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Dead at age 53
566 Notable deaths
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author (1884–1937).
Born February 1st, 1884 in Lebedyan.
Died March 10th, 1937 at 53 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Vesta Williams
American r&b singer (1957-2011).
Born December 1st, 1957 in Coshocton.
Died September 22nd, 2011 at 53 years old in El Segundo (hypertensive heart disease). [ref]
Jorge Costa
Portuguese footballer and manager (1971–2025).
Born October 14th, 1971 in Porto.
Died August 5th, 2025 at 53 years old in Porto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Vietnamese archivist and politician (1910–1963).
Born October 7th, 1910 in Huế.
Died November 2nd, 1963 at 53 years old in Ho Chi Minh City (gunshot wound).
Asa Earl Carter
Political speechwriter, politician, novelist, memoirist (1925-1979).
Born September 4th, 1925 in Anniston.
Died June 7th, 1979 at 53 years old in Abilene. [ref]
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
Shah of persia (1853-1907).
Born March 23rd, 1853 in Tehran.
Died January 3rd, 1907 at 53 years old in Tehran (heart failure).
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Swiss artist (1889–1943).
Born January 19th, 1889 in Davos.
Died January 13th, 1943 at 53 years old in Zurich (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist (1934-1987).
Born January 8th, 1934 in Mont-Saint-Aignan.
Died November 18th, 1987 at 53 years old in Rouen (stomach cancer).
Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Russian actress.
Born April 3rd, 1971 in Astrakhan.
Died May 29th, 2024 at 53 years old in Moscow (glioblastoma). [ref]
Paul Ehrenfest
Austrian and dutch theoretical physicist (1880–1933).
Born January 18th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 25th, 1933 at 53 years old in Amsterdam (gunshot wound).
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