Dead at age 56

718 Notable deaths

Pino Puglisi

Italian beatified priest (1937–1993).

Born September 15th, 1937 in Palermo.

Died September 15th, 1993 at 56 years old in Palermo.

Taiki Matsuno

Japanese voice actor.

Born October 16th, 1967 in Shinagawa-ku.

Died June 26th, 2024 at 56 years old in Tokyo (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]

Hamed Bakayoko

Prime minister of ivory coast (2020-2021).

Born March 8th, 1965 in Abidjan. [ref]

Died March 10th, 2021 at 56 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (cancer). [ref]

Juice Leskinen

Finnish musician (1950–2006).

Born February 19th, 1950 in Juankoski. [ref]

Died November 24th, 2006 at 56 years old in Tampere (diabetes, liver cirrhosis, kidney failure). [ref]

Frank Shuman

American inventor (1862–1918).

Born January 23rd, 1862 in Brooklyn.

Died April 28th, 1918 at 56 years old in Philadelphia.

Vanna Bonta

Italian-american writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014).

Born April 3rd, 1958 in United States of America.

Died July 8th, 2014 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.

Eva Gore-Booth

Irish writer and activist.

Born May 22nd, 1870 in County Sligo. [ref]

Died June 30th, 1926 at 56 years old in London. [ref]

Oskar Barnack

German optical engineer (1879–1936).

Born November 1st, 1879 in Lynow.

Died January 16th, 1936 at 56 years old in Bad Nauheim (pneumonia).

Franco Basaglia

Italian psychiatrist and neurologist (1924-1980).

Born March 11th, 1924 in Venice.

Died August 29th, 1980 at 56 years old in Venice (cancer). [ref]

Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria

Austrian archduke (1895-1952).

Born April 13th, 1895 in Vienna.

Died January 19th, 1952 at 56 years old in Nice.

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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather