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58,731 Notable deaths
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960-1988).
Born December 22nd, 1960 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1988 at 27 years old in New York City (drug overdose). [ref]
Sidney Poitier
Bahamian and american actor (1927–2022).
Born February 20th, 1927 in Cat Island. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2022 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Eddie Van Halen
American rock musician (1955-2020).
Born January 26th, 1955 in Amsterdam.
Died October 6th, 2020 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (laryngeal cancer, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Rishi Kapoor
Indian film actor (1951-2020).
Born September 4th, 1952 in Mumbai.
Died April 30th, 2020 at 67 years old in Mumbai (leukemia). [ref]
Dilip Kumar
Indian actor and politician.
Born December 11th, 1922 in Peshawar.
Died July 7th, 2021 at 98 years old in P. D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai (prostate cancer). [ref]
Niki Lauda
Austrian former formula 1 driver (1949-2019).
Born February 22nd, 1949 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2019 at 70 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the islamic state of iraq and the levant from 2013 to 2019.
Born July 28th, 1971 in Samarra.
Died October 27th, 2019 at 48 years old in Barisha (suicide bombing). [ref]
Robert Durst
American real-estate heir and convicted murderer (1943–2022).
Born April 12th, 1943 in New York City.
Died January 10th, 2022 at 78 years old in San Joaquin General Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Ray Charles
American singer and pianist (1930–2004).
Born September 23rd, 1930 in Albany. [ref]
Died June 10th, 2004 at 73 years old in Beverly Hills (liver cancer). [ref]
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of the soviet union from 1953 to 1964.
Born April 15th, 1894 in Kalinovka, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 11th, 1971 at 77 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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