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26 Notable deaths
by railway accident
Terry A. Davis
American computer programmer (1969-2018).
Born December 15th, 1969 in West Allis.
Died August 11th, 2018 at 48 years old in The Dalles (railway accident). [ref]
Greg Plitt
American fitness model and actor (1977-2015).
Born November 3rd, 1977 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2015 at 37 years old in Burbank (railway accident). [ref]
Casey Jones
American railroad engineer.
Born March 14th, 1863 in Missouri.
Died April 30th, 1900 at 37 years old in Vaughan (railway accident).
Zhang Zuolin
Chinese warlord and politician (1875-1928).
Born March 19th, 1875 in Haicheng.
Died June 4th, 1928 at 53 years old in Shenyang (railway accident).
N. C. Wyeth
American illustrator, painter (1882-1945).
Born October 22nd, 1882 in Needham. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1945 at 62 years old in Delaware County (railway accident). [ref]
Ed Ricketts
American marine biologist (1897-1948).
Born May 14th, 1897 in Chicago.
Died May 11th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salinas (railway accident).
Victor L. Berger
American democratic socialist politician (1860-1929).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Austria-Hungary.
Died August 7th, 1929 at 69 years old in Milwaukee (railway accident).
Attila József
Hungarian poet (1905-1937).
Born April 11th, 1905 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1937 at 32 years old in Balatonszárszó (railway accident). [ref]
Sergei Kruglov
Soviet general and politician (1907-1977).
Born October 2nd, 1907 in Zubtsov.
Died July 6th, 1977 at 69 years old in Pushkinsky Urban District, Moscow Oblast (railway accident).
Zbigniew Cybulski
Polish actor (1927-1967).
Born November 3rd, 1927 in Kniazhe. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1967 at 39 years old in Wrocław (railway accident). [ref]
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