In the year 2014
1,106 Notable deaths
Simon Leys
Belgian-australian writer, sinologist and essayist.
Born September 28th, 1935 in Uccle.
Died August 11th, 2014 at 78 years old in Sydney (cancer).
Camille Lepage
French photojournalist (1988–2014).
Born January 28th, 1988 in Angers.
Died May 12th, 2014 at 26 years old in Central African Republic.
Gerald Guralnik
American physicist.
Born September 17th, 1936 in Cedar Falls.
Died April 26th, 2014 at 77 years old in Providence.
Eduardo Campos
Brazilian economist and politician.
Born August 10th, 1965 in Recife.
Died August 13th, 2014 at 49 years old in Santos (aviation accident). [ref]
Viktor Tikhonov
Soviet ice hockey player.
Born June 4th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died November 25th, 2014 at 84 years old in Moscow (disease).
Blas Piñar
Spanish politician (1918–2014).
Born November 22nd, 1918 in Toledo. [ref]
Died October 28th, 2014 at 95 years old in Madrid.
Samih al-Qasim
Palestinian poet.
Born May 11th, 1939 in Zarqa. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2014 at 75 years old in Safed (cancer). [ref]
Peter Scholl-Latour
Journalist and author (1924-2014).
Born March 9th, 1924 in Bochum.
Died August 16th, 2014 at 90 years old in Rhöndorf. [ref]
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Historian of mathematics and logic (1941-2014).
Born June 23rd, 1941 in Bakewell.
Died December 12th, 2014 at 73 years old in England.
Vasily Petrov
Marshal of the soviet union (1917–2014).
Born January 15th, 1917 in Chernolesskoye.
Died February 1st, 2014 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson