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Dead at age 56
635 Notable deaths
Pip Pyle
British drummer.
Born April 4th, 1950 in Sawbridgeworth. [ref]
Died August 28th, 2006 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Tom Watson
English soccer manager (1859-1915).
Born April 8th, 1859 in Northumberland. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1915 at 56 years old in Merseyside. [ref]
Peter Doohan
Australian tennis player.
Born May 2nd, 1961 in Newcastle.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 56 years old in Tulsa (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Konrad Wolf
East german film director (1925–1982).
Born October 20th, 1925 in Hechingen. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1982 at 56 years old in East Berlin (cancer). [ref]
Carl Walther
German gunsmith.
Born November 22nd, 1858 in Zella-Mehlis.
Died July 9th, 1915 at 56 years old in Zella-Mehlis.
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Indian writer and activist (1921-1977).
Born March 4th, 1921 in Araria district. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1977 at 56 years old in Bihar. [ref]
Alexey Kaledin
Russian general (1861-1918).
Born October 24th, 1861 in Ust-Khopyorskaya.
Died February 11th, 1918 at 56 years old in Novocherkassk (ballistic trauma).
Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni
Japanese prince.
Born June 23rd, 1873 in Kyoto.
Died June 29th, 1929 at 56 years old in Tokyo (sepsis).
Robert Antoine Pinchon
French artist (1886-1943).
Died January 9th, 1943 at 56 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
Cyrille Adoula
Congolese prime minister, ambassador (1921-1978).
Born September 13th, 1921 in Kinshasa.
Died May 24th, 1978 at 56 years old in Lausanne.
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