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Male notables
10 Notable deaths
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet and educator (1807–1882).
Born February 27th, 1807 in Portland.
Died March 24th, 1882 at 75 years old in Cambridge (peritonitis).
Robert Guillaume
American actor (1927-2017).
Born November 30th, 1927 in St. Louis.
Died October 24th, 2017 at 89 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).
Eric Douglas
American actor and comedian (1958–2004).
Born June 21st, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Died July 6th, 2004 at 46 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of west germany and reunified germany (1982–1998).
Born April 3rd, 1930 in Friesenheim. [ref]
Died June 16th, 2017 at 87 years old in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-general in the british army, writer, founder and chief scout of the scout movement (1857-1941).
Born February 22nd, 1857 in Paddington.
Died January 8th, 1941 at 83 years old in Nyeri.
James B. Donovan
American diplomat and politician.
Born February 26th, 1916 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1970 at 53 years old in Brooklyn (infarction).
Vasily Dzhugashvili
Soviet general and son of joseph stalin (1921–1962).
Born March 21st, 1921 in Moscow.
Died March 19th, 1962 at 40 years old in Kazan.
Lorenzen Wright
American basketball player (1975–2010).
Born November 4th, 1975 in Oxford.
Died July 29th, 2010 at 34 years old in Memphis (gunshot wound).
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer (1944–2014).
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Beaumont.
Died July 16th, 2014 at 70 years old in Bülach District (disease).
Douglas Fairbanks
American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939).
Born May 23rd, 1883 in Denver.
Died December 12th, 1939 at 56 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 2081 to 2090 of 69202
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