List of Famous people who died at 64
Tang Bik-wan
Tang Bik-wan (1924-1991) was a former Chinese actress and a Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong.
Ahmet Kireççi
Ahmet Kireççi, was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold medal in the Heavyweight class of Men's Greco-Roman category at the 1948 Olympics.
Joseph Maher
Joseph Sylvester Maher was an Irish-born American character actor, playwright and director, best known for his roles in motion pictures, television and the theater. He was nominated for three Tony Awards, won a Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, and was a nominee of the Olivier Award for his supporting roles on the stage. He was also known for appearing in plays by Joe Orton.
Gaston Rébuffat
Gaston Rébuffat was a French alpinist, mountain guide, and author. He is well known as a member of the first expedition to summit Annapurna 1 in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps. In 1984, he was made an officer in the French Legion of Honour for his service as a mountaineering instructor for the French military. At the age of 64, Gaston Rébuffat died of cancer in Paris, France. The climbing technique Gaston was named after him. A photo of Rébuffat atop the Aiguille du Roc in the French Alps can be found on the Voyager Golden Records.
Jan Kreczmar
Jan Kreczmar was a Polish theatre and film actor.
Jon Hall
Jon Hall was an American film actor known for playing a variety of adventurous roles, as in 1937's The Hurricane, and later when contracted to Universal Pictures, including Invisible Agent and The Invisible Man's Revenge and six movies he made with Maria Montez. He was also known to 1950s fans as the creator and star of the Ramar of the Jungle television series which ran from 1952 to 1954. Hall directed and starred in two 1960s sci-fi films in his later years, The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965) and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966).
Savva Kulish
Savva Yakovlevich Kulish was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1994. His 1979 film Takeoff won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded with the People's Artist of Russia in 1995.
David Hallifax
Admiral Sir David John Hallifax, was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 1988 until 1992.
Prince Charles-Philippe of Orléans
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, who bore the courtesy title of Duke of Nemours, was born on April 4, 1905 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died in the same town on March 10, 1970. He was a member of the House of Orléans, descended from Louis-Philippe's second son, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours.
Paul Hammerich
Paul Hammerich was a Danish journalist and writer.