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In the year 1992
586 Notable deaths
Ernst Schäfer
German zoologist (1910-1992).
Born March 14th, 1910 in Cologne.
Died July 21st, 1992 at 82 years old in Bad Bevensen.
Lev Gumilev
Soviet academic (1912-1992).
Born November 1st, 1912 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 15th, 1992 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
Second and last heir of the takeda-no-miya collateral branch of the japanese imperial family (1909-1992).
Born March 4th, 1909 in Tokyo.
Died May 11th, 1992 at 83 years old (myocardial infarction).
Giorgio Perlasca
Italian self-appointed spanish diplomat in hungary who saved 5218 jews from the holocaust (1910-1992).
Born January 31st, 1910 in Como.
Died August 15th, 1992 at 82 years old in Padua (myocardial infarction).
Judith Nisse Shklar
American political theorist (1928–1992).
Born September 24th, 1928 in Riga.
Died September 17th, 1992 at 63 years old in Cambridge.
Karl Deutsch
Czech political scientist.
Born July 21st, 1912 in Prague.
Died November 1st, 1992 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Aleksandar Tirnanić
Serbian footballer (1910-1992).
Born July 15th, 1910 in Smederevo.
Died December 13th, 1992 at 82 years old in Belgrade.
Farag Foda
Egyptian writer, professor, and human rights activist.
Born August 20th, 1945 in El Zarqa. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1992 at 46 years old in Cairo (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Algirdas Julien Greimas
Lithuanian-french linguist.
Born March 9th, 1917 in Tula. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1992 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Salvatore Lima
Italian politician and mafia (1928–1992).
Born January 23rd, 1928 in Palermo.
Died March 12th, 1992 at 64 years old in Mondello. [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 586
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks