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61,099 Notable deaths
Martin Bormann
German nazi party official and head of the nazi party chancellery (1900-1945).
Born July 17th, 1900 in Halberstadt. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin (intoxication).
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the chernobyl disaster (1936-1988).
Born September 1st, 1936 in Tula.
Died April 27th, 1988 at 51 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Harvey Milk
American politician who became a martyr in the gay community (1930-1978).
Born May 22nd, 1930 in Woodmere. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1978 at 48 years old in San Francisco (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Laura Branigan
American singer (1957-2004).
Born July 3rd, 1952 in Mount Kisco.
Died August 26th, 2004 at 52 years old in East Quogue (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Naomi Judd
American singer and actress (1946–2022).
Born January 11th, 1946 in Ashland.
Died April 30th, 2022 at 76 years old in Leiper's Fork (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Eva Gabor
Hungarian-american actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite (1919-1995).
Born February 11th, 1919 in Budapest.
Died July 4th, 1995 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Uday Hussein
Iraqi politician.
Born June 18th, 1964 in Tikrit.
Died July 22nd, 2003 at 39 years old in Mosul (killed in action).
John le Carré
British novelist and spy (1931-2020).
Born October 19th, 1931 in Poole. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2020 at 89 years old in Royal Cornwall Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Indian cricket player. (1941-2011).
Born January 5th, 1941 in Bhopal.
Died September 22nd, 2011 at 70 years old in New Delhi (lung disease). [ref]
Strom Thurmond
American politician (1902–2003).
Born December 5th, 1902 in Edgefield.
Died June 26th, 2003 at 100 years old in Edgefield (heart failure).
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Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity. Mother Teresa