Dead at age 56
705 Notable deaths
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
King of mysore.
Born June 4th, 1884 in Mysore.
Died August 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Bengaluru Palace.
Bette Nesmith Graham
Inventor, businesswoman.
Born March 23rd, 1924 in Dallas.
Died May 12th, 1980 at 56 years old in Richardson (stroke). [ref]
Bimal Roy
Indian film director (1909–1966).
Born July 12th, 1909 in Dhaka.
Died January 8th, 1966 at 56 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Louis Botha
South african general and politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Indian bengali author (1894–1950).
Born September 12th, 1894 in Kanchrapara.
Died November 1st, 1950 at 56 years old in Ghatshila (myocardial infarction).
Andrew Weatherall
English dj, record producer, and remixer (1963-2020).
Born April 6th, 1963 in Windsor.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 56 years old in Whipps Cross University Hospital (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Jacqueline Susann
American writer and actress (1918-1974).
Born August 20th, 1918 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1974 at 56 years old in New York City (breast cancer). [ref]
Grant Hart
American musician.
Born March 18th, 1961 in Saint Paul.
Died September 14th, 2017 at 56 years old in Minneapolis (liver cancer). [ref]
Rudolf Diels
German lawyer and civil servant, first gestapo chief and protege of gestapo founder hermann göring (1900-1957).
Born December 16th, 1900 in Berghausen.
Died November 18th, 1957 at 56 years old in Katzenelnbogen (gunshot wound).
Jürgen Stroop
German ss and police general and convicted war criminal (1895-1952).
Born September 26th, 1895 in Detmold.
Died March 6th, 1952 at 56 years old in Mokotów Prison (hanging).
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman