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In the year 1962
429 Notable deaths
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
English conductor and composer (1893-1962).
Born May 26th, 1893 in Camden Town. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1962 at 69 years old in Hillingdon. [ref]
Valeska Suratt
American actress (1882-1962).
Born June 28th, 1882 in Owensville.
Died July 2nd, 1962 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
Aleksei Antonov
Soviet general (1896-1962).
Born September 9th, 1896 in Hrodna. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1962 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
American astronomer.
Born February 19th, 1866 in Montgomery City.
Died July 4th, 1962 at 96 years old in Oakland.
Snub Pollard
Australian actor (1889-1962).
Born November 9th, 1889 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1962 at 72 years old in Burbank (cancer). [ref]
Marie Bonaparte
French author and psychoanalyst (1882-1962).
Born July 2nd, 1882 in Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1962 at 80 years old in Gassin (leukemia). [ref]
Gary Hocking
Rhodesian motorcycle racer and racing driver.
Born September 30th, 1937 in Caerleon.
Died December 21st, 1962 at 25 years old in Durban (car collision).
George Preca
Maltese roman catholic priest.
Born February 12th, 1880 in Valletta.
Died July 26th, 1962 at 82 years old in Santa Venera.
Assar Gabrielsson
Swedish businessman.
Born August 13th, 1891 in Korsberga. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1962 at 70 years old in Gothenburg. [ref]
Emilio Esteban Infantes
Spanish general (1892-1962).
Born May 18th, 1892 in Toledo. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1962 at 70 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 429
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon