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Dead at age 38
273 Notable deaths
Josep Sunyol
Spanish football executive (1898-1936).
Born July 21st, 1898 in Barcelona.
Died August 6th, 1936 at 38 years old in Sierra de Guadarrama.
Attila Petschauer
Hungarian fencer (1904–1943).
Born December 14th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 38 years old in Davidovka concentration camp (hypothermia). [ref]
J. Slauerhoff
Dutch poet, writer and doctor (1898-1936).
Born September 15th, 1898 in Leeuwarden.
Died October 5th, 1936 at 38 years old in Hilversum (malaria).
Sara Anzanello
Italian volleyball player (1980-2018).
Born July 30th, 1980 in San Donà di Piave.
Died October 25th, 2018 at 38 years old in Milan (leukemia). [ref]
August Lösch
German economist (1906-1945).
Born October 15th, 1906 in Öhringen.
Died May 30th, 1945 at 38 years old in Ratzeburg (scarlet fever).
Margit Kaffka
Hungarian writer (1880-1918).
Born June 10th, 1880 in Carei. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1918 at 38 years old in Budapest (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Yevgeny Petrov
Soviet writer (1902–1942).
Born December 13th, 1903 in Odesa.
Died July 2nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Rostov Oblast.
Salwan Momika
Iraqi refugee and critic of islam.
Born June 23rd, 1986 in Qaraqosh.
Died January 29th, 2025 at 38 years old in Hovsjö (gunshot wound). [ref]
Maurice Sachs
French writer (1906-1945).
Born September 16th, 1906 in Paris.
Died April 14th, 1945 at 38 years old in Neumünster.
Ole Lund Kirkegaard
Danish writer (1940-1979).
Born July 29th, 1940 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1979 at 38 years old in Stenderup. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 273
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy