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In the year 1966
441 Notable deaths
Edward Gourdin
Athletics competitor; massachusetts superior court judge.
Born August 10th, 1897 in Jacksonville.
Died July 22nd, 1966 at 68 years old in Quincy.
Anna Langfus
Polish/french author.
Born January 1st, 1920 in Lublin. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1966 at 46 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dirk Brouwer
Dutch-american astronomer.
Born September 1st, 1902 in Rotterdam.
Died January 31st, 1966 at 63 years old in New Haven.
Gilberto Govi
Italian actor (1885-1966).
Born October 22nd, 1885 in Genoa.
Died April 28th, 1966 at 80 years old in Genoa.
Sidney Hatch
American long-distance runner.
Born August 18th, 1883 in Forest River.
Died October 17th, 1966 at 83 years old in Maywood.
Hermann Kasack
German writer.
Born July 24th, 1896 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1966 at 69 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Curt Backeberg
German botanist (1894-1966).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in Lüneburg.
Died January 14th, 1966 at 71 years old in Hamburg.
Jānis Mediņš
Latvian composer (1890-1966).
Born October 9th, 1890 in Riga. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1966 at 75 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Adele DeGarde
American actress.
Born May 3rd, 1899 in Brooklyn.
Died January 7th, 1966 at 66 years old in Brooklyn.
Curt Badinski
German general and knight's cross recipient.
Born May 17th, 1890 in Grebenstein.
Died February 27th, 1966 at 75 years old in Oldenburg.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 441
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker