Deaths by...
513 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Justin Fashanu
British footballer (1961-1998).
Born February 19th, 1961 in London.
Died May 2nd, 1998 at 37 years old in London (hanging to death).
Mary Ann Cotton
British murderer (1832-1873).
Born October 15th, 1832 in Sunderland.
Died March 24th, 1873 at 40 years old in Durham (hanging to death).
Boris Berezovsky
Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946-2013).
Born January 23rd, 1946 in Moscow.
Died March 23rd, 2013 at 67 years old in Ascot (hanging to death).
Louis Riel
Métis leader in canada (1844–1885).
Born October 22nd, 1844 in Saint Boniface.
Died November 16th, 1885 at 41 years old in Regina (hanging to death).
Hans Frank
German lawyer, nazi politician, general governor of nazi occupied poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946).
Born May 23rd, 1900 in Karlsruhe.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 46 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Julius Streicher
German publisher, nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946).
Born February 12th, 1885 in Fleinhausen.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 61 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Mohammad Najibullah
4th general secretary of the people's democratic party of afghanistan.
Born August 6th, 1947 in Gardez. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1996 at 49 years old in Kabul (hanging to death). [ref]
Wilhelm Canaris
German admiral, head of military intelligence service (1887–1945).
Born January 1st, 1887 in Aplerbeck.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 58 years old in Flossenbürg concentration camp (hanging to death).
Sayyid Qutb
Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966).
Born October 9th, 1906 in Musha. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1966 at 59 years old in Cairo (hanging to death).
Stuart Adamson
Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (1958–2001).
Born April 11th, 1958 in Manchester.
Died December 17th, 2001 at 43 years old in Honolulu (hanging to death).
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