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Dead at age 57
731 Notable deaths
Maria Dulębianka
Polish painter (1861-1919).
Born October 21st, 1861 in Kraków.
Died March 7th, 1919 at 57 years old in Lviv (typhus).
Barbara G. Adams
British egyptologist (1945-2002).
Born February 19th, 1945 in Hammersmith.
Died June 26th, 2002 at 57 years old in London Borough of Enfield (cancer).
Alexander Samoylovich
Russian academic.
Born December 29th, 1880 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died February 13th, 1938 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Michael Tönnies
German footballer (1959-2017).
Born December 19th, 1959 in Essen.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 57 years old in Essen. [ref]
Édouard Bourdet
French playwright (1887-1945).
Born October 26th, 1887 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died January 17th, 1945 at 57 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Ricardo Samper Ibáñez
Spanish author (1881-1938).
Born August 25th, 1881 in Valencia. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1938 at 57 years old in Switzerland, Geneva. [ref]
Euphrasia Donnelly
American swimmer.
Born June 6th, 1905 in Indianapolis.
Died May 20th, 1963 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
Christine Lavant
Austrian writer.
Born July 4th, 1915 in Großedling. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1973 at 57 years old in Wolfsberg. [ref]
Bucura Dumbravă
Romanian writer.
Born December 28th, 1868 in Bratislava.
Died January 26th, 1926 at 57 years old in Port Said (malaria).
Norberto Menéndez
Argentine footballer (1936-1994).
Born December 14th, 1936 in Buenos Aires.
Died May 26th, 1994 at 57 years old in Buenos Aires.
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