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Dead at age 47

388 Notable deaths

Gilbert Ray Hodges

United states marine; american baseball player.

Born April 4th, 1924 in Indiana.

Died April 2nd, 1972 at 47 years old in West Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).

Nicki Aycox

American actress.

Born May 26th, 1975 in Hennessey.

Died November 16th, 2022 at 47 years old in California (leukemia). [ref]

José Alfredo Jiménez

Mexican singer and songwriter.

Born January 9th, 1926 in Dolores Hidalgo Municipality. [ref]

Died November 23rd, 1973 at 47 years old in Mexico City (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Barbara Nichols

Actress (1928-1976).

Born December 10th, 1928 in Queens.

Died October 5th, 1976 at 47 years old in Hollywood (disease).

Mandisa

American singer.

Born October 1st, 1976 in Citrus Heights.

Died April 18th, 2024 at 47 years old in Nashville (cancer). [ref]

Karl-Otto Koch

German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).

Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.

Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).

Lionel Crabb

British royal navy frogman, lost at sea under mysterious circumstances.

Born January 28th, 1909 in London.

Died April 19th, 1956 at 47 years old in sea.

Bert Williams

American comedian and actor (1874-1922).

Born November 12th, 1874 in Nassau. [ref]

Died March 4th, 1922 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]

Isaac Albéniz

Spanish composer (1860-1909).

Born May 29th, 1861 in Camprodon. [ref]

Died May 18th, 1909 at 47 years old in Cambo-les-Bains (nephritis). [ref]

James Allen

British philosophical writer.

Born November 28th, 1864 in Leicester.

Died January 24th, 1912 at 47 years old in Ilfracombe.

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People living deeply have no fear of death. Anaïs Nin