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Dead at age 56
637 Notable deaths
Edgar Wallace
British crime writer, journalist and playwright.
Born April 1st, 1875 in Greenwich. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1932 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Robert Delaunay
French painter (1885-1941).
Born April 12th, 1885 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1941 at 56 years old in Montpellier (cancer). [ref]
Kenneth McMillan
American actor (1932-1989).
Born July 2nd, 1932 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1989 at 56 years old in Santa Monica (liver disease). [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]
Jimmy Young
American boxer.
Born November 16th, 1948 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2005 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction).
Grant Hart
American musician.
Born March 18th, 1961 in Saint Paul.
Died September 14th, 2017 at 56 years old in Minneapolis (liver cancer). [ref]
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).
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Indian bengali author.
Born September 12th, 1894 in Kanchrapara. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1950 at 56 years old in Ghatshila (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Art Pepper
American musician.
Born September 1st, 1925 in Gardena. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1982 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose). [ref]
Ottorino Respighi
Italian composer, musicologist and conductor.
Born July 9th, 1879 in Bologna. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1936 at 56 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks