Dead at age 53
745 Notable deaths
Leonid Telyatnikov
Ukrainian firefighter (1951–2004).
Born January 25th, 1951.
Died December 2nd, 2004 at 53 years old in Kyiv (cancer).
Karl Radek
Russian revolutionary (1885-1939).
Born October 31st, 1885 in Lviv.
Died May 19th, 1939 at 53 years old in Verkhneuralsk.
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
American speech writer and novelist (1925–1979).
Born September 4th, 1925 in Anniston.
Died June 7th, 1979 at 53 years old in Abilene.
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
The fifth shah of iran qajar (1896–1907).
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).
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks