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Dead at age 40
309 Notable deaths
Yūko Takeuchi
Japanese actress (1980-2020).
Born April 1st, 1980 in Saitama.
Died September 27th, 2020 at 40 years old in Shibuya-ku.
Rachel Bluwstein
Israeli poet (1890-1931).
Born October 3rd, 1890 in Saratov.
Died April 16th, 1931 at 40 years old in Tel Aviv (tuberculosis).
Jaime Roldos Aquilera
33rd president of ecuador (1979-81).
Born November 5th, 1940 in Guayaquil.
Died May 24th, 1981 at 40 years old in Celica Canton.
August Eigruber
Austrian nazi politician, gauleiter of oberdonau and landeshauptmann of upper austria (1907-1947).
Born April 16th, 1907 in Steyr.
Died May 28th, 1947 at 40 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Jo Schlesser
Racecar driver.
Born May 18th, 1928 in Apremont-la-Forêt.
Died July 7th, 1968 at 40 years old in Rouen-Les-Essarts.
Vladlen Tatarsky
Russian military blogger and propagandist.
Born April 25th, 1982 in Makiivka.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg (bomb attack). [ref]
Pál Maléter
Hungarian soldier, minister of defence (1917-1958).
Born September 4th, 1917 in Prešov.
Died June 16th, 1958 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Nadia Toffa
Italian journalist (1979–2019).
Born June 10th, 1979 in Brescia. [ref]
Died August 13th, 2019 at 40 years old in Brescia (brain cancer). [ref]
Joe Gaetjens
American soccer player (1924-1964).
Born March 19th, 1924 in Port-au-Prince.
Died July 10th, 1964 at 40 years old in Port-au-Prince.
Aleksey Mozgovoy
Pro-russian rebel and warlord in eastern ukraine.
Born April 3rd, 1975 in Nyzhnia Duvanka.
Died May 23rd, 2015 at 40 years old in Mykhailivka.
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