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Dead at age 47
426 Notable deaths
Vicente Ferreira da Silva
Brazilian logician, mathematician, and philosopher.
Born February 3rd, 1916 in São Paulo.
Died July 19th, 1963 at 47 years old in São Paulo (traffic collision).
Otto Furrer
Swiss alpine and cross-country skier (1903-1951).
Born October 19th, 1903 in Zermatt.
Died July 26th, 1951 at 47 years old in Matterhorn.
Hertha Wambacher
Austrian physicist (1903-1950).
Born March 9th, 1903 in Vienna.
Died April 25th, 1950 at 47 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Gennadi Krasnitsky
Soviet footballer-manager (1940-1988).
Born August 27th, 1940 in Tashkent.
Died June 12th, 1988 at 47 years old in Bokhtar.
Mikhail Ogonkov
Russian footballer (1932-1979).
Born June 24th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died August 14th, 1979 at 47 years old in Moscow (exsanguination).
Conrad Detrez
Belgian novelist.
Born April 1st, 1937 in Roclenge-sur-Geer.
Died February 11th, 1985 at 47 years old in Paris (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Andrei Suraikin
Figure skater (1948-1996).
Born October 20th, 1948 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 28th, 1996 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Leonard Meredith
English racing cyclist (1882–1930).
Born February 2nd, 1882 in London.
Died January 27th, 1930 at 47 years old in Davos.
Gusztáv Szepesi
Hungarian footballer.
Born July 17th, 1939 in Miskolc.
Died June 5th, 1987 at 47 years old in Tatabánya.
Gábor P. Szabó
Hungarian footballer (1902–1950).
Born October 14th, 1902 in Hungary.
Died February 26th, 1950 at 47 years old
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