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In the year 1966
461 Notable deaths
Zinovy Peshkov
French general (1884-1966).
Born October 16th, 1884 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died November 27th, 1966 at 82 years old in Paris.
Väinö Tanner
Finnish politician, prime minister of finland (1881-1966).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died April 19th, 1966 at 85 years old in Helsinki.
Emil Julius Gumbel
German mathematician and statistician.
Born July 18th, 1891 in Munich. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1966 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Nikolay Cherkasov
Soviet actor (1903-1966).
Born July 27th, 1903 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1966 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fritz Bleyl
German artist (1880-1966).
Born October 8th, 1880 in Zwickau.
Died September 19th, 1966 at 85 years old in Bad Iburg.
Samuel Kahanamoku
American swimmer, olympic bronze medalist (1902–1966).
Born November 4th, 1902 in Honolulu.
Died April 26th, 1966 at 63 years old in Honolulu.
Bobby Burns
Actor, film director (1878-1966).
Born September 1st, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died January 16th, 1966 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian (1887-1966).
Born December 15th, 1887 in Dordrecht. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1966 at 79 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Hewlett Johnson
English priest and stalinist theorist (1874–1966).
Born January 25th, 1874 in Manchester.
Died October 22nd, 1966 at 92 years old in London.
Jean Lurçat
French painter (1892-1966).
Born July 1st, 1892 in Bruyères. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1966 at 73 years old in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. [ref]
Deaths 201 to 210 of 461
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht