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Dead at age 56
635 Notable deaths
Marcel Granet
French sociologist (1884-1940).
Born February 29th, 1884 in Luc-en-Diois.
Died November 25th, 1940 at 56 years old in Sceaux.
Hans Heyerdahl
Norwegian painter (1857-1913).
Born July 8th, 1857 in Smedjebacken. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1913 at 56 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Akio Kaminaga
Japanese judoka (1936-1993).
Born December 22nd, 1936 in Sendai.
Died March 21st, 1993 at 56 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer).
Ricardo Miró
Panamanian writer.
Born November 5th, 1883 in Panama City.
Died March 2nd, 1940 at 56 years old in Panama City.
Jacob Tullin Thams
Sportsman.
Born April 7th, 1898 in Christiania.
Died July 27th, 1954 at 56 years old in Oslo.
Evald Schorm
Czech film and theatre director (1931-1988).
Born December 15th, 1931 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1988 at 56 years old in Prague. [ref]
Vladimir Popovkin
Retired russian general and former head of the federal space agency roscosmos.
Born September 25th, 1957 in Dushanbe.
Died June 18th, 2014 at 56 years old in Petah Tikva (cancer).
Richard Dembo
Film director (1948-2004).
Born May 24th, 1948 in Paris. [ref]
Died November 11th, 2004 at 56 years old in Paris. [ref]
Gustav Wied
Writer (1858-1914).
Born March 6th, 1858 in Holmegård. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1914 at 56 years old in Roskilde (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Aleksey Shakhmatov
Russian philologist.
Born June 17th, 1864 in Narva.
Died August 16th, 1920 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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