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59 Notable deaths
by 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]
Hughie Ferguson
Scottish footballer (1898-1930).
Born March 2nd, 1898 in Glasgow.
Died January 9th, 1930 at 31 years old in Dundee (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).
Beatrice Hastings
British writer (1879–1943).
Born January 27th, 1879 in London. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1943 at 64 years old in Worthing (asphyxia).
Tomohiro Katō
Perpetrator of the akihabara massacre (1982-2022).
Born September 28th, 1982 in Goshogawara.
Died July 26th, 2022 at 39 years old in Tokyo Detention House (asphyxia). [ref]
Ilya Zhitomirskiy
Software developer (1989-2011).
Born October 12th, 1989 in Moscow.
Died November 12th, 2011 at 22 years old in San Francisco (asphyxia). [ref]
René Crevel
French writer involved with the surrealist movement.
Born August 10th, 1900 in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1935 at 34 years old in Paris (asphyxia). [ref]
John Patrick
American playwright and screenwriter (1905-1995).
Born May 17th, 1905 in Louisville. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1995 at 90 years old in Delray Beach (asphyxia). [ref]
Hugo Distler
German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer.
Born June 24th, 1908 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1942 at 34 years old in Berlin (asphyxia). [ref]
Konstantin Mereschkowski
Russian evolutionary biologist and botanist (1854–1921).
Born August 4th, 1855 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1921 at 65 years old in Geneva (asphyxia).
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