Dead at age 45

354 Notable deaths

Joseph A. Walker

American test pilot.

Born February 20th, 1921 in Washington.

Died June 8th, 1966 at 45 years old in Barstow.

U. Srinivas

Indian musician.

Born February 28th, 1969 in Palakollu.

Died September 19th, 2014 at 45 years old in Chennai (organ dysfunction).

Elie Hobeika

Lebanese politician and militia commander (1956–2002).

Born September 22nd, 1956 in Keserwan District.

Died January 24th, 2002 at 45 years old in Beirut.

Ernst Toller

German writer, politician and leader of the munich soviet republic (1893-1939).

Born December 1st, 1893 in Szamocin.

Died May 22nd, 1939 at 45 years old in New York City (hanging to death).

John Cipollina

American musician.

Born August 24th, 1943 in Berkeley. [ref]

Died May 29th, 1989 at 45 years old in San Francisco (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]

Vasily Shukshin

Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director.

Born July 25th, 1929 in Srostki. [ref]

Died October 2nd, 1974 at 45 years old in Kletskaya (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Willie Best

Actor (1916-1962).

Born May 27th, 1916 in Sunflower.

Died February 27th, 1962 at 45 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).

Carlos Bulosan

Filipino-american author, poet, migrant laborer, and activist who left the philippines for seattle in 1930.

Born February 11th, 1911 in Pangasinan. [ref]

Died September 13th, 1956 at 45 years old in Seattle (bronchopneumonia). [ref]

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr

An iraqi shia cleric, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the islamic dawa party (1935-1980)(55 yrs).

Born March 1st, 1935 in Kadhimiya.

Died April 9th, 1980 at 45 years old in Baghdad (hanging).

Kit Lambert

British record producer, record label owner, and the manager of the who.

Born May 11th, 1935 in Knightsbridge.

Died April 7th, 1981 at 45 years old in London (fall).

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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore