Dead at age 56

922 Notable deaths

Juan Marvezy

Argentine footballer (1915–1972).

Born November 16th, 1915 in San Miguel de Tucumán.

Died April 4th, 1972 at 56 years old in Munro.

Yuri Samarin

Russian philosopher (1819–1876).

Born May 3rd, 1819 in Saint Petersburg.

Died March 31st, 1876 at 56 years old in Berlin.

Ivan Tevosian

Soviet diplomat (1902-1958).

Born January 4th, 1902 in Shusha.

Died March 30th, 1958 at 56 years old in Moscow (cancer).

Hector Goetinck

Belgian association football player (1886–1943).

Born March 5th, 1887 in Bruges.

Died June 25th, 1943 at 56 years old in Knokke-Heist. [ref]

Julio Baylón

Peruvian footballer (1947-2004).

Born December 10th, 1947 in Changuillo District.

Died February 9th, 2004 at 56 years old in Lima.

Fredy Schmidtke

German track cyclist (1961–2017).

Born July 1st, 1961 in Worringen.

Died December 1st, 2017 at 56 years old in Dormagen (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Pascal Yoadimnadji

Chadian politician (1950-2007).

Born April 8th, 1950 in Logone Oriental Region, Béboto.

Died February 23rd, 2007 at 56 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Gheorghe Tătaru

Romanian footballer (1948-2004).

Born May 5th, 1948 in Bucharest. [ref]

Died December 19th, 2004 at 56 years old in Iași. [ref]

Jiří Mahen

Czech writer, poet, journalist, librarian and theater director (1882–1939).

Born December 12th, 1882 in Čáslav. [ref]

Died May 22nd, 1939 at 56 years old in Brno. [ref]

Ronald A. Parise

American astronaut (1951–2008).

Born May 24th, 1951 in Warren.

Died May 9th, 2008 at 56 years old in Silver Spring (brain cancer). [ref]

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel