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Dead at age 54

563 Notable deaths

Diane Varsi

American actress (1938-1992).

Born March 23rd, 1938 in San Mateo.

Died November 19th, 1992 at 54 years old in Hollywood (Lyme disease).

Grant Withers

American film actor (1905-1959).

Born January 17th, 1905 in Pueblo.

Died March 27th, 1959 at 54 years old in North Hollywood (drug overdose).

Miklós Nyiszli

Jewish prisoner at the auschwitz concentration camp (1901-1956).

Born June 17th, 1901 in Șimleu Silvaniei.

Died May 5th, 1956 at 54 years old in Oradea (myocardial infarction). [ref]

James Hilton

British writer (1900-1954).

Born September 9th, 1900 in Lancashire. [ref]

Died December 20th, 1954 at 54 years old in Long Beach (liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma). [ref]

Dawn Addams

British actress (1930–1985).

Born September 21st, 1930 in Felixstowe. [ref]

Died May 7th, 1985 at 54 years old in London (lung cancer).

Max Ophüls

German film director (1902-1957).

Born May 6th, 1902 in Saarbrücken. [ref]

Died March 26th, 1957 at 54 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).

John Christie

English serial killer.

Born April 8th, 1899 in Northowram.

Died July 15th, 1953 at 54 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging).

Michael Dokes

American boxer.

Born August 10th, 1958 in Akron.

Died August 11th, 2012 at 54 years old in Akron (cancer, liver cancer). [ref]

Candye Kane

American pornographic film actress and singer (1961-2016).

Born November 13th, 1961 in Ventura. [ref]

Died May 9th, 2016 at 54 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Herman Brood

Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality (1946-2001).

Born November 5th, 1946 in Zwolle. [ref]

Died July 11th, 2001 at 54 years old in Hilton Amsterdam, Amsterdam (suicide by jumping from height). [ref]

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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel