1951–2012
Sally Ride
American astronaut and physicist
61years old at death
22,339days lived
31%of the people on this site died younger
Sally Ride was born on 26 May 1951 and died on 23 July 2012, aged 61 years and 58 days. That is 22,339 days in all.
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- Thomas GainsboroughEnglish portrait and landscape painter · 1727–178861 yrs
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Others who died at 61
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- Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalist · 1899–196161 yrs
- Benito MussoliniDictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945 · 1883–194561 yrs
- Li BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty · AD 701–76261 yrs
- Paul the ApostleEarly Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65) · c. AD 5–66c. 61 yrs
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGerman philosopher and theologian · 1770–183161 yrs
- Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet and playwright · 1771–183261 yrs
- George EliotEnglish novelist, essayist, poet and journalist · 1819–188061 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 61
Also born on 26 May
- John WayneAmerican actor · 1907–197972 yrs
- Isadora DuncanaAmerican dancer and choreographer · 1877–192750 yrs
- Miles DavisAmerican jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer · 1926–199165 yrs
- János Kádár ↗Former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party · 1912–198977 yrs
- Dorothea Lange ↗American photojournalist · 1895–196570 yrs
- Mary of Teck ↗Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936 · 1867–195385 yrs
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