Dead at age 40
294 Notable deaths
Tim Hetherington
British photographer (1970-2011).
Born December 5th, 1970 in Birkenhead.
Died April 20th, 2011 at 40 years old in Misrata (rocket-propelled grenade). [ref]
Shawn Lane
American musician.
Born March 21st, 1963 in Memphis.
Died September 26th, 2003 at 40 years old in Memphis (lung disease).
Junior Agogo
Ghanaian association football player (1979-2019).
Born August 1st, 1979 in Accra.
Died August 22nd, 2019 at 40 years old in London. [ref]
Mikhail Frunze
Soviet army officer (1885–1925).
Born February 2nd, 1885 in Bishkek.
Died October 31st, 1925 at 40 years old in Moscow (chloroform).
Buenaventura Durruti
Spanish anarchist (1896-1936).
Born July 14th, 1896 in León. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1936 at 40 years old in Madrid (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Fausto Coppi
Italian cyclist (1919-1960).
Born September 15th, 1919 in Castellania Coppi. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1960 at 40 years old in Tortona (malaria). [ref]
Rachael Bland
Welsh journalist and presenter.
Born January 21st, 1978 in Creigiau.
Died September 5th, 2018 at 40 years old in Cheshire (breast cancer). [ref]
Ramfis Trujillo
Dominican republic general.
Died December 28th, 1969 at 40 years old in Madrid (pneumonia).
André Bazin
French film critic and theorist.
Born April 8th, 1918 in Angers. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1958 at 40 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (leukemia). [ref]
Dragutin Dimitrijević
Serbian military commander.
Born August 17th, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died June 24th, 1917 at 40 years old in Thessaloniki (ballistic trauma).
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte