Dead at age 54
626 Notable deaths
Jaan Poska
Estonian politician (1866-1920).
Born January 24th, 1866 in Laiuse Rural Municipality.
Died March 7th, 1920 at 54 years old in Tallinn.
Ferenc Hirzer
Hungarian association football player (1902-1957).
Born November 21st, 1902 in Budapest.
Died April 28th, 1957 at 54 years old in Trento.
Matvey Sulkevich
Russian general.
Born July 20th, 1865 in Kiemiejšy.
Died July 15th, 1920 at 54 years old in Baku.
Adolf Furtwängler
German classical archaeologist (1853-1907).
Born June 30th, 1853 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1907 at 54 years old in Athens (dysentery). [ref]
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Argentine film director and screenwriter (1924-1978).
Born May 5th, 1924 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1978 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires (bone cancer). [ref]
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian poet, essayist, critic (1961-2016).
Born December 25th, 1961 in Ljubljana.
Died January 28th, 2016 at 54 years old in Peračica (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Francisco Lagos Cházaro
President of mexico (1878–1932).
Born September 20th, 1878 in Tlacotalpan.
Died November 13th, 1932 at 54 years old in Mexico City.
Tommaso Maestrelli
Italian footballer and manager (1922–1976).
Born October 10th, 1922 in Pisa.
Died December 2nd, 1976 at 54 years old in Rome.
Robert de Flers
French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist (1872–1927).
Born November 25th, 1872 in Pont-l'Évêque. [ref]
Died July 30th, 1927 at 54 years old in Vittel. [ref]
Paul Ferdinand Schilder
Austrian neurologist and pychiatrist (1886–1940).
Born February 15th, 1886 in Vienna.
Died December 18th, 1940 at 54 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