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Dead at age 56
722 Notable deaths
Bill Durnan
Canadian ice hockey player (1916-1972).
Born January 22nd, 1916 in Toronto.
Died October 31st, 1972 at 56 years old (kidney failure).
Frank B. Willis
American politician (1871-1928).
Born December 28th, 1871 in Lewis Center.
Died March 30th, 1928 at 56 years old in Delaware.
C. Henry Gordon
Actor.
Born June 17th, 1884 in New York City.
Died December 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Kei Tomiyama
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1938-1995).
Born October 31st, 1938 in Anshan.
Died September 25th, 1995 at 56 years old in Shinjuku (pancreatic cancer).
Larry Foust
American basketball player.
Born June 24th, 1928 in Painesville.
Died October 27th, 1984 at 56 years old in Pittsburgh.
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).
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