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Dead at age 39
325 Notable deaths
Rebecca Elson
Canadian astronomer and writer (1960–1999).
Born January 2nd, 1960 in Montreal.
Died May 19th, 1999 at 39 years old in Cambridge (cancer).
Imam Alimsultanov
Chechen bard and folk singer.
Born June 22nd, 1957 in Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.
Died November 10th, 1996 at 39 years old in Odesa.
Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe
Member of the house of reuss (1852-1891).
Born July 28th, 1852 in Bückeburg.
Died September 28th, 1891 at 39 years old in Schleiz.
Mykola Khvylovyi
Ukrainian writer and poet.
Born December 13th, 1893 in Trostianets.
Died May 13th, 1933 at 39 years old in Kharkiv (gunshot wound).
Tina Wiseman
American actress (1965-2005).
Born September 26th, 1965 in Honolulu.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 39 years old in Freeport (pulmonary edema).
Sheik Umar Khan
Sierra leonean virologist (1975-2014).
Born March 6th, 1975 in Sierra Leone.
Died July 29th, 2014 at 39 years old in Sierra Leone (Ebola hemorrhagic fever).
Howard Taylor Ricketts
American pathologist.
Born February 9th, 1871 in Findlay.
Died May 3rd, 1910 at 39 years old in Mexico City (typhus).
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Soviet actor (1939-1978).
Born April 26th, 1939 in Omsk.
Died May 28th, 1978 at 39 years old in Gomel (myocardial infarction).
Aleksandr Myasnikyan
Soviet politician (1886-1925).
Born February 9th, 1886 in Nakhichevan-on-Don.
Died March 22nd, 1925 at 39 years old in Tbilisi.
Gabriel Péri
French journalist and politician (1902-1941).
Born February 9th, 1902 in Toulon. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1941 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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