Famous people died this month - page 27
The Most Famous people died this month | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Gia Carangi | January 29, 1960 | American | Gia Carangi was one of the very first supermodels from the USA |
| Barbara Daly Baekeland | 1922 | American | Barbara Daly Baekeland was a gorgeous American model and socialite who was murdered ruthlessly by her own son |
| Benjamin Ruggiero | April 19, 1926 | American | Benjamin Ruggiero was a mobster or ‘soldato’ hailing from the Bonnano crime family |
| Merlin Santana | March 14, 1976 | American | Merlin Santana was an Afro-Latino-American television actor |
| Pat Morita | June 28, 1932 | American | Pat Morita, born as Noriyuki Morita, was an American actor and comedian |
| Alan Watts | January 6, 1915 | British, American | Alan Watts was a famous British philosopher known for his Zen teachings and interpretations of Eastern philosophy |
| Gene Tierney | November 19, 1920 | American | Gene Eliza Tierney was a yesteryear American film and stage actress |
| Alfred Wegener | November 1, 1880 | German | Alfred Wegener was a renowned German geophysicist and meteorologists who is known for pioneering the ‘Continental Drift’ theory |
| Eddie Guerrero | October 9, 1967 | American | Eddie Guerrero was a Mexican-American wrestler |
| Jonathan Brandis | April 13, 1976 | American | Jonathan Brandis was an American actor known for his role in the miniseries ‘It.’ |
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