Dead at age 45
354 Notable deaths
Samir Kassir
Lebanese journalist (1960-2005).
Born May 5th, 1960 in Achrafieh.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 45 years old in Achrafieh. [ref]
Benjamin Fondane
Romanian-french writer.
Born November 14th, 1898 in Iași.
Died October 3rd, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz.
Andreu Nin
Spanish politician (1892-1937).
Born February 4th, 1892 in El Vendrell.
Died June 20th, 1937 at 45 years old in Madrid (undetermined).
Sybille Schmitz
German film and stage actress (1909-1955).
Born December 2nd, 1909 in Düren.
Died April 13th, 1955 at 45 years old in Munich (drug overdose).
Hjalmar Johansen
Norwegian explorer.
Born May 15th, 1867 in Skien. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1913 at 45 years old in Christiania.
Erich Bey
German admiral (1898-1943).
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1943 at 45 years old in Atlantic Ocean, North Cape (killed in action).
Mehrdad Minavand
Iranian footballer (1975-2021).
Born November 30th, 1975 in Tehran.
Died January 27th, 2021 at 45 years old in Tehran (COVID-19). [ref]
John Cranko
South african choreographer.
Born August 15th, 1927 in Rustenburg. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1973 at 45 years old in Dublin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lennart Skoglund
Swedish association football player (1929-1975).
Born December 24th, 1929 in Stockholm.
Died July 8th, 1975 at 45 years old in Stockholm.
August Schmidhuber
German general.
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz