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Dead at age 50

390 Notable deaths

Jack Sepkoski

American paleontologist (1948-1999).

Born July 26th, 1948 in Presque Isle.

Died May 1st, 1999 at 50 years old in Chicago.

José Manuel Fuente

Spanish racing cyclist.

Born September 30th, 1945 in Siero.

Died July 18th, 1996 at 50 years old in Oviedo (pancreatitis).

Vladimir Liakhov

Russian cossack (1869-1920).

Born June 20th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 30th, 1920 at 50 years old in Batumi.

Armand de Las Cuevas

French racing cyclist.

Born June 26th, 1968 in Troyes. [ref]

Died August 2nd, 2018 at 50 years old in Petite-Île. [ref]

Mykola Pymonenko

Ukrainian painter (1862-1912).

Born March 21st, 1862 in Kyiv.

Died April 8th, 1912 at 50 years old in Kyiv.

Gianluca Buonanno

Italian politician.

Born May 15th, 1966 in Borgosesia.

Died June 5th, 2016 at 50 years old in Autostrada A36 (car collision). [ref]

Vladimir Petlyakov

Soviet aerospace engineer.

Born June 27th, 1891 in Rostov-on-Don.

Died January 12th, 1942 at 50 years old in Kazan.

Eino Rahja

Finnish-russian revolutionary (1885–1936).

Born June 20th, 1885 in Kronstadt.

Died April 26th, 1936 at 50 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).

George Placzek

Physicist (1905-1955).

Born September 26th, 1905 in Brno. [ref]

Died October 9th, 1955 at 50 years old in Zürich. [ref]

Alexander Bogomazov

Ukrainian soviet artist (1880-1930).

Born March 26th, 1880 in Yampil. [ref]

Died June 3rd, 1930 at 50 years old in Kyiv (tuberculosis). [ref]

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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan