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82,860 Notable deaths

J. C. Leyendecker

Painter (1874-1951).

Born March 23rd, 1874 in Montabaur.

Died July 26th, 1951 at 77 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]

Gayle Hunnicutt

American actress (1943–2023).

Born February 6th, 1943 in Fort Worth.

Died August 31st, 2023 at 80 years old in London. [ref]

Eric Melrose Brown

British aviator, royal navy officer, test pilot, author (1919–2016).

Born January 21st, 1919 in Leith.

Died February 21st, 2016 at 97 years old in Redhill (pneumonia).

Valery Khodemchuk

Chernobyl pump operator, the first casualty of the incident on april 26th, 1986..

Born March 24th, 1951 in Kropivnia.

Died April 26th, 1986 at 35 years old in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Chernobyl disaster).

Hazel Scott

American musician (1920-1981).

Born June 11th, 1920 in Port of Spain.

Died October 2nd, 1981 at 61 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).

Freddie Aguilar

Filipino musician.

Born February 5th, 1953.

Died May 27th, 2025 at 72 years old in Philippine Heart Center (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]

T-Bone Walker

American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Born May 28th, 1910 in Linden.

Died March 16th, 1975 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).

Alexandre Dumas fils

French writer and dramatist (1824–1895).

Born July 27th, 1824 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Died November 27th, 1895 at 71 years old in Marly-le-Roi. [ref]

Larry Walters

Lawnchair balloon pilot (1949–1993).

Born April 19th, 1949 in Los Angeles.

Died October 6th, 1993 at 44 years old in Angeles National Forest (shot to the heart). [ref]

Noel Harrison

British olympic athlete, actor, and singer (1934–2013).

Born January 29th, 1934 in Kensington.

Died October 20th, 2013 at 79 years old in Ashburton (myocardial infarction). [ref]

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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman