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September 11th
195 Notable deaths
Eva Justin
German anthropologist.
Born August 23rd, 1909 in Dresden.
Died September 11th, 1966 at 57 years old in Offenbach am Main (cancer).
Bella Darvi
Actress (1928-1971).
Born October 23rd, 1928 in Sosnowiec.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 42 years old in Monte Carlo (asphyxia).
Noel Streatfeild
British children's author 1895-1986.
Born December 24th, 1896 in Sussex, Frant. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1986 at 89 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Jean Longuet
French politician (1876-1938).
Born May 10th, 1876 in London. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1938 at 62 years old in Aix-les-Bains (traffic collision). [ref]
Aleksei Kapler
Soviet film director (1903–1979).
Born October 24th, 1904 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1979 at 74 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Yu Menglong
Chinese actor (1988-2025).
Born June 15th, 1988 in Ürümqi.
Died September 11th, 2025 at 37 years old in Chaoyang District (falling, polytrauma). [ref]
Howard T. Odum
American ecologist.
Born September 1st, 1924 in Durham.
Died September 11th, 2002 at 78 years old in Gainesville.
Georges Guynemer
French flying ace.
Born December 24th, 1894 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1917 at 22 years old in Langemark-Poelkapelle (killed in action). [ref]
J. P. Donleavy
Novelist, playwright, essayist (1926-2017).
Born April 23rd, 1926 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 11th, 2017 at 91 years old in Mullingar (stroke). [ref]
F. F. Bruce
British biblical scholar (1910-1990).
Born October 12th, 1910 in Elgin.
Died September 11th, 1990 at 79 years old in Buxton.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 195
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut