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Dead at age 53
540 Notable deaths
Ivan Bek
Serbian footballer (1909-1963).
Born October 29th, 1909 in Belgrade.
Died June 2nd, 1963 at 53 years old in Sète (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jürgen Ponto
German banker and chairman of the dresdner bank board of directors (1923-1977).
Born December 17th, 1923 in Bad Nauheim.
Died July 30th, 1977 at 53 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Mak Dizdar
Bosnian and yugoslav poet.
Born October 17th, 1917 in Stolac. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1971 at 53 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Gianpiero Combi
Italian association football player (1902-1956).
Born November 20th, 1902 in Turin. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1956 at 53 years old in Turin. [ref]
Victor Schertzinger
American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941).
Born April 8th, 1888 in Mahanoy City. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1941 at 53 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Louis Adamic
Slovene-american author and translator.
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Praproče pri Grosupljem.
Died September 4th, 1951 at 53 years old in Milford. [ref]
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
United states ornithological artist (1874-1927).
Born February 7th, 1874 in Ithaca. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1927 at 53 years old in Unadilla (railway accident). [ref]
Giuni Russo
Italian singer-songwriter (1951-2004).
Born September 7th, 1951 in Palermo.
Died September 14th, 2004 at 53 years old in Milan (carcinoma).
Tom Adams
Prime minister of barbados.
Born September 24th, 1931 in Barbados.
Died March 11th, 1985 at 53 years old in Barbados (myocardial infarction).
William Larned
American tennis player.
Born December 30th, 1872 in Summit. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1926 at 53 years old in New York City.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel