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Female notables
10 Notable deaths
Ruth Snyder
American murderer (1895-1928).
Born March 27th, 1895 in New York City.
Died January 12th, 1928 at 32 years old in Sing Sing (electrocution).
Yuri Kochiyama
American civil rights activist (1921-2014).
Born May 19th, 1921 in San Pedro.
Died June 2nd, 2014 at 93 years old in Berkeley.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
American philanthropist, schoolteacher (1839-1915).
Born September 9th, 1839 in Wadsworth.
Died March 12th, 1915 at 75 years old in Kykuit.
Mira Furlan
Croatian actress and singer (1955–2021).
Born September 7th, 1955 in Zagreb.
Died January 20th, 2021 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (West Nile virus). [ref]
Ethel Barrymore
American actress (1879–1959).
Born August 15th, 1879 in Philadelphia.
Died June 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Mary Ann Nichols
Whitechapel murder victim (1845-1888).
Born August 26th, 1845 in London.
Died August 31st, 1888 at 43 years old in Whitechapel (exsanguination).
Celeste Holm
American actress (1917–2012).
Born April 29th, 1917 in New York City.
Died July 15th, 2012 at 95 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Maureen Stapleton
American actress (1925-2006).
Died March 13th, 2006 at 80 years old in Lenox (lung disease).
Sòng Měilíng
Chiang kai-shek's wife, first lady of the republic of china (1898–2003).
Born March 4th, 1898 in Pudong. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2003 at 105 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Anna Leonowens
British educator and writer (1831-1915).
Born November 6th, 1834 in Ahilyanagar. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1915 at 80 years old in Montreal.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon