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July 28th
145 Notable deaths
Frederick Stafford
Austrian actor (1928-1979).
Born March 11th, 1928 in Czechoslovakia, Piešťany. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1979 at 51 years old in Lugano. [ref]
Helen Traubel
American singer.
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1972 at 73 years old in Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
Trygve Haavelmo
Norwegian economist and econometrician.
Born December 13th, 1911 in Skedsmo.
Died July 28th, 1999 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Saint Alphonsa
Syro-malabar catholic franciscan religious sister.
Born August 19th, 1910 in Aymanam Grama Panchayat.
Died July 28th, 1946 at 35 years old in Bharananganam.
Ray Felix
American basketball player.
Born December 10th, 1930 in New York City.
Died July 28th, 1991 at 60 years old in Queens.
Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado
Cuban rebel & civil servant.
Born December 30th, 1923 in Villa Clara Province. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1980 at 56 years old in Havana.
Allvar Gullstrand
Swedish ophthalmologist (1862-1930).
Born June 5th, 1862 in Landskrona Parish. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1930 at 68 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Michel Audiard
French screenwriter and film director (1920-1985).
Born May 15th, 1920 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1985 at 65 years old in Dourdan (cancer). [ref]
Joan Finney
American politician (1925-2001).
Born February 12th, 1925 in Topeka.
Died July 28th, 2001 at 76 years old in Topeka (liver cancer).
Edward Natapei
Prime minister of vanuatu (1954-2015).
Born July 17th, 1954 in Futuna Island.
Died July 28th, 2015 at 61 years old in Port Vila (asthma). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 145
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks