July 4th
169 Notable deaths
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
French/swiss billionaire (1946-2009).
Born June 14th, 1946 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 2009 at 63 years old in Zürich (leukemia). [ref]
Eva Mozes Kor
Romanian-born holocaust survivor and author (1934-2019).
Born January 31st, 1935 in Porț. [ref]
Died July 4th, 2019 at 84 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Evelyn Keyes
American film actress.
Born November 20th, 1919 in Port Arthur.
Died July 4th, 2008 at 88 years old in Montecito (uterine cancer).
Anne Shirley
American actress (1918-1993).
Born April 17th, 1918 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1993 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Gregory Bateson
English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980).
Born May 9th, 1904 in Grantchester. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1980 at 76 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player.
Born May 24th, 1899 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 39 years old in Paris (leukemia, pernicious anemia). [ref]
Barnett Newman
American painter.
Born January 29th, 1905 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1970 at 65 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Władysław Sikorski
Polish military and political leader (1881-1943).
Born May 20th, 1881 in Tuszów Narodowy.
Died July 4th, 1943 at 62 years old in Gibraltar (1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash).
Georgette Heyer
British historical romance and detective fiction novelist.
Born August 16th, 1902 in Wimbledon. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1974 at 71 years old in Guy's Hospital. [ref]
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born May 30th, 1922 in Hamburg.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman