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Male notables
10 Notable deaths
Jack Lord
American actor (1920-1998).
Born December 30th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died January 21st, 1998 at 77 years old in Honolulu.
Vishnuvardhan
Indian actor (1950–2009).
Born September 18th, 1952 in Mysore.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 57 years old in Mysore (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Ed McMahon
American announcer, game show host, actor, and spokesman (1923-2009).
Born March 6th, 1923 in Detroit.
Died June 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia, bone cancer). [ref]
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979).
Born October 1st, 1945 in Chicago.
Died January 13th, 1979 at 33 years old in New York City (falling).
Steve Albini
American record engineer and musician (1962–2024).
Born July 22nd, 1962 in Pasadena.
Died May 7th, 2024 at 61 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Darren
American actor, singer (1936–2024).
Born June 8th, 1936 in Philadelphia.
Died September 2nd, 2024 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the unix operating system and the c programming language.
Born September 9th, 1941 in Bronxville.
Died October 12th, 2011 at 70 years old in Berkeley Heights (testicular cancer). [ref]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919).
Born February 25th, 1841 in Limoges. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1919 at 78 years old in Cagnes-sur-Mer (pneumonia). [ref]
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the nobel prize (1868–1934).
Born December 9th, 1868 in Wrocław.
Died January 29th, 1934 at 65 years old in Basel (myocardial infarction).
Jack Bruce
British musician (1943–2014).
Born May 14th, 1943 in Bishopbriggs.
Died October 25th, 2014 at 71 years old in Sudbury (liver cancer).
Deaths 1931 to 1940 of 69199
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