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Dead at age 56
635 Notable deaths
Yordan Yovkov
Bulgarian writer.
Born November 9th, 1880 in Zheravna. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1937 at 56 years old in Plovdiv (cancer). [ref]
Michele Lupo
Italian film director (1932-1989).
Born December 4th, 1932 in Corleone. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1989 at 56 years old in Rome. [ref]
Fred M. Wilcox
American film director (1907-1964).
Born December 22nd, 1907 in Tazewell. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1964 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Hermann Abert
German musicologist.
Born March 25th, 1871 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1927 at 56 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Holbrook Blinn
American actor (1872-1928).
Born January 23rd, 1872 in San Francisco.
Died June 24th, 1928 at 56 years old in Croton-on-Hudson (horse fall).
Zvjezdan Cvetković
Serbian/yugoslav footballer (1960-2017).
Born April 18th, 1960 in Karlovac.
Died February 27th, 2017 at 56 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Richard Teichmann
German chess player.
Born December 24th, 1868 in Lehnitzsch.
Died June 12th, 1925 at 56 years old in Berlin.
José Lins do Rego
Brazilian writer.
Born July 3rd, 1901 in Pilar, Paraíba.
Died September 12th, 1957 at 56 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Torsten Carleman
Swedish mathematician, known for research in classical mathematical analysis (1892-1949).
Born July 8th, 1892 in Visseltofta. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1949 at 56 years old in Danderyd parish.
John Fillmore Hayford
American geodesist (1868-1925).
Born May 19th, 1868 in Rouses Point.
Died March 10th, 1925 at 56 years old in Evanston.
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