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17 Notable deaths
by starvation
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992).
Born February 12th, 1968 in El Segundo.
Died August 18th, 1992 at 24 years old in Stampede Trail (starvation).
Bobby Sands
Activist of the provisional irish republican army (1954-1981).
Born March 9th, 1954 in Belfast, Rathcoole. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1981 at 27 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation). [ref]
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-american logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978).
Born April 28th, 1906 in Brno. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1978 at 71 years old in Princeton (starvation). [ref]
Linda Hazzard
American quack, fraud, swindler and serial killer (1867-1938).
Born December 18th, 1867 in Carver County.
Died June 24th, 1938 at 70 years old (starvation).
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian (soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943).
Born November 25th, 1887 in Moscow.
Died January 26th, 1943 at 55 years old in Saratov (starvation).
Potti Sreeramulu
Indian activist (1901–1952).
Born March 16th, 1901 in Madras Presidency.
Died December 16th, 1952 at 51 years old in Dominion of India (starvation).
Jatindra Nath Das
Indian independence movement activist.
Born October 27th, 1904 in Kolkata.
Died September 13th, 1929 at 24 years old in Lahore (starvation).
John McEwen
Australian politician, 18th prime minister of australia (1900-1980).
Born March 29th, 1900 in Chiltern.
Died November 20th, 1980 at 80 years old in Toorak (starvation).
Terence MacSwiney
Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician (1879-1920).
Born March 28th, 1879 in Cork.
Died October 25th, 1920 at 41 years old in HM Prison Brixton (starvation).
Joe McDonnell
Irish hunger striker and ira volunteer (1951–1981).
Born September 14th, 1951 in Belfast.
Died July 8th, 1981 at 29 years old in HM Prison Maze (starvation).
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