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83,126 Notable deaths
Jesús Franco
Spanish film director (1930–2013).
Born May 12th, 1930 in Madrid.
Died April 2nd, 2013 at 82 years old in Málaga (stroke). [ref]
Mátyás Rákosi
Former first secretary of the hungarian working people's party (1892-1971).
Died February 5th, 1971 at 78 years old in Nizhny Novgorod.
Mickie Most
British record producer and musician (1938–2003).
Born June 20th, 1938 in Aldershot.
Died May 30th, 2003 at 64 years old in London Borough of Barnet (mesothelioma).
Will Wright
American character actor.
Born March 26th, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died June 19th, 1962 at 68 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Gaston Leroux
French author and journalist (1868–1927).
Born May 6th, 1868 in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1927 at 59 years old in Boulevard Gambetta. [ref]
Sugathakumari
Indian poet and activist (1934-2020).
Born January 3rd, 1934 in Aranmula.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 86 years old in Thiruvananthapuram (bronchopneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
Larry Knechtel
American session musician (1940–2009).
Born August 4th, 1940 in Bell.
Died August 20th, 2009 at 69 years old in Yakima (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sophia Tolstaya
Russian writer (1844–1919).
Born September 3rd, 1844 in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo.
Died November 4th, 1919 at 75 years old in Yasnaya Polyana (disease).
Andrei Zhdanov
Soviet politician (1896-1948).
Born February 26th, 1896 in Mariupol.
Died August 31st, 1948 at 52 years old in Moscow, Dolgiye Borody (myocardial infarction).
James McNeill Whistler
American painter (1834-1903).
Born July 10th, 1834 in Lowell.
Died July 17th, 1903 at 69 years old in London, Chelsea.
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