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Dead at age 56
706 Notable deaths
Frol Kozlov
Soviet politician (1908-1965).
Born August 18th, 1908.
Died January 30th, 1965 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Robert Antoine Pinchon
French artist (1886-1943).
Died January 9th, 1943 at 56 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
George Washington Lambert
Australian artist (1873–1930).
Born September 13th, 1873 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 29th, 1930 at 56 years old in Cobbitty.
Harriet Brooks
Canadian nuclear physicist.
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Exeter. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1933 at 56 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Alf Prøysen
Norwegian singer-songwriter and author (1914-1970).
Born July 23rd, 1914 in Rudshøgda.
Died November 23rd, 1970 at 56 years old in Oslo (cancer).
Iván Hindy
Hungarian army officer.
Born June 28th, 1890 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Budapest.
Patriarch Varnava Rosić of Serbia
Patriarch of serbia (1880–1937).
Born September 11th, 1880 in Pljevlja.
Died July 23rd, 1937 at 56 years old in Belgrade.
Leonid Filatov
Soviet and russian actor, director, poet, publicist (1946–2003).
Born December 24th, 1946 in Kazan.
Died October 26th, 2003 at 56 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Julia Lee
American blues and dirty blues musician (1902–1958).
Born October 31st, 1902 in Boonville.
Died December 8th, 1958 at 56 years old in San Diego (myocardial infarction).
Thomas H. Carter
American politician, montana (1854–1911).
Born October 30th, 1854 in Portsmouth.
Died September 17th, 1911 at 56 years old in Washington, D.C..
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