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Dead at age 59
727 Notable deaths
Friedrich Born
Delegate of the red cross who is credited with rescuing between 11,000 and 15,000 jews in budapest.
Born June 10th, 1903 in Langenthal.
Died January 14th, 1963 at 59 years old in Zollikofen.
Georg Marco
Austrian chess player (1863-1923).
Born November 29th, 1863 in Chernivtsi.
Died August 29th, 1923 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Ferdinand Löwe
Austrian musician (1865-1925).
Born February 19th, 1865 in Vienna.
Died January 6th, 1925 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Börge Hellström
Swedish writer (1957-2017).
Born September 25th, 1957.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 59 years old in Stockholm (cancer). [ref]
Israel Yinon
Israeli conductor (1956–2015).
Born January 11th, 1956 in Kfar Saba.
Died January 29th, 2015 at 59 years old in Lucerne.
Georgy Chulkov
Russian poet, editor, writer and critic (1879–1939).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Moscow.
Died January 1st, 1939 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Leo Sexton
Athletics competitor (1909-1968).
Born August 27th, 1909 in Danvers.
Died September 6th, 1968 at 59 years old in Perry.
Ogdo Aksyonova
Russian dolgan poet and lexicographer (1936–1995).
Born February 8th, 1936 in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug.
Died February 14th, 1995 at 59 years old in Dudinka.
Gösta Stoltz
Swedish chess player.
Born May 9th, 1904 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1963 at 59 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid