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82,876 Notable deaths
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Army officer (1886-1946).
Born July 10th, 1886 in London.
Died March 31st, 1946 at 59 years old in London (liver cancer).
António Egas Moniz
Portuguese politian and neurosurgeon (1874-1955).
Born November 29th, 1874 in Avanca.
Died December 13th, 1955 at 81 years old in Lisbon.
Francesca Woodman
American photographer (1958 - 1981).
Born April 3rd, 1958 in Denver.
Died January 21st, 1981 at 22 years old in New York City (falling).
Abraham Beame
104th new york city mayor (1906–2001).
Born March 20th, 1906 in London.
Died February 10th, 2001 at 94 years old in Manhattan.
Douglas Kelley
U.s. army officer, psychiatrist, criminoligist, professor, author (1912–1958).
Born August 11th, 1912 in Truckee.
Died January 1st, 1958 at 45 years old in Berkeley (cyanide poisoning).
James Tissot
French painter and illustrator (1836–1902).
Born October 15th, 1836 in Nantes. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1902 at 65 years old in Chenecey-Buillon.
Clifford Geertz
American anthropologist.
Born August 23rd, 1926 in San Francisco.
Died October 30th, 2006 at 80 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Haakon VII of Norway
King of norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957).
Born August 3rd, 1872 in Charlottenlund Palace. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1957 at 85 years old in Royal Palace, Oslo. [ref]
Tom Lantos
U.s. representative from california (1981–2008).
Born February 1st, 1928 in Budapest.
Died February 11th, 2008 at 80 years old in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-american naturalist (1807–1873).
Born May 28th, 1807 in Môtier.
Died December 14th, 1873 at 66 years old in Cambridge.
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By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene