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Dead at age 45
459 Notable deaths
Fred Noonan
American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer.
Born April 4th, 1893 in Cook County.
Died June 20th, 1938 at 45 years old in Pacific Ocean.
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
French general (1902–1947).
Born November 22nd, 1902 in Belloy-Saint-Léonard.
Died November 28th, 1947 at 45 years old in Béchar (aviation accident).
Empress Dowager Longyu
Chinese empress during the end of the qing dynasty (1868-1913).
Born January 28th, 1868 in Shuntian Fu.
Died February 22nd, 1913 at 45 years old in Beijing.
James Agee
American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955).
Born November 27th, 1909 in Knoxville.
Died May 16th, 1955 at 45 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Waheed Murad
Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer (1938–1983).
Born October 2nd, 1938 in British Raj, Sialkot, Punjab.
Died November 23rd, 1983 at 45 years old in Karachi (myocardial infarction).
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982).
Born March 7th, 1936 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1982 at 45 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine (lung cancer).
Dee Murray
English bassist (1946–1992).
Born April 3rd, 1946 in Gillingham.
Died January 15th, 1992 at 45 years old in Nashville (stroke).
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899–1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich.
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Zell am See (poison).
Diana Lynn
American actress (1926-1971).
Born October 7th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died December 18th, 1971 at 45 years old in New York City (stroke).
Gábor Szabó
Hungarian-american guitarist (1936–1982).
Born March 8th, 1936 in Budapest.
Died February 26th, 1982 at 45 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 459
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot