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Dead at age 57
685 Notable deaths
Isaac Boleslavsky
Soviet chess player.
Born June 9th, 1919 in Zolotonosha.
Died February 15th, 1977 at 57 years old in Minsk.
Viktor Kaplan
Austrian-czech engineer and inventor.
Born November 27th, 1876 in Mürzzuschlag.
Died August 23rd, 1934 at 57 years old in Unterach am Attersee (cerebral hemorrhage).
Jo Cals
41st prime minister of the netherlands (1914-1971).
Born July 18th, 1914 in Roermond. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1971 at 57 years old in Wassenaar (brain cancer). [ref]
Alexander Chekhov
Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist (1855-1913).
Born September 15th, 1855 in Taganrog.
Died June 12th, 1913 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg (laryngeal cancer).
Grigory Ginzburg
Russian pianist.
Born May 29th, 1904 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died December 5th, 1961 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Léon Teisserenc de Bort
French climatologist (1855–1913).
Born November 6th, 1855 in former 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1913 at 57 years old in Cannes. [ref]
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz
Second wife of tsar ferdinand of bulgaria.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County.
Died September 12th, 1917 at 57 years old in Euxinograd.
Bernard Dowiyogo
Nauruan politician (1946-2003).
Born February 14th, 1946 in Nauru, Ubenide Constituency.
Died March 9th, 2003 at 57 years old in Washington, D.C. (diabetes).
Lyubov Polishchuk
Soviet and russian actress (1949-2006).
Died November 28th, 2006 at 57 years old in Moscow (spinal cord neoplasm). [ref]
Koyo Kouoh
Cameroonian and swiss curator.
Born December 24th, 1967 in Douala. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2025 at 57 years old in Basel. [ref]
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