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Dead at age 56
922 Notable deaths
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918).
Born January 6th, 1862 in Obernkirchen.
Died January 10th, 1918 at 56 years old in Bielefeld.
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 (1956–2012).
Born July 14th, 1956 in Detroit.
Died August 15th, 2012 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (gunshot wound). [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).
Ludvig Nobel
Swedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888).
Born July 27th, 1831 in Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1888 at 56 years old in Cannes.
Phil Chevron
Irish guitarist (1957–2013).
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).
Died January 8th, 1948 at 56 years old in London (lung cancer).
Johannes Peter Müller
German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858).
Born July 14th, 1801 in Koblenz.
Died April 28th, 1858 at 56 years old in Berlin.
George Padmore
Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Arouca.
Died September 23rd, 1959 at 56 years old in University College Hospital.
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.
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