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Dead at age 51
498 Notable deaths
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926).
Born December 4th, 1875 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1926 at 51 years old in Montreux (leukemia). [ref]
Deendayal Upadhyaya
Rss thinker and co-founder of the political party bharatiya jana sangh.
Born September 25th, 1916 in Mathura district.
Died February 11th, 1968 at 51 years old in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953).
Born July 6th, 1901 in Kolkata.
Died June 24th, 1953 at 51 years old in Jammu and Kashmir (myocardial infarction).
Christine Cavanaugh
American voice, film, and television actress (1963-2014).
Born August 16th, 1963 in Layton.
Died December 22nd, 2014 at 51 years old in Cedar City (leukemia).
Ann Sheridan
American actress (1915-1967).
Born February 21st, 1915 in Denton. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1967 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer, liver cancer).
Brian Connolly
Scottish singer-songwriter (1945–1997).
Born October 5th, 1945 in Hamilton.
Died February 9th, 1997 at 51 years old in Slough (disease). [ref]
Sunanda Pushkar
Indo canadian businessperson.
Born June 27th, 1962 in Sopore.
Died January 17th, 2014 at 51 years old in New Delhi (drug overdose).
Kurt von Schleicher
German chancellor (1882-1934).
Born July 4th, 1882 in Brandenburg an der Havel. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1934 at 51 years old in Neubabelsberg (ballistic trauma).
Eben Byers
Industrialist, amateur golfer (1880-1932).
Born April 12th, 1880 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 31st, 1932 at 51 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
Eero Saarinen
Finnish-american architect (1910-1961).
Born August 20th, 1910 in Kirkkonummi. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1961 at 51 years old in Ann Arbor (brain cancer). [ref]
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo