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Dead at age 51
660 Notable deaths
Sonja Åkesson
Swedish writer, artist (1926-1977).
Born April 19th, 1926 in Buttle parish.
Died May 5th, 1977 at 51 years old in Halmstad (liver cancer).
Heinz Müller
German road bicycle racer (1924–1975).
Born September 16th, 1924 in Tuningen.
Died September 25th, 1975 at 51 years old in Villingen-Schwenningen.
Yves Mariot
French professional football striker (1948-2000).
Died January 15th, 2000 at 51 years old in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon (aneurysm).
Ferdinand von Arnim
German watercolour painter, architect and prussian building official (1814-1866).
Born September 15th, 1814 in Trzebiatów.
Died March 27th, 1866 at 51 years old in Berlin.
Valerian Osinski
Russian politician (1887-1938).
Born April 6th, 1887 in Byki, Kursk Oblast.
Died September 1st, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting).
Karel van de Woestijne
Flemish writer (1878-1929).
Born March 10th, 1878 in Ghent. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1929 at 51 years old in Zwijnaarde. [ref]
Moritz Hartmann
Poet from austria.
Born October 15th, 1821 in Daleké Dušníky, Trhové Dušníky.
Died May 13th, 1873 at 51 years old in Vienna, Oberdöbling.
Gernot Jurtin
Austrian footballer (1955-2006).
Born October 9th, 1955 in Scheifling.
Died December 5th, 2006 at 51 years old in Altenmarkt im Pongau (cancer). [ref]
Heinz Vollmar
German footballer (1936-1987).
Born April 26th, 1936 in Sankt Ingbert.
Died October 12th, 1987 at 51 years old in Sankt Ingbert.
Stanisław Ruziewicz
Polish mathematician (1889–1941).
Born August 29th, 1889 in Kolomyia.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 51 years old in Lviv (massacre of Lviv professors).
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon