In the year 1965
508 Notable deaths
Henry Weed Fowler
American zoologist (1878–1965).
Born March 23rd, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died June 21st, 1965 at 87 years old in Newtown.
George Davis
American actor (1889-1965).
Born November 7th, 1889 in Amsterdam.
Died April 19th, 1965 at 75 years old in Los Angeles, Woodland Hills (cancer).
Renée Sintenis
German artist (1888–1965).
Born March 20th, 1888 in Kłodzko.
Died April 22nd, 1965 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Yevgeni Urbansky
Russian actor (1932–1965).
Born February 27th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died November 5th, 1965 at 33 years old in Bukhara Region.
Aaron Avshalomov
Russian-jewish composer (1894-1965).
Born November 11th, 1894 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.
Died April 26th, 1965 at 70 years old in New York City.
Johannes Bobrowski
German author.
Born April 9th, 1917 in Sovetsk. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1965 at 48 years old in East Berlin (peritonitis). [ref]
Alfredo Palacios
Argentine politician.
Born August 10th, 1880 in Buenos Aires.
Died April 20th, 1965 at 84 years old in Buenos Aires.
Erik Chisholm
20th century scottish composer and conductor (1904–1965).
Born January 4th, 1904 in Glasgow.
Died June 8th, 1965 at 61 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
Jean Boyer
Film director and composer.
Born June 26th, 1901 in Paris.
Died March 10th, 1965 at 63 years old in Paris.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 508
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche