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Dead at age 55
631 Notable deaths
Alexander Yashin
Soviet writer (1913–1968).
Born March 27th, 1913 in Bludnovo.
Died July 11th, 1968 at 55 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Branko Vukelić
Croatian politician (1958-2013).
Born March 9th, 1958 in Karlovac.
Died May 3rd, 2013 at 55 years old in Karlovac (pancreatic cancer).
René Fallet
French writer.
Born December 4th, 1927 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.
Died July 25th, 1983 at 55 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Oleg Goncharenko
Ukrainian soviet speed skater.
Born August 18th, 1931 in Kharkiv.
Died December 16th, 1986 at 55 years old in Moscow.
Volodymyr Hnatiuk
Ukrainian etnographer and writer.
Born May 9th, 1871 in Velesniv.
Died October 6th, 1926 at 55 years old in Lviv.
Nikolay Abramov
Soviet and russian footballer (1950–2005).
Born January 5th, 1950 in Kotelniki.
Died August 6th, 2005 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Soltan Hajibeyov
Azerbaijani composer (1919-1974).
Born May 8th, 1919 in Shusha. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1974 at 55 years old in Baku. [ref]
Helga Haase
East german speed skater.
Born June 9th, 1934 in Gdańsk.
Died June 16th, 1989 at 55 years old in East Berlin.
Eric Mjöberg
Swedish zoologist and ethnographer.
Born August 6th, 1882 in Ås. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1938 at 55 years old in Adolf Fredriks parish. [ref]
Pavel Kouba
Czech footballer (1938-1993).
Born September 1st, 1938 in Kladno.
Died September 13th, 1993 at 55 years old in Tábor. [ref]
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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