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July 22nd
132 Notable deaths
Édouard Louis Joseph 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 Zlatoust, Yuryuzan.
Died July 22nd, 1978 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Martti Talvela
Finnish operatic bass.
Born February 4th, 1935 in Khiytola. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1989 at 54 years old in Inkilä Manor (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bertie Peacock
Northern irish association football player and manager (1928-2004).
Born September 29th, 1928 in Coleraine.
Died July 22nd, 2004 at 75 years old in Belfast.
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann
German world war ii military aviator.
Born November 22nd, 1915 in Giessen.
Died July 22nd, 1982 at 66 years old in Greenwich.
Artyom Tarasov
Russian activist.
Born July 4th, 1950 in Moscow.
Died July 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Mark Leduc
Boxer (1962-2009).
Born May 4th, 1962 in Toronto.
Died July 22nd, 2009 at 47 years old in Toronto (hyperthermia). [ref]
Antonio Saura
Spanish artist (1930-1998).
Born September 22nd, 1930 in Huesca. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1998 at 67 years old in Cuenca. [ref]
Fritz Hellwig
German politician (1912-2017).
Born August 3rd, 1912 in Saarbrücken.
Died July 22nd, 2017 at 104 years old in Bonn.
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