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September 25th
180 Notable deaths
Wangari Muta Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the nobel peace prize in 2004.
Born April 1st, 1940 in Nyeri.
Died September 25th, 2011 at 71 years old in Nairobi (ovarian cancer).
Hugo Black
U.s. supreme court justice (1886-1971).
Born February 27th, 1886 in Ashland.
Died September 25th, 1971 at 85 years old in Bethesda (stroke).
M. Scott Peck
American psychiatrist.
Born May 22nd, 1936 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2005 at 69 years old in Connecticut (Parkinson's disease, pancreatic cancer).
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Professor of the ecology of human development.
Born April 29th, 1917 in Moscow.
Died September 25th, 2005 at 88 years old in Ithaca (diabetes). [ref]
Tony Booth
English actor (1931-2017).
Born October 9th, 1931 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2017 at 85 years old in Todmorden (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Théoneste Bagosora
Rwandan convicted of genocide.
Born August 16th, 1941 in Gisenyi.
Died September 25th, 2021 at 80 years old in Bamako (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Emily Post
American writer and etiquette expert.
Born October 27th, 1872 in Baltimore.
Died September 25th, 1960 at 87 years old in New York City.
Paul Ehrenfest
Austrian and dutch theoretical physicist (1880–1933).
Born January 18th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 25th, 1933 at 53 years old in Amsterdam (gunshot wound).
Agnes von Kurowsky
American nurse and muse for ernest hemingway (1892–1984).
Born January 5th, 1892 in Germantown.
Died September 25th, 1984 at 92 years old in Gulfport.
Stanisław Sosabowski
Polish general (1892-1967).
Born May 8th, 1892 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Died September 25th, 1967 at 75 years old in United Kingdom.
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