death toll

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Some estimate the death toll is more than triple that number.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

According to data from the Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center, Brazil recorded 153 air accidents in 2025, with a death toll of 62.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Other agencies place the death toll in the tens of thousands.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The official death toll from the incident is 31 people - two were killed by the explosion itself, while 28 died from Acute Radiation Sickness, and one from cardiac arrest, in the weeks afterwards.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

But in 2012, new research indicated that the death toll was higher, at least 750,000 men or almost 2.4 percent of the population.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly