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Dead at age 53
745 Notable deaths
Vivien Leigh
British actress.
Born November 5th, 1913 in Darjeeling.
Died July 8th, 1967 at 53 years old in Eaton Square (tuberculosis).
Eric Dane
American actor (1972–2026).
Born November 9th, 1972 in San Francisco.
Died February 19th, 2026 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Fred West
English serial killer (1941–1995).
Born September 29th, 1941 in Much Marcle.
Died January 1st, 1995 at 53 years old in HM Prison Birmingham (hanging to death).
Maurice Gibb
British musician (1949–2003).
Born December 22nd, 1949 in Douglas.
Died January 12th, 2003 at 53 years old in Miami, Miami Beach (cardiac arrest).
Jim Henson
American puppeteer (1936–1990).
Born September 24th, 1936 in Greenville.
Died May 16th, 1990 at 53 years old in Manhattan (toxic shock syndrome, organ dysfunction).
Jerry Garcia
American guitarist and singer (1942–1995).
Born August 1st, 1942 in San Francisco.
Died August 9th, 1995 at 53 years old in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls (myocardial infarction, diabetes). [ref]
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982).
Born December 16th, 1928 in Chicago.
Died March 2nd, 1982 at 53 years old in Santa Ana (stroke).
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893).
Born May 7th, 1840 in Votkinsk.
Died November 6th, 1893 at 53 years old in Malaya Morskaya Street, 13 (cholera).
Maria Meneghini Callas
American-greek operatic soprano (1923–1977).
Born December 2nd, 1923 in New York City.
Died September 16th, 1977 at 53 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
John von Neumann
Hungarian and american mathematician and physicist (1903–1957).
Born December 28th, 1903 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1957 at 53 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson