Dead at age 54

626 Notable deaths

Minoru Ōta

Admiral in the imperial japanese navy.

Born April 7th, 1891 in Chiba Prefecture.

Died June 13th, 1945 at 54 years old in Okinawa.

Ivan Hlinka

Czech ice hockey player and coach (1950-2004).

Born January 26th, 1950 in Most. [ref]

Died August 16th, 2004 at 54 years old in Karlovy Vary (traffic collision).

Francis Marion Crawford

Novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909).

Born August 2nd, 1854 in Bagni di Lucca.

Died April 9th, 1909 at 54 years old in Campania.

Perce Blackborow

British explorer.

Born April 8th, 1894 in Newport.

Died January 8th, 1949 at 54 years old in Newport.

John Sutton

British actor in hollywood (1908-1963).

Born October 22nd, 1908 in Rawalpindi.

Died July 10th, 1963 at 54 years old in Cannes.

Shōji Nishimura

Imperial japanese navy admiral (1889-1944).

Born November 30th, 1889 in Akita.

Died October 24th, 1944 at 54 years old in Surigao Strait.

Pappo

Argentine musician (1950–2005).

Born March 10th, 1950 in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.

Died February 25th, 2005 at 54 years old in Luján, Buenos Aires (traffic collision).

Tom Gries

American director (1922-1977).

Born December 20th, 1922 in Chicago.

Died January 3rd, 1977 at 54 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction).

Kurt Bolender

Holocaust perpetrator.

Born May 21st, 1912 in Duisburg.

Died October 10th, 1966 at 54 years old in Hagen (hanging).

Mack Gordon

Polish-american composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film.

Born June 21st, 1904 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died March 1st, 1959 at 54 years old in New York City.

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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs