As an expert in space history, I can provide you with the information you're seeking. The first person to die in space was not Georgi Dobrovolski, as the provided reference suggests, but rather there has been no confirmed death of an astronaut while in space. The incident involving Georgi Dobrovolski, along with Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov, occurred during re-entry to Earth when their
Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurized, leading to their tragic deaths. However, this happened while they were returning to Earth, not while in space.
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