Dead at age 45

354 Notable deaths

Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Indian-canadian sikh separatist (1977–2023).

Born October 11th, 1977 in Jalandhar District.

Died June 18th, 2023 at 45 years old in Surrey.

Barbara Olson

American lawyer (1955-2001).

Born December 27th, 1955 in Houston.

Died September 11th, 2001 at 45 years old in Arlington County (aircraft crash).

Rick Husband

American astronaut (1957-2003).

Born July 12th, 1957 in Amarillo.

Died February 1st, 2003 at 45 years old in Texas.

C. Wright Mills

American sociologist.

Born August 28th, 1916 in Waco. [ref]

Died March 20th, 1962 at 45 years old in Nyack (myocardial infarction). [ref]

John McCrae

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during world war i (1872-1918).

Born November 30th, 1872 in Guelph.

Died January 28th, 1918 at 45 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (pneumonia).

Peggie Castle

American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in b-movies (1927-1973).

Born December 22nd, 1927 in Appalachia.

Died August 11th, 1973 at 45 years old in Hollywood (liver cirrhosis).

Frank Silva

American actor (1950–1995).

Born October 31st, 1949 in Sacramento. [ref]

Died September 13th, 1995 at 45 years old in Seattle (death from AIDS-related complications).

Randy California

American guitarist and singer (1951–1997).

Born February 20th, 1951 in Los Angeles. [ref]

Died January 2nd, 1997 at 45 years old in Molokaʻi (drowning). [ref]

D'Urville Martin

African american blaxsploitation actor/director (1939-1984).

Born February 11th, 1939 in New York City.

Died May 28th, 1984 at 45 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Nicu Ceaușescu

Romanian politician, child of leader nicolae ceaușescu and elena ceaușescu (1951-1996).

Born September 1st, 1951 in Bucharest.

Died September 26th, 1996 at 45 years old in Vienna (liver cirrhosis).

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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