Deaths by...
56 Notable deaths
by asphyxia
Bernard Buffet
French painter.
Born July 10th, 1928 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1999 at 71 years old in Tourtour (asphyxia). [ref]
Matias zindelar
Austrian association football player (1903-1939).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Kozlov.
Died January 23rd, 1939 at 35 years old in Vienna (asphyxia).
Tadeusz Borowski
Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951).
Born November 12th, 1922 in Zhytomyr.
Died July 3rd, 1951 at 28 years old in Warsaw (asphyxia). [ref]
Rembrandt Bugatti
Italian sculptor (1884–1916).
Born October 16th, 1884 in Milan. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1916 at 31 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (asphyxia).
James Robert Baker
American author (1946–1997).
Born October 18th, 1946 in Long Beach.
Died November 5th, 1997 at 51 years old in Pacific Palisades (asphyxia).
Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer.
Born January 1st, 1898 in Český Těšín. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1944 at 46 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia). [ref]
Petr Ginz
Czech esperantist.
Born February 1st, 1928 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1944 at 16 years old in Auschwitz (asphyxia).
Marin Preda
Romanian writer.
Born August 5th, 1922 in Siliștea Gumești. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1980 at 57 years old in Mogoșoaia (asphyxia). [ref]
Stig Dagerman
Swedish writer (1923–1954).
Born October 5th, 1923 in Älvkarleby congregation. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1954 at 31 years old in Danderyd (asphyxia).
Amy Levy
British poet, novelist, writer (1861–1889).
Born November 10th, 1861 in London.
Died September 10th, 1889 at 27 years old in London (asphyxia).
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid