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In the year 1965

508 Notable deaths

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

47th prime minister of romania (1952-1955).

Born November 8th, 1901 in Bârlad.

Died March 19th, 1965 at 63 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).

Sydney Chaplin

English actor (1885-1965).

Born March 16th, 1885 in London.

Died April 16th, 1965 at 80 years old in Nice.

Batukeshwar Dutt

Indian revolutionary (1910-1965).

Born November 18th, 1910 in Kanpur.

Died July 20th, 1965 at 54 years old in New Delhi (disease).

Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay

British army officer and diplomat, 1st secretary general of nato (1887-1965).

Born June 21st, 1887 in Nainital. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1965 at 78 years old in Wormington Grange. [ref]

William Dudley Pelley

American political activist, screenwriter, and convicted fraudster (1890-1965).

Born March 12th, 1890 in Lynn.

Died June 30th, 1965 at 75 years old in Noblesville.

Everett Sloane

American actor (1909–1965).

Born October 1st, 1909 in New York City.

Died August 6th, 1965 at 55 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).

Margaret Dumont

American actress (1882–1965).

Born October 20th, 1882 in Brooklyn.

Died March 6th, 1965 at 82 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Fred Quimby

American film producer (1886-1965).

Born July 31st, 1886 in Minneapolis.

Died September 16th, 1965 at 79 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).

George Adamski

American ufologist.

Born April 17th, 1891 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]

Died April 23rd, 1965 at 74 years old in Silver Spring (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Moshe Sharett

2nd prime minister of israel from 1954 to 1955.

Born October 16th, 1894 in Kherson. [ref]

Died July 7th, 1965 at 70 years old in Jerusalem.

Deaths 61 to 70 of 508

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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan