Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Dead at age 56
684 Notable deaths
Thomas Doe
Bobsledder (1912–1969).
Born October 12th, 1912 in Tacoma.
Died July 19th, 1969 at 56 years old in Hendersonville.
Volodymyr Raskatov
Ukrainian swimmer (1957–2014).
Born October 23rd, 1957 in Zaporizhzhia.
Died January 11th, 2014 at 56 years old in Chișinău.
Vilhelm Lange
Danish gymnast (1893–1950).
Born December 20th, 1893 in Ringkøbing.
Died November 17th, 1950 at 56 years old in Frederiksberg.
Maurice Letchford
Canadian wrestler.
Born August 27th, 1908 in Pretoria.
Died August 15th, 1965 at 56 years old in Durban.
Valentina Kovpan
Archer (1950-2006).
Born February 28th, 1950 in Petroostriv.
Died May 12th, 2006 at 56 years old in Lviv.
Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim
German diplomat and noble (1859-1915).
Born July 4th, 1859 in Georgenthal.
Died October 25th, 1915 at 56 years old in Constantinople.
Jazep Losik
Belarusian opinion journalist, writer and poet (1883—1940).
Born November 18th, 1883 in Mіkalajeŭščyna.
Died April 1st, 1940 at 56 years old in Saratov.
Yevgeny Trubetskoy
Russian philosopher (1863-1920).
Born October 5th, 1863 in Moscow.
Died January 23rd, 1920 at 56 years old in Novorossiysk.
Adolf Rieger
Olympic medalist in wrestling (1899-1956).
Born August 25th, 1899 in Berlin.
Died June 12th, 1956 at 56 years old in Essen.
Ulrico Girardi
Bobsledder (1930-1986).
Born July 3rd, 1930 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Died December 18th, 1986 at 56 years old in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Deaths 661 to 670 of 684
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi