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Dead at age 48
620 Notable deaths
Ricardo Flores Magón
Mexican anarchist and social reform activist (1874–1922).
Born September 16th, 1874 in Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón.
Died November 21st, 1922 at 48 years old in United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth.
David J. C. MacKay
Regius professor of engineering at the university of cambridge (1967-2016).
Born April 22nd, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died April 14th, 2016 at 48 years old in Cambridge (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ahmed Rushdi
Pakistani playback singer.
Born April 24th, 1934 in British Raj, Hyderabad State.
Died April 11th, 1983 at 48 years old in Karachi.
James Le Mesurier
Founder of mayday rescue, white helmets.
Born May 25th, 1971 in Singapore. [ref]
Died November 11th, 2019 at 48 years old in Istanbul (falling from height). [ref]
Sergei Dovlatov
Soviet writer (1941–1990).
Born September 3rd, 1941 in Ufa.
Died August 24th, 1990 at 48 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Emilio Salgari
Italian writer.
Born August 21st, 1862 in Verona.
Died April 25th, 1911 at 48 years old in Turin (stabbing).
Jean Patou
French fashion designer (1887-1936).
Born September 27th, 1887 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 8th, 1936 at 48 years old in Paris.
Ziya Gökalp
Turkish sociologist and writer (1876–1924).
Born March 23rd, 1876 in Çermik district.
Died October 25th, 1924 at 48 years old in Istanbul.
Mark Lombardi
American neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000).
Born March 23rd, 1951 in Syracuse.
Died March 22nd, 2000 at 48 years old in New York City (hanging to death).
France Prešeren
Slovene national poet, a carniolan romantic poet of slovene descent (1800–1849).
Born December 3rd, 1800 in Vrba.
Died February 8th, 1849 at 48 years old in Kranj (liver cirrhosis).
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