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Dead at age 56
635 Notable deaths
Anton Aškerc
Slovenian writer.
Born January 9th, 1856 in Rimske Toplice.
Died June 10th, 1912 at 56 years old in Ljubljana.
José Antonio Alonso
Spanish socialist workers' party politician (1960-2017).
Born March 28th, 1960 in León.
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 56 years old in Madrid (lung cancer).
Jean Amrouche
Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist.
Born February 7th, 1906 in Ighil Ali. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1962 at 56 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
John Willard
American playwright (1885-1942).
Born November 28th, 1885 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1942 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Dmitry Medvedev
Soviet partisan and hero.
Born August 22nd, 1898 in Bezhitsa.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Kuno von Klebelsberg
Hungarian politician, minister of culture (1875–1932).
Born November 13th, 1875 in Pecica.
Died October 12th, 1932 at 56 years old in Budapest.
Erich Juskowiak
German footballer (1926-1983).
Born September 7th, 1926 in Oberhausen.
Died July 1st, 1983 at 56 years old in Düsseldorf.
Otto Brahm
German theatre director.
Born February 5th, 1856 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1912 at 56 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Louis Versiglia
Italian priest.
Born June 5th, 1873 in Oliva Gessi.
Died February 25th, 1930 at 56 years old in Lianzhou.
Krystyna Bochenek
Polish politician (1953-2010).
Born June 30th, 1953 in Katowice.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 56 years old in Smolensk (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash).
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