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10 Notable deaths
by aircraft crash
William Thiego de Jesus
Brazilian association football player (1986-2016).
Born July 22nd, 1986 in Aracaju.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 30 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash).
Mateus Lucena dos Santos
Brazilian footballer (1994-2016).
Born August 30th, 1994 in Clementina.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 22 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash).
Harald Ertl
Racecar driver (1948–1982).
Born August 31st, 1948 in Zell am See.
Died April 7th, 1982 at 33 years old in Giessen (aircraft crash).
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Russian physician (1927-2000).
Born August 8th, 1927 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died June 2nd, 2000 at 72 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
Gennady Troshev
Russian military leader (1947–2008).
Born March 14th, 1947 in Berlin.
Died September 14th, 2008 at 61 years old in Perm (aircraft crash). [ref]
Joe Hunt
Us tennis player (1919–1945).
Born February 17th, 1919 in San Francisco.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 25 years old in Atlantic Ocean (aircraft crash).
Rafael Osuna
Mexican tennis player (1938–1969).
Born September 15th, 1938 in Mexico City.
Died June 4th, 1969 at 30 years old in Monterrey (aircraft crash).
William Kapell
American classical pianist and recording artist (1922-1953).
Born September 20th, 1922 in Manhattan.
Died October 29th, 1953 at 31 years old in Kings Mountain (aircraft crash).
Shen Yi-ming
Taiwanese air force general.
Born March 30th, 1957 in Yangminshan Administrative Bureau.
Died January 2nd, 2020 at 62 years old in Wulai District (aircraft crash). [ref]
Vladimir Triandafillov
Soviet military commander and theoretician (1894-1931).
Born March 14th, 1894 in Ataköy.
Died July 12th, 1931 at 37 years old in Moscow (aircraft crash).
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