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June 29th
227 Notable deaths
Aleksey Sukletin
Soviet serial killer and cannibal.
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Kazan.
Died June 29th, 1987 at 44 years old in Kazan (execution by shooting).
Alan Peacock
English footballer (1937–2025).
Born October 29th, 1937 in Middlesbrough.
Died June 29th, 2025 at 87 years old [ref]
Georges Guillain
French neurologist (1876-1961).
Born March 3rd, 1876 in Rouen.
Died June 29th, 1961 at 85 years old in Paris.
James Cooley
American mathematician (1926-2016).
Born September 18th, 1926 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2016 at 89 years old in Huntington Beach. [ref]
Karekin I
Catholicoi of armenia (1932–1999).
Born August 27th, 1932 in Kesab.
Died June 29th, 1999 at 66 years old in Vagharshapat (cancer).
Jess Hahn
Actor (1921-1998).
Born October 29th, 1921 in Terre Haute.
Died June 29th, 1998 at 76 years old in Saint-Malo.
Maurice Raynaud
French doctor (1834-1881).
Born August 10th, 1834 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1881 at 46 years old in Meudon (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Han Yong-un
Korean writer (1879–1944).
Born August 29th, 1879 in Gyeongsang.
Died June 29th, 1944 at 64 years old in Seoul (disease).
Fabián Bielinsky
Argentine film director (1959–2006).
Born February 3rd, 1959 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 29th, 2006 at 47 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction).
Mehmed Spaho
Bosniak politician (1883-1939).
Born March 13th, 1883 in Sarajevo.
Died June 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Stipe Šuvar
Croatian sociologist (1936–2004).
Born February 17th, 1936 in Zagvozd.
Died June 29th, 2004 at 68 years old in Zagreb.
Tapley Seaton
Governor-general of saint kitts and nevis (2015-2023).
Born July 28th, 1950 in Saint Kitts.
Died June 29th, 2023 at 72 years old [ref]
Vasyl Slipak
Ukrainian opera singer.
Born December 20th, 1974 in Lviv. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2016 at 41 years old in Luhanske (gunshot wound). [ref]
Roy Rowland
American film director (1910–1995).
Born December 31st, 1910 in New York City.
Died June 29th, 1995 at 84 years old in Laguna Hills.
James W. Horne
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942).
Born December 14th, 1881 in San Francisco.
Died June 29th, 1942 at 60 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Jacqueline de Jong
Dutch painter (1939–2024).
Born February 3rd, 1939 in Hengelo. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2024 at 85 years old in Amsterdam (liver cancer). [ref]
Maximos V Hakim
Melkite greek catholic patriarch of antioch (1908–2001).
Died June 29th, 2001 at 93 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Nikolai Sukhanov
Soviet economist (1882-1940).
Born December 9th, 1882 in Moscow.
Died June 29th, 1940 at 57 years old in Omsk (gunshot wound).
Frank Hadow
British tennis player (1855-1946).
Born January 24th, 1855 in Regent's Park.
Died June 29th, 1946 at 91 years old in Bridgwater.
Karl Brugmann
German linguist (1849–1919).
Born March 16th, 1849 in Wiesbaden.
Died June 29th, 1919 at 70 years old in Leipzig.
Dionisio Ridruejo
Spanish poet (1912-1975).
Born October 12th, 1912 in El Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma.
Died June 29th, 1975 at 62 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction).
Luigi Manini
Italian architect (1848-1936).
Born March 8th, 1848 in Crema.
Died June 29th, 1936 at 88 years old in Brescia.
Ojo Maduekwe
Nigerian politician (1945–2016).
Born May 6th, 1945 in Ohafia. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2016 at 71 years old in Abuja. [ref]
Konstantinos Volanakis
Greek painter (1837-1907).
Born March 17th, 1837 in Heraklion.
Died June 29th, 1907 at 70 years old in Piraeus.
Alfred Dregger
German politician (1920-2002).
Born December 10th, 1920 in Münster.
Died June 29th, 2002 at 81 years old in Fulda.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel