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In the year 1963
424 Notable deaths
Alan Gardiner
English egyptologist (1879-1963).
Born March 29th, 1879 in Eltham. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1963 at 84 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Otto Struve
Baltic german astronomer.
Born August 12th, 1897 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1963 at 65 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Dorothy Hansine Andersen
American physician (1901-1963).
Born May 15th, 1901 in Asheville.
Died March 3rd, 1963 at 61 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Benno Moiseiwitsch
British musician (1890-1963).
Born February 22nd, 1890 in Odesa. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1963 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Mehdi Frashëri
Albanian politician (1872-1963).
Born February 28th, 1872 in Frashër.
Died May 25th, 1963 at 91 years old in Rome.
Ferenc Fricsay
Hungarian musician.
Born August 9th, 1914 in Budapest. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1963 at 48 years old in Basel (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ramón Gómez de la Serna
Spanish writer.
Born July 3rd, 1888 in Madrid. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1963 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Otto Harbach
American songwriter.
Born August 18th, 1873 in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1963 at 89 years old in New York City. [ref]
Eduard Spranger
German psychologist (1882-1963).
Born June 27th, 1882 in Groß-Lichterfelde. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1963 at 81 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Felice Casorati
Italian painter (1883-1963).
Born December 4th, 1883 in Novara. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1963 at 79 years old in Turin. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 424
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