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82,811 Notable deaths
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
British-born american astronomer.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Wendover.
Died December 7th, 1979 at 79 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Benjamin Spock
American pediatrician and author of baby and child care (1903-1998).
Born May 2nd, 1903 in New Haven.
Died March 15th, 1998 at 94 years old in La Jolla.
Fred Chase Koch
American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (1900–1967).
Born September 23rd, 1900 in Quanah.
Died November 17th, 1967 at 67 years old in Ogden (heart failure).
Heydar Aliyev
3rd president of the republic of azerbaijan (1923–2003).
Born May 10th, 1923 in Nakhchivan.
Died December 12th, 2003 at 80 years old in Cleveland (heart failure).
Ron W. Miller
American football player, business executive, and film producer (1933-2019).
Born April 17th, 1933 in Los Angeles.
Died February 9th, 2019 at 85 years old in Napa County (heart failure). [ref]
Richard S. Castellano
American actor (1933–1988).
Born September 4th, 1933 in The Bronx.
Died December 10th, 1988 at 55 years old in North Bergen (myocardial infarction).
Klaus Nomi
German countertenor (1944–1983).
Born January 24th, 1944 in Immenstadt im Allgäu.
Died August 6th, 1983 at 39 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).
Baruch Goldstein
American-israeli doctor, perpetrator of the cave of the patriarchs massacre (1956-1994).
Born December 9th, 1956 in Brooklyn.
Died February 25th, 1994 at 37 years old in Hebron (lynching, blunt trauma).
George Moscone
American lawyer and 37th mayor of san francisco from 1976 to 1978.
Born November 24th, 1929 in San Francisco.
Died November 27th, 1978 at 49 years old in San Francisco (gunshot wound).
Richard J. Daley
American politician and 48th mayor of chicago.
Born May 15th, 1902 in Chicago.
Died December 20th, 1976 at 74 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
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