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September 21st
173 Notable deaths
Günter Kunert
German writer (1929-2019).
Born March 6th, 1929 in Berlin.
Died September 21st, 2019 at 90 years old in Kaisborstel (pneumonia). [ref]
Rosario Livatino
Italian judge (1952–1990).
Born October 3rd, 1952 in Canicattì.
Died September 21st, 1990 at 37 years old in Agrigento. [ref]
Esfir Shub
Soviet film director and film editor (1894-1959).
Born March 16th, 1894 in Surazh.
Died September 21st, 1959 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Lidia Ruslanova
Russian and soviet singer (1900-1973).
Born October 27th, 1900 in Alexandrovka.
Died September 21st, 1973 at 72 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Paulette Dubost
French actress.
Born October 8th, 1910 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 21st, 2011 at 100 years old in Longjumeau. [ref]
Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya
Russian painter and memoirist (1864-1950).
Born October 16th, 1864 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died September 21st, 1950 at 85 years old in Rome.
Francisco Ascaso
Spanish anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1936).
Born April 1st, 1901 in Almudévar.
Died September 21st, 1936 at 35 years old in Barcelona.
Fidel Pagés
Spanish author, the pioneer of lumbar epidural anaesthesia.
Born January 26th, 1886 in Huesca. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1923 at 37 years old in Quintanapalla (traffic collision). [ref]
Bobby Wilson
British tennis player (1935–2020).
Born November 22nd, 1935 in Hendon.
Died September 21st, 2020 at 84 years old in Hendon. [ref]
Mustai Karim
Bashkir soviet poet, writer and playwright (1919–2005).
Born October 20th, 1919 in Klyashevo.
Died September 21st, 2005 at 85 years old in Ufa. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 173
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson