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Dead at age 38
273 Notable deaths
Farabundo Martí
Salvadoran revolutionary (1893-1932).
Born May 6th, 1893 in Teotepeque.
Died February 1st, 1932 at 38 years old in San Salvador (ballistic trauma).
Bob Marshall
Wilderness activist.
Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 38 years old in New York City.
Oleg Losev
Russian inventor, and physicist.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Saint Petersburg (hunger).
Marien Ngouabi
Republic of the congo politician (1938-1977).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Owando.
Died March 18th, 1977 at 38 years old in Brazzaville.
Kira Ivanova
Soviet figure skater.
Born January 10th, 1963 in Moscow.
Died December 18th, 2001 at 38 years old in Moscow.
Ondrej Nepela
Slovak figure skater (1951–1989).
Born January 22nd, 1951 in Bratislava.
Died February 2nd, 1989 at 38 years old in Mannheim (death from AIDS-related complications).
Eluana Englaro
Italian medical ethics case.
Born November 25th, 1970 in Lecco.
Died February 9th, 2009 at 38 years old in Udine (skin cancer). [ref]
Lyudmila Zhivkova
Bulgarian minister (1942-1981).
Born July 26th, 1942 in Govedartsi. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1981 at 38 years old in Sofia (brain tumor). [ref]
J. B. Lenoir
African american blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Born March 5th, 1929 in Monticello. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1967 at 38 years old in Urbana (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tonmi Lillman
Drummer (1973-2012).
Born June 3rd, 1973 in Kouvola.
Died February 14th, 2012 at 38 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
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