Famous People Who Died at Age 56
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Hitler, Adolf (committed suicide at 56 years 10 days on April 30, 1945)
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Wong, Anna May (died of heart failure at 56 years 31 days on February 3, 1961)
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Rocket, Charles (committed suicide at 56 years 44 days on October 7, 2005)
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Mitchell, William "Billy" (at 56 years 52 days on February 19, 1936)
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King George VI (died of a cancer-related heart attack at 56 years 54 days on February 6, 1952)
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Lincoln, Abraham (was assassinated at 56 years 62 days on April 15, 1865)
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Benchley, Robert (died of cerebral hemorrhage at 56 years 67 days on November 21, 1945)
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Fleming, Ian (died of pleurisy and internal bleeding at 56 years 76 days on August 12, 1964)
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Beethoven, Ludwig van (died of cirrhosis of the liver plus dropsy at 56 years 115 days on March 26, 1827)
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King Henry II (at 56 years 123 days on July 6, 1189)
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Hokinson, Helen (died in an airplane crash at 56 years 125 days on November 1, 1949)
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Amundsen, Roald (disappeared at 56 years 168 days on December 31, 1928)
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Schreck, Max (at 56 years 169 days on February 20, 1936)
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James, Rick (died of a heart attack at 56 years 187 days on August 6, 2004)
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Grable, Betty (died of lung cancer at 56 years 196 days on July 2, 1973)
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Jobs, Steve (died of cancer at 56 years 223 days on October 5, 2011)
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Zevon, Warren (died of lung cancer at 56 years 226 days on September 7, 2003)
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O'Connor, Sinead (at 56 years 230 days on July 26, 2023)
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Jutra, Claude (died of drowning at 56 years 239 days on November 5, 1986)
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Mingus, Charles (at 56 years 258 days on January 5, 1979)
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Hancock, John (at 56 years 269 days on October 8, 1793)
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Patitz, Tatjana (died of breast cancer at 56 years 292 days on January 11, 2023)
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Dürer, Albrecht (at 56 years 321 days on April 6, 1528)
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Carson, Rachel (died of cancer at 56 years 323 days on April 14, 1964)
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Chung Ling Soo (was shot to death at 56 years 356 days on March 24, 1918)