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In the year 1995
701 Notable deaths
Dmitri Volkogonov
Russian military officer (colonel-general) and historian (1928-1995).
Born March 22nd, 1928 in Chita.
Died December 6th, 1995 at 67 years old in Moscow, Krasnogorsk (brain cancer).
Qiu Miaojin
Novelist.
Born May 29th, 1969 in Changhua County.
Died June 25th, 1995 at 26 years old in Paris (exsanguination).
Albert Hackett
American screenwriter (1900-1995).
Born February 16th, 1900 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1995 at 95 years old in New York City.
Corneliu Coposu
Romanian politician (1914–1995).
Born May 20th, 1914 in Bobota.
Died November 11th, 1995 at 81 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).
Kukrit Pramoj
Thai politician (1911-1995).
Born April 20th, 1911 in In Buri.
Died October 9th, 1995 at 84 years old in Bangkok (diabetes).
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet newspaper editor (1905-1995).
Born November 5th, 1905 in Ashgabat.
Died August 18th, 1995 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Setsuko, Princess Chichibu
Japanese princess; wife of yasuhito, prince chichibu (1909–1995).
Born September 9th, 1909 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died August 25th, 1995 at 85 years old in Tokyo (heart failure).
Howard Koch
American screenwriter (1901-1995).
Born December 12th, 1901 in New York City.
Died August 17th, 1995 at 93 years old in Kingston.
Jean-Patrick Manchette
French writer (1942-1995).
Born December 19th, 1942 in Marseille.
Died June 3rd, 1995 at 52 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Edmond Jouhaud
French general (1905-1995).
Born April 2nd, 1905 in Bousfer. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1995 at 90 years old in Royan. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 701
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