Dead at age 40
414 Notable deaths
Gennady Mikhasevich
Soviet serial killer (1947-1988).
Died January 19th, 1988 at 40 years old in Minsk (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
Melchior Ndadaye
President of burundi (1953–1993).
Born March 28th, 1953 in Mwaro.
Died October 21st, 1993 at 40 years old in Bujumbura (deliberate murder).
Madan Kumar Bhandari
Nepalese politician (1952-1993).
Born June 27th, 1952 in Phungling.
Died May 16th, 1993 at 40 years old (traffic collision).
Seán Ó Riada
Irish composer (1931–1971).
Born August 1st, 1931 in Cork.
Died October 3rd, 1971 at 40 years old in London (liver cirrhosis).
Otis Spann
American chicago blues pianist (1930–1970).
Born March 21st, 1930 in Jackson, Belzoni.
Died April 25th, 1970 at 40 years old in Chicago (hepatocellular carcinoma).
Thomas C. Hindman
American politician and confederate states army general in the civil war (1828–1868).
Born January 28th, 1828 in Knoxville.
Died September 27th, 1868 at 40 years old in Helena.
Kamo
Russian revolutionary (1882-1922).
Died July 14th, 1922 at 40 years old in Tbilisi (traffic collision).
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.
Joe Gaetjens
Haitian-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.
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 to death).
Deaths 141 to 150 of 414
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein