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Dead at age 56

635 Notable deaths

Giulio Gavotti

Italian air force officer.

Born October 17th, 1882 in Genoa.

Died October 6th, 1939 at 56 years old in Rome.

Boris Borisovich Yegorov

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born November 26th, 1937 in Moscow.

Died September 12th, 1994 at 56 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Vytautas Kernagis

Lithuanian musician.

Born May 19th, 1951 in Vilnius.

Died March 15th, 2008 at 56 years old in Vilnius (stomach cancer). [ref]

Keith Newton

English footballer (1941-1998).

Born June 23rd, 1941 in Manchester.

Died June 16th, 1998 at 56 years old in Blackburn (laryngeal cancer).

Joachim Ringelnatz

German poet and artist.

Born August 7th, 1883 in Wurzen. [ref]

Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]

Marcella Althaus-Reid

Argentine theologian.

Born May 11th, 1952 in Rosario.

Died February 20th, 2009 at 56 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]

Mostowfi ol-Mamalek

Iranian politician (1875-1932).

Born October 5th, 1875 in Tehran.

Died August 28th, 1932 at 56 years old in Tehran.

Horatio Parker

American composer and teacher.

Born September 15th, 1863 in Auburndale. [ref]

Died December 18th, 1919 at 56 years old in Cedarhurst. [ref]

David M. Walker

American astronaut (1944-2001).

Born May 20th, 1944 in Columbus.

Died April 23rd, 2001 at 56 years old in Houston (stroke).

Enrique Olaya Herrera

President of colombia (1880-1937).

Born November 12th, 1880 in Guateque. [ref]

Died February 18th, 1937 at 56 years old in Rome (stroke).

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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris