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In the year 1962
456 Notable deaths
Otakar Jeremiáš
Czech conductor and composer (1892–1962).
Born October 17th, 1892 in Písek.
Died March 5th, 1962 at 69 years old in Prague.
Per Thorén
Swedish figure skater (1885–1962).
Born January 26th, 1885 in Stockholm.
Died January 5th, 1962 at 76 years old in Stockholm.
Edmund H. Hansen
American sound engineer (1894-1962).
Born November 13th, 1894 in Springfield.
Died October 11th, 1962 at 67 years old in Orange.
Thomas Holenstein
Member of the swiss federal council (1896-1962).
Born February 7th, 1896 in St. Gallen.
Died October 31st, 1962 at 66 years old in Muralto.
María Rosa Lida de Malkiel
Argentine philologist (1910–1962).
Born November 7th, 1910 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 25th, 1962 at 51 years old in Oakland (cancer).
Luigi Carnera
Italian astronomer.
Born April 14th, 1875 in Trieste.
Died July 30th, 1962 at 87 years old in Florence.
Sophus Hansen
Danish footballer (1889-1962).
Born November 15th, 1889 in Copenhagen.
Died February 19th, 1962 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
Franz Kaiser
German astronomer.
Born April 25th, 1891 in Wiesbaden.
Died March 13th, 1962 at 70 years old in Wiesbaden.
Florence Lee
American actress.
Born March 12th, 1888 in Jamaica.
Died September 1st, 1962 at 74 years old in Hollywood.
Rasmus Rasmussen
Faroese writer (1871-1962).
Born August 13th, 1871 in Miðvágur.
Died October 5th, 1962 at 91 years old in Tórshavn.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 456
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks