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Female notables
10 Notable deaths
A. S. Byatt
British writer (1936–2023).
Born August 24th, 1936 in Sheffield.
Died November 16th, 2023 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Zahara
South african musician (1987–2023).
Born November 9th, 1987 in East London.
Died December 11th, 2023 at 36 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Hedwig Potthast
Private secretary and mistress of heinrich himmler.
Born February 5th, 1912 in Cologne.
Died September 22nd, 1994 at 82 years old in Baden-Baden.
Linda Manz
American actress (1961-2020).
Born August 20th, 1961 in New York City.
Died August 14th, 2020 at 58 years old in Palmdale (pneumonia). [ref]
Susan Peters
American actress (1921–1952).
Born July 3rd, 1921 in Spokane.
Died October 23rd, 1952 at 31 years old in Visalia (pneumonia, pyelonephritis, bronchopneumonia, starvation).
Sylvia Pankhurst
English feminist and socialist (1882–1960).
Born May 5th, 1882 in Trafford. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1960 at 78 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Françoise Dorléac
French actress (1942–1967).
Born March 21st, 1942 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 26th, 1967 at 25 years old in Villeneuve-Loubet (traffic collision).
Ellen Axson Wilson
First lady of the united states from 1913 to 1914.
Born May 15th, 1860 in Savannah.
Died August 6th, 1914 at 54 years old in White House (nephritis).
Barbara Ehrenreich
American writer and journalist (1941–2022).
Born August 26th, 1941 in Butte.
Died September 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Alexandria (stroke). [ref]
Marie Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958).
Born October 15th, 1880 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1958 at 77 years old in Dorking (breast cancer). [ref]
Deaths 1851 to 1860 of 13923
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett