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57,178 Notable deaths
George VI
King of the united kingdom from 1936 to 1952, emperor of india from 1936 to 1948 (1895-1952).
Born December 14th, 1895 in York Cottage.
Died February 6th, 1952 at 56 years old in Sandringham House (lung cancer).
Diana, Princess of Wales
Member of the british royal family; first wife of prince charles (1961–1997).
Born July 1st, 1961 in Sandringham. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1997 at 36 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (car collision). [ref]
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965).
Born November 30th, 1874 in Blenheim Palace. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1965 at 90 years old in Hyde Park Gate (stroke). [ref]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Indian nationalist leader and nonviolence advocate (1869–1948).
Born October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 78 years old in Gandhi Smriti (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur and co-founder of apple inc. (1955–2011).
Born February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2011 at 56 years old in Palo Alto (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Muhammad Ali
American boxer, philanthropist, and activist.
Born January 17th, 1942 in Louisville. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2016 at 74 years old in Scottsdale (respiratory disease). [ref]
David Bowie
English singer-songwriter and actor.
Born January 8th, 1947 in Brixton. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2016 at 69 years old in Manhattan (liver cancer). [ref]
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955).
Born March 14th, 1879 in Ulm. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1955 at 76 years old in Princeton (abdominal aortic aneurysm). [ref]
Prince
American musician (1958–2016).
Born June 7th, 1958 in Minneapolis. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2016 at 57 years old in Chanhassen (fentanyl toxicity). [ref]
John F. Kennedy
President of the united states from 1961 to 1963.
Born May 29th, 1917 in Brookline. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 46 years old in Parkland Memorial Hospital (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir