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In the year 1966
441 Notable deaths
Kurt Bolender
Holocaust perpetrator.
Born May 21st, 1912 in Duisburg.
Died October 10th, 1966 at 54 years old in Hagen (hanging).
Camilo Torres
Colombian theologian (1929-1966).
Born February 3rd, 1929 in Bogotá. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1966 at 37 years old in San Vicente de Chucurí. [ref]
Boris Podolsky
American physicist (1896-1966).
Born June 29th, 1896 in Taganrog.
Died November 28th, 1966 at 70 years old in Cincinnati.
Alvin Langdon Coburn
American photographer.
Born June 11th, 1882 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1966 at 84 years old in Rhos-on-Sea. [ref]
Wilhelm Röpke
German economist.
Born October 10th, 1899 in Schwarmstedt.
Died February 12th, 1966 at 66 years old in Geneva.
Horst Fischer
German physician.
Born December 31st, 1912 in Dresden.
Died August 8th, 1966 at 53 years old in Leipzig (guillotine). [ref]
Victor Brauner
Romanian artist (1903-1966).
Born June 15th, 1903 in Piatra Neamț. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1966 at 62 years old in Paris. [ref]
Charlotte Cooper
English tennis player.
Born September 22nd, 1870 in Ealing.
Died October 10th, 1966 at 96 years old in Helensburgh.
Victor Kravchenko
Defector soviet diplomat (1905-1966).
Born October 11th, 1905 in Dnipro.
Died February 25th, 1966 at 60 years old in Manhattan.
James Howard McGrath
American politician (1903-1966).
Born November 28th, 1903 in Woonsocket.
Died September 2nd, 1966 at 62 years old in Narragansett (myocardial infarction).
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No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut