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Dead at age 49
10 Notable deaths
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
British politician (1812-1862).
Born December 14th, 1812 in Brompton.
Died June 17th, 1862 at 49 years old in Grosvenor Square.
Sándor Kocsis
Hungarian footballer.
Born September 21st, 1929 in Budapest. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1979 at 49 years old in Barcelona.
Yuly Martov
Russian politician (1873–1923).
Born November 24th, 1873 in Constantinople.
Died April 4th, 1923 at 49 years old in Schömberg.
DuShon Monique Brown
American actress (1968-2018).
Born December 7th, 1968 in Chicago.
Died March 23rd, 2018 at 49 years old in Olympia Fields (disease). [ref]
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat (1867-1916).
Born January 18th, 1867 in Ciudad Darío.
Died February 6th, 1916 at 49 years old in León (liver cirrhosis).
John Chard
British military officer (1847–1897); recipient of the victoria cross.
Born December 21st, 1847 in Plymouth.
Died November 1st, 1897 at 49 years old in Taunton (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Michael McDowell
American novelist and screenwriter (1950-1999).
Born June 1st, 1950 in Philadelphia.
Died December 27th, 1999 at 49 years old in Boston (death from AIDS-related complications).
Paul Celan
French-romanian poet and translator (1920–1970).
Born November 23rd, 1920 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1970 at 49 years old in Paris (drowning).
Ahmad Khomeini
Iranian politician.
Born March 14th, 1946 in Qom.
Died March 17th, 1995 at 49 years old in Tehran.
Violeta Parra
Chilean musician and folklorist.
Born October 4th, 1917 in San Carlos.
Died February 5th, 1967 at 49 years old in La Reina.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius