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63,494 Notable deaths
George Reeves
American actor (1914–1959).
Born January 5th, 1914 in Woolstock.
Died June 16th, 1959 at 45 years old in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills (gunshot wound).
Jack Lemmon
American actor (1925–2001).
Born February 8th, 1925 in Newton. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2001 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (bladder cancer). [ref]
Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the hela cell line.
Born August 1st, 1920 in Roanoke.
Died October 4th, 1951 at 31 years old in Baltimore (cervical adenocarcinoma).
Gene Roddenberry
American television screenwriter and producer (1921–1991).
Born August 19th, 1921 in El Paso. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1991 at 70 years old in Santa Monica (heart failure). [ref]
Hugo Chávez
President of venezuela (1999-2013).
Born July 28th, 1954 in Sabaneta. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2013 at 58 years old in Hospital Militar de Caracas (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Elie Wiesel
Romanian-born american writer, professor, political activist, nobel laureate, and holocaust survivor (1928-2016).
Born September 30th, 1928 in Sighetu Marmației.
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 87 years old in New York City. [ref]
Rutger Hauer
Dutch actor.
Born January 23rd, 1944 in Breukelen.
Died July 19th, 2019 at 75 years old in Beetsterzwaag. [ref]
Ricky Nelson
American musician (1940-1985).
Born May 8th, 1940 in Teaneck. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1985 at 45 years old in Dallas (aviation accident). [ref]
Sandra Day O'Connor
Associate justice of the supreme court of the united states from 1981 to 2006.
Born March 26th, 1930 in El Paso.
Died December 1st, 2023 at 93 years old in Phoenix (respiratory disease, dementia). [ref]
Patricia Routledge
British actress (1929–2025).
Born February 17th, 1929 in Tranmere.
Died October 3rd, 2025 at 96 years old in Chichester. [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