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In the year 1924
1,091 Notable birthdays
Paula Raymond
American actress (1924-2003).
Born November 23rd, 1924 in San Francisco.
Died December 31st, 2003 at 79 years old in West Hollywood (respiratory failure).
Fred Singer
American physicist (1924-2020).
Born September 27th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died April 6th, 2020 at 95 years old in Maryland. [ref]
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Keith Larsen
American actor (1924–2006).
Born June 17th, 1924 in Salt Lake City.
Died December 13th, 2006 at 82 years old in Santa Barbara.
Slim Harpo
American blues musician (1924-1970).
Born January 11th, 1924 in Lobdell.
Died January 31st, 1970 at 46 years old in Baton Rouge (myocardial infarction).
Neville Marriner
British conductor and violinist (1924–2016).
Born April 15th, 1924 in Lincoln. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2016 at 92 years old in London. [ref]
Earl Palmer
American drummer (1924–2008).
Born October 15th, 1924 in New Orleans.
Died September 19th, 2008 at 83 years old in Banning.
Johnnie Johnson
American musician (1924-2005).
Born July 8th, 1924 in Fairmont.
Died April 13th, 2005 at 80 years old in St. Louis (pneumonia).
Georg Ratzinger
German musician and catholic priest (1924-2020).
Born January 15th, 1924 in Pleiskirchen.
Died July 1st, 2020 at 96 years old in Regensburg. [ref]
Boyd K. Packer
Apostle of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1924-2015).
Born September 10th, 1924 in Brigham City.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Salt Lake County.
Noboru Takeshita
74th prime minister of japan (1924-2000).
Born February 26th, 1924 in Kakeya.
Died June 19th, 2000 at 76 years old in Kitasato Institute Hospital (pancreatic cancer, respiratory failure).
Mal Whitfield
American middle-distance runner and sprinter.
Born October 11th, 1924 in Bay City.
Died November 19th, 2015 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure). [ref]
Paul Fussell
American cultural and literary historian (1924–2012).
Born March 22nd, 1924 in Pasadena.
Died May 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Medford (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer and singer.
Born April 29th, 1924 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 17th, 2020 at 96 years old in Tolochenaz. [ref]
Roberto Eduardo Viola
Military officer, dictator and de facto president of argentina.
Born October 13th, 1924 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 30th, 1994 at 69 years old in Buenos Aires (heart failure).
Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021).
Died September 13th, 2021 at 97 years old [ref]
Julie Wilson
American actor (1924-2015).
Born October 21st, 1924 in Omaha. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2015 at 90 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Al Rosen
Major league baseball player, third baseman, major league baseball executive (1924–2015).
Born February 29th, 1924 in Spartanburg.
Died March 13th, 2015 at 91 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Franco Cristaldi
Italian film producer (1924–1992).
Born October 3rd, 1924 in Turin.
Died July 1st, 1992 at 67 years old in Monte Carlo.
Dolores Gray
American actress (1924–2002).
Born June 7th, 1924 in Chicago.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 78 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).
Rauf Denktaş
Leader of turkish cypriots and founding president of trnc (1924-2012).
Born January 17th, 1924 in Paphos, British Cyprus.
Died January 13th, 2012 at 87 years old in North Nicosia (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Frank Worrell
West indian cricketer (1924–1967).
Born August 1st, 1924 in Saint Michael.
Died March 13th, 1967 at 42 years old in Kingston (leukemia).
Ante Marković
Last prime minister of yugoslavia (1924-2011).
Born November 25th, 1924 in Konjic.
Died November 28th, 2011 at 87 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Machiko Kyō
Japanese actress (1924-2019).
Born March 25th, 1924 in Osaka.
Died May 12th, 2019 at 95 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Janov
American psychologist (1924–2017).
Born August 21st, 1924 in Los Angeles.
Died October 1st, 2017 at 93 years old in Malibu (stroke). [ref]
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