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Dead at age 40
319 Notable deaths
Uriel Weinreich
American linguist.
Born May 23rd, 1926 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1967 at 40 years old in New York City. [ref]
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]
Urmuz
Romanian writer.
Born March 17th, 1883 in Curtea de Argeș.
Died November 23rd, 1923 at 40 years old in Bucharest (shooting).
Marián Čišovský
Slovak footballer (1979-2020).
Born November 2nd, 1979 in Humenné.
Died June 28th, 2020 at 40 years old (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Vasyl Makukh
Ukrainian nationalist activist (1927-1968).
Born November 14th, 1927 in Kariv. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1968 at 40 years old in Kyiv (self-immolation). [ref]
Felipe Calderón
Filipino lawyer and politician (1868-1908).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Tanza.
Died July 8th, 1908 at 40 years old in Manila.
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]
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).
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.
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