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58,741 Notable deaths
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. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2019 at 85 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Enrique Camarena
Dea agent murdered by drug traffickers.
Born July 26th, 1947 in Mexicali.
Died February 7th, 1985 at 37 years old in Guadalajara (blunt trauma).
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925-1984).
Born November 10th, 1925 in Pontrhydyfen. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1984 at 58 years old in Céligny (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
James Hunt
British racing driver (1947–1993).
Born August 29th, 1947 in Belmont.
Died June 15th, 1993 at 45 years old in Wimbledon (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Foster Wallace
American fiction writer and essayist.
Born February 21st, 1962 in Ithaca. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2008 at 46 years old in Claremont (hanging). [ref]
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe