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Dead at age 59
727 Notable deaths
Paul Nicolas
French association football player and manager (1899-1959).
Born November 4th, 1899 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1959 at 59 years old in Gy-l'Évêque (traffic collision).
Atilio García
Uruguayan football striker (1914-1973).
Born August 26th, 1914 in Junín.
Died December 12th, 1973 at 59 years old in Montevideo.
Žarko Jovanović
Serbian romani musician, songwriter, activist.
Born December 26th, 1925 in Belgrade.
Died March 25th, 1985 at 59 years old in Paris.
Vladimir Malaniuk
Ukrainian chess player.
Born July 21st, 1957 in Arkhangelsk.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 59 years old in Kyiv (kidney cancer).
Thorvald Aagaard
Danish composer, organist and college teacher.
Born June 8th, 1877 in Denmark.
Died March 22nd, 1937 at 59 years old in Ringe.
Gersh Budker
Soviet physicist.
Died July 4th, 1977 at 59 years old in Akademgorodok (myocardial infarction).
William Diller Matthew
American paleontologist (1871–1930).
Born February 19th, 1871 in Saint John.
Died September 24th, 1930 at 59 years old in San Francisco.
Gabdulkhay Akhatov
Soviet tatar linguist (1927-1986).
Born September 8th, 1927 in İske Ayman.
Died November 25th, 1986 at 59 years old in Naberezhnye Chelny.
August von Wassermann
German bacteriologist (1866-1925).
Born February 21st, 1866 in Bamberg.
Died March 16th, 1925 at 59 years old in Berlin.
Medina Dixon
American basketball player (1962–2021).
Born November 2nd, 1962 in Boston.
Died November 8th, 2021 at 59 years old [ref]
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown