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Dead at age 56
637 Notable deaths
Harry McNish
Scottish carpenter and participant in ernest shackleton's endurance expedition.
Born September 11th, 1874 in Port Glasgow.
Died September 24th, 1930 at 56 years old in Wellington.
Phil Chevron
Irish guitarist.
Born June 17th, 1957 in Dublin.
Died October 8th, 2013 at 56 years old in Dublin (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Joan Tetzel
Actress.
Born June 21st, 1921 in New York City.
Died October 31st, 1977 at 56 years old in Fairwarp (cancer).
David McWilliams
Irish singer.
Born July 4th, 1945 in Belfast.
Died January 8th, 2002 at 56 years old in Ballycastle (myocardial infarction).
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
Raymond Roussel
French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast (1877-1933).
Born January 20th, 1877 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1933 at 56 years old in Palermo (drug overdose). [ref]
Akihiko Hirata
Japanese actor (1927-1984).
Born December 16th, 1927 in Seoul.
Died July 25th, 1984 at 56 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer). [ref]
Liam Davison
Australian author.
Born July 29th, 1957 in Melbourne.
Died July 17th, 2014 at 56 years old in Donetsk Oblast (aviation accident).
Mariem Hassan
Sahrawi singer.
Born October 15th, 1958 in Smara.
Died August 22nd, 2015 at 56 years old in Algeria (cancer, bone cancer).
Giovanni Pascoli
Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912).
Born December 31st, 1855 in San Mauro Pascoli. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1912 at 56 years old in Bologna (liver cancer). [ref]
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