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Dead at age 56
718 Notable deaths
Ignaz Seipel
Chancellor during the 1920s.
Born July 19th, 1876 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1932 at 56 years old in Pernitz. [ref]
Marcello Giordani
Italian operatic tenor (1963-2019).
Born January 25th, 1963 in Augusta.
Died October 5th, 2019 at 56 years old in Augusta (myocardial infarction).
Fritz Noether
German-born mathematician.
Born October 7th, 1884 in Erlangen.
Died September 10th, 1941 at 56 years old in Oryol (gunshot wound).
Keith Newton
English footballer (1941-1998).
Born June 23rd, 1941 in Manchester.
Died June 16th, 1998 at 56 years old in Blackburn (laryngeal cancer).
Komura Jutarō
Japanese diplomat (1855–1911).
Born October 26th, 1855 in Nichinan.
Died November 25th, 1911 at 56 years old in Hayama (tuberculosis).
Ahmed Hassanein Pasha
Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946).
Born October 31st, 1889 in Cairo, Bulaq.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 56 years old in Cairo (traffic collision).
Ruslana Pysanka
Ukrainian actress (1965–2022).
Born November 17th, 1965 in Kyiv.
Died July 19th, 2022 at 56 years old in Kaiserslautern. [ref]
Kurt Albert
German rock climber and mountaineer (1954–2010).
Born January 28th, 1954 in Nuremberg.
Died September 28th, 2010 at 56 years old in Erlangen.
Marcella Althaus-Reid
Argentine theologian.
Born May 11th, 1952 in Rosario.
Died February 20th, 2009 at 56 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Vytautas Kernagis
Lithuanian musician.
Born May 19th, 1951 in Vilnius.
Died March 15th, 2008 at 56 years old in Vilnius (stomach cancer). [ref]
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson