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Dead at age 56
706 Notable deaths
René Schneider
Chilean general (1913–1970).
Born December 31st, 1913 in Concepción.
Died October 25th, 1970 at 56 years old in Santiago.
Bob Birch
American bassist.
Born July 14th, 1956 in Detroit.
Died August 15th, 2012 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Bobby Murdoch
Scottish football player (1944-2001).
Born August 17th, 1944 in Rutherglen.
Died May 15th, 2001 at 56 years old in Glasgow (stroke).
Phil Chevron
Irish guitarist.
Born June 17th, 1957 in Dublin.
Died October 8th, 2013 at 56 years old in Dublin (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor (1891-1948).
Born May 16th, 1891 in Linz. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1948 at 56 years old in London (lung cancer). [ref]
George Padmore
Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago.
Died September 23rd, 1959 at 56 years old in London.
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.
Francisco Flores
President of el salvador (1959-2016).
Born October 17th, 1959 in Santa Ana.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 56 years old in San Salvador (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Fred Rose
American music producer, publisher and songwriter.
Born August 24th, 1898 in Evansville. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1954 at 56 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Erich Mühsam
German-jewish antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright (1878-1934).
Born April 6th, 1878 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1934 at 56 years old in Oranienburg concentration camp. [ref]
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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr