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Dead at age 54
814 Notable deaths
Georges Ernest Boulanger
French general (1837-1891).
Born April 29th, 1837 in Rennes.
Died September 30th, 1891 at 54 years old in Ixelles Cemetery (gunshot wound).
Alan John Clarke
English film director (1935–1990).
Born October 28th, 1935 in Wallasey.
Died July 24th, 1990 at 54 years old in Greater London (cancer).
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).
Max Ophüls
German film director (1902-1957).
Born May 6th, 1902 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1957 at 54 years old in Hamburg (rheumatic heart disease).
Franz Werfel
Austrian-bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1945 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Steve Dillon
British comic artist (1962–2016).
Born March 22nd, 1962 in London. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 2016 at 54 years old in New York City (appendicitis). [ref]
Ian MacDonald
English classical and rock music critic (1948–2003).
Born October 3rd, 1948 in England.
Died August 20th, 2003 at 54 years old in Wotton-under-Edge.
Wally Wood
American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator.
Born June 17th, 1927 in Menahga. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1981 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Helen Hunt Jackson
American novelist, poet, writer, activist (1830–1885).
Born October 15th, 1830 in Amherst.
Died September 12th, 1885 at 54 years old in San Francisco (stomach 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 Amsterdam (suicide by jumping from height). [ref]
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