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531 Notable deaths
by gunshot wound
Carl Gustav Fleischer
Norwegian general (1883–1942).
Born December 28th, 1883 in Bjørnør Municipality.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 58 years old in Ottawa (gunshot wound).
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Iranian politician (1936–1982).
Born February 24th, 1936 in Isfahan.
Died September 15th, 1982 at 46 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
Suleiman al-Obeid
Palestinian footballer.
Born March 24th, 1984 in Gaza City.
Died August 6th, 2025 at 41 years old in Gaza Strip (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ecaterina Teodoroiu
Romanian soldier (1894–1917).
Born January 14th, 1894 in Târgu Jiu.
Died September 3rd, 1917 at 23 years old in Secui (gunshot wound).
Filipp Goloshchyokin
Soviet politician (1876–1941).
Born February 26th, 1876 in Nevel.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 65 years old in Samara Oblast (gunshot wound).
Mikhail Tomsky
Soviet politician (1880-1936).
Born October 31st, 1880 in Kolpino.
Died August 22nd, 1936 at 55 years old in Korolyov (gunshot wound).
Missak Manouchian
Armenian resistance fighter and poet (1906-1944).
Born September 1st, 1906 in Adıyaman. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1944 at 37 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
Iryna Farion
Ukrainian linguist and politician (1964–2024).
Born April 29th, 1964 in Lviv.
Died July 19th, 2024 at 60 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound). [ref]
Vivian Silver
Canadian-born israeli peace activist (1949–2023).
Born February 2nd, 1949 in Winnipeg.
Died October 7th, 2023 at 74 years old in Be'eri (gunshot wound). [ref]
Derrick Plourde
American musician (1971–2005).
Born October 17th, 1971 in Goleta.
Died March 30th, 2005 at 33 years old (gunshot wound).
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius