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Dead at age 50
389 Notable deaths
Anas al-Liby
Libyan al-qaeda member.
Born March 30th, 1964 in Tripoli.
Died January 2nd, 2015 at 50 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
Uğur Mumcu
Turkish journalist.
Born August 22nd, 1942 in Kırşehir.
Died January 24th, 1993 at 50 years old in Ankara. [ref]
Abdelmalek Droukdel
Algerian al-qaeda member.
Born April 20th, 1970 in Meftah.
Died June 3rd, 2020 at 50 years old in Mali (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Fredy Perlman
American author, publisher, professor, and activist.
Born August 20th, 1934 in Brno. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1985 at 50 years old in Detroit (perioperative mortality).
Jakob Sporrenberg
German general (1902-1952).
Born September 16th, 1902 in Düsseldorf.
Died December 6th, 1952 at 50 years old in Warsaw (hanging).
Mona Rudao
Taiwanese chief of seedeq tribu (1880-1930).
Died November 5th, 1930 at 50 years old in Musha.
Hermann Florstedt
German nazi leader (1895-1945).
Born February 18th, 1895 in Bitche.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 50 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Bautista Marigliano
Argentine journalist and writer.
Born January 9th, 1927 in Lamarque. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1977 at 50 years old in Buenos Aires.
Benedicto Kiwanuka
Ugandan prime minister (1922-1972).
Born May 8th, 1922 in Bukomansimbi District.
Died September 22nd, 1972 at 50 years old in Makindye Prison (immolation, extra-judicial killing).
Javier Valdez Cárdenas
Mexican crime journalist and murder victim.
Born April 14th, 1967 in Culiacán.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 50 years old in Culiacán (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde