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Dead at age 44
340 Notable deaths
Matti Pellonpää
Finnish actor.
Born March 28th, 1951 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1995 at 44 years old in Vaasa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lionel Terray
French mountaineer (1921-1965).
Born July 25th, 1921 in Grenoble. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1965 at 44 years old in Vercors Plateau.
Paul Leni
German film director.
Born July 8th, 1885 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1929 at 44 years old in Hollywood (sepsis). [ref]
Blaž Kraljević
Bosnian croat soldier (1947–1992).
Born September 17th, 1947 in Lisice.
Died August 9th, 1992 at 44 years old in Kruševo, Mostar.
Grigory Kotovsky
Soviet general (1881-1925).
Born June 24th, 1881 in Hîncești.
Died August 6th, 1925 at 44 years old in Hvardiiske.
Klaus Bonhoeffer
German reistance fighter (1901-1945).
Born January 5th, 1901 in Wrocław.
Died April 23rd, 1945 at 44 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Yakov Agranov
Nkvd officer (1893–1938).
Born October 24th, 1893 in Chachersk.
Died August 1st, 1938 at 44 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Wang Xiaobo
Chinese writer.
Born May 13th, 1952 in Beijing. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1997 at 44 years old in Beijing (heart disease). [ref]
Charles Emil Ruthenberg
American politician (1882-1927).
Born July 9th, 1882 in Cleveland.
Died March 2nd, 1927 at 44 years old in Chicago (appendicitis).
Oswaldo Cruz
Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (1872-1917).
Born August 5th, 1872 in São Luiz do Paraitinga.
Died January 11th, 1917 at 44 years old in Petrópolis (kidney failure).
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