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66,864 Notable deaths

Crash Holly

American professional wrestler.

Born August 25th, 1971 in Anaheim.

Died November 6th, 2003 at 32 years old in Navarre (pulmonary aspiration).

P. D. James

English crime writer (1920-2014).

Born August 3rd, 1920 in Oxford. [ref]

Died November 27th, 2014 at 94 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Mircea Eliade

Romanian-american historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the university of chicago (1907–1986).

Born March 22nd, 1907 in Bucharest.

Died April 22nd, 1986 at 79 years old in Chicago.

Randy Shughart

United states army medal of honor recipient.

Born August 13th, 1958 in Lincoln, Newville.

Died October 3rd, 1993 at 35 years old in Mogadishu (killed in action).

Bernard Fox

Welsh actor (1927-2016).

Born May 11th, 1927 in Port Talbot.

Died December 14th, 2016 at 89 years old in Van Nuys (heart failure).

Alan Parker

British filmmaker (1944–2020).

Born February 14th, 1944 in Islington.

Died July 31st, 2020 at 76 years old in London. [ref]

Gene Clark

American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist.

Born November 17th, 1941 in Tipton.

Died May 24th, 1991 at 49 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).

Doc Watson

American musician (1923–2012).

Born March 3rd, 1923 in Deep Gap.

Died May 29th, 2012 at 89 years old in Winston-Salem. [ref]

Hutton Gibson

American writer (1918–2020).

Born August 26th, 1918 in New York City.

Died May 11th, 2020 at 101 years old in Thousand Oaks. [ref]

Thomas Mitchell

American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962).

Born July 11th, 1892 in Elizabeth. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1962 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills (bone cancer). [ref]

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