Dead at age 59
999 Notable deaths
Manuel González Flores
President of mexico (1833–1893).
Born June 18th, 1833 in Matamoros.
Died April 10th, 1893 at 59 years old in Chapingo.
Ferdinand James von Rothschild
British politician (1839-1898).
Born December 17th, 1839 in Paris.
Died December 17th, 1898 at 59 years old in Waddesdon Manor.
Howard Temin
American geneticist.
Born December 10th, 1934 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1994 at 59 years old in Madison (lung cancer).
Anders Jonas Ångström
Swedish physicist.
Born August 13th, 1814 in Lögdö bruk. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1874 at 59 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Antonina Makarova
Russian nazi collaborator, war criminal (1920-1979).
Born March 1st, 1920 in Sychyovsky Uyezd.
Died August 11th, 1979 at 59 years old in Bryansk (gunshot wound).
Guimarães Rosa
Brazilian novelist (1908-1967).
Born June 27th, 1908 in Cordisburgo.
Died November 19th, 1967 at 59 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction).
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian imperial (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 29th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
Mykola Melnyk
Hero of the soviet union (1953–2013).
Born December 17th, 1953 in Stavyshche.
Died July 26th, 2013 at 59 years old in Alicante (leukemia).
Georges Mandel
French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).
Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou.
Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution).
Sigismond Thalberg
Swiss composer and pianist (1812–1871).
Born January 7th, 1812 in Geneva.
Died April 27th, 1871 at 59 years old in Naples.
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu