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56 Notable deaths
by asphyxia
Yulia Drunina
Soviet poet.
Born May 10th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died November 21st, 1991 at 67 years old (asphyxia).
Jochen Klepper
German writer.
Born March 22nd, 1903 in Bytom Odrzański.
Died December 11th, 1942 at 39 years old in Berlin (asphyxia). [ref]
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]
Nikolay Rubtsov
Russian poet.
Born January 3rd, 1936 in Yemetsk. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1971 at 35 years old in Vologda (asphyxia). [ref]
Annette Laming-Emperaire
French archeologist (1917–1977).
Born October 22nd, 1917 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 15th, 1977 at 59 years old in Curitiba (asphyxia).
Gabriel Ferrater
Catalan poet, translator, literary critic and linguist.
Died April 27th, 1972 at 49 years old in Sant Cugat del Vallès (asphyxia).
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