List of Famous people who died at 56

Issam Jad'aan Zahreddine, also transliterated as Issam Zaher Eldin or Issam Zaher al-Deen, was a Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard who played a major role in the Syrian Civil War, leading Syrian government forces on several fronts. His most prominent role was the leadership of the surrounded Syrian forces during the over three-year long Siege of Deir ez-Zor. On 18 October 2017, Zahreddine was killed by a land mine explosion during operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Saqr island in Deir ez-Zor.

Roberto Andrés "Palo" Pandolfo was an Argentine singer, musician, guitarist and producer of Argentine rock. In the 1980s, he was leader of the post-punk band Don Cornelio y la Zona, and led Los Visitantes in the following decade. Through his solo career, he released over five albums independently.

Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward.

José Antonio Alonso Suárez was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician, cabinet minister and judge. He was born in León.

Claude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

Berta Naumovna Borodkina was a Soviet businessperson. She was the head of trust and restaurants and canteens in Gelendzhik, Honored Worker of trade and public catering of the RSFSR. Borodkina had the nickname Iron Bella.

Wang Jian was a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire. Together with Chen Feng, he was co-founder and co-chairman of Hainan Airlines and the affiliated conglomerate HNA Group, with assets worth US$230 billion in 2018. HNA was the world's 170th largest company by revenue in 2017 according to Fortune Global 500. Wang and Chen were HNA's largest individual shareholders, with each owning about 15% of the company. He died from an likely accidental fall while travelling in France in July 2018.

Frances Elena Farmer was an American actress and television hostess. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for the various sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles.

Denis Clive Hulme, commonly known as Denny Hulme, was a New Zealand racing driver who won the 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the 1974 US Grand Prix, he started 112 Grand Prix, resulting eight victories and 33 trips to the podium. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.

Andrew Mark Mallard was a British-born Australian who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Almost 12 years later, after an appeal to the High Court of Australia, his conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered. However, the charges against him were dropped and Mallard was released. At the time, the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that Mallard remained the prime suspect and that if further evidence became available he could still be prosecuted. He was released from prison in 2006 after his conviction was quashed by the High Court, and paid $3.25 million compensation by the state government.