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Dead at age 53
584 Notable deaths
Sam Bottoms
American actor (1955–2008).
Born October 17th, 1955 in Santa Barbara.
Died December 16th, 2008 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer). [ref]
Black
English pop singer.
Born May 26th, 1962 in Liverpool.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 53 years old in Cork University Hospital (car collision). [ref]
Poly Styrene
Punk musician (1957-2011).
Born July 3rd, 1957 in London Borough of Bromley.
Died April 25th, 2011 at 53 years old in Sussex (breast cancer). [ref]
Rachel Roberts
British actress (1927-1980).
Born September 20th, 1927 in Llanelli.
Died November 26th, 1980 at 53 years old in Hollywood (drug overdose).
Lev Kamenev
Bolshevik revolutionary and soviet politician (1883-1936).
Born July 18th, 1883 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1936 at 53 years old in Lubyanka Building (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Samora Moisés Machel
1st president of mozambique (1933–1986).
Born September 29th, 1933 in Gaza Province. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1986 at 53 years old in Mbuzini (aviation accident). [ref]
Clifford Robinson
American basketball player (1966–2020).
Born December 16th, 1966 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2020 at 53 years old in Portland (stroke). [ref]
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-french chess player (1892–1946).
Born October 31st, 1892 in Moscow.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 53 years old in Estoril (choking, liver failure).
Preston Tucker
American businessman (1903-1956).
Born September 21st, 1903 in Michigan.
Died December 26th, 1956 at 53 years old in Ypsilanti (pneumonia).
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Japanese general (1891-1945).
Born July 7th, 1891 in Nishijō. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1945 at 53 years old in Iwo Jima (killed in action).
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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