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July 4th
194 Notable deaths
André Claveau
French recording artist; singer (1911–2003).
Born December 29th, 1911 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 2003 at 91 years old in Agen.
Win Maung
President of burma (1916-1989).
Born April 17th, 1916 in Ayeyarwady Region.
Died July 4th, 1989 at 73 years old in Yangon.
Karim Sanjabi
Persian jurist and politician and founder of the national front.
Born September 11th, 1905 in Kermanshah. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1995 at 89 years old in Carbondale.
Leonid Stein
Soviet chess player (1934-1973).
Born November 12th, 1934 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died July 4th, 1973 at 38 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Bengt Danielsson
Swedish ethnographer and anthropologist.
Born July 6th, 1921 in Krokek.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 75 years old in Stockholm.
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Polish writer, world war ii underground fighter, and political dissident.
Born May 20th, 1919 in Kielce. [ref]
Died July 4th, 2000 at 81 years old in Naples. [ref]
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Composer (1901–1983).
Born October 29th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 4th, 1983 at 81 years old in Rome.
John Zachary Young
English zoologist and neurophysiologist. professor of anatomy and author; (1907-1997).
Born March 18th, 1907 in Bristol.
Died July 4th, 1997 at 90 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Polish writer and translator (1874–1941).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Warsaw.
Died July 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound).
Mansoor Hekmat
Iranian politician (1951-2002).
Born June 4th, 1951 in Tehran.
Died July 4th, 2002 at 51 years old in London (cancer).
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