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Dead at age 47
546 Notable deaths
John Leech
British caricaturist and illustrator (1817–1864).
Born August 29th, 1817 in London.
Died October 29th, 1864 at 47 years old in London.
Andrey Sukhovetsky
Russian general (1974–2022).
Born June 25th, 1974 in Soviet Union. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 2022 at 47 years old in Donetsk Oblast. [ref]
August Hirt
German anatomist and ss officer (1898-1945).
Born April 29th, 1898 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1945 at 47 years old in Schluchsee.
Frank Watkins
American musician (1968-2015).
Born February 19th, 1968 in Tampa.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 47 years old (cancer). [ref]
John Boswell
American historian.
Born March 20th, 1947 in Boston.
Died December 24th, 1994 at 47 years old in New Haven (death from AIDS-related complications).
Yuri Budanov
Russian colonel convicted of murder of chechen girl (1963-2011).
Born November 24th, 1963 in Khartsyzk.
Died June 10th, 2011 at 47 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Sidney Paget
English illustrator.
Born October 4th, 1860 in London. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1908 at 47 years old in Margate.
Jean Brooks
American film actress and singer (1915-1963).
Born December 23rd, 1915 in Houston.
Died November 25th, 1963 at 47 years old in Richmond (hepatic encephalopathy).
Armen Gilliam
American basketball player (1964–2011).
Born May 28th, 1964 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 5th, 2011 at 47 years old in Bridgeville (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ivor Gurney
British composer and poet.
Born August 28th, 1890 in Gloucester.
Died December 26th, 1937 at 47 years old in Dartford (tuberculosis).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde