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64,243 Notable deaths

Fannie Lou Hamer

American civil rights activist (1917–1977).

Born October 6th, 1917 in Montgomery County. [ref]

Died March 14th, 1977 at 59 years old in Mound Bayou (heart failure). [ref]

Kamala Nehru

Indian independence activist.

Born August 1st, 1899 in Delhi.

Died February 28th, 1936 at 36 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970).

Born July 4th, 1883 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died December 7th, 1970 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]

Sheila Dikshit

Indian politician and former chief minister of delhi (1938-2019).

Born March 31st, 1938 in Kapurthala.

Died July 20th, 2019 at 81 years old in Delhi (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Kalpana

Indian actress.

Born October 5th, 1965 in Kerala.

Died January 25th, 2016 at 50 years old in Hyderabad (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Paul Auster

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024).

Born February 3rd, 1947 in Newark.

Died April 30th, 2024 at 77 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]

Erich von Däniken

Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist (1935–2026).

Born April 14th, 1935 in Zofingen.

Died January 10th, 2026 at 90 years old in Unterseen. [ref]

Ramdas Gandhi

Gandhi family member (1897-1969).

Born January 2nd, 1897 in Durban.

Died April 14th, 1969 at 72 years old in Mumbai.

Billy Miller

American actor (1979–2023).

Born September 17th, 1979 in Tulsa.

Died September 15th, 2023 at 43 years old in Austin. [ref]

Kamala Sohonie

Indian biochemist. first indian woman to get her ph.d in a scientific discipline.

Born September 14th, 1912 in Indore.

Died June 28th, 1998 at 85 years old in New Delhi.

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