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Dead at age 44
435 Notable deaths
Grzegorz Ciechowski
Polish rock musician.
Born August 29th, 1957 in Tczew.
Died December 22nd, 2001 at 44 years old in Warsaw.
Siegfried Kasche
German politician (1903-1947).
Died June 19th, 1947 at 44 years old in Zagreb (hanging to death).
Freddie Keppard
American jazz cornettist (1889-1933).
Born February 27th, 1889 in New Orleans.
Died July 15th, 1933 at 44 years old in Chicago (tuberculosis).
Ali Saleh Mohammed Ali Jaber
Preacher and scholar with indonesian nationality (1976-2021).
Born February 3rd, 1976 in Medina.
Died January 14th, 2021 at 44 years old in Jakarta (COVID-19). [ref]
Alfred Trzebinski
Ss-physician at the auschwitz, majdanek and neuengamme concentration camps in nazi germany.
Born August 29th, 1902 in Jutrosin.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 44 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Gillis Grafström
Swedish figure skater (1893-1938).
Born June 7th, 1893 in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1938 at 44 years old in Potsdam (sepsis). [ref]
Alexander Piorkowski
German nazi concentration camp commandant.
Born October 11th, 1904 in Bremen.
Died October 22nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi
Iraqi murderer.
Born March 1st, 1970 in Ramadi.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 44 years old in Swaqa prison (hanging to death).
John Vlissides
American software scientist (1961–2005).
Born August 2nd, 1961 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 24th, 2005 at 44 years old in Lake Mohegan (brain cancer). [ref]
Prince Rainier, 6th Prince of Koháry
Prince of saxe-coburg and gotha.
Died January 7th, 1945 at 44 years old in Budapest.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche