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342 Notable deaths
in Washington, D.C.
Karl Herzfeld
Austrian-american physicist.
Born February 24th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 1978 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Clyde R. Hoey
American politician (1877-1954).
Born December 11th, 1877 in Shelby.
Died May 12th, 1954 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
Benoy Kumar Sarkar
Indian academic.
Born December 26th, 1887 in Malda. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1949 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Sidney Dillon Ripley
American ornithologist and 8th secretary of the smithsonian (1913–2001).
Born September 20th, 1913 in New York City.
Died March 12th, 2001 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C..
Eugene Istomin
American pianist (1925–2003).
Born November 26th, 1925 in New York City.
Died October 10th, 2003 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (liver cancer).
James H. Duff
American politician (1883-1969).
Born January 21st, 1883 in Mansfield.
Died December 20th, 1969 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Robert Sterling Yard
Wilderness activist and publicist (1861-1945).
Born February 1st, 1861 in Haverstraw.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
George Modelski
Political scientist.
Born January 9th, 1926 in Poznań.
Died February 21st, 2014 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Ernest McCulloch
Cellular biologist (1926-2011).
Born April 27th, 1926 in Toronto.
Died January 20th, 2011 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Stanley Rogers Resor
Former lawyer and us government official (1917–2012).
Born December 5th, 1917 in New York City.
Died April 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir