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In the year 1991
531 Notable deaths
Gene Tierney
American actress (1920-1991).
Born November 19th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died November 6th, 1991 at 70 years old in Houston (pulmonary emphysema).
Danny Thomas
American actor, comedian, and humanitarian of lebanese parentage.
Born January 6th, 1912 in Deerfield.
Died February 6th, 1991 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (pneumothorax).
Cassandra Harris
Actress (1948-1991).
Born December 15th, 1948 in Sydney.
Died December 28th, 1991 at 43 years old in Los Angeles (cancer, ovarian cancer).
David Ruffin
American singer.
Born January 18th, 1941 in Meridian.
Died June 1st, 1991 at 50 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Klaus Barbie
German ss officer, head of the gestapo in lyon and convicted war criminal (1913-1991).
Born October 25th, 1913 in Bad Godesberg. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1991 at 77 years old in Pierre-Bénite (leukemia). [ref]
Ken Curtis
American actor and singer (1916–1991).
Born July 2nd, 1916 in Lamar. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1991 at 74 years old in Fresno.
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director.
Born April 2nd, 1928 in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1991 at 62 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kevin Peter Hall
American actor (1955–1991).
Born May 9th, 1955 in Pittsburgh.
Died April 10th, 1991 at 35 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Nutan
Indian actress.
Born June 4th, 1936 in Mumbai.
Died February 21st, 1991 at 54 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Fred MacMurray
American actor and singer (1908-1991).
Born August 30th, 1908 in Kankakee. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1991 at 83 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia, leukemia). [ref]
Deaths 11 to 20 of 531
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