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Dead at age 56
722 Notable deaths
Prežihov Voranc
Slovenian writer (1893-1950).
Born August 10th, 1893 in Ravne na Koroškem. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1950 at 56 years old in Maribor. [ref]
Aleksey Shakhmatov
Russian philologist.
Born June 17th, 1864 in Narva.
Died August 16th, 1920 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Dmitry Medvedev
Soviet partisan and hero.
Born August 22nd, 1898 in Bezhitsa.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Louis Versiglia
Italian priest.
Born June 5th, 1873 in Oliva Gessi.
Died February 25th, 1930 at 56 years old in Lianzhou.
Marcel Granet
French sociologist (1884-1940).
Born February 29th, 1884 in Luc-en-Diois.
Died November 25th, 1940 at 56 years old in Sceaux.
Olle Hellbom
Swedish regisseur and director (1925–1982).
Born October 8th, 1925 in Stockholm.
Died June 5th, 1982 at 56 years old in Stockholm (stomach cancer).
Edward Cronjager
American cinematographer (1904-1960).
Born March 21st, 1904 in New York City.
Died June 15th, 1960 at 56 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Ivan Bahrianyi
Ukrainian writer and politician (1906–1963).
Born October 2nd, 1906 in Okhtyrka. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1963 at 56 years old in Neu-Ulm.
Yordan Yovkov
Bulgarian writer (1880–1937).
Born November 9th, 1880 in Zheravna. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1937 at 56 years old in Plovdiv (cancer). [ref]
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