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64,280 Notable deaths
Ja'Net DuBois
American actress (d. 2020).
Born August 5th, 1932 in Philadelphia.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 87 years old in Glendale (peripheral artery disease, chronic renal insufficiency). [ref]
Sam Wanamaker
Actor.
Born June 14th, 1919 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1993 at 74 years old in London (prostate cancer). [ref]
Edward O. Wilson
American biologist, naturalist, and writer.
Born June 10th, 1929 in Birmingham.
Died December 26th, 2021 at 92 years old in Burlington. [ref]
Leo Strauss
History of political philosophy scholar (1899-1973).
Born September 20th, 1899 in Kirchhain.
Died October 18th, 1973 at 74 years old in Annapolis.
Genrikh Yagoda
Soviet secret police official (1891–1938).
Born November 19th, 1891 in Rybinsk.
Died May 15th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).
Constantine Stanislavsky
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938).
Born January 17th, 1863 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1938 at 75 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
José José
Mexican singer and actor (1948-2019).
Born February 17th, 1948 in Clavería. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2019 at 71 years old in Homestead (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958).
Born August 8th, 1901 in Canton.
Died August 27th, 1958 at 57 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Sergei Korolev
Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966).
Born January 12th, 1907 in Zhytomyr.
Died January 14th, 1966 at 59 years old in Moscow (cancer, neoplasm). [ref]
August Landmesser
German shipyard worker and anti-nazi protester.
Born May 24th, 1910 in Moorrege.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 34 years old in Ston.
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