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In the year 1966
472 Notable deaths
Victor Kravchenko
Defector soviet diplomat (1905-1966).
Born October 11th, 1905 in Dnipro.
Died February 25th, 1966 at 60 years old in Manhattan.
Charlotte Cooper
English tennis player.
Born September 22nd, 1870 in Ealing.
Died October 10th, 1966 at 96 years old in Helensburgh.
Horst Fischer
German physician and camp doctor in the auschwitz iii monowitz concentration camp (1912–1966).
Born December 31st, 1912 in Dresden.
Died August 8th, 1966 at 53 years old in Leipzig Prison (decapitation).
Julia Faye
American actress (1892–1966).
Born September 24th, 1892 in Richmond.
Died April 6th, 1966 at 73 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Richard Whorf
American actor (1906-1966).
Born June 4th, 1906 in Winthrop. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1966 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karl-Otto Saur
State secretary in the reich ministry for armaments and war production (1902-1966).
Born June 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1966 at 64 years old in Pullach. [ref]
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]
J. Howard McGrath
American politician (1903-1966).
Born November 28th, 1903 in Woonsocket.
Died September 2nd, 1966 at 62 years old in Narragansett (myocardial infarction).
Wieland Wagner
German opera director (1917–1966).
Born January 5th, 1917 in Bayreuth. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1966 at 49 years old in Munich (lung cancer). [ref]
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish long-distance runner.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Kuopio.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 76 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 472
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci