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Dead at age 56
705 Notable deaths
George II of Greece
King of greece (1890-1947).
Born August 1st, 1890 in Tatoi Palace.
Died April 1st, 1947 at 56 years old in Athens.
Kazimir Malevich
Russian avant-garde artist of polish ancestry. founder of the suprematist movement.
Born February 23rd, 1879 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1935 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg (prostate cancer). [ref]
Pauline Pfeiffer
American journalist and the wife of writer ernest hemingway.
Born July 22nd, 1895 in Parkersburg.
Died October 21st, 1951 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923).
Born June 26th, 1866 in Highclere Castle.
Died April 6th, 1923 at 56 years old in Cairo (pneumonia).
George Formby
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian.
Died March 6th, 1961 at 56 years old in Preston (myocardial infarction).
Porfirio Rubirosa
Dominican diplomat, playboy, polo player and racecar driver (1909–1965).
Born January 22nd, 1909 in San Francisco de Macorís.
Died July 5th, 1965 at 56 years old in Paris (traffic collision).
Don Drysdale
American baseball player.
Born July 23rd, 1936 in Van Nuys.
Died July 3rd, 1993 at 56 years old in Montreal (myocardial infarction).
Fatman Scoop
American rapper, hype man, and radio personality (1968–2024).
Born August 6th, 1968 in Harlem.
Died August 30th, 2024 at 56 years old in Connecticut (atherosclerosis, hypertensive heart disease). [ref]
Friedrich Fromm
German general (1888–1945).
Born October 8th, 1888 in Charlottenburg.
Died March 12th, 1945 at 56 years old in Brandenburg-Görden Prison (gunshot wound).
Taylor Wily
Hawaiian actor, sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Born June 14th, 1968 in Honolulu.
Died June 20th, 2024 at 56 years old in Hurricane. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner