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July 22nd
148 Notable deaths
Ted Fio Rito
American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist (1900–1971).
Born December 20th, 1900 in Newark.
Died July 22nd, 1971 at 70 years old in Scottsdale (myocardial infarction).
Fritz Kortner
Actor; theatre director.
Born May 12th, 1892 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1970 at 78 years old in Munich (leukemia). [ref]
Bohdan Stupka
Ukrainian actor (1941-2012).
Born August 27th, 1941 in Kulykiv. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2012 at 70 years old in Feofaniya Clinical Hospital (bone cancer). [ref]
Ariadna Scriabina
Russian poet and activist in the french resistance (1905-1944).
Born October 26th, 1905 in Bogliasco.
Died July 22nd, 1944 at 38 years old in Toulouse.
J. Meade Falkner
British writer.
Born May 8th, 1858 in Wiltshire.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 74 years old in Durham.
Lawrie Reilly
Scottish footballer (1928–2013).
Born October 28th, 1928 in Edinburgh.
Died July 22nd, 2013 at 84 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Curnonsky
French food writer (1872–1956).
Born October 12th, 1872 in Angers.
Died July 22nd, 1956 at 83 years old in Paris.
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Gymnast (1921–2001).
Born October 17th, 1921 in Yevpatoriia.
Died July 22nd, 2001 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv.
Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
Engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929).
Born September 20th, 1852 in Belœil.
Died July 22nd, 1929 at 76 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.
Mikhail Pervukhin
First vice-premier of the soviet union (1904-1978).
Born October 14th, 1904 in Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy