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83,103 Notable deaths
William Webb Ellis
Anglican clergyman and allegedly the inventor of rugby football (1806-1872).
Born November 24th, 1806 in Salford.
Died February 24th, 1872 at 65 years old in Menton.
Mohammad Hatta
1st vice president of indonesia from 1945 to 1956 (1902–1980).
Born August 12th, 1902 in Bukittinggi. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1980 at 77 years old in Jakarta.
Marielle Franco
Brazilian politician and activist (1979–2018).
Born July 27th, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2018 at 38 years old in Rio de Janeiro (gunshot wound). [ref]
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Jean Hersholt
Danish-american actor (1886–1956).
Born July 12th, 1886 in Copenhagen.
Died June 2nd, 1956 at 69 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Béla Kiss
Hungarian serial killer (1877–1915).
Born July 28th, 1877 in Budapest.
Died February 5th, 1915 at 37 years old in Valjevo. [ref]
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari
Former president of the indian national congress (1880–1936).
Born December 25th, 1880 in Mohammadabad.
Died May 10th, 1936 at 55 years old in Delhi.
James Dickey
American writer (1923–1997).
Born February 2nd, 1923 in Atlanta.
Died January 19th, 1997 at 73 years old in Columbia.
Sakichi Toyoda
Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930).
Born March 19th, 1867 in Fuchi district.
Died October 30th, 1930 at 63 years old in Kakuōzan (pneumonia, intracranial hemorrhage).
Hermann Rorschach
Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885–1922).
Born November 8th, 1884 in Zurich. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis).
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