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58,738 Notable deaths
Rajiv Gandhi
Prime minister of india from 1984 to 1989.
Born August 20th, 1944 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1991 at 46 years old in Sriperumbudur (explosion). [ref]
Maurizio Gucci
Italian businessman (1948-1995).
Born September 26th, 1948 in Florence.
Died March 27th, 1995 at 46 years old in Milan.
Syd Barrett
English musician (1946–2006), co-founder of pink floyd.
Born January 6th, 1946 in Cambridge.
Died July 7th, 2006 at 60 years old in Cambridge (diabetes, pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator (1934-1996).
Born November 9th, 1934 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1996 at 62 years old in Seattle (pneumonia). [ref]
James Caan
American actor.
Born March 26th, 1940 in The Bronx.
Died July 6th, 2022 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer.
Born September 17th, 1923 in Mount Olive. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1953 at 29 years old in Oak Hill (drug overdose). [ref]
Raj Kapoor
Indian film actor, producer and director.
Born December 14th, 1924 in Peshawar.
Died June 2nd, 1988 at 63 years old in New Delhi (asthma). [ref]
Richard Attenborough
English actor, film director and producer (1923-2014).
Born August 29th, 1923 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2014 at 90 years old in Greater London (heart failure). [ref]
C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian and scholar (1898–1963).
Born November 29th, 1898 in Belfast. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 64 years old in Oxford (kidney failure). [ref]
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015).
Born March 26th, 1931 in West End. [ref]
Died February 27th, 2015 at 83 years old in Bel Air (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht