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Dead at age 54
814 Notable deaths
Thomas Bracken
Anglo-new zealand poet, journalist, politician (1843–1898).
Born December 21st, 1843 in Clones.
Died February 16th, 1898 at 54 years old in Dunedin.
Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German princess (1854-1908).
Born February 28th, 1854 in Weimar.
Died July 10th, 1908 at 54 years old in Schloss Wiligrad.
Pyotr Yershov
Russian poet, playwright and teacher (1815-1869).
Born March 6th, 1815 in Ershovo.
Died August 30th, 1869 at 54 years old in Tobolsk.
Francis Trevelyan Buckland
English naturalist (1826–1880).
Born December 17th, 1826 in Oxford.
Died December 19th, 1880 at 54 years old in Oxford.
Petar Preradović
Croatian poet (1818–1872).
Born March 18th, 1818 in Grabrovnica.
Died August 18th, 1872 at 54 years old in Pottenstein.
Wilhelm Leuschner
German politician and trade unionist (1890-1944), victim of nazism.
Born June 15th, 1890 in Bayreuth.
Died September 29th, 1944 at 54 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Parviz Meshkatian
Iranian musician (1955–2009).
Born May 15th, 1955 in Nishapur.
Died September 21st, 2009 at 54 years old in Tehran (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Simon Barere
Russian musician (1896-1951).
Born September 1st, 1896 in Odesa.
Died April 2nd, 1951 at 54 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Jim Crawford
British racing driver (1948-2002).
Born February 13th, 1948 in Dunfermline.
Died August 6th, 2002 at 54 years old in Tierra Verde (liver failure).
Flora Murray
Scottish doctor.
Born May 8th, 1869 in Dumfries. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1923 at 54 years old in Hampstead.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir