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July 21st
197 Notable deaths
Ellen Terry
English actress (1847–1928).
Born February 27th, 1847 in Coventry.
Died July 21st, 1928 at 81 years old in Small Hythe (stroke).
Arshile Gorky
Armenian-american painter (1904–1948).
Born April 15th, 1904 in Dilkaya.
Died July 21st, 1948 at 44 years old in Sherman (hanging to death).
Sergei Parajanov
Soviet armenian and georgian film director (1924-1990).
Born January 9th, 1924 in Tbilisi.
Died July 21st, 1990 at 66 years old in Yerevan (lung cancer).
Robert Green Ingersoll
American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899).
Born August 11th, 1833 in Dresden. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1899 at 65 years old in Dobbs Ferry (heart failure). [ref]
Robert M. Morgenthau
American lawyer, district attorney for new york county, new york.
Born July 31st, 1919 in Manhattan.
Died July 21st, 2019 at 99 years old in Manhattan.
Djemal Pasha
Turkish general and politician (1872-1922).
Born May 6th, 1872 in Mytilene.
Died July 21st, 1922 at 50 years old in Tbilisi.
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
King of bhutan (1929-1972).
Born May 2nd, 1929 in Thimphu. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1972 at 43 years old in Nairobi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pedro Lascuráin
President of mexico for 45 minutes in 1913.
Born May 8th, 1856 in Mexico City.
Died July 21st, 1952 at 96 years old in Mexico City.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Indian barrister and first president of indian national congress (1844-1906).
Born December 29th, 1844 in Kolkata.
Died July 21st, 1906 at 61 years old in Croydon.
Deborah Watling
English actress (1948-2017).
Born January 2nd, 1948 in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 69 years old in Frinton-on-Sea (lung cancer). [ref]
Elmarie Wendel
American actress and singer (1928-2018).
Born November 23rd, 1928 in Howard County.
Died July 21st, 2018 at 89 years old (disease). [ref]
Werner von Haeften
German resistance fighter (1908–1944).
Born October 9th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 35 years old in Tiergarten (gunshot wound).
Washington Roebling
American civil engineer (1837–1926).
Born May 26th, 1837 in Saxonburg.
Died July 21st, 1926 at 89 years old in Trenton.
Luana Anders
American actress (1938-1996).
Born May 12th, 1938 in New York City.
Died July 21st, 1996 at 58 years old in Mar Vista (breast cancer).
Dave Garroway
Television journalist (1913-1982).
Born July 13th, 1913 in Schenectady.
Died July 21st, 1982 at 69 years old in Swarthmore (gunshot wound).
Arthur Greiser
German politician (nsdap), mdr, senate president of the free city of danzig, reich governor and gauleiter of the nsdap, waffen-ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1897–1946).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Środa Wielkopolska.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 49 years old in Fort Winiary (hanging to death).
Rexford Tugwell
American economist, academic, and former governor of puerto rico (1891–1979).
Born July 10th, 1891 in Sinclairville. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1979 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Gus Dudgeon
English record producer (1942-2002).
Born September 30th, 1942 in Surrey. [ref]
Died July 21st, 2002 at 59 years old in Reading (traffic collision). [ref]
Peter Doohan
Australian tennis player (1961–2017).
Born May 2nd, 1961 in Newcastle.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 56 years old in Tulsa (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Ruth St. Denis
American dancer (1879-1968).
Born January 20th, 1879 in Newark.
Died July 21st, 1968 at 89 years old in Hyatt Place Dubai Al Rigga.
Gangubai Hangal
Indian singer (1913-2009).
Born March 5th, 1913 in Hangal.
Died July 21st, 2009 at 96 years old in Hubballi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
German resistance member (1905-1944).
Born March 25th, 1905 in Munich.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 39 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Salah ad-Din al-Bitar
Syrian politician (1912-1980).
Born May 5th, 1912 in Damascus.
Died July 21st, 1980 at 68 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Susanne Lothar
German actress (1960-2012).
Born November 15th, 1960 in Hamburg.
Died July 21st, 2012 at 51 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde