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78 Notable deaths
by aircraft crash
Vladimir Triandafillov
Russian military theorist (1894-1931).
Born March 14th, 1894 in Ataköy.
Died July 12th, 1931 at 37 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Claudio Cassinelli
Italian actor (1938–1985).
Born September 29th, 1938 in Bologna.
Died July 13th, 1985 at 46 years old in Page (aircraft crash).
Leila Diniz
Brazilian actress.
Born March 25th, 1945 in Niterói.
Died June 14th, 1972 at 27 years old in New Delhi (aircraft crash).
Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva
Brazilian footballer (1994-2016).
Born November 18th, 1994 in Matão. [ref]
Died November 28th, 2016 at 22 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Reinhard Furrer
German astronaut (1940-1995).
Born November 25th, 1940 in Wörgl.
Died September 9th, 1995 at 54 years old in Berlin (aircraft crash).
Josimar
Brazilian association football player (1986-2016).
Born August 18th, 1986 in Pelotas.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 30 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash).
Vladimir Ćorović
Serbian historian (1885–1941).
Born October 15th, 1885 in Mostar.
Died April 16th, 1941 at 55 years old in Greece (aircraft crash).
Chi Po-lin
Taiwanese documentary filmmaker, photographer and environmentalist (1964-2017).
Born December 27th, 1964 in Taipei.
Died June 10th, 2017 at 52 years old in Fengbin Township (aircraft crash).
Francisco Blake Mora
Mexican politician (1966-2011).
Born May 22nd, 1966 in Tijuana.
Died November 11th, 2011 at 45 years old in Chalco Municipality (aircraft crash).
Heinrich Ritter von Gontermann
German flying ace (1896–1917).
Born February 25th, 1896 in Siegen.
Died October 30th, 1917 at 21 years old in Marle (aircraft crash).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel