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Dead at age 54
814 Notable deaths
August Klughardt
German composer (1847-1902).
Born November 30th, 1847 in Köthen.
Died August 3rd, 1902 at 54 years old in Dessau.
Gilbert Clayton
British army general (1875-1929).
Died September 11th, 1929 at 54 years old in Kingdom of Iraq.
Jan August Hendrik Leys
Painter, printmaker (1815-1869).
Born February 18th, 1815 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1869 at 54 years old in Antwerp. [ref]
William K. Howard
American film director (1899–1954).
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Marys.
Died February 21st, 1954 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Jaan Poska
Estonian politician (1866-1920).
Born January 24th, 1866 in Laiuse Rural Municipality.
Died March 7th, 1920 at 54 years old in Tallinn.
Ferenc Hirzer
Hungarian association football player (1902-1957).
Born November 21st, 1902 in Budapest.
Died April 28th, 1957 at 54 years old in Trento.
Matvey Sulkevich
Russian-azerbaijani general.
Born July 20th, 1865 in Kiemiejšy.
Died July 15th, 1920 at 54 years old in Baku.
Adolf Furtwängler
German classical archaeologist (1853-1907).
Born June 30th, 1853 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died October 10th, 1907 at 54 years old in Athens (dysentery).
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Argentine film director and screenwriter (1924-1978).
Born May 5th, 1924 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 8th, 1978 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires (bone cancer).
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian poet, essayist, critic (1961-2016).
Born December 25th, 1961 in Ljubljana.
Died January 28th, 2016 at 54 years old in Peračica (struck by vehicle). [ref]
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