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Dead at age 57
711 Notable deaths
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-jewish physician and inventor of esperanto (1859-1917).
Born December 15th, 1859 in Białystok. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1917 at 57 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Luana Patten
Actress (1938-1996).
Born July 6th, 1938 in Long Beach.
Died May 1st, 1996 at 57 years old in Long Beach (respiratory failure).
W. G. Sebald
German writer and academic (1944-2001).
Born May 18th, 1944 in Wertach. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2001 at 57 years old in Norfolk (car collision). [ref]
Jeremy Hardy
British comedian (1961-2019).
Born July 17th, 1961 in Farnborough.
Died February 1st, 2019 at 57 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Erik Bruhn
Danish ballet dancer (1928-1986).
Born October 3rd, 1928 in Copenhagen.
Died April 1st, 1986 at 57 years old in Toronto (lung cancer).
Jacques Plante
Canadian ice hockey player (1929–1986).
Born January 17th, 1929 in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1986 at 57 years old in Geneva (stomach cancer).
Alexis Argüello
Nicaraguan boxer (1952-2009).
Born April 19th, 1952 in Managua.
Died July 1st, 2009 at 57 years old in Managua (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Zoia Ceaușescu
Romanian mathematician.
Born March 1st, 1949 in Bucharest.
Died November 20th, 2006 at 57 years old in Bucharest (lung cancer).
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Acting first lady of the united states (1914-1915).
Born April 16th, 1886 in Georgia.
Died February 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Pondicherry (uremia).
Brett James
American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Born June 5th, 1968 in Columbia.
Died September 18th, 2025 at 57 years old in North Carolina (airplane crash). [ref]
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