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514 Notable deaths
 by hanging to death

Wolfram Sievers

German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).

Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.

Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).

Lisa Lynn Masters

American actress (1964-2016).

Born March 20th, 1964 in Omaha.

Died November 15th, 2016 at 52 years old in Lima (hanging to death). [ref]

Luigi Pistilli

Italian actor (1929–1996).

Born July 19th, 1929 in Grosseto.

Died April 21st, 1996 at 66 years old in Milan (hanging to death).

Franz Hössler

German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).

Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.

Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).

Deniz Gezmiş

Turkish political activist (1947-1972).

Born February 27th, 1947 in Ayaş.

Died May 6th, 1972 at 25 years old in Ankara (hanging to death).

U-Nee

South korean singer and actress (1981-2007).

Born May 3rd, 1981 in Goyang.

Died January 21st, 2007 at 25 years old in Seo District (hanging to death). [ref]

Oksana Shachko

Ukrainian artist and activist (1987–2018).

Born January 31st, 1987 in Khmelnytskyi.

Died July 23rd, 2018 at 31 years old in Montrouge (hanging to death). [ref]

Akira Mutō

Japanese general (1892–1948).

Born December 15th, 1892 in Hakusui.

Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).

Taiji

Japanese musician (1966–2011).

Born July 12th, 1966 in Ichikawa.

Died July 17th, 2011 at 45 years old in Saipan (hanging to death). [ref]

Mark Lombardi

American neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000).

Born March 23rd, 1951 in Syracuse.

Died March 22nd, 2000 at 48 years old in New York City (hanging to death).

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