Dead at age 56
706 Notable deaths
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]
Georg Thomas
German general.
Born February 20th, 1890 in Forst (Lausitz).
Died December 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Richard Wilhelm
German sinologist.
Born May 10th, 1873 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1930 at 56 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Jim Hurtubise
Racecar driver.
Born December 5th, 1932 in North Tonawanda.
Died January 6th, 1989 at 56 years old in Port Arthur (myocardial infarction).
Kirka
Finnish singer (1950–2007).
Born September 22nd, 1950 in Helsinki.
Died January 31st, 2007 at 56 years old in Helsinki (myocardial infarction).
Alphonse Massamba-Débat
Congolese politician (1921-1977).
Born February 11th, 1921 in Boko District.
Died March 25th, 1977 at 56 years old in Brazzaville (gunshot wound).
Alexey Kaledin
Russian general (1861-1918).
Born October 24th, 1861 in Ust-Khopyorskaya.
Died February 11th, 1918 at 56 years old in Novocherkassk (gunshot wound).
Claudia Alexander
American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015).
Born May 30th, 1959 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (breast cancer). [ref]
Cyrille Adoula
Congolese prime minister, ambassador (1921-1978).
Born September 13th, 1921 in Kinshasa.
Died May 24th, 1978 at 56 years old in Lausanne.
Alfred Hermann Fried
Austrian jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and nobel peace prize laureate (1864–1921).
Born November 11th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died May 5th, 1921 at 56 years old in Vienna.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold