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61,028 Notable deaths

Carroll Shelby

American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur (1923-2012).

Born January 11th, 1923 in Leesburg. [ref]

Died May 10th, 2012 at 89 years old in Dallas. [ref]

Charles de Gaulle

President of france from 1959 to 1969.

Born November 22nd, 1890 in Lille. [ref]

Died November 9th, 1970 at 79 years old in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises (aneurysm). [ref]

Haile Selassie I

Emperor of ethiopia (1892-1975).

Born July 23rd, 1892 in Ejersa Goro. [ref]

Died August 27th, 1975 at 83 years old in Addis Ababa (strangling). [ref]

Rajesh Khanna

Indian actor (1942–2012).

Born December 29th, 1942 in Amritsar.

Died July 18th, 2012 at 69 years old in Mumbai (cancer).

Wernher von Braun

German and later american aerospace engineer and space architect.

Born March 23rd, 1912 in Wyrzysk. [ref]

Died June 16th, 1977 at 65 years old in Alexandria (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer). [ref]

Estelle Getty

Actress (1923-2008).

Born July 25th, 1923 in New York City. [ref]

Died July 22nd, 2008 at 84 years old in Hollywood (dementia). [ref]

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924-2021).

Born December 19th, 1933 in Harlem.

Died January 28th, 2021 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]

Carl Weathers

American actor and football player (1948–2024).

Born January 14th, 1948 in New Orleans.

Died February 1st, 2024 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Augusto Pinochet

Dictador, general, politician of chile (1915-2006).

Born November 25th, 1915 in Valparaíso. [ref]

Died December 10th, 2006 at 91 years old in Santiago (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Karl Lagerfeld

German fashion designer (1933–2019).

Born September 10th, 1933 in Hamburg.

Died February 19th, 2019 at 85 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson