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Dead at age 47
410 Notable deaths
Judy Garland
American actress and singer (1922–1969).
Born June 10th, 1922 in Grand Rapids. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1969 at 47 years old in Chelsea (barbiturate overdose).
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter.
Born July 6th, 1907 in Coyoacán. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1954 at 47 years old in Coyoacán (phlebitis, pulmonary embolism, bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic (1869-1916).
Born January 21st, 1869 in Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast.
Died December 30th, 1916 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (drowning, ballistic trauma).
Ken Miles
British racing driver (1918–1966).
Born November 1st, 1918 in Sutton Coldfield.
Died August 17th, 1966 at 47 years old in Riverside International Raceway.
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978).
Died November 18th, 1978 at 47 years old in Jonestown (ballistic trauma).
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and propaganda minister (1897–1945).
Born October 29th, 1897 in Rheydt. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1945 at 47 years old in Führerbunker (gunshot wound, cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Jack Kerouac
American writer.
Born March 12th, 1922 in Lowell. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1969 at 47 years old in St. Petersburg (internal bleeding). [ref]
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-irish antarctic explorer (1874–1922).
Born February 15th, 1874 in Kilkea. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1922 at 47 years old in Grytviken (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexis Arquette
American actress, cabaret performer and activist (1969-2016).
Born July 28th, 1969 in Los Angeles.
Died September 11th, 2016 at 47 years old in Beverly Hills (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864-1912).
Born July 13th, 1864 in Rhinebeck.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 47 years old in North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
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