Dead at age 40

414 Notable deaths

Vazgen Sargsyan

Military commander, politician (1959-1999).

Born March 5th, 1959 in Ararat.

Died October 27th, 1999 at 40 years old in Yerevan (gunshot wound).

Mildred Harnack

American-german literary historian, professor, translator; resistance fighter and anti-nazi activist, who was executed during wwii in germany.

Born September 16th, 1902 in Milwaukee. [ref]

Died February 16th, 1943 at 40 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).

Jeanna Friske

Russian actor and singer (1974-2015).

Born July 8th, 1974 in Moscow.

Died June 15th, 2015 at 40 years old in Balashikha (glioblastoma).

Abdul-Halim Sadulayev

Chechen commander (1966-2006).

Born June 2nd, 1966 in Argun.

Died June 17th, 2006 at 40 years old in Argun (gunshot wound).

Lampião

Brazilian bandit leader (1897-1938).

Born June 4th, 1898 in Serra Talhada.

Died July 28th, 1938 at 40 years old (gunshot wound).

Sa'id of Egypt

Wāli of egypt (1822–1863).

Born March 17th, 1822 in Cairo. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1863 at 40 years old in Cairo (tuberculosis). [ref]

Rotha Lintorn-Orman

British fascist.

Born February 7th, 1895 in Kensington.

Died March 10th, 1935 at 40 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Yūko Takeuchi

Japanese actress (1980–2020).

Born April 1st, 1980 in Saitama.

Died September 27th, 2020 at 40 years old in Shibuya. [ref]

Suzette Jordan

Indian women's-rights activist and anti-rape campaigner.

Born October 21st, 1974 in Kolkata. [ref]

Died March 13th, 2015 at 40 years old in Kolkata (meningoencephalitis).

Iyasu V

Emperor of abyssinia (1895-1935) and temporary loyalist of garad diiriye guure.

Born February 4th, 1895 in Dessie.

Died November 25th, 1935 at 40 years old in Addis Ababa.

Deaths 121 to 130 of 414

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir