July 29th
157 Notable deaths
Harold Sakata
American sportsman and actor (1920-1982).
Born July 1st, 1920 in Holualoa.
Died July 29th, 1982 at 62 years old in Honolulu (liver cancer).
Carl Levin
American politician (1934-2021).
Born June 28th, 1934 in Detroit.
Died July 29th, 2021 at 87 years old in Henry Ford Hospital. [ref]
Dorothy Hodgkin
British chemist.
Born May 12th, 1910 in Cairo. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1994 at 84 years old in Ilmington (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Nafisa Joseph
Model, television personality.
Born March 28th, 1978 in Bengaluru.
Died July 29th, 2004 at 26 years old in Mumbai (hanging).
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Nigerian military leader (1924-1966).
Born March 3rd, 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State.
Died July 29th, 1966 at 42 years old in Ibadan.
Chris Marker
French filmmaker.
Born July 29th, 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died July 29th, 2012 at 91 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Christian Benítez
Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013).
Died July 29th, 2013 at 27 years old in Doha (peritonitis). [ref]
Erich Kästner
German children's writer.
Born February 23rd, 1899 in Dresden. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1974 at 75 years old in Munich (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Russian-american engineer (1888–1982).
Born July 29th, 1888 in Murom. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1982 at 94 years old in Princeton.
Oliver Dragojević
Croatian pop singer (1947-2018).
Born December 7th, 1947 in Split.
Died July 29th, 2018 at 70 years old in Split (lung cancer). [ref]
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore