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Dead at age 26
211 Notable deaths
George Eric Fairbairn
British rower (1888-1915).
Born August 18th, 1888 in Melbourne.
Died June 20th, 1915 at 26 years old in Bailleul.
Oleksandr Beresch
Ukrainian gymnast (1977-2004).
Born October 12th, 1977 in Sokolohirsk.
Died February 29th, 2004 at 26 years old in Kyiv (traffic collision).
Ğabdulla Tuqay
Tatar poet.
Born April 26th, 1886 in Koshlauch.
Died April 15th, 1913 at 26 years old in Klyachkin clinics (tuberculosis).
Joseph Olivier
French rugby union player (1874–1901).
Born December 2nd, 1874 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 21st, 1901 at 26 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Sašo Mirjanič
Slovenian rower (1968-1994).
Born January 27th, 1968 in Koper.
Died September 25th, 1994 at 26 years old in Žirovnica (traffic collision). [ref]
Franz Bartl
Austrian handball player (1915-1941).
Born January 7th, 1915 in Vienna.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 26 years old
René Pijpers
Dutch footballer (1917-1944).
Born September 15th, 1917 in Swalmen.
Died March 22nd, 1944 at 26 years old in Swalmen.
Božidar Petrović
Association football player (1911-1937).
Born April 7th, 1911 in Bela Palanka.
Died July 12th, 1937 at 26 years old in Villanueva de la Cañada.
Lucas Gomes da Silva
Brazilian association football player (1990-2016).
Born May 29th, 1990 in Bragança.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 26 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Jules Pierre Fourreau
French botanist (1844-1871).
Born August 25th, 1844 in Lyon.
Died January 16th, 1871 at 26 years old in Beaune.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht