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Dead at age 50
419 Notable deaths
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).
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed
Ghanaian politician (1974–2025).
Born December 14th, 1974 in Tamale. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2025 at 50 years old in Adansi Asokwa District. [ref]
George Placzek
Physicist (1905-1955).
Born September 26th, 1905 in Brno.
Died October 9th, 1955 at 50 years old in Zurich.
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]
Barbara Rudnik
German actress (1958-2009).
Born July 27th, 1958 in Kirchen.
Died May 23rd, 2009 at 50 years old in Munich (breast cancer).
Grigori Sokolnikov
Soviet diplomat (1888-1939).
Born August 15th, 1888 in Romny.
Died May 21st, 1939 at 50 years old in Verkhneuralsk.
Boris Fyodorov
Russian politician and economist (1958-2008).
Born February 13th, 1958 in Moscow.
Died November 19th, 2008 at 50 years old in London (stroke).
Lepo Sumera
Estonian composer.
Born May 8th, 1950 in Tallinn.
Died June 2nd, 2000 at 50 years old in Tallinn.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner