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Dead at age 53
566 Notable deaths
Slim Summerville
Actor & director (1892-1946).
Born July 10th, 1892 in Albuquerque. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1946 at 53 years old in Laguna Beach (stroke).
Walter Connolly
American actor (1887-1940).
Born April 8th, 1887 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1940 at 53 years old in Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]
Rodolphe Lindt
Swiss chocolate manufacturer and inventor (1855-1909).
Died February 20th, 1909 at 53 years old in Bern.
Elio Petri
Italian filmmaker (1929–1982).
Born January 29th, 1929 in Rome.
Died November 10th, 1982 at 53 years old in Rome (cancer).
Walter Ruttmann
German film director (1887-1941).
Born December 28th, 1887 in Frankfurt.
Died July 15th, 1941 at 53 years old in Berlin (embolism).
Léo Taxil
French writer.
Born March 21st, 1854 in Marseille. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1907 at 53 years old in Sceaux. [ref]
Philip Van Zandt
Actor (1904–1958).
Born October 4th, 1904 in Amsterdam.
Died February 15th, 1958 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (intoxication).
Al Dubin
Swiss-american lyricist (1891-1945).
Born June 10th, 1891 in Zürich. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1945 at 53 years old in New York City. [ref]
Max Heindel
American astrologer and occultist (1865-1919).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1919 at 53 years old in Oceanside. [ref]
Akmal Shaikh
Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in china.
Born April 5th, 1956 in Pakistan.
Died December 29th, 2009 at 53 years old in Ürümqi (lethal injection). [ref]
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