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Dead at age 53
748 Notable deaths
Pavel Nakhimov
Russian fleet commander.
Born July 5th, 1802 in Khmelita.
Died July 12th, 1855 at 53 years old in Sevastopol.
Wynonie Harris
American blues singer (1915–1969).
Born August 24th, 1915 in Omaha.
Died June 14th, 1969 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer).
Pau Donés
Spanish singer-songwriter and musician.
Born October 11th, 1966 in Barcelona.
Died June 9th, 2020 at 53 years old in Bagergue (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Emmanuel Chabrier
French romantic composer and pianist.
Born January 18th, 1841 in Ambert. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1894 at 53 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (syphilis). [ref]
Andrei Durnovtsev
Soviet air force officer.
Born January 14th, 1923 in Karatuzsky District.
Died October 24th, 1976 at 53 years old in Kyiv.
Lancelot Holland
Royal navy admiral (1887-1941).
Born September 13th, 1887 in Middleton Cheney.
Died May 24th, 1941 at 53 years old in Denmark Strait.
Dimitrije Ljotić
Serbian fascist politician (1891-1945).
Born August 12th, 1891 in Belgrade.
Died April 22nd, 1945 at 53 years old in Ajdovščina Municipality (traffic collision).
Tự Đức
Vietnamese emperor (1829–1883).
Born September 22nd, 1829 in Huế.
Died July 17th, 1883 at 53 years old in Huế.
Michael Karoli
German musician (1948-2001).
Born April 29th, 1948 in Essen.
Died November 17th, 2001 at 53 years old in Essen (cancer).
Andrei Bely
Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1934 at 53 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche