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Dead at age 39
318 Notable deaths
Collin Walcott
Musician and ethnomusicologist from the united states.
Born April 24th, 1945 in New York City.
Died November 8th, 1984 at 39 years old in Magdeburg (traffic collision). [ref]
Vagif Mustafazadeh
Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979).
Born March 16th, 1940 in Baku.
Died December 16th, 1979 at 39 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
Évariste Kimba
Democratic republic of the congo prime minister (1926-1966).
Born July 16th, 1926 in Belgian Congo.
Died June 1st, 1966 at 39 years old in Kinshasa (hanging).
Tahar Djaout
Algerian writer (1954-1993).
Born January 11th, 1954 in Kabylie.
Died June 2nd, 1993 at 39 years old in Algiers.
Emanuel Feuermann
Austrian musician (1902-1942).
Born November 22nd, 1902 in Kolomyia.
Died May 25th, 1942 at 39 years old in New York City.
Michel de Klerk
Dutch architect (1884–1923).
Born November 24th, 1884 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1923 at 39 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Georges Politzer
French philosopher, marxist theoretician and resistance member (1903-1942).
Born May 3rd, 1903 in Oradea. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Maria Cebotari
Singer and actress.
Born February 10th, 1910 in Chișinău. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1949 at 39 years old in Vienna (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer). [ref]
Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937).
Born October 16th, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Laza Lazarević
Serbian writer.
Born May 13th, 1851 in Šabac. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1891 at 39 years old in Belgrade (tuberculosis). [ref]
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