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Dead at age 39
417 Notable deaths
Saleh as-Sammad
Former head of the houthi supreme political council.
Born January 1st, 1979 in Sahar District.
Died April 23rd, 2018 at 39 years old in Al Hudaydah.
Alexandre Villaplane
French association football player (1905-1944).
Born September 12th, 1905 in Algiers.
Died December 26th, 1944 at 39 years old in Arcueil (gunshot wound). [ref]
Randolph Caldecott
British artist and illustrator (1846-1886).
Born March 22nd, 1846 in Chester.
Died February 13th, 1886 at 39 years old in St. Augustine.
Bill Chase
American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974).
Born October 20th, 1934 in Quincy.
Died August 9th, 1974 at 39 years old in Jackson.
Roque Dalton Garcia
Salvadoran journalist and poet (1935-1975).
Born May 14th, 1935 in San Salvador.
Died May 10th, 1975 at 39 years old in Quezaltepeque.
Junior Pope
Nigerian actor.
Born May 7th, 1984 in Bamenda.
Died April 10th, 2024 at 39 years old in Asaba.
Cássia Eller
Brazilian singer (1962-2001).
Born December 10th, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 29th, 2001 at 39 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Franz Kutschera
Austrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944).
Born February 22nd, 1904 in Oberwaltersdorf.
Died February 1st, 1944 at 39 years old in Warsaw.
Max Pauly
Ss sturmbannführer; commandant of stutthof concentration camp (1907–1946).
Born June 1st, 1907 in Wesselburen.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Mikhail Gorsheniov
Russian punk rocker (1973–2013).
Born August 7th, 1973 in Pikalyovo.
Died July 19th, 2013 at 39 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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