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83,220 Notable deaths
Gita Mehta
Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023).
Born December 12th, 1942 in Delhi. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2023 at 80 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Otis Rush
American musician (1935–2018).
Born April 29th, 1934 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2018 at 84 years old in Chicago (stroke).
Joan Robinson
English economist (1903–1983).
Born October 31st, 1903 in Camberley.
Died August 5th, 1983 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Claudia Jones
Trinidad & tobago-born black communist and political activist.
Born February 15th, 1915 in Port of Spain. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1964 at 49 years old in London (tuberculosis). [ref]
Carmen De Lavallade
American dancer (1931–2025).
Born March 6th, 1931 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2025 at 94 years old in Englewood. [ref]
Leo Carrillo
American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist (1881–1961).
Born August 6th, 1881 in Los Angeles.
Died September 10th, 1961 at 80 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Judith Heumann
American disability rights activist (1947–2023).
Born December 18th, 1947 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 4th, 2023 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Seymour Papert
Mit mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016).
Born February 29th, 1928 in Pretoria.
Died July 31st, 2016 at 88 years old in Blue Hill. [ref]
Pedro V of Portugal
King of portugal from 1853 to 1861.
Born September 16th, 1837 in Viseu.
Died November 11th, 1861 at 24 years old in Lisbon (typhoid fever).
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger (1931-2017).
Born April 17th, 1936 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Burbank. [ref]
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