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January 6th
164 Notable deaths
Theodore Roosevelt
President of the united states from 1901 to 1909.
Born October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1919 at 60 years old in Sagamore Hill (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Sidney Poitier
Bahamian and american actor (1927–2022).
Born February 20th, 1927 in Cat Island. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2022 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Om Puri
Indian actor.
Born October 18th, 1950 in Ambala.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 66 years old in Andheri (myocardial infarction).
Peter Bogdanovich
American film director (1939-2022).
Born July 30th, 1939 in Kingston.
Died January 6th, 2022 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer.
Born March 17th, 1938 in Irkutsk. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1993 at 54 years old in Levallois-Perret (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Born October 21st, 1917 in Cheraw. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1993 at 75 years old in Englewood (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Lou Rawls
American record producer (1933-2006).
Born December 1st, 1935 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2006 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer, brain cancer). [ref]
Gianluca Vialli
Italian association football player and manager.
Born July 9th, 1964 in Cremona.
Died January 6th, 2023 at 58 years old in London (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Uday Kiran
Indian film actor.
Born December 30th, 1998 in Hyderabad.
Died January 6th, 2014 at 15 years old in Hyderabad (hanging).
Burt Munro
New zealand motorcycle racer.
Born March 25th, 1899 in Edendale.
Died January 6th, 1978 at 78 years old in Invercargill.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy