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Dead at age 53
745 Notable deaths
William Ernest Henley
English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903).
Born August 23rd, 1849 in Gloucester.
Died July 11th, 1903 at 53 years old in Woking (tuberculosis).
Draža Mihailović
Yugoslav general (1893-1946).
Born April 27th, 1893 in Ivanjica. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1946 at 53 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician (1892–1945).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Kraków.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 53 years old in Lviv (lung cancer). [ref]
Lucinda Riley
Irish writer (1965–2021).
Born February 16th, 1968 in Lisburn. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2021 at 53 years old (cancer). [ref]
Tony Snow
American white house press secretary (1955-2008).
Died July 12th, 2008 at 53 years old in Georgetown (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Margaret Leighton
British actress (1922–1976).
Born February 26th, 1922 in Barnt Green.
Died January 13th, 1976 at 53 years old in Chichester (multiple sclerosis).
Zhang Zuolin
Chinese warlord and politician (1875-1928).
Born March 19th, 1875 in Haicheng.
Died June 4th, 1928 at 53 years old in Shenyang (railway accident).
Chuhdary Rahmat Ali
Pakistani politician (1897–1951).
Born November 16th, 1897 in Balachaur, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1951 at 53 years old in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Cambridge. [ref]
Hidesaburō Ueno
Japanese agricultural scientist (1872-1925).
Born January 19th, 1872 in Moto.
Died May 21st, 1925 at 53 years old in University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus (intracranial hemorrhage).
Victoria Shaw
Australian actress (1935-1988).
Born May 25th, 1935 in Sydney.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 53 years old in Sydney (pulmonary emphysema).
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