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Dead at age 56
721 Notable deaths
David McWilliams
Irish singer.
Born July 4th, 1945 in Belfast.
Died January 8th, 2002 at 56 years old in Ballycastle (myocardial infarction).
Muhammad Mansur Ali
Prime minister of bangladesh in 1975.
Born January 16th, 1919 in Sirajganj District.
Died November 3rd, 1975 at 56 years old in Dhaka.
Akihiko Hirata
Japanese actor (1927-1984).
Born December 26th, 1927 in Seoul.
Died July 25th, 1984 at 56 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Liam Davison
Australian author.
Born July 29th, 1957 in Melbourne.
Died July 17th, 2014 at 56 years old in Donetsk Oblast (aviation accident).
Anneliese Kohlmann
German war criminal.
Born March 23rd, 1921 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1977 at 56 years old in Berlin, West Berlin.
Otto Bauer
Austrian social democrat (1881-1938).
Born September 5th, 1881 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Paul Nemenyi
Hungarian mathematician and physicist specializing in continuum mechanics.
Born June 5th, 1895 in Rijeka.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 56 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Dannie Richmond
American drummer.
Born December 15th, 1931 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1988 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
President of haiti (1859-1915).
Born March 4th, 1859 in Ouanaminthe.
Died July 28th, 1915 at 56 years old in Port-au-Prince (blunt trauma).
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