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Hannelore Schmatz

German climber
Hannelore Schmatz was a German climber and the fourth woman to summit Mount Everest. She collapsed and died as she was returning from summiting Everest via the southern route; Schmatz was the first woman and first German citizen to die on the... Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1940, Regensburg, Germany
Died: October 2, 1979 (age 39 years), Mount Everest
Spouse: Gerhard Schmatz (m. ?–1979)