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Dead at age 49
405 Notable deaths
Arthur Ashe
American tennis player.
Born July 10th, 1943 in Richmond. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1993 at 49 years old in New York City (pneumonia, AIDS related disease). [ref]
Nico
German musician, model and actress, one of warhol's superstars (1938-1988).
Born October 16th, 1938 in Cologne. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1988 at 49 years old in Ibiza (bicycle accident). [ref]
Ottis Toole
American serial killer, arsonist, cannibal, and necrophile.
Born March 5th, 1947 in Jacksonville.
Died September 15th, 1996 at 49 years old in Raiford (liver cirrhosis).
Jack Cassidy
American actor, director, and singer (1927-1976).
Born March 5th, 1927 in Queens.
Died December 12th, 1976 at 49 years old in Hollywood.
Douglas Adams
English science fiction writer and humourist (1952–2001).
Born March 11th, 1952 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died May 11th, 2001 at 49 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joey Ramone
American musician and singer-songwriter.
Born May 19th, 1951 in Forest Hills.
Died April 15th, 2001 at 49 years old in New York City (lymphoma). [ref]
Christian Brando
Child of actor marlon brando and an occasional actor (1958-2008).
Born May 11th, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Died January 26th, 2008 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Sarabjit Singh
Indian national convicted of terrorism and spying by a pakistani court (1963-2013).
Born December 18th, 1963 in Bhikhiwind.
Died May 2nd, 2013 at 49 years old in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore (blunt trauma).
Jason David Frank
American actor and martial artist.
Born September 4th, 1973 in Covina.
Died November 19th, 2022 at 49 years old in Texas. [ref]
Edsel Bryant Ford
American businessman.
Born November 6th, 1893 in Detroit.
Died May 26th, 1943 at 49 years old in Grosse Pointe Shores (stomach cancer).
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks