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In the year 1991
580 Notable deaths
Abel Kiviat
American athletics competitor.
Born June 23rd, 1892 in Manhattan.
Died August 24th, 1991 at 99 years old in Lakehurst (prostate cancer).
Viviane Romance
Actress (1912-1991).
Born July 4th, 1912 in Roubaix. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1991 at 79 years old in Nice. [ref]
Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Italian novelist (1955-1991).
Born September 14th, 1955 in Correggio.
Died December 16th, 1991 at 36 years old in Reggio Emilia (death from AIDS-related complications).
Enzo Cerusico
Italian actor (1937-1991).
Born October 22nd, 1937 in Rome.
Died November 26th, 1991 at 54 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Walter M. Elsasser
German-american physicist.
Born April 20th, 1904 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1991 at 87 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Daniel Prenn
British tennis player.
Born September 7th, 1904 in Vilnius.
Died September 3rd, 1991 at 86 years old in Dorking (Alzheimer's disease).
Sulkhan Tsintsadze
Georgian composer.
Born August 23rd, 1925 in Gori. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1991 at 66 years old in Tbilisi.
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist (1933-1991).
Born December 14th, 1933 in Wichita Falls.
Died January 4th, 1991 at 57 years old in Vienna.
Georges Poulet
Belgian literary critic (1902-1991).
Born November 29th, 1902 in Liège.
Died December 31st, 1991 at 89 years old in City of Brussels.
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
German author.
Born December 9th, 1916 in Hamburg.
Died August 21st, 1991 at 74 years old in Poschiavo.
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