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Dead at age 51

660 Notable deaths

George Mercer Dawson

Canadian geologist (1849 – 1901).

Born August 1st, 1849 in Pictou.

Died March 2nd, 1901 at 51 years old in Ottawa.

Vsevolod Chaplin

Russian priest (1968–2020).

Born March 31st, 1968 in Moscow.

Died January 26th, 2020 at 51 years old in Moscow (arteriosclerotic heart disease). [ref]

Isaak Rubin

Russian economist (1886-1937).

Born June 12th, 1886 in Daugavpils.

Died November 27th, 1937 at 51 years old in Aktobe.

Barry Norton

Argentine actor (1905-1956).

Born June 16th, 1905 in United States.

Died August 24th, 1956 at 51 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Hermann Wissmann

German explorer and colonial administrator in africa (1853–1905).

Born September 4th, 1853 in Frankfurt (Oder).

Died June 15th, 1905 at 51 years old in Weißenbach bei Liezen (hunting accident).

Jaap Eden

Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist (1873-1925).

Born October 19th, 1873 in Groningen.

Died February 2nd, 1925 at 51 years old in Haarlem.

Karl Theodor Helfferich

German politician, diplomat and banker (1872-1924).

Born July 22nd, 1872 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Died April 23rd, 1924 at 51 years old in Bellinzona (traffic collision).

Mallika Sengupta

Bengali poet.

Born March 27th, 1960 in Krishnanagar.

Died May 28th, 2011 at 51 years old in Kolkata.

Sverre Hassel

Norwegian antarctic explorer (1876-1928).

Born July 30th, 1876 in Christiania.

Died June 6th, 1928 at 51 years old in Oslo.

Gerardo Barrios

Salvadoran politician (1813-1865).

Born September 24th, 1813 in Nuevo Edén de San Juan.

Died August 29th, 1865 at 51 years old in San Salvador.

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel