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Dead at age 40
338 Notable deaths
Urmuz
Romanian writer.
Born March 17th, 1883 in Curtea de Argeș.
Died November 23rd, 1923 at 40 years old in Bucharest (shooting).
Antun Gustav Matoš
Croatian writer.
Born June 13th, 1873 in Tovarnik. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1914 at 40 years old in Zagreb (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Adelbert Schulz
German world war ii general (1903–1944).
Born December 20th, 1903 in Berlin.
Died January 28th, 1944 at 40 years old in Shepetivka.
Maks Levin
Ukrainian photojournalist.
Born July 7th, 1981 in Boyarka. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2022 at 40 years old in Huta-Mezhyhirska (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Walter Gross
German physician and nazi politician (1904-1945).
Born October 21st, 1904 in Kassel.
Died April 25th, 1945 at 40 years old in Berlin.
Miklós Gimes
Hungarian politician (1917–1958).
Born December 23rd, 1917 in Budapest.
Died June 16th, 1958 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
Goyō Hashiguchi
Japanese artist (1880-1921).
Born December 21st, 1880 in Kagoshima.
Died February 24th, 1921 at 40 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (meningitis).
Roger de La Fresnaye
French painter (1885-1925).
Born July 11th, 1885 in Le Mans. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1925 at 40 years old in Grasse (tuberculosis). [ref]
Marián Čišovský
Slovak footballer (1979-2020).
Born November 2nd, 1979 in Humenné.
Died June 28th, 2020 at 40 years old (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Yvonne Vera
Zimbabwean writer (1964–2005).
Born September 19th, 1964 in Bulawayo.
Died April 7th, 2005 at 40 years old in Toronto (death from AIDS-related complications, meningitis).
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht