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68 Notable deaths
 by peritonitis

Frederic Remington

American painter and sculptor (1861-1909).

Born October 4th, 1861 in Canton.

Died December 26th, 1909 at 48 years old in Ridgefield (peritonitis).

Sherwood Anderson

American writer (1876–1941).

Born September 13th, 1876 in Camden.

Died March 8th, 1941 at 64 years old in Colón City (peritonitis).

Gianna Beretta Molla

Italian saint (1922-1962).

Born October 4th, 1922 in Magenta.

Died April 28th, 1962 at 39 years old in Monza (peritonitis).

Hermann Rorschach

Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885–1922).

Born November 8th, 1884 in Zurich. [ref]

Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis).

Christian Benítez

Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013).

Born May 1st, 1986 in Quito.

Died July 29th, 2013 at 27 years old in Doha (peritonitis). [ref]

Vyacheslav Ivankov

Russian mob boss (1940–2009).

Born January 2nd, 1940 in Moscow.

Died October 9th, 2009 at 69 years old in Moscow (peritonitis). [ref]

Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet

British surgeon and writer (1853-1923).

Born February 15th, 1853 in Dorchester.

Died December 7th, 1923 at 70 years old in Lausanne (peritonitis).

Clemens August von Galen

German count, bishop of münster, and cardinal, important figure in catholic resistance to nazism (1878–1946).

Born March 16th, 1878 in Dinklage.

Died March 22nd, 1946 at 68 years old in Münster (peritonitis).

Kenneth Pinyan

American engineer who died in an act of zoophilia (1960–2005).

Born June 22nd, 1960 in United States.

Died July 2nd, 2005 at 45 years old in Enumclaw (peritonitis).

Vladimir Arnold

Russian mathematician who studied integrable systems and differential equations (1937–2010).

Born June 12th, 1937 in Odesa. [ref]

Died June 3rd, 2010 at 72 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (peritonitis). [ref]

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