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66,026 Notable deaths
Django Reinhardt
Romani-belgian /french jazz musician (1910–1953).
Born January 23rd, 1910 in Pont-à-Celles.
Died May 16th, 1953 at 43 years old in Samois-sur-Seine (cerebral hemorrhage).
Eddie Albert
American actor (1906-2005).
Born April 22nd, 1906 in Rock Island.
Died May 26th, 2005 at 99 years old in Pacific Palisades (pneumonia). [ref]
Robert Culp
American actor (1930–2010).
Born August 16th, 1930 in Oakland. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2010 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016).
Born January 5th, 1932 in Alessandria. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2016 at 84 years old in Milan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Betty Shabazz
American educator and civil rights advocate.
Born May 28th, 1935 in Pinehurst.
Died June 23rd, 1997 at 62 years old in The Bronx (burn).
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Polish-american political scientist (1928-2017).
Born March 28th, 1928 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died May 26th, 2017 at 89 years old in Falls Church (pneumonia). [ref]
Dražen Petrović
Croatian basketball player (1964-1993).
Born October 22nd, 1964 in Šibenik.
Died June 7th, 1993 at 28 years old in Denkendorf (traffic collision).
Franco Columbu
Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941-2019).
Born August 7th, 1941 in Ollolai.
Died August 30th, 2019 at 78 years old in San Teodoro, Sardinia (drowning). [ref]
Larry Fine
American comedian and actor, one of the three stooges (1902–1975).
Born October 5th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died January 24th, 1975 at 72 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Anna May Wong
Chinese american actress (1905-1961).
Born January 3rd, 1904 in Los Angeles.
Died February 3rd, 1961 at 57 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 2001 to 2010 of 66026
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin