Deaths
- April 26 — Ville Ritola (86), Finnish Olympic gold medal runner (b. 1896)
- June 25 — Ed Hamm (76), American athlete (b. 1906)
- June 28 — Wiesław Maniak (41), Polish sprinter (b. 1938)
- August 4 — Henk van der Wal (95), Dutch track and field athlete (b. 1886)
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)