
Born July 8th, 1855 in Aleppo. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1902 at 46 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
Turkish philosopher (1951–2016).
Born February 5th, 1951 in Bayburt.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 65 years old in Istanbul (stomach cancer). [ref]
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson