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179 Notable deaths
by falling from height
Mario Riva
Italian actor and television presenter (1913-1960).
Born January 26th, 1913 in Rome.
Died September 1st, 1960 at 47 years old in Verona (falling from height).
Ludvig Karsten
Norwegian artist (1876-1926).
Born May 8th, 1876 in Christiania.
Died October 19th, 1926 at 50 years old in Paris (falling from height).
Bruce Harlan
American diver (1926–1959).
Born January 2nd, 1926 in Pennsylvania.
Died June 22nd, 1959 at 33 years old in Norwalk (falling from height).
Marek Špilár
Slovak association football player (1975-2013).
Born February 11th, 1975 in Stropkov.
Died September 7th, 2013 at 38 years old in Prešov (falling from height).
Marthe Gosteli
Swiss suffragist and archivist (1917-2017).
Born December 22nd, 1917 in Ittigen.
Died April 7th, 2017 at 99 years old in Muri bei Bern (falling from height). [ref]
Akilles Järvinen
Finnish athlete and decathlete (1905–1943).
Born September 19th, 1905 in Jyväskylä.
Died March 7th, 1943 at 37 years old in Tampere (falling from height).
Yelena Miroshina
Soviet diver (1974–1995).
Born June 5th, 1974 in Moscow.
Died December 18th, 1995 at 21 years old in Moscow (falling from height).
Aleksandr Voronin
Russian weightlifter (1951-1992).
Born May 23rd, 1951 in Chelyabinsk.
Died September 26th, 1992 at 41 years old in Myski (falling from height).
Ričardas Tamulis
Boxer (1938-2008).
Born July 22nd, 1938 in Kaunas.
Died April 22nd, 2008 at 69 years old in Jonava (falling from height).
Valentín Uriona
Spanish road bicycle racer (1940–1967).
Born August 29th, 1940 in Muxika.
Died July 30th, 1967 at 26 years old in Sabadell (falling from height).
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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