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September 29th
171 Notable deaths
Balamani Amma
Indian writer and poet.
Born July 19th, 1909 in Punnayurkulam.
Died September 29th, 2004 at 95 years old in Kochi (Alzheimer's disease).
Shūsaku Endō
Author from japan.
Born March 27th, 1923 in Nishisugamo.
Died September 29th, 1996 at 73 years old in Keio University Hospital (pneumonia, hepatitis). [ref]
Anastasio Somoza García
Former president of nicaragua (1896–1956).
Born February 1st, 1896 in San Marcos.
Died September 29th, 1956 at 60 years old in Ancón (gunshot wound).
Richard S. Hamilton
American mathematician (1943–2024).
Born December 19th, 1943 in Cincinnati.
Died September 29th, 2024 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Otis Rush
American musician.
Born April 29th, 1935 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2018 at 83 years old in Chicago (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Mickey Newbury
American recording artist; singer-songwriter.
Born May 19th, 1940 in Houston. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2002 at 62 years old in Springfield (pulmonary fibrosis).
Matangini Hazra
Martyr of india's independence movement.
Born October 19th, 1870 in Tamluk.
Died September 29th, 1942 at 71 years old (shootout).
Willem Einthoven
Dutch physiologist.
Born May 21st, 1860 in Semarang. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1927 at 67 years old in Leiden.
Phil Woods
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (1931–2015).
Born November 2nd, 1931 in Springfield.
Died September 29th, 2015 at 83 years old in Stroudsburg (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
André Kertész
Hungarian photographer (1894–1985).
Born February 7th, 1894 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1985 at 91 years old in New York City. [ref]
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin