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Dead at age 53
540 Notable deaths
Shaaban Robert
Tanzanian writer.
Born January 1st, 1909 in Tanga. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1962 at 53 years old in Dar es Salaam. [ref]
Kurt von der Chevallerie
German general and knight's cross recipients (1891-1945).
Born December 23rd, 1891 in Berlin.
Died April 18th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kołobrzeg.
Oswald Külpe
German philosopher (1862-1915).
Born August 3rd, 1862 in Kandava.
Died December 30th, 1915 at 53 years old in Munich.
Yuriy Kravchenko
Ukrainian police officer and statesman (1951-2005).
Born March 5th, 1951 in Oleksandriia.
Died March 4th, 2005 at 53 years old in Kyiv.
Malcolm Cooper
British sports shooter.
Born December 20th, 1947 in Camberley.
Died June 9th, 2001 at 53 years old in West Sussex (brain cancer).
Eugène Jansson
Swedish painter (1862-1915).
Born March 18th, 1862 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1915 at 53 years old in Nacka (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Zaza Urushadze
Georgian film director.
Born October 30th, 1966 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died December 7th, 2019 at 53 years old in Tbilisi (myocardial infarction).
Tomo Sakurai
Japanese voice actress.
Born September 10th, 1971 in Ichikawa.
Died August 13th, 2025 at 53 years old in Tokyo (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Julius Hirsch
German footballer (1892-1945).
Born April 7th, 1892 in Achern.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Jean Cras
French composer, commander of french navy.
Born May 22nd, 1879 in Brest. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1932 at 53 years old in Brest. [ref]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson