Dead at age 54

609 Notable deaths

Al Simmons

Major league baseball player.

Born May 22nd, 1902 in Milwaukee.

Died May 26th, 1956 at 54 years old in Milwaukee.

Takijirō Ōnishi

Imperial japanese navy admiral (1891-1945).

Born June 2nd, 1891 in Tamba.

Died August 16th, 1945 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stabbing).

Pierre Louÿs

French writer and poet (1870–1925).

Born December 10th, 1870 in Ghent.

Died June 4th, 1925 at 54 years old in Paris. [ref]

Princess Antonia of Luxembourg

Last crown princess of bavaria (1899–1954).

Born October 7th, 1899 in Schloss Hohenburg.

Died July 31st, 1954 at 54 years old in Lenzerheide.

Alma Gluck

American singer.

Born May 11th, 1884 in Bucharest.

Died October 27th, 1938 at 54 years old in Manhattan (liver failure).

Bella Rosenfeld

American writer and artist model (1889-1944).

Born December 14th, 1889 in Vitebsk. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 1944 at 54 years old in New York City (viral infectious disease).

Joel Goldsmith

American composer of film, television, and video game music (1957-2012).

Born November 19th, 1957 in Los Angeles.

Died April 29th, 2012 at 54 years old in Hidden Hills (cancer). [ref]

Otto Abetz

Nazi germany's ambassador to vichy france during world war ii, convicted of war crimes (1903-1958).

Born May 26th, 1903 in Schwetzingen. [ref]

Died May 5th, 1958 at 54 years old in Langenfeld (traffic collision). [ref]

Hughie Gallacher

Scottish footballer (1903-1957).

Born February 2nd, 1903 in Bellshill.

Died June 11th, 1957 at 54 years old in Gateshead.

Danilo Kiš

Serbian and yugoslav novelist (1935-1989).

Born February 22nd, 1935 in Subotica. [ref]

Died October 15th, 1989 at 54 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]

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