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20 Notable deaths
by self-immolation
Jeon Tae-il
Korean trade unionist and human right activist (1948–1970).
Born August 26th, 1948 in Daegu.
Died November 13th, 1970 at 22 years old in Dongdaemun District (self-immolation).
Homa Darabi
Iranian activist.
Born January 1st, 1940 in Tehran.
Died February 21st, 1994 at 54 years old in Tehran (self-immolation).
Cheng Nan-jung
Taiwanese publisher and activist (1947–1989).
Born September 12th, 1947 in Taipei.
Died April 7th, 1989 at 41 years old in Taipei (self-immolation).
Alfredo Ormando
Italian writer and gay rights activist (1958–1998).
Born December 15th, 1958 in San Cataldo.
Died January 24th, 1998 at 39 years old in Rome (self-immolation).
Piotr Szczęsny
Polish chemist.
Born July 6th, 1963 in Kraków.
Died October 29th, 2017 at 54 years old in Warsaw (self-immolation).
Vasyl Makukh
Ukrainian nationalist activist (1927-1968).
Born November 14th, 1927 in Kariv. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1968 at 40 years old in Kyiv (self-immolation). [ref]
Albert Razin
Russian ethnographer and udmurt language activist.
Born June 12th, 1940 in Kuzyumovo.
Died September 10th, 2019 at 79 years old in Izhevsk (self-immolation). [ref]
Oskar Brüsewitz
German protestant priest (1929–1976) in the former gdr.
Born May 30th, 1929 in Lithuania.
Died August 22nd, 1976 at 47 years old in Halle (Saale) (self-immolation).
Musa Mamut
Crimean tatar who committed self-immolation.
Born February 20th, 1931 in Uzundzhy.
Died June 28th, 1978 at 47 years old in Simferopol (self-immolation).
Kentaro Kawatsu
Swimmer (1914-1970).
Born September 26th, 1914 in Hiroshima.
Died March 23rd, 1970 at 55 years old (self-immolation).
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