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Dead at age 56
922 Notable deaths
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.
Died September 21st, 1974 at 56 years old in New York City (breast cancer).
Grant Hart
American musician (1961–2017).
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).
Stéphane Mallarmé
French symbolist poet (1842–1898).
Born March 18th, 1842 in Paris.
Died September 9th, 1898 at 56 years old in Valvins.
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 to death).
Art Pepper
American saxophonist (1925–1982).
Born September 1st, 1925 in Gardena.
Died June 15th, 1982 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Petr Kellner
Czech businessman (1964-2021).
Born May 20th, 1964 in Česká Lípa. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2021 at 56 years old in Knik Glacier (aircraft crash). [ref]
Agostinho Neto
President of angola (1975-1979).
Born September 17th, 1922 in Ícolo e Bengo.
Died September 10th, 1979 at 56 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner