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In the year 2021
1,398 Notable deaths
Masayuki Uemura
Japanese game hardware designer.
Born June 20th, 1943 in Tokyo.
Died December 6th, 2021 at 78 years old in Akita. [ref]
Lars Høgh
Danish footballer (1959–2021).
Born January 14th, 1959 in Odense.
Died December 8th, 2021 at 62 years old in Odense (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Igor Oistrakh
Ukrainian musician.
Born April 27th, 1931 in Odesa.
Died August 14th, 2021 at 90 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Toshihiko Koga
Japanese judoka (1967–2021).
Born November 21st, 1967 in Kitashigeyasu.
Died March 24th, 2021 at 53 years old in Takatsu-ku (cancer). [ref]
Jacqueline Sassard
French actress.
Born March 13th, 1940 in Nice.
Died July 17th, 2021 at 81 years old in Lugano.
Philip Tartaglia
British catholic archbishop (1951–2021).
Born January 11th, 1951 in Glasgow.
Died January 13th, 2021 at 70 years old in Glasgow (COVID-19). [ref]
Eiichi Yamamoto
Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Born November 22nd, 1940 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died September 7th, 2021 at 80 years old [ref]
Wes
Cameroonian musician (1964-2021).
Born January 15th, 1964 in Mouataba, Douala.
Died June 25th, 2021 at 57 years old in Alençon. [ref]
Kathleen Heddle
Canadian olympic rower (1965–2021).
Born November 27th, 1965 in Trail.
Died January 11th, 2021 at 55 years old in Vancouver (breast cancer). [ref]
Marye Anne Fox
American academic administrator (1947-2021).
Born December 9th, 1947 in Canton.
Died May 9th, 2021 at 73 years old in Austin. [ref]
Deaths 661 to 670 of 1398
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes