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Male notables
10 Notable deaths
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian writer and nobel laureate (1927–2014).
Born March 6th, 1927 in Aracataca.
Died April 17th, 2014 at 87 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, lymphoma). [ref]
Ned Kelly
Australian bushranger (1854–1880).
Born December 28th, 1854 in Victoria.
Died November 11th, 1880 at 25 years old in Melbourne (hanging).
Peter Boyle
American actor (1935–2006).
Born October 18th, 1935 in Norristown.
Died December 12th, 2006 at 71 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Bill Withers
American musician (1938–2020).
Born July 4th, 1938 in Slab Fork.
Died March 30th, 2020 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (heart disease). [ref]
Paul Sorvino
American actor (1939–2022).
Born April 13th, 1939 in Bensonhurst.
Died July 25th, 2022 at 83 years old in Jacksonville. [ref]
Davy Jones
British musician (1945–2012).
Born December 30th, 1945 in Manchester.
Died February 29th, 2012 at 66 years old in Stuart (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Cassavetes
Greek-american actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989).
Born December 9th, 1929 in New York City.
Died February 3rd, 1989 at 59 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis).
Sean Taylor
American football player, defensive back, safety (1983-2007).
Born April 1st, 1983 in Florida City.
Died November 27th, 2007 at 24 years old in Miami (exsanguination). [ref]
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905).
Born February 8th, 1828 in Nantes. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1905 at 77 years old in Amiens (diabetes). [ref]
Henry Lee Lucas
American convicted murderer and claimed serial killer (1936–2001).
Born August 23rd, 1936 in Blacksburg.
Died March 12th, 2001 at 64 years old in Huntsville (heart failure).
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius