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63,377 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 (gunshot wound).
Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006).
Born January 6th, 1946 in Cambridge.
Died July 7th, 2006 at 60 years old in Cambridge (diabetes, pancreatic cancer).
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996).
Born November 9th, 1934 in Brooklyn.
Died December 20th, 1996 at 62 years old in Seattle (pneumonia).
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 singer-songwriter (1923–1953).
Born September 17th, 1923 in Mount Olive.
Died January 1st, 1953 at 29 years old in Oak Hill (heart failure, drug overdose).
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).
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.
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 64 years old in Oxford.
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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