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Male notables
10 Notable deaths
Charles Curtis
Vice president of the united states from 1929 to 1933.
Born January 25th, 1860 in Topeka.
Died February 8th, 1936 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
William Golding
British novelist, poet, playwright and nobel prize for literature laureate (1911–1993).
Born September 19th, 1911 in Newquay.
Died June 19th, 1993 at 81 years old in Perranarworthal (heart failure).
Ed Wynn
American actor (1886-1966).
Born November 9th, 1886 in Philadelphia.
Died June 19th, 1966 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (esophageal cancer).
John Ashton
American actor (1948–2024).
Born February 22nd, 1948 in Springfield.
Died September 26th, 2024 at 76 years old in Fort Collins (cancer). [ref]
General Tom Thumb
American circus performer (1838–1883).
Born January 4th, 1838 in Bridgeport.
Died July 15th, 1883 at 45 years old in Bridgeport (stroke).
Charles George Gordon
British army officer and administrator.
Born January 28th, 1833 in Woolwich. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1885 at 51 years old in Khartoum (decapitation). [ref]
Maxim Gorky
Russian and soviet writer (1868–1936).
Born March 26th, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died June 18th, 1936 at 68 years old in Gorki-10 (pneumonia). [ref]
Alex Higgins
Northern irish snooker player (1949–2010).
Born March 18th, 1949 in Belfast.
Died July 24th, 2010 at 61 years old in Belfast (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Clive Cussler
American novelist (1931–2020).
Born July 15th, 1931 in Aurora.
Died February 24th, 2020 at 88 years old in Scottsdale. [ref]
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