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In the year 1960
436 Notable deaths
Bodil Katharine Biørn
Christian missionaries.
Born January 27th, 1871 in Kragerø. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1960 at 89 years old in Oslo.
Al Herman
American racing driver.
Born March 15th, 1927 in Pennsylvania.
Died June 18th, 1960 at 33 years old in West Haven.
Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza
Spanish artist and politician (1875-1960).
Born September 25th, 1875 in Ferrol. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1960 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Arthur Legat
Belgian racing driver (1898-1960).
Born November 1st, 1898 in La Louvière.
Died February 23rd, 1960 at 61 years old in Haine-Saint-Paul.
Anna Blaman
Dutch writer.
Born January 3rd, 1905 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1960 at 55 years old in Rotterdam (embolism). [ref]
Walther Kranz
German classicist and educationist (1884-1960).
Born November 23rd, 1884 in Georgsmarienhütte. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1960 at 75 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Harry Blanchard
Racecar driver.
Born June 13th, 1929 in Burlington.
Died January 31st, 1960 at 30 years old in Buenos Aires.
Gavriil Tikhov
Soviet astronomer.
Born May 1st, 1875 in Smaliavičy.
Died January 25th, 1960 at 84 years old in Almaty.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 436
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir