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Dead at age 21
98 Notable deaths
Casimiro de Abreu
Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright (1839–1860).
Born January 4th, 1839 in São João da Barra.
Died October 18th, 1860 at 21 years old in Nova Friburgo (tuberculosis).
Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia
(1825-1846).
Born March 9th, 1825 in Moscow.
Died November 19th, 1846 at 21 years old in Vienna (tuberculosis).
Egon Schultz
East german border guard (1943-1964).
Born January 4th, 1943 in Gościno.
Died October 5th, 1964 at 21 years old in East Berlin.
Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Estonian writer (1801-1822).
Born March 14th, 1801 in Riga.
Died August 4th, 1822 at 21 years old in Riga.
Nicolae Labiș
Romanian poet (1935–1956).
Born December 2nd, 1935 in Poiana Mărului.
Died December 22nd, 1956 at 21 years old in Bucharest (struck by vehicle).
Klaus Junge
German chess player (1924–1945).
Born January 1st, 1924 in Concepción.
Died April 17th, 1945 at 21 years old in Welle.
Erich Loewenhardt
German flying ace (1897–1918).
Born April 7th, 1897 in Wrocław.
Died August 10th, 1918 at 21 years old in Chaulnes.
Thomas Baker
Australian soldier, aviator and flying ace of the first world war.
Born May 2nd, 1897 in Smithfield.
Died November 4th, 1918 at 21 years old in Ath.
Max Hödel
German anarchist, failed assassin (1857–1878).
Born May 27th, 1857 in Leipzig.
Died August 16th, 1878 at 21 years old in Zellengefängnis Lehrter Straße (decapitation).
Heinrich Ritter von Gontermann
German flying ace (1896–1917).
Born February 25th, 1896 in Siegen.
Died October 30th, 1917 at 21 years old in Marle (aircraft crash).
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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë