Dead at age 50

418 Notable deaths

Alban Berg

Austrian composer (1885–1935).

Born November 9th, 1885 in Vienna. [ref]

Died December 24th, 1935 at 50 years old in Vienna (sepsis). [ref]

Shelley Lubben

Author, singer, motivational speaker, and former pornographic actress (1968-2019).

Born May 18th, 1968 in Pasadena.

Died February 9th, 2019 at 50 years old in Springville (heart failure). [ref]

Dave Legeno

British actor, boxer and cage fighter (1963-2014).

Born October 12th, 1963 in Marylebone.

Died July 11th, 2014 at 50 years old in Zabriskie Point (hyperthermia).

Wilhelm Burgdorf

German general.

Born February 14th, 1895 in Fürstenwalde/Spree.

Died May 2nd, 1945 at 50 years old in Berlin.

Ritwik Ghatak

Indian bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976).

Born November 4th, 1925 in Dhaka.

Died February 6th, 1976 at 50 years old in Kolkata (tuberculosis).

Arthur Nebe

German police officer (1894-1945).

Born November 13th, 1894 in Berlin.

Died March 21st, 1945 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).

Franklin Clarence Mars

American businessman (1883–1934).

Born September 24th, 1883 in Hancock. [ref]

Died April 8th, 1934 at 50 years old in Pulaski.

David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven

British noble (1919-1970).

Born May 12th, 1919 in Edinburgh.

Died April 14th, 1970 at 50 years old in London (myocardial infarction).

Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia

Russian imperial highness (1891-1942).

Born September 18th, 1891 in Moscow.

Died March 5th, 1942 at 50 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).

Kathy Acker

American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997).

Born April 18th, 1947 in New York City. [ref]

Died November 30th, 1997 at 50 years old in Tijuana (cancer, breast cancer). [ref]

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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson