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514 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Iwane Matsui
Japanese general (1878–1948).
Born July 27th, 1878 in Makinochō.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Maria Mandl
Austrian holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal (1912–1948).
Born January 10th, 1912 in Münzkirchen.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 36 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Sarah Kane
English playwright (1971-1999).
Born February 3rd, 1971 in Brentwood.
Died February 20th, 1999 at 28 years old in King's College Hospital (hanging to death).
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015).
Born April 28th, 1973 in Constance.
Died December 28th, 2015 at 42 years old in San Francisco (hanging to death). [ref]
Kim Jae-gyu
South korean military officer (1926-1980).
Died May 24th, 1980 at 54 years old in Seoul Detention Center (hanging to death).
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament and nazi germany politician (1898-1946).
Born January 24th, 1898 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Nusle (hanging to death). [ref]
Park Yong-ha
South korean actor and singer (1977-2010).
Born August 12th, 1977 in Seoul.
Died June 30th, 2010 at 32 years old in Seoul (hanging to death).
Paul Blobel
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894–1951).
Born August 13th, 1894 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1951 at 56 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Iraqi mukhabarat leader (1951-2007).
Born February 17th, 1951 in Tikrit.
Died January 15th, 2007 at 55 years old in Baghdad (hanging to death). [ref]
Lepa Radić
Serbian communist partisan (1925-1943).
Born December 19th, 1925 in Gašnica.
Died February 8th, 1943 at 17 years old in Bosanska Krupa (hanging to death). [ref]
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