List of Famous people who died at 56

Blanca Fernández Ochoa was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid, she competed in four Winter Olympics, from 1980 through 1992.

Mauro Faccio Gonçalves, known artistically as Zacarias Gonçalves or simply Zacarias, was a Brazilian actor, notable for being a member of the comedic group Os Trapalhões.

António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the 1st President of Angola (1975–1979), having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war (1975–2002). Known also for his literary activities, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who shot to fame while a member of the troupe of the Taganka Theatre under director Yury Lyubimov. Despite severe illness that haunted him in the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Russian Federation State Prize and People's Artist of Russia in 1996.

Ervil Morrell LeBaron was said to be the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who was accused of ordering the killings of many of his colleagues. The religious doctrine of blood atonement was used to justify the murders. The use of unquestionable authority was used to coerce members of the LeBaron Family social group to commit the murders. Also, the use of unquestionable authority kept Alma Dayer LeBaron's family in a constant state of refusing to questioning what was really going on, even more tragic, the non questioning continues today 1-21-21. Ervil LeBaron was sentenced to multiple events in prison during his land dispute. He was ultimately sentenced to life in prison after facing trial for orchestrating the murder of a colleague. What happened was after the people who orchestrated Rulan Allred's murder and also who confessed later of their guilt, later pinned the murder orchestration on Ervil by writing books. In Rena Chynoweth's book she confesses the murder but points the blame at Ervil. By banning Ervil's family's freedom of speech to each other, additionally, by getting to the investigators first and telling the narrative blaming Ervil, and thirdly publishing books about how they were manipulated by Ervil, they successfully distracted the whole world from the actual land dispute. The land dispute legal documents speak for themselves. Read the land dispute over carefully. Family members were not allowed to question why are the LeBaron brothers fighting in the first place. People who discussed the land dispute were murdered.The inability to for the LeBaron Family to have freedom of speech kept Ervil's family members from talking to anyone, not even amongst themselves. Therefore, over 25 murders were believed to be orchestrated as a result of the land dispute distraction most possibly could not have been orchestrated the people not allowed to speak to one another. Ervil did not orchestrate Rulan Allred's murder either. Rena Chynoweth confessed to being the actual murderer. Note in the summary of the legal battle for Ervil's land that coincidentally, both Ervil and his brother Verlan mysteriously "died" in 1980 right after being awarded land that had been disputed for the decade prior to his death. Both the LeBaron brothers, Ervil who owned the land, and his brother Verlan, was technically in charge of the land, who had been kept separated since the land dispute started, separated by being maligned against each other, by people intested in co-opting Ervil's land development vision, and the cash flow of weathy investors who were investing in Ervil's land development dream. Both LeBaron brothers died 2 days apart in 1980. Verlan in died in an auto accident in Mexico City two days after Ervil's dead body was discovered in his cell.

Aubrey Kerr McClendon was an American businessman and the founder and chief executive officer of American Energy Partners, LP. He also co-founded Chesapeake Energy, serving as its CEO and chairman. He was an outspoken advocate for natural gas as an alternative to oil and coal fuels, and a pioneer in employing fracking.

Anthony Joseph Sparano III was an American football coach. He served as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and is the only NFL head coach to have led a team to the playoffs the year following a one-win season, and only the second to conduct a ten-game turnaround, both of which he accomplished in his first season with the Dolphins. He was fired by the Dolphins in December 2011 after a 4-9 start to the season, Sparano's worst start in his four-year tenure with the Dolphins.

Andrew James Weatherall was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being one of the key DJs in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of tracks by the likes of Happy Mondays, New Order, Björk, The Orb, The Future Sound of London and My Bloody Valentine.

Daniel Patrick Frawley was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)/Australian Football League (AFL) from 1984 to 1995, captaining the club for nine seasons, and won All-Australian selection and the St Kilda best and fairest award in 1988. Frawley coached the Richmond Football Club from 2000 to 2004, with his most successful season coming in 2001, when he coached Richmond to a preliminary final. He later served as chief executive officer of the AFL Coaches Association from 2008 to 2014 and had part-time roles with the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda.

John Andrew Andretti was an American race car driver. He won individual races in CART, IMSA GTP, Rolex Sports Car Series, and NASCAR during his career. He was the son of Aldo Andretti, older brother of racer Adam Andretti, nephew of Mario Andretti, and first cousin to IndyCar champion Michael and Jeff Andretti.