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Dead at age 39
417 Notable deaths
Emanuel Feuermann
Austrian musician (1902-1942).
Born November 22nd, 1902 in Kolomyia.
Died May 25th, 1942 at 39 years old in New York City.
Ilya Ilf
Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937).
Born October 3rd, 1897 in Odesa.
Died April 13th, 1937 at 39 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Georges Politzer
French philosopher, marxist theoretician and resistance member (1903-1942).
Died May 23rd, 1942 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
Edward Adrian Wilson
English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist (1872–1912).
Born July 23rd, 1872 in Cheltenham.
Died March 29th, 1912 at 39 years old in Ross Ice Shelf.
Josef Danhauser
Austrian painter (1805-1845).
Born August 18th, 1805 in Vienna.
Died May 4th, 1845 at 39 years old in Vienna (typhus).
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Italian american anarchist executed by massachusetts (1888-1927).
Born June 11th, 1888 in Villafalletto.
Died August 27th, 1927 at 39 years old in Charlestown (electrocution).
Maria Cebotari
Singer and actress.
Born February 10th, 1910 in Chișinău.
Died June 9th, 1949 at 39 years old in Vienna (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer).
Bronisław Pieracki
Officer of the polish army, polish politician (1895-1934).
Born May 28th, 1895 in Gorlice.
Died June 15th, 1934 at 39 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Sergey Markov
Russian general (1878–1918).
Born July 19th, 1878 in Saint Petersburg Governorate.
Died June 25th, 1918 at 39 years old in Stavropol Governorate.
Yosef Haim Brenner
Russian-born hebrew-language author (1881-1921).
Born September 11th, 1881 in Novi Mlyny. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1921 at 39 years old in Jaffa.
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