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In the year 2021
1,424 Notable deaths
Danilo Popivoda
Yugoslav footballer (1947-2021).
Born May 1st, 1947 in Lovćenac.
Died September 9th, 2021 at 74 years old in Bijela. [ref]
William E. Thornton
American astronaut.
Born April 14th, 1929 in Faison.
Died January 11th, 2021 at 91 years old in Boerne. [ref]
Karan Armstrong
Operatic soprano (1941–2021).
Born December 14th, 1941 in Havre.
Died September 28th, 2021 at 79 years old in Marbella. [ref]
Bill Scanlon
American tennis player (1956-2021).
Born November 13th, 1956 in Dallas.
Died June 2nd, 2021 at 64 years old in Park City (cancer).
Lubomír Kaválek
Czech-american chess player.
Born August 9th, 1943 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2021 at 77 years old in Reston (cancer). [ref]
Jerome Hellman
Film producer (1928-2021).
Born September 4th, 1928 in New York City.
Died May 26th, 2021 at 92 years old in Egremont. [ref]
Kurt Biedenkopf
German politician (1930–2021).
Born January 28th, 1930 in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2021 at 91 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Friederike Mayröcker
Austrian poet (1924–2021).
Born December 20th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 2021 at 96 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Armenian general (1939-2021).
Born May 22nd, 1939 in Tbilisi.
Died March 31st, 2021 at 81 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Wilfried Van Moer
Belgian footballer (1945–2021).
Born March 1st, 1945 in Beveren.
Died August 24th, 2021 at 76 years old in Leuven (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 771 to 780 of 1424
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson