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Female notables
10 Notable deaths
Pauline Boty
Pop art painter (1938–1966).
Born March 6th, 1938 in London.
Died July 1st, 1966 at 28 years old in Royal Marsden Hospital (thymoma).
Kalpana Lajmi
Indian film director.
Born May 31st, 1954 in Mumbai.
Died September 23rd, 2018 at 64 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Michelle Nicastro
American actress, singer (1960–2010).
Born March 31st, 1960 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 4th, 2010 at 50 years old in Los Angeles (breast cancer).
Jessie Matthews
English actress, singer and dancer (1907–1981).
Born March 11th, 1907 in Soho.
Died August 19th, 1981 at 74 years old in Eastcote (cancer).
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
American physician (1831 - 1895).
Born February 8th, 1831 in Christiana.
Died March 9th, 1895 at 64 years old
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009).
Died April 12th, 2009 at 58 years old in Manhattan, New York City (breast cancer). [ref]
Cicely Courtneidge
English actress and comedian (1893–1980).
Born April 1st, 1893 in Sydney.
Died April 26th, 1980 at 87 years old in Putney.
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and musician (1932–2016).
Born May 30th, 1932 in Houston. [ref]
Died November 25th, 2016 at 84 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Barbara Pym
British writer (1913–1980).
Born June 2nd, 1913 in Oswestry.
Died January 11th, 1980 at 66 years old in Finstock (breast cancer).
Gillian Lynne
British ballet dancer, actress, choreographer and director (1926-2018).
Born February 20th, 1926 in Bromley.
Died July 1st, 2018 at 92 years old in Marylebone (pneumonia).
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson