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Dead at age 50
389 Notable deaths
Odile Versois
French comedian and actress.
Born June 14th, 1930 in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1980 at 50 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Boby Lapointe
French singer-songwriter (1922–1972).
Born April 16th, 1922 in Pézenas. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1972 at 50 years old in Pézenas (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general.
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest (killed in action).
André Lefevere
Belgian translator and linguist (1945-1996).
Born June 19th, 1945 in Belgium. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1996 at 50 years old in Austin (leukemia).
Musso
Indonesian communist politician (1898-1948).
Born August 12th, 1898 in Kediri.
Died October 31st, 1948 at 50 years old in Madiun.
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
German prince.
Born September 1st, 1868 in Sigmaringen.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 50 years old in Namedy.
Lady Florence Dixie
British writer.
Born May 24th, 1855 in Cummertrees.
Died November 7th, 1905 at 50 years old in London (diphtheria).
Walter Schimana
German general.
Born March 12th, 1898 in Opava.
Died September 12th, 1948 at 50 years old in Salzburg.
Charlie Shavers
Jazz trumpeter.
Born August 3rd, 1920 in New York City.
Died July 8th, 1971 at 50 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Fred T. Jane
British writer and illustrator.
Born August 6th, 1865 in Richmond, Upottery.
Died March 8th, 1916 at 50 years old in Southsea.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan