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Dead at age 54
600 Notable deaths
William K. Howard
American film director.
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Marys. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1954 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Rolf Dahlgren
Swedish-danish botanist (1932-1987).
Born July 7th, 1932 in Copenhagen.
Died February 14th, 1987 at 54 years old in Scania (traffic collision).
Charles E. Brady Jr.
American astronaut.
Born August 12th, 1951 in Pinehurst.
Died July 23rd, 2006 at 54 years old in Orcas (exsanguination). [ref]
Gilbert Clayton
British army general (1875-1929).
Died September 11th, 1929 at 54 years old in Kingdom of Iraq.
Emma Ihrer
German trade unionist, editor (1857–1911).
Born January 3rd, 1857 in Kłodzko. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1911 at 54 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Olivier Marleix
French politician.
Born February 6th, 1971 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2025 at 54 years old in Anet (hanging). [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]
Stefano Farina
Italian football referee (1962–2017).
Born September 19th, 1962 in Ovada.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 54 years old in Genoa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charlotte Posenenske
German artist (1930-1985).
Born October 28th, 1930 in Wiesbaden.
Died October 3rd, 1985 at 54 years old in Frankfurt.
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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